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Art Fight prep time so that means catching up on NPC art that I’ve been meaning to draw ✨

This is Lillium (Itulus’s dead lover 🥲) a half unicorn/ half human commoner who was Itulus’s whole world ❤️

She technically died before he got all his piercings and tattoos (since every tattoo is in memory of her) but Itulus is going through it lately and he deserves a kiss to make it better 😘 plus they are my npcs so I can do what I want ✨

Enjoy @worldsokayestmagicalgirl 💕 Lillium is now on Art Fight ✨

Bonus doodle of their hypothetical kids ✨ Itulus has such Girl Dad™️ energy that I gave them 3 daughters~

I love them so much my brain is already making a whole AU! about them and what their personalities would be and how they would interact with everyone 💙

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✨ recap ✨

Sylphi follows Amorè out of the cottage, leaving Diana inside alone. She catches up quickly, pulling Amoré aside and handing her a Goodberry “just in case.” Amorè has no idea what it is and immediately pops it into her mouth, unknowingly wasting its +1 health effect (but hey she’s got a full stomach for 24 hours now). Sylphi tries to hide her distress and hands her another, this time instructing her to save it for any emergency healing she may need.

Agatha leads them into her forest and to a small clearing. She instructs Sylphi to stay back with her and Amorè to step in to face her test.

Amorè does so, and three wolves appear among the trees and begin running straight at her. She casts Ray of Frost but just barely clips the paw of one as it pounces and bites into her arm. The second bites her as well, and the third keeps its distance. Amorè releases a cloud of Poison Spray on the two biting her, and one vanishes while the other releases her leg. She retreats, narrowly missing a bite from it and is able to take cover behind a tree.

She pulls out Sylphi’s Goodberry and eats it before popping out to cast Color Spray. The wolves are blinded, and she goes to take cover again, but is rather caught off guard when the ground shakes and the tree she was planning on hiding behind comes to life and runs her over.

Her vision goes dark and she comes to on the couch in Agatha’s cottage.

Once she realizes that she failed the test, and that she failed so thoroughly and quickly, she is absolutely humiliated. Diana, who had been reading a book in the chair next to her, checks in to see if she’s sick. But she can’t get anything other than angry and frustrated incoherent rambling from Amorè. Sylphi brings over some tea, but Amorè barely realizes it’s being offered to her.

Diana and Sylphi continue to try and offer comfort as Amorè spirals. But each attempt to console her is met with misplaced anger, making Diana uncomfortable. She gets up to leave and go back upstairs to the rooms Agatha had provided them, and Sylphi continues to try and break through to Amorè.

But all her attempts are rebuffed. She tries to praise her performance, but knowing how quickly she was taken out, Amorè doesn’t believe her to be genuine. Sylphi tries to gauge if this test had hit some weird deep rooted insecurity that Amorè’s been ignoring, and Amorè abruptly goes quiet. She then declares to Sylphi in a slightly disturbing calmness that the suggestion was laughable, and insists that there’s nothing like that to worry about.

Sylphi then admits, probably in a last ditch attempt to save the conversation, that she had prayed for Amoré’s success in her test. This has…the opposite effect. Amorè’s rage immediately rekindles and she makes Sylphi promise to NEVER pray for her again. That finally chases Sylphi back upstairs, and Amorè spends the rest of the night on the couch in a depression burrito.

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✨ recap ✨ (non consensual therapy incoming)

The next morning, Amorè refuses to leave her depression burrito. Sylphi leaves a plate next to her on the floor, and over the course of the next few hours, her hand emerges occasionally from the pile of blankets to snatch some food.

Around noon, Agatha has finally had enough and uses Mage Hand to forcibly evict Amorè from her burrito, scolding her for her undignified conduct. Amorè has still not gotten over the humiliation of the night before and is still snappish at everyone, avoiding all attempts from Sylphi and Diana to ease her out of her funk. Agatha heads upstairs as Sylphi begins to lose her patience and turns the conversation back to Amore’s behavior and fainting spells.

Absolutely fed up with Amorè’s refusal to answer either of them, Sylphi casts Charm Person on her. Amorè fails her saving throw, and is made to spill her guts to Diana and Sylphi against her will.

