Raavi's childhood was decent, despite been raised in an orphanage that made little to no money on the edges of Waterdeep. He grew up hungry, but relatively happy. He made friends at a young age and was quite popular with the other kids who were fascinated with his horns and stark hair colour. After a few years, Raavi and his friends began to mingle with more people outside of the orphanage now that they were old enough. He would often be picked on for the same things that made him popular as a child, and his friends turned on him, not wanting to receive the same hate for being friends with him. Hurt and confused, Raavi turned to petty criminal activity to prove he was better at life than them, and in the hope he would steal enough to get away from this place.

After a few years of this, now being around 16, he was taken notice by a man around the same age as him, who introduced himself as Maxa. Raavi was hesitant at first but quickly finding himself comfortable around him, and soon fell for him. Maxa was well dressed, seemed like he was well fed, too; and when Raavi would express his distaste for the orphanage, Maxa asked if he would like to come with him, to work with a group of powerful, wealthy people; where Raavi could hone his skills and leave the orphanage.

He and Maxa's relationship growing stronger as they aged, their trust and bond deepening and it wasn't long before they both were deeply in love. They would often sneak out at night, making their way to different rooftops to look at the stars and fantasize about their future. The two of them unaware of the fate that awaited them.

Having grown into a man now, aged 21, Raavi was allowed some more freedoms given he had finished his training; and would often walk around the city. What he would see, now that he was old enough to understand was twisted and almost evil. corruption everywhere. Homeless people begging for food while nobles would scoff at them as they pass by, knowing they would go home to be welcomed with a filling meal.

He would bring this up to his superiors but they would brush him off, scoffing at him just like the nobles to the homeless. "Those people couldn't afford our help if we gave it away for free!" he was told. Ordered to ignore it, but he couldn't. He spoke to Maxa, who was hard to convince, basically raised by the Zhentarim, indoctrinated into their ways, blind to the fact that they weren't helping those who were really in need, until Raavi opened his eyes. Over the next few months the two of them planned an escape. They didn't now much about other Zhentarim facilities but this one had deadly consequences for those who wanted to leave. They finally made their move, timing everything perfectly, however, some of the soldiers they trained with had found their plans and took it upon themselves to kill Raavi and Maxa themselves, trying to show off to the higher ups.

The battle was brutal, Raavi suffered many attacks, as well as being cruelly scared by the leader of these brutes, changing how he speaks, eats and drinks for the rest of his life. During the battle, Maxa was killed, sending Raavi into a rage, using every ounce of anger, pain, guilt and love for his partner to kill the remaining aggressors, not knowing that the leader survived his rage - barely. He carried Maxa's body away, burying it under a cherry tree.

Raavi, unsure of how much time had passed, in physical and emotional agony, he wandered the streets of Waterdeep that night. He eventually stumbled onto the doorstep of his old orphanage. Memories flooding back, his body not being able to take another step having lost so much blood, he fell, hitting the ground.

He had been found and taken in by the Harpers, an enemy faction of the Zhentarim. They held him at arms length but fed him well, and treated his wounds. Unfortunately there was not much they could do for his face, and he began wearing a mask to hide the painful reminder of his lovers death, eventually enchanting it to help others understand his speech.

Once he was healed, and healthy, Raavi offered to repay his debt to the Harpers by joining their forces. He was able to give insight into the Zhentarim, and after a few years of keeping Raavi in their sights at all times, out of fear of him betraying them, he gained their trust. Raavi, now a member of the Harpers was being sent on his first important mission, after doing many smaller ones for them over his time with them. He has been sent to The Spine of the World to safeguard their settlements of Ten-Towns, while concealing his Harper affiliation. Credible threats to Ten-Towns include the Arcane Brotherhood and the Zhentarim. He was told to avoid Targos as it was believed to be controlled by his old organization, and to meet with his contact, a human named Beldora, who poses as a homeless woman gathering information in Bryn Shander.

This is officially my first digital man's portrait :D I'm so happy with the result! it was a little bit complicated in some parts that I had to redo, like his mouth.
I did another realistic portrait, a portrait of my boyfriend but I'll not post it here neither other social sites, He is really precious and I don't want other girls see him haha


I spent the last days making my humble tribute to Michael on his memory, I wanted to create something that I love with all my heart, like art, it's a digital realistic portrait of him. It took me lot of nights and hours, indeed I've recorded all the process, you can see it here

The second thing I did in his memory was given money to a homeless person, I felt nice when I did it, I like help people.
I wanted to say lot of things about Michael... the only important is we didn't forget him and will never do, he lives in our hearts, in every fan's heart, as I always say: He was, he is and he will be the best frontman ever.

I love him, I really love him with all my heart, he is my angel, his voice is unique. The only one who knows what I feel for him is just him, none else... I want to thank you Michael, whenever you are... thank you, you are in my heart for ever and ever. You're always with me Michael.

Didn't expect to introduce one of my OCs this way, but here is an AU version of my OC, Shade. In this AU, instead of going to Wrath, Shade was found by Mammon. Due to being a homeless and scared teenager, she was easily manipulated the Sin of Greed, especially due to being a fan who is rather weak to peer pressure and positive praise.

Shade Starwind (C) Me
Mammon (C) Spindle Horse

_**Nimin** lived a difficult time before meeting **Tikett**. He was malnourrished, homeless, and was born with physical defects because of **Bongo** conditions too different than **Flua**'s ones.
By joining Tikett's Guild he became paid, fed, housed, and could heal his atrophied body._

Wastrel: This character was the local drunk or junkie and has worn out their welcome. While they might have come from a good family, some calamity, betrayal, or criminal act on either their part, or committed against them, saw them fall into despair and oblivion. Prior to game play, this person’s priority in life centered on the booze bottle, drug pipe, or handful of mutant narcotics.
Besides being the local drunk or addict, this character was also likely a petty criminal, prostitute, or compulsive gambler and card cheat. The amount of trouble this troublemaker caused in their home town — and is still likely to cause should the chance arise to make a big score, splurge their earnings on hookers, drugs, alcohol and cards — is 67% likely to have followed them into their new life as a digger, mercenary or other profession.

Ink art from page 19 of The Mutant Epoch (TME) Expansion Rules Book using the Outland System Game Mechanic. See a PDF sample here: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

#wastrel #drunk #stoner #addict #downandout #bum #homeless #narcotics #streetperson #loser #hasbeen #recovery #recovering #recover #getclean #newlife #addiction #clean #fix #rpg #ttrpg #caste  #mutantepoch #postapocalyptic

Extremely cautious, always with a blank stare, but really curious and affectionate, meet Chara ! He is a pretty agile homeless thief who was once part of an experiment called "Project Karikoga". He is pretty clever and always building things from junk to survive.

In Estrelendas there were a couple of respected mythical hippocampus who wanted their species to be above all other aquatic magikants, so for this reason, they started their shady project, called "Project Karikoga", an illegal project where they experimented on regular seahorses, mixing it with the DNA of different magikants to try to make the "Neo-Hippocampus". The project went on for years, and while couple was arrested later, the police never found their lab, but the information about the project was out in public.

Chara, who was once CHARA-10, was a seahorse with leviathan DNA, and is both venomous and poisonous. Adding that citizens of Estrelendas depised Project Karikoga, Chara ended up unable to form bonds and homeless, which led to him having to steal to survive.

But later he met Fillomia, who despised how unfairly Chara was being treated, and with a lot of patience, was able to befriend Chara, and now visit him daily to help and spend time with him. They became best friends and often help each other in the way they can.

Chara is both venomous and poisonous, but can control his own body to not be poisonous for a period of time. He inject venom using his retractable fangs, and can control how strong the venom is. His body is frail and can't endure much damage, so he avoids combat.

He is pretty agile and fast, but does not have offensive moves. All his combat moves are either for disarming or escaping. He doesn't like conflicts, and avoids hurting others at all cost. He is extremely wary and suspicious of people, but really affectionate to those he trust.

As machines took human jobs, and drugs and synth-alcohol became cheaper and more prevalent, people found themselves on the streets. Strangely, it was machines who also came to tend to the victims of addiction and homelessness.

Hand drawn ink art from page 35, from The Mutant Epoch RPG Expansion Rules book
Check it out here: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

Name: Zac

Gender: Male

Species: Mobian Ghost Bat

Sexuality: Hetero

Age: 20

Zac is a slightly morally-ambiguous kind of guy, he'll break the rules from time to time or take on small shady jobs for survival or fun but still knows most rights from wrongs and will step in when something crosses the line, like don't go around saying you eat babies or blow up towns, he'll go "What the ****?" and "You're sick in the head." He has a bit of dirty mind when it gets.. kinky though. He's sort of mellowing out of his troublemaker days as he spends more times with friends, he was just reliving some pain after losing his home years ago. He does however come in possession of a Chaos Emerald once in awhile, (either the white or yellow one) but naturally sent them back to Sonic so he can "do his thing". he is capable of going Super himself, he just never got to do it canonically.

Zac grew up on Mobius in a healthy family, when he was old enough, they left him on his own to explore the world, years later he was chased out of his home by Eggman's forces for ground to build his empire on, now homeless he takes the path of his parents exploring the world while helping people along the way, some of his closest friends include Flare the Cat and Lance the Fox. He hates Robotnik but prefers to keep his distance in a temp to survive unless he is after something of importance, he also has a small dislike for the blue blur himself due to his hype nature and ego, but will be willing to help out, for a small decent price of course. this weapon of choice and favorite tool is a Desert Eagle, a old world weapon passed down from his father when he didn't need it.

He's also the same species of bat as Rouge, which is why they look similar.

Homeless Architect
Kaveh is such an interesting charcter. We haven't seen much of him in the story yet but I hope that will change in the future. I am always excited to see more characters that work in a creative field, like Albedo or Xingqiu.
What do you think?

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# Until the Blade Falls...
**[May 5, 2024]**
*[Song Inspiration: Meet the Grahams by Kendrick Lamar]*

I can't scroll on TikTok anymore. /

Trying to escape the lure of the algorithm. /

Not a single place to run to /

as Tumblr falls victim to its CEO's corruption. /

Insecurities and blunders exposed to the open, /

No mercy no survivors. /

All have a price. /

We knew this world was dark; /

But not like this. /

We knew **** was up /

when our "heroes" took a paycheck /

From the enemy. /


Entertainment is falling faster than the Comet pass Earth. /

Hip-hop and Rap battles become lost in beef tracks. /

When they do this, the internet is plotting an exit. /

The needy are ignored due to desensitization. /

I'm shocked that the government doesn't realize /

You can't connect with a houseplant you never nurtured. /

A homeless epidemic. /

Shrinkflation and corporate greed. /

Please, you're upset at propaganda you, /

the government, /

Produced and spread like spores. /

Legislation in secret not out in the open. /

What the **** did you think was going to happen? /


As your pockets dry out /

remember this. /

Don't expect help from those you neglected. /

Those you spilt blood of, /

To parade on their graves. /

Martyrs are good for religious vigor... /

But they also add fuel to your zealous political career. /

If anyone else dies, it's on your hands. /


Keep in mind. /

You feel that presence? /

Looming over your shoulder, /

Like a devil in disguise? /

That you're headed to a direction that isn't well rounded? /

Well done. /


You've realized that /

this is something far deeper you can comprehend. /

Yet you built the bridge to it, /

Seeking glory and fame. /

Well. When no one gets it alive... /

You'll see then, won't you? /

That even the most tyrannical and greedy /

Eat everything around until /

they only have themselves with their winnings. /

Then they eat themselves. /


In other words... /

You're cooked.

A Small Eye-Opener Vent Poem by PEM

CJOAT WATERMARKED

As you may guess, Silas doesn’t celebrate Christmas. In fact, he chooses to hibernate during the Yule season. However, he always leaves his crypt door open for his outcast human friends and some homeless people so they could have a safe space to celebrate Christmas together.

There was a tumblr post that said "draw a picture inspired by a set of lyrics from a song you're currently listening to", and I was listening to Tokyo Teddy Bear, a song about a kid running away and wanting to change himself, and I got to thinking.

so I came up with this; don't worry, this character is an actor.

"i'll make a ridiculously-sized pattern for it. Anything will do, as long as it serves as a replacement."

if you're sad about seeing a character that looks homeless, look online on how to help the homeless crisis where you live and see what you can do to help.