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A lifetime ago, I did a height and body shape chart for the core characters of Dragon Age Inquisition. As someone who loves body shapes (dunno how else to articulate that 😂) I found it really satisfying, so here is my body shape and height HEADCANON chart. I added a few scars and marks that are from my own imagination, but also may have missed some canon ones because I’ve not romanced everyone. Also added both my Rook and my medic OC. 💜 Enjoy!

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graphic design is my (prison) passion

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A closeup of a current work in progress

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Is the thing that Neve is holding a pen? Yes, probably, most likely

Am I going to continue drawing it as a pipe because I'm too attached to that idea at this point? Also yes

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AVES 'Rook' LAIDIR 28 at start of game. Mage Dagger - Fire/Necromancy later. 5’3”

Born on the edge Dairsmund, the capital city of Rivain. Her father was from an upper middle class merchant family. He was unusual in his business that he would regularly trade and do business with neighbouring Dalish Clans. Though his prices were always higher for them, not that they were aware. 

In his early adult life he had an affair with an Elf from a neighbouring clan. When she became pregnant he convinced her to leave her life behind and be his wife in the city. Swept up in the romance she agreed and left her clan. However, after the dust settled he pushed away and his family pressured him to distance himself from them for the sake of the family business. 

He did, but at the same time would keep her wrapped around his little finger. He would say over and over that it wasn’t the right time and to be patient, using her ignorance of the society they were in to his advantage. He hid her away in their home and she developed a deep depression and loneliness. He convinced her that it was safer for her and the baby to live as a servant, but it was more to protect his own business and reputation. Aves grew up half in the servant's world and half not.

Her mother lived with terrible guilt and regret, believing her clan would never take her back but at the same time, for years she still held out hope that he would bring her into his family for real. This was held up by the fact that he would regularly come to spend time with them and when alone he would shower her in affection, but around others, act like he hardly knew her. 

After six years she succumbed to her depression, Aves found her in their bedroom in the servant quarters. In a rare show of kindness (or obligation) her father formally adopted her into the main family, but made her swear to never speak of her mothers heritage, convincing her that doing so would destroy her fathers business and result in them losing everything. She developed a complex about it mixing it with misunderstanding the shame her mother felt about her life with shame of her own heritage. She never even knew the name of her mothers clan, her mother would never speak about herself.  

Three months after her mother died, her father married a woman Aves had never met. Her father and step mother ended up having 5 more children. She was the black sheep of the family and was shown occasional affection from her father, and was barely acknowledged at all by his wife. Her father looked at her like a burden and her step mother wouldn't look at her at all. 

Her magic came in at 12 during a heated argument, in the form of a circle of spitting fire that shot out like fireworks. Her father had a distant cousin who was a mage who agreed to take her on as a pupil, she went to Ayesleigh to live with him. She learnt the basics, but found him unsettling, after two years she had had enough and ran away. 

She bounced around the next few years living on the beach and meeting fellow vagabonds. Learning magic and life skills informally from wanderers and beatniks. 

She eventually ended up travelling up and down the coast with an acrobatic troupe who would go town to town doing risky and elaborate performances for onlookers. It was run by a hard edged money hungry, yet extremely charismatic man who barely paid them at all, they would often perform for ‘room and board’.  

She met the most extraordinary people being part of that travelling show, eccentric, creative, different. They taught her how to be the best version of herself, kind, empathetic and strong. She performed the high rope with 3 others, all elves, and learnt to control her magic from an old Qunari woman who tended the animals. Aves would take her second name with her when she left. ‘Laidir’. 

Though it wasn’t all fun and games, they were expected to perform twice a day 6 days a week, often travelling at night and rehearsing on the 7th day. Additionally each performer was pressured into getting facial scarification to mark them as members of the company, one mark for every year. She got all her arms and legs tattooed by a dwarf who would perform as a ‘strong man’ who was so heavily tattooed and had such a long beard you could barely see two inches of free skin. 

The show eventually fizzled out and closed down, and most went their separate ways.

One day, she got caught pickpocketing a woman who turned out to be Isabella. Isabella was so impressed that Aves had managed to get so close that she offered her an opportunity to join the Lords of Fortune.

Meme that represents her the best:

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quick sketch while a more complicated piece waits to be finished

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I didn't know that everybody gets a different flower

Romanced Companions: Flower Collection

So here's the updated collection so far

Emmrich

Lucanis

Taash (courtesy of @jollycapybara)

Harding (courtesy of @celestialalignment)

Davrin (courtesy of @iamthelordofcheese)

If anyone has screencaps of Bellara's or Neve's, feel free to add :)

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I finished Veilguard last night and I haven't been okay since but at least I can draw my Rook and Neve kissing

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soon

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Saw this picture and immediately thought of Neve So here is a sketch of her and it's also the last one before the game comes out (5 more days!)

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TATTOO HAVER NEVE IS REAL I REPEAT TATTOO HAVER NEVE IS REAL

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I'm not really planning on participating in the entirety of veiltober but I might use it as an excuse to at least try to sketch all of the companions

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With all of the recent drama I'm thinking about the previous games and I wonder did any of the choices in DA2 truly mattered in DAI? Beyond Hawke and Varric mentioning something Idk I think The Keep gave us an illusion of a lot of choices Anyway the more I think of it the less I care

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I usually don't post sketchbook things on here but I like this one a lot

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Some Rook concept art

I'll make more choices and adjust her once I get my hands on the character creator

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Veil Jumper 🤸‍♀️

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Art Nouveau inspired piece featuring Neve Gallus

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