She admits to being riddled with anxiety about failing Agatha’s test. This woman she didn’t even know existed until a few days ago has the ability to strip her of her family name if she finds her unworthy of it. It terrifies her to know she wasn’t strong enough to pass, and she thinks this is just another strike against her. She admits to having gaps in her memories, and an inkling that she’s forgotten something important, but every time she tries to examine it, she ends up feeling a deep sense of dread. She knows there’s something wrong with her and her family knows it. They act like she should have accomplished something by now, but she can’t find out what it is. She feels alone…She admits that she doesn’t trust Sylphi, and she thinks Diana does not care about her.

Diana confirms that she does care about Amorè before going upstairs, leaving Sylphi to pry deeper into Amorè’s emotional response.

But there are questions Amorè cannot answer, even under the influence of the spell. Her mind draws a blank, and it scares her, so she copes by acting aggressively towards people who draw attention to it. She confesses that she knows everyone around her acts like she’s a ticking time bomb, but she has too much pride to confide in anyone so she just keeps bottling it up. And who even would she confide in? Her parents don’t even seem to notice how much she’s struggling, they don’t even see each other very often.

Sylphi suggests they find a way to monitor her and find out what really happens when these fainting spells happen. She leaves to go ask Agatha about any magic items she may have that may be able to help them, and leaves the spell to fade as she heads up the stairs.

The moment she is no longer in range, icy clarity washes over Amorè as she realizes everything she’s just admitted to. Humiliation washes over her and she begins crying. Actual, ugly crying, that almost has her sinking to the floor in a heap. Birch tries to comfort her, but she gets up, and staggers out of the cottage, slamming the door behind her and heading into the forest.

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As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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✨ recap ✨

Amorè walks aimlessly into the surrounding forest with no real destination in mind, just a desire to get as far away from the house as possible. Birch helps her stay on her feet as she stumbles along, though eventually she does fall and just stays down. Birch curls around her and she just cries hard, cuddling into him in a rather uncharacteristic display of vulnerability.

Eventually, Diana finds them curled up under a tree and sits down on the other side of Amorè. They sit in awkward silence for a moment as Amorè attempts to stop herself from crying (with little success) before she finally asks Diana why she let Sylphi charm her. Diana responds that she didn’t really have time to react, and Amorè presses why she didn’t stop her from embarrassing herself once she started spilling her guts.

It’s like pulling teeth, having this conversation. But they have a sort of bonding moment, and Diana offers an olive branch. She reiterates the sentiment that she does care for Amoré, even if Amoré doesn’t believe her. And she’ll try to be more vigilant about this kind of stuff from here on out. Diana knows very little about magic and how it works, but she’ll try to make up for it.

Amorè admits that despite everything, she still cares for Diana too, and that’s why this has all been so hard. A lot can happen to a person in seven years. They had once been friends, and they clearly weren’t those same people anymore. Things are strained, and there is a lot between them they are unwilling to talk about.

So they decide to try and start over, and agree on “reluctantly acquired travel companions,” until they can relearn their old relationship. Amorè even promises Diana a nice crystal from her shoes once they’re big enough to harvest.

They sit in quiet as Amorè composes herself, and she quietly confesses that she’s scared to tell her parents she failed Agatha’s test. She knows they wouldn’t be angry, but that somehow makes it worse. She understands anger. She can deal with anger. But disappointment? Diana suggests they take the scenic way back, and maybe she could try the other version of the test Agatha alluded to instead.

Sylphi eventually finds them sitting under the tree. She keeps a distance, as Amorè lets it be well known she’s still furious about everything, and she’s decided that she’d like to leave Agatha’s as soon as possible. They let Birch lead them back to the cottage. As they walk, Sylphi approaches cautiously and hands Amorè a ring set with a clear stone, informing her that it will help monitor her fainting spells, though they’ll have to get the details from Agatha to figure out how.

