#Because Evyn is a Shadow

[midnight197]

I was to inpatient to wait for Artfight to be more stable and with less traffic but I managed to upload my first Attack!

Which is a Double-Attack at @loumun-versen!

2020 I drew this two Characters for Artfight as well! I think I improved a bit, even tho the old piece is fully lined while this is just a sketch xD

I hope you guys like it!

[thenightling]

My favorite bard characters

The new Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie and The Witcher has popularized the fantasy character class of bard. A bard, in fantasy settings and historically, was usually a storyteller, or a minstrel who would tell stories in song. In fantasy settings they are usually minstrels. In Nordic culture a skald was the term for a storyteller (usually a highly creative and very prized slave).

Here is a top ten list of my favorite fictional bards.

13. Bonus: Loki: I'll start with number 11. Bonus: Loki. There is a viking skald in Loki: Agent of Asgard that is revealed to be Loki in disguise. So Marvel's Loki goes on this list. Loki is believed in by Asatru people so this entry is specifically in regard to Marvel's Loki. He also gained the title "God of Stories."

12. Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless AKA The Sandman. Morpheus is The Lord of Dreams in Roman mythology and in Neil Gaiman's the Sandman . In The Sandman he is also known as The Prince of Stories.

11. Lucien The Librarian and Cain and Abel from The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. Lucien was changed to Lucienne for The Sandman Netflix series but they're pretty much the same character. Lucien is the keeper of the largest library in the multiverse and was also the host of the horror anthology comics Tales of Ghost Castle. I'm sort of cheating a little here by mentioning Lucien and Cain and Abel since they're not actually bards but I love horror hosts. Cain, Abel, Lucien, Eve (Raven Woman), Destiny (Destiny of The Endless), The Hecate (The Three Witches), and The Mad Mod Witch (The Fashion Thing) all started as horror hosts for DC's horror anthology comics. I'm reserving this spot for Lucien, Cain, and Abel. Hosts of Tales of Ghost Castle (which only ran for three issues), The House of Mystery (DC's oldest comic), and The House of Secrets (Spin-off of The House of Mystery and comic where we first get introduced to the concept of Swamp Thing).

Before Neil Gaiman used these characters in The Sandman they told scary stories in DC's horror anthology comics which were DC's answer to EC's Horror anthology comics which brings us to... 10. The Crypt Keeper, Vault Keeper, and Old Witch. The Crypt Keeper hosted the Horror anthology comics Tales from the Crypt. The Vault keeper hosted Vault of Horror. And the Old Witch also told scary stories for EC comics. The Crypt Keeper hosted HBO's Tales From the Crypt TV series as well as Tales from the Cryptkeeper animated series. Season 2 of Tales from the Cryptkeeper was co-hosted by The Cryptkeeper, Vault Keeper, and Old Witch. They also collaborated as hosts for the joke book called Jokes from the Crypt. Again, I admit I am sort of cheating here by listing horror anthology hosts instead of actual bard characters so this is the last Horror anthology hosts for the list.

9. Peter Vincent in the 1985 film Fright Night, the 1988 film Fright Night: Part 2 and the Fright Night comic books. In Fright Night Peter Vincent is a has-been horror movie actor who now hosts a late night TV show where he shows his old movies.

Peter Vincent meets a teenage boy whose neighbor turns out to be a real vampire and Peter overcomes his own cowardice to become the hero he always pretended to be. Though Peter Vincent was originally just a stage name the character eventually embraces it to become a hero and protector of the innocent.

In the comic books Peter Vincent continued to host his late night horror movie TV series while working in secret to help Charley thwart the forces of evil. I consider Peter Vincent to be a contemporary bard character.

I would put Peter further on the list at number 3 perhaps but I left him at number 9 because he is an unconventional addition to this list.

8. Evyn AKA Shadow from the novel The King's Shadow.

Evyn wanted to be a bard but was mutilated in a brutal attack His tongue was cut out and he was left mute. His own uncle sold him into slavery. But thanks to fate's benign intervention Evyn was able to learn to read and write so he was able to become a storyteller as a scribe and eventually became an adopted son of the king.

7. Gabrielle from Xena: Warrior Princess. Gabrielle was Xena's travel companion and very likely love interest (Lucy Lawless, the actress who played Xena) believed they were practically married in the end. Xena: warrior Princess was the spin-off of Hercules the Legendary Journeys. I have often described The Witcher as being a gender inverted Xena: Warrior Princess. Gabrielle was a novice bard who wanted to write about Xena's adventures and to eventually go on those adventures, herself.

Just as I sort of perfer Jaskier with longer hair, I actually liked when Gabrielle's hair was cut short later on in Xena.

