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The Arcadian Isles 🦋 (dark romantasy)
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A new dark romantasy series by Kriss Nordstrom & A.L. Ramsdell
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(Chapter 1 Cliodhna)

#FMC #booksky 🎨by @alluvial.ink
A sketch of a faerie woman with shoulder length curly hair smiling mildly at the viewer. She has petite pointed ears, and her eyes have black sclerae and solid bright irises without pupils. She wears a circlet crown.
October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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hand slipped
A red sketch of a woman from the bust up. She has small pointed ears and short, curly hair.
April 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I needed to play with his hair and accidentally made him hotter (feat. the MMC of our novel WIP, Winter's Shadow) 📖

#conceptart #booksky #wip
A blue-lined sketch of a man from the bust-up. He has gauged elf ears, lip piercings, and a mohawk worn swept back.
April 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Someday I'll write a book or draw a comic about this hot mess.

Corbeau my beloved 🐦
A full turnaround character reference sheet featuring front, back, and side views. Her hair goes down past her hips and is iridescent black with a patch of pure white on top. Her eyes are silvery blue, and she is heavily tattooed. Most notable are black feathered wings on her shoulders and upper arm and a full paisley sleeve up her right arm. Text reads: Dr. Corbeau Villanelle. "Roulette." Occupation: Spy & Thief Gender: Female Height: 5'3" Hair: (palette swatch) Eyes: (eye color swatch) Art by Alluvial.ink, 2024, Not Free To Use
January 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The Cruel Prince x Heathers: The Musical

❄️ WINTER'S SHADOW ❄️

For fans of dark faerie romance comes a high-stakes slow burn navigating unseelie politics and the consequences of being Other in a fantastical world of volatile alliances and stolen magic.

#A #RF #W #UW #P2Ppit 📖
Mood board. Images from top left, clockwise: 1) A man with green eyes and a glowing blue mohawk scowls at the viewer in disgust. 2) A woman with freckled grey skin, amaranthine curls, and sharp teeth smiles at the viewer. Her irises are a solid, glowing green set against black sclerae, and her index finger points at herself as if to say, "Who, me?" 3) A small bottle of black liquid 4) A castle sits atop a verdant mountain. 5) Purple flowers covered in a coat of frost. 6) A hooded figure stands in silhouette, blanketed in implied blood as they clutch a hatchet. 7) (foreground) A hooded figure stands in silhouette atop a hill with the words "Winter's Shadow" overlaid atop it in white. Text against a wintry background reads: "In a realm where the veil between the faerie world and the human world is dangerously thin, Clíodhna, a tragic Winter Court princess, navigates the treacherous world of fae gentry and court politics. Her days are tangled with whispered bargains and verbal chess games, where every smile hides fangs, and betrayal is served alongside teacakes. Enter Blue, a mysterious stranger with ties to the human realm, whose disdain for the fae is as visible as the shadows that cling to him. When their paths collide, distrust is palpable, but magnetism is undeniable. A tentative alliance forms when Clíodhna is thrust into an engagement proposal with a gentryman notorious for his thirst for blood and control. Lighting a spark that sends the entirety of the Arcadian Isles into chaos, Blue and Clíodhna must decide if their bond is strong enough to defy both fate and prophecy, or if they will shatter under the weight of duty and deception."
January 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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WINTER'S SHADOW

For fans of dark faerie romance comes a high-stakes slow burn navigating unseelie politics and the consequences of being Other in a fantastical world of volatile alliances and stolen magic.

#W #A #F #R #D #Dis #bluepit 📖
Text. It reads: "In a realm where the veil between the faerie world and the human world is dangerously thin, Clíodhna, a sullen Winter Court princess, navigates the treacherous world of fae gentry and court politics. Her days are tangled with whispered bargains and verbal chess games, where every smile hides fangs and betrayal is served alongside teacakes. Enter Blue, a mysterious stranger with ties to the human realm whose disdain for the fae is as visible as the shadows that cling to him. When their paths collide, distrust is palpable, but magnetism is undeniable. A tentative alliance forms when Clíodhna is thrust into an engagement proposal with a gentryman notorious for his thirst for blood and control. Lighting a spark that sends the entirety of the Arcadian Isles into chaos, Blue and Clíodhna must decide if their bond is strong enough to defy both fate and prophecy, or if they will shatter under the weight of duty and deception." A hooded man with a blue mohawk broodily smokes a hand-rolled cigarette, smoke curling away from his lips. His eyes are radium green, and he has gold piercings in his lip and ears. A woman with grey skin and freckles looks down, her expression pensive and a fingertip brushing her lips. Her eyes have black sclerae, and her irises are neon green and lacking pupils. They glow softly. Her hair is amaranthine; red with purple undertones.
January 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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WINTER'S SHADOW

For fans of dark faerie romance comes a high-stakes slow burn navigating unseelie politics and the consequences of being Other in a fantastical world of volatile alliances and stolen magic.

