The Laughing Hand

 is one of the chosen of The Crawling King. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Wearing a deep brown, oily, black-stained hood and cloak, the Laughing Hand stands a full ten feet in height. His cloak hides much of his torso, dangling just past the forearms. Beneath the hood is a sagging open jaw, sharp broken teeth, and pale dirty skin weirdly twisted to look like some sort of horrifying mockery of a human face. He wears red stained leather across the body and legs, and heavy boots. His right hand is missing below the forearm, and where the hand would be is a long double-sided blade affixed and built into his arm.

The Laughing Hand is mentioned in this episode when his name is mentioned by the head of the Aasimar when Caduceus interrogates it.

Upon being freed from his sarcophagus by Obann the Laughing Hand swiftly summons his shadow hounds and then attacks the Mighty Nein. Presented with a highly dangerous foe they seemingly can't kill, with every wound it suffers making it seemingly more powerful. After Fjord slays Obann, Obann in his dying breath tells Yasha to avenge him, she then seemingly switches allegiance and begins to aid the Laughing Hand by attacking her former friends and allies. Bo discovers how to seal the gate and the group rallies in a last ditch effort to retreat. In the escape, Fjord is grappled and brought to the brink of death by the Laughing Hand, but is freed in a last ditch effort by Bo and Caleb. Eventually the party are able to seal the tomb trapping Yasha and the Laughing Hand inside. Sometime after The Laughing Hand and Yasha break through the initial tomb door and begin to make their escape from the tomb.