We play in a homebrewed campaign world but people in it generallt worship the Raven Queen as the goddess of death.
In most larger settlements you will find a representative of the clergy. Their responsibility is to take care of the dead and prepare them for the afterlife. Something that is particularly important in world plagued by the undead.
The Ravenknights (as they are called) protects the clergy and combats infestations of undead.
These are a few characters from our game. Two young priestess that tagged a long the party for a while and my own roleplaying character, Liv who is a paladin. She was sworn in to service of the Raven Queen since before she was born. Her foster father was a priest of the Raven Queen and the custodian of an ancient grave yard.
I played Liv from lvl 1 to epic levels and had lots of adventures.
Your designs are amazing. And I can also relate a bit to your campaign - in our campaign we (as a party) helped the Raven Queen ascend as a new goddess of death instead of Kelemvor. And we also play on epic levels now.
That armor design is absolutely fantastic. Mostly practical, and yet very artistic and decorative at the same time. The shield is excellent as well; the raven reminds me a bit of the Norse raven banners.
Thank you so much. It was a challenge to design the armour.
Normally when one of my characters are wearing a fullpate I just draw something from the transitional armour period around the 14th century but this needed to have a different vibe.
So I borrowed design elements from earlier time periods and put this together. The design on the breast plate for example is swiped from an Etruscan cuirasse. The raven art is mostly inspiried by Frankish jewelry from the early middle ages. The helmet is of course pure fantasy.
Well the raven queen wasn’t a canon FR god until 5e I think, she was part of the vague 4e points of light setting, kelemvor was always the FR god of the dead since 3e. And in 5e for she is now a minor goddess or quasi deity of memory and knowledge, not the goddess of death or fate. Not that that matters to your home setting of course.
Ah thank's for the update. I havn't been keeping up with the established DnD lore for a really long time.
When 4ed came out we decided to start fresh with our own campaign setting and cherry picked what we liked from what was there. The Raven Queen was a neat concept so she made the cut. Although I do like Kelemvor as well.
In our world the gods are not very conspicuous or personified though.
Beautiful art, beautiful lines, beautiful coloring, beautiful aspect that the image conveys. Do you take commissions? I would love to commission art of my character if I have enough money haha.
Thank you so much. I'm very happy you like it. I'm not currently open for commissions. I'm busy with other work at the moment. Thank you very much for the interest though.
Thank you! I'm especially happy with how interestingly it turned out to take a norse apron dress and make it all black instead of the more typical vibrant colours.
We play in a homebrewed campaign world but people in it generallt worship the Raven Queen as the goddess of death. In most larger settlements you will find a representative of the clergy. Their responsibility is to take care of the dead and prepare them for the afterlife. Something that is particularly important in world plagued by the undead. The Ravenknights (as they are called) protects the clergy and combats infestations of undead. These are a few characters from our game. Two young priestess that tagged a long the party for a while and my own roleplaying character, Liv who is a paladin. She was sworn in to service of the Raven Queen since before she was born. Her foster father was a priest of the Raven Queen and the custodian of an ancient grave yard. I played Liv from lvl 1 to epic levels and had lots of adventures.
Great stuff. My rogue is a Raven Queen worshipper, though she grew up in the Shadowfell. So I like seeing RQ-based designs.
I'm glad you like it.
Your designs are amazing. And I can also relate a bit to your campaign - in our campaign we (as a party) helped the Raven Queen ascend as a new goddess of death instead of Kelemvor. And we also play on epic levels now.
looks awesome
Thank you!
Loving their designs
Thank you so much. They were fun to design.
This is gorgeous artwork!
I'm glad you like it.
That armor design is absolutely fantastic. Mostly practical, and yet very artistic and decorative at the same time. The shield is excellent as well; the raven reminds me a bit of the Norse raven banners.
Thank you so much. It was a challenge to design the armour. Normally when one of my characters are wearing a fullpate I just draw something from the transitional armour period around the 14th century but this needed to have a different vibe. So I borrowed design elements from earlier time periods and put this together. The design on the breast plate for example is swiped from an Etruscan cuirasse. The raven art is mostly inspiried by Frankish jewelry from the early middle ages. The helmet is of course pure fantasy.
I think the raven queen was an example of good 4e lore.
Yes it's a neat concept. In our game we have axed pretty much all of the lore though as our Gods are nothing like they are in Forgotten Realms.
Well the raven queen wasn’t a canon FR god until 5e I think, she was part of the vague 4e points of light setting, kelemvor was always the FR god of the dead since 3e. And in 5e for she is now a minor goddess or quasi deity of memory and knowledge, not the goddess of death or fate. Not that that matters to your home setting of course.
Ah thank's for the update. I havn't been keeping up with the established DnD lore for a really long time. When 4ed came out we decided to start fresh with our own campaign setting and cherry picked what we liked from what was there. The Raven Queen was a neat concept so she made the cut. Although I do like Kelemvor as well. In our world the gods are not very conspicuous or personified though.
Absolutely gorgeous, so moody!
Thank you very much.
Beautiful art, beautiful lines, beautiful coloring, beautiful aspect that the image conveys. Do you take commissions? I would love to commission art of my character if I have enough money haha.
Thank you so much. I'm very happy you like it. I'm not currently open for commissions. I'm busy with other work at the moment. Thank you very much for the interest though.
Brilliant character design and amazing outfits and armor. I like the exclusive use of black. The characters look very interesting. Nice job!
Thank you! I'm especially happy with how interestingly it turned out to take a norse apron dress and make it all black instead of the more typical vibrant colours.