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Description September 2011

Mi'ri'lil demanded being drawn! ^_^

I say this a lot, but she's one of my very oldest D&D characters, one of the first 5 that I ever made, I created her back in very early '93. (or was it late '92? Around there.)

And if you think that she looks like Phae'shalee, well she should, she's her mother. (Phae/Illiam'Ithra/Olorae/Talalara/etc are all 2nd generation characters).

She's always had this long, fluffy hair... but years ago I tried to do a re-design of her and just never came to like the newer design. She's always supposed to have had this cute, heart-shaped face with huge, expressive eyes (I guess today I would compare her face/build to a Ball Joint Doll). Her costume has always changed a little bit, but it nearly always had these long white gloves and either high boots or stockings. Usually she would wear this nearly bathing-suit like thing of white and lilac (sometimes made of peek-a-boo lace), but I've changed that out now for a short dress instead. I put in hints of her last re-design's dress into her current one.


Yup, I like this much better, it's like Old School Mi'ri'lil, this design makes me happy. <3
Link to older picture: [link]
I've been digging around trying to find some of my 'really' old pics of Mi'ri'lil, I saw them about a year ago but can't seem to find them. When I do I'll scan them, put them in photobucket or do a collage showing her design changes over the many years I've played her.


When I started playing her in 2nd ed AD&D she was a multi-class cleric/mage who I played from lvl 3/3 to 18/18. @.@ She didn't translate well for 3.5 edition, so we put in the optional gesalt rule for her (taking two classes at once) with a hindrance of gaining half XP while being gesalt.
She's now a cleric/sorcerer, with the divine agent prestige class and saint template from Exalted. The character (back in January '98 as a birthday present to me) was made into a proxy for Eilistraee... with the power level that was given the Divine Agent prestige class and saint template suited her perfectly.


In the roleplay, her husband (who was an intelligent holy sword artifact that could take a human form) was turned to evil by Mi'ri'lil's sisters using a 'sheathe of opposite alignment'. Ricar (now calling himself Racir) helped her sister torture Mi'ri'lil to death (as they consummated their marriage on top of her). She kept being told that if she would renounce Eilistraee that they would stop the tortures, but after an un-known amount of time (it became a blur after the many hours dragged by) she was finally killed (I think that it was accidentally) and Eilistraee gave her soul the choice of continuing to serve her, or going on to the afterlife. She chose to keep serving and became a proxy. (They had a gem set up to 'trap the soul' so she wouldn't get any release.. but her familiar was able to escape and steal the gem to break it and free her trapped soul.)

Her former husband is still out there somewhere, evil beyond belief and far too powerful for any to handle. He raised an army and is conquering/destroying worlds through planescaping.

My husband loves running epic games, and can be very devious.. if you can't tell. O.o



character is mine
brushes by *redheadstock
dusty textures by ~letzte-Regen

drawn with a wacom graphire4 tablet in adobe CS3
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Comments: 28

KittySib [2011-11-13 12:22:05 +0000 UTC]

ooooooooo! Pretty

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PookaWitch In reply to KittySib [2011-11-17 17:40:17 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Thanks.

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KittySib [2011-11-13 12:20:58 +0000 UTC]

ooooooooo...... pretty!

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cooeeh2o [2011-10-08 05:39:43 +0000 UTC]

y can't we all carry around swords like that

beautiful by the way

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SassyRaptor [2011-09-27 10:35:20 +0000 UTC]

I was gonna say - that's Phae'Shalee's daughter isn't it? Then I read the artist's comments section. X3

Gorgeous work! The pose has so much energy. And I'm diggin the outfit! ^^

And intense story!

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PookaWitch In reply to SassyRaptor [2011-10-01 13:13:05 +0000 UTC]

They actually are supposed to look a lot alike, save for Phae's hair being more 'swishy' and less fluffy.

The story is actually 'par for the course' with my husband's roleplays. He does a lot of intense, and often epic storylines.

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SassyRaptor In reply to PookaWitch [2011-10-01 19:27:05 +0000 UTC]

Ahh I see. What traits would you say she has of her father?

Ahh, awesome.

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ChaoticAngel97 [2011-09-25 00:48:31 +0000 UTC]

Amazing art, amazing character and amazing story to go with said character. I look forward to seeing more of your great artwork in the future. Also Eilistraee rocks, nuff said.

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PookaWitch In reply to ChaoticAngel97 [2011-09-25 23:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you. ^_^

Wow, that wasn't amazing, that was a little snippet of roleplays with her. I wish that I was a better writer, the stories she's been in could literally fill an entire book series.

And Eilistraee does rock! I actually have her 3rd ed holy symbol tattooed on my back.

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ChaoticAngel97 In reply to PookaWitch [2011-10-13 20:32:01 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry I only just now noticed you replied. Shows how often I check deviantart.

A tattoo of the Dark Maiden's holy symbol? That is the coolest thing I've heard today. I'm actually planning on getting Corellon Larethion's symbol tattooed on my right shoulder sometime soonish.

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Throntre [2011-09-24 04:25:52 +0000 UTC]

She looks great, Pooka! I love all the purples in her design, and her long hair is amazing, as per usually. (Seriously. Will never stop being amazed by how you draw hair!) I love the little ribbon as well! And not to mention the sword! Whoo!

