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For my wonderful , for our 4-year-10-monthaversary (I have another piece in-progress for her from the month before that, but I need her help with it, so that's not going to be posted for a while)

Obviously, this is Zoey and Tharf, our characters from the previous DnD campaign we played in. Just older. The DM who ran that, our friend , is planning his next campaign now (which probably won't start for a long time, but still). All of his games connect to each other somehow, and this next one takes place 3 human generations (60 years) after the last one ended. So Zoey and Tharf would still be alive. Therefore, we had to figure out what would have happened to them.

In case anyone wants to know, here's their post-game story, and the basis for this pic:

First off, over the rest of their lives, both Tharf and Zoey take the Epic level feat that extends age in order to even out their ages. They would plan it so that neither of them would outlive the other for very long.

After running/teaching at "Smash Academy" (as Zoey has dubbed the school she founded) for 60 years, Zoey and Tharf would choose to retire. Though Zoey loves battle, and there is still a world to save, she knows she is getting older and there are now more capable hands to fight the Big Bad. Assuming she has established an impressive faculty who she can trust to train the warriors needed, she passes the running of the school on to one of the best students she's had since she started teaching. She would also choose a few people out of all her favorite weapon-using fighter students and pass some of her weapons on to them. She gives Stormbringer and matching armor to her best student that is near graduating and planning on joining the war (so, not the one she chooses to pass the school onto). She gives the Labrys to the best of her younger students, one that isn't near graduating but shows more promise than any of her/his classmates, as she promised her mentor she'd do. Also, she would take much thought and deliberation in deciding what to do with the Chaos Sword, and Shaard. She sees the Chaos Sword as something dangerous, still, and the thought that it might fall into enemy hands frightens her. She resolves in the end to keep it with her, carefully guarded and always sheathed, but makes sure to tell Emperor Fred that she has it. So if he ever thinks it is needed in battle, and asks her for it, she will freely give it to him. She also keeps Shaard, as it was made for her by friends and she will treasure it always (no matter how much it insults her).

She and Tharf move to a remote, foresty area of the safe space Emperor Fred created, living in a cottage together. Tharf sets about creating her own private botanical garden and library and continues her research in peace. Done with adventuring and teaching, Zoey chooses to take up weapon-smithing, and has a forge built, attached to the house and also partially built into the earth, as Gnomish forges probably are. The Dwarves that live in the mountains nearby teach her the basics, and the Gnomish weaponsmiths also try to teach her, but she gets frustrated with them VERY quickly. The rest she chooses to figure out by trial and error. Once the quality of her weapons was good enough, at least in her eyes, she would start giving them to Emperor Fred to take back and give to the armies to use, keeping only a few of her favorites for herself and maybe the first one she made (even if it sucks). She would also make herself a new axe early into her practice of the craft, and as she got better, keep making new ones.

They would also have made it clear, in a nice way, that they want to be left in peace to live out the rest of their lives. However, they still keep in contact through magic or letters with Shino, Soriah, Enta, Haggart, Blaine, Zoey's parents, and Emperor Fred (assuming each person is still alive). They’d also go to a nearby settlement now and then for things they needed, since they can’t do everything themselves (insert mental image of Zoey trying to make butter here), and Zoey would keep tabs on what’s happening, even though she wants to stay out of it and have a chance at a peaceful life.

If all goes well, they continue to live like that till the end of their days

Zoey (C) me
Tharf (C) ~LadyDragonTear

Description
For my wonderful , for our 4-year-10-monthaversary (I have another piece in-progress for her from the month before that, but I need her help with it, so that's not going to be posted for a while)

Obviously, this is Zoey and Tharf, our characters from the previous DnD campaign we played in. Just older. The DM who ran that, our friend , is planning his next campaign now (which probably won't start for a long time, but still). All of his games connect to each other somehow, and this next one takes place 3 human generations (60 years) after the last one ended. So Zoey and Tharf would still be alive. Therefore, we had to figure out what would have happened to them.

In case anyone wants to know, here's their post-game story, and the basis for this pic:

First off, over the rest of their lives, both Tharf and Zoey take the Epic level feat that extends age in order to even out their ages. They would plan it so that neither of them would outlive the other for very long.

After running/teaching at "Smash Academy" (as Zoey has dubbed the school she founded) for 60 years, Zoey and Tharf would choose to retire. Though Zoey loves battle, and there is still a world to save, she knows she is getting older and there are now more capable hands to fight the Big Bad. Assuming she has established an impressive faculty who she can trust to train the warriors needed, she passes the running of the school on to one of the best students she's had since she started teaching. She would also choose a few people out of all her favorite weapon-using fighter students and pass some of her weapons on to them. She gives Stormbringer and matching armor to her best student that is near graduating and planning on joining the war (so, not the one she chooses to pass the school onto). She gives the Labrys to the best of her younger students, one that isn't near graduating but shows more promise than any of her/his classmates, as she promised her mentor she'd do. Also, she would take much thought and deliberation in deciding what to do with the Chaos Sword, and Shaard. She sees the Chaos Sword as something dangerous, still, and the thought that it might fall into enemy hands frightens her. She resolves in the end to keep it with her, carefully guarded and always sheathed, but makes sure to tell Emperor Fred that she has it. So if he ever thinks it is needed in battle, and asks her for it, she will freely give it to him. She also keeps Shaard, as it was made for her by friends and she will treasure it always (no matter how much it insults her).

She and Tharf move to a remote, foresty area of the safe space Emperor Fred created, living in a cottage together. Tharf sets about creating her own private botanical garden and library and continues her research in peace. Done with adventuring and teaching, Zoey chooses to take up weapon-smithing, and has a forge built, attached to the house and also partially built into the earth, as Gnomish forges probably are. The Dwarves that live in the mountains nearby teach her the basics, and the Gnomish weaponsmiths also try to teach her, but she gets frustrated with them VERY quickly. The rest she chooses to figure out by trial and error. Once the quality of her weapons was good enough, at least in her eyes, she would start giving them to Emperor Fred to take back and give to the armies to use, keeping only a few of her favorites for herself and maybe the first one she made (even if it sucks). She would also make herself a new axe early into her practice of the craft, and as she got better, keep making new ones.

They would also have made it clear, in a nice way, that they want to be left in peace to live out the rest of their lives. However, they still keep in contact through magic or letters with Shino, Soriah, Enta, Haggart, Blaine, Zoey's parents, and Emperor Fred (assuming each person is still alive). They’d also go to a nearby settlement now and then for things they needed, since they can’t do everything themselves (insert mental image of Zoey trying to make butter here), and Zoey would keep tabs on what’s happening, even though she wants to stay out of it and have a chance at a peaceful life.

If all goes well, they continue to live like that till the end of their days

Zoey (C) me
Tharf (C) ~LadyDragonTear