#Soulbonder DnD OCs

[thesoulbonder]

Hi! First, I wanna say I love your art style it’s one of my personal fav’s and I’m invested in your Dnd royal family. Question though, does Vyncent ever find out about Zydia’s affair and were there any repercussions to Callan? 🤔

Hi! Thank you so much!! That’s so sweet :D

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my “DND OCs” story, huh?

I’ve actually been reworking it so that the story makes actual sense, and there’s a lot of things that have MASSIVELY changed. As of right now, the Valoris Royal Family dynamic is pretty much unchanged, but that may change in the future. I still wanna be a bit hesitant about the lore I reveal, because I don’t know what I plan to keep or scrap.

Actually answering your question, though: Vyncent’s dumb, but not that dumb. I mean, Marigold is the spitting image of Callan, and Zyia never acted the same after she was born. As for Callan, he quit the Royal Guard the minute Vyncent returned to the castle, and he too was never the same after the ordeal.

Even when Vyncent got a full grasp of what happened when he was gone, the expression on Callan’s face when he had resigned said all it needed to. What he had to go through those couple months was already more than enough in terms of punishment.

Frame from a Scrapped Animatic ⤴️

[thesoulbonder]

Oh my god!! That's my Angsty baby!! Holy crap! :O

I love these!! :D

Did some sketches at work because I was trying to avoid work for once bored, and decided to test out the glow effect on sketches with IbisPaint X using whatever I've learnt from IG... which isn't a lot because I forgot the post...

Normal:

Glowing:

Top Row:

@weirdbutdecentart's Frost Alpin and Pandora Escrofox, @astro-inthestars

Bottom Row:

@thenicestnonbinary's Lothri Xieldon, @djts-arts's Precious Scarlet Charming, @thesoulbonder's Belladonna

Individual Drawing: Glamrock Freddy

[joolianjay]

intro :)

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[vex-bittys]

Hoping I could get some potential matches for an OC from a fantasy d&d setting. Inchoate is a warforged (think magical robot with a soul) who know nothing about being a person. They were finished very recently and hadn't been outside the workshop until being freed by an adventuring party. The only things they know were programmed, like their stealthiness, near perfect memory for text & speech, and weapon skills (they're a rouge). Their friends think a Lamia would help them adjust to being free.

My recommendations for Inchoate are:

Corny (UT!Sans): I can’t help but think that these mischievous lamias would love to accompany a rogue on adventures. Cornies are also culture experts. A Corny would work hard (relatively hard for a Corny that is), to help Inchoate develop their own personality.

Honey Bo (US!Papyrus): Even though Honey Bos take time to warm up to an adopter (and might prefer a bard in a DnD situation), they are very perceptive lamias. Due to their love of music, Honey Bos understand a great depth of emotion and the “human experience.” This could be helpful to Ichoate.

Chain (SF!Papyrus): If Ichoate has a SOUL, they may be able to find themselves a SOULbond. A Chain is usually well-traveled and well-versed in a variety of cultures and personality types. It wouldn’t bother a Chain that Ichoate is still learning to “be human.” They could learn together!

Please let me know if you’d like an adopter scenario!

[jacksgreysays]

DonKoogrr on AO3 has a story titled SoulBond (which is quite good), and from late in chapter 16 through chapter 18, we see a lot of focus on Tobirama and Mikako (who is Shikako, actually) drafting legislation to treat nin-animals as people, with rights, privileges, and consequences same as humans. And I'd like to know your take on how the Elemental Nations legal code would have to adapt to account for the fact that, say, Inuzuka ninken can TALK (and think long before then)

Ooh, I’ll check that out! 

I think, without having read that fic and without knowing how DonKoogrr resolved that issue, I’d have to say it wouldn’t be too different from the legal code around shinobi clans and bloodlines. Or something like--I mean, if we’re differentiating from nin-animals who naturally exist in the human world and happen to be “awakened animals” (to borrow DnD terms) versus summons who are from a separate plane of existence where all creatures have sentience... 

From what I remember there’s only really the Inuzuka ninken and the ninneko of Sora-ku in canon, though there are most likely other nin-animals in other countries/villages. (My character Hibiki from our DoS-based discord game Legends of Sunshine has a capybara name Shokupan. Technically he can talk, but he’s of the opinion that Hibiki should translate for him instead. It’s very human-centric to expect him to learn to speak instead of having other people learn to understand capybara communication)

But even with my OC, the three instances of nin-animals seem to be adjacent to an existing clan--Inuzuka, Uchiha, and Kuwabara--so it would be more convenient/ “acceptable” (for the powers that be, that is) to treat the nin-animals as, well, “branch” of that clan.

