#Shepherds of Haven commission

[shepherds-of-haven]

Have a very sweet Valentine's Day, from Shery and the Shepherds gang!

Art by suitan!

[mooreaux]

A gorgeous outfit lineup from last month ✨🗡✨

[dragonknightofsummerset]

...a certain desperate passion to them and slight possessiveness to them, as if he's afraid you might melt away when he opens his eyes, or as if to say mine, mine, mine...

Thank you so much @jroahn for drawing Blade & Nayeli in a passionate, yet tender, moment. I love everything about this ❤️ I highly recommend commissioning them and checking out their work, it's amazing. (Main caption is from this post here.)

[koalaspoons]

Okay, so @shepherds-of-haven​ is an Interactive Fiction at that lives rent free in my head. Seriously, it’s genuinely one of my favorites. So when I saw the extremely talented artist @enspey had opened up commissions, I had to take the opportunity!

I ask for for the scene where my Healer, Sirli Ravenwood and the commander, Blade were dancing at the gala; specifically when the song is over but he still holds her and just looks at her so intently. And you guys... look at this...

The colors. The dream-like quality. The stare.

Don’t mind me, I will be fawning over this for the next few days.

[chimeowrical]

Kissy commishie of Tysinno and Ayla Aescar for Sierra!!

[eluvisen]

Commission for @risingsh0t of Tempest Neredras!

[bakanekiprice]

Some Wips & Finished Art pieces i did☺️ (3 wip of tally x my mc from Shepherds of Haven)

[aylaaescar]

Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am home again Whenever I'm alone with you You make me feel like I am whole again

Ayla Aescar ( @shepherds-of-haven ) and my own MC/Brightburner, Tysinno Maratis, as drawn by the wonderful and incredibly talented @serahlink. :') OTP of OTPs at the moment, I could talk about them for days if given half a chance and I'm not afraid to do it

if you're looking for an artist to commission, I can't recommend Link enough! he's amazingly talented and a delight to work with, and the money goes to the worthwhile cause of keeping his family afloat 🖤💕🖤

[istanbulite]

Masterpost try #368

last updated: 19.4.2024

Tags :

#sudraws #my writing #xx #music #ref #reference #photography — im forgetting some...

Art Blog @mandoart

A03 (being revised)

Art trade, Requests: Ask ✧*｡

Commissions: Not Yet ₍ - ̫-₎.｡

Fave LIs in no order bc why not :

Lann (Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous)

Heinrix (Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader)

Casavir (Neverwinter Nights 2)

Alistair, Fenris, Blackwall (Dragon Age)

Garrus, Jaal (Mass Effect Trilogy)

Danse (Fallout 4)

Torian, Aric (Swtor)

Elliott (Stardew Valley)

Astraeus, Alain, Reiner, Nav, Darius (Lovestruck)

Asra, Julian (The Arcana)

Chris, Andvari, Liod (Romance Club)

Cole (Blush Blush)

Hanzo (My Ninja Destiny)

Jumin Han, Zen (Mystic Messenger)

Lucifer, Mammon (Obey Me)

Virion (Oathbreaker)

Hanzo (Nightshade)

Raze (Demonheart)

James (Tailor Tales)

Zhu (Relics of the Lost Age)

Preston (Tin Star)

Toshio, Jun (Samurai of Hyuga)

Mason, Adam (The Wayhaven Chronicles)

Lady Argent, Herald (Fallen Hero)

all 3 of them Laurent (Perfumare WIP)

Blade (Shepherds of Haven WIP)

Orion, G, Seven (Infamous WIP)

Playlists :

Astraeus (Astoria Fate's Kiss - Lovestruck)

Astoria MC (aka Eos just below)

Sails in the Fog (Romance Club)

Shepherds of Haven WIP IF

Infamous WIP IF Band

Mason (Wayhaven Chronicles)

Torian Cadera (SWTOR)

Some of my OCs/MCs :

