#trouvere

[bootydukedraws]

Another NPC sketch commission, this time with painted shading. This guy's called Kether, and he's a rabbitfolk trouvere or harengon bard-fighter multiclass if you wanna use official dungeons and dragons vocab

Kether's the kind of guy who chose his job based on how easy it'd be to piss off local lords, but still finds time in his week to play in his grandma's bridge games.

If you want a character portrait like this, maybe for an npc in a tabletop game of your own, feel free to dm me and we can work out a price based on what you'd like!

[roseguidedarc]

@trouvere​ ASKED,  🌸    𝒇𝒐𝒓   𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓    𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆    𝒕𝒐    𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆     𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆     𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 > 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒆 <𝟑𝟑

         𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.   eyes take a moment to gaze at them, to think how pretty they are, before lips part so she can ask:   ❝  are those . . for me?  ❞  brow arches a little, arm raising so that finger can point toward them.  when he confirms same hand reaches out to take them within her grasp.  a widened smile spreads against cassie’s lips, eyes sparkling with just how much the gesture   𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓽   to her !   head lowers so that nose can take a sniff of the flowers, fingers feeling the petals carefully.     ;      (   in truth, she can’t remember the last time a guy gave her flowers.  boyfriend or not.  mckay did, that she remembers, && even then cassie had the same or similar reaction !   guys usually jump to wanting to kiss her or something else . . rarely does she get flowers or dates or anything else like that.  gestures like this,  how sweet ezra is,  is what cassie   𝚁𝙴𝙰𝙻𝙻𝚈   wants.  why is it so hard for her to tell other people that?   )      ❝  oh, ezra . . i love-i love them !   that’s so sweet of you. ❞    holding the flowers in one hand, cassie walks forward until she can wrap am around ‘round him.   cheek presses against his chest,  eyes closed with a happy, genuine smile pressed against lips.   ❝  i can’t wait to put these in a vase!  it’ll look so good on the table. ❞

[roseguidedarc]

@trouvere​  ASKED,  “ 𝒄’𝒎𝒐𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆-𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔. “ > 𝒓𝒖𝒆

         𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐒 , 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒.  𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍’𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 . . except maybe the time she was in the hospital getting her stomach pumped, being hooked up to IVs, watching the slight hope mixed with worry in her mothers eyes.    rue had sworn then that they were done with drugs, with the pills, with the drinking . . but, as always, they weren’t able to stay clean && only 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙾𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳   mother once again !    (  though she’d actually getting clean this time, doing through this withdrawal from hell, rue sometimes wonders if her mother had reached the end of her rope.   time && time again she poured money into rue, to looked after rue, she pleased with rue to get better yet she didn’t.  lied to her face, stole from her, abused her—but, she’s sticking around this time && rue doesn’t deserve it.   )     ;     head shakes slightly, body curled up into a ball onto her bed with ezra asked to keep an eye on rue while gia && her mother went out for stuff for the house.    ❝  i don’t- . . i-i-i . .  ❞    body can’t stop   𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰,     ❝ . . .don’t want any fo-food, dude.  it’s not use ri-right now because i’ll jus-just throw it up. ❞   eyes close for a moment,  hands gripping either side of her arms as an uneven, shaky breath is taken into aching chest.    ❝  i-i . . want it so bad, ezra, but i’m t-tired. ❞    it was the addiction talked && one that had won so many times before.

[roseguidedarc]

@trouvere  LIKED  for a rana spector starter  +   powers edition !

         𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐄’𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 && 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆  newfound powers to literally save someone’s life.  rana had stood beside the other, eyes glancing ‘round the busy afternoon streets of london at a crosswalk.  eyes glance toward the blinking meter to see how long they might’ve had left when, the other to her side, seems to have gotten   𝙸𝙼𝙿𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚃   && figured they might be able to make it before any major traffic came through !   rana watches, eyes following the movement, of the unknown person begin to walk out into the street, head turning with a sense of intuition to notice the oncoming of an afternoon bus.     ;      softly, she’d gasp to herself while hands remove themselves from pockets, magic willing itself to snake ‘round her fingers in a color of 𝓿𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓭   purple before extending toward the other now in danger.   magic snakes ‘round their limbs, arms / legs, && with a sudden yank of her arms rana is able to remove him from the middle of the road && back onto the sidewalk.   his body hits the ground a little hard, bus blaring by as she leans down:   ❝  oh my god !  ❞   spoken in a small panic,   ❝  are you-are you alright?!  you nearly got hit by that bus !  ❞

[br0adkast-moved]

@trouvere​​     (   ᴇᴢʀᴀ    )      :     “ ʸᵒᵘ   kissed   me   𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝   𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. “

𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕   the   ˢᵗⁱⁿᵏ   of   cheap   beer    &   𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻   𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿   vodka  .     the   one   that   ʙᴜʀɴꜱ   ʏᴏᴜ   from   the   inside   out     —    that   steals   memories   right   out   of   your   head    ,    dissolves   them   in   bath   of   forever   unknowing .    unable   to   pretend   to   know   what   a   kiss   felt   like   .       [    there’s   a   panic    ,    𝗷𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴   all   senses   awake   from   half   half   dozing   laziness .   ]       mattress   contouring   to   body   as   he   turns    .       𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍   𝚘𝚗   one   elbow  ,    facing   ezra   now    ;    rendered   momentarily   ˢᵖᵉᵉᶜʰˡᵉˢˢ   by   beauty   ,   𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅   𝒊𝒏   𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕  .    ❝  yeah   ?    alrigh’ .  ❞        cheeks   raise     ,    𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩   𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝   shown   in   grin   as    stray   hairs   are   tucked   behind   friend’s   ear    ,    𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜   𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐   along   curve   of   friend’s   jaw .     ❝  how’d   you   like   it   ?  ❞

[stormcloudspouringdown]

Trouvere-L’autrier 

[victoriassecretmusic]

Brighter When The Lights Fade Out by Trouvere. Released April 1, 2014 off the EP "Brighter." Been in rotation in stores since August 2014.