#OC: Evariste

[krokaxe]

🦉 if you're so inclined perhaps!

WIP Game of Birds • Merowald belongs to @koilarist.

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🦉 A CLEVER QUOTE

And where the frozen membrane breaks— where the sky and the ice exchange likeness in a winter reflection— he can see the truth. The boreal wind exhales through him and the dusted shards of the ether swirl like they too might be translating a vision over the lake.

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The crystallised sky cracks as Évariste's heart beats again. Countless frozen roses shatter, their thorns and coiling snares drawing at his clothing in one last bid to keep him here, in the space between worlds, but the sky tilts and the churn of the axis begins once again.

The evergreen's reflections yawn into spider-finger italics and the clouds exhale into a rush of dark, glacial water— the hand of his pocket watch twitch before they begin again and, when he is brought back to the frigid earth, he breathes a shivered cloud of frosted white.

Voices whisper through the closing seam. He's halfway delirious as his grandfather leans over him, panting after the labour it takes to restart a human heart— but Évariste knows nothing of clarity. He only knows that was is above is reflected so below; he sees it now, the nightmare reflected back in his one violet iris, as he fixes on the place that Merowald's left eye used to be.

"You—" he breathes, his face contorting with horror's rigor, "It was you."

[joy-fires]

Evaristes very presence was stifling, suffocating. Like bearing the full brunt of the sun's heat.

@exilethegame

[darlings-haven]

I made yet another animatronic oc! It’s name is Evariste <3

If you couldn’t tell, it’s based off of both porcelain and ballora~

[devolusion]

sylvie’s arc follows the same basic beats regardless of what characters are involved.  at the start, she is a student of the université, and while she is being hunted by the fatui, she doesn’t know that.  the plants around her kill any fatui who get close, sensing their murderous intent towards the child.

her story kicks off when someone does.  this can happen a few ways — by default, in my head, something happens with the traveler nearby, and the traveler throwing off her plant’s abilities to sense other life.  with some specific characters, the arc’s a little different; maybe it’s about a friend’s OC, or the like.  but either way, a member of the fatui gets too close and, in a desperate vie to protect another person who gets caught in the crossfire, sylvie kills the fatuus with her plants.

her plants have killed lots of fatui before, but she didn’t know, and she didn’t will it.  this was her choice.  she killed someone.  she’s eight years old and impossibly big - hearted and loving, and she feels fucking terrible.  the université is one of the only two places in the world she’s ever felt at home, and the first place she got to meet people, and she’s killed somebody here.  now that she’s aware of that, she’s subconsciously keeping a much tighter hold on her plants and they’re not protecting her as effectively — she doesn’t want anyone else to die because of her!  but this also means she has to flee the université, because the fatui are getting closer and she doesn’t want to put anyone in danger!

in most versions of the story, she flees with an adult; alain, aether, evariste, et cetera.  in some versions she flees alone.  either way, she’s a very young, deeply traumatized child, and perhaps one who is now on her own as she flees from an organization of adults who want to rip some of her organs out.  shit’s rough!

[basket-of-cats-and-witches]

OC Ramblings: Love and Deepspace

If you suddenly noticed that I stopped frantically posting, there's a reason for it! My hyperfixation switched to a very thirsty otome game called Love and Deepspace. Sorry BG3, I'll come back to you later.

Is this the fault of a friend of mine? Absolutely. Am I enjoying my time in hell? Also absolutely. If you've never heard of it, it's hard to explain, but if you like ✨the yearning✨ and also doing cute things with some fairly interesting love interests, you'll probably be into it. My last otome game was Mystic Messenger ffs, and I really like this game.

If you want a boyfriend review, my boyfriend describes it as "the most tumblr-ass plotline he's ever heard of", so let that decide you.

Anyway, I'm not here to discuss the game, as much as I could ramble on abt it. I'm here to discuss my OCs. Keep in mind that as per usual, I took the narrative and plotline and threw it directly out the window, and added new things. Also it's a "girl dates boys" otome game, unsurprisingly, so I made queer headcanons. Let's get into it.

Quick thing, all of my OCs know each other and relatively grew up together, bc MC needs actual friends besides Tara.

Maybe it's because I'm reading a lot of villainess and isekai romance manwha lately, but MC just constantly being passed around by a bunch of dudes who all have hangups on her and absolutely NO friends besides the rarely mentioned Tara drives me bonkers.

Andromeda

Let's start with the easiest.

Age: 27

Height: 5'8

Birthday: April 17th

Sign: Aries

Job: Hunter/Coop division

Evol: Touch-based memory retention

Workplace: Hunter's Association

Love Interest: Xavier

Andromeda is by far the most reckless of the group. She's stern, she's blunt, and she's hard to connect with. She keeps her walls high, but anyone who knows her knows it comes from fear and love in equal measure.

Andromeda is Not the MC, so she works in a specialized division known as COOP. Unlike UNICORNS, this is an emergency response team meant to be on the front lines. They're often away from Linkon, working as one task force where catastrophic levels of metaflux is found. When needs aren't as high, they help out other divisions as well, so they've got quite a bit of notoriety.

Andy's particular evol, as listed above, is "touched based memory retention". This essentially means that any person, place, or object she touches she can recall fragments of their memories. However, because that's such an overload of information, she can only do it a select number of times and suffers massive migraines as a result.

