"Meravas: Asala" P1
An encounter with a scavenger, near the northern docks of Lake Calenhad, reveals the first solid lead in the exhausted search for Sten’s lost sword. Rejuvenated hope clashes with new anguish in him– finding Asala means his honor will be restored and he will be able to return to Seheron, but he will be obligated to leave everything he had grown to love in Ferelden… including his Kadan. It will be a bittersweet reunion.
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It was two hours past the last breath of daylight when the search for Brother Genitivi led the Wardens and their companions to the northern docks of Lake Calenhad. Its serene, delicate air was broken by a battle cry when they had exited the inn, minutes after being warned by the innkeeper that asking around about Genitivi could get them killed. The scents of gutted fish and lake greenery were quickly overpowered by that of smoldering flesh and leather when Morrigan called forth chains of lightning to strike a considerable number of cutthroats that ambushed them.
Aithne was always pleased when she and her comrades could emerge from a battle without sustaining major injuries, but had wished they could have kept at least one assailant alive to press them for the answers that the innkeeper could not give, in addition to their reason for attacking. It forced them to conduct the grueling task of searching the bodies for anything that might hint at where they should search for him next, hoping that none of it had been damaged during the battle.
“Morrigan! What spell did you throw at these guys??” Aithne shot out. A line of bodies had led her up the steep slope and to a pile of skeletal remains, tented by dense shrubbery and pine branches.
Morrigan hurried over to Aithne and joined her inspection of the gruesome heap. “I didn’t do that ,” she said, wincing in disgust at the sight and smell of them. “These poor sods were dead before we got here… long before.”
There appeared to be seven of them altogether, all male and well over six feet tall, with only tattered ligaments of leather greaves and gauntlets dangling from bones, consumed and stained by an accumulation of weeds that grew around the shallow areas of the lake. “Horns!” Cousland noted, when she came across the only body that still had its head attached to it. “I think they’re qunari!”
Hearing this had jarred Sten, but he kept himself well composed. His approach to the remains was calm and dignified, showing no signs of the alarms echoing through his body from his head. There was no mistake about their race– all of the skulls had a humanoid appearance, but their canine teeth were sharper than common man’s, and there were two sets of horns on either side of the cranial area. That doesn’t mean that they are my brothers, he thought. They could be Tal-Vashoth mercenaries– they frequent this area .
Alistair, whom had scaled the slope just then to have a look for himself, inched the torch in his hand forward to broaden the reach of its light, which revealed details that were not so easy to see in the black shadows. More horned skulls could be seen, scattered around the area with other dismembered pieces, and– seeing the distinguishing features of the horns– Sten knew they were the rest of the Beresaad with absolute certainty. “Yes,” he confirmed. “They are qunari.”
Their corpses were not supposed to mean anything to Sten… but they did. Aithne could tell, seeing the unblinking stare of hardened eyes filling up with a mixture of distant memories– the pleasant and the horrifying. He seemed completely unaware that his dormant anger and terror was visible until Aithne’s voice snapped him out of his hot, red trance when she asked him in a soft and sympathetic manner “They are your brothers… aren’t they?”
“Yes,” is all Sten said, clear and unbroken by the mournful howling inside.
“Back off!! I was’ere first!! ” blasted a male voice, as a human figure leapt out at them from blackened bushes. It startled them all back several steps– Alistair almost fell onto his backside tripping over a loose root.
Sten instinctively drew the red steel broadsword and stepped in front of Cousland. “You would be wise to not take a step closer, human!” he growled with intense viciousness. What a fine display of self-discipline it was, not allowing his current state of mind to become a slave of instinctual responses. But even when torch light had revealed the man to be just a ragged, wrung-out, harmless-looking old man, he did not lower his sword.
“And explain to us right now what your business is with these bodies!” Aithne added.
“Aw, these blokes ‘ere?” asked the man. “I did not off ‘em and I don’t know who or what did tha– large animals I’d guess, by the looks of ‘em. I just got’ere to take my claim.”
“Take your claim? ” Aithne grunted.
“There was a guy ‘ere before me that sold me this spot–said he’d found giants and all kinds of crazy valuables. But he didn’t mention that he’d taken everything but the bones and the dirt already!” Giving the pile of remains a frustrated kick sent one of the skulls flying up into the air. It landed on a steep grassy incline a short distance from where the group stood, then rolled down the slope until it was stopped by the side of Sten’s left leg. To everyone’s surprise, there was very little reaction from the qunari. Truly, he was boiling over inside, but he kept himself together and just glared bitterly at the one that had severely disrespected one of his closest friends. The scavenger desisted fuming when he saw murder burning in Sten’s eyes. Fearing for his life, he backed several inches away from the qunari, and looked like he was readying himself to flee for his life.
