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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Princess Aelfwynn Harundel of Beregand, #Lesbian Explorer Princess and engager in #sapphic #correspondence. #fantasy #literature The #art is by Flavio Winston on Artstation, #commission -ed for #darksomemirror by me. #FuckAI

This is a digital painterly style art piece of a woman sitting at a desk in front of an open window. She is blonde and wearing eyeliner and burgundy lipstick, is caucasian in appearance, and has green eyes. She is wearing a blue and gold dress with a livery belt, and is looking at a letter. She has a subtle halo of light behind her head in a pale blue color. She is curvaceous and conventionally attractive.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

#dystopia #fantasy #writing Sometimes I feel as though the world is attempting to lose its collective mind as fast as possible, and I must write my book and release it to a public before we somehow land back in the stone age.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

#DarksomeMirror #Sapphic #Darkfantasy Sometimes, you can put things off until after a first draft. Sometimes, you realize that your concept needs significant alteration when it's mostly done ("first draft done") and you really have to go through a structural rebuild.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is very sombering, friend. For the record, I think you could do it. In the meantime, please accept a virtual hug.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Two recent points about #romantasy: 1. Too much romantasy lacks a good setting and context, and fails as #fantasy and #romance alike. 2. Too much romantasy falls prey to conservative and misogynistic tropes. #DarksomeMirror Aims to avoid these common problems. #writing #indieauthor #darkfantasy

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Which descriptors are most appealing for a book? 1. Rich prose and a grounded world 2. An epic dark fantasy revenge story 3. Uncovering of a layered conspiracy 4. A female half-elf protagonist 5. Slow burn sapphic romance 6. Otherworldly arcana #Indieauthor #darkfantasy #DarksomeMirror #writing

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Here on Darksome Mirror Bluesky, we are celebrating the start of Pride Eternity, because a month is too short. Darksome Mirror features many LGBTQ characters and is written by a queer author. #Pride #LGBT #DarksomeMirror

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

One day, this is the kind of response I hope to inspire with my own writing. But for now- what's a one sentence summary of the plot for this book?

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Check my profile for more information about Darksome Mirror, a TTRPG, Audiobook via Podcast, and eventually novel. This is a dark fantasy story with some unique sci fi and otherworldly elements following passionate and determined characters. No AI ever in my projects! #DarksomeMirror #TTRPG #Elves

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Footnotes in the writing of a fantasy novel - lame? Interesting? Distracting? Looking to do this for #DarksomeMirror and its eventual novelization... maybe. #darkfantasy #writing #indieauthor #author

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Episode Three of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror has been released, and it, of course, features Nyma the Shadowfae. youtu.be/wmiP5vcnnuQ?... #Unseelie #Darkfae #fairies #fae #ttrpg #darkfantasy #characterart #DarksomeMirror #semisoloactualplay

This is an artistic depiction of a fiction character, Nyma the Shadowfae. What follows is a book excerpt describing the character.

They were a head taller than Shinnareth at least. Nyma smiled, displaying fanged incisors and canines. Shinnareth then realized that their form - more feminine than masculine - was framed by long, slender tentacles that sprouted from their back not unlike wings. There must have been a dozen of them, sprouting from the small of Nyma’s back, floating gently around their shoulders. Nyma’s hair, likewise black, was long and perfectly straight, hanging to their mid back, and partially over their breasts. The only pieces of clothing Shinnareth saw upon Nyma’s form was a loincloth or skirt, starting above the waist, hanging down to their ankles. It was split, displaying the curves of their thighs and hips, and it was either sheer, or the same color as Nyma’s dark skin. As Nyma moved, their skin shifted in the flickering blue and purple light, and Shinnareth realized that it was partially transparent. Nyma’s black bones were visible through their skin and musculature.

Nyma wore a necklace as well, wrought of dark silver chain, and ending in a disc-like amulet with a large purple stone - the same color as Rhiannon’s moon. If it had existed in Valgrath, it would have been worth a king’s ransom.

By rights, Shinnareth should have been terrified, but she was not. For all of Nyma’s alien aspects, they were astonishingly, frighteningly beautiful, with full lips, prominent cheekbones, and a muscular, curvaceous body which possessed a feminine shape. Their long, exposed legs ended in ankle-high, tall-soled boots of pitch dark leather, almost blending into their skin.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Episode Three of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror has been released. You can find it here: open.spotify.com/episode/25pQ... Please see the attached art for the titular Dhampir, Ganthast, a Noble of the Crimson House. #DarksomeMirror #TTRPG #Soloactualplay #DarkFantasy #Dhampir #alttext

Ganthast Val-Kalath, Noble Scion of the Dhampir Crimson House. This is a fantasy artwork piece depicting a masculine figure of androgynous beauty with long, straight red hair and red eyes with fair skin. He stands with one hand on his sword - a gold and red courtly sword and the other holding aloft a red orb of arcana. He wears a red robe trimmed with gold, black pants, and knee high leather boots, also in red. The background is a red carpet and dark hall of a noble estate. He also wears notable eyeliner.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The game Grim Dawn has many skill trees. What makes it unique is that you can choose two class skill trees instead of one, and each combination of different class trees can synergize in many different ways. Also, each combination has a unique name, like necromancer+nightblade=reaper.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I have some news for this author. A lot of people associated with that term do not look like this, and of course, not everyone who does look like this should be associated with that term. Let us not forget BJ Blazkowicz of Wolfenstein, who is also blonde and chiseled.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Darksome Mirror is a fantasy audiobook and podcast that uses a custom TTRPG ruleset to supplement its drama. I have also commissioned relevant character art for the show and have received permission to use music from many artists. Darksome Mirror is 100 percent AI-free. youtube.com/@darksomemir...