She's Xavier's girl! I took the whole "MC has lived a billion lives with these four dudes" and split it into different threads. Andromeda is the girl who met Xavier in school and eventually passed away, and due to her ability, she recalls brief slivers of her life before, although Xavier himself is a blur. Go figure. Because Xavier is the MC's partner and Andromeda is friends with the MC, they're doing a slow song and dance that is driving everyone else insane.

As for her backstory in this life, she's actually the adopted sister of another OC, River. They were both adopted after the Catastrophe by a lovely woman and her son, and Andromeda is very close to her older adoptive brother, Evariste, as a result. Out of all my OCs, Andromeda is probably the most well-adjusted.

River

If you guessed that he's Rafayel's boy, you're correct! And also transmasc for the win.

Age: 27

Height: 5'8 1/2

Birthday: June 21st

Sign: Cancer

Job: bodyguard

Evol: Water

Workplace: wherever the hell Rafayel is

Love Interest: Rafayel

To be honest, I'm still working out if River has another job besides bodyguard. I think he tried for a bit, but gave up to keep up with the demands of Rafayel. His friends tease him and call him a sugar baby.

River is, in fact, transmasc. I myself am transmasc so it made sense that at least one was. Also, out of all of the love interests, Rafayel seems to be the sort who loves the soul not the body, and although it's been an adjustment, he's enjoying himself.

River is an extremely laid back, playful individual. He has a serious side and a temper, but they're hard to find. River can't cook for the life of him, but he's a cleaning fiend, so it works out. He is, essentially, a househusband, and I love him for it.

River is Not the MC. In fact, normally I play around with the idea of how much of a slap in the face it would be to Rafayel if this time, in this lifetime, the "girl" that he loved so much was reborn as a Lemurian. Don't @ me, I love mermaids. Plus it creates some delicious angst and some fun pieces of playful mentoring. Raf is guarded as much as he is a drama queen, and I think that would gentle some with a Lemurian who's still relatively new to the world overall.

River's backstory is...hm. It keeps changing. The constant is that Andromeda is his adoptive sister, and no matter how hard I try to write him otherwise, he always ends up Lemurian, so I threw my hands up and called it a day. Fine, be a fishie. Right now, his backstory is that he was adopted by a Lemurian woman, Renee, and her son, Evariste, alongside Andromeda. He lost his parents around the time of the Catastrophe, same as pretty much everyone else, and Renee has been raising him since. He's tattooed to hell and probably the first to actually get with his love interest, considering he's fairly direct with his emotions. His best friend is Kit, who will be mentioned later.

Kiri

The MC...sort of? Welcome to angst town.

Age: 28

Height: 5'0

Birthday: February 14th

Sign: Aquarius

Job: Hunter

Evol: Resonance

Workplace: Hunter's Association

Love Interest: Zayne/Grim Reaper

Kiri is the MC...or rather, a version of it. Dreamwalker Zayne is and always will be my favorite. In that alternate universe Kiri is adopted by Doctor Noah and his human son, Peter (or Pie), and is raised in Snowcrest, long after Linkon City is gone.

Kiri is my take on the MC. It drives me insane how naive and sometimes rude MC can be, when I wanted a relatively level-headed woman. Cue the trauma.

Kiri is a thought experiment into "why doesn't the MC exist in Dreamwalker world", and for me, that answer is simple. She dies. In a little village out in the middle of nowhere, her brother turns into an abomination and takes out Doctor Noah and her. End of story.

Or is it?

In an alternate version of this, she's shoved into the pantry, the door barricaded by her father, in an attempt to keep her safe from the abomination that is her brother. He perishes in front of the door, and for three days, Kiri is stuck in there with the abomination just outside, until suddenly everything goes quiet, and the door swings open. Queue Grim Reaper, our Dreamwalker Zayne. Ironically, in this version, Kiri is the medical professional. She's a triage nurse, and she pretty much bullies Zayne into letting her stitch up his injuries, and then accompanies him. It's hard to accept the death of her family, but logically, she understands why, and that what Zayne did is a mercy killing.

Of course they fall in love, Zayne is still having his dreams and it's confusing with the woman by his side, and then tragedy strikes again and Kiri finds herself shunted to another world, waking up away from her Zayne, in an apartment, staring at a twin version of herself, recently deceased. The universe needs to fill an unexpected gap, and it chose her, leaving her Zayne alone and Kiri in this world.

Naturally, angst. This Zayne becomes aware that Nurse Kiri is not the girl from his childhood, but the two of them do their best together in a situation where they're longing for a version of each other that neither one can ever touch, and falling in love despite it.

You're welcome.

Kiri is very sweet and gentle, but she was a triage nurse and also accompanied Dreamwalker Zayne, so she's far more prepared for the challenges that lie ahead, as opposed to this universe's Kiri.

Kit

What do you do with a girl like Kitty Hale? Idk, make her an assassin, I guess.

Age: 26

Height: 5'11

Birthday: January 1st

Sign: Capricorn

Job: Assassin/Second to Onychinus

Evol: none

Workplace: Onychinus

Love Interest: Sylus

Originally, Kit started as a joke. Again, as mentioned earlier, I've been reading a lot of isekai romance manwha earlier, and wondered what it would look like to have an isekai'd person in this world. Also yes, I named her Kitty as a joke for Sylus and then it stuck.

That didn't last long, and Kit became a permanent fixture.

Kit is impulsive, brash, and feisty, unless she's working. Her switch between stoic professionalism and exasperated chaos being is a fun one, not to mention she's easily flustered by her boss. She grew up with River, Andromeda, and the original Kiri, with Kiri and Caleb being her childhood friends. Needless to say original Kiri's naivete and Kit's bullheaded nature clashed hard and often, and so her feelings on original Kiri's death are... complicated.

