#OC: Hamin Surana

[theluckywizard]

Commission for @kiastirling of her Dragon Age original character

Hamin Surana

“Neither Hero of Ferelden nor Herald. She’s just a scout.”

I adored painting Hamin, capturing her as if being painted for an official Inquisition portrait and she really isn’t sure if she ought to be there 😅 Can't wait for the fic featuring Hamin to publish!

Read Kia’s fics here!

Some detail shots:

I have two more portrait slots open HERE. I will paint your OC!

[kiastirling-fanfic]

Trying an a drawtober, starting with an OC-tober (from bweird's prompt list) October 1st prompt: Fave OC

Fandom: Dragon Age

Name: Hamin Surana (formerly Meldiriel of Clan Virnehn) Pronouns: She/her Wait, ghost?: don't worry about it

Role: Not the Hero of Ferelden, not the Inquisitor, just an apostate in hiding trying to stay alive

Where can you find her?: She's not in anything published yet. The working title for the fic she will be in is No Rest Could They Find. idk when I'll write enough to publish it.

[midnightprelude]

Middy's DA Create-a-Thon Masterpost

This year I made a bunch of different works for the @dacreateathon, including fic, recipes, crochet, and podfic! Here is a post of everything I made for the event this year. :)

Fanfiction:

The following works are part of a large collaboration called A Night to Remember with Team Orlais. All of the works are set at an Orlesian ball at some point between the end of Inquisition and start of Trespasser.

Madame Volants' Guide to the Grand Game

Rating: G

Madame Volants invites you to the Monmarte Ball, where excitement abounds and characters from the Dragon Age series will certainly have an unforgettable evening.

Notes from the Chateau Lierre Kitchens

Rating: G

A few moments from an Orlesian kitchen, featuring recipes for Remy Ducasse's macarons and Alienage quiche.

Stealing Glances, written with @oftachancer

Rating: T

Relationships: Dorian Pavus/Rilienus

Word Count: 5K

Rilienus has a job to do, but how can he resist the handsome Alti who keeps getting in his way?

More Fanfiction (not associated with the Orlais collab):

The Vault that Dreams Might Fill, with @oftachancer

Rating: M

Relationships: Karl Thekla/Dorian Pavus, mentioned Karl Thekla/Anders/F!Hawke

Word Count: 33K

In 9:41, a book was found in Therinfal Redoubt that held a long-held secret about Tranquility. Karl Thekla needs to learn that secret. He needs it like he needs to breathe. Though it is risky, he sets off to pursue a solution to the endless cycle of Tranquility and raw awareness he has been living through for nearly ten years.

This work is the seventh part of 'The Mortice and the Tenon' Arc, which follows the alternate history of Karl Thekla and Anders. This series can be read alone, but if you're curious to learn more details of their history to this point, please enjoy earlier parts of the Arc.

Daylight, with @oftachancer

Rating: E

Relationships: Dorian Pavus/Rilienus

Word Count: 41K

In 9:31 Dragon, the Silver Lady of Churneau hosted a week-long fete to celebrate the end of the Fifth Blight. She invited guests from around Thedas to attend. This is where Dorian Pavus met Rilienus Maecilia and didn't have a chance to ask a question.

(This is a prequel to The Vault that Dreams Might Fill, but doesn't need to be read in that order).

Shredded Lace and New Leather, with @oftachancer

Rating: M

Relationships: Dorian Pavus/Rilienus

Word Count: 30K

After 10 years apart, Dorian and Rilienus are unexpectedly reunited.

(This is a sequel to Daylight and probably should be read in that order, but can also be read alone).

Friends After the Fall

Rating: G

Relationships: Merrill & Anders

Word Count: 2K

Merrill begins a correspondence with Anders after he flees Kirkwall. Includes a recipe for Anders' Apple Crisp.

Podfic:

Curiosity Crosses the Veil

Rating: T

Relationships: Spirit of Curiosity/Human OC, Female Surana & Female Amell & Jowan

Jowan's anxiety rises as he approaches the age to Harrow, and it's getting to his friends. Hamin decides to distract him with a story of Veil-crossed lovers.

Curiosity is a spirit who yearns to experience the waking world, Odric is the human she comes to love, and Envy is a demon who has dark designs on their union.

A storytelling fic set in the Kinloch Circle Tower, inspired by The Little Mermaid. Written and recorded for Create-a-thon 2024.

Ready to Rise and Fall

Rating: G

Relationships: Loghain Mac Tir/Rowan Guerrin

Musings on Loghain and Rowan before the final battle for freedom.

Originally written by Librivore42 and recorded by midnightprelude.

Crochet:

Baby Griffon

A crocheted baby griffon hatched just in time for the Dragon Age Create-a-Thon!

[kiastirling-fanfic]

Writer vs OC

@theluckywizard didn't tag me but I'm doing it anyway

For this I will be using the same picrew

So in order here is me and my 3 main Dragon Age ocs I talk about ever: June (of Few Against the Wind), Hamin Surana (of No Rest Could They Find (which I will eventually post)), and Dascha Cadash (of Dwarves Are Not Meant for Dreaming) (I have. more. But three seems like plenty)

Not tagging anyone because I never do but please enjoy.

Descriptions in alt text.

[kiastirling-fanfic]

Get to Know the Fic Writer!

Didn't get tagged and not tagging anyone

When did you post your first-ever fanfic?

oh god hard hitting questions from the jump

My first post on AO3 was July 2022 My first post on ffn (I think) was September 2007 But those weren't my first fanfiction sites. There were a couple more intermediary sites that no longer exist, but the first was Quizilla. Unfortunately Quizilla also no longer exists (nickelodeon bought them apparently) so none of that exists anymore for me to date check even if I knew for sure what my initial username was (I had... so many accounts). But I would guess... 2004? Maybe 2005?

