#Quinzy the Tiefling Barbarian

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   As a way of apologizing for Surprise Lewds on the dashboard/tags, have this:

Fun fact!! Quinzy does NOT believe in gods or magic.

   Her father was a demon lord, yes, but he never really brought his past up with the kids. (And bare bones summaries were what his wife got.) So she’s really got no beginning to even think that the “fake names” people are praying to might, uh, actually be Very Real.

   However, she has a sword she’s supposed to be attuning to... That has a deity of storms tied to it... Given that she’s a careless, give-no-fucks Storm Herald, maybe this could go well??? Ah?!?

   As for magic, she sincerely, stubbornly believes it’s not magic. Like, she has a pair of horns, pure red eyes, and a tail; sure it’s not “normal,” but it’s who she is, right? So people casting fireball? Eldritch blast? It’s the same idea. It’s just something they Can Do, with no more thought of it. 

   She’s purple, humans can be pale to dark, the sun spins up in the sky, some people can cast Fireball and nearly melt her skin off. Just another Thursday!

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   So I have this DnD PC from a campaign that fell apart (friend group drama, always fun to watch go down and sigh as shit happens in the most ugly of ways....but regardless), but like. DM (aka Cam) wants to continue it some day, he’s got plans to RP with me the results of everyone splitting off...an eventual work up to continue the storyline he’s got planned. Cause it’s one of those “I put too much work into this bitch to stop now” sorta deals.

   And honestly, my gal- a tiefling barbarian named Quinzy- is just.... I love her, but, uh. All that family trauma I gave her caught up to me. Getting into character is fun but stressful, especially since she’s got a younger brother (NPC tiefling fighter named Carnon; he can wield great weapons despite being a shortie bc Fuck You, Personally) to protect (who’s slowly been better at protecting himself than she has been protecting him, causing her no end of great uncertainty) AND her father’s the Big Bad of the campaign as a whole.

   Oh, and her mom died years back, when Carnon was still pretty young. So everyone’s having a great time.

   But Cam brought her back up cause there’s a certain development I never expected from that gal........an honest to goodness crush. A big deal for her, cause Quinzy’s naturally flirtatious. If it’s sentient and has bits she can play with, she wants in. (Though hasn’t slept around too much largely due to being built like a truck and having a bloodthirsty streak as wide as her dad’s. Also, had work as a champion fighter in an underground city for a long while.)

   However........ Her type up ‘til recently has been “bigger than me, just as or stronger than me, makes life fun”, but uh. Hmm.

   Drow exists. Named Jevan. He’s built about the same as V [DMCV]. Older than her by a fair shot, since he was the one to attack her father and give him the horrible wound he’s got (that Jevan also sports)....that her mother helped him recover from, to a degree. (Enough that he kept kicking more than Jevan thought he would.) Keeps a LOT to himself.

   .......Quinzy really be like, “Oh, that one. I want that one. He’s my type.”

   I’m your creator. I thought you liked them big, you bisexual hot mess. What do you MEAN the drow is your type?! Where did this come from???

   ...I love this lady, I swear, but like. L o r d. The ridiculousness.

   ............but I guess to be fair, I got Pranked by myself. Cause, uh. Her dad? Avnas? He kinda hot, ngl--

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   Hey, so is roleplaying as your DnD PCs as a side thing.....a thing? Because honestly, I have such an itch to play my current PC or just?? Gush about her a lot???

   If anyone is interested in either of those, here’s the quick rundown:

Demon father (Avnas, a Fighter), human mother (Melita Valentina, undetermined). Met because he was injured in a snowstorm and she refused to leave him alone, helping him instead.

Ended up having two kids together: Quinzy and Carnon, both tieflings. Barbarian and Fighter, in that order.

Quinzy’s my PC and a purple tiefling with short, lavender hair. Red eyes without pupils or irises and horns that roll back on her head. Fond of violence, having been trained by her father- personally- but also has a softness for romance she mostly keeps tucked away.

Used to have wings due to demonic heritage, but she tore them off with her bare hands in an attempt to “fit in” among the other kids. Avnas saw this as proof of her strength, and proceeded to train her.

Tail has a heart/spade shape.

Typically wears gladiator armor and a gladiator skirt, but adorns it with a pink bow and a flower crown, on occasion.

