Fern And Brambles Art blog🌿

Stolen moments,

Frej and Coiner spent a lot of time on the road together after saving him from the hag. His memories were briefly stolen from him, locked away in a painting meant to be a safeguard for the last vestiges of the hags power. Frej was able to retrieve them by travelling through the world of the painting and through his memories, and even memories of the hag herself. Coiner decided to stick with Frej, Cara, and Horatius, now realising he never really had a home to go to, striving to understand his own origins and who he really is.

Reunion

After two years and a perilous journey through the Empire’s underbelly, Frej found her brother. Though in reality he found her, and had never truly left. He spent the remainder of his youth in the shadows, protecting her, but never leaving a sign.

Man of two hearts 🖤

This is actually yet another D&D inspired artwork. This depicts one of our beloved NPCs “Coiner” who is the grandson of the hag (see my last post for more context) who had trapped Horatius in a curse.

Coiner holds two hearts, one is his real heart and the other is the heart of the hag, who had hidden her heart in his chest - which he had no knowledge of. In fact, poor Coiner had similarly been living a life that wasn’t quite his own. His mind was hexed and all knowledge of the true identity of his grandmother was wiped, including the truth of his origins.

I made this piece in honour of the absolute trauma our DM put us through during a particular session. (Love you Ben x)

In order for Frej (my character) to help the group defeat the hag and also save Coiner, she had to figure out which of his hearts was the real one and destroy the fake. That’s the PG version, I’d rather not get into the gore of it tbh. It’s safe to say she was able to save him in the end (I’m still traumatised though, didn’t think I’d ever sweat so much while playing D&D 😅)

Introducing Horatius Bloom, halfling, gardener, collector of stamps, former mint tea addict, newly reborn Druid. He is our drop-in/drop-out PC (who I wish could join us more often!)

This piece is a parody of American Gothic. The younger version of Horatius, the life he no longer remembers as a powerful Druid, is on the left, and the current version of Horatius, the jolly gardener, is on the right.

Horatius’ tale is one not yet quite known. He was a powerful Druid in his youth, roaming the land with his black panther companion. He sought out to defeat an infamous and terrible hag but became trapped under her spell. For over 100 years, Horatius had been trapped in the idyllic town of Little Trillby, “the most livable community since time immaculate.” He had been repeating his day over and over again as Horatius Bloom, gardener of a beautiful garden, neighbour and rival to Deirdre (the hag in disguise.)

Meet the other PC of our campaign, Cara Arcoh! Drow barbarian, hard on the outside with a secret soft spot within.

Meet Frej! She’s my current D&D character. A rogue (thief) with a big heart. As per any typical rogue, she grew up in the slums of the capital of the Empire. She was abandoned by her tyrannical mother at 10 and her brother left her at 15 to join a gang. Now Frej having recently lost contact with her brother has found herself in a whirlwind adventure, discovering that magic is in fact actually real, and that the further she investigates her brothers disappearance the more tangled in a web of intrigue and class politics she’ll get…

Introducing! Ash of the Grove. My Grave Domain Cleric for what we lovingly call ‘Campaign 1’. Or just that D&D campaign in which myself and the DM kept a massive character and plot secret from everyone else in the party for 2 years… 🤭

Sworn to uphold the Balance of life and death, Ash walks the thin line between Cleric and becoming an Oathbreaker. Cast from her home, the Grove, Ash was sworn to uphold a special oath after failing her final test. To protect and raise the young Vampire she claims is her sister, to never allow her even ‘one drop’ of blood, and to never let her know of the truth of her existence… (and yes, her ‘sister’ is a fellow PC)

Can you guess what I just read...? 👀👀👀 (I might colour it later)

So first we got the sages from naruto??? Hello... tsunade? Jiraya? Orichimaru??

Next up we got sailor Neptune, sailor Pluto and sailor Uranus???

Who’s that little silhouette off in the middle there? Looks like a familiar hairstyle hmmm

Yep!! The rest of the sailor senshis are here too!

And look who’s right beside them?? Ryo and akira???

We’re not done yet! More form the naruto universe! Haku and zabuza!

And finally from what I managed to notice, we have street fighter?? (I think)

This is all I managed to find, but I’m sure there are more... this was so fun to notice