Not to mention she's one of the few people who knows original Kiri has passed on.

Kit was reborn into this world from another variant universe, where she was raised as an assassin. Sort of a fun "fantasy equivalent" of LaDs, without evol or Wanderers. So when she was reborn into this world she was utterly confused, considering she's met the love interests and her friends before as completely different people, but she's doing her best. And honestly, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. She grew up and went right back to doing assassin work, in which she was eventually hired to try and take out Sylus. She made it all the way into his bedroom before he beat her ass, but he was so impressed by her even getting there, he offered her a job.

And so began the strange, two year courtship of Kitty Hale.

They're my favorite slowburn, ngl. Kit has a lot of hangups and Sylus finds himself slowly drawn to his pretty feral assassin, who eventually works her way up to being his second. She's incredibly devoted and hardworking, so as much as she'll snap at him when they're home, the moment it's time to be serious, she's hyperfocused. Kieran is also her favorite person, and they get up to so much chaos. Sylus will never financially recover from this.

Despite her backstory that I frankly left a lot out of on purpose (because I put way too much of my own trauma in it and you don't need to see that), part of the fun of writing Kit and Sylus is watching her carefully come out of her shell around the most dangerous person in the N109 Zone, and how much he finds himself softening in response to that tender heart. Love those two so much.

Anyway, if you've made it to this point, thanks for reading! Plenty will be corrected and changed the more I play the game (and whenever I get more Myth cards *shakes my fist*) and the more the game and lore develops. As always, pls don't steal my OCs. I spend way too much time in brainrot abt them, and make a fuckton of unnecessary lore.

Love y'all!

[sasskarian]

Non-OC ships I sail:

DA:

Canders (Carver/Anders) Tethraghast (Varric/Cassandra) Merribela (Merrill/Isabela) Sebasanthy (Sebastian Vael/Bethany Hawke) Adoribull (Dorian Pavus/Iron Bull) Sagna/Dagnera (Sera/Dagna) (I also love Blackwall and Josie even though they can’t be together– the tragic admiration/love is just too fantastic) (And there’s a little something to be said for Leliana/Josie, too, but I blame that on a couple of fantastic fics rather than something I see in the game)

ME:

Vegilliams (James Vega/Ashley Williams) Wrexara (Wrex/Bakara) Taligar (Tali/Kal Reegar) Jedi (Joker/Edi) Liavik (Liara/Javik) Mordin/Happiness Thane/Happiness Thane/Shepard/Garrus Nihlus/Shepard Nihlus/Shepard/Garrus

Other:

Stormlight/Cosmere - Kaladin/Shalan (i am allowed to have my fantasies) Stormlight/Cosmere - Shallan/Adolin Stormlight/Cosmere - Kaladin/Shallan/Adolin Stormlight/Cosmere - Renarin/Rlain Stormlight/Cosmere - Dalinar/Navani Cosmere/Mistborn - Vin/Elend Cosmere/Mistborn - Wax/Steris Cosmere/Mistborn - Wayne/MeLaan

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GoT - Robb/Theon (not my fault; i read some excellent fic at one point) GoT - Brienne/Jaime and Brienne/Tormund (look i like them both for different reasons don’t judge me)

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Miraculous Ladybug - Marinette/Adrien Miraculous Ladybug - Ladybug/Chat Noir Miraculous Ladybug - Alya/Nino Miraculous Ladybug - Luka/Marinette/Adrien

My OCs:

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DRAGON AGE

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Isera Lavellan

One sentence description: medium-tol, angry, hot mess who didn’t ask for any of this shit but is making the best out of a bad situation Nickname: Issy (will cut you if you use it); Ashes Age: 28 in 9:40D Social Status: Former First of Clan Lavellan; Currently Herald of Andraste of the New Inquisition Relationship Status: It’s Complicated? Height: 5'7" Hair colour: silver Eye colour: gray-green Distinguishing Features: The Anchor; facial scars on lip, brow, and cheek; Mythal vallaslin; back, arms, and shoulders have vallaslin Family: Ethelan (brother); Eolas (father); Deshanna (grandmother) Love interest: Cullen “ball of awkward” Rutherford, Commander of Inquisition Forces Friends/Allies: Merrill; Dorian Pavus; Varric Tethras Enemies: Everyone in fucking Tevinter except for Dorian; Everyone in Orlais in general; the magister/god/darkspawn trying to take over the world; that one snooty merchant in Orlais she wants to smack Alternate Universe Love Interest: Evariste LeMarque/Fairbanks Face Claim: Katheryn Winnick

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Ethelan Lavellan

One sentence description: tol, sassy terrible flirt who sings like an angel and knows he’s too attractive for his own good Nickname: Eth; Amatus (Dorian only) Age: 29-ish (he’s only a little older than Isera but they bicker about it constantly) Sexual Orientation: bi and loud about it Social Status: Huntsmaster of Clan Lavellan Relationship Status: Firmly taken Height: 5’10” Hair colour: Auburn Eye colour: green Family: Isera (sister); Eolas (father); Deshanna (grandmother) Love interest: Dorian; Iron Bull, sort of; although he also flirts terribly with Cassandra and Varric Friends/Allies: Varric Tethras; Cassandra Pentaghast; Sera;  Enemies: the kitchen cook who keeps running him out when he steals frilly cakes Face Claim: [young] Travis Fimmel