*Vorawin'ther Vandree 'Vora Winter' (Neverwinter/1/2, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous — a drow in one and dhampir in the latter) #oc: vora, #oc: vorawin'ther

Anna Arslanowicz (Fallout 4) #oc: anna

Elnara 'Ellie' Krymsky (Saints Row) #oc: ellie

'Lia' Shepard (Mass Effect Trilogy) #oc: lia

Valentina 'Tina' Ryder (Mass Effect Andromeda) #oc: valentina

*Ayka Delgerdzaya Aeducan (Dragon Age Origins #oc: ayka

Aisha Adaar (Dragon Age Inquisition) #oc: aisha

Aurora Hawke (Dragon Age 2) #oc: aurora

*Berra H'akan (my first bounty hunter, cathar, Mandalorian by birth, daughter of Clan H'akan's chieftain, Danyal) #oc: berra

Alma Ethelwulf (Star Ward the Old Republic, Zabrak Jedi Knight) #oc: alma

*'Nino Balkish' (Star Wars the Old Republic, Chiss Mando Bounty Hunter) #oc: nino

Kartili (Kelborn) 'Solus' (Swtor, Twi'lek ex-Mandalo Republic Smuggler) #oc: kartili

Cattie Pallas (Swtor, Cathar Jedi Consular) #oc: cattie

*Emija 'Prizrak' (Swtor, Chiss Republic Trooper) #oc: emija

*Eos Eremenko surname may vary (MC of Astoria Fate's Kiss / Lost Kisses, various other interactive fiction, Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader & my WIP interpretation of the Titan with the same name) #oc: eos

*Ela Anka (The Arcana, Fictif & Choices stories + the MC of the WIP work Perfumare:Amalgam) #oc: ela

*Eve Mac Diarmada (Obey Me, Nightbringer & my interpretation of Eve herself) #oc: eve

* main or more developed ocs™

Others :

Star Wars Clan H'akan (original Mandalorian clan settled on Werda, led by Danyal H'akan - also the father of Berra) #clan h'akan

Star Wars Clan Strillir (also my Mandalorian clan on Werda, led by Sidar Strillir) #clan strillir

ASOIAF House Dawnbreak (a semi-noble household) here

Cultist Simulator (Follower) OC here

My Writing :

Homecoming, gen but Lucifer being Lucifer (OBEY ME)

My Moodboards, Edits :

SHEPHERDS OF HAVEN MC TEMPLATE

SHEPHERDS OF HAVEN MC MOODBOARD

BLADE X MC MOODBOARD

ASTRAEUS X MC MOODBOARD 1

ASTRAEUS X MC MOODBOARD 2

ALAIN RICHTER MOODBOARD

[kris-mage-fics]

I finally finished Kyrahlise's MC template! It was languishing in my documents and only needed a few touches. Thanks to Lena @shepherds-of-haven for commissioning this beautiful template for us to use! And thanks again to Yuki @yuuugay for the sketch of Kyrahlise!

The quote isn't something Kyrahlise would say, it's more a philosophy she lives by.

She has two tattoos, though they are both hidden by normal clothing so I didn't include them.

The anonymous reference isn't Prihine. They mention a blade because the circumstances of that job meant she mostly used a sword (her second weapon of choice).

Yes, 'Flameheart' is a reference to Chapter 4. And it was a rough time for her.

I see all of her traits as things that can be helpful, harmful, or neutral, hence making them all just 'traits'.

Honestly I struggled to come up with weaknesses, because I realized most of hers aren't going to really affect her job.

"Why is Kyrah afraid of mangoes?" Because she's very allergic to them!

The stats are from a save I made at the beginning of Chapter 8 before fair math got nuked, and are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. (Because I wanted to match the chart!)

The relationship section is platonic relationships only. Based on the friendship stats Kyrahlise is best friends with everyone, lol!

Red's description is a lot different just because I couldn't think of another way to put their friendship and shared history concisely.

Caine isn't on the last page, but Kyrah loves him like a younger brother. She would do almost anything for that kid! This was a lot of fun and it turned out beautifully! (Apologies for no image ID in the ALT.)