6. Essi Daven. I'm a little confused to if Priscilla (Callonetta) from the Witcher video games and Essi Daven from The Witcher novels are supposed to be the same character or not. Essi was from The Witcher novels. I suspect they are the same character but I've seen arguments that they are different enough that they count as separate characters. But I have also seen people try to claim that Jaskier and Dandelion are different enough to count as different characters as well and Jaskier definitely is Dandelion. Dandelion was just what he was called in the English translations of the novels and in the English language video games. Essi is a woman bard from The Witcher who was very much in love with Geralt though Dandelion (Jaskier) had feelings for her. Sadly she eventually died of smallpox. The burden of living in a medieval-esque society.

Dandelion was in love with her.

5. Priscilla AKA Callonetta is a woman bard from The Witcher video games. A rival and romantic interest to Dandelion (Jaskier). Possibly the same character as Essi Daven but some Witcher fans have argued that they are not the same character so I am listing them separately.

4. Edgin. Edgin is a character from Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among thieves. In fact he is the main protagonist. He is a "Harper" that has fallen from grace. A Harper is a spy that poses as a bard to gain info and to stop criminals. So he is a bard but he used his status as a bard to work as a spy, hence the term "Harper." Later he got a little greedy and it cost him dearly but he and his band of misfits set out on a quest to set things right.

3. Fflewddur Fflam. I hate the character's name but love the character. The version in the Disney film The Black Cauldron is very different from the book character, including being much older, but I still found him to be an enjoyable character. He is a classic bard with a bit of a mysterious past.

In the books he's actually a king of a small kingdom but prefers life as a wandering bard. It makes him sound a bit like a role playing game character.

2. The Storyteller. This character's name is not actually given but he was a mysterious (possibly not entirely human) traveling storyteller, with a talking dog that appeared every week on Jim Henson's The Storyteller. He was portrayed by John Hurt and the dog was voiced by Brian Henson (Son of Jim Henson). There was a spin-off called The Storyteller: Greek Myths. John Hurt's portrayal of The Storyteller may have been why he was chosen to voice Morpheus AKA Dream of The Endless AKA The Sandman for a scrapped episode of Batman The Animated series.

Currently Neil Gaiman is involved with a revival of The Storyteller in development by the Henson company where he hopes to explore The Storyteller's own mysterious backstory.

1. Jaskier (Translates from Polish to Buttercup) / Dandelion. Jaskier is the bard companion of Geralt of Rivia AKA The Witcher (Monster Hunter) from The Witcher novels, short stories, comics, Netflix series, and video games. In the English language versions of The Witcher novels and The Witcher video games he was known as Dandelion. But in The Witcher Netflix series and in the original Polish he was known as Jaskier which directly translates to Buttercup.

Whatever you call him, Jaskier is a great character. He is the companion of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher and he is also his own well-developed character. By season 2 Jaskier had evolved from the slightly-conceited rock musician-esque bard into a compassionate freedom fighter who smuggled people to safety.

I absolutely love Joey Batey's portrayal of Jaskier as well as his incredible singing voice as the character.

And though there has been some criticism over his look in season 2, I actually think he looks better with longer hair.

[hailtothepumpkinqueen]

Got bored and made a list of pretty much every major OC I've ever put on paper. Under the cut so as not to take up too much room lol

(Edited because I found characters I forgot existed)

Acaia--original character for a short lived RP. Don't remember much about it other than it was fantasy themed.

Ace--Alice in Wonderland inspired. Ace of Spades specifically and ended up beheaded by the Red Queen.

Aiden--Ouran High School Host Club OC

Alice--original character for a story I wrote freshman year. She was a living puppet of sorts and a prisoner to her stage.

Ariel--Legion OC turned sort of original character. An angel that lost one of her wings in a fight with another angel

Ava--X-Men OC. Code Name is Echo. She can remember and mimic any sound she hears but has no voice of her own.

Azazel-- original character. Fallen angel and one of the boys that lives with Jacqueline.

Belladonna--The Devil's Carnival OC. Named after the poisonous plant that's nicknamed "devil's cherry".

Burton--Undertale OC. Pumpkin headed monster that tries to be scary but is a total scaredy cat.

Catherine Chambers--Bioshock OC. Has one of the most effed up tragic endings of all my OCs

Camryn--Repo! The Genetic Opera OC.

Chiyo--original character. Protagonist for a comic I never got to called I Wanna Be A Magical Girl!

Daemon--original character. Crystal hearted, soul eating Dad Friend.

Daisuke--I Wanna Be A Magical Girl! character. Secretly a magical boy and has a crush on Chiyo.

Deanna--original OC. Can manipulate and travel through shadows.

Drakir--Atlantis: The Lost Empire OC apparently?? I don't remember much about him

Elijah--original OC. Half angel based on a dream I had and love interest to Gwendolin.

Eva--Doctor Horrible OC. Wannabe villain in training.

Evyn--Homunculus turned original character. He can mimic a physical trait of someone else by touching them.

Fehl--A character for a book my friend is writing. I remember her being afraid of heights.

Gwendolin--original character. Came from the same dream as Elijah and has beautiful lavender hair.

