This is a photograph of a nodachi, or eastern style curved sword with a single edge, measuring approximately 120cm in blade length and 30cm in grip length, resting upon a dramatic sable and crimson cape in stylized lighting.
Channeling my inner fantasy heroine before writing #DarksomeMirror - Dancer in Shadow. #Darkfantasy #Swords #WLW #Fantasyfiction
This is a digital painterly style art piece of a woman sitting at a desk in front of an open window. She is blonde and wearing eyeliner and burgundy lipstick, is caucasian in appearance, and has green eyes. She is wearing a blue and gold dress with a livery belt, and is looking at a letter. She has a subtle halo of light behind her head in a pale blue color. She is curvaceous and conventionally attractive.
Princess Aelfwynn Harundel of Beregand, #Lesbian Explorer Princess and engager in #sapphic #correspondence. #fantasy #literature
The #art is by Flavio Winston on Artstation, #commission -ed for #darksomemirror by me.
#FuckAI
#DarksomeMirror #Sapphic #Darkfantasy
Sometimes, you can put things off until after a first draft. Sometimes, you realize that your concept needs significant alteration when it's mostly done ("first draft done") and you really have to go through a structural rebuild.
Two recent points about #romantasy:
1. Too much romantasy lacks a good setting and context, and fails as #fantasy and #romance alike.
2. Too much romantasy falls prey to conservative and misogynistic tropes.
#DarksomeMirror Aims to avoid these common problems. #writing #indieauthor #darkfantasy
Which descriptors are most appealing for a book?
1. Rich prose and a grounded world
2. An epic dark fantasy revenge story
3. Uncovering of a layered conspiracy
4. A female half-elf protagonist
5. Slow burn sapphic romance
6. Otherworldly arcana
#Indieauthor #darkfantasy #DarksomeMirror #writing
The novelized version of Shinnareth’s story has now passed 70k words! The podcast script is approximately 20 percent longer.
...Recording the episodes is the most painstaking part, unfortunately.
#DarksomeMirror #Fiction #Indieauthor #darkfantasy
#Ttrpg
Here on Darksome Mirror Bluesky, we are celebrating the start of Pride Eternity, because a month is too short.
Darksome Mirror features many LGBTQ characters and is written by a queer author.
#Pride #LGBT #DarksomeMirror
Shinnareth showing her less serious side.
#DarksomeMirror #Bluegirls #Darkfantasy #DigitalArt #Darkelves #TTRPG
Check my profile for more information about Darksome Mirror, a TTRPG, Audiobook via Podcast, and eventually novel. This is a dark fantasy story with some unique sci fi and otherworldly elements following passionate and determined characters. No AI ever in my projects!
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Footnotes in the writing of a fantasy novel - lame? Interesting? Distracting?
Looking to do this for #DarksomeMirror and its eventual novelization... maybe.
#darkfantasy #writing #indieauthor #author
This is an artistic depiction of a fiction character, Nyma the Shadowfae. What follows is a book excerpt describing the character. They were a head taller than Shinnareth at least. Nyma smiled, displaying fanged incisors and canines. Shinnareth then realized that their form - more feminine than masculine - was framed by long, slender tentacles that sprouted from their back not unlike wings. There must have been a dozen of them, sprouting from the small of Nyma’s back, floating gently around their shoulders. Nyma’s hair, likewise black, was long and perfectly straight, hanging to their mid back, and partially over their breasts. The only pieces of clothing Shinnareth saw upon Nyma’s form was a loincloth or skirt, starting above the waist, hanging down to their ankles. It was split, displaying the curves of their thighs and hips, and it was either sheer, or the same color as Nyma’s dark skin. As Nyma moved, their skin shifted in the flickering blue and purple light, and Shinnareth realized that it was partially transparent. Nyma’s black bones were visible through their skin and musculature. Nyma wore a necklace as well, wrought of dark silver chain, and ending in a disc-like amulet with a large purple stone - the same color as Rhiannon’s moon. If it had existed in Valgrath, it would have been worth a king’s ransom. By rights, Shinnareth should have been terrified, but she was not. For all of Nyma’s alien aspects, they were astonishingly, frighteningly beautiful, with full lips, prominent cheekbones, and a muscular, curvaceous body which possessed a feminine shape. Their long, exposed legs ended in ankle-high, tall-soled boots of pitch dark leather, almost blending into their skin.
