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A huge thank you to my private client for trusting me with this amazing character and for coming up with such a fun and creative concept. It was a pleasure bringing their vision to life!

Their idea combined a bubbly, acrobatic personality with the flair of a stylish elf gunslinger. I loved translating every reference into the final design from the crimson-streaked hair, pointed elf ears, and engraved eyepatch and the custom rose-and-vine blade pistols.

It's always rewarding to collaborate with clients who put so much thought and personality into their characters. Thank you again for letting me be part of the creative journey!

If you have a character concept you've been dreaming about, I'd love to help bring it to life.

✨ Commissions are open! Feel free to send me a DM.

"Perhaps my memories are gone... but my heart still remembers the path."

At first glance, Zavakko appears to be everything one would expect from a Dragonborn Barbarian—towering, intimidating, and born for battle. His massive frame, scarred scales, and relentless fighting style often make others believe he is a ruthless warrior.

The truth could not be more different.

Beneath his fierce appearance is a curious soul who finds joy in wandering the world, meeting strangers, tasting unfamiliar food, and chasing every new adventure that fate places before him.

Long ago, Zavakko lost his memories during a devastating war. He remembers neither his homeland nor the people he once fought beside.

Yet while his mind has forgotten...His body never did.

Every instinct, every swing of his twin axes, every battle-hardened reflex remains etched into his blood. When danger appears, his muscles move before thought, as though guided by echoes of a life he can no longer remember.

Driven by fragments of forgotten dreams, Zavakko travels across the world searching for the legendary Ember Heart, an ancient flame rumored to awaken memories long thought lost.

At first, the journey was only about reclaiming his past.But somewhere along the road...

Everything changed.

Every village welcomed him with new stories.

Every battle forged new scars.

Every campfire brought new laughter.

Every companion became another family.

Over time, Zavakko came to understand something he had never expected:

Perhaps memories are not what define a person.

Perhaps the choices we make today matter more than the lives we can no longer remember.

Now, he no longer fears the emptiness of his forgotten past.

Instead, he walks forward with a smile, creating memories that belong entirely to himself.

Wherever the road leads...

That is where his heart calls home.

I’ve been playing D&D with a really great group for almost a year now. The Dungeon Master has a deeply developed world, and the other players are creative and roleplay well. But the longer I play, the more I feel like my character isn’t needed.

There are five of us in total: a Warlock, a Fighter, a Cleric, a Druid, and me, the Rogue.

Starting at level 5, my combat effectiveness dropped significantly compared to my allies. I was prepared for a power gap, but I didn't expect to feel completely useless.

The Warlock is on a whole different level: he was given a homebrew artifact that absorbs souls, making him stronger after every single battle.

The Cleric has powerful healing and damage abilities, plus a health-boosting artifact. At level 5, he has 48 HP and an 18 AC, and just today he received an artifact that grants +1 to ALL stats simply for accepting a quest.

The Druid has a pact with an ancient spirit serpent and can Wild Shape into a 60 HP monster with two attacks, grappling, and built-in advantage. That’s on top of his base class features and spell slots.

The Fighter has a 23 AC, Extra Attack, Second Wind, a +1 magic spear, a +1 shield, and a custom list of maneuvers written specifically for him by the DM (for example, using Athletics as a bonus action to throw an enemy and knock them prone).

And then there's me: a Rogue with a mask that lets me assume another person’s identity. That’s it.

I can’t even use poison with my Sneak Attack unless I manually find ingredients and brew poisons first - turning what should be basic feature flavor into an exhausting chore.

I accepted that limitation and leaned into the Roleplay value of the mask instead. I’ve been expanding our Syndicate’s influence using blackmail, setups, and negotiation in almost every city we visit. But when I finally turned to my Syndicate boss expecting a meaningful reward or gear, I received 50 gold pieces for all my efforts - which is literally the price of a single standard Healing Potion...

I love our games, even though we only play twice a month at most, and I really want to explore this world. But lately, I’ve been coming home from sessions feeling down, like all my efforts are completely pointless.