Hattie--Alice in Wonderland inspired. Decapitated by order of the Queen but later resurected by the March Hare.

Haru--I Wanna Be A Magical Girl! character. Chiyo's best friend that keeps her from getting hurt on her quest to be a magical girl.

Haruko--original character. Demon girl from the days of Neopets RPs.

Ira--original character. Man made demon full of rage and chronic pain

Izz--Invader Zim OC. In charge of scouting out unconquered planets and gathering data.

Jacqueline--original character. Started as my persona but gained a life and story of her own.

Jaelah--Labyrinth inspired oc. Born from my friends calling me Jareth's Sister and Queen of the Labyrinth

Jakob--original character. Inspired by a Kesha song and likes eating men both sexually and literately.

Jezebeth--Supernatural OC. Fallen angel turned demon and likes flirting with everyone

Jill the Killer.exe--"original" character. Parody and clusterfuck of Creepypasta OC cliches

Katherine Sparrow--original character. Vampire pirate, goes only by her surname and has severe self hatred issues

Kiinamare--Arc the Lad OC. I literately just found a doodle with her name on it mystery effin' solved.

Kiki--Bleach OC??

Kitty--Digimon OC. Basically just a self insert lol

Kyli--original character. Only one with a tragic backstory that isn't angsty about it

Kylixant--Kingdom Hearts OC. More specifically an Org. XIII character using my full first name. her weapon is a giant incense ball.

Liam--OFF OC. Never sure if he was an Elsen or not but his scarf became snakes when he freaked out

Luna--Fullmetal Alchemist OC. One of my oldest and most revamped characters to date.

Lunah--possible D&D character. White Dragonborn sorcerer that came to me in a dream.

Luune--.hack character. Used for a middle school RP and really nothing else after.

Lylith--D&D character. Half-Elf ranger with chaotic red hair and a hatred for Gnolls.

Lynn--Soul Eater OC. I was obsessed with scythes at the time so she could become a scythe like Soul :P

Medera Flamel--Homestuck OC. Pumkin's Dancestor and known as "The Alkemist" Post Scratch

Michael--original character. Abusive, angry and entitled older brother to Willow and vengeful spirit.

Mikazuki--Inuyasha OC. THE oldest and most revamped OC I have memory/proof of.

Mizuki--Vampire Knight OC. All I remember is she was a half blooded vampire.

Muse--Rise of the Guardians OC. Responsible for giving children their imaginary friends and  encouraging an active imagination.

Nerys--original character. She's an elf with slicked back hair and purple tipped ears and thay's all I remember about her

Nova--original character. A fallen star in human shape and absolute cinnamon roll

Olivia Wimberly--Welcome to Nightvale OC. Severly underdeveloped but I think she was blind?

Phoenix--original character. He truely believed he was a 300 year old vampire but this was not the case

Pink Tourmaline--Steven Universe OC. still working out her backstory

Pumkin Flamel--Homestuck OC. Pretty much a trollsona obsessed with alchemy and dead things

Quill Wimberly--Welcome to Nightvale OC. Olivia's brother and possibly mute.

Reese--Supernatural OC. Actually well adjusted for a hunter and both parents still alive.

Rei--original OC. Part of a story i never got around to writing

Rika--The World Ends With You OC. Never played the game  but watched my friend play and loved

Rune--+Anima OC. She's a +Anima that had wolf like features because I liked wolves lol

Saia--Tsubasa OC. I never even watched the anime but my friend showed me bits of it so I made an OC

Samhain--original character. Hypothetical child for my character and a friend's character inspired by Samhain in Trick R Treat.

Sammie--Being Human OC. Werewolf girl that loves making wolf/dog puns and inside jokes with herself

Spite--Fullmetal Alchemist OC. Specifically a Homunculus OC who I had a RP blog for for a bit

Tinker--Steam Powered Giraffe OC. So named because I couldn't stop messing with and tinkering with her design every few months

T.V.--Don't Hug Me I'm Scared inspired. Literately had a TV for a head and a liking for turning people's brains to mush

Ulyssa--Fullmetal Alchemist OC. Spite's creator and eventual cause of death

Vance--Soul Eater OC. Lynn's meister and best friend

Vigdis--original character. Asgardian warrior inspired by a friend calling me "Warrior Princess of Asgard" whenever I killed a bug lol

Wendy--original character. One armed pirate and that's all i really remember about her

Willow--original character. Murdered by her older brother and her spirit was trapped in the house she died in.

Wren--Cirque du Freak OC. From a RP between friends that didn't get very far lol

Xylia--Adventure Time OC. Vampire with a pet penguin that loves bright colors

Yin--Avatar the Last Airbender OC. Firebender living in the shadow of her much more talented sibling.

Yukito--I Wanna Be a Magical Girl! character. Mistaken for a magical boy and Chiyo's initial love interest

Zirces Dimter--Homestuck OC. Blue blooded and first fantroll I made when i first got into the comic