Sharp nails. Also has double-fangs, like her father.

Carnon is an NPC Fighter and the youngest of the group. He has blue skin and pale-blue hair, much like his father. His horns arc up a similar way, but don’t twist [like Avnas’], are singular, and go up, curl towards each other, then point outward.

He has visible iris, but they’re just a darker shade of blue than the rest of his eye. No pupils.

Slicks back his hair as a habit. Quinzy started it, to keep the hair out of his eyes.

Doesn’t much like to read, but he hates being seen as weak or dumb. Sure likes using his strength to his advantage, though!!

Singular fang and a pointed tail. (Though not as sharp as his father’s, which Avnas often uses as a weapon.)

   Aaaaannnddd as a final piece to this whacky puzzle, have some doodles! A few of are my own thing, but the majority are Carnon drawing the recaps of what happened during a session. :3c

   I love this boy so much, and I’m so terrified that he almost died recently.

   Carnon’s art of what led them to leaving home and eventually finding the party.

   Carnon and Quinzy meet the party. Featuring him helping with kills and the party themselves in his art style. (Zel the Bugbear Druid at top right, Arutu the Dragonborn Sorcerer to lower left, middle of page; Alvara the half-Elf Bard in center, and Amara the Half-Sea Elf Ranger with the red hair to the right.)

   First time drawing Quinzy.

   First time using Carnon’s art style.

   The very first, original design of Quinzy, by using Hero’s Forge. For all intents and purposes, this is still an accurate depiction of Quinzy. (Despite the fact she no longer has hooved feet, like she did back then when I first made this.)

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   Apparently I never? Posted this?? Commission I bought from @raazziel of Quinzy! There’s also a transparent version, but I’ve taken to usually keeping those to myself for personal use. (....It’s just me slapping different BGs on there and stuff. Nothing too whacky!)

   With that said... I’ll make this the new icon of the blog~!

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   Art based on Halsey’s Angel on Fire. It really carries the energies that Quinzy’s been carrying lately, where her entire being is falling apart. Her fierce desire to be Known and Loved and the feelings that she’s not enough. Her brother won’t need her anymore. People have left. (The previous group fell apart, so Quinzy’s experiencing abandonment issues in light of the fight that split them all apart.)

   It’s a hellva time for her and it’s...something she can’t quite cope with. Especially after everything else she’s been through, equating to something of the level of depression and C-PTSD. (But that’s something she can’t identify, so. Until she realizes the trauma, we’re not going to address that quite yet.)

   Unfinished and a WIP, but I’m extremely proud of this and wish to post it here.

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Quinzy Valentina, Tiefling Barbarian.  ||  Carnon Valentina, Tiefling Fighter                                  Chaotic Neutral  ||  Chaotic Good

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   Quinzy is the older sister of Carnon, and my first PC! Above are the arts done by @tiny-pastel-unicorn and below, the initial designs of them I made on Hero Forge. (Carnon especially has changed so much since then, LMAO.)

   The two are currently in a homebrew adventure that has introduced their father- Avnas, a blue demon Fighter (who might’ve been accidentally based on Vergil from Devil May Cry)- as the Big Bad of the campaign. More on him later, though.

   Currently, her party consists of herself, Carnon, Arutu (Dragonborn Sorcerer), Alvara (Half-Elf Bard), Amara (Half-Sea Elf Ranger), and... Well, we USED to have Zel (Bugbear Druid), but he kind of. Went through a portal to another land, recently. So now that player is being Satar (Githzerai Gunslinger)... Plus one more NPC, Jevan (Drow Bloodhunter).

   It’s a full house on board this ship, and a journey to a new land......to find one (1) dumbass motherfucker.

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   Just remembered I have art I can share....wow!

   To start us off, WIP of a concept that- with any luck- we can avoid.....evil Quinzy. A potential that’s been discussed before largely because her morals and alignment depend on the state of her little brother, Carnon. Had he died at any point before meeting a certain Bloodhunter...... Her going missing from the party wouldn’t have been a surprise.

   Her returning with the might of a disgraced captain and a fury unmatched, wings grown back? Only a matter of time, as she would’ve blamed the party (and herself) for not protecting her little brother. For not saving him.

