Compendium: Raechelle Greentree
Character Bio Card/Info:
Raechelle Greentree
Raechelle Greentree – Race of Felinians
Name: Raechelle Alexandra Greentree
Sex: Female
Orientation: Heterosexual
Race: Felinian
Height: 5′ 5“
Weight: 141lbs
Birthplace: Pinewood, Oslaania
DoB: 4th Day, 4th Month (called “Aargus”), 1784A,O.M. (Age of Messiah)
Age: 61 Yarr – Which is 61 earth years old. But she is the physical, emotional, and mental age equivalent to a 23 year old human female.
Occupation: Seemstress
Religion: Messianich Protestant
Social Disposition: Quiet, Socially Conservative Type, Keeps to self. Extremely loyal to friends.
Raechelle’s bio card chart.
Raechelle is of the race of Felinians – a humanoid race of people having cat-like ears and a cat-like tail attached to the rear of the spinal column, protruding from just above the crack off the butt.
She is a secondary, supporting character in my fiction making some appearances but doesn’t play a huge role in the story itself. Though she does play a larger role in some events in the story. She is however one of the more recurring cast members in the story.
Raechelle Greentree – Mistress of the Dungeon 2005 – Still when I drew 4 digit hands and feet on my catgirls and elves too.
This was called “Forsaking the Darkness 2008″ – was the followup to the “Mistress of the Dungeon” picture and the first real picture I had done of Raechelle since 2005 – even before “Up Close and Personal” as I was seeking to redesign and redefine how the character looked somewhat. This was her leaving the “Dungeon” scene and her old appearance behind.
Raechelle is a conservative girl and a woman of faith. She is shown here reading her world’s equivalent of The Bible. Raechelle is a seamstress by trade but she is a bookworm and very conservative in her way of life. (I don’t use the religions of Earth in my story but there are parallels of Earth religions in there- there is a religion like Christianity with it’s own “Bible” to it, etc. Called the “Sacred Texts”. Most major religions in the real world has a parallel religion in the world Raechelle comes from.)
Like most of my major characters, Raechelle Greentree also has a “Gaia Sprite” version. She wears only the “starfish” item as shown here. Funny considering Raechelle is actually a very modest girl – not the kind to allow her flesh to show – at least not like this. 
This is Raechelle Greentree in a drawing I did of her a few years ago. I attempted to go for a “Chibi” or “Super Deformed” look. I don’t mess around with that kind of art that much so the drawing isn’t exactly up to par with the true Japanese style of those genres. Still….
Overall I’m toying with altering Raechelle’s appearance just a bit. I love her hair color but not entirely her hair style, so I’m considering modifying it.
Her role in my fiction is not yet fully decided. She is to be a supporting or secondary cast member in the story who makes a few appearances in the story.
This is the revised version of Raechelle Greentree as “Mistress of the Dungeon” – the follow up and “redux” of the original shown above and of course in a more natural setting – a photo I shot in a local park.
I really haven’t drawn Raechelle Greentree in pictures related to the fiction yet since her role has not fully been determined, and I’m not entirely sure how I want to use her. However, she is a supporting cast member and she will have her share of appearances, and her interactions with the protagonist of my fiction in the novel I am working on.
More about Raechelle will be put out as it is developed.
Some developmental ideas I am working on right now are safely “under wraps” at this time.
Until next time…
God bless!
Jade Dragon
Compendium: Raiya Dragonwood
Raiya Dragonwood
Raiya Dragonwood – cropped headshot. Nyrva Dragonwood’s younger sister.
(Rae-Ya)
Brief Bio Data:
- Name Raiya Iriah Dragonwood
- Gender Female
- Race Elf
- Height 44 inches tall
- Weight 51 lbs
- Birthplace Riverwood, Oslaania
- Tribe Dragon Wood Elves
- Clan Wood Elves of Oslaania
- Date of Birth 7th Day, 5th Month (called “Targus”) 1833 A.O.M. (Age of Messiah)
- Age 26 Yarr. This is roughly 26 earth years old. But she is the physical, emotional, and mental age equivalent of a 10 to 12 year old human female elf children age 1 year every 2 earth years until they are 40 yarr – aging slows to 1 human year for every 5 earth years.