P.S. Regarding the mask: Lore-wise, if I collect a few more masks, I’m supposed to become the "King of Kings" - an ancient, powerful entity. But at this rate, my character will die long before I find another one. I have no defensive magic, no magic attacks, no functional poison mechanics, and my social connections yield no real mechanical help. To make matters worse, mages keep whispering to my party members that I’m dangerous because of the mask, creating inter-party suspicion that I literally can't do anything about.

Here is my beloved half-elf necromancer, Esther Sylvia, the first DnD character I ever created. The drawing on the left was done a little over two years ago, and the drawing on the right is very recent. Our campaign stopped meeting for two years and finally started meeting again at the beginning of this summer! There’s been a two year time skip in-game as well.

Esther was 17 at the start of her first quest, which was also how old I was when I created her. Now, she’s 19 but her in-game birthday is like two days away. She started out her first quest as someone who was socially awkward, emotionally immature, and impulsive, but also very well-meaning, loyal, and idealistic. She found beauty in the things others tended to neglect or ignore, probably because she’d felt socially outcast for most of her life. She loved animals and always showed the most kindness to species that were considered vermin, like rats, pigeons, and insects. Her affinity for the unusual is what drew her to necromancy. She was fascinated with death, but never in a malicious way.

Now that she’s witnessed mass destruction and been the cause of thousands of deaths, she feels as though she’s lost herself completely. Although she started her journey with good intentions, Esther quickly learned that she has a real talent for killing. Now, she’s quieter, meaner, and more guarded. She can be cruel in ways that her old self never would’ve imagined, but she’s also honed her magic abilities and become much more powerful. She sees people who are overly kind and trusting as gullible idiots, and she’s not afraid to let them know that’s how she feels. Secretly, though, she wishes she could have those traits back. She’s an incredibly talented wizard, but she hates herself more than ever. Deep down, she knows that she takes no pleasure in hurting others, she just feels like that’s all she’s good for.

I’d like Esther to get her kindness back and start to trust people again by the end of this campaign, because she knows that who she is isn’t who she wants to be.

I first played as Esther the summer after my senior year, and I’ve struggled a lot mentally in college. I feel like I’ve become more negative, less trusting, and just overall worse in a lot of ways, so I guess I’ve been using Esther as a way to explore those feelings. I think that, to put it broadly, Esther’s arc is about transitioning from childhood to adulthood and coping with that loss of innocence. It’s about continuing to function and be a good person after adulthood shows you just how cruel it can be. Or something.

Character art I made as a commission for a u/Crailrock
Garek Vagus, Captain of The Misery’s Company. A sailor since he was young, a kind heart in spite of cruel beginnings before his time at sea. A upbringing of chains, a youth of freedom, an adolescence of grow. Garek grew into a caring man, one who sees the best in others first. An aasimar once more afraid of his power, now he seeks to master it and not master his fear, but to face it. As he uses it his hair and body change with it. The more he accepts it, the more his radiant power no longer harms his body. The greater his wings may soar. The more whole he becomes

Feel free to reach me out if you're interested in my works. :)

If you're interested in the larger piece I have it on my artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9BeDwv

Basically I wanted to create a moment in his backstory which posed a mystery itself and give that to my DM. I purposefully asked a lot of questions with the piece but answered none, now giving the reigns to my DM he can go wild with it. A fun collaborative approach to a characters backstory!

Hypatia Morthalis is an NPC from a homebrew D&D campaign where a plague is killing the entire kingdom of Dravenmoor. She ends up being responsible for investigating the origin and the reason behind the calamity afflicting her people. She is a character inspired by many others, with her name being a direct reference to Hypatia from Dishonored 2. Her appearance was heavily inspired by characters like Sylvanas from World of Warcraft, and her clothing by Dishonored, Darkest Dungeon, and Dark Souls.

Despite being Dravenmoor’s chief doctor, she was also a leader in the war between Dravenmoor and the neighboring kingdom of Veil Lake. She wiped out hundreds of people using chemical weapons, given that Dravenmoor has always hated its neighboring populace, a nation of tribal occultists and wild shamans. Currently, she is hiding in the city while working to find a cure for Dravenmoor's plague.

My commissions are open! Here are my portfolios with more of my work:

https://www.instagram.com/decode_art/

https://www.artstation.com/decode_art