#the Shepherd king

[drawingllamas]

The girl, the King... and the monster they became.

Elspeth Spindle from One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig 🖤

[lilithsaur]

I loved #OneDark Window , but #TwoTwistedCrowns had me on a chokehold. If it was up to me, Elm and Ione would have their own duology lol

The Shepherd King Duology by @rmgillig

#ElmRowan #IoneHawthorn #lilithART #bookART

[mysticmiav]

"It is not they who bring the reckoning, Ravyn. It is you. It is us."

Finished One Dark Window like two days ago and it's all I've been thinking of ever since ajfjjswkkd

Wanted to make sime exploration sketches Elspeth and Ravyn😌✍️🖤 might change Ravyn's haurstyle just a bit cuz I feel I couldn't quite get the hairstyle I'd imagined skfkekd

[alphasrainbow]

Nightmare every time Elspeth is in trouble:

[daphnevincent]

ONE DARK WINDOW

a heart of gold can still turn to rot. what he wrote, what he did, was all done for naught. his cards are but weapons, his kingdom now cruel. shepherd of folly, king of the fools.

[pembroke]

there once was a girl, clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood ✨ character designs of elspeth and ravyn from the shepherd king duology, a series that i have literally not been able to get out of my head since i finished them earlier this year!

[airiruriru]

"And the monster they became"

[everbluems]

“I resisted, Elspeth, because I was already imagining how I might press my finger against your wet lips again, like I had in my room.” He took in a breath, his mouth dropping to my ear. “And that was nothing to the wicked things I was imagining after we argued in the garden.”

— Ravyn Yew, One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

[teashh]

I have to write this rant about the Shepherd King Duology. Because I re-read it and let me tell you; it's one of the best series I've read in ages. The characters, the world building and the writing just pulls you in. I finished both the books in one sitting. All the characters are just so damn loveable with their quirks and signs. And there are a few relationship dynamics that just tug at your heart.

Elm and Elspeth's love hate relationship.

Ravyn and Elspeth's passionate relationship, such that even distance and a king cannot dull it.

Elspeth's father giving her a yarrow every nameday and during the wedding

Elm saying he's better looking than Ravyn

The nightmare constantly thinking everyone is dumb

The nightmare caring for Elspeth like his own child

The nightmare choosing Elspeth over his own descendant

The nightmare saying something and then Ravyn being like "she didn't say that"

The rhymes that are sprinkled throughout the book

The shepherd king's Revenge

Ione's gentle determination and kindness

The shepherd king's kids begging him to come spend time with them

The way the nightmare describes every single character with their respective tree oof.

And this is just off the top of my head. The world building, the Providence cards, the magic system. It was so unique. And the plot twist was literally Chekhov's gun. And the quote "He has looked pain in the eye - and refused to let it make a monster of him". Rachel gillig, the woman you are.

[ekatdoodles]

“Be wary the pink, be wary the rose. Be wary of beauty divine, unopposed…”. 🥀✨ Ione Hawthorn and her Maiden Card from The Shepherd King duology by Rachel Gillig. Art by me: @ekatdoodles

[knifedippedinichor]

One Dark Window: The Maiden and The Highwayman

[delightfully-loud]

I WOULD NOT ONLY LIKE TO THANK GOD BUT ALSO RACHEL GILLIG FOR THESE MASTERPIECES

[lilithsaur]

Recently finished "The Shepherd King" Duology, it was fantastic🔥

[alphasrainbow]

The Shepherd King dedications slap

One Dark Window

Two Twisted Crowns

[ghoulgraveyardshift]

I bought the One Dark Window FairyLoot hardcover second hand & it just got in, and I simply can’t gatekeep this beautiful sight from all the One Dark Window enjoyers

[pembroke]

be wary the pink. be wary the rose. beware of beauty divine, unopposed ✨ another set of character designs from the shepherd king duology, this time ione (x2) and prince elm