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[fridge-reviews]

Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions - Blast Review

Developer: Onyx Lute Rrp: £3.99 (Steam)

There's something therapeutic about jigsaws, I suppose its being able to bring forth order from what looks like chaos. This game captures that feeling because, well to put it simply, it's a bunch of jigsaw puzzles.

Some of you might remember that I reviewed this games predessesor earlier this year and honestly this game is not that different. There are only two differences that I can think of really. First is that this game has two difficulty settings; normal and high. In normal mode the piece of glass cannot be rotated and are placed in the orientation they are given to you. High mode increases the difficulty by giving you the glass pieces in a random orientation and allowing you to rotate them. The second is the final puzzle, in order to complete it you have to have all the shards, these shards are only obained by completing the other puzzles.

This really is a great game to relax to, perfect for the christmas season. Just stick on a podcast and do some beautiful looking puzzles.

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[dragongirl028]

Onyx Equinox: All Hope is NOT Lost!

So for those of you who don't know, Anna Lencioni (the wife of Onyx Equinox creator and Executive Producer, Sofia Alexander) has begun to regularly host live streams on Twitch every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon to chat with fans while animating segments of her upcoming Indie series Enceladus V. Who should walk in and join for a little while on the latest stream, but Sofia herself (shocker)!

Not just that, but the two divulged on some super juicy, super hopeful information regarding the future of Onyx Equinox, and, let me say, folks: All hope is NOT lost on this series! There's a chance we'll be getting more information, and possibly even more seasons, in MUCH due time. Here's every detail I noted down from the stream relating to the future of Onyx Equinox (SPOILER WARNING (duh)!!!):

• Sofia wanted to explore K’in in a more nuanced way in season 2; he was going to have a lot of growth in that season, since he finds out Yun never wanted to be an ulama player, and was pressured into it by his twin brother • “I think you should come onto my stream and tell everyone what would’ve happened in season 2… we gotta schedule that one… we might have to do an English and Spanish simulcast.” - Anna • Ship-hinting/queer characters/more LGBTQ+ representation in Onyx Equinox: Yes, yes, and yes. More info will be given in the exposition stream • Gustavo “would probably work for free” on future seasons • “Crunchyroll doesn’t give a SINGLE fuck.” High Guardian Spice's OST was released, and Crunchyroll didn’t care about that • Gustavo technically owns Onyx Equinox’s OST, he’ll likely be the one to release it, once he’s less busy

• If properly finished, Onyx Equinox would have three seasons AND a movie; the movie would be pretty much an origin story, focusing on Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl vs. Cipactli • Crunchyroll DID ask Sofia to write a season 2, but then the merger with Sony happened, and, well, we know what happened from there... • Coyolxāuhqui was going to be in season 2 as a “major fan” of Mictecacihuatl, and [Micteca] was going to be on “the good side… one of the heroes, so-to-speak.” • “There is a contract. I think Sofi has rights [to Onyx Equinox] in her version, but we haven’t explored it yet, and I think we need to.” • “I have become a little bit selfish about sharing more [about Onyx Equinox and the characters], because I feel like the industry already sucked me dry… eventually, I’ll be healed enough to say ‘Yeah, let’s give it another try, and fight for this.’ I feel that if Onyx is meant to be told, it’ll be told, even if it takes a little bit.” - Sofia • Final words of the stream: “We’ll keep you updated on the Onyx Equinox exposition stream!”

So, yes! As Miracle Max from The Princess Bride has said, Onyx Equinox is "only mostly dead". Will we need to wait while for more information and content? Absolutely. Will it be worth it? AB-SO-LUTE-LY! The Gods have heard us, folks! Onyx Equinox someday, will be back!

[beangal-does-something]

My Chibi Bg3 Tav, Avaleigh.

A half-drow bard from the Cat's Paw Circus. After growing up with beings from all across the Forgotten Realms as her family, there isn't much that surprises her, except getting abducted by Mindflayers and getting a Tadpole put in her head.

Now Avaleigh needs to remove the Tadpole before she's turned into a Mindflayer; but she also needs to keep her new group of friends alive too before they kill each other.

Random bits about her:

Avaleigh has eaten many strange/questionable foods since she was a small child thanks to her circus family. So, she'll eat anything put on a plate...even if it might be poisonous for most people.

This charming bard can play violin and lute. If she's preforming on the highwire, she prefers to play her violin for better mobility. And if she's on the ground, she prefers to play her lute as is a crowd pleaser.

Her circus name is Bluebird and she is a storyteller. Although, sometimes she is asked to help fill in in different areas like the highwire act.

A swashbuckling halfling pirate, Randanshi, who joined the Cat's Paw Circus taught her how to fight with dual rapiers. However:

Avaleigh would much rather talk her way out of bad situation rather than fight her way out of it.

She loves to read. As a bard of the College of Lore, she collects every book she comes across to see if she can incorporate the stories into her acts.

She has a weakness for gemstones. In fact, not long after the Tadpole group got together, she gave everyone a gemstone that reminded her of them in some way. Her's is a Pink Pearl. She gave Shadowheart an Onyx, Astarion a Ruby, Gale an Amethyst, Lae'zel a Bloodstone, Wyll a Malachite, and Karlach an Agate.

Did someone say there was a person or creature in need of being adopted into a dysfunctional family? Wild Avaleigh appears.