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Iveani Lavellan [Voiceverse]

One sentence description: medium soft girl who lives too much in dreams and still doesn’t get enough sleep Nickname: Vee; Iv Age: 33-ish Social Status: Second of Clan Lavellan Relationship Status: Very Complicated Height: 5’4” Hair colour: brown Eye colour: golden-brown Distinguishing Features: Sylaise vallaslin; freckles; partially-docked ear  Family: ??(father); Deshanna (grandmother); Miseri (little sister); Davhalla (little brother) Love interest: Solas, Creators help her Friends/Allies:  Enemies: Duke Antoine of Wycome; any red Templar or Venatori unlucky enough to stumble into her path Face Claim: Emmy Rossum

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Marian Hawke [Glitterverse]

One sentence description: tol, dirty-minded, never-takes-anything-seriously actress very good at getting into Weird Shit Nickname: Hawke; That Bitch; Birdie (Anders only) Age: 30-mumble Sexual Orientation: bi and loud about it Social Status: Amell and doesn’t care Relationship Status: Firmly taken Height: 5’10” Hair colour: black as her soul Eye colour: Bright blue-green Family: Garrett (twin); Bethany (sister); Carver (brother) Love interest: Fenris; Anders (ish);  Friends/Allies: Varric Tethras; Anders;  Enemies: that one studio intern who keeps giving her decaf Face Claim: Kiera Knightley

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Valira Surana

One sentence description: smol, confused bookworm who got handed a sword and a dog and found out she had a hell of a spine. Nickname: Val Age: 20 Sexual Orientation: demi Relationship Status: “I might be dating an assassin? I think? It… is dating, right? Not an accomplice?“ Height: 5’0” Hair colour: red-gold Eye colour: golden-brown Love interest: Zevran Face Claim: Nathalie Emmanuel

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MASS EFFECT

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Iolana Shepard

One sentence description: Commander. Fucking. Shepard. Age: mid-30s Relationship Status: Taken Height: 5’4” Hair colour: auburn Eye colour: gray Distinguishing Features: biotic implant; facial scars Family: Rear Admiral Hannah Shepard; Kahele (father); Elizabeth Shepard Love interest: Garrus Vakarian; Thane Krios Enemies: Reapers; Councilor Udina Face Claim: Kelly Hu

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Sara E. Ryder

One sentence description: The textbook definition of “bad role model” Age: 23 Sexual Orientation: Flexible, very Relationship Status: Taken Height: 5’7” Hair colour: Brown with red highlights Eye colour: Hazel-Green Family: Scott Ryder (brother); Henry (honorary uncle); Nakmor Drack (grumpy adoptive father) Love interest: Jaal Ama Darav with some mild Kandros lusting going on Enemies: The Archon; Jarun Taan; anyone who says anything about her found family;  Face Claim: Jennie Jacques

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ELDER SCROLLS

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Hero of Kvatch/Champion of Cyrodiil

One sentence description: One very confused magic-wielding assassin who really just wanted to kill a few people Age: mid-30s Relationship Status: Pining Endlessly Height: 5’4” Hair colour: Dark Eye colour: Green Species: Altmer Love interest: Martin Septim; Lucien LaChance (formerly)

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Dragonborn

One sentence description: "Look, man, I just wanted to leave this fucking tundra, okay? Next thing I know, I’m sucking up dragon souls and stabbing draugr and fucking– just– I need a drink.“ Age: 30s Relationship Status: Taken Height: 5'11” Hair colour: Silver Eye colour: Gold Species: Khajiit Family: Ma'isha (daughter), Hroar (son), Aventus Arentino (son) Love interest: Farkas (married); Inigo (queerplatonic polyamorous)

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Evelyn Swann - Fallout 4 Sole Survivor

One sentence description: Ghost of apocalypses past here to kick ass and dismantle the Institute brick by brick Age: 30s Relationship Status: Married, Widowed, now sort of casually dating her commanding officer who may or may not be human Height: 5'8” Hair colour: Red Eye colour: Green Affiliation: Brotherhood (formerly), Railroad (currently), Minutemen (currently) Family: Shaun (son) Love interest: Danse/M7-97; Nick Valentine (it happened in a dream; and kinda in the very AU past)

[mutantenfisch]

Originally this was supposed to be a sketchdump, but i’ll upload these scribbles that turned out better than planned separately because they differ too much. (Also, adding noise to the finished work is fun)

[devolusion-a]

sylvie’s arc follows the same basic beats regardless of what characters are involved.  at the start, she is a student of the université, and while she is being hunted by the fatui, she doesn’t know that.  the plants around her kill any fatui who get close, sensing their murderous intent towards the child.

her story kicks off when someone does.  this can happen a few ways — by default, in my head, something happens with the traveler nearby, and the traveler throwing off her plant’s abilities to sense other life.  with some specific characters, the arc’s a little different; maybe it’s about a friend’s OC, or the like.  but either way, a member of the fatui gets too close and, in a desperate vie to protect another person who gets caught in the crossfire, sylvie kills them with her plants.

her plants have killed lots of fatui before, but she didn’t know, and she didn’t will it.  this was her choice.  she killed someone.  she’s eight years old and impossibly big - hearted and loving, and she feels fucking terrible.  the université is one of the only two places in the world she’s ever felt at home, and the first place she got to meet people, and she’s killed somebody here.  now that she’s aware of that, she’s subconsciously keeping a much tighter hold on her plants and they’re not protecting her as effectively — she doesn’t want anyone else to die because of her!  but this also means she has to flee the université, because the fatui are getting closer and she doesn’t want to put anyone in danger!

in most versions of the story, she flees with an adult; alain, aether, evariste, et cetera.  in some versions she flees alone.  either way, she’s a very young, deeply traumatized child, and perhaps one who is now on her own as she flees from an organization of adults who want to rip some of her organs out.  shit’s rough!