So, does this mean that all the sister and mama are represented in your gallery? If so, that's exciting!

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PookaWitch In reply to Throntre [2011-09-24 12:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Way, waaay back in one of her earliest adventures (I'm talking the same year I made her) Mi'ri'lil found a magical ribbon called a 'ribbon of talutah' which is basically a preserved spell that casts on the wearer when something happens. Originally it was a 'bright blue' ribbon, which carried a neutralize poison spell which would go off if the wearer was poisoned. She used to wear it tied loose in her hair (I liked how the dancing girl in the safety dance video wore her ribbon, and Pat kept saying how she made him think of Mi'ri'lil. lol So I went with that.) I just came to like the image of the loose ribbon.

Her sword was something Pat wanted her to have when I created her. It's VERY powerful, a moonblade. We had just bought the Elves of Evermeet book and it had details on the swords, and he had just read the Arlyn Moonblade books and wanted a moonblade in his campaign. Usually they're passed down through bloodlines, but sometimes they will choose another owner (they bond with their owner, who must be an elf). The priestess who helped Mi'ri'lil first escape the Underdark to get to the promenade died during the fight to the top, and the moonblade accepted Mi'ri'lil.


Um... I think that one sister and two brothers still need to be drawn. Originally this would have been all of the sisters (missing their brother), but the one game I told you about where they sort of found alternate planar/future siblings added two more to the group.

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Throntre In reply to PookaWitch [2011-09-24 23:43:40 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, that's fancy! I have a few character who could use a ribbon like that. T.T For some reason, I always tend to be the one getting poisoned. Probably because I'm the only one who plays the fighter/paladin, and am attempting to get through rooms while the rest of them are still rooting through bodies, looking for treasure. XD; Ugh, my group.

I actually remembered the extra siblings right after I posted the comment. Heh! I was like "Oh snot! Why did I forget about that!"

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CrimsonArk [2011-09-23 22:57:00 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely gorgeous! EEEE!

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PookaWitch In reply to CrimsonArk [2011-09-24 01:06:02 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Thanks. It originally just started as a quick sketch last night, but it turned out so cute that I couldn't stop drawing.

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CrimsonArk In reply to PookaWitch [2011-09-24 18:30:52 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I'm glad you kept drawing, because it looks great.

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Wolf-Fang4 [2011-09-23 18:08:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow very nice

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PookaWitch In reply to Wolf-Fang4 [2011-09-24 01:05:37 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Thanks.

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Lilanie [2011-09-23 17:05:38 +0000 UTC]

I love reading those little bits of story of yours. n_n

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PookaWitch In reply to Lilanie [2011-09-24 01:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Seriously just little snippets. I went through so many RPs with Mi'ri'lil that her adventures could fill in numerous novels.

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Lilanie In reply to PookaWitch [2011-09-24 16:56:47 +0000 UTC]

You should write it all down someday, I know I'd love to read it. And I'm sure I'm not alone. n_n

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lesgraham [2011-09-23 16:25:33 +0000 UTC]

Ohh Phae's mother ,hmm i can see where she gets her sexy cuteness from :-> and a few other things too
Faved and went and looked at your older stuf fat EW hmmm can see the improvments in things there

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PookaWitch In reply to lesgraham [2011-09-24 01:04:49 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Phae is supposed to look a lot like her mother, the only difference was her hair texture.

Oh I know! I look back at the old elfwood site and can't believe how far I've come since then. <3 Thanks!

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lesgraham In reply to PookaWitch [2011-09-24 15:08:21 +0000 UTC]

Ahh well as far as I can tell she does she's ,maybe not as well hmm uninhibited as Phae ,but she does look like her with some differences
Yuppers I have actually posted here in the EQ2 art part of my page ,some of my earlier tries at Rillani as examples of my growth,and your most welcome Pooka

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PookaWitch In reply to lesgraham [2011-09-24 16:02:12 +0000 UTC]

You did ntoce that her dress is see-through right? Mi'ri'lil tends to lounge around nude, but doesn't adventure like it. lol

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lesgraham In reply to PookaWitch [2011-09-24 17:55:44 +0000 UTC]

Hmm actually I didn' Pooka ,bad space monkey me ohh Hmm so more like daughter then at 1st glance ,and that is canon for an Eilistraeen priestess too the dress .

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Sprinter136 [2011-09-23 16:21:17 +0000 UTC]

Yup I thought she looked like Phae xD
You should show us some of your pics from that long ago, if you still have them. I wasn't drawing or making characters then, I was barely learning to walk xDD.
My oldest characters are some of my neopets, from about 2003. I don't have art from that far back though, which is good, because they'd probably cause severe health problems upon viewing them

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PookaWitch In reply to Sprinter136 [2011-09-24 01:03:31 +0000 UTC]

I wish that I could find them! I was looking all over for the sketches today, and I know that I saw them within the last year. In that pile of old pen sketches on lined paper was the first picture that I ever drew of her. I wish I knew what happened to them.

Ugh, just from looking for the old pictures today I came across ones for other characters. Those are scary, and I was drawing them in my late teens-early 20s. O.o

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