[originemesis]

@hellshoard cont. from xxx

Charlie noticed a flicker in the electricity which caused her eyebrows to become knitted together. Leaving her room, she made her way up towards the room to figure out just what was going on. Of course, she had made sure to slip on her shoes to cover her goat like feet before making her way up there. A shiver ran through her when she opened the door, hair in a bun as she wore a tank top with a pair of sweats. She glanced around for a moment, her body turning before spotting the sigh. It was crushed. Oh dad wasn't going to be happy about that nor Alastor. But never mind them. What caught her attention was the mere fact that in the middle of it was Adam. But it seemed like he didn't notice her, ranting to himself. Breathing out for a moment, she winced as she unfurled her wings, two pairs of white fluffy wings but they were coats red, just the tips of it like it had been dipped in blood. Flapping a bit, knowing that he could easily hear her coming, she hung upside down in front of his face but kept a good distance still. He could easily see scars on her arms, old looking ones and her tank top was showing off her belly a bit, showing an ugly scar. Like part of her had been ripped away and hadn't healed correctly. Red hues looked at him, looking quite surprised by this turn of events of him just being there. She was quiet for a moment, studying him before pointing out, "You're actually alive." Shifting herself, she flipped through the air and landed near him, wincing once more as her wings went away. It sounded like flesh tearing almost before she rolled her shoulders. Glancing at the broken sign, she looked back at him, "Do you want...to come in?"

With gnashed teeth grit down to grind in place, he reached up with a hand half shaking from the electrical bite of the sign collision to feel around the foreign area of a face uncovered. A bit or two of broken onyx still remained clinging to the bottom of his collar like a set of jagged glass aimed up at his throat, and perhaps if he'd hung his head any lower they just might prick the skin. With the hiss of window-stricken hawk, he gave the upturned portion of his wrist a swift bite with dull teeth and squeezed his eyes shut until the power of his jaw helped still the jitters still crawling up his arm. The hell was he supposed to do now? The thought was a quiet murmur inside him, edges of a voice he knew faintly but preferred not to dwell on speaking the same sentiment, her hair drenched with the acid rain of hell and clinging to her shoulders and over her face. They never should have been separated-...certainly not twice. And now all he had left of anything was those shitty diamond shards like teeth pried out of a shit-eating grin. If he actually had a mouthful of those, his jaw would shatter with how hard it had clenched as he took to punching the fist that held the diamonds into the back of the darkened hotel sign. Wasn't this-...what he'd wanted all along? Well, before he'd realized that nothing he did mattered in terms of falling from grace just like the sinners' actions didn't matter in rising out of their cesspit. But he was here now and he couldn't fly out. Not by himself with half a pair of wings and no portal in sight.

Wings...? The sound of their unfurling earned a sharp exhale from him and a jerk of his head as he looked up wildly for a sign that maybe one of his girls had come back and-... fuck no. It was her again. That fucking brat. He winced, pressing his diamond clenched fist up against the puncture wounds she'd left in his leftover wing. Of course the one left was the one she'd stabbed him in. As if flying with one was any easier. He watched her approach, a sad shuffle backwards imminent as he struggled to prop his back up against the base of the sign. "Nnnno shit, Sherlock?" Releasing a slobbery wrist from his maw, he observed her hovering with something akin to frustrated acceptance. He wasn't going anywhere like this, and his girls-...Lute. Well, they were no where in sight. Might as well accept the fact she was going to rip off what limbs he did still have attached and bank on being able to bash the diamonds into her eyes to keep her from taking the other wing. "The hell do you want? Haven't you got your daddy to do enough for you?" No, he wouldn't acknowledge she'd been in anyway responsible for knocking him down so low. She wouldn't have stood a chance without that sort of divine (or was it damned) intervention.

He'd run out of room to shuffle back any further, so when she landed he sat still; it was dark without the electricity, but the three puncture marks at the base of his wing still glowed a vibrant gold that let anyone know where he was. There was a brief moment were he wasn't sure if blood loss was the cause of him hearing her correctly, but her unprompted offer to crawl inside that stupid hotel had him just about convinced he'd lost if not blood- then his senses. A speechlessness settled between them- mostly from his end. Was she the one who was really going to find and possibly drag his half-barbequed ass somewhere, whether it was out of the acid rain on the floor or out of his misery? "Would it even matter, you silly bitch? It's like you're forgetting I'm an exorcist in there and a dead one at that to heaven appare-fuckin'-ently." A haggard puff later, he took to slowly, but painstakingly prying the gilded-blood shaded wing from his flank to give it an weak warning flap in her direction.

[kathyprior4200]

2P Heaven Hotel Characters: Coerciona Vesper

PRINCESS COERCIONA VESPER (2P Charlie) (Comes from the term “coerce” meaning to threaten people – her last name is Vesper, “evening prayer” in contrast to Charlie’s last name “Morning Star” after her father Lucifer).

Everything you love about the main protagonist Charlie Morningstar, lacks in Coercia. Spoiled, selfish, cruel, and entitled, this dark princess wants nothing more than to see demons and sinners destroyed. She is a rebel, who is served by her creepy hungry cherub babies GRUB and CHUB who eat, protect her and help carry her fiery electric guitars. Ironically, she isn’t always keen to follow Heaven’s strict rules. To stir up trouble and to prove to the denizens of her power, she creates the “Heaven Hotel” a place where denizens can indulge in moderate sin…provided they follow her rules. Unlike lesbian Charlie, Coercia is straight and has a crush on Adam, leader of the Exorcists! (She doesn’t know the sinner-hating angel used to be a human!) Coercia likes musicals but she is more of a rock/punk star than Charlie.

Coercia appearance: Pale white skin like Charlie’s but with dark teal spots on each cheek. Her hair is long and black, in a similar wavy style to Charlie’s but decorated with barbed wire. Her eyes are dark blue like a freezing ocean, in contrast to Charlie’s crimson red eyes. Her long pants and suit are dark teal, black high heels, her undershirt is black with white buttons, and her bowtie is white. She has a spiky black halo over her head and black feathery angel wings. She had the bloodlust of an Exorcist, despite not being one. She frequently carries weapons like holy daggers and spears. Her favorite accessory is onyx bracelets covered with eyes.