[consumedkings-archive]

tagged by @chazz-anova to play this little oc game--i've done it a number of times but since i've been missing my evil gorl i decided i'd give it another go (❁´◡`❁)

name: helmi, born caliste gauthier

birthdate: august 17th

alias/nicknames: (technically) helmi, hel, the shepherd, the acolyte, the hierophant's favorite, hjärtat.

gender: cis female

age: 23

zodiac:  leo

abilities/talents: high pain threshhold, hand-to-hand combat, firearms (large and small, though they aren't her preferred method), sharpshooting.

alignment: lawful good/neutral good/chaotic good/lawful neutral/true neutral/chaotic neutral/lawfully evil/neutral evil/chaotic evil

religion: the cult of wintertide, otherwise known as the family.

sins: envy/wrath/greed/pride/sloth/lust

virtues: charity/chastity/kindness/patience/diligence/justice/ humility

languages: english, creole, some swedish--though she never bothered to learn it completely.

family: angelique gauthier (mother, deceased), evariste gauthier (father, deceased), the cult of wintertide

friends: kajsa rosing, dani stark (sort of....frenemies), staci pratt (lol).

sexuality: heterosexual/bisexual/pansexual/homosexual/demisexual/asexual/non-binary/other

relationship status: single/partnered/married/widowed/open relationship/divorced/ not ready for a relationship/ its complicated.

libido: sex god/very high/ high/average/low/very low/non-existent

build: slender/average/athletic/muscular/curvy

hair: blonde (cropped)/brunette/ginger/black/other/no hair

eyes: blue/green/brown/gray/black/other

skin: pale/fair/olive/tan/brown/black/other

height: 5'11

features/scars: her knuckles/hands are scarred quite a bit, as they're her favorite "weapon" and have endured a lot of abuse over the years. there are several large, purpled scars across her abdomen where the scar tissue didn't heal quite right, and a brand burned into the back of her neck of the norse rune ansuz, or "god".

tattoos: none inked, only branded.

dogs or cats | birds or bugs | snakes or spiders | coffee or tea | ice cream or cake | fruits or vegetables | sandwich or soup | magic or melee | sword or bow | summer or winter | spring or autumn | past or future |

five songs that remind you of them:

1. shepherd of fire - avenged sevenfold, 2. paradise lost - hollywood undead, 3. mama - my chemical romance, 4. devil - shinedown, 5. night of the hunter - 30 seconds to mars

tagging @tomexraider (LISTEN,) @faithchel (I KNOW YOU HAVE MY NICHE BABIES IN THERE), @risenlucifer (SAME THING >:() @vasiktomis @ohfaiths @adelaidedrubman @chyrstis @strafethesesinners if y'all haven't done it already <3

[wehavekookies]

Or You know what, I will post all of these at once.

Made for the OC kiss week, because apparently i needed a reason to draw Otho kissing people, i dunno what’s wrong with me, i’ll have to change that >.>

Desire demon Ravell, Narrill, Hawke and on the last pic he’s kissing @yuhimebarbara‘s OC Evarist Barandt.

Sorry for reupload, i clicked ‘delete’ instead of ‘edit’ >.>

Cheers :*

[servesorlais]

Ever wanted to know who the ruler of a certain Orlesian city is? Need connections for your Orlesian OC, but weren’t sure where to start? Look no further! Here I have attempted to compile a list of the named & notable Orlesians found in the Dragon Age games, primarily those that are alive during the events of the games & tie-in novels  ( although a few historical figures are also included for reference. )  Note that it only includes individuals; families that are referred to by the family name, but with no individuals singled out, are not included, nor are unnamed NPCs. Characters that live in Orlais but would likely identify with heritage from elsewhere are not included ( i.e. Josephine would be considered Antivan rather than Orlesian. )  Lastly, some characters may fit under more than one subheading, but are only listed once  ( i.e. Gaspard is both royalty and a chevalier, but is only under the former heading. ) 

Shoutout to Erran for the Fereldan and DAO NPC List, which served as inspiration to compile a similar reference for Orlais. Given the scarcity of Orlesian blogs in the rp fandom, this won’t serve as a masterlist of rpers, but I can make a second list if that interests anyone!

List will be periodically updated, as it’s by no means complete yet! If you notice a particular character is missing, feel free to reblog and mention the name(s) in a comment / the tags on a reblog, or send it in a message. Reference a source if possible  ( game, war table mission, book, etc. ) And with that ...