- Occupation None
- Religion Messianich Protestant
- Social Disposition Socially conservative, traditional girl. largely uneducated
Conception and Design of Raiya Dragonwood
Conceptual “cel” art of Raiya Dragonwood. The young sister of Nyrva Dragonwood. Raiya is a female wood elf of the Dragonwood Elf clan. She was separated from Nyrva during raids by Archanian Dark Elves during the Inqusition invasions in purges to exterminate Wood Elves from Oslaania. Both Raiya and Nyrva seek to find each other and other members of their family and elf tribe. This is a reconception of the character. There have been earlier conceptual drawings of Raiya (formerly called Ruth, but now “Raiya” in favor of a more “Elfin” sounding name) but this one was created to make her look more like her sister Nyrva.
I will not be sharing too many details about Raiya’s involvements or what happens to her in the story at this time. She was originally to be brutally killed by a Dark Elf. I decided not to do that. What exactly happens to her is not yet fully decided at this time, and even so, is not yet to be fully disclosed. I am beginning a policy of not releasing too much details about the specifics about characters in my fiction — I want there to be more surprises. However, I don’t mind sharing some of the characters who will grace the pages of my fiction, Raiya being no exception. But she doesn’t die, that I’ve decided.
This is all there is for now. Additional works of her will be added as they become available. But on a limited basis. Until the release of the novel, some details about this character are being kept “under wraps”.
Compendium: Shadowmere
NOTICE:
In light of a recent copyright violation by a gaming website that decided to claim my character “Shadowmere” as being part of some kind of game, I must stipulate that my black unicorn character “Shadowmere” is an original character of mine created in 2001 for my own original fiction efforts and has nothing to do whatsoever with any kind of role playing games. The origins of my character “Shadowmere” are explained in this article.
Shadowmere – Bio Card
A picture of the Black Unicorn – Shadowmere – This is actually a 2010 rework of an original drawing I did of Shadowmere from 2004.
Shadowmere – Bio Info
Biographical Info and the Origins of the Character Follow
Name: Shadowmere
Sex: Male – Unicorn Stallion
Race or Creature Type:
Unicorn(Unicorns in my fiction, though looking like horses, are a race of intelligent, sentient beings.)
Height:
19 hands (from front hooves to shoulders) roughly around 6′ – Shadowmere’s measurements and size are roughly that of a fully grown male Clydesdale horse.
Weight:
Unknown. Est. 1800-1900lbs
Birthplace/DoB:
Unknown
Unknown
Age:
Unknown – Said to be at least 3-4000 years old. His age and origins are unknown.
Occupation:
Divine Servant, Watcher, Guardian
Religion:
Serves only the Creator, Iysus, God.
I drew this picture of Shadowmere, then imposed him against a composite image created from photos I took at a local park.
(In light of recent legal concerns, having to issue a DMCA notice against an infringing website, I could not only produce the original pencil drawings of this artwork, but the actual photos used to create the composite scene!)
Shadowmere’s origins…
Basic “background sketch”
Shadowmere is of the sentient race of Unicorns in my story. Little is known about him, and very few people have spent any real time around him. He is elusive and mysterious in nature and actual sightings of him are so rare he is often dismissed as being a myth – it would like someone in the real world claiming they saw “Bigfoot”. There are individuals fortunate enough to have had encounters with him. The most noted one is the story of the Great Flood of Eethos – he was said to have been aboard the Ark with Noahkhi – the man who feared God and was place aboard the Ark with his family to escape the flood. The “Bible” of Eethos makes a mention or two of Shadowmere’s encounters. Because of this, many of the present day believe Shadowmere was a unicorn that lived “once upon a time” and that he doesn’t exist anymore. In spite of it all- Shadowmere’s rumours and legends have been popular among commonfolk, old and young alike for many generations. It is not uncommon for children to want to dress up as “Shadowmere” for occasions requiring costumes.
