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When the horns sounded at dawn, she was already awake. The city behind her still slept, unaware of the shadows gathering beyond the fields. Once a scout of the borderlands, she learned early that wars are not decided by heroes charging forward, but by those who stand their ground when retreat would be easier. As banners rise in the distance, she tightens her grip and waits, not for glory, but for the moment the enemy crosses the threshold and choice is no longer an option.

Narrative Illustration - private commission - Painted in PS

Hello wonderful people of the DnD Universe!

Posting here to share a piece I worked on recently, I feel sorry for the poor dudes that stole this big guy’s lunch, now revenge is on the way!

Hope you like it and thanks for viewing!

Feel free to send me a DM or email if interested in having me create something for you :)

NO AI!

If you would like to view more of my work you can do so here:

https://www.artstation.com/shad

https://www.instagram.com/shadycuriart/

Best,

Shady

The client wanted the three main characters of his campaign portrayed in a quieter moment of their journey: sitting around a campfire after a long day of adventure. As they rested beneath the stars, they shared stories, laughed together, and deepened their bond.
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Hey everyone! I’m a professional artist and I created this artwork for a client of mine. If anyone’s interested in having their own character brought to life — animated or not — my commissions are currently open!

This illustration was a commission a client asked me to do for Valentine's Day. It depicts his D&D OC dancing with his girlfriend's OC (in fact, the illustration was a gift for her). From what he told me, in his campaign, both characters are married and have a child together. Throughout the illustration, I tried to include elements that represent both characters, such as the eye visible in the lantern on the right, which he always carries with him, or the sunflowers, which are her favorite flowers. https://kirke.social/luceroariste

Some of you might remember a while ago I posted my Storm Herald barbarian/Rune Knight fighter Mordaar! Well here he is again, new and improved, with art once again commissioned from the absolutely wonderful StarStrider on Bluesky! For anyone who hasn't seen him before, he is heavily inspired by Kratos and GoW Thor! I've also edited his backstory!

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Mordaar is an exile from clan Drorthesh, a dragonborn clan located in Alaron of the Moonshae Isles, of which he was the chieftain. Prior to becoming chieftain, he was viewed as an outcast due to his tail, and his faith in the Faerûnian god Tempus was questioned by many in his clan. However, ever since Mordaar was able to wield a weapon, he was known to be a formidable Berserker and commanded both the respect and fear of his fellow warriors in equal measure.

Clan Drorthesh was known to raid small settlements across the Moonshae Isles during the harsh winter months. Mordaar would lead these raids with his brother Dragaar close by his side, who was of a more strategic mind. Like many dragonborn, the clan valued honor highly. As such, Mordaar's warriors would only kill those who showed skill in combat, leaving any survivors to fend for themselves. Eventually Dragaar's opinion soured towards not just the raids but also Mordaar's method of leading. These feelings worsened exponentially when Dragaar's son Torinn was crippled beyond help during a raid. Mordaar gave the boy a choice; Die honorably or live in shame. Torinn chose the former, and Dragaar's disapproval turned to hatred.

At 45 years old, Mordaar's position as chieftain was challenged by Dragaar to First Blood combat. Mordaar would lose the battle, just before displaying a frightening lack of honor, restraint, and self-control that resulted in Dragaar's lower jaw being severed and his left eye being blinded, which nearly killed him. He was then exiled by the clan's elders, which included his father Orlaskhan. In his exile he sought to distance himself far from the clan, eventually settling in the North Jotunnhammer Mountains in Norland, to tame his rage. His adolescent son Zarkhil would willingly exile himself alongside him.

They would live in a secluded cottage in the mountains, where Mordaar would teach Zarkhil to track and hunt. First starting with beasts, then as the boy matured, gradually more dangerous monsters. They would make their living by selling game and acting as monster hunters for hire across the Moonshae Isles.

