[ID: A Digital Illustration Of Fresh Cut Grass And Orym From Critical Role. They Are Both Looking Forward

a list of 100+ buildings to put in your fantasy town

academy

adventurer's guild

alchemist

apiary

apothecary

aquarium

armory

art gallery

bakery

bank

barber

barracks

bathhouse

blacksmith

boathouse

book store

bookbinder

botanical garden

brothel

butcher

carpenter

cartographer

casino

castle

cobbler

coffee shop

council chamber

court house

crypt for the noble family

dentist

distillery

docks

dovecot

dyer

embassy

farmer's market

fighting pit

fishmonger

fortune teller

gallows

gatehouse

general store

graveyard

greenhouses

guard post

guildhall

gymnasium

haberdashery

haunted house

hedge maze

herbalist

hospice

hospital

house for sale

inn

jail

jeweller

kindergarten

leatherworker

library

locksmith

mail courier

manor house

market

mayor's house

monastery

morgue

museum

music shop

observatory

orchard

orphanage

outhouse

paper maker

pawnshop

pet shop

potion shop

potter

printmaker

quest board

residence

restricted zone

sawmill

school

scribe

sewer entrance

sheriff's office

shrine

silversmith

spa

speakeasy

spice merchant

sports stadium

stables

street market

tailor

tannery

tavern

tax collector

tea house

temple

textile shop

theatre

thieves guild

thrift store

tinker's workshop

town crier post

town square

townhall

toy store

trinket shop

warehouse

watchtower

water mill

weaver

well

windmill

wishing well

wizard tower

alright so ruidus lore time. the order of events as i follow:

Gods arrive on an Exandria already home to the Primordials; create mortal life.

Predathos arrives. The gods recognize this - from before their arrival? and creates creatures (aberrations??)

Predathos eats Ethedok the Endless Shadow, god of Winter, and Vordo the Fate Shaper, god of Fate

Gods & Primordials team up, seal it in a piece of Exandria. They try to fling it back into the void but instead it becomes Ruidus

Schism, primordials are sealed away

Tishtan are pre-Age of Arcanum traveling magic people who mysteriously disappeared

RQ ascends, takes the place of the god of death and the domains of Winter and Fate on the apogee solstice

Calamity

Otahan Thul, a follower of the Raven Queen, loses her faith (?) and begins to reach out in dream of Ruidus, gains powers,

Otohan starts working with Cerberus Assembly & Unseelie Court to gather Ruidusborn at a site of old Tishtan ruins that was important to a previous Solstice

Apogee Solstice (coming soon)

potential other connections - Predathos & Far Realm/Tharizdun/Cognouza, Predathos & Luxon (from beyond the stars?)

some of you might remember that in my 2023 art summary the september piece was pixeled out due to being part of an unfinished project. this is the painting in question!

it's one third of a series of Essek portraits, inspired by a conversation with @saturdaysky about the universe needing more Esseks wearing fun colors. black & purple is a timeless classic, but i like to think that Hot Boi can and does rock colors outside of what would be considered nude tones for him 🤭

hence,

part 1: peach! 🍑

one of my favorite colors, and one that was a fun challenge to make work with Essek's lavender skin tone. as i was drawing i was thinking of Essek bringing a basket full of fresh peaches from his travels to his partner, and the kitties being the first to greet him as he arrived home 💜

tip jar!

god let them be back next week

its about the yearning... the touch-starved yearning...

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

critrole scribbles

What we lost in the fire

sharing your spellbook with your dearest friend; prime wizard bonding activity

[ID: A digital illustration of Imogen Temult, Orym and Ashton Greymoore from Critical Role. Orym is leaning forward on a table, resting his chin on his folded arms and smiling, looking to the left. Behind him, Imogen and Ashton are whispering to each other. Above them text reads "*strategizing*". End description.]

That cute whispering thing Laura, Liam and Taliesin were doing last episode but it's Imogen, Orym and Ashton!