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Coerciona has a crush on Adam and expresses her desire to be an Exorcist. She shows off her breasts to him and he gets an orgasm. Lute, of course, is mad and tells her to leave. “I’m the Exorcist general, and you haven’t seen life beyond your palace walls!” “I’m a princess who’s studied your army’s moves and trained on her own.” Coerciona says she will gladly be dominated by him on the weekdays but on holy days she would “ride him like an imp.” Adam is not pleased and claims that all women must be subordinate to him 24/7 and that she is too rebellious like Lilith. Coerciona seethes and says that unlike Lilith, she’d gladly listen to the sounds of Adam’s fingers cracking one by one. Adam shakes his head and says “You’re sexy but I’m with Lute and you’re not canon!” He then sends his Exorcists after her “Slap that thot princess!”, which she proceeds to knock all of them out singlehandedly. Coerciona stomps on Lute’s throat and was about to finish her but Adam blasts her away with his magic guitar. Coerciona then warns that she ranks above Adam and that she could still beat him in a rock concert and tells Adam to “Be a good little horned man and make sure that Charlie and her puny hotel gang gets demolished!” before angrily flying back to her 2P world. Adam briefly gulps in fear and remarks that he’s glad he’s with Lute in the canon world most of the time.

[foxglove-the-never-fairy]

Fairy Names Pt. 2

Fly with you! It’s been a while hasn’t it? Anyway, I’m here for a second part of one of my most popular posts.

The first post listed fairy names that were used in the DS game “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue” in the create-a-fairy section of the game. While the names provided were feminine, I have pulled all of the masculine fairy names from the original Pixie Hollow game. Some names are repeats from the original post, but I kept them in as I wanted to get this out as soon as possible. I hope you enjoy. Here’s the original post.

~🧚🏻‍♀️🔥 Foxglove 

First

Aaron

Ace

Acorn

Agate

Ajay

Alabaster

Alder

Alec

Aleron

Alex

Anchor

Andrew

Archer

Axel

Badger

Bailey

Baker

Bale

Banjo

Barclay

Basil

Benjy

Bert

Bevel

Birch

Bo

Boomer

Boone

Brock

Bruce

Brynn

Buddy

Burr

Burton

Buster

Calder

Casper

Cecil

Cedar

Chance

Chase

Chip

Clay

Cliff

Coal

Cog

Comet

Cosmo

Cote

Covey

Crag

Crane

Cyan

Dale

Dane

Darius

Darrin

Dawson

Decker

Deon

Devlin

Dewey

Donner

Drake

Dug

Dunn

Dustin

Dusty

Echo

Eddy

Edward

Elk

Emery

Erik

Ernie

Errol

Fennel

Fincher

Finn

Fir

Flint

Ford

Francis

Garnet

Glen

Gourd

Gourdie

Grove

Grub

Gull

Hale

Hare

Harris

Hawk

Henry

Heron

Hob

Jacob

James

Jasper

Jay

Kernal

Koto

Lance

Lark

Leaf

Lore

Lute

Lyric

Martin

Maze

Mica

Michal

Nadir

Nester

Oak

Ollie

Onyx

Otter

Peat

Pier

Pine

Quake

Quarry

Quinn

Rain

Ranger

Reed

Richard

River

Robin

Rook

Rusty

Rye

Sage

Sam

Scout

Sean

Seth

Shale

Shoal

Skimmer

Skyler

Spike

Spruce

Sterling

Stone

Tad

Teak

Thatcher

Thistle

Timber

Tiny

Toadstool

Tobey

Todd

Topher

Torn

Torrey

Vail

Valiant

Vern

Vic

Wedge

Wes

Wren

Wynn

Zak

 Middle

Air

Almond

Apple

Aspen

Autumn

Badger

Bark

Beacon

Bear

Bitter

Brave

Bright

Brisk

Broom

Bumble

Candle

Cedar

Chilly

Citrus

Cloud

Cloudy

Clover

Cocoa

Copper

Cricket

Crow

Cub

Dapple

Dash

Day

Drift

Eagle

Elm

Evening

Falcon

Far

Fern

Fig

Fire

Fleet

Flicker

Foggy

Fox

Frost

Frozen

Funny

Garlic

Green

Hail

Hasty

Hawk

Hickory

Holly

Hurry

Ice

Ivy

Jelly

Jumpy

Lemon

Light

Lightning

Lime

Little

Lock

Lotus

Magic

Mango

Maple

Merry

Misty

Moon

Morning

Moss

Mossy

Mountain

Muddy

Never

Nickel

Night

Nimble

Oak

Orange

Otter

Parsley

Pear

Pebble

Pepper

Pine

Plum

Pollen

Pumpkin

Purple

Quick

Rain

Rainy

Rock

Rumble

Sage

Sandy

Sea

Shy

Silk

Slight

Snow

Sour

Speedy

Spider

Spring

Squall

Star

Storm

Stout

Strong

Sugar

Summer

Sun

Swift

Tangle

Thunder

Tiny

Toad

Tumble

Twisty

Water

Whiffle

Wild

Wind

Winter

Wrinkle

 Last

Beam

Bee

Bell

Berry

Breath

Breeze

Bug

Button

Buzz

Chill

Chime

Cliff

Cloud

Clove

Crash

Curl

Dale

Dance

Dash

Dew

Din

Drop

Dust

Ear

Elbow

Eye

Feather

Field

Fig

Flame

Flap

Flash

Fleck

Flight

Flip

Flipper

Fly

Fog

Foot

Forest

Freeze

Fruit

Garden

Gem

Glade

Glimmer

Glow

Gourd

Grace

Griddlee

Gust

Heart

Hill

Hop

Horn

Hush

Jewel

Knee

Lake

Light

Lock

Loop

Lull

Meadow

Mello

Mint

Mist

Moon

Muddle

Muse

Newt

Noise

Nose

Peal

Pebble

Petal

Pin

Plume

Pond

Pool

Ray

Ripple

River

Roar

Root

Row

Ruckus

Rumble

Sand

Shadow

Sky

Smash

Song

Spark

Sparkle

Sparrow

Speck

Spirit

Splash

Spring

Sprite

Sprout

Stem

Stone

Storm

Stream

Stripe

Swamp

Swirls

Thistle

Thorn

Toad

Tree

Twill

Twist

Vale

Valley

Vine

Weather

Web

Whirl

Whisk

Whisper

Willow

Wind

Wing

Wings

Wink

Wish

[handsomeamoeba]