Because, well, if you compare how the Hyuuga treat their branch family versus the Inuzuka treat their ninken... would I rather be a dog in this situation? I mean...

For those nin-animals that don’t have a corresponding clan--for example, if the Uchiha had actually completely died out. I guess it’d just make sense for them to be treated as a clan by itself--as in the way that, should all the Hyuuga Main Family were to die off, it’s not as if the Hyuuga would stop being a clan. Leadership would just have to go to Branch members, however they figure that out internally.

But if, somehow, a family of nin-animals separately gained sentience without human ninja being involved--although evolutionarily, I highly doubt that? Again we’re differentiating nin-animals who originate from the same world as humans against the summon animals who have access to a plane of chakra. I propose that it’s the proximity and use chakra that makes nin-animals "awakened.” (Maybe the nin-animals have access to their corresponding summon animal family--as may be the case with the nin-neko of Sora-ku being able to reverse summon Team Seven to complete the paw print encyclopedia?--but they are most likely separate) 

But let’s say... oh, okay. For example. The messenger hawks of Konoha. The amount of chakra being used around them, I wouldn’t be surprised if they “awaken” within a few generations, if they’re not already “awakened.” And since there is no one clan connected to the Konoha aviary (I mean, in canon at least. I have an OC whose family is in charge of the aviary so they’d be the “main family” for the hawks. But since that is not canon, we will disregard that) it could be argued that the hawks CAN’T be connected to a specific clan because internal politics. So in order for them to remain neutral and work with ALL shinobi of Konoha they’d have to be recognized as their own separate clan.

Which means they’d have to have their own internal leadership and infrastructure. Although with their “awakening” that means they’d have to figure out the relationship with the village now. Like, where do they live? In the Tower still? Do they have to pay rent? How do they get paid for the missions they do run (or fly as the case may be)? Do they pay taxes?

As for laws pertaining to specific nin-animals and their actions (+rights/privileges/consequences) I can’t imagine it would be too different from humans in terms of legal language. Using the word “being” instead of “person” (the same way language has to adapt to the existence of aliens in sci-fi) should cover a lot of that. There may have to be additional laws made--anti-discrimination, if there aren’t already in existence. Clarifying what a “being” is, which is probably going to be the most difficult since... well... how do you differentiate between a cow and a “awakened” cow if the awakened cow doesn’t talk and there’s no “cow clan” that can translate for them? O_O

I think it depends on the situation of the family of nin-animals in question...

[thesoulbonder]

Who's Dante Parthena?

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a while!!

I haven’t posted him here so this is as good a time as any.

Dante is one of the villains in my DnD OCs story. He’s part of a group called “The Warlord’s Creed” which is basically around to dismantle governments and bring back the anarchy which ruled the world a thousand years ago.

His sister, Arwen Parthena, was actually part of the Creed as well, but… something… happened between the two of them.

TW for Blood and Gore below btw

[thesoulbonder]

The Party’s All Here!

Hey peeps!

These are all the protagonists in my story; DnD OCs!

I’ve been wanting to draw them all together for a while now, but every time I’ve tried I end up not liking it, or the designs of them end up changing, or something else like that. So I instead opted for individual headshots!

Headshots are always fun for me, since I don’t have to worry about a full body pose and can instead just focus on the shoulder-up details. (COUGH COUGH headshot commissions are only a dollar COUGH COUGH)

Anyhoo, everyone’s here! And they all look so cute in a lineup!

Just look at my babies!! Ah!

[thesoulbonder]

Pretty please show us either art of Belladonna doing magic or some more Super Heriones?

How ‘bout both!

And I’ve actually been redesigning/redoing Super Heroines recently! I’ll probably talk more about it later, but here are some updated designs :D

[thesoulbonder]

I’d Get Him to Swap Our Places…

Hey peeps!

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn some angst, dontcha’ think?

So I figured why not finish a sketch picturing a very traumatic time for both of my babies. Context? Never heard of her. Figure it out. You’re very smart :>

So yea… bonus points to you if you look at this artwork while listening to the Thomas Sanders Stranger Things Mashup, since I pretty much had that on repeat while drawing, and it kinda sums up everything that’s happening here

[thesoulbonder]

Bellator Ref Sheet

Hey peeps!

