[Image Description: a full color illustration of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role. Essek is dressed in his metallic Shadowhand mantle and a long dark cloak that obscures his body. Essek is looking down to a glowing, frosty blue heart that sits in front of his chest, and he is cupping his hands around it with a half grin. The lighting of the image is cool and frosty, and Essek is backlit by a warm glow. The artist’s username ‘granteddrop’ is overlaid on the image as a watermark. /End ID]