Drogo Blackwood

Drogo Blackwood was born the unwanted second cousin of the Sackville line, arriving on a moonless night that the midwife swore brought an unnatural chill to the Shire. While his kin celebrated his birth with honeycakes and pipeweed, Drogo felt only the weight of existence pressing down upon him—a sensation that would define his entire life. At age seven, he discovered a rusted phonograph in the depths of the Lonely Mountain foothills, its crackling voice speaking in a tongue of distortion and fury that awakened something dark within his hobbit soul. His parents' attempts to normalize him through traditional Shire pursuits only deepened his conviction that joy was a delusion meant to distract from the void that consumed all things. By adolescence, Drogo had transformed Bag End into a temple of shadow and sorrow, where the scent of foreign incense masked the earthy smell of pipe-weed that generations before him had cherished. He became convinced that the Shire's perpetual sunshine was a prison of ignorance, and he alone possessed the clarity to see the meaninglessness lurking beneath its rolling hills. Now, as mechanical rhythms pulse through the night from his subterranean chambers, the hobbits above whisper that Drogo has finally found his truth—not in the world around him, but in the endless, beautiful darkness that dwells within.

Strength

10, modifier 0

Dexterity

14, modifier +2

Constitution

16, modifier +3

Intelligence

16, modifier +3

Wisdom

12, modifier +1

Charisma

18, modifier +4

Melancholic Strum

Drogo plays a haunting melody on his phonograph, forcing all creatures within 30 ft. to make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or take 3d8 psychic damage and be stunned until the end of their next turn.

Existential Dread

Drogo targets one creature within 60 ft., forcing it to make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, the target takes 4d6 necrotic damage and is unable to regain hit points until the end of its next turn.

Shadowy Retreat

Drogo can teleport up to 30 ft. to an unoccupied space he can see in dim light or darkness, leaving behind a shadowy afterimage that distracts enemies, granting him advantage on his next attack.

Aura of Dread

Creatures within 10 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of their next turn.

Shadow's Embrace

Drogo gains advantage on stealth checks made in dim light or darkness.

strength

+0

dexterity

+2

constitution

+3

intelligence

+3

wisdom

+1

charisma

+4

Psychic

Necrotic