Now available: Winged Warriors: The Complete Trilogy.

The full trilogy in one collection for readers ready to experience the complete journey.

#WingedWarriors #FantasyBooks #IndieBooks #BookSky

24. #MelsNoWriMo

snippies 😏

1: I already shared this one in the other prompt list but here it is anyway. Keran goofily walks into a sword rack and spirals into gay panic. #Winterblood

2: Lyris antagonising Asik - basically the main subplot of this whole story. #WingedWarriors

21. #MelsNoWriMo

My stories are all very queer because I'm very queer.

#Winterblood 's 4 protags consist of an agender pan guy from an agender society, a demi poly demi-woman, an aro-ace man, and a gay man.

#WingedWarriors 's MC is aro-ace and NO ONE is straight. Because that'd be boring.

18. #MelsNoWriMo

Nope! I first came up with #Winterblood when I was in my early teens. Just about every aspect of the story has been changed in some way.

#WingedWarriors is slightly older but less different. Still very different from the first concept but in a less extreme way.

17. #MelsNoWriMo

Sneeps! Long ones!

1: Something a little more lighthearted and silly. This may not make it into the final draft (likely tone issues) but I do enjoy it. #WingedWarriors

2: Keran doing art things, and a chance to project my art woes onto him. And early shippy signs. #Winterblood

13. #MelsNoWriMo

There was never meant to be a proper romance in this story but Keran and Kaedo have the most insane chemistry so I let 'em have it. #Winterblood

Lyris is aro/ace so none here. Except for whatever she and Althir have got going on. Platonic wifeys? #WingedWarriors

12. #MelsNoWriMo

Maybe Kaedo and Hunter though they do become brothers later on. #Winterblood

Aside from Ignavess, I think Lyris and Asik. I feel like people will misread their dynamic as romantic just because Asik has a lot of Big Feelings but they're (eventual) best bros. #WingedWarriors

13. #FantasyIndiesNovember

Kaedo tends to prioritise people & their wellbeing, even when he'd prefer not to. So the logic of his choices reflects that. #Winterblood

Lyris is a soldier. She makes choices as logically & dispassionately as she can but doesn't always succeed in this. #WingedWarriors

11. #MelsNoWriMo

I've NEVER been able to find the right faceclaims for them but luckily I'm an artist! I haven't done proper portraits for any of them but here's some ref crops

#Winterblood: (book 3 depictions)
Kaedo, protag
Keran, 2ndary protag
Mara, 2ndary protag

#WingedWarriors:
Lyris, protag

10. #MelsNoWriMo

SNIPPIES 🥳

1. The first glimpse at Kaedo's true personality in chapter 1 after he's had a bit of time to recover from his...ordeal. Petting animals > therapy. #Winterblood

2. One of my fav dynamics in this story! #WingedWarriors

9. #FantasyIndiesNovember

Snippie time!

1: Failure is sort of similar to a mistake I suppose. #WingedWarriors

2: Offering a touch of fluff in these trying times. Keran goofily walks into a sword rack and spirals into gay panic. #Winterblood

7. #FantasyIndiesNovember

Kaedo doesn't at this point. He doesn't have any reason to and has never coveted heroism, but rather compassion. #Winterblood

Lyris believes she's very selfish despite her apparently selfless acts. She thinks mostly of herself and acts in her own interest. #WingedWarriors

6. #FantasyIndiesNovember

I was going to skip this one but don't want to break the chain 😅

Kaedo would invite everyone he's acquainted with, which is a lot of people. Maybe not the ones he's pissed off. #Winterblood

Lyris wouldn't invite anyone. If she can skip it she will. #WingedWarriors

6. #MelsNoWriMo

The Coalition is the main antagonistic force overall but Lyris' personal antagonist is tied to her past #WingedWarriors

🤫 #Winterblood

5. #MelsNoWriMo

Mara, Kaedo's mentor & a secondary protagonist. She's feeling the effects of time but is still a great & prominent warrior-mage. #Winterblood

Maybe Ignavess, Lyris' closest friend, who is a giant sapient bird. Things would be a lot different if he weren't around. #WingedWarriors

Lyris standing atop a snowy mountain peak in the clouds, her wings outstretched and spear in hand. This is a slightly outdated version of her design.

Lyris is an Altiran warrior and soldier with a bit of an anger management issue. For unknown reasons, she has fled her homeland to aid her people's ancestral enemies, the Oltriktaans, in a hopeless war. #WingedWarriors

5. #FantasyIndiesNovember

The setting is Meidas, the land of eternal Winter. It's one of several continents in the world of Korrei. It's an unbalanced world of extreme climates, magic corruption, and war, with magic as its foundation.

#Winterblood #WingedWarriors #🗺

4. #FantasyIndiesNovember

Meidanese are the people my WIPs focus on. They are, for the most part, considered one race but are divided into several distinct 'sub-races' with their own specialisations. The MCs, Kaedo and Lyris, are a qelna and an arvus respectively!

#Winterblood #WingedWarriors #🗺

3. #MelsNoWriMo

More snippies 👀

1: A very dramatic beginning to book 1 #Winterblood

2: Bit of a tense interaction... #WingedWarriors

3.
Lyris: Besides herself, her long-time friend Ignavess. He's crass and inflammatory but he keeps her sane. #WingedWarriors

Kaedo: Many people throughout his life though he is eventually forced to learn to rely solely on himself. #Winterblood

#FantasyIndiesNovember

#winterblood #wingedwarriors

A reference sheet of Lyris. She's a muscular female humanoid with wings, talons, and sharp teeth. She has dark red-brown hair with some feathers in it, feathered wings that match her hair, pale skin with scars, and blue eyes. There are two outfits. She's wearing partial plate armour in one with a cuirass, vambraces, pauldrons, and full leg armour. There is chainmail beneath. She wears a blue and silver tunic with the armour. The other outfit shows a dressed down version with a simple grey tunic, thigh-length knitted socks, and boots. Her colour palette is mostly blue, silver, and red-brown. There is also a reference for her bone spear with has a long shaft which is textured for grip, and a short head. The text on the reference is: Lyris Yliahas Appears mid 30s 177 cm Soldier Wind & storm magic

I was going through my posts to add some to my feeds and realised I never posted Lyris' reference ??

So here's she. She's the protagonist of Winged Warriors

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A WIP of an illustration depicting my ocs, Lyris and Althir, fighting. Lyris is on the ground with a bloody face. Althir is straddling her and drawing her fist back while she tries to restrain Lyris' hand. Her fist is bloody and covered in cuts. She is also covered in several bloody claw marks from Lyris' talons. They both look pissed with their teeth bared though Lyris looks more annoyed and Althir looks more furious. There are the silhouettes of an onlooking crowd in the background.

cw: blood

I don't have anything new to share yet so here's some progress on this WIP

#art #wingedwarriors #ocart #wip

A sketchy WIP of an illustration depicting my ocs, Lyris and Althir, fighting. Lyris is on the ground with a bloody face. Althir is straddling her and drawing her fist back while she tries to restrain Lyris' hand. Her fist is bloody and covered in cuts. She is also covered in several bloody claw marks from Lyris' talons. They both look pissed with their teeth bared though Lyris looks more annoyed and Althir looks more furious. There are the silhouettes of an onlooking crowd in the background.

cw: blood

WIP depicting a canon scene between these two lovely agents of wrath

I imagine watching your lead healer punching the shit out of your commander is great for morale!

Anyway...I need to figure out how I want to finish this

#art #wingedwarriors #ocart #wip