It's time for the post no one asked for:

Finella's Keepsake Box: Final Version

I mentioned previously I've started making a Keepsake Box at camp for each of my characters, which is just a collection of random stuff that I think the character would want to hang onto, as a character building exercise!

Finella is my first Durge. My pet name for her is First Degree Murder Barbie. Pictured here with her two boyfriends and her bestie.

Her whole deal is that she's a bubbly girly-girl, and also a necromancer and homicidal maniac. But she tries to be good, y'know? In spite of everything. Because she woke up one day with a brain full of tadpole and a heart full of love.

Below the cut is a description of everything in her keepsake box.

Cazador Szarr's corpse. So she can fondly remember that her boyfriend is safe now and his abuser is dead. And if he is having bad memories, she can remind him of that too by pulling the corpse out.

A bag of hands, lifted off a pretender to her father's cult.

A summoning bell lifted off of rival necromancer Balthazar. Chump.

An assortment of surgical tools collected from the House of Healing, in case she wants to use them for murders: an Artificial Leech, a Bonesaw, a Syringe, and a Trepan.

In the middle of those tools is a Murderous Cut dagger carried by a Bhaalist cultist. Kept for remembering where she came from.

Her bloodkin Orin's Carapace Armor, to fondly remember her defeat. She'd have kept her bones themselves if she could.

The "Magic" Ring she got from Mattis, because she's fond of that kid.

An amethyst ring and an onyx ring. Two of her favorite crystals. She loves pretty things, like a magpie.

Orin's Ring of Murderous Opportunity. Another lovely keepsake from her death.

Ffion's wedding ring, kept to remember a murder Finella solved, rather than committed.

An Amulet of Bhaal, to remember where she came from.

An assortment of collars from other people's dead pets! She finds the associated feeling of grief cathartic.

A necklace of silver and sapphire, traditional mourning wear in Baldur's Gate.

The treasured lute of Alfira, who she did not mean to or want to kill. She keeps it to carry her memory.

An assortment of some of Finella's favorite books. As a wizard she is of course a big reader. Titles are as follows: The Book of Final Breath; Death & Divinity: A Godly Guide; Diseases of the Blood; Disorders of the Nerves & Mind: A Treatise; Harvest of Memory; Her Love For It Was Like A Plum; Necromantic Codexes, Their Enigmas; On Death & Resurrection; Queen of Ravens (note: Finella finds the Raven Queen fascinating as a potential alternative to her father); Schools of Magic: Necromancy; The Amiable Art of Necromancy; The Curse of the Vampyr; The Ecstasy of Murder; The Enigmatic Art of Hemomancy; The House on Drench Lane and Other Stories; The Tharchiate Codex (note: she carries The Necromancy of Thay on her person at all times); Vampiric Duality

A portrait entitled "The Ghost Whisperer."

A lovely piece of amethyst, one of her favorite crystals.

A bizarre coral structure she swiped from the Illithid colony because she finds the fractals fascinating.

A bear claw, to remind her of Halsin.

A black oleander, one of her favorite flowers.

A bowl that contains a dissected frog. She loves anatomy, she thought it was cool.

A bloodstone, another crystal she loves.

A blushcap mushroom. She finds that particularly colorful mushrooms are just as lovely as flowers.

From her collection of anatomical & scientific curiosities: a tibia, bottled blooms, bottled eye, bottled solvent, bottled tentacles, a human brain.

A bundle of her favorite incense (clove!)

One of her favorite paintings, "Butterfly on Skull." I think it describes her well.

A few shells from a cult of Kuo-toa who worship her. She rather likes that.

Her absolute favorite flower, a corpse rose.

A couple unidentified crystals she found that she thought were pretty.

A crystal ball! No wizard is complete without one.

The crushed body of a pixie. She finds it fascinating.

A divine bone shard. As well as being an anatomical curiosity, it reminds her that even gods can fall. And so too, someday, may her father.

Mol's Eyepatch. She likes that kid. Also she was worried she was dead for a bit there.

A jingle bell gifted by a pixie she freed. Not the dead one she keeps in the box, mind.

This skull isn't technically hers. It belongs to her familiar, Shovel. Shovel calls it "Friend."

A deceased child's teddy, collected from the House of Healing. This one is called Fuzzy. It radiates grief.

A glowcap mushroom. She finds its bioluminescence quite beautiful.

The Hand of Enver Gortash. Once, when she was someone else, someone worse, Gortash said that he would give her his hand in marriage so that they could rule the world together. She decided to take him up on that for old time's sake. In a way. It's funny to her.

A harpy feather. She thinks it makes a particularly lovely quill.

Another painting she loves. This one is just called "Harrowing Painting." Stolen from the Szarr estate.

A human heart for the anatomy collection.

Another shell from the Kuo-toa.

A bundle of intestines for the anatomy collection.

Rival necromancer Mystic Cambion's preserved brain & liver, kept as trophies.

A lolth's candle, Finella's favorite gemstone.

Another teddy found at the House of Healing and absolutely saturated with woe. This one is called Lukasz.

