#talesofsplinters

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𝔄 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯. ℌ𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢, 𝔫𝔬 𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔞𝔴𝔫 𝔬𝔯 𝔡𝔲𝔰𝔨. 𝔑𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔳𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔱 𝔲𝔫𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔴𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤. ℜ𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔢𝔩𝔰𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔟𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔰𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢.

ℑ𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞 𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔣 𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔥, 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔨𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔠𝔬𝔭𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔞 𝔳𝔦𝔰𝔦𝔱. 𝔄 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔲𝔭𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪, 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔭𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔬𝔯𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔴𝔲𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔯𝔦𝔟.

"𝔓𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢--," 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔡, 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔞 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔭𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔭𝔰.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔣 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔬 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡. 𝔄𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡'𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫. ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔴 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔫𝔬𝔴-𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔨 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔤.

First of the characters from my personal worldbuilding project, Splinters. I've been sitting on so much art of them and the world for years, with that ever haunting fear of not being able to do them justice and needing to be a "better artist" before I try. But I am realising life is short and a mind like mine will never be satisfied with my skill level.

Far more important to simply share what matters to me, what feeds my soul and gets the creative cogs turning in my brain. It has been healing and reinvigorating to update designs and breathe some new life into this world I've created that is so dear to me. It feels liberating to just let go and share with even just one other set of eyes out there.