ROYALTY

Empress Celene Valmont – Empress of Orlais Grand Duke Gaspard de Chalons – Celene’s cousin Grand Duchess Florianne de Chalons – Gaspard’s younger sister Emperor Florian Valmont – Celene’s uncle, former Emperor Prince Reynaud Valmont – Celene’s father, Florian’s brother  Duchess Clarisse de Montfort – Celene’s mother Duke Theodore de Chalons – Gaspard and Florianne’s father Princess Melisande Valmont – Gaspard and Florianne’s mother Calienne de Chalons – Gaspard’s wife King Meghren Dufayel – Former Orlesian King of Ferelden, cousin of Florian Emperor Judicael I – Florian’s father, Celene and Gaspard’s grandfather Emperor Judicael II – Florian’s older brother, Celene and Gaspard’s uncle

THE COUNCIL OF HERALDS

Duke Bastien de Ghislain – Vivienne’s lover, head of the Council of Heralds Duke Laurent de Ghislain – Duke of Ghislain following Bastien de Ghislain’s death Duke Prosper de Montfort – Duke of Montfort, one of Celene’s closest allies Duke Cyril de Montfort – Prosper’s son, youngest member of the Council of Heralds Duke Germain de Chalons – Gaspard’s uncle Marquis Etienne de Chevin – One of Celene’s closest allies, Marquis of Val Chevin Marquise Mantillon – “The Dowager” Comte Lothair Doucy – Member of the Council of Heralds Comtesse Solange Montbelliard – “The Silver Lady of Churneau”

NOBILITY

Duke Remache de Lydes – Ally of Gaspard’s Monette de Lydes – Duke Remache’s daughter, brought up in Chantry service Duchess Caralina de Lydes – Remache’s cousin Duke Stefan de Firmin – Lady Caralina’s husband, Duke of Val Firmin Lady Seryl – Lady of Jader, an ally of Celene Comte Pierre – Lord of Halamshiral, an ally of Celene Lord Mainserai – A nobleman of Halamshiral, known for his cruelness towards elves Lord Montsimmard – Chevalier and ally of Gaspard Lady Montsimmard – Friendly with the Circle of Magi in Montsimmard Evariste Lemarque, “Fairbanks” – Found caring for refugees of the civil war in the Emerald Graves Lord Esmeral Abernache – Hired by the Inquisition to appeal to the Templars in Therinfal Redoubt Arlessa Isolde – Married to Arl Eamon Guerrin, daughter of the Orlesian governer of Redcliffe during the Occupation Alban Poulin – Ruler of Sahrnia in Emprise du Lion Baron Edouard Desjardins – Friend of Josephine Montilyet’s father, given command of Suledin Keep with the Inquisition Baron Havard-Pierre d’Amortisan – Studies Thedosian beasts, author of numerous books on the subject Comtesse Lynette Dionne – Noblewoman who is requested to sponsor the Du Paraquettes, asks for news about her mage lover Gascard Dupuis – Orlesian noble blood mage living in Kirkwall  Baron Arlange – Invited to Prosper de Montfort’s wyvern hunt Lady Couteau – Lady-in-waiting to Celene Lady Colombe – Lady-in-waiting to Celene Lady Fleur – Lady-in-waiting to Celene Lord Chancer de Lion – Trainer of the Champion specialization in Skyhold Lady Marcelette – Court historian in Halamshiral  Marquis de Serault – Player-created character in The Last Court   Marquis d’Alyons – Neighbor and rival of the Marquis of Serault Lord Remi Vascal – “The Black Fox,” noble who became a legendary thief and rogue Lady Servana de Montfort – The Black Fox’s lover, may have been a Circle mage Baron Arlange – Invited to Prosper de Montfort’s wyvern hunt Gascard Dupuis – Orlesian noble blood mage living in Kirkwall  Comte Guillaume de Launcet – Nobleman living in Kirkwall Comtesse Dulci de Launcet – Wife of Comte Guillaume  Emile de Launcet – Guillaume and Dulci’s son, a mage escaped from the Circle in Kirkwall Fifi & Babbette de Launcet – Emile’s sisters Ghyslain de Carrac – Nobleman living in Kirkwall whose wife Ninette goes missing Marquise DuRellion – Nobleman with claims to the land around Haven  Comte Brevin de Chalons – Relative of Gaspard, sponsor of Michel de Chevin “The Baroness” – A blood mage, ruler of the Blackmarsh in Ferelden during the Occupation  Lord Vincent Callier – General of Celene’s army, murdered by Thom Rainier Vicomtesse Elodie de Morreau – Friend of Vivienne, Josephine, and Leliana Lady Ducette Maron – Joins the Inquisition in Emprise du Lion disguised as a villager Lord Basile Maron – Ducette’s father, a minor noble Duchess Nicole de Val Montaigne – Head of the Orlesian Society for the Protection of Historic Architecture Duke Alvin Blanchard – Lord of Val Montaigne, ally of Florianne and the Venatori Duke Valere Fontaine – Claims to be indebted to Josephine Marquise Effiloche Bouffon – Ruler of Val Gamord in the Western Approach Comte Boisvert – A lord of Val Royeaux Lord Pel Harmond – A lord of Verchiel Leontine Pontival – Killed at Therinfal Redoubt Vicomte Tremane Pontival – Leontine’s aggrieved brother Comte Renald de Mourier – Distant relation of Celene’s Marquis de Courtemance – A rich nobleman in the Heartlands, discovered to be smuggling red lyrium to the nobility  Judge Auld – Fond of hunting Minister Bellise – Royal minister, able to approve or deny noble titles Marquis Wiscotte – Nobleman in the Dales Lord Pierren DesRosier – From a traditional and old money family in Val Royeaux Lady Velise Thibault – Head of a new money family of wealthy merchants Celeste Thibault – Lady Velise’s daughter Jecin Leandre – Celeste Thibault’s lover Lady Eustache Richelieu – Known for proposing arranged marriages  Comte Marius de Poisson – Interested in invading the Ylenn Basin near Verchiel  Lady Cybile Maronn of Baisne – A minor but very wealthy noblewoman who plotted against Divine Justinia and was socially disgraced