Mayrina's Locket. It carries with it Mayrina's grief for her lost love, but more than that... it reminds Finella of her friendship.

A mephit heart, another curiosity.

The ashes of Balthazar's Mother, which Finella has kept out of spite.

A music box that plays a beautiful tune that Finella finds soothing.

An onyx and a sapphire for the crystal collection.

A brooch that once belonged to Isobel, to remind her of her friend, and the strength it took to spare her.

A severed head she found in a giant birds' nest. She just thinks it's neat.

A shadowroot sac for the mushroom collection.

A skull for the anatomy collection. She thinks this one might be halfling in origin.

Another painting she loves, called "Sororal Dance," which has a beautiful and grim message about the relationship between the living and the dead.

A spider's leg for her curiosity collection.

A starfish from the Kuo-toa.

This teddy isn't grim or anything she's just fond of it, she thinks it's cute.

Same for the owlbear plush, although she did find this one abandoned in the Shadowlands.

A surgery kit. For murders!

Another painting stolen from Szarr manor, "Tableau of Ibex and Rose."

A cute little toad teapot from Auntie Ethel's Cottage.

A toy chest. It was a decoy for a treasure chest but she thinks it's cute so she kept it.

Weavemoss isn't technically a flower but she loves its purple color.

[tieflingtryst]

Not USian

Just call me Tryst

I am 26 years old

I am a Transmasculine Bisexual

This page is 18+ for comfort

This page is mainly SFW but might be the odd fiction-based textpost.

Honestly a lot of this blog will be about either me or my OCs

I ship my d&d OCs with my friends OCs we have an elaborate RP universe (or four)

I dont take requests for moodboards or stimboards from non-friends sorry

(Note: trans women are women and i dont do tumblr discourse. DNI if you dont agree with the first bit.)

Banners on my headcanons are by either me or benkeibear

I have 3 canons which i'll summarise as quickly as I can

1. Regular D&D campaigns of varying kinds, referred to as canon 1, which are the sort of official on paper ones for these characters

2. An isekai where they all, through various means, ended up in a pocket dimension with a quaint, currently combat-free town called Honeyfell. This is basically what if they got to be safe edition, though different characters found themselves there at different points and of course many have backstories together.. (canon 2)

3. A pre-campaign canon divering timeline in Baldurs' Gate (the city, not the game), set around the bandit camp many of my and my friends' characters grew up in/around, as young adults now.

4. Canon 2 but timeskipped 30 years.

My current OCs:

Rouge Montgomery - 3 foot tall red Tiefling/Eladrin Rogue with a lot of trauma because im very unique everyone. His themes are religious abuse/rejection of faith, being bi and transgender, and being hypersexual because of trauma but being greyace himself. He is (canon 2, polyam) paired with Dannis (not mine) who is a golden retriever audhd ranger, and Eris (also not mine) who is another golden retriever tired dad energy motheruncle. Ex of Estée. Chaotic Good.

Estée Maplesword - Tiefling/Eladrin Grave Cleric. Was raised in total isolation. Does not know a lot of simple human things. Bisexual cis woman. Has religious trauma but a fixation on the themes and symbolism. Loves flowers and cottagecore and romanticises the picket fence dream. Has a crush on Dannis in canon 1, is dating Viktor (not mine) in canon 2, a barbarian with a heart of gold and a lot of wolf symbolism. Ex of Rouge. Unknown child of Ulkarien and sister of Eridan and Vexx, half-sister to Melody, and Lute. Chaotic Good.

Dante Hexwood - Tiefling Soulknife Rogue/Bard. Living weapon character. Riddled with relationship trauma. Attracted to men. Transfem.. Dark blue and glowy blue colour themes. Heavily cares about freedom and music. Loves butterflies. Chaotic Good. Paired with Valerien (not mine) in canon 3 (a terrible detective tiefling, they're discovering their transfem identity too.), and in canon 2, Cain (not mine) (theyre t4t too and i love them).

Ulkarien Eversong - Half Human Half Eladrin Rogue/Ranger in canon 1, and Fathomless Warlock in canon 2. In the rogue canon he is shy, autistic-coded, fond of animals and easily manipulated, with light academia themes. In the warlock canon he is unstable, reclusive, still autistic-coded, obsessed with eldritch horrors and his books, and makes jewellery. Tired dad energy. Has 17 illegitimate children he is not aware of. Rogue ver Chaotic Good, Warlock ver Chaotic Neutral. Canonically has D.I.D, his two alters are Cyan (sexual protector) and Emery (trauma holder). (OP is a traumagenic system ♡) . In canon 1 he is getting involved with a shadar kai cleric called Onyx who also is a system (not mine), in canon 2 he's into a tiefling/high elven kensei monk/scribes wizard called Syrus, and raising a deaf white cat called Sorbet.

Eridan Stonevine - Tiefling/Eladrin Bard - in one canon Rogue/Bard. Heavily audhd coded, loves animals especially his pet rat Remy. Somehow a sunshine and a dark academia vibe together. Canonically dyspraxic and ADHD. Full of love. Mediocre poet, good at singing but only plays divorced dad rock. Gay. Canon 1 he is paired with Rex (not mine) a circle of stars druid changeling, who is learning how to be a person. Canon 2, in a relationship with Davin (not mine) a flamboyant genderqueer Bard with many tattoos and sheer wet cat energy. Chaotic Good. In canon 3 he is in a relationship with Hermes, a twilight domain cleric tiefling who likes the nighttime and crafts. Slow burn that just got realised in that canon.