   .....At least now Carnon and Jevan have to die before this possibility comes up again.

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   Only Quinzy would be able to have the boldness to smash her crush and allow him total control the entire time...and then get her stage freight back the SECOND he catches onto “wait a minute, you’re acting weird. Why are you acting weird?”

   To give long overdue context, let’s go over some things.

   Quinzy, the tiefling barbarian. Pansexual and Chaotic Neutral. She’s been flirting with everyone she comes into contact with since Day 1 of her introduction. Nobody has been free of this. Ex-champion fighter, too. Used to travel solo with her younger brother, Carnon. (Tiefling Fighter, Chaotic Good.)

   The first group consisted of a dragonborn sorcerer (Arutu), a half-elf bard (Alvara), bugbear druid (Zel), and a half-sea elf ranger (Amara). To give you an idea of Quinzy with the party, she’s flirted with everyone there. Alvara kept largely to herself, Zel turned down/avoided her advances, and Arutu/Amara eagerly encouraged them. Arutu to the point of attempting to work with her Rage (Storm Herald) to magnify attacks.

   All in all, an interesting time. Her goblin boss got killed when she wanted to leave with the group. One of his men shot Carnon in the leg with an arrow. Arutu has Mold Earth. So yes, he died quickly.

   And left the Undercity of Highwater in shambles, cause he kinda controlled everything down there. Whoops! Shoulda been more careful.

   Anyways, some time passes. Shenanigans go down. Quinzy is allowed to be taken by another tiefling named Redfang, largely due to him killing off the captain and her wanting anything that meant Carnon would be safe. (He said he only needed one of them...) The crew go off to get her. She’s in a dungeon. They fight her father (Erinyes named Avnas) in one of his most weakest states..... A somewhat lucky break, as he’s the BBEG for the wHOLE CAMPAIGN.

   Y’know. DnD things.

   Anyways, Zel tackles Avnas through a portal and now the group must go get him! Cue hiring out some help (Zel’s player making a gunslinger named Sitar), a random guy....and a Blood Hunter. Jevan.

   “I have stake in this,” Jevan says. “I’m the one who gave Avnas that mortal wound some twenty fucking years ago, and I can’t believe the asshole’s still alive.” (Or such is the summary.)

   Quinzy? “.....Wait the hell a second-”

   So timeskip again and- whoops!- what’s more chaotic then getting a crush on your dad’s main enemy? The one who cursed him with blood magic? Who’s also got quite the angsty history?

   Oh, and also the fact Quinzy’s proudly announced her type as “big or bigger than [her], strong enough to break [her], and romantic” (she likes ‘em big, brute, and sweet). Occasionally older than her, as her wild track record (an incredible two partners previous, as her fighting reputation didn’t exactly win her a lot of favor, no matter how good she was.....and she’s not low enough to sleep with someone knowing they’re just doing it to brag about it to friends) has shown so far.

   .....Jevan is built like V from Devil May Cry 5. Tall, but still short compared to her (6′1″ to Quinzy’s 6′3″). He’s quite the far miss from what she announced...but somewhat catches up (in his own way) in coming around to care for Carnon just as the others have, his wits, looks, and- as evidenced now- romantic nature.

   Should this have been solely tabletop forever, this would’ve been slow burn with a XXXL heaping of SLOW. Quinzy would’ve likely died before admitting her crush.

   Takes one Discord roleplay and disadvantage on lying to Jevan (which she rightfully deserved) for her to FINALLY get somewhere. But to really hammer the point home-

   Her FIRST round of trying to lie to him:

   (She rightfully failed against his mod 18.)

   Not too long after that, Quinzy tries to lie AGAIN. So I roll with Disadvantage and....

    A mod 11 at best, the little idiot.

   BUT THE FACT THAT SHE TRIED SO HARD IS WHAT THREW ME OFF. Is this how you know that your dice is possessed by your PC?!

.:.

   ...Anyways. Her adventure with Carnon continues with Jevan on Discord until the new group is set up and settled in. Currently, she’s finished a spy mission with the group and is on her way to report in. Had a hot spring break, got SMASHED DRUNK on sake, Jevan and Carnon protected her....she almost killed a bastard cause she’s LEVEL 7 BARBARIAN WITH STORM HERALD so she can BREATHE UNDERWATER........so that’s fine. Jevan stopped her.