[khrushchevs-corn-farm]

Turquoise of the Desert

Commissioned @caztopia to draw the one and only Ayla Aescar from @shepherds-of-haven

[shepherds-of-haven]

Happy holidays, everyone! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything this year. I'm so grateful to you all, and thank you whole-heartedly for accompanying and supporting me on the journey as I keep working on the game: I could not do it without you. Enjoy your holidays, and let's keep Shepherds of Haven growing next year and beyond! ❤️💚

Art commissioned from jimi (@jimiilyn)!

[emeraldgreaves]

can’t believe i forgot to post this commission of moira & red (from @shepherds-of-haven​) that i got from @ivaerleth​! if anyone needs me i will be staring at this for the next 5-10 business days, or possibly until the end of time. (commission here!)

[night-market-if]

If this double sends, I'm sorry. I wasn't quite finished.

I just remembered seeing you ask everyone about making Patreon more appealing. As the last anon said, I do see alot of Holiday themed stuff that other creators do. So that would be something.

This may be easier though

Monthly Q&A

-Lena from @shepherds-of-haven does one for her Patrons. People can ask on Patreon or they can send an ask in on Tumblr is they want to be anon(she just has them types a certain phrase in to the ask so she knows its for Patreon.) The questions can be anything from RO/character reactions, lore about the world, or even NSFW questions. If she isn't comfortable answering or its spoilers, she doesn't. She cuts off and 10-15 questions a month and the patrons seem to enjoy it, me included.

-Pretty Ink from @collegecraze does something similar with hers. She does a poll to see which character people want to ask questions to and then she uses google docs so people can ask anon. She sets it up like it's an interview though so that's fun. She also has some merch that she sends out to higher tiers. They're just stickers and postcards but people enjoy them.

Lena also does like animals that are in her world. She gets art commissioned and writes stuff about them in the post and that's pretty cool. I know the Night Market has some unique things going on. It doesn't necessarily need to be the animals. She has also done polls for commissioned art. Like, if she's getting something done, she'll let her Patrons choose through a poll.

All of this stuff never sees the public either(at least not while she's working on the game), so that would incite people to join Patreon if it means they won't see it otherwise.

If I think of anything else I'll send in more, but that's all I've got right now 😅

Hey anon,

I just wanted to say thank you for this post. I've done a ton of research since then and looked at a lot of your suggestions. This helped me a lot. I really appreciate that you took the time to get this all together for me.

[queen-scribbles]

‘Member how I said I wanted an outfit sheet for Ryn from my @shepherds-of-haven 20′s AU? Yeah, I splurged on getting one from @commander-sarahs-art when she opened commissions and LOOK AT HER. 😍 She’s the bee’s knees.

[ot-hoe-me]

OC Tag Game

I was tagged by: @stephschoices

I tag: anyone who wants to do this.

I am putting this under a cut because some of these responses got LONG lmao.

* I am SO sorry that I’m so late responding to this but I needed time to Think Thoughts and then get them at least mostly in order (I hope.)

FAVOURITE OC: WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME CHOOSE THIS IS SO HARD!!!!

I mean, I love all of my OCs in one way or another so it’s very hard to pick. In the interest of not having any overlap with the other categories I’ll answer this one last. I was initially stuck choosing between Valencia Talward my Hunter-heritage Battle Mage, Trouble-mancing Main MC for Lena’s/ @shepherds-of-haven IF because I do love her a lot because she’s very kind and courageous, and the way Lina has coded the personality/talent stats you can excel in more than one rather than picking one and sticking with it (ONLY charisma or ONLY intelligence, cunning, etc.) and you can choose multiple and it be feasible. The biggest selling point is the immaculate found family vibe you cultivate with the ROs (that is, if you choose not to be an evil sob) and even better - see the relationship developments between each other this game and these characters and this world are made with obvious love and care. Can’t recommend ShoH enough. BUT.