Teachers of the Sacred Texts and philosophical scholars of Eethos generally regard Shadowmere as a figure of the Sacred Texts and of Eethoian Mythology, and not an actual creature who exists in the present day. There is the famous story of the scholar who actually encountered Shadowmere but instead of inform his other scholars (due to fear of ridicule and rejection based on the “popular” doctrines about Shadowmere, the discovery of the scholar’s writings about his encounters with the legendary beast did not surface until long after his death, as found in his diary in his estate by his family and friends. In the world of Eethos, Shadowmere is a famous source of inspiration for artists and poets alike. But since little is known about his actual appearance, the artistic works vary. However, they all depict a mighty black unicorn that appears in the dead of night. Some of them depict him as a dark and frightful creature. That is the dark side of the Shadowmere Legend- some believe him to be an evil beast and a daemon, and an encounter with him will spell certain doom for the unfortunate victim.
Shadowmere in reality is a fair and gentle, wise beast who is benevolent in his dealings and actions. He does allow the occasional living soul a chance to know him. But since he desires worship of the Almighty and not himself, he keeps such encounters to a minimum, but he only allows people to know he exists and that he is not the scary, evil creature some fear him to be. Shadowmere can also be a quite happy and playful individual as a unicorn in spite of his age and demeanor. (“all work and no play…”) But he takes seriously the role given him. He watches those whom God would have him watch over. And he prays for the souls of people he encounters both good and evil. In spite of the worst rumours about him, Shadowmere has never harmed a living soul. In the story as written, Nyrva Dragonwood is one individual who has one of those rare encounters with Shadowmere. But to dispel many rumors and misconceptions about himself, Shadowmere, in the books Nyrva Dragonwood appears in allows himself more extensive encounters with living souls so that new stories about him can be told, and some of the old rumors put to rest. Nyrva’s immense love and fondness of unicorns is one factor that compels him to giver her a rather extensive set encounters with himself. But he rarely bothers with scholars- just like the one mentioned- none of them ever use the opportunities he has given them. Many of them are quick to dismiss them with their own sets of “learned reason”.
The black unicorn Shadowmere – one of my original characters. A recurring side character in my fantasy.
I drew him in pencil and photoshop. His pose was inspired by similar pose of a horse doctored up as a unicorn in a book by horse photographer Robert Vavra. (His books provide great references for drawing both horses and unicorns.)
The moon-bow was something inspired one night as I was walking home with a full moon and saw a full moon in the sky with a full moon-bow. So I decided to create one for mood in this drawing but of course, there’s nothing like seeing the real thing.
Photoshop was used for the background.
ORIGINS OF THE CHARACTER
Shadowmere originated back in 2001 when I wanted to come up with some unicorn characters. He was originally a neutral character, neither “good or bad” and he orginally was so mysterious it was not possible to know anything about him. Original drafts of the parts of my story where he appears depicted him as a frightful creature people were afraid of. But that was toned down to just him being a mysterious black unicorn stallion. Unicorns in my story, while not “magical” as they are in most stories are Divine servants of God. So any powers they have are “given” them “from Above”. Thus Shadowmere would have to be a good guy by nature.
Shadowmere’s name was inspired by one of my all time favourite computer role playing games that was out on the old Apple II computers in the late 1980s, “Wrath of Denethenor” - the use of the name is an “omage” to “Wrath of Denethenor” and is the name of the city you visit in the game to find the doorway to Mystenor- the mystic dark land where you take on and finally defeat the evil wizard Denethenor.
Even though my unicorn’s name is borrowed from a game, my character itself has nothing to do whatsoever with any kind of game; unless I decide to create my own game based on my fiction some time in the future, or license someone else to do it. “Any resemblance to any other character of similar name or appearance Is purely coincidental”. My character “Shadowmere” is not a standing “property” in and of itself, but it simply a character in my fiction and that I draw, and then he is a supporting or secondary character at that, who makes some appearances in the story I am writing.
