#*billhook farrier

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The Way to Bahr Ezadir

"It's a great river, you know, that only glimpses the sun once before it cascades into the sea. A long time ago, the prince named the river for his knight, and the river passed its name to the city. Now no one will forget Ezadir, who fell protecting his love."

(An original illustration project of mine, with my OCs)

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Big happy OC family of disappointments.

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new tav, but its Billhook Farrier

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Wands, Swords, Cups, Coins All these things, a mother joins (OCs)

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Hey there! I usually adore all your characters, but the Brothers Farrier have me in a vice grip, ESPECIALLY Evaric and Cohle. If you have a mind to answer more questions about them, I’d love to know what they were like as children, who would win in a fight between the four, and if any have particular romantic interests (I think you’ve mentioned Evaric courting an elf but I’m not sure about the others)!

Until they all started falling out and parting ways, the lads were largely very protective of each other. Evaric especially took his paladin training and responsibilities very seriously, looking after his little brothers included. Cohle and William have never, ever gotten along though, so Evaric was happy to step in and keep Cohle humble.

Who knows who'd win a thunderdome as an adult, but I'd put money on Evaric still. You just can't bet against a fighter with a longsword and the mage slayer feat. Bill and Deor are good at what they do, but Evaric and Cohle and built to fight against the odds.

AS FOR ROMANCE the younger brothers have no current prospects, but Evaric enjoys winning over a masked elf thief from Amn with his quaint little Cormyr courting rituals (my friend's OC, Shahin!)

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Can you talk more about your lore/history of Evaric and his brothers. Every time you post a new character I become obsessed, your art brings me immense joy.

You're very kind, I sure can! They're D&D/Forgotten Realms OCs I made for fun and RP.

The brothers are from Espar in Cormyr and they're the sons of Alice, a farrier.

Evaric was sent to train as a paladin at age 13 at the closest temple to Lathander, the House of the Morning. He refused his holy oath, dodged conscription and left the country at age 20.

Cohle is a sorcerer who won't say two words if one unequivocal action will do.

William, nicknamed Billhook/Bill is a knave and a thief through and through

Deor is a forester and painfully responsible homebody.

They do not! Evaric, Cohle and William (Alice is fairly sure) are the sons of Alice's first husband, a thoroughly horrible man whose leg she broke with a forge hammer and kicked out of town.

Deor is her son by an elven druid who came back to Espar when Alice was free to be with him and she has settled down to a much happier second marriage.

Assorted other tidbits:

Alice's first husband tried to come back when his sons were grown but Cohle dealt with him before he could ruin Alice's happiness. Only Deor knows this.

William is the only one of the brothers who can't use magic. Cohle bullies him about it mercilessly.

Cohle apprenticed at Candlekeep, Faerun's biggest repository of knowledge.

Evaric has travelled the world and plans to see more of it, he's not yet returned to Cormyr in the 15 years since he left.

Deor is the shortest of the brothers but he's also the best shot so anyone who stoops to a joke about it gets something whipped at their head.

Cohle and Evaric used to be incredibly close but Cohle ruined it. He knows what he did.

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id love to know more about William!!! he seems like such a little shit and I adore him already

Of course!

William "Billhook" Farrier first slunk onto my drawing canvas when i was cooking up my Bahr Ezadir project and needed a straw man to explore set pieces with, but I enjoyed thinking about him a lot so he became Evaric's brother (and I eventually put some of my other medieval fantasy boys in the basket too so now they're a family).

He's a thief! A traveller, a pirate, an explorer, a ne'er do well, but there's a heart of (tarnished, scratched, dented) gold in there somewhere that gets the better of him when it comes to protecting friends and family.

He's well-travelled thanks to his life of adventure and crime and steals as many hearts as he does coins without so much as a glance over his shoulder.

He'll give everyone the benefit of the doubt except his big brother Cohle, and neither of them will admit they're both as awful as each other in their own special ways, but Bill has one high horse to sit on in that he always tries to mend the bridges he almost burns.

Bits and bobs:

He's the only one of the brothers that could go toe to toe with Evaric as adults and have a shot at beating him in a fight, but they've never seriously tried to find out.

His nickname is from the traditional forester/agricultural tool that in Britain (and possibly other european regions, idk!) had designs specific to a local area. The one closest to me is a Shropshire/Shifnal billhook! He still carries one with him in lieu of a dagger or handaxe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook

Bill can't cast magic at all, not even a spell scroll, and boy has he tried. It'll never happen.

Neither Alice nor her first husband and their sons have freckles. William and Deor do. Alice has never acknowledged this. You shouldn't either 🫵

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Will the brothers ever see Evaric again 🥺

Evaric has seen Cohle and William a few times over the years as they all travel, usually in the flavour of getting Bill out of trouble or falling out even further with Cohle. But Deor and Evaric haven't seen each other at all as Deor doesn't want to leave home if he can help it.