I decided that the most logical choice for Favourite OC is my apprentice Estelle Circinus from The Arcana game. I have her as my icon and as my blog banner along with Asra, she’s the OC I have the most art commissions of - and I plan to add to that particular collection in the future. And finally, she’s also up there with Alice of being one of my most developed OCs with lore, backstory, what her future looks like beyond canon and I also have multiple AUs for her in various stages of development. So, Estelle is my final answer.

NEWEST OC: Aruna Chase/Singh

Aruna is my newest fleshed out OC who is my Baxter-mancer for Our Life: Beginnings and Always (surname Chase to fit this MC’s family.) and is my secondary MC for Our Life: Now and Forever (surname Singh because here the family is MC’s bio mom.) Of course she is obligated to flirt with Baxter at every opportunity before he leaves Golden Grove, but beyond that I don’t know if she’s going to actually romance anyone. (I already have a Qiu-mancer and they’re crushes from childhood. So my options are; making Aruna a Tamarack-mancer from Step 3-on, a Qiu-mancer Step 3-on, or not giving her a romance at all within the confines of the canon storyline for OLNF.) And of course, both games are by @gb-patch though the latter is only a demo at the moment. Highly, HIGHLY recommend playing OLBA though if you haven’t already (especially if you like guys but if not then that’s cool too, you can play completely platonically or aroace instead and not miss TOO much story.)

OLDEST OC: Alice Walker

Alice is my MC originally from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky so when I bought Darkness when it came out in 2008 (according to bulbapedia, geez that really was 15 years ago. I was 12 years old when I first made her. Wow I am feeling old right now lol.) So playing that, then watching Lucario and the Mystery of Mew for the first time years after it was dubbed even, which I saw for the first time around that time + the release of Sky and playing it helped me develop her more. Alice was my first OC, first with an in-depth backstory and lore, and has without a doubt been the OC who has undergone the most evolution (lol) over the years. I still think about her to this day. But yeah, first she was just my MC for Explorers of Darkness/Sky who turned into a Pikachu in Darkness, but then she became someone who could wield Aura, so when Sky came out I made her a Riolu even though only boy MCs could be Riolu but I said screw that. Originally she was born in the Dark Future, but more recently I changed her backstory to being born in the “present” of the Pokemon Universe in the Kingdom (honestly, think it should be Queendom though frfr) of Rota. She’s four??? (this is me forgetting for the moment if I have her start her journey at 13 or 14 years old lol) years older than Red, Blue/Green, Leaf, etc. but still leaves Rota to start her Pokemon Journey at the same time as them and like. Going through the regions/games including The Mains, PMD: Explorers, Rangers of Almia/Oblivia and more recently, fan games like Pokemon Reborn, Insurgence, Empyrean and Rejuvenation (Rejuvenation is without a doubt my favourite of the fan games by far, though they are all really good, but this is still a WIP while the other three are complete.) So yeah, Alice’s new canon birth timeline/existence is a mix of game and anime worlds. She’s an aura guardian and after Arceus resurrects her after her sacrifice to prevent Temporal Tower from collapsing and stop Dialga from becoming Primal Dialga - they make her immortal. But not only that, they also bestow a portion of their power on her so she can act as their agent, and essentially as an avatar or proxy to carry out their will (by continuing to carry out her duty as an aura guardian to safeguard all of creation/life - but to the extreme) in return for them bringing her back to life. So she’s elevated to become a demigoddess, essentially. After that, she’s sent back to her own time, and then all across other points time and space and other dimension, becoming The Deus Ex Machina of Heroes. Because of all this her Trainer Title would have gone from Trainer Alice -> Aura Guardian Alice -> Eternal Guardian Alice. Basically THE Ultimate Mary Sue but she deserves this as the privilege of being my first-ever OC and because cringe is dead...also I ship her with Steven Stone because the age gap definitely closes because of the time-fuckery. Shhhhh.