   Got back to the inn, ate dinner.......and then had some fun bc Drunk Quinzy was like “why the HELL do you want me to put clothes on.....don’t you like to see me naked?” And then it became a challenge of “give me body worship and THEN I’ll believe you when you say you like my body”

   .......Then they just lowkey decimated the room.

   At the moment, feelings have been admitted to, they’re mutual, Quinzy’s still freaking out about it, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED, and Carnon destroyed Jevan’s lungs by jumping into the room and landing on the poor drow.

   AND THAT’S WHERE WE’RE AT TODAY.

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Tell us about your PC, Aki!! They sound really cool, and I love D&D!

   [sLAMS MY HANDS ON THE TABLE] WELCOME TO a now split party, but a rad af tiefling and her even COOLER little brother.

   Meet Quinzy (and Carnon, to the left side!)!! (Art by the lovely @tiny-pastel-unicorn.)

   Quinzy is a tiefling barbarian who- much like her weapons- dances between a fine line of badass and princess. She loves her bow and flower crown, but her gladiator set, too. She’ll flirt as much as she’ll crave the fight, indulging in the bloodlust that had been encouraged by her demonic father. (A tall, blue demon my DM and bf ended up naming Avnas... Accidentally based him off of Castlevania’s Dracula, Naruto’s Madara Uchiha, and DMC’s Vergil tho, LMAO.)

   Her brother, Carnon... He’s more the sweetie of the troupe. Quinzy’s protective of him as all hell, but he’s STRONG. (Fighter class...and DM allowing him to be Stronk for the fun of it, bless him.) He can’t really read, doesn’t much like to, but he IS a little artist, drawing the group’s adventures as the days pass! Very much wants to make himself known to be his sister’s equal, too, since he doesn’t want to burden her with being weak and defenseless. (Despite the fact he has proficiency in Great weapons.....LMAO.)

   Full family story (plus art of the parents by the same artist!!) beneath the cut~!

   Meet Melita Valentina (the woman) and Avnas, the kid’s parents!! Avnas met Melita after a harsh fight with a blood hunter during a blizzard in her town. Thankfully, she had spotted him in the spotty darkness, forcing him to accept her help, healing him (with the aid of a friend’s potions), and eventually...the two falling in love.

   ...As it wasn’t quite a secret that Melita had a preference, and it certainly wasn’t in humans...!

   Quinzy was the first born... Born with wings, like her father. However, as she grew up and the teasing and harassment from the village kids got to her, she eventually ripped off her wings in an attempt to be more like them. Avnas took this as a sign of her strength, and began training her in various weaponry.

   Before too long, Carnon was born, though Avnas hadn’t been traveling for some time. He decided to leave them for a short while to fight more. Amass more power, and so he left.

   Unknown to him, however, is that Carnon’s horns had grown too soon. Deeply hurting Melita, though the pain wouldn’t become an issue until a month or two later. Her old friend’s potions kept her going for a time, but none had the power the old ones had; the one, for example, that had helped Avnas’ wound. She attempted to send Quinzy and Carnon for it, having staved off some of the ill effects of her injuries and infections... (Knowing the little boy til he was about 3.) However, when they came back?

   Melita had passed. Cold when they came back for her.

   They stuck around for a few months longer, avoiding the room her body lay in and eating up the food the best Quinzy could make of it. Only being forced to leave home when the villagers realized Melita hadn’t been seen or heard from in months and Avnas had been nowhere in sight, either. No sounds of training...

   The villagers burned their home down, Quinzy and Carnon taking their last, precious objects from home (a necklace Melita owned for Quinzy, and Carnon taking a toy his mother had altered for him; so it looked like a tiefling) before running away.

   Quinzy would make a few spare friends (in a brothel, of all places) steal food and money if it meant taking care of Carnon...and eventually, start fighting for money.

   This led her to the beginning of the campaign she started in, where the group would meet Carnon at the door to the underworld of Highwater (he wasn’t allowed down there), and meet Quinzy, the star fighter and the champion of a goblin-run fighting ring. Of course, the curiosity of new fights catches her ear...but considering a hasty shot by a guard caused Carnon harm?