(I always wondered if “Denethenor” was borrowed from “Denthenor” of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy? But I wish someone would make a PORT of this to the Macintosh or the Playstation 2! Serious! That is an all time favourite game! If I ever win the lottery I’m going to approach some people about acquiring some “rights” and hire the original game creator as a chief consultant and director! Imagine it as a 3D high end fantasy RPG that plays like a first person shooter (perhaps in the playing style of “Grand Theft Auto” or “Kingdom Hearts”) And this time add a spell that lets you throw those damn wizards like they do to you on there! haha!~ But anyways. And I still love to rob every vault I see on there! haha!)
Artwork
About the same time the development of my fiction was underway, I had also rediscovered my love of drawing and cartooning. And while my skills at the time were rather shoddy at best I have spent well over a decade working on development. But because I work full time I could not spend more than a few hours a week on this new hobby- and to this day this has not changed. So I do the best I can with the time I have available. But as a result of my growing and changing drawing skills, Shadowmere was another character that underwent many developmental changes. But he was always a black unicorn. There is a limited amount of artwork of Shadowmere available because I always found him to be a difficult character for me to draw – an all black unicorn from horn to hoof- and I wanted him to look a certain way. My first drawings of Shadowmere began to surface along with my first writings about him in 2002.
In spite of other galleries I may have on the web, this is the OFFICIAL website page for this character! All other information can be quickly dismissed. This page contains artwork and all information currently available about the character.
Plot synopsis ©1997-2011 and beyond by J.Williams, all rights reserved and this may not be used in any way without express written permission.
Shadowmere has several encounters with the protagonist Nyrva Dragonwood, a female wood elf who is extremely fond of Unicorns. And they know it too. Despite the fact that she comes from a tribe of elves already on high the “endangered species” list, she literally risks her very life in the story for a rare opportunity to meet the Unicorns, including the mighty Shadowmere, in their own forbidden homeland; the Valley of the Unicorns itself.
Characters, art and plot synopsis © by J. Williams. All rights strictly reserved. Unauthorized use is a violation of all copyright laws.
NOTICE:
In light of a recent copyright violation and theft of intellectual property by a gaming website which is attempting to represent my character as belonging to some kind of roleplaying game and giver credit for my work to persons other than myself, I feel it necessary to state the following:
The Black Unicorn SHADOWMERE as depicted on this website, as well as any pages on the website oslaania.net is my own original character and IS NOT PART OF ANY GAME NOR IS HE INTENDED TO BE A REFERENCE OF ANY KIND TO ANY GAME. He is part of my own original fiction created in 2001, and is not to be confused with any other medium. Any resemblance or similarity to any other such property is purely coincidental.
The name of the offending website is not being disclosed. The page bentobox.oslaania.net has been an inactive directory for well over a year. This image Is currently being housed at one of the site’s generally unpublished archive locations. “Nick” decided to use it to promote some game. Thanks a lot “Nick”, you never asked anyone at this website if you could use the picture!
Statement of Origin and Legal Basis Regarding Shadowmere Character:
Regarding the origins of the character Shadowmere, as depicted and represented on both Oslaania.net and Nyrva.org
The character “Shadowmere” as depicted on both Oslaania.net and Nyrva.org is an original character created and initially developed by the owner of these websites as early as 2001. Actual artwork of this character can be documented as early as 2005 with legally registered copyright of said artwork in 2007 with the United States Copyright Office. The registration includes artwork of a black unicorn stallion under the name of “Shadowmere” under said copyright. Shadowmere, as depicted on these websites, is a black male unicorn stallion, and not a horse or brown mare, and is also a supporting character for a novelization that has been in the works for over a decade. The major reason it has taken so long Is because of the amount of time it has taken to develop the characters as well as the back story, and the novelization itself has undergone several rewrites. There are currently no plans to change or omit this character from the planned novelization. He has also been a part of the creator’s online presence since 2007 on various websites including Oslaania.net established in 2010. Shadowmere has also appeared on Oslaania.net’s predecessor site “swarmingspirits.net” and other sites used by his creator as far back as 2007. Those sites and galleries however are no longer in use.