Claude Clearskies - Eladrin Elf Bard - Bi (mainly MLM) transmasc genderqueer he/him sir boy. Pink themed (spring affinity). Extremely cheerful, impulsive, consistently rolls terribly for performance so he's aggressively mediocre at his class. Excitable adhd energy. In canon 2 is in a relationship/courtship with Silver (not mine)- a flamboyant nonbinary Aasimar Bard who is learning about commitment. In canon 3, he's involved with Kyrose (not mine) a druid with Many Anxieties. Chaotic Good.

Vexx Swiftstrike - Tiefling Rogue - Transfem, bisexual. Quick-witted, cunning, and so tired of it all. She's helped run her sister Lutes' crime empire in Baldurs' Gate for years, through no choice of her own, and has had enough of it. In canon 1 and 3, she's polyam in a throuple with Rhysand (ink devil warlock tiefling, rival crime boss) and Lucifer (her exes brother, an elf and shadow magic sorceror). Chaotic Neutral.

(Yes i REALLY like the same 3 tropes. And chaotic good characters. And shipping!)

Note: I am personally prof dx Autism + cPTSD, and i heavily suspect ADHD (will be getting assessed formally when i've completed some therapy), im also a system, so all coding of characters comes from an informed place of love- not harmful stereotyping.

There are other characters too who get content but these are the main ones right now.

[evillittlebirdie]

Onyx and Marble: Sneak Peek

An Astarion/MC Story: It wasn’t bad enough Astarion had a tadpole behind his eye to contend with. He had to also travel with the mark that got away.

The knife was held to the Drow’s throat. The threats dripped instinctively from Astarion’s tongue. As she struggled, his eyes rested on the two scars below her right eye. The top scar was small and barely noticeable while the bottom scar cut long on her cheek and landed on the bridge of her nose. Orchid eyes seared at him. And his first thought was “Gods, it’s her.”

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100 years earlier…

Astarion watched the bard from the shadows for three nights before he made his move. Any trait of a mark could be used against them. And this one was no different. Her clothes were fine, but several seasons out of date. Calloused finger tips strung her lute but the rest of her body was soft. He saw a flash of annoyance in her eyes each time she bent over to pick up a tossed coin. Once her set was complete, she sat alone in an alcove with a goblet of wine and a book. She rebuffed anyone’s attempt to speak to her.

A challenge but if it broke the monotony of servitude, it was worth it.

[fridge-reviews]

Mini Games 7

The criteria for this is very simple, all of these games can be completed in three hours or under (without using exploits etc). The reason for this? Well I find that sometimes, often in fact, that people just don't have time to play a longer game. So I thought I'd show some of the shorter ones some love!

Developer: Final Boss Entertainment Publisher: Final Boss Entertainment Rrp: £6.99 (Steam) Released: 30th September 2014

I've been noticing a trend of 'old school' inspired games lately, especially within the genre of the first person shooter. Many try to ape their predecessors by having a lower graphical fidelity or simplified mechanics. Wrack isn't one of these games, if anything this game reminds me more of Bulletstorm than something like Quake. While Wrack does have a story its clearly paper thin and only intended to be a flimsy justification for progressing the game. The thing is if you're playing this for the story you're really missing the point, this is about high scores and trying to build up combos and on that front it does a pretty decent job.

If I do have a bone to pick with this game its that the enemies AI is extremely simplistic, every enemy will start to advance toward you once they see you, even if they have ranged weapons. This meant that in quite a few occasions I just stood around a corner to avoid projectiles and then hit anything that rounded it with a sword (usually killing in a single blow). This isn't a bad game by any means but for only eight pounds more you can buy Doom and get a longer more full and challenging experience. -------

Developer: Bithell Games Publisher: Bithell Games Rrp: £4.79 (Steam) Released: 22nd May 2018 After the success of Subsurface Circular (and it was a success even if it wasn't all that well known) Mike Bithell is back with Quarantine Circular. Unbelievably this game was made a good two years before anyone had even heard of Covid-19 because it almost feels like this game was written for it. This game is set in the near future with humanity facing a global pandemic, one that seems set to wipe us out completely. However it seems that help has come from beyond the stars, or rather the vistor may help depending on your decisions.

The whole game is over in just about two hours but I have to say it was a great two hours. I replayed this over and over again trying to get all the various scenarios.

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Developer: Colestia Publisher: Colestia Rrp: £3.99 Released: June 9th 2020 This game is a bit of a strange one, for starters its a thriller which isn't a genre something video games really manage to pull off often. The other thing that makes this game so unusual is that the events that you're investigating are all true. It's your job to piece together the actual international conspiracy that was happening during the Cold War and you'll be doing this by carefully searching through archives and using an evidence board to show how it all connects. The closes game I can think of that this is somewhat similar to is Her Story, because you're left to piece it together for yourself.

It might not have been the intention of the developers (though I suspect it was) but even though I was only searching through files this game had me feeling a strange feeling of tension. Every so often you could hear the sound of people pulling boxes of evidence even though you know you're the only one in the room, security cameras move, suspicious looking cars appear in the street outside and drive off when you see them... it all adds to this odd feeling that you're being watched and that you might not be entirely safe. Nothing happened to me during my play time but it was damned effective at making me paranoid.

I'd say this game well worth a look for those of you looking for something just a bit different.

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Developer: Dreamlike Publisher: Dreamlike Rrp: £1.69 (Steam Released: 12th April 2021 I think this is the shortest game I've played in a quite a while, lasting a whole twenty five minutes and that was with me getting stuck for a moment. Chicken Holmes (no, I'm not writing the rest) is a escape the room style point and click adventure game.

I've played a few games like this before however this one was made somewhat more difficult simply because of the translation or rather because of the poor translation. I'm not entirely sure what the native language of the developers are but I'm quite certain that they are either Spanish or Portugese speakers. Sadly whomever did the translation wasn't quite up for the task. There were a lot of grammatical errors and typo's that made the game a bit more difficult that it should have been and... well there is an entire section where there is no translation at all. It's near the end and its apparently some kind of movie line but its an untranslated one which meant that whatever it was referencing completely passed me by.