   That goblin didn’t live much longer.

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   Over my time playing as her, I got to learn a few things!!! First off... I’ll start with Her Song. The song that makes me think of her every time! Sweet but Psycho by Ava Max (and Youth by Glass Animals for Carnon).

   The energy... The “you’ll love her, but she’ll drive you crazy while you do”.... That’s Quinzy Energy. (And Youth? That’s pure “from Avnas/Quinzy to Carnon” right upfront. Right down to “feel your mother at your side / don’t you know you have my eyes?”) I have a whole WIP playlist for this family, but I’ll be real with ya.....most of it is Avnas pining music (he loved his wife; thus the comparison to Castlevania’s Dracula) and Quinzy’s erratic music tastes. Mostly because-

   Quinzy has HUGE self esteem issues. Being tiefling has always been something that’s bothered her, not that she acknowledges it any. LOTS of false bravado and ego boosting that’s just....empty, if you know her well enough. She’s hypersexual (though polite; if you’re uncomfortable by it, she won’t persist her flirting or sexual comments), but also lowkey repulsed by it....largely due to being exposed young (the brothel), her esteem issues, and events from the campaign. (Where her flirtations and attempts at getting the upper hand via seduction not only got her in trouble, but got her CHARMED by the Bad of the segment- nat 1 (her only nat 1 ever)- and got taken again.....but more forcefully and without her full control of the situation, shaking her up since the encounter.)

   All she wants to do is protect her brother, but during the events of that campaign, she ALSO found out about her dad’s cult. Which wasn’t a big idea until she saw him frail and missing his right eye. Wings gone. From what? Who knows.

   But what she does know is Carnon wouldn’t fight alongside him. Quinzy wouldn’t side with her father if it meant harming Carnon...and led to the first time she ever told him “no.” The daddy’s girl telling him no and the both of them realizing how far apart the other is for the first time in all of this mess.

   Quinzy, hoping her father would fix things.....and he’s essentially gone mad. The patient, honor-driven fighter is gone. Her father is gone and she’s lost. (A breakdown commenced for the first....I’d say 3 or 4 turns until she finally listened to Carnon and engaged, getting in two harsh hits before her attack rolls started slipping.)

   She’s still reeling from that. Last the campaign did, she was suddenly gaining feelings for the resident drow blood hunter, Jivan... The very blood hunter who’d given that wound to Avnas all those years ago. (The wound that was weakening him and driving him mad....but also the fact his wife was dead.)      (And yes, Quinzy likes them- typically- bigger than her, just as tough...older than her, and also has a preference for drow. Dunno where that came from, but she sure as hell does. Ah, on that note...... She’s pansexual.)

   Jivan was upsetting her for, well....existing. Pure, unfiltered emotion isn’t something Quinzy can quite handle. Despite the fact it’s what she used to sorely wish for. To be a badass, warrior princess and to fall in love with someone and be in love as much as Melita and Avnas were.

   A handsome drow shows up with his shit together, nose in a book a majority of the time (a nod to V from DMC5 by my bf, the DM), smooth lines, and a damn good fighter....and now she’s sick to her stomach. Warring with herself quietly. Something only Carnon sees.

   What’s left of a family, falling apart at the seams. And Quinzy, who can’t keep pulling it together by herself.

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   WHEW, THAT WAS LONG, but um?? I hope you enjoyed reading this???? I know it’s super long, but I REALLY wanted to talk about all the stuff I keep thinking about regarding her and aaaaaaaa.........

   As a final note! I show you their dolls! They came in...a few days to a week ago from Apocalypse_Too and I adore them!! (Communication was horrible, tho.... Done quickly, but it was a NIGHTMARE to get in touch with them.) And combined with a LOVELY candle from @lemonyflicker (seriously, check them out; their stuff is SO GOOD I cannot praise this custom order I got enough), it makes for a wonderful set~!

   (Also note the lil Quinzy icon in her dice set; we were using those as our “figures” to map out placement. According to a weird, fourth wall breaking canon, Carnon drew them! That’s his art style!)

   ....Okay, ACTUAL last thing: Carnon doing art!!! This was the first page Carnon ever did for the campaign! We stan a little artist!!!!!!!