Posting some of my character designs here on tumblr! I haven’t given my blog enough love….
First things first!! My lady, Marie-Lynn! I designed her and a few other characters as important NPCs for a Great God Grove inspired TTRPG game I’m running!!
Marie-Lynn is inspired by Day of the dead (specifically sugar skulls and candles), Baba Yaga, Marie Lywd, and Baphomet!
She’s the warden (Demi-god) of charity and family, and one hell of a chef! She hosts a special celebration every year that supports family members to visit her towns and cook a meal that everyone can try, a massive feast for not just their family, but for EVERYONE! A gathering of found family, community, and friends. There is of course practices of worshiping the dead as well, much like Ofrendas (I probably butchered that spelling I’m sorry!) and telling stories of past ancestors!
Marie herself IS UNDEAD! She was boiled alive for being a heratic in the old lands, a corrupt religious land that saw her charity as weakness. As she was boiled she asked not for everyone’s destruction, but for their forgiveness and hope that they will all learn and grow. After she died, she ascended and became what she is now! She used her new form and powers to flee to the new world, and made her community! she’s very loving and runs an orphanage, as well as fosters MANY children. most of them don’t get adopted because they simply just become her children! Her heart is big enough for all… just let her clear a space for you at the table!!
The community she watches over is very old fashioned, but uses magic as technology! Think a mix of “Over the garden wall” and “The owl house”. Oddity and magic is welcomed there!
