Dungeons & Dragons Greater Shadowspawn Miniature

This is a highly detailed miniature of a Greater Shadowspawn.

This model was created by Ella´s Arcanum who makes amazingly accurate models of Dungeons & Dragons creatures and is provided by Commercial License.

A Greater Shadowspawn in Dungeons & Dragons is a powerful manifestation of sentient darkness, born from places where light, hope, and life have been thoroughly extinguished. Unlike lesser shadow creatures that behave as predatory instincts given form, a Greater Shadowspawn possesses a malign intelligence and a sense of purpose aligned with entropy, fear, and spiritual corruption. It is not merely a creature lurking in the dark but an embodiment of shadow itself, shaped by negative energy and sustained by despair.

Physically, a Greater Shadowspawn appears as a towering, vaguely humanoid silhouette, its edges constantly unraveling into drifting tendrils of darkness. Its surface seems to absorb light rather than reflect it, leaving the eye unable to focus on any fixed detail. Within this void-like form, dim points of baleful awareness may glow, giving the unsettling impression that the creature is observing not just the body, but the soul of its prey. Its movements are unnaturally smooth and silent, as though it glides through the material world without fully belonging to it.

In combat, a Greater Shadowspawn is terrifying not only for its physical power but for its supernatural abilities. It can sap strength, drain vitality, and weaken resolve simply by its presence. Shadows bend to its will, allowing it to strike from unexpected angles, merge with darkness, or extinguish light sources entirely. Those wounded by it often feel an unnatural chill and a creeping sense of hopelessness, as if part of their essence has been torn away.

Narratively, Greater Shadowspawn often serve as apex predators or dark lieutenants of more powerful villains. They are guardians of cursed ruins, manifestations of failed rituals, or living consequences of catastrophic moral collapse. Destroying one typically requires more than brute force, demanding courage, radiant power, and the restoration of light to places long abandoned to the dark.

38.00mm tall at 32mm scale.