Episode Three of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror has been released, and it, of course, features Nyma the Shadowfae.
youtu.be/wmiP5vcnnuQ?...
#Unseelie #Darkfae #fairies #fae #ttrpg #darkfantasy #characterart #DarksomeMirror #semisoloactualplay
Ganthast Val-Kalath, Noble Scion of the Dhampir Crimson House. This is a fantasy artwork piece depicting a masculine figure of androgynous beauty with long, straight red hair and red eyes with fair skin. He stands with one hand on his sword - a gold and red courtly sword and the other holding aloft a red orb of arcana. He wears a red robe trimmed with gold, black pants, and knee high leather boots, also in red. The background is a red carpet and dark hall of a noble estate. He also wears notable eyeliner.
Episode Three of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror has been released. You can find it here: open.spotify.com/episode/25pQ...
Please see the attached art for the titular Dhampir, Ganthast, a Noble of the Crimson House. #DarksomeMirror #TTRPG #Soloactualplay #DarkFantasy #Dhampir #alttext
This is a fantasy character sheet for the character "Shinnareth Who Dances in Darkness", which goes over her Story (Reflections in the Darksome Mirror), Titles (Lady / Minor Noble), Heroic Drive (Shinnareth is driven to end the threat to her country and people and uncover the driving force behind that threat), Demigoddesses (Eranthe and Rhiannon), Ancestry (Shalastrazaran Half-Elf), and Regional Origin (Shalastrazara).
This is the second page of a character sheet that discusses the character's attributes and skills.
This is the third character of a character sheet, which discusses arcana and magic, although for this character it is blank, as they are not an arcanist.
This is the fourth page of the character sheet, which goes over Ancestry, Additional Spell Notes, Experience, and Biographical Data.
Here is a Character Sheet for Darksome Mirror, using Shinnareth as a reference. More information in the Alt text.
#DarksomeMirror #Charactersheet #TTRPG #Darkfantasy #Legendarium
This is an image of a poem: The Song Of the Maiden Spirit On a dark wintry eve, in a fogbound forest old There lies a forest path of winding stone cold And there in this lovely, verdant tale The moon shone bright upon an emerald vale Then came a sound that brought a sharp fright And I did start at the noise in that misty night For amongst the leaves and trees of oak A silver clad, beautiful maiden spirit spoke “Be still, mortal, please do not fear I bear no ill will, nay, I shed a joyful tear I have long been alone, please do not flee and I ask, wouldst thou dance with me?” So she took my hand and I did as was bade We walked down to dance in the forest glade The moonlight shone upon us as we moved in bliss Past the witching hour we even shared a brief kiss We danced around and around the spirit fire At the nearing of dawn, I lay down and did expire The sun's light woke me, I feared it was but a dream But our footsteps traced all around the green I sat and listened, and thus did I hear “Let go your mortal woe and fear. Remember always what we shared in that dance And how bravely did you take that chance. Go and pursue your most sincere dreams, For truly nothing is as it seems.”
The Song Of the Maiden Spirit - A song and poem meant to inspire music and dance for followers of the Goddess of Sorcery and the Shadowfae, Rhiannon, from the world of Darksome Mirror.
#Poetry #Darkfantasy #DarksomeMirror
#Art #Legendarium
This is a digital fantasy art piece. A half elf woman with blue skin stands in front of a very large magic mirror-like monument. She stands barefoot in a reflecting pool of water. A large curved sword of white steel is held in her right hand. Four moons are overhead in the skybox- blue, green, red, and dark purple in descending order of size and brightness. The mirror has a reflection of the woman, but somewhat altered - wraith like white and green in color, with red eyes and horns.
This is the key art for Darksome Mirror and its podcast. If you have seen the second episode, can you guess which two figures are present in the picture?
Art by: www.artstation.com/flaviowinston
#Art #Literary #Darkfantasy #narrativedrama #fictionpodcast #DarksomeMirror
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