This is some art I created for my backup character, a changeling rogue named Mouse. However ever since I came up with the idea for this character, I've been itching to play them in a new campaign. They're backstory isn't one hundred percent fleshed out yet. But, the rough idea is: Mouse's changeling mother attempted to steal the newborn daughter of a powerful Lord, swapping the child with her own. However The changeling was caught in the act and slain. Instead of getting rid of Mouse, the Lord (who becomes the closest thing to a father figure They have) decided to lock them away in a tower, only letting them out to be trained as a spy/ assassin/ thief. To be a tool aiding in his political aspirations. The Lord's daughter would grow close to Mouse, and they'd consider each other twin sisters, since Mouse takes they're sister’s form most of the time . Mouse would have little exposure to the outside world, aside from her sister, a small window, books and the night time Missions the Lord Sends her on. Mouse's sister would eventually convince and help Mouse to escape sending her out into a world she has no clue on how to navigate.

I like to write my character’s backstory limited to they’re perspective, to give the DM room to fill in the blanks. Since Mouse is pretty clueless to a lot of things, and will be implied to have done a lot of messed up and consequential stuff , I hope it'll be fun for the DM to add to and wrap into a campaign. Also Mouse will be especially fun to play, just to see how long it takes for the rest of the table to figure out Mouse is a shapeshifter. 

I started with wanting to create a character who was both cute and endearing, but also looked very outputting. And I wanted to do twist on the "princess locked away in a tower" trope. I want mouse to have a story of self discovery. since essentially Mouse pretty clueless to the outside world aside from what they were trained for, has only ever literally copied other people and never had room to discover who they are. It'll also be fun stepping into a character that embodied the a nature vs. nurture debate, since mouse is a good natured person but has no context for morality and has only been treated and taught to be a monster.

[Comm] [Art] Mouse, Changeling Rogue