D.M. Shields
@spacerelated.bsky.social
Writer | TTRPG Designer | Space Enthusiast | He/Him
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Vel hails from a conquering empire, a land where grass is razor steel and trees grow fruit of solid gold. When the swirling chaos parts to reveal an alien world of rolling green hills, she sees a chance to be more than an instrument of war, if her queen doesn't destroy it first.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Different languages, cultures, needs, and philosophies of magic hinder Vel's mission of peace. She crosses a border revealed by shifting arcane tides, desperate to bridge the gap between two peoples. One warmonger races behind her, another waits to meet her in the strange land.
#DvPit #F #A #LGBT
#DvPit #F #A #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Azen only use magic to shape themselves. Humans only use it to change the world around them. A deep sea of unreality always separated them, but when it receeds their differences push them towards war. The Azen Vel strikes out for peace, soon gathering unlikely allies in the strange land
#DvPit #F #A
#DvPit #F #A
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In ARCANE HEART, ghosts of the past threaten to drag us into our old ways, and the allure of violence is ever present.
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Vel hails from a conquering empire, a land where grass is razor steel and trees grow fruit of solid gold. When the swirling chaos parts to reveal an alien world of rolling green hills, she sees a chance to be more than an instrument of war, if her queen doesn't destroy it first.
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
#DVpit #F #A #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A race to stop a brewing war, featuring:
📚 Polyglot dodging conscription
🪒 Surgeon of dubious morals
⚔️ Failed revolutionary turned imperial knight
⚒️ Common laborer turned sorcerer’s apprentice
✨ Old women wielding phenomenal magic power
🌈 Queer characters of all stripes
💖 Polyamory
#DVpit #F #A
📚 Polyglot dodging conscription
🪒 Surgeon of dubious morals
⚔️ Failed revolutionary turned imperial knight
⚒️ Common laborer turned sorcerer’s apprentice
✨ Old women wielding phenomenal magic power
🌈 Queer characters of all stripes
💖 Polyamory
#DVpit #F #A
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
WITCH KING X PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
When the mists part to reveal a continent rich with unknown wonders like grass and humans, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to forge a peace, before her queen draws blood and mires their people in another bloody war of subjugation.
#DVpit #F #A
When the mists part to reveal a continent rich with unknown wonders like grass and humans, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to forge a peace, before her queen draws blood and mires their people in another bloody war of subjugation.
#DVpit #F #A
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The most darling of my current WIPs is The Odyssey x BLAME! A man returning to his husband and child, after a war loses him inside the unknowably vast castle in which they live. Crossing whole countries all within those stone halls, whose purpose and method of making has been lost to time.
#DVparty
#DVparty
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The most darling of my current WIPs is The Odyssey x BLAME! A man returning to his husband and child, after a war loses him inside the unknowably vast castle in which they live. Crossing whole countries all within those stone halls, whose purpose and method of making has been lost to time.
#DVparty
#DVparty
October 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The bent and twisted trunk of a great iron tree formed a makeshift bridge over the eastern river. Rough black bark mottled with reds and greens, branches buried like speartips into the opposite shore. The Rust had ebbed away, inhospitable bedlam resolving into a vast and unknown continent.
#DVparty
#DVparty
DAY 3 of #DVParty, a community event to get excited about the work of Diverse Creators before our pitch event, #DVPit on Oct 8th, 2025! All diverse writer or artist invited to participate!
Today's Prompt: Post your opening lines!
#DVpit rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co
#Writersky #booksky #artsky
Today's Prompt: Post your opening lines!
#DVpit rules & info: dvpit.carrd.co
#Writersky #booksky #artsky
October 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The bent and twisted trunk of a great iron tree formed a makeshift bridge over the eastern river. Rough black bark mottled with reds and greens, branches buried like speartips into the opposite shore. The Rust had ebbed away, inhospitable bedlam resolving into a vast and unknown continent.
#DVparty
#DVparty
Elyain's cold demeanor made them the favorite scion of the royal house, with a heart of silver that lets them wear any face they desire. They were content with their work as a surgeon, until they fell for a wayward traveler. Now they are following that love into new and strange lands.
#DVparty
#DVparty
At a young age, Vel underwent the procedure to be a sorcerer, replacing her heart with quicksilver. Though she longed to use it to travel the world, for love of her spouse she used it for war instead. Now, with a new world revealed, she has a chance to shed the past and reclaim her dreams.
#DVparty
#DVparty
October 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Elyain's cold demeanor made them the favorite scion of the royal house, with a heart of silver that lets them wear any face they desire. They were content with their work as a surgeon, until they fell for a wayward traveler. Now they are following that love into new and strange lands.
