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disabilityshowdown · 2 years ago

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[ID: A detailed and realistic-style digital painting of Essek, a dark elf with purple skin and white hair. He is dressed in a dark cloak, with a silver mantle embedded with purple gemstones, and a variety of geometric silver earrings. He is looking down and to the right, in front of an abstract but vaguely night sky-esque background, and seems to be lit from behind by bright blue light]

Nominated for: Chronic pain/difficulty walking (widespread fan headcanon, supported by in canon evidence)

(art credit to planarbindings on twitter)

#this one i do have context for #he's a prominent npc that was introduced as a mentor to the party but intended to be an eventual twist villain #but also the party changed him a lot and by the time his crimes were revealed he'd begun to care about them #and ended the story as a protagonist #he also never walks anywhere and uses magic to move around #so in the 40 episodes between his introduction and the villain reveal essek's disability was considered canon amongst the fans #the dm when asked if essek was canonically disabled said he thought about it but didn't want to play into the disabled villain stereotype #which is fair and valid #but now that essek's no longer a villain it's kind of a moot point #and essek is still disabled in the majority of fanworks (and most human/modern aus i've seen have him in a wheelchair)#disability showdown #round 0 #essek thelyss #critical role

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