At this point the three of them realize that Birch is not taking them back to the cottage. Instead, they end up in a clearing full of honeysuckle, and he leaves them to enjoy eating the flowers (at Sylphi’s insistence). He disappears into the tree line and returns sometime later, dragging a dead jeweled lizard behind him. He offers it to Amorè, and keeps swatting Diana and Sylphi away from it.

Amorè collects the gems from the carcass and Birch eats the rest when she’s done. Diana tries to snag a few gems, to no success, to (surprisingly) Amorè’s own amusement. Birch leads them back to the cottage for real this time, and Agatha is waiting for them at the table.

Sylphi goes up to her to ask about the ring, and Agatha instructs Amorè to put it on, though mentions once it’s on it is not to be removed. Sulkily, Amorè does as instructed, and feels a slight prick. Agatha explains that the ring will absorb some of her essence, and they all watch as the stone in the ring turns a light pink.

They sit down at the table to discuss where to go from here, and Sylphi convinces them to go after Ko Kiri. She’s still worried about her getting this place that may or may not exist on her own. As the pack up to leave, Diana tries to get a few more Earrings of Sending for the road. She’s able to get five from Agatha though she’s warned she’ll have to pay for them going forward.

As they head out towards their borrowed horses (Micycle, Bicheal, & The Darkness (aka Steven)), Agatha stops Amorè and pulls a necklace from somewhere in her scarves. She drops it into her hand and tells her it will let her know when to return for her next test.

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As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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Did I use my animation final as a way to subtly get back at my professor for having an issue with Diana’s original hair style? Yes. Yes I did.

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✨ recap ✨

Upon inspection, Sylphi recognizes the orb as an item of Ba’al (assuming that it is real). She explains, as Diana picks it back up, that according to her studies his domains as a god are barriers and promises. So she can’t understand why one of his items would kill on touch. Shockingly, no one else is eager to volunteer taking it from Diana to see if it is the real thing. Sylphi instead decides to test the orb on a seedling.

She pulls a seed from her pocket and infuses it with some of her magic to get it to sprout before placing it on top of the orb. It sparks from the center and it begins to glow before the seedling begins growing rapidly. It encases the orb almost entirely with its roots, causing Diana to drop it before they can grow over her hand.

It smashes back down into the stone floor, and Diana swoops down and begins to hack at the roots with one of her daggers to free it, but they will not cut. Between the roots and her gloves, Quincy feels like it’s safe enough to risk touching it, and picks it up gingerly to inspect.

She’s quiet for a moment before suggesting that this orb is a failed attempt to recreate Ba’al’s item. As far as she can tell, whatever it may have been intended for, the orb may just end up giving anyone who touches it Dragonborn characteristics. She then calls up the staircase to Agatha to see if she suddenly feels “dragony” since that seedling wrapped around the orb was from her forest.

Agatha irritataingly confirms she does not from somewhere upstairs.

Quincy decides she is intrigued by all this and hands her card and a communication stone to Sylphi. She explains that the stone can teleport one person temporarily for brief meetings or just for voice check ins, and that the seal on her card will bring them straight to her if they ever stop by her shop in Yeothia. She’d love it if they could keep her informed on any changes they may observe with anything that may come into contact with that orb.

She goes to head out, before pausing at the door to toss some spark rocks to Amoré…who does not catch them and they explode around her feet, before bidding them farewell and ducking out of the cottage, ignoring Amoré’s string of curses.

Anagtha decends the staircase to see the noticeable hole and slight scorch marks on her floor before flatly stating that it’s a good thing they just got paid because she expects Diana to fix that. Diana sheepishly acquiesces and hands Amoré and Sylphi their share of their payment while she’s at it.

While Amorè is tucking her gold away, Diana steps up to her and also places a small purple scale in her palm. She explains that it’s a gift from Ko Kiri, that she left one for each of them. Amorè muses that she doesn’t understand what about their time together warranted a gift, especially to her, and Diana hesitantly asks if Amoré knows what it means to receive a scale from a Dragonborn.

She admits she doesn’t, and proceeds to tuck it away in her pouch. Diana stays quiet and does not elaborate any further.

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As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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I’m not a fan of drawing backgrounds but I had to update my old ass art of Agatha’s house. Too many things happen here for there to not be at least a floor plan of this place

This ^^^ is the new floor plan and the og drawing of Agatha’s house (from back in 2020!)