CHEVALIERS

Ser Michel de Chevin – Celene’s champion Ser Bastien Proulx – Commander of Gaspard’s military forces Dame Jehan – Commander of Celene’s military forces Dame Fabienne – Chevalier under Jehan’s command in the Exalted Plains Ser Jean-Gaspard de Lydes – Brother of Duke Remache; revealed to be the bastard son of a travelling Grey Warden Ser Benoit du Lac – Aveline Vallen’s father Chevalier Ducet – A commander in the Imperial Army Chevalier Auguste – A chevalier who defected to join the Freemen of the Dales Ser Michel Lafaille – First Viscount of Kirkwall, drove out Qunari occupation in the Storm Age Ser Aveline – First female chevalier

BARDS

Leliana – Left Hand of the Divine Marjolaine – Leliana’s tutor and former lover Melcendre – Bard working for Gaspard de Chalons Katriel – An elven bard, Maric Theirin’s lover

ELVES

Briala – Spymaster and lover of Empress Celene Felassan – Seemingly Dalish elf, mentor of Briala Colette – Elven assistant to Professor Bram Kenric at the University of Orlais Threnn – A leader in the elven rebellion in Halamshiral Lemet – Threnn’s friend, a tradesman from Halamshiral whose death sparks a rebellion Erlina – Queen Anora’s handmaiden

MAGES

Vivienne de Fer – Court Enchanter to Celene Valmont Fiona – Grand Enchanter of the Circle of Magi, former Grey Warden Lienne de Montsimmard – Apostate, ally of Gaspard de Chalons Edmonde – First Enchanter of the White Spire in Val Royeaux Adrian – Part of the Libertarian Fraternity in the Circle of Magi First Enchanter Remille – First Enchanter of Kinloch Hold in Ferelden ZITHER! – Mage, minstrel, and Inquisition agent

WARDENS

Clarel de Chanson – Warden-Commander of Orlais Jean-Marc Stroud – Former chevalier, Inquisition’s warden contact Warden-Commander Caron – Human Warden-Commander of Ferelden Warden-Commander Andras – Elf Warden-Commander of Ferelden Warden-Commander Kader – Dwarf Warden-Commander of Ferelden Fontaine – predecessor of Clarel de Chanson Genevieve – Warden-Commander before Fontaine Bregan – Genevieve’s brother, Warden-Commander before her Guy – Genevieve’s fiancé Julien – An Orlesian human Warden, Nicolas’s lover Nicolas – An Orlesian human Warden, Julien’s lover

OTHER

Bonny Sims – Inquisition merchant Belle – Inquisition merchant Corporal Rosselin – Soldier in Gaspard’s army in the Exalted Plains Chancellor Jurgen Haulis – Head of the University of Orlais in Val Royeaux Cedric Marquette – A professor at the University, specializes in archaeology  Frederic de Serault – Dragonologist studying in the Western Approach Hubert Bartiere – Orlesian merchant, owner of the Bone Pit in Kirkwall  Lieutenant Suzanne Cloche-sec – Inquisition agent  Clara – A farmer driven off her land by the Freemen of the Dales in the Emerald Graves Gertrude – A merchant, taken captive by the Freemen of the Dales Maliphant – General of the Freemen of the Dales in the Emerald Graves Duhaime – A commander of the Freemen of the Dales in the Emerald Graves Sister Costeau – A leader of the Freemen of the Dales Willvan – A book merchant in Val Royeaux Pierre-Marie – Merchant in Val Royeaux  Liselle – A merchant from Val Royeaux who fled to Denerim with her brother after being assaulted by a chevalier Jovi Merice – Fled Orlais to Denerim after making accusations about Orlesian nobles Argent – Formerly an assassin hired by nobles, now works for the Inquisition

CHANTRY & TEMPLARS

Divine Justinia – Head of the Chantry   Mother Giselle – Revered Mother in Jader’s Chantry Mother Renette – Serves in Lydes’ Chantry, tutor to Monette de Lydes Mother Hevara – Revered Mother in Val Royeaux, candidate for Divine Mother Anette – Val Foret Chantry Sister Natalie – Chantry sister, opposes Leliana Sister Andrea – Sister in Val Royeaux Sister Antoinette – Sister in Val Royeaux Lord Seeker Lambert van Reeves – Head of the Seekers Lord Seeker Lucius Corin – Assumes lead of the Seekers after Lambert’s death Knight-Captain Evangeline de Brassard – Knight-Captain at the White Spire in Val Royeaux Knight-Captain Fornier – One of the Red Templars in Emprise du Lion Lieutenant Coutte – Another Red Templar in Emprise du Lion

[joy-fires]

Roza!! I've been having a lot of fun playing Exile over the past week and love them a lot and have had so much brainrot over them.

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Pride Month 2020

Hello Lovelies! 

I haven’t got to do much this year for anything due to health issues. However I am going to try and do the last week of Pride because I’m queer and proud of it, plus I have a lot of characters who are queer, and what better time to showcase them then now? 

Pride Week 2020 by Violet Vineyard is the primary thing I am doing! It has seven days, one per color. 

I will be doing a combination of three moodboards, short stories, and playlists per color. Lets see if I can do them without repeating characters and still fit the daily theme!

As it’s been a while, I shall tag the tag list peeps on them, and if you’d like removed, please tell me. 

There will also be an updated list beneath the cut here. 

