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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna

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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, also called simply the Duchess, is the black hummingbird familiar of Shakäste.

Appearances and mentions[]

Trivia[]

  • The Duchess's full name (Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna) is the name of the youngest daughter of Tsar Nikolay II of Russia. The real Anastasia was rumored to have escaped the murder of her family by the Bolsheviks; DNA testing later proved that she died with her family.
  • The Duchess uses the stat block of an owl, with specific visuals that Khary requested. She is referred to as a midnight hummingbird, and uses the owl's darkvision ability as well.[3]

References[]

  1. ↑ See "Hush" (2x07) at 0:50:20.
  2. ↑ See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 333. The Duchess uses the statistics of an owl.
  3. ↑ Comment by Matt Mercer (27 February 2018) on "[Spoilers C2E07] Can anyone point me to the Familiar Shakäste used?" at Reddit

Art:

  1. ↑ Fan art of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, by Callum Lyall (source). Used with permission.
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