#W #A #F #R #D #Dis #bluepit 📖
A man glares at someone out of frame. He is wearing all black and has golden gauges in his ears, snake bites, and a labret piercing with a ring. His eyes are radium green. His hair is black, tapering into an electric blue color that glows. Wisps of shadows twist around he and the petite woman standing in front of him. A woman with grey skin and freckles looks at the viewer over her shoulder. Her eyes have black sclerae, and her irises are neon green and lacking pupils. They glow softly. Her hair is amaranthine; red with purple undertones. Text that reads: "In a realm where the veil between the faerie world and the human world is dangerously thin, Clíodhna, a sullen Winter Court princess, navigates the treacherous world of fae gentry and court politics. Her days are tangled with whispered bargains and verbal chess games, where every smile hides fangs and betrayal is served alongside teacakes. Enter Blue, a mysterious stranger with ties to the human realm whose disdain for the fae is as visible as the shadows that cling to him. When their paths collide, distrust is palpable, but magnetism is undeniable. A tentative alliance forms when Clíodhna is thrust into an engagement proposal with a gentryman notorious for his thirst for blood and control. Lighting a spark that sends the entirety of the Arcadian Isles into chaos, Blue and Clíodhna must decide if their bond is strong enough to defy both fate and prophecy, or if they will shatter under the weight of duty and deception."
January 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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WINTER'S SHADOW

For fans of dark faerie romance comes a high-stakes slow burn navigating unseelie politics and the consequences of being Other in a fantastical world of volatile alliances and stolen magic.

#W #A #F #R #D #Dis #bluepit 📖

(img credits: Alluvial, Adobe Stock, Pexels, & Michal Kváč.)
Mood board. Clockwise: A man scowls at the viewer in disgust. He is wearing all black and has golden gauges in his ears, snake bites, and a labret piercing with a ring. His radium eyes glow with green flames. His hair is black, tapering into an electric blue color that glows. Wisps of shadows twist behind him. A woman with grey skin and freckles smiles almost coyly at the viewer, one finger pointing at herself as if to say, "Who, me?" Her eyes have black sclerae, and her irises are neon green and lacking pupils. They glow softly. Her hair is amaranthine; red with purple undertones. Two of her incisors and the adjacent canines are visibly sharp. A potion bottle with black liquid. A castle on a verdant hill with mountains behind it. Purple flowers covered in frost. A hooded figure with an axe cast in red and black against implied blood. In the foreground is a hooded figure in silhouette and the words "Winter's Shadow" in white. Text against a wintery landscape. It reads: "In a realm where the veil between the faerie world and the human world is dangerously thin, Clíodhna, a sullen Winter Court princess, navigates the treacherous world of fae gentry and court politics. Her days are tangled with whispered bargains and verbal chess games, where every smile hides fangs and betrayal is served alongside teacakes. Enter Blue, a mysterious stranger with ties to the human realm whose disdain for the fae is as visible as the shadows that cling to him. When their paths collide, distrust is palpable, but magnetism is undeniable. A tentative alliance forms when Clíodhna is thrust into an engagement proposal with a gentryman notorious for his thirst for blood and control. Lighting a spark that sends the entirety of the Arcadian Isles into chaos, Blue and Clíodhna must decide if their bond is strong enough to defy both fate and prophecy, or if they will shatter under the weight of duty and deception."
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Thinking of using these icons in my moodboard tomorrow...

#writingcommunity #bluepithype #bluepit #ocart
A man scowls at the viewer in disgust. He is wearing all black and has golden gauges in his ears, snake bites, and a labret piercing with a ring. His radium eyes glow with green flames. His hair is black, tapering into an electric blue color that glows. Wisps of shadows twist behind him. A woman with grey skin and freckles smiles almost coyly at the viewer, one finger pointing at herself as if to say, "Who, me?" Her eyes have black sclerae, and her irises are neon green and lacking pupils. They glow softly. Her hair is amaranthine; red with purple undertones. Two of her incisors and the adjacent canines are visibly sharp.
January 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM