Hi everyone! Hope you're having a good week ^^ Atri here is another dnd character of mine, not sure if I will write her into the campaign yet or if it'll be just a side story instead- but here is the very first snippet I wrote for her! ✨
𝐴𝑡𝑟𝑖 𝑈𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟-ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 - 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡, 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑤 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 - 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑙𝑒.
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒, 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑦 - 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑙𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑦𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒.
𝐴𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡, 𝑤𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐴 𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.
𝑁𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠.
"You stand between worlds, yet neither claim you. You have no name for me, but I may grant you a name that has been taken from you - and so much more. If only you'd wield my blade, be my eyes. You'll belong. You won't be cast out for curiosity - something even the Hells do not call a sin. You won't be homeless, nameless, without purpose. And if it's secrets you're looking for, little fey, my city has them all."
"...Lord Dispater?" 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑑𝑢𝑘𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐷𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒.
"You do know my name after all. Shall I grant you yours?"
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘.
I hope you enjoyed this little sneak peek, and the art too! ^^
I wanted to depict the Feywild in the background, as she is sitting at the edge of the Material Plane, where the veil between worlds loosens, enough for travel to become possible.
I am trying to make more detailed backgrounds in my recent pieces, I hope I've been doing well enough!
Virtual hugs, thanks for reading~