First Character(s) you wrote?

If we're going by first published as established above, my Inuyasha OC, her name was probably Yumi or something (I was but a baby weeb). If we're going by what you could find by hunting me down on sites that still exist, Sirius Black I think? Or "Harry Potter's twin brother" (I think I named him Charlus. He had a wooden arm (think fma automail) after Harry fucked up Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk took his arm)

Main Character(s) you’re currently writing?

My MCIT character Juniper in my current WIP being posted! And my not-a-warden Surana in an unpublished fic.

Character(s) you haven’t written about before but plan to soon?

Loid and Yor Forger from Spy x Family (and I'm maybe getting back into final fantasy and want to write fic about Amarant from ff9 idk)

Fandom(s) you’re currently writing?

Dragon Age!

Platonic Pairing(s) you’re currently writing?

Hamin Surana & Solas & M!Lavellan (the main pairing of my unpublished WIP I'm working on)

Romantic Pairing(s) you’re currently writing?

I want to say June/Solas but I've yet to get to the point where either of them has any romantic feelings. Damned slowburn.

Your top AO3 tags? (go to works and click sort & filter)

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

Time Travel

Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle

Current platform you use for posting?

AO3!

Snippet of the WIP you are currently working on?

From No Rest Could They Find (the aforementioned Hamin Surana & Solas & M!Lavellan:

Not that there was peace to be had in Haven that night at all. Too much had happened in too short a time, the world upended. Was still upending. The hole in the sky had slowed its spread since the morning, but it showed no sign of stopping. Meteoric masses of writhing demon flesh were still flung from it. Then there was the prisoner. Whispers tugged at my ears for hours. Even from my vantage point up near Adan’s where I’d been set to rest after he tended my leg, I hadn’t been able to see through the impenetrable phalanx that made up the survivor’s escort. The survivor. Just one. And it wasn’t the Divine as that templar had been so fervent it must be.

[kiastirling-fanfic]

Unusual OC Associations

No one tagged me (as far as I know) and I’m not tagging anybody, I just wanted to do it.

Hamin Surana

Seasoning: cinnamon (or other warming spices) Weather: overcast, with a light breeze Colour: celadon green Sky: just pre-dawn, with the stars winking out one by one House Plant: a succulent, a little prickly but just chilling, doesn’t need/want much attention Weapon: twin daggers, somewhat rustic but with fine detailing when you take the time to look Subject: phys ed Social Media: facebook, but she hasn’t posted anything or given a reaction in a decade and no one is sure if she even uses it anymore Make-up Product: concealer Candy: marshmallow Fear: Being alone (yes she’s aware of the irony) Ice cube shape: the half-oval ones the freezer’s ice maker makes Method of long-distance travel: she walks but damn if the Inquisition just HAS harts around yeah she can ride Art Style: storytelling, singing, and poetry. If visual medium is required, lol no. Mythological Creature: (skip, I’m drawing a blank for this one) Piece of Stationary: basic parchment Celestial Body: in universe, Satina, the second moon that DA keeps forgetting they wrote in. Out of universe, Bellatrix, the star that makes the shoulder of Orion.

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Prompt List

Open

When prompts are open, I’ll do prompts from these lists. Please provide the full prompt text, not just a number, and feel free to combine prompts.

Currently I’m only taking prompts for the Dragon Age fandom (games)

Pairings: I’ll give anything a try within reason.

Vibes: Bolded stuff. Feeling elfy. I’ve completed Veilguard so you can included spoilers in your prompt if desired; I will tag accordingly.

Also interested in prompts for Dascha & Harding or between NPCs.

Prompt lists:

Touching Nostalgia The Dear Hunter lyrics Shit You Don’t Want to Hear Discovering Secrets Soft Sentence Starters Another List of Uncommon Words Eerie Autumn From the Hero Tea Party Write-a-Codex Prompts Princess Mononoke Sentence Starters

Some existing characters available for requests (or just give me a class/race combo and I’ll make someone up on the fly):

Hero of Ferelden:

Leda Aeducan (canon romance Zevran) - rogue archer (ranger/duelist) Robin Amell (canon romance Alistair) - mage (healer/shapeshifter) Talin Mahariel (canon romance Morrigan) - warrior (champion/) Hawkes: Anthony Hawke (canon romance Anders) - mage (force/elemental)

Inquisitors:

Dascha Cadash (f Blackwallmancer) - rogue archer (tempest) Moreadhiel Lavellan (f Solasmancer) - mage (knight enchanter) Hareleth Lavellan (enby Solasmancer) - mage (Rift Mage) Karsi Trevelyan (f Cullenmancer) - dagger rogue (tempest) Keenan Trevelyan (m Dorianmancer) - S&B Warrior (Templar) June (Human MCIT Inquisitor, f Solasmancer) - mage

Rooks:

Renanehn Ingellvar (Elf, enby Taashmancer) - Mage (Necromancer) Leona de Riva (Human, f Emmrichmancer) - Rogue (Duelist) Hissera Thorne (Qunari, f undecidedmancer) - Mage (undecided)

Other OCs:

Hamin Surana (Inquisition requisition agent) - mage/rogue (arcane rogue) - specifically in Hareleth’s worldstate Boranehn (m Warden-Constable) - Tranquil, Rogue Archer Mirenan “Derrick” Sulevin (Agent of Fen’Harel) - Warrior (Templar)

Random AUs I apparently have now:

Mage!Cullen AU (after Uldred’s assault on the Circle Tower, Cullen manifests as a mage) Warden!Fenris AU (Fenris fled to Ferelden instead of Kirkwall and joins the Grey Wardens. Leda Aeducan/Fenris) Vampire!Merrill (the spirit helping her with the eluvian was Hunger, and the side effects are... a bit much)