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The Extroverts take out their Introverts

So yeah this may be the single most self indulgent thing I’ve ever drawn. Just imagine it takes place some nebulous time before either campaign lol. It has been an honor playing dress up with you all✨

As always, Diana : @wolfy1298 , Aqua @captain-cappie

Also do me a favor and pretend bardcore Barbie Girl is playing in the BG I tried but the sheet music wasn’t translating well 🙃

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It’s only been like 9 million years but I FINALLY finished Amorè’s family portrait.

It’s so encouraging to know that Amorè has always looked slightly unsettling with eyes a little too big for her face.

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Found this draw the squad sketch from waaaaaay back in 2020 and decided I needed to finally color it (and fix the anatomy).

So anyways how tall you think the box needs to be to execute this effectively?

As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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🎶 O-Ophelia~ 🎶

Poor Roland I keep drawing him in sad situations 😔 But it’s ok it’s in the name of ✨Lore✨ and it’s not my fault he fits into this painting so well

(Plus some close up shots ✨)

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AMORE IS GROUNDED FOR TILL COLLEGE!! For till college? FOR TILL COLLEGE!!!

This was super fun to help make and I absolutely love how it turned out ❤️ I can’t wait for the blooper reel 😈 lol

IT’S DONE!! It’s finally done!!! This was supposed to only be 2-3 minutes long but……well…… it is not

Anyway here’s to more Diana and Amore shenanigans!!

And special thanks for my friends and sibling for helping me voice/ plan this crazy thing! Couldn’t have done it without you!!

Voice Cast

Amore: @worldsokayestmagicalgirl

Diana: Me

Everyone else: @cappierong

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Got re-obsessed with this old role swap AU amongst my scrapbook prep so of course I had to redraw with more appropriate design elements.

It's a hold over from a time before Amoré's multiclass, where I was constantly bitching about her not being able to wear all these cool armor pieces I found, & it birthed a whole ass AU that's...hilariously similar to Sam's current project. But as always, I am the yin to her yang, while she brings the fluff, I bring the angst.

Since it's boring to just do a one-to-one swap, I raise you Draconic Bloodline sorceress Diana, inheritor of a rare form of magic originating from a source the rest of the world views hostile. Since she was young, there have been multiple attempts on her life, desperate attempts from multiple groups to keep her from fully connecting with her magic and growing into a fully realized sorceress. Those who don't die in the line of duty are dismissed for letting the threat get too close, and she has become resigned to what she sees as her inevitable fate.

Amoré is a young Inquisitor, daughter of a rather infamous pair of Protector Aasimar who up and vanished in the middle of a long term contract for an extremely affluent client, never to be heard from again. Her name is ruined, and she does not care what she has to risk to bring respect back to it. She will regain her Protector status, even if it means burning everyone around her, and herself in the process.

Anyways I'm obsessed. I had so much material set aside for this AU and I lost all the dialogue plans so ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ from scratch we go!

As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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I miss these idiots 💕 have some nonsense because this meme was made for them

As always, Diana : @wolfy1298

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The wild thing about being obsessed with your own DnD campaign is that there's absolutely NO fandom content for it except the stuff that you make

Like, what do you mean only six other people in the entire world have heard of Dave the Ice Elemental whose job is Freezer at the Fantasy Starbucks?

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Mario Party One Shot here we come ✨

Shrieking into the void for a few seconds because I just hit 25 pages & 11k words on the (DM requested) INSANELY detailed backstory for the new campaign I’ll be starting soon.

I've officially hit novella territory & I'm still not done _(:3 」∠)_ this is the longest thing I've written in ages & I kinda equally impressed/horrified.

And I thought I overdid it when Amoré's backstory came out 17 pages. 😮‍💨

Watch this be what makes me learn to print & bind books cuz now that I know how long it is I'm consumed by a need to hold it physically.

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It’s all coming together ✨

The first batch of pictures for Amoré's character journal are here! Also I have been so super sick that I've literally had nothing to do but to work on this for like almost 2 weeks so...

