Trili Pebbletock

I play D&D, and we’re starting a new campaign. This is my new character. Trili Pebbletock is a gnome bard living in Water Deep. She has spent the last 3 decades working a day job as a music teacher and oratory instructor for a noble family with regular side gigs as an entertainer in the evening. Unfortunately, a recent contract dispute has left her unable to work as an instructor anywhere within 50 miles of the city for the next 4 years. (Who ever heard of a non-compete clause?!) Then, to add insult to injury, while she was staying at The Willow Tree Inn, the establishment experienced a massive burglary. She was out entertaining at a local tavern and returned to find just about everything missing from her room, as did most of the other guests! But for her it was particularly devastating because she now has almost nothing to show for the past 3 decades of work! This has been absolutely the worst week of her entire life. Sitting at the bar at The Yawning Portal Tavern, she swears she has half a mind to take up with the next adventuring party that walks in the front door.

An illustration of a gnome bard for a dungeons and dragons game.  She is standing on a table and holding a mandola.

Character: Gwinnura Throthgunahr

An illustration of a dwarf fighter for a Dungeons & Dragons game.  Gwin is a middle-aged dwarf with greying hair in a braid coiled around her head.  She is carrying a substantial pack that includes a hand axe, rope, a bedroll and a shield.  She also has a war axe and pouch on her belt.  She stands in a cave tunnel.

This is the character I’ve been playing in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Gwinnura (Gwin to her friends, Mistress Throthgunahr to others) is a dwarf woman who has taken the opportunity of her recent widowhood to do a bit of adventuring as she travels away from her late husband’s home and towards the distant dwarven settlement where her daughters now live. She was a member of the town guard before she married and afterward continued helping the village by training the young ones in the dwarven martial arts. Now she’s dusting off her fighting skills to earn a bit of coin on her way across the land, taking in the sights and finding new companions along the way.

Orc Dad

Here’s a personal piece I just finished. I’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons with my family and I think it’s sad how orcs are depicted as just a bunch of mindlessly aggressive monsters. They have families, right? They must. So, here’s a candid portrait of an orc dad and his offspring.

A candid portrait of an orc father and his toddler offspring.  The child is on the father's shoulders, holding onto his thumb.  The background is a monochromatic forest scent.