"Hello there, dearie! Did you have fun today? Come, take mama's hand and lets get you a nice warm hot chocolate."
Say hello to Mama Baa, a Changeling resident of Chicago and the freehold's resident greeter. She's a living rag-doll, and generally one of the first people that new arrivals from the hedge meet if they emerge in Chicago. She's in charge of helping new faces settle in to the freehold, happy to provide a place to stay as well as gentle counselling to them as they adjust to their new life.
Rumor has it, back when she was being kept by the Fey she was part of a "toybox" world, the caretaker and nanny for the child-like Faerie who lived there. Everything in the world was toy themed, from the tin soldiers to the living teddy bears, and they all existed to look after their charge... and tolerate their cruel whims.
Children do so love to break their toys, after all.
Mama Baa was in charge of stitching up any toys that were played with too roughly - and, if you believe the rumors, she was also the one who would ţ̵̺̘͇̣̇̾̈́̃̐͋́͒͌̎̕͠͝e̴̢̡̛̜̮̦̳̦̟̘͇͍̖͍̍̋ͅą̴̨̗͈̱͎͍̒̓̓̇̄̏͜͝͝r̶̜̪͂͝ ̶̳̰͖͌͒̈́́͝ţ̴̛̹̟̪̟̣̘̩̫̃̋̂͂̈́͐̽̂̽̒̀̕͘͜͝ͅh̷̛͖͓̘͇̟̺̜̠̽̊̀̾͊̓̂͊͛̊͑ȇ̵͍͖̥̣̰̙̻̬̪͠ ̸̺̰͇͕̬̥̒̈̌̂̇̾͌͐͆́͐̕̚͝ș̷̮͇̣̗͐͑̍͛͛̓̋̉̋̈̕k̴̛̬̜̜͍̰̀́͝í̵̘̫͔͖͙̯̃̀͛ͅn̷̳̰̗̝͈͚͕͆̑́̍̓́̓̒̕͝ͅ ̴̛̮͇̠͖̱͙͖̠͚̌̈́̽̎͐̄̚͠ͅơ̸̙̹͓̰͔̱̄̃̄͑̄̃̏̒̍͜͝ͅf̴͓͔̙̦̟̱͈̙̐̈̀̾̏̕f̶̻̈́͛̈́̔̔̐̋͝ ̴͎͕̀̔̽̂̋̉̀͝o̵̧̪̪̥̰͌̋̀̓̅͑f̷̨̨͙̲̣̯̜̦͔̬͇̱̎͐͋̆͂̍͛̚͠ͅ ̶̡̩̤̞͙̣̰̱͇̯̗̮̥͕̺̈́̅̈́̾͘͝n̷̜̏́̌͂̑̈́̈́̈́̍̓͒̈́ę̸̢̡̛̩̩̺͚̖͙̆̓͌͗̏̒̽̈́͊̕̚͘w̶̡̡̧̠̦͇͘ ̴̢̖̯̲̗͕̼͎͖͙̯̥̮́́͗̏̍̿͊̓̐͠a̷̡̢̡̬͔̦̣̼͎̞͓̞͂r̶̦̭͇̩͖̳̗̠͆̅͐́̄͘͘͝ŕ̸̩̬̼̳͚̮̲͗̈́͌͌̒͋i̸̧̩̰̣̱̻̠͕̗̫̮̱̾͂͗̓̆̽̋͘v̸̢̳̯̪̱̬̘̩͍̝̜̜͍̂͑̄̏̍̑͆̅͒͆̈̿̕͘͠a̸̡̛̰̳͔͇̭͓͇̳̯̳̮̪̩͝͝l̷̢̧̧̳̹̭̹͖̞̳̞̠̎͛̓́͊͑͐͒͘s̴̛̙̼͍̭̀̆͘ ̵̛̝͈̱̤̼̤̪͚̯̥͈̾̒̓͑̉̓͘͜s̶͎̱͑̇̉̀̆̈́̒͛̊̀͌͠͠͠ȍ̵͔͇̯̰͇͍̰̳̟̟̻̮̜̖̆́̈́̈́̆͝ ̶̢̻̟̰͚̹͇̫̬̼̮̑́ţ̵̢̛̩͚̹̩̠͈̟͈͈̱̪͖͛ͅh̷̛̥͗͛͒̔̉͂̓̚̕e̸̢̛͇͈͖̠̥͙̭̟̻̝͜͝y̶̛̙̞͓̣̤̬̣̗͕̺̦͕̾͌͊̄͌̓̑͂̅̐͗̋̆͘ ̸̢̡̢̨̩͈͈͍̹̪̹̙͔͚̈́c̶̢̧̱͕͍̠͙̯̜̠͎͕̠͕̅̓̈́o̵̧̧̡̨͇̩̦̼̅̋̾̃͊̂̏͒̉́͠ù̶̡̞̤̥͎̘̪̟͈̳̈̾̐l̶̛̪̣̦̩̜͍̳̻̰̹̣͕̟͗̓̌͗͊͌̅ḍ̸̛͍͎̼̐͌̅̽̊͊̕̚ ̷̡͎̣̳̘̙͙̺̣̘̲͖̓͌̆̅̆̕͜h̶̡̘̞̺̩̟͓͙̥̦̓̅̋̑̊͛̓̄͜a̸̧̧̪̖̱̱͉̟̪̭̭̹̒̀͛̉̆́͆͝v̴̢͍̑͛̊̋͑͆̂̈̊̓̔̆̕͝ȩ̸̨̹͔͔͚̰̲̖̱̥̣͍̾̇̌̅̈͌͐̒͌͜ ̵̧̡̨͍̭̪̞̟̼͓̖̓̓́̒̍̈͜͜͝͝t̸͉̩̺̮̤̪͛̽̇̄̀̐̃̿̊͝͠͝h̷͔͈͊̄̔ē̵̛̟̖͈̰͓͚̘̃̿̑̾͂̄͑͛̓̾͠í̶̡̻̐̿̆̈́̍̈͐̿̀́̕̕͝r̴̭͔͆ ̴̡̯̼̝̦͉̦͌ņ̶̭̰̗̘̳̬̭͕̜̱͇͓̋̕ͅͅẽ̷̺̖̕ẃ̴̛̞̺̭̂̌̅͆̄̏̽̉͆̽͘̚ ̴̛͙̠̝͎͇̈́̈́̎̾͆̽̍͂̎̾̕͜͠͠͝f̴̮͇͙͖̗̙͓̑̓̿͠à̴̗̭̗͎͎̩͇̠̖̞̮̊͂́b̸̫̜̲̻͓̜͎͕̌r̵̙̲̖̀́̓̚͘ȉ̸̹͖̭̭̹̮̱̲̭͍͙̼͋c̴̨̛̤͇̙̼̞̯̱̖̠̰̟͕͌͒̏͒̄̔͗̈́͐̕͠ͅ ̷̪̄͋́̄̉͂͑̏͐͗̅̕͝s̵̡̧̗͍̙̦̳̹͎̭̖̝̲̬̏̔̍͐̔́̈́̊̚͜͝͠k̵͉̝̺̳̼̇͐̀̀͌͑͋̕i̷̢̼͉͚̹͐̎̑̃͒͜n̸͇͉̰͇̅̋ ̷̩͙̗͖̺͚͙̟̜̹̈͝a̸̺̺͖͓͇͗͐͋n̷̮̹͈͎̻͕̖̒̀̀́̊̓̐͘͝͠d̸̗̹͒̍͐̂͂̚ ̶̢̛̹̺̄̉̈́͊̄͊̌͝b̵̮̫͉͇̺̲̘̖̍̈́̿̚u̶̯̤͈͚̟̰̰̖̿͛̿̈́t̷͎̝̤̻̮͖̫̠̼̩̗̮͚̘̙͐̋͆̀̂̀͒̂t̴̠̫̎̃̎̌̀̆͋͘͝o̴̜̜̮̹͉̍̕͜n̷̮͕̾̍̂̀̌͝ ̷̨̛̘̞͙̬̻̭̘̩͕̭̤̦̽͑́̓͑͜ͅe̷̛̻̦̥̠̦̙̮̟̊̈̕̚͠ͅỷ̵̛̛̪̦̠̀̄̇̿̔̋̓̽̄̀̚͝ė̷̢̞̖̠̩̥̫̭̲͇̉̈́̎̓͆̊ͅs̷̡̡̳̖͙̠̠͉̦͎̰̤̲͗̆͒̈́͗̌͐̕͘͜͝͝ͅ ̸̮̺̭̼̝̈̃̈́́͐̽̇͒̽̉̍̀́͑̚s̵͚͙̠̭̼̣̟͙̲̤̽̐̎̎͜t̴͉̙̲̩̭̘̳̯̘͗͌̈́͐̓ͅĭ̵̲͖̊̀̓̎̍̃̈̒̚͜t̸̨̩̗͙̦̺͔̱̜̠͕̪͎̂̎͜ĉ̶̗́̑̋̿̔̑̃̈́̌̿͋̈́̕h̴̜͂e̶̳̤̦̓̈́̚͝ḋ̸̳̖̽̕͠͠ ̴̧̝̐̆͒̒ǫ̸̬̜͖͈̿͋͛̉͝ṇ̸͇͔̮̣̣̖̑̉̐ṫ̴̯̖̜̘̩͚̟̱͎̯̮͗͒̈̇̉̅͊ǫ̸̝̹̠̫̭̮̳̰̙̣̏̏̆̽̈́̑̾̐͒̋̿͘͝ ̵͓̯͕̩͇̲̤̤̼͙̤̪͎̂́͜͜ẗ̸̨̤̙̜̫͉̜͍̥̤͇̭̙̫̩́̽͆̓̔͌͛͊͌̈͌̽h̴͙̬̜̝̝͙̙̽̿̄̆̈͗e̷̪͕̪̐͊́̋͐̌ị̴̢̨̪̲̬͖̭̲̆̍͠r̷̛͎͍͈̼̹̳̮̹̆̀̔̃͛̄̈̊̓̾͘̕͘͝ ̷̨̧̡̛͇͙̟̯̩͔͔͇̫̊̋̇́͑̈́ͅş̶̮͔̱̺̩̦̮͗̇ͅt̷̢̝͕̥̘̝͓͍̋͜͠î̴̛͈̦̙͚̙̝͇̰̖͎̝̀̓̎́͌͂̈́̂̕͠͠ļ̸̧̡̢̛͙̱͇̼̹͙̜̙̹́͋̄͜͝ľ̷̩̗̣͉͉̺̼͕̬̣̱̰̒̈́́́͜ ̶̡̘̣̱̰̣̺͎̻̦̬̥̈́͒̓́̔̍̎̚̚͜c̵̢̜̗͋̕o̸̢̨̡̭̥͈̭͈͉̭͙̻͒̄̃̍͆̓̍̊͊n̸̦͚̯̄̇́͒͐͜ͅs̴̢̘̹͔̩̻̗̈̓͝c̶̨̡͚̼̤̜̙̙̻͈̎̀͒̾͠ĩ̸̡͇̗͚̱͕͚̲̘͇̻̫̙̏̂͆̒̚͘ͅo̸̢͚͓̦͙̺͖͐͂ų̸̛̛͉́̊͑̉͌̾̐̕ṣ̶̡̜̲̜͖̪̮̱̲̏͘,̸̼̩͔̅̒̂̐̀̀̚͘͜͝ ̵̢̯̙̜͚̯͈̪͉̹͉̘̣͋͊̀͜s̵̫͚͇͇̹̖͙͍̟̘̀ͅc̷̖̳̖̎͒ṟ̴̻͉͓̼̪̫̳͍̦̦͚̙̈̓͛̏̉͆̔̿͛͜͠͝e̵͈͔̓á̴̧̡̖̘̳͖͍̼̻͎̟̺̝͎̔͑̑̆͌͐͘͜͠͝͝m̶̦̟̘͙͙̲͎̭̬̘̉̾ͅi̸̡̡̥͙͍̱̼̺͎̟͚͓̿ń̵̝̠͍̺̜̺͒́͋͒̈́̃̎̆́͘̕͜͝ḡ̸̬͗̍̓͊͐͂̍̿̏̔̚̕͝͝ ̸̢̗̠̖̰͈̞́̐́́b̶͚͖̝̪͔͛̉͌̓̀͛̂͛͘͜͝͝o̸̢̡͖̝̭͕̪̤̳͙͇̒̈́́͂̓̓͂̀͝d̷̥͚̮̟̺̪͉̣̱̝̤̮͒͒͠ï̴̡̹͎͚̣̹̪͉̖͈̜͚̒̈̅͘̚ḛ̶̡̡̧̛̰̦͎͖̝̿͗͗̽͗̉̊̄̚͠͝s̵̡̝͖͇̫̱̽̃́͊͆͒̽.̸̟̬͉̝̒̕͝͝. Mama Baa did not like that part of her job.
Nowadays she's happy to simply look after the other Changelings, though woe betide anyone who triggers her protective instincts...
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So here is another character from a WoD game i'm part of! Specifically Changeling: The Lost. I'm a big fan of nWoD (or CoD as it's called these days), as you might remember from another character of mine, and when I came up with this character I wanted her immortalised. Plus, I love the pun about her existence.
She's a nanny goat.
A nanny goat.
DangoBunny, as ever, did a fantastic job bringing her to life based on my vague descriptions. She looks great <3
Art is by DangoBunny/@RuneShadow on Telegram, who is at the time of writing open for commissions! Go hit them up, really can't recommend them enough