In general I really love floral/nature related names. Ipomoeas include a variety of different flowers as far as I remember, which usually bloom at night. Being Ipomoea a star-themed character with some flower elements in it, I thought it fit them perfectly -- it is also a type of flower I really like and I loved how it sounded! It is one of my favourite names I have picked for sure!
I'm actually a relatively new follower, are there any blorbos in particular you want to show off?
I have many a blorbos that I actually don't show off enough, so here is some of them!
My secret obsession and awful woman I think about all the time. Opal is the first character I ever played in a ttrpg (Urban Shadows), and she was an ex monster hunter on a vengeance after her werewolf girlfriend was killed. She is so bad and tragic I can't help but love her deeply.
My dear "Looks terrifying, is actually a cinnamon roll (unless you hurt her shadow pet then fucking run)" lady knight, Lucrezia. She's an outcast who gets along better with spirits than humans, and she has a special bond with a shadow spirit who uses animal bones like shells called Catena. She's also another character I played!
My "Was a dragon in a previous life, is reincarnated again and again as a human after a curse" sorceress and artefacts enthusiast, Alyssa. She's also a character I played in an Urban Shadows game, the dragon playbook was perhaps the most fun I ever had. She had so many badass moments that live rent free in my head. I don't have art of her on my laptop and that is tragic.
Since this is getting long, I'll lastly mentioned my necromancer and lady knight Lavinia. She can see spirits and travel to the underworld, but in doing so accidentally poked where she wasn't meant to and she is now haunted by a powerful spirit. She is in a throuple with two other necromancers, Maria and Artemisia.
Spare me ipomoea lore, pretty please with sugar on top 🥺
*sprinkles it with sugar and ANGST*
I actually have their backstory written down on their refsheet page (fair warning, it is a bit long). But to make a long story short, they are what their druid circle calls a star child, who usually have gems in some parts of their bodies as well as eyes with dark sclera and stars glittering within them. Ipomoea was raised thinking of themselves as a literal star in human form, whose purpose would be one day to be offered as a sacrifice to the sacred tree worshipped by the druids and last gift left from their god. Being sheltered from the outside world Ipomoea never questioned her destiny, until one day they met a young woman who stumbled upon the druids' village. She quite literally changed the course of their life and her death lead Ipomoea to realise that they do not want to die themselves. They ran away in pursuit of answers and in order to change a fate they always thought to be written in the stars.
During the campaign they found out A LOT, such as the fact that they are a literal avatar of their god. They are currently looking for her as she has been missing for centuries and Ipomoea has visions of her being in danger, too. They have grown to love their friends a lot and they have a MASSIVE crush on Reignn but for now they are pining from afar (although literally everyone knows ahah). She has grown so much throughout the campaign and I'm so proud of her, and I'm so excited to see where her story will go <3
A portrait I made of Arcien Yu'Yden as a study! I wanted to practise how to draw their features and, after several failed attempts, I think I'm happy with this one~ (They're my morally questionable drow/tiefling wizard!)