I’ve wanted to try my hand at Ref sheets for some of my characters! I’ve seen other artists do it and say that they’re helpful, so here we are!

I only did her main outfit, but holy crap this took a surprising amount of focus and coordination to make! I didn’t want to marge any layers in case I’d need them for later refs, and so the whole layers tab is just folders upon folders of backup hairs, bodies, faces, etc. that ultimately took half of the three hours these sheets took me.

So yea!

Idk if I’ll do more of these for side characters but I’ll try to keep doing the rest of the main cast. It may take a while, though lmao

[thesoulbonder]

Boss Battle

Hey peeps!

A friend suggested that I draw some fight scenes for DnD OCs, and here we are!

Bellator is about to go to town on a motherfucker

Also! I drew Aleira’s magic for the first time! In DnD, no two characters magic looks the same, even if they’re casting the same spell. Everyone’s magic has its own unique style/look reminiscent of the person casting it! So Aleira’s magic looks like a rosy-pink bramble similar to her headband! This effect carries over for all of her spells, and is overall really fun to draw :)

I really love this piece apart from the monster lmao. I’m not very good at animals or monsters unless they’re supposed to look cute, so a big gruesome beast thing like what’s shown here is out of my wheelhouse. It looks decent I guess, but there’s always room for improvement!

[thesoulbonder]

Imagine the Toll…

Hey peeps!

I wanted to draw Aleira some more, and I found this incorrect quote that fits her perfectly lmao

As a lot of people can probably tell, Aleira is the resident baby of the group. She’s sensitive when it comes to harming nature and most animals, and will not hesitate to start crying just so Belladonna won’t like kick a squirrel or something.

I also want to practice just doing base colors and shiny bits, since I think that’s how I’m gonna color my characters if I actually commit to making a webcomic. As much as I would love to make each frame as high quality as I can, I’m trying to only spend an hour on each, and I can’t do that by fully shading and highlighting!

So this is just me trying to warm up to the “unfinished” look of it.

Anyhoo! That’s it! Enjoy the crybaby.

[thesoulbonder]

Character Ages

Hey peeps!

Someone on the Discord asked how old everyone was, and a lot of people were surprised that Bellator is 23! A lot of thought she was 18, which ended up spawning this joke.

I thought it was really funny, so here’s a mini comic!

[thesoulbonder]

Hey peeps!

This is Scarlet Redfield! She’s a minor villain, and only shows up like… three times in my story before she dies lmao

As you can tell, her personality is red. Not too much of a character, but her design and name are fun and I wanted to share :D

[thesoulbonder]

The Warring Nations

Hey peeps!

What is a fantasy world without a constant war going on? Well here are my two war nations: Perriveil and Enmity

They play a decent role in my DnD OCs storyline at the moment, so I designed the emblems and the rulers!

Speaking of, here they are!

King Serenity Allay

Aasimar, He/They

The young king of Perriveil, Serenity comes from a long line of royal Aasimar, and is very anxious to follow in their footsteps and carry on their legacy, even if that means the destruction he so hates. They are very inexperienced when it comes to battle, fighting, tactics, etc, so he mainly leaves that to the Perriveil Royal Council.

Serenity is overall a good boi, and just wants to do what they think will best help his country. Just look at this shy boi!! He’s trying his best!

Grand Protector Khaos Piq

Tiefling, Any Pronouns

Khaos… lives up to their name. He’s the middle child out of 7 siblings, all of whom help their mom in carrying out Enmity’s side of the war. Each sibling is in charge of protecting a part of the kingdom and helping their citizens thrive, and Khaos, while she does hold that in upmost importance, their methods of protection are a little destructive.

Plainly put, Khaos likes to fight monsters and fuck. Shit. Up. She will gladly kill any intruder or hostile force, and are a prime example of the kingdom’s unofficial motto: “You don’t piq a fight with Enmity.”

[thesoulbonder]

Roasted

Hey peeps!

I wanted to draw more Belladonna interactions with her team, so here she is with her found-family-aunt, Melody

With Melody being a bard, and Belladonna having a great talent for insulting nicknames, the two are unstoppable when it comes to roasting someone. (Especially because Melody has vicious mockery, and so her insults literally hurt you lmao)

So yeah here they are

No time like bonding time, am I right?