Compendium: Nyrva Dragonwood
Compendium: Cast of Characters
Nyrva Dragonwood
Brief Bio Data:
- Name Nyrva Mariah Dragonwood
- Gender Female
- Sexual Orientation Heterosexual, strict
- Race Elf
- Height 60 inches tall
- Weight 135lbs
- Birthplace Riverwood, Oslaania
- Tribe Dragon Wood Elves
- Clan Wood Elves of Oslaania
- Date of Birth 3rd Day, 7th Month (called “Targus”) 1735A.O.M. (Age of Messiah)
- Age 124 Yarr. This is roughly 124 earth years old. But she is the physical, emotional, and mental age equivalent of a 25 to 29 year old human female as elves age about one human year for every 5 Earth years.
- Occupation Innkeeper’s Cook, Barmaid
- Religion Messianich Protestant
- Social Disposition Socially conservative, traditional girl.
Basic Background Sketch
Nyrva Dragonwood was born into a critical and dangerous time in her country’s history. Oslaania is a nation of Elves and Felinians (a race of people with cat-like ears and tails, but very human-like otherwise) in addition to humans. She was born roughly two Centyarr (200 Yarr – the equivalent of two Earth centuries) after the Reformation of Aegis that brought Religious and Political Freedom to her land. Her people have a general belief in the Great Messiah (“Christ”, the “Son of God” in their world) who came to their world 17 Centyarr before her time and was killed on a wooden stake by his own people before His ressurection as prophesied. After the fall of the Rahm Empire the Church took power. But it’s Patriarchal leaders oppressed the people for many centuries. Nyrva’s ancestors rose up after receiving news of a Great Reformation arising in a neighboring country. The power of the Church was threatened and the Oslaanians revolted, overthrowing the power of the nation who controlled them at the time called Archania. The Archanians are staunchly loyal to the Church, swiftly destroying anyone who stood in the way of the Church’s or their power. Because of the revolt sparked by the Dragon Wood Elves (aka “Dragonwood”) the Archanians decreed that all members of this Elf clan and tribe must be destroyed at all costs. None were ever intended to survive.
(In case you were wondering, yes, I have based this somewhat on elements of real human history in a parallel fantasy story setting. Melchizarius 20:45, 18 April 2011 (PDT))
Hidden by her parents and sent to a distant land to friends of her father for over 25 Yarr, Nyrva survived. She also grew up largely without any knowledge of other members of her family- as the survivors of the Dragon Wood Elf Clan (“Dragonwood” in their earlier Elvin toungue) were well scattered throughout the land. The Dragonwood Elves were one of 7 Elf Clans that belong to the Wood Elves of Oslaania- which the Archanians wish to completely eradicate and destroy via genocide. Nyrva only knew of her father and mother, but not of any siblings, and she barely remembered anyone else from her clan. After the rise of the Efrin Revolution (equivalent to the French Revolation) that crippled the Church, and with the newfound freedom of the Oslaanians to govern themselves freely, both religiously and politically, Nyrva returned to her country vowing to find any surviving members of her Clan and her family and reunite with them. But by this time, many of the Wood Elves of Oslannaia, especially the Dragonwood Elves, have already been destroyed — Men, women and children alike have all fallen at the hands of Archanian butchers.