To be honest I'd not really bother with this game, I didn't hate the game but I didn't enjoy it either and there are far better games you can play for this price or even less.

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Developer: Onyx Lute Publisher: Onyx Lute Rrp: £3.99 (Humblebundle and Steam) Released: 18th November 2016 Putting it simply this game is just a bunch of small, yet challenging, jigsaw puzzles. Although rather than it being a jigsaw in the traditional sense you put together stained glass clock faces. Why clock faces? Honestly I haven't not a clue. What I can tell you though is that I found this game a joy to play, I just put a podcast on in the background and unwound.

The thing is the music in the game is great too but I just really wanted to listen to my own stuff after a while and usually I'm not the sort of person who can do that with most games. This one though felt almost built for that kind of use. Mentally stimulating but not taxing to the point I'd really have concentrate.

[pnkb1tch-archive]

there, down by the rocks  ━  that's where he spots it. that telltale   ( no pun intended )   gleam of opalescent scales. they glimmer under the suns cheerful beams like polished onyx, catching the prince's watchful eye as he fiddles with the strings of his lute. the smell of sea air is sharp and crisp in his nose, the beckoning TASTE  OF  SALT   teasing his tongue. does he dare venture closer? oh, he really shouldn't; if there's truly a mermaid down there by the tide pools, he'll surely be sung   to  his  death   . yet  ━  hey, ho,   what a helluva way to go. he slings his instrument across his back, ventures further down the rocks. he sees   @metalsiren   , then, in all her glory, and o,   glorious  she  is   indeed. her long brunette waves cascade down her shoulders, a stark contrast to the milky white of her skin. her tail is even more stunning just this much closer, so much so that arlo chokes on a breath and stumbles on the uneven terrain. right, then…he's so dead. 

[sadswamp-things]

A little doodle I did today, of my dnd character, their name is onyx and they have a Lute of Illusions

[libidomechanica]

And some mair o the flesh and pipe and glowing with rage;

’Re my civil head, until we     cease to do. See, where I though I never, as malignant     at chess; others, that now at thick assayed that can ail the     Spring day, lights! For where doen high degree, whose we drowsy     sacred ring when though all

her seldom save in silken vest,     dropt to him t is it? But if flame apparent still enrich     he obey’ had been the Galaxie, the happy laughed with     or sang of that came to the hinges being so ease this     faire had e’er infected

late forbid. And some mair o’ the     flesh and pipe and glowing with rage; and false plagues, as women     use are like onyx, teeth, suck my life to see a child so     as I work, the agèd knight, and may form to boste, and the     snow on without this

wilderness he replying: blow, but     that which is long time for those petals finds me from their feet:     a tide of stains that lute and more waking back, one arm had     offender’s face, as from our horse! The Prior and fast as     a fluttering rocked, one

after that I do but were squeezed     the recreant traitors seek the least not bends they answer got     she says Rose, I’ll stick to the lost for the traffic with the     streets eight of thine eyes the learned well; a little gate: the     first i’ the quarter moan.

[sapphicswordlady]

Noel update!

“The world is cruel sometimes, that means we shouldn’t be”

**AGE**:28

**Species**:Moon Elf

**Pronouns**:They/She

**Sexuality**:Ace Lesbian

**Class**:Bard(College of Swords)/Warlock(Hexblade)

**Background**:Noble

**Personality Traits**:I am a collector of small and meaningless objects with no inherent meaning other than to make my heart grow a little softer,the key to maintaining joy in life is to getting excited about tomorrows breakfast every once in a while

**Bonds:**I had a lot of my pressure on me being the oldest sibling growing up more then was healthy but despite it all I still miss my siblings and my parents, I’m always going to stick out my neck for a kid who needs help, it’s the older sibling in me

**Ideals**: I will try and be the hero I needed when I was younger and the voice for the voiceless, Kids are right about fairness and sharing and kindness and wonder and the little things that you find in the forest in a bad day more then they are wrong

**Flaws**: I am scared that I am going to give away more love then I am going to ever get back in return,sometimes I worry that I make myself more palatable to appease other people

**Backstory**:Noel Peaceweaver is the oldest child of the Peaceweaver adventuring family and the fiancé of Serena Lilia Peaceweaver and the adoptive parent of Astyochiea Lilia Peaceweave, Growing up in the country of Weskos in the region of Oavasa they were trained in the performing arts from the moment they could walk, Learning the art of the Lute,Guitar,Violin,Cello,Piano,Lyre,Shawm,Dulcimer and the bagpipes a musical prodigy who also received only the finest of world class swimming and acrobatic training,

Spending their life with these academic tutors and growing up with their house estate they eventually after finishing their primary and secondary education went to the Pratchett Accademy of adventure and the arcane.Making and meeting numerous people who they thought they would be friends with for the rest of their life they learned to master the art of sword play and how to captain a sea vessel and the art of poetry and alchemy and graduated at the top of their class,Deciding to travel on a expedition behind the known world with some of their best friends in the whole wide world in the form of Zoakin,Audelia,Onyx,Nathrelka,Zarin,Taric and Maeve, Heading off the map before crashing behind the world that their was a storm, almost never ending, that crashed their ship onto a strange island filled with strange beasts and creatures that seemed uninhabited until one night while hunting with their friend,Zoakin they were found by a group of strange cultists,

Killing Zoakin and capturing Noel they tortured Noel for weaks on end disfiguring and dismembering their body in an attempt to find their camp on the island so they could use them as a sacrifice for their cult but still they would not break, eventually they used magic, managing to make Noel slaughter their closest friends and allies one by one, scarring them for life, leaving them their, they were the only sacrifice remaining and they would have died there if they had not made a pact with a force their on the island, in the shadows in the depths, known as umbra, offering them escape at the cost of the part of their soul that made it so they could produce original art, they took the deal and escaped, through the underdark and through the shadows through the long way home until they eventually got all the way back to Weskos, finding themselves very different from the person that had left to go explore they still found themselves wanting to help

Deciding to become the type of person they would have wanted to save them when they were in their worst space in the depths and in the darks, they took up a sword and took to the road and took to protecting any and all people they could they would become a symbol, even if that symbol could never be happy, it could still inspire, and then somehow she became happy when she found a purpose and love

Where she least expected it,now a mother and healing from the scars of her past with the love of her life by her side, Noel has something she never thought she could have ever again, and to think this all happened after getting storm marked by accident.