When Zarkhil came of age, Mordaar took him on a hunting trip to the northernmost reaches of Jotunnhammer. On this trip, the father and son unwittingly came face to face with the ancient white dragon Aurakatarhoon, who was hunting at the peak. The dragon would devour Zarkhil, leaving only his hunting knife behind, and mortally wound Mordaar, who lost his right arm during his deadly fall down the mountain.

Mordaar would be found barely clinging to life by a handful of druids near the base of the mountain and remained in their care while he recovered. During this time he learned from the druids to better channel his rage, eventually abandoning his former life as a Berserker and becoming a Storm Herald, though in extreme situations he struggles to reign in his rage. He also formed a close bond with an old female saber-tooth cat who had lost her cubs. Mordaar affectionately named her Runa. Though they were companions, she remained a wild animal and kept to the wilderness near his home.

He now lives to enact vengeance on Aurakatarhoon, to avenge his son and restore his honor. To do so, he may need the help of a tribe of Frost Giants, said to have in their possession weapons of great might, strong enough to fell a dragon, all while being hunted by a vengeful and angry Dragaar.

During the year 1528 DR, his journey to hone his strength leads him in the city of Neverwinter, where he is about to cross paths with several adventurers that will eventually become his own clan. Together they would come to be known as The Exiled.

His name is Gumbo and he is a Rouge. The race I had originally assigned him was a Ribbet, but I realized that is only in Daggerheart, and is essentially the same as a Grung in DnD. He will kill and steal like its second nature, but is completely oblivious and innocent to it. The voice I have for him is pretty much just Meatwad from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and its perfect. His main catchprase is something like, "I'm jus'sa lil frawg, I don' know no bettah" By FAR my favorite character I've made 🤣

Here's a neat little 3D animation I made as a personal project! Here's a YouTube mirror, and if you're interested in the behind-the-scenes you can check out this video as well! It was a super fun process. It required a lot of hand-drawn elements and compositing, which I think will be requisite any time you want to make 3D look like not-3D, but I learned a lot while doing it! Particularly about how old animation and toy manufacturing worked, and the ways in which physical media degrades as it ages.

My main tools were Blender, Clip Studio Paint EX, and After Effects! It was a real labour of love, so feel free to share! :)

Inspired by the show, a knight of the seven kingdoms I tried making a stat block that felt true to the feats displayed in the show.

This is using the 2024 rule set. I often homebrew or reskin a monster and this is not too different. There are any enough feats and skills around to make almost anything.

There was a a lot of amazing moments and dialogue that just felt like it fit perfectly into a D&D setting. I mean that jousting and knighthood and all that. Naturally game of thrones type shows make sense to transfer into D&D.

Spoiler btw - The idea of a character coming back from near death or the actual state of death was very fun. That lent itself to a really good idea for a Trait. This block was to try and capture a low level NPC fight that could feel sort of scary. The idea that there’s a possible phase two is neat, I think.

A scrappy hard knocking fighter / knight. I used the knight stat bloc from the monster manual as a rough template and went from there.

I do wonder if the Charisma needs to be any higher, he’s so successful at sort of stumbling into situations and coming out ahead or at least he comes out convincing others of his goals.

I was on the fence about switch his constitution with his charisma, but this is where I landed.

The leadership feat was pivoted to “the realm needs good men” as that just made so much sense for a title for that trait. That’s the only downside to lower charisma as it keeps the bonus on this trait lower but hey that’s ok.

Duncan in the show can be furious and hard hitting. I think keeping his intelligence low made sense obviously. He is the quintessential dumb knight with high moral compass.

Totally needed a grappling option to. Get down and dirty as he is all about being up close in combat.

Let me know what you think. This was mostly just a fun exercise but let me know what you think. Those who know the show I imagine will connect more with the concept but like I mentioned before this character seems so ripe to transfer into the world of D&D.

For those who haven’t seen the show. It’s good. I would do one for Egg next his quire. That would be interesting.