((CONTINUE--))
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Due to character limits, this will just be names of my OCs. You can get more information by clicking this link. I welcome nearly any question about my silly mary sues.
Adventure Quest: Chalia
Akira: Kuroda Emi
ATLA: Rimon Suu
Big Bang Theory: Alex Munroe
The Big Chill: Veronica Heather
Big Hero Six: Mati Spence, Masuyo Smith
Bleach: Chikako Aizen, Hotaru Kurosaki, Halcyon Boosalis
Buckaroo Banzai: Sage Spence
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Isolabella Dawson
Cats & Dogs: Aurora Lee Phantasm
Chainsaw Man: Moe Nagamine
Channel Awesome: Avalon SexehTwilight Mary Sue, The Black Widow
Charlie the Unicorn: Jenniffer the Pegasus
Cowboy Bebop: Hazel Prince
Cyberpunk 2077: Himiko Otomo, Vidya "V" Zenith
Danganronpa: Sumire "Owlyn Srebrenka" Hino
Deadly Premonition: Absinthe Maidstone Stonewall MacShakeit, Abigail Maidstone
Death Note: Katherine "K" Kilgore, Melusine "Meruko" Badeaux, Sora Kurohoshi, Jezebel Blackheart, Mitsune Sakura
Devil May Cry: Beatrice Lacrimae, Lavinia Sparda-Amata
Devilman: Astraroth "Astra"
Digimon: Hana Otogi
Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Moemi Saiki
Dragon Age: Coriander Tabris, Craig Cousland, Dove Surana, Lieselotte Brosca, Princess Aeducan, Lovewave Lavellan
Dragon Ball: Remin, Unshiu
Earth Girls Are Easy: Andromevak "Andy"
Eltingville Club: Seraphim "Sera" Herrera
Fallout: None, Nothing
Fate: Cosette Everild-LaAnimus, Delphine Everlid-LaAnimus
Final Fantasy: Jehfa Fakthu
Fire Emblem: Briar, Delshad, Dreamer, Euphemia, Florian Gloucester, Historia, Marguerite Ciar, Primrose Gloucester, Solanine, Wander
Free!: Akira Hanamura
Friday the 13th: Lynn Curtis
Ghostbusters: Aisling Redhead (2016), Aisling Redhead (1986)
Goosebumps: Rosalind "RL" Greene
Gorillaz: Clotilda Culpepper
Grand Budapest Hotel: Cvetka Kovacs
Gundam: Atlus Darkwater, Nnyley Romantica
Halloween: Alice Linklater, Bijou Hart, Brianna Willow-Winters, Dolores Orth, Jason Lee Cranston, Lynn Curtis, Moon n Stars Morris
Harry Potter (All created when I was in middle and high school. This was before JK Rowling shat her diaper. I do not condone Joanne and her hateful bullshit and just wanted to share OCs I made as a kid.) : Akemi Akiyama, Cassandra Finnegan, Harmony Dumbledore, Jaycelynn "Jacky" Lavgine, Kendra Pepper
Independence Day: RL Stineler
Inuyasha: Aihime, Kiki (2004), Kiki Shiina, Usagi Hinode
Jennifer's Body: Christie Fatt Cox
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Fiori Stelline, Jonah Joestar-Angelakos, Kanon "Eileen Diamandis" Shiina, Otome Tanaka, Passion Angelakos, Sakuro Gackt-Myers, Stephanie McCormick
Jujutsu Kaisen: Chidori "Chitose" Iori
Jurassic Park: Anna Rose Morgan, Gillian Mayham, Jen Morris, Joy Tootoosis, JT Malcolm, Marina Malcolm, and Miharu Hamano
Kingdom Hearts: Kitana, Nerissa
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Dazzle Kovacs
The Lorax: Cipher, Avalon and Story
Mario: Princess Velvet
Marvel: Allie N Blumsford, Genesis, Jamie Johnson, Jocasta "Cipher" Macbeth, Makelsolakveder, Zelda Kirkness
Mass Effect: Adette Shepard
Metalocalypse: Maiko "Manko Kechaman" Roberts
Mortal Kombat: Amaya, Emberlynn Augus, Feather Dance, Stryker's Dad, Kandace Stryker, Laytanya Moore, Marina "Monsoon", Kirke
My Hero Academia: Rin Amamiya, Kirameki Sarashina, Youmu Yumemite
Naruto: Akiko Haruno, Asuka Hatake, Hoshiyo Kanmuri, Kazuma Hanamori, Subaru Kanmuri
The Office: Cam Keeper
One Punch Man: Sumika Nagisa
Ouran High School Host Club: Bunko Matsushima, Ryunosuke Kanagawa