#DVparty
#DVparty
At a young age, Vel underwent the procedure to be a sorcerer, replacing her heart with quicksilver. Though she longed to use it to travel the world, for love of her spouse she used it for war instead. Now, with a new world revealed, she has a chance to shed the past and reclaim her dreams.
#DVparty
#DVparty
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
At a young age, Vel underwent the procedure to be a sorcerer, replacing her heart with quicksilver. Though she longed to use it to travel the world, for love of her spouse she used it for war instead. Now, with a new world revealed, she has a chance to shed the past and reclaim her dreams.
#DVparty
#DVparty
My pitch image for Arcane Heart, a fantasy novel of exploration and unlikely alliances.
If you're struggling to find images for yours, I sourced mine through rawpixel's public domain collection. Nowhere is perfect, but I've had good luck avoiding the slop there.
#DVparty
If you're struggling to find images for yours, I sourced mine through rawpixel's public domain collection. Nowhere is perfect, but I've had good luck avoiding the slop there.
#DVparty
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My pitch image for Arcane Heart, a fantasy novel of exploration and unlikely alliances.
If you're struggling to find images for yours, I sourced mine through rawpixel's public domain collection. Nowhere is perfect, but I've had good luck avoiding the slop there.
#DVparty
If you're struggling to find images for yours, I sourced mine through rawpixel's public domain collection. Nowhere is perfect, but I've had good luck avoiding the slop there.
#DVparty
Have any of you guys read this Lord of the Rings book? It's pretty good.
October 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Have any of you guys read this Lord of the Rings book? It's pretty good.
WITCH KING X PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
When the swirling mists part to reveal an unknown continent, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to forge a peace, before her queen draws blood and mires their people in another bloody war of subjugation. #PreDV #F #A
(Rev. 2)
When the swirling mists part to reveal an unknown continent, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to forge a peace, before her queen draws blood and mires their people in another bloody war of subjugation. #PreDV #F #A
(Rev. 2)
September 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In ARCANE HEART, ghosts of the past threaten to drag us into our old ways, and the dark allure of violence is ever present.
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#PreDV #F #A
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#PreDV #F #A
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Vel hails from a conquering empire, a land where grass is razor steel and trees grow fruit of solid gold. When the swirling chaos parts to reveal an alien world of rolling green hills, she sees a chance to be more than an instrument of war, if her queen doesn't destroy it first.
#PreDV #F #A
#PreDV #F #A
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A race to stop a brewing war, featuring:
📚 Polyglot dodging conscription
🪒 Surgeon of dubious morals
⚔️ Failed revolutionary turned imperial knight
⚒️ Common laborer turned sorcerer’s apprentice
✨ Old women wielding phenomenal magic power
🌈 Queer characters of all stripes
💖 Polyamory
#PreDV #F #A
📚 Polyglot dodging conscription
🪒 Surgeon of dubious morals
⚔️ Failed revolutionary turned imperial knight
⚒️ Common laborer turned sorcerer’s apprentice
✨ Old women wielding phenomenal magic power
🌈 Queer characters of all stripes
💖 Polyamory
#PreDV #F #A
September 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WITCH KING X PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
When the swirling mists part to reveal an unknown continent, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to make first contact. She must forge a peace before her queen can mire their people in another bloody war of subjugation.
#PreDV #F #A
When the swirling mists part to reveal an unknown continent, war weary sorcerer Vel and her family strike out to make first contact. She must forge a peace before her queen can mire their people in another bloody war of subjugation.
#PreDV #F #A
September 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Came for Dana Terrace, stayed for the bonkers and beautiful world and the great dynamics of the main trio. Very good pilot.
Had the pleasure of working as a Lead Animator on #KnightsOfGuinevere with a super bonkers amazing team 💙 The pilot's coming out tomorrow, please look forward to it! ✨
#art
#art
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Came for Dana Terrace, stayed for the bonkers and beautiful world and the great dynamics of the main trio. Very good pilot.
September 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've been doing #swordtember doodles to keep my brain from turning to soup at work, and the extra creative exercise has been doing wonders for my writing output.
Anyways I'm way behind on posting them.
1. SHELL
Anyways I'm way behind on posting them.
1. SHELL
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've been doing #swordtember doodles to keep my brain from turning to soup at work, and the extra creative exercise has been doing wonders for my writing output.
Anyways I'm way behind on posting them.
1. SHELL
Anyways I'm way behind on posting them.
1. SHELL
Reposted by D.M. Shields
In ARCANE HEART, ghosts of the past threaten to drag us into our old ways, and the dark allure of violence is ever present.
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#QueerPit #F #A
The world is hemmed in by swirling chaos that dissolves reason, sorcerers must cut out their hearts for power, and are always at risk of losing their humanity.
#QueerPit #F #A
August 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM