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Juhu! Das Hörbuch zu That Was Not the Plan, Buch 6 der The World-Reihe wurde gerade veröffentlicht!

Details hier:

Auf Schritt und Tritt gejagt, müssen sich Startum Eisenwolf und seine Freunde durch die Vorhut der nördlichen Horden und die Masse der PKler kämpfen, um ihren Freund zu erreichen, während sich die Pläne des Chaos-Sturm-Gildenführers der Verwirklichung nähern.

Auf ihrem Weg treffen sie auf neue Freunde und alte Feinde, während sich die Schlinge um sie langsam zuzieht. Leider laufen die Dinge nicht immer so, wie du sie geplant hast.

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Concept art for Alanah Valadhiel, part 1 of several sets!

Alanah is Star's first companion that he received for rescuing Rayne. She's the little Half-Elf girl that had her arm hacked off by the Goblins when Star was first logging in. 
Now, yes, I know some of the pictures have her with two arms but that's because I haven't figured out how to get the AI to purposely remove an arm =D This is also my first attempt to get her character created. Even though they are not perfect, I thought the pictures were cool to check out. 
I also have her very young in these pictures, which fits the beginning of the story. She was very young when Star first logs in, but from the experience she gains from healing and being around the battles, she's aging as she levels up. That's partly how I'd decided to deal with children of certain ages. If a player or NPC community wanted to, they could purposely bring their children out on a group's adventure and level them up quickly to make them an adult. Maybe, they don't usually do this because it's a social taboo and creates adults without being fully cognizant. 
In the other pictures, Alanah will be getting older but I'm doing that to partly show how she's changing and leveling with her experiences from her travels. I'd love to hear what you think about the concept art on her! 
As always, I've listed her Character List information below:
Alanah Valadhiel (Companion/Brat Pack): Level 20 – Half-Elf Priest – female child - had her arm chopped off during the Goblin Raid. Light-brown, long hair, comely, hazel eyes and thin as a rail. Metal magic arm, Kopy-Katze, gray Akito (green eyes).

For more concept art, sneak peeks, and other cool information on The World, you can find it here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Burt's fan art for Zhou of the Devil Dogs!

Burt did some more fan art. This time it's for the Devil Dog player Zhou. Because she's Japanese IRL, he decided to make an Asian Light Elf. While I never pictured her that way, she still came out quite well. I always find it interesting to see how fans view the various players and what really is interesting in Zhou's case is that I really never described her much in the series.

Here's her information from the Character Sheet:

Zhou Li: Level 50 Light Elf Rogue – female, American-Japanese, 5’2” IRL, Combat Pet: Wildclaw combat pet named Blair.

For more artwork, information on the series, and sneak peeks, you can find it here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

One additional Picture of Neristhana!

An additional picture of Neristhana. I had a number of various tries that I posted on Patreon to get the feel of a Trader/Warrior Gnome like her. A lot of fans chimed in on what their favorite version was of her, so I decided to share that picture here.

What do you think? Do you agree with the votes as this being a good representation of Neristhana? I think the biggest draw was the shape of her face, her truly Gnomish looks, and her saucy attitude. You could picture her calling Star, Overlord Pimp =D

As always, you can find more artwork, information, and sneak peeks for the story here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Töten Feinde's concept art for his character!

Eric is a fan that started helping me fix up the grammar for the series for free. He just enjoyed the story so much that he wanted it to do well and decided to help me out. I did my best to pay him back, including creating a character for him in the series called Töten Fiende.

I think his character really came out well and has been a blast with the humor. This image was the basic concept idea for how his character looks =D
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Töten Feinde: Eric Quinn, Level 50, Half-Oni (Oni/Fire Giant), red cat-eyes, bronze skin, short-cropped red hair (ginger), a full red beard with dual braids, 8’ tall. (Usually, fire giants have red eyes and black skin.) two-handed war hammer is named Last Rites. Demon-head imprinted in the breastplate with ornate fang demon faces designed into the gauntlets. Father was a Fire Giant and mother was an Oni. Summoned Nightmare stead is named Lilin (abyssal flames attack from nostrils). She has a special ability called Expunge where she blows up in a fiery blast. House of Muspelheim, Fortress of Mund-spilli. (DOA) Disciples of Armageddon. Nightmare expelled dual jets of Abyssal Flames.

You can find other concept art, information, and sneak peeks on The World here on my Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Concept art for Yun Dazed!

Concept art for Yun Dazed, part 1 of two sets! I'm only showing one here, but I went into a number of different looks and armor to get Yun's character right.

I ended up doing two sets of pictures for Yun because of the different healer looks and armor/robe combinations that I came up with. Both are a lot of fun and interesting. Also, it's cool to see how Yun looks in The World since his wife is a hot-blooded Warrior that likes to smash things =D

Now, unlike several of the other characters in the series, Yun and Sarka are part of my real gaming group. I'm sure that once I post pictures of how they look in-game, they'll both be giving me a hard time that it doesn't look like them IRL. HA! My only answer to those claims is that's what the character creation is for at the beginning of the game. To help make you look like your best fantastical self. Though, with the Egg's ability to help you lose weight and build muscle, who knows if they might not start looking like this in the real world =D

Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think of the artwork. Also, I've included Yun's information from the Character Sheet.

Yun Dazd: Level 45, Florida, Light Elf Priest/Frost Mage, male – wavy brown hair, blue eyes, muscular build, clean-shaven face, and 6’2”. Picked-up combat pet: Elite Large Rock Wolf named Odr, black color.

To see more character images, sneak peeks, cool information, and help to support the series, please become a member on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Concept Art for Yun Dazed!

Here is one of the pictures I did for Sarka Dazed in The World. She's been a fun character since she loves to be a Warrior that beats on stuff and was the first player that teamed up with Star back in book 1.

Now, unlike several of the other characters in the series, Yun and Sarka are part of my real gaming group. I'm sure that once I post pictures of how they look in-game, they'll both be giving me a hard time that it doesn't look like them inside the game. HA! My only answer to those accusations is that's what the character creation is for at the beginning of the game. To help make you look like your best fantastical self. Though, with the Egg's ability to help you lose weight and build muscle, who knows if they might not start looking like this in the real world =D

Anyway, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think of the artwork. Also, I've included Sarka's information from the Character Sheet.

Sarka Dazd: Level 52, Florida, Light Elf Warrior – female, Combat Pet named Freya and is an Elite Fanged Tarpan Strider. (Her NPC group is called Sarka Avengers) Brunette hair, green eyes, and a large bust.

For sneak peeks, more artwork, and other fun stuff for The World, you can find it here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

One of My Better Tries for Neristhana!

This is one of the better tries that I came up with for Neristhana's character with the AI generator. I ended up running a number of images for her character and have a number of alterations that are pretty awesome.

Her information from the Character List is this:

Neristhana Lightouch (Neri) (Startum’s companion – saved from Morticians): Level 53 – Trader – Gnomeling-Dwarf - female - daughter of Grahorn (mother was a Shortankard), dark brown eyes, shoulder-length brown hair, almond brown eyes, black headband with runes, uses an axe, long dagger-like rapier and crossbow. 4 ½ foot tall. Summoned Flying Squirrel - Wizzlebat (male/light blue with red stripes) Combat Pet: Elite Large Rock Wolves named Grim – gray in color. Had a one-night stand with the ex-skirmisher Hartley.

You can find more pictures like this and other cool things for The World series here on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Burt did some Thomas Anderson of the Devil Dog's portrait fan art!

​Burt did some Thomas Anderson of the Devil Dog's portrait fan art!

I thought this came out pretty cool for Thomas. Here's his information from the Character List:

Thomas Anderson: Level 50 Light Elf Warrior, Guild Leader – male – bald head – brilliant blue eyes, tanned skin, 6’4”. IRL: Gunny Sergeant, Wounded warrior, 80% burns on his body from an IED, missing both legs from the knees down. Midnight-black flying Squirrel named Blackhawk. Combat Pet: Meatball (Elite Crown-Bladed Eurasian Elk with granite bladed horns and stone-skin)

You can find many more pics on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087

Burt's Fan art for Neristhana!

​Burt did some fan art of Neristhana Lightouch, aka Startum Ironwolf's Gnome guard and companion. I thought it came out pretty damn good. One of the biggest things he had trouble with was figuring out how to get the AI to make Gnomes that weren't Garden Gnomes =D Then, trying to get Gnomes that didn't look like small children. There was a lot of discussion on the various renditions that he came up with on our Discord channel =D

I've added Neristhana's information from the Character List:

Neristhana Lightouch (Neri) (Startum’s companion – saved from Morticians): Level 53 – Trader – Gnomeling-Dwarf - female - daughter of Grahorn (mother was a Shortankard), dark brown eyes, shoulder-length brown hair, almond brown eyes, black headband with runes, uses an axe, long dagger-like rapier and crossbow. 4 ½ foot tall. Summoned Flying Squirrel - Wizzlebat (male/light blue with red stripes) Combat Pet: Elite Large Rock Wolves named Grim – gray in color. Had a one-night stand with the ex-skirmisher Hartley.

You can find lots more artwork for The World here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=23281087