Day 1 Red for Life: 

Jon’s Moodboard

Pavel’s Moodboard 

Julia’s Moodboard

Day 2 Orange for Healing: 

Lidiya Moodboard & Minor Playlist

Iov’s Moodboard

Evariste’s Moodboard & Short Story

Day 3 Yellow is for Sunlight: 

Nada/Nadiya’s Moodboard & Student Alphabet Playlist

Caleb’s Moodboard

Zeynal’s Moodboard 

Day 4 Green is for Nature: 

Stepan

Isaak

Nikki

Day 5 Blue is for Magic: 

Isaac

Kuia Ropata

Lo   

Day 6 Indigo is for Harmony: 

Nazreen

Marie

Quin

Day 7 Violet is for Spirit: 

Luc

Sitara

Isa

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Pride Month Character Tag

Thanks for the tag @silenciawrites​! 

I have a lot of characters, I mean 150+ plus on the character list 

So I will go with just the first 10 to come to mind, that way if anyone else wants to tag me, they can!

Jon - demisexual & homoromantic

Isaac - gender fluid male/agender, pan all the way

Aither - pansexual for the win, demiromantic

Guy - transgender man

Marie - lesbian

Nadiya - totally bi

Isa - nonbinary, polyam

Caleb - bigender male/demi-feminine, demi-pan

Andrea - transgender woman, bi (women and nonbinary peeps)

Evariste - aro ace

Tagging a combination of peeps I know and writer peeps from the spreadsheet.

@aethryos @albatris @all-my-novels @oceanwriter @minor-writer @lexa-scribbles @lynnafred @chaos-reign @authordai and @authorisada

If any of you all would like to do this

[sasskarian]

⭐for any fic of your choice. No obligations though. Only if you want to do this.

oh man i love talking about my fics i just dont wanna be annoying lmao

so there are so many bits and pieces coming up that i’m super proud of or can’t wait to get to, and i’ll throw them under a cut

currently in Glitterverse, my dragon age modern noir turned murder mystery, the gang is about to find some red lyrium in bartrands house. they’re trying to escape from the gatsby-like lavish party upstairs and end up in secret tunnels and

Cassandra rested her forehead against the door for a second, trying to force some of the adrenaline and tension from her body, when Anders backed into her. 

“The fuck,” he said, horror threading his voice like stitching. “Varric, what the fuck?”

“I don’t know,” Varric said. From the quiet rasp, she imagined him running his hands down his face without bothering to turn around, the sound of skin on stubble loud in the silence. 

No. Not quite silence. The noise of wherever they were, whatever had horrified her companions, was quiet, but still present: a deep, unsettling humming just out of the range of her ears, the dull clank of metal on metal, and a few daring voices, murmuring to themselves. All in all, nothing she’d expected to hear from a nobleman’s mansion. She took a deep breath, searching for the steadiness she knew so well.

***

in Fairbanks, Evariste and Isera have been set up thoroughly for a night of romance in the best orlesian way

“In Orlais,” he murmurs, dropping his forehead to her hip, pressing a kiss to her trembling thigh while he’s there, “the nobility have a saying. ‘À plaisir et douleur, même saveur.’” It takes a moment for him to look up, wondering what he’ll see with this confession. “As it goes, politics are not the only things we turn into games. There are… certain bedroom games.” “Is that so?” Isera props herself up on her elbows to look down at him, a glimmer of challenge in her eyes.

***

in Velvet over Veridium (the prequel to Glitterverse), varric has just stumbled across a very beat up fenris for the first time and called for reinforcement

From the time the call ended, tersely, to the time a carefully nondescript van pulled up and the clack of Atheril’s boots echoed down the alley couldn’t have taken more than fifteen minutes. But it felt like a lifetime, lived and dead and buried in the same magic-soaked dirt he’d been sprouted from. The smell of her cigarette-- a little floral, mostly sweet-- floated to him and the brief red glow of the ember on it lit her face in the dank alley. 

“New friend?” she asked, letting the smoke tumble from her lips, tendril after tendril. Varric watched, momentarily fascinated, before replying.

“Hope so.” He sighed, running his hands over his hair and trying not to think about the alley gunk and blood he was streaking through it. “Poor kid’s beat half to hell. Couldn’t just leave him here to die.”

“Know anything about him? Or is this going to bite you in the ass later?”

“Not a thing,” Varric said. He ignored her amused snort; she knew his bleeding heart too well by now. “Except the two dead ones are slavers.”

Athenril choked on her smoke and that was a half second of petty but satisfying as hell vindication. “Fuck me,” she gasped, thumping herself once on the chest. “Here? In fucking Kirkwall?”

“In fucking Kirkwall.”

***

Home 8 hasn’t even been written yet, but i plan to wake scott up and we’re gonna be dealing with the turian ark 

there’s a Shakarios (shepard x garrus x thane) poly ficlet in the works, sometime pre That Thing With Thane That Never Happened Because I’mma Fuck Canon’s Shit Up

Voiceverse is still being drafted but there’s a bit with Iveani wandering the Fade and stumbling across a certain uthenera-sleeping dreamer

Believe has a heart to heart with Dorian coming up soon. 

got a few Elder Scrolls fics, and some Mandalorian/Star Wars fics in the works, but those are still pretty nebulous. 

thank you for asking! 

>>OCs: Surana, Cousland, Lavellans, Shepard, Ryders, Dragonborn, Cyrodiil Champion<<

>>Fics: Glitterverse, Voiceverse, Sea and Stars, Home, SWTOR, Star Wars, Fairbanks, Believe<<

>>AO3<<