[dunmertwink]

I love learning about Kestrel! Does he feel more comfortable in his own skin as the game goes on? (Can’t wait to learn about the lute)

Super long answer btw!

Short Answer: Yes, but, he's def one of those people who care way too much about what others think of him, and he hides that behind this kind of arrogant, flamboyant/ grandiose mask (not unlike Astarion... they clash at first because they are fairly similar in this regard).

As time goes on and he gets more comfy around the companions, he's able to let more of himself through if that makes sense. The biggest thing that keeps him from fully accepting himself is his trauma but again, as the game goes on, he is helped through it!

Long Answer: STORY TIME! Under the cut cause there's A LOT (I tend to info-dump, so don't feel pressured to read this by any means! Marking this mature since I discuss sexy stuff)

So, way before the events of the game, like just a little over 10 years before, he and his lifelong friend Barrin*(1) escaped Baldur's Gate when they were 17.

Kestrel, throughout his childhood, was very open about being trans. It was others (his parents, the noble he was betrothed to*(2), and even his fans as "the Siren") who forced him back into the closet, so to speak. So that's why his discomfort is more external.

To actually answer the question (lmaooo), he likes the way his body looks, especially after top surgery. But he struggles with being in it, if that makes sense? He is a little ashamed that he likes bottoming (liking the way vaginal sex feels), or that he really enjoys sleeping around (and boy did he get around as a traveling bard). He def gets over this! Over time, he learns that his wants and experiences don't make him any less of a man.

Because of the way he carries himself, he sometimes gets misgendered (it doesn't happen a lot, but enough to be at the back of his mind; to most people, he's just a fruity lil guy tho).

*1. Barrin's face is "worn" by the guardian; I have a hc that the 'guardian' rummaged through the companions' thoughts to find a trustworthy person to emulate.

*2. A noble in the city took a liking to "the Siren of the Wide" and, well, some pretty awful stuff happened to Kes 🥲. The scar across his lips was from the noble's onyx ring for one.

The betrothal really upset him - the guy was just an awful person; entitled, abusive in all senses. On many occasions, Kestrel tried to escape the manor, but the Flaming Fists were always called to wrestle him back.

The night before his wedding he robbed his husband-to-be's personal safe, faked his death (by way of an altered Invoke Duplicity spell set to look like his dead body rather than just a duplicate), and fled. He bumped into Barrin who at that point he hadn't seen in years. Barrin worked shipping goods to small towns across the Sword Coast via horse and carriage and promised to help him escape BG for good.

They made their way to Beregost (the city to the south of Baldur's Gate, near Candlekeep) and made a new life there with all the money and baubles Kestrel stole from his betrothed. You'll meet Barrin in the comic!

They bought an inn with that money and the leftovers were used for Kes's top surgery. The inn was also used as a front for a fencing/ money laundering operation since they were still pretty involved in the "underground" scene. Basically from there on out he lived his best life as a traveling bard. Of course, until he was captured by mind flayers!

~Act 1 and 2 spoilers ahead!~

On top of the lute origin story, Im also writing a drabble (of sorts) of the party's reactions to Mizora's surprise visit and Wyll's transformation (it's pretty much almost done so that will be posted first - still very raw as im a better comic artist than writer).

Wyll had compared Kestrel to Astarion in personality (oops), but after a while, he realized that it was a wall that Kes had put up when it came to new people as a way to protect himself.

Kes has this saying, "People take what they want from you. Best show them only what you want them to see." In other words, trust no one and feed them bs. He's an arcane trickster/expert illusionist by trade so he embodies that a little too literally! He unlearns this during the events of the game (through the power of friendship uwu)/j.

Wyll sees that deep underneath the bullshit, Kes is actually a sweet person (saving several tiefling kids, helping Alfira finish her song, saving people from the fire in Waukeens Rest, etc). This drabble shows that Kes and Wyll have met before (will be posting soon - just polishing it up)!

He gets set back pretty badly by 1.) the idea of having to return to Baldur's Gate after being free of it for so long and 2.) seeing his abuser again after 10 years at Moonrise as a cultist (more on the noble in that drabble-thingy).

He regresses a bit by Act 3. The walls go back up and he's more... cagey. I havent finished the game yet bc im having a bitch of a time with the end of Act 2 (I'm trying so hard to keep Jaheira alive but she keeps getting one-shotted anyway by the black-hole spell)!!!!

So I will have to get back to you on how he's doing in Act 3! Lmaooo!

Again, thanks so much for the ask! I love talking about my ocs and dont get to do it a lot (on account that I dont post much about them. All my oc lore is trapped in my head lol).

[gmlocg]

2,401.) Glass Masquerade

Release: November 18th, 2016 | GGF: Puzzle, Atmospheric | Developer(s): Onyx Lute | Publisher(s): Onyx Lute, Digerati Distributing & Marketing LLC | Platform(s): Macintosh (2016), Windows (2016), Nintendo Switch (2019), PlayStation 4 (2019), Xbox One (2019)