MEANEST OC: Araina Emroth

I don’t really have any mean OCs tbh because I don’t like making or playing rude/bitchy or cruel characters, so the closest I can get to answering that question would have to be me asking myself who is my ANGRIEST OC? And how do they use that anger/how morally dubious do their actions get because of it? I have a handful of OCs that fit the bill but my reflexive answer to this is my MC Araina Emroth from the IF Spellbound: A Ghost Story. It is solely on the CoG forum but I am begging you - if you haven’t played the demo already please PLEASE do it - it is so good!!!! Anyway, to give you tiny tidbits to make you want to play, the reason why she’s angry is that, since I chose the rebel backstory over the knight backstory, putting it mildly, her kingdom is corrupt. So not only is she out for revenge, she’s of the mindset that she’s ready to take on the ‘whole world’ to cut out the rot of her homeland in order to redeem it even if she has to do it alone. Also in regards to Callum...I chose the childhood rivals bully route for him and as in all things, she never can fully let go of a grudge. So yeah, she's the passionate, charismatic revolutionary in life. And while she mellows out after 800+ years of being dead, hm. Wonder where the future will lead? (I am torn between getting her to time travel to her own body while she was still alive, and to snatch the amulet off of Callum and destroy it and then go on how it should have been. Or her finally being able to let go and find a way for her to live a new life in the present.) ANYWAY - play it!!!

SOFTEST OC: Fallon Rose

Most of my MCs are pretty-very soft so it’s kind of hard to pick just one, but, I will go with Fallon - my MC from Underfell IF and Mafiafell IF by @darkpetal16 for the fact with how she writes MC, especially in Underfell - is very kind, empathetic, optimistic, and very very forgiving by nature. You’ll see what I mean if you decide to play~ Please do, if you enjoy Undertale and AUs. (Also fun fact, her name is a pun on Fall and Rise.)

MOST ALOOF/STANDOFFISH OC: Serena Klein

Like with the mean OC category I don’t really have any aloof or standoffish OCs so the closest I can answer for this category is Serena Klein, my MC from @attollogame because I play her as intimidating/stoic, and cunning but. I would never say that she’s uncaring or unemotional. If anything, she cares too much and is very emotional but is able to mask it really well (unless it concerns her brother Atticus) and she also has natural RBF.

DUMBEST (AFFECTIONATE) OC: Belle Duval-Emma Tie

It’s a toss up between my main MC for @trinitytrilogy Zeus’ Dilemma, Belle, Demigoddess and Daughter of Aphrodite, who currently has a literal intelligence stat of 0 (RIP) though my headcanon is that she does at least have average intelligence. And my MC for Last Legacy (RIP because of NixHydra the company being complete idiots, and Dorian not really being better it looks very likely it will never be finished because the writers don’t have the creative/ownership rights to it. Not bitter about this at all.) Emma, because she is mostly a self insert aside from the whole barista and makes-own-cosplays cosplayer deal. And me being who I am...enough said lmao. 

SMARTEST OC: Chloe Rodgers

Chloe is my main MC from the Keeper Trilogy by @keeperofthesunandmoon is without a doubt my smartest MC as with how high her intelligence stat is, and how quickly she grasps magic in her new life as a magician is prodigious - she is a literal genius.

OC I'D BE FRIENDS WITH: Ava Holden-Last

I’d be friends with Ava for sure, and why am I choosing her aside from making sure there’s no overlap? She’s one of my most normal and well-adjusted OCs, she’s successful, has no mental illnesses, she’s also plus size like me so she knows my struggles. She’s also a fashion designer so you know she’d be putting out fire clothes that I’d go broke for. She would be the extrovert who would adopt me, and of course I gave her my interests and hobbies/hobbies I wish I had as well so we’d get along really well. And I just have to say the she is defying the ‘mean girl californian’ stereotype and absolutely help a guy out with his English homework so he can go out on a date to kiss a cute guy, you know it. You best believe. Also she would threaten to beat up my depression, and I wholeheartedly believe that she would succeed in eradicating it. Right, and she’s my main MC for Our Life: Beginnings and Always by @gb-patch who eventually marries Cove.