Nyrva’s desire to reunite and restore what’s left of her family and her people will be a difficult task. And she has enemies. Unfortunately for her the Archanians have discovered her existence and have spared no cost or expense trying to exterminate her. In spite of their efforts she survives. The story involves her struggle to survive and to find her family and clan and escape with them, if at all possible. But since the Archanians also have word of other Dragon Wood Elves in Oslaania, they will be relentless until every single Dragon Wood Elf is destroyed. They have managed to completely wipe out two smaller Woof Elf Clans — the Darkwood and Greenwood elves are said to fully extinct. Little is known about how many of the Dragonwood elves are still in existence. Nyrva’s quest is far from hopeless though- she has learned of a young sister born to her parents secretly and hidden away as she was. And rumours abound of members of her family still being in existence. Will she find them and be reunited with them? Or die trying?
Origins of the Character
by Melchizarius 21:32, 18 April 2011 (PDT) – This is derived from previous writings I have written for this character.
Nyrva Dragonwood is a fictional female wood elf character I created in 1997. She was originally a character in a fan fiction I was writing at the time and has since undergone a few last name changes. However her first name “Nyrva” was always a constant. And she was originally written as half-breed (half human, half elf). I continued to develop the character and as such I liked the character well enough that I took her from the fan fiction and decided to put her into her own fictional universe. It became a question of what her surroundings should be, also who the other characters and people who surrounded her should be. Obviously a backstory for the fictional universe she was to become a part of needed to be developed.
This was also at a time when my longtime interest in Japanese Animation was resparked by the availability of some new cool anime at the time. (I grew up with “giant robots” as the central concepts in most anime) The new anime at the time was not shy about having female lead characters in an action-filled adventure and so I adapted that idea for my own work. I decided to make Nyrva the lead character as opposed to the typical role of being a supporting character behind a male lead. I figured there could still be enough action and intrigue to make the story interesting.
I spent several years developing the backstory. But because I have rewritten my fiction story several times, the backstory itself is currently getting a major overhaul. This process will redefine Nyrva’s entire background and the world she comes from – instead of my original idea of making an “alternate universe” of Earth with people like Nyrva in existence, I am making her world a whole other world with a history that in many ways parallels real human history in our own world. But with the creation of a whole new world for Nyrva and her fellow characters of course it gives me full license to do whatever I please. My original idea kept me paying close attention so that the events of Nyrva’s people would not affect the flow of real history. (Hard to explain, even harder to write that way!) So I am creating a whole new backstory with many parallels to real human events in our own world. Her world has its own Moses. it’s own Christ, it’s own “Napoleon” (for that matter) and many other parallels of events in our real world. Once I have things as I like them I am hoping the next rewrite will be more of what I want the story to be.
Nyrva Dragonwood reading the Oslaanian Scriptures revealing God while laying on a large rock – she finds herself surrounded by Unicorns.
Artwork
by Jade Dragon 22:23, 18 April 2011 (PDT)
About the same time the development of my fiction was underway, I had also rediscovered my love of drawing and cartooning. And while my skills at the time were rather shoddy at best I have spent well over a decade working on development. But because I work full time I could not spend more than a few hours a week on this new hobby- and to this day this has not changed. So I do the best I can with the time I have available. But as a result of my growing and changing drawing skills, Nyrva’s appearance has also changed. Even some of her defining characteristics, particularly with respect to hairstyle. She used to have a dome headed long hairdo with hair down to her knees in the back. I grew weary of the difficulty with drawing that so a couple years ago I made the hair go down to her butt instead. I also added spikier sideburn hair and a couple of hairs that managed to stick out the top of her head like two bug antennas. I have also adapted and changed a few of the other surrounding characters in the same manner. And changes have come also as I have sought to refine my technique. And since I am largely self-taught, and given my time constraints, it has been, needless to say, a slow process.
In spite of other galleries I may have on the web, Oslaania.Net is the OFFICIAL website page for this character! All other information can be quickly dismissed. This page contains artwork and all information currently available about the character.
Added 9-October-2011 by Jade Dragon:
Aside from these dangerous encounters of Nyrva’s – much of her story surrounds her search for any surviving members of her family and her lost elf tribe. Will she ever find the surviving Dragon Wood elves? Or like her lost tribe will she become yet another extinct member?
Jade Dragon Gallery
