This is genuinely one of my favourite pieces I’ve ever done and I’m still not over it. I love Vax and his story so much, and I wanted to capture a bit of the eeriness of being a token of a god.
Prints here!
✨inspired by Lament for Icarus by Herbert James Draper
Robbie Daymond is so impressive. Here he is, relatively new to D&D, stepping up opposite the king of rpg romance Liam O'Brien, and delivering PEAK ROMANCE.
Orym picking up that chunk of breastplate, thinking about how many people he lost fighting Otohan Thull
The moon, and sun, and sword, and shield, and now armour
This little robot that rolled into his life only a few months ago, who'd only known consciousness for a few years longer than that - sacrificed themself for the cause
So stupid as to ignore the proof that Exandria is round, but so wise to know truth and love, gone.
Liam (about Orym during this week's 4 Sided Dive) said:
"he's just a sorta average guy trying to do right"
"he can't do anything except for run and jump"
"he really felt like a failure"
Matt, in response:
gave Orym a memory of Will's presence
gifted him a brand new magical weapon that he gets to name himself
did both of these things through the Wildmother herself
Matthew Mercer heard that Orym was feeling downtrodden and lesser and went this is not allowed, and I for one thank him for it even though it is destroying me on the inside—