The cover to cover tour officially starts here. All I can say about the front & back is that I lament my lack of experience with my Cricut when I made these decals. I only had 2 "fun" colors to work with at the time & I was still getting comfortable drawing in Procreate, so my silhouette art leaves a lot to be desired compared to some stuff I've made recently. I also found it's incredibly easy to burn this leather book.

But she's volume one, everything with her is a learning experience, & I realized as much as it helps to have a mini heat press for tight corners & small spaces, the cloth barrier they suggest you use between the vinyl & the iron tends to make things harder to press on this scale. So instead I gotta quickly tap straight on the transfer film & hope I don't burn anything around it :(´◦ω◦｀):ﾟﾟ

So at the risk of thoroughly exposing my inner theater kid, Amoré set the precedent with how I went forward creating campaign characters. I started off collecting 5 songs to make a mini story arc (almost like a show choir set list 🙃) that helps me figure out an outline for the kind of story I wanna give them.

Somehow Amoré ended up with a truly horrendous blend of rock & theatre. Absolutely incredibe. No wonder she's always such a dramatic bitch.

It was a lot easier to go in & add little decals around these lyrics. I'm definitely cursed with the Too Much™ gene, but I enjoy the little pops of color they give ✨ plus it justifies me hoarding all these vinyl scraps printing stuff this small lol.

Stat sheet!

In all honesty, as my first character I had no fucking clue what I was doing when I placed these & if I could go back & change one thing I'd probably swap her Intelligence & her Wisdom. She’s definitely more people smart than book smart.

But everything else is...very accurate. She has all the upper body strength of a chicken nugget. Plus on top of the (already) negative I traded disadvantage on everything DEX for magic crystal shoes that can be periodically harvested. Just a way for her to carry around the family fortune without actually having to return to the vault✨

For something that started so average, her CON became a monster & always comes in clutch for her alcohol tolerance. I've played variations of her across a few different one shots & I always manage to roll well for anything alcohol related. The dice do respect a bit 🤣

Spells on the other hand, I floundered with a lot at first because we’re not a combat heavy game, but then I found Chaos Bolt & that was that. It’s essentially Amoré in spell form & I’ve had a ton of fun with it over the years. Also Mage Armor cuz my girl is SO DISTRESSINGLY SQUISHY.

Cantrips were more or less a bit of a toss up. Message was fun for the sheer idea of her using it to talk shit during social events without being caught. But aside from Light serving fun backstory purposes the other 3 are kinda just what looked fun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ unless you count the idea that she would absolutely delight in zapping handshakes.

From there, I wanted to extend the world map made by our wonderful DM @cappierong into a full scroll. Ya know, for the aesthetic ✨

Our campaign started in Civania, where Amoré's main Estate is. I just wanted a quick mock up to reference, so I edited a preexisting picture I found that checked all the boxes (large, on a plateau, accessible only by bridge) and then absolutely smothered it in flowers.

But anyways... This is primarily where Diana & Amoré grew up together in their decade of backstory ✨

There was probably waaaay to much back & forth trying to keep the continuity between stuff I've already drawn & this big reference. But I think it turned out pretty ok? Not like if I make a mistake anyone will really know lol.

Scaling was also another big issue I had, & I moments where I thought something was too big I just kinda handwaved it away like "ehhhhh she's from a stupid rich family." But now I have a NEED to draw baby Diana & Amoré around like, the statue gardens or something cuz I feel like certain parts of this place are definitely ominous 👀 especially for children...

And lastly we have the back cover & the High Noble political relationship map! I normally have this closer to the front but for layout purposes it'll be here. I kinda feel like I need to do more for the decoration of it but I can’t think of anything else to add at the moment.

Sam if u read that no you didn't.

But now! Other than a family portrait that I've always wanted to draw, I think I'm ready to move onto the art for Season 1 : Arc 2. It's a pretty hefty amount of art in comparison to others, so I gotta get busy. Especially since I think I'm gonna have to draw a few comics *sobs*

If you made it this far, thanks so much for reading! I'm always excited to talk out our little idiots so thanks for indulging me ❀(*´▽`*)❀