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Darksome Mirror

https://darksomemirror.blogspot.com/

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Hi! Darksome Mirror is a d10 dice pool based TTRPG with a focus on a deep, lived in world and player flexibility. However, perhaps more importantly (and certainly more uniquely), it is the basis for the podcast and hybrid audiobook, Reflections in the Darksome Mirror. Check my profile for links!

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Here is a Character Sheet for Darksome Mirror, using Shinnareth as a reference. More information in the Alt text. #DarksomeMirror #Charactersheet #TTRPG #Darkfantasy #Legendarium

This is a fantasy character sheet for the character "Shinnareth Who Dances in Darkness", which goes over her Story (Reflections in the Darksome Mirror), Titles (Lady / Minor Noble), Heroic Drive (Shinnareth is driven to end the threat to her country and people and uncover the driving force behind that threat), Demigoddesses (Eranthe and Rhiannon), Ancestry (Shalastrazaran Half-Elf), and Regional Origin (Shalastrazara).

This is the second page of a character sheet that discusses the character's attributes and skills.

This is the third character of a character sheet, which discusses arcana and magic, although for this character it is blank, as they are not an arcanist.

This is the fourth page of the character sheet, which goes over Ancestry, Additional Spell Notes, Experience, and Biographical Data.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

There is a reason I have 27 defined demigods in Darksome Mirror. They killed the Gods, and now, each of them are trying to carve out their own niche. You can add a lot of dimension to fiction and TTRPGs alike with patron deities.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Song Of the Maiden Spirit - A song and poem meant to inspire music and dance for followers of the Goddess of Sorcery and the Shadowfae, Rhiannon, from the world of Darksome Mirror. #Poetry #Darkfantasy #DarksomeMirror #Art #Legendarium

This is an image of a poem:

The Song Of the Maiden Spirit
On a dark wintry eve, in a fogbound forest old
There lies a forest path of winding stone cold
And there in this lovely, verdant tale
The moon shone bright upon an emerald vale
Then came a sound that brought a sharp fright
And I did start at the noise in that misty night
For amongst the leaves and trees of oak
A silver clad, beautiful maiden spirit spoke
“Be still, mortal, please do not fear
I bear no ill will, nay, I shed a joyful tear
I have long been alone, please do not flee
and I ask, wouldst thou dance with me?”
So she took my hand and I did as was bade
We walked down to dance in the forest glade
The moonlight shone upon us as we moved in bliss
Past the witching hour we even shared a brief kiss
We danced around and around the spirit fire
At the nearing of dawn, I lay down and did expire
The sun's light woke me, I feared it was but a dream
But our footsteps traced all around the green
I sat and listened, and thus did I hear
“Let go your mortal woe and fear.
Remember always what we shared in that dance
And how bravely did you take that chance.
Go and pursue your most sincere dreams,
For truly nothing is as it seems.”

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This is the key art for Darksome Mirror and its podcast. If you have seen the second episode, can you guess which two figures are present in the picture? Art by: www.artstation.com/flaviowinston #Art #Literary #Darkfantasy #narrativedrama #fictionpodcast #DarksomeMirror #blueskin

This is a digital fantasy art piece. A half elf woman with blue skin stands in front of a very large magic mirror-like monument. She stands barefoot in a reflecting pool of water. A large curved sword of white steel is held in her right hand. Four moons are overhead in the skybox- blue, green, red, and dark purple in descending order of size and brightness.

The mirror has a reflection of the woman, but somewhat altered - wraith like white and green in color, with red eyes and horns.

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Thanks friend! Yes, the blog now has images of the character sheet if you'd like to see more. It is a d10 dice pool ruleset. The long form text of the rules is still in the works. :)

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Creative writing is my passion, and I'd love to know your thoughts if you're willing to share. 😀

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Episode Two: The Spirit of the Moonfire Blade - In this episode of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror, our half-elf protagonist Shinnareth attends her naming ceremony. What lies in store for this daughter of destiny, crossing this conflux of fate? open.spotify.com/episode/6qCb...

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Episode Two - The Spirit of the Moonfire Blade

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Episode one of Reflections in the Darksome Mirror has been re-released with new voice talent for Shinnareth. The audio file should be updated elsewhere soon, but is available on Spotify now. open.spotify.com/episode/28va...

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Episode One - Shinnareth Who Dances in Darkness

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Nyphile Rhiannon Silvermoon 🏳️‍⚧️(Darksome Mirror) @darksomemirror.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Wielder of the Moonfire Blade, Chosen of the Shadowfae-Queen, Lady Shinnareth Who Dances in Darkness. Credit to Flavio Winston: www.artstation.com/flaviowinston

This is an artistic depiction of a half-elven woman sitting on a wooden chair in a relaxed pose. She is wearing a suit of full plate armor colored black with realistic high gothic elements. She carries a curved two handed sword in one hand, resting it on her armored shoulder. She is wearing heavy metal inspired black makeup, has long white hair, and blue-grey skin. The picture has dramatic lighting and harsh shadows.

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