The Outsiders: Josephine "Joey" Wiehler, Serenity "SW" Wiehler, Sincerity Travis
Passengers: Dr. Galaxy Pepper
Persona: Jun Adachi, Junya Daidara, Marina, Momoka Mishima, Minako Iori, Sayaka Sakamoto, Stephanie McCormick, Tomoko Nakajima, Hamuko Arisato, Minako Arisato, Rin Amamiya, Yuka Narukami
Pokemon: Amanda, Altreis, Catalina, Dolores "Lolita-chan", Emilia, Isobel "Izzy", Galan, Gabrielle, Gelato, Medee, Muffy, Paloma, Pycal, Tila, Twinkle, Wasabon
Power Rangers: Emi Johnson, Dawn "Milky" Garson, Jacintha Cranson-Park, Lady Johnson, Lady Johnson (2017), Octavia Clearwater, Serena Ryder, Tamsin "Tami" Oliver, Thomas "Tommy" Oliver, Wednesday Neckoway, Yumeko Takahara, Ashton Redhead, Derek Ng, Jaiden Lawliet, Lux Cranston, Morgan Valentine, Nicholas DuBois, Scout Park, Saintan
Rance: Aellae, Ashelotte, Desu, Cosmia
Resident Evil: Ianthe Hawke
Rise of the Guardians: Eros
Riverdale: Winona "Sodapop" Bighetty
Sonic: Blossom, Purple, Jeff, Mango, Mist
SPY x Family: Lyubov
Stardew Valley: Stella
Star Wars: Hiak Ray "Talarth"
Steven Universe: Imperial Topaz, Nokomis Queens
Stranger Things: Heather Ranger
Street Fighter: Neroli
Sugar Sugar Rune: Akiko Sakura, Cerise Incroyable, Sugar Graves
Tezuka: Daiya Mondo, Melody Serendipity
Tokyo Ghoul: Teruko Yumemiya
Touken Ranbu: Kanon Tachibana, Momoe Tachibana, Tokiko Minami
Transformers: Carly Rae Jepsentron
Twin Peaks: Eden Hill
Until Dawn: Moon n Stars Morris, Rosario Hicks
View Askewniverse: Artoo "Ari" Hicks, Alyce Linklater, Bijou "Rhapsody" Hart, Jaycelynne "Squall" Thiffault, Nova Phoenix
Voltron Legendary Defender: Forever, Harper Thiffault
XIN: Myth
YuGiOh: Aikako Hisahama, Airi Sarahi, Hitomi Nakajima, Hotaru Tenjouin, Jason Trudeau, Jaycelynn Trudeau, Kairi Sarahi, Masuyo Tachibana, Momoe Yukimura, Naomi Sarahi, Ringo Hinagiku, Raven Sarahi
YuGiOh GX: Ai Yuki, Aika Hana, Anais Kuroda, Anastasia Rosseau, Emi Jounouchi, Hitomi Nakajima (GX), Jaycelynn Rosseau, Kaori Tenjouin, Katsuro Jounouchi, Marina Mikan, Naomi, Soul Yagami, Yuudai Yuki, Kaori Torimaki, Koden Saotome, Moira Tenjouin
YuGiOh 5Ds: Barbie O'Neil
YuGiOh ARC V: Shinju Sawatari
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Pepper Culpepper
Crossovers: Jaycelynn Yuki, Aqua Marine, Desu
In History, Maybe - A coming-of-age story starring Hazel Nylan and her on-again-off-again girlfriend, Stephanie McCormick just trying to make it in the third biggest “city” in Manitoba.
Hazel Nylan , Stephanie McCormick
Nobody of the Luck - A fantasy-isekai story about depressed popular boy getting sucked into a fantasy themed eroge called Nobody of the Luck and saving the world by accident.
Tristan Stark, Aellae, Freya
Fractured Faerie Tales - Tristan is sucked into yet another eroge, this time its fairy tale themed.
Tristan, Cendrillion
RandoRanger - A team of spandex technicolour clad heroes are here to defeat the hentai tentacle monsters!
Masuyo Kusanagi, Ryota Matsuda
Starry Starry Night - Akiko Valentina constantly wished that she’d take that advice to heart for once in her life. Growing up, it seemed like every wish she’d make would come true. Life should’ve been a breeze… and it was for a while. Her family had won the lottery a few years ago, along with her mother’s seaweed gin distillery taking off which brought the Valentina Family even more fortune. Classes would be cancelled, boys asked her to the dance, her favourite TV shows would suddenly be back even when they were cancelled whenever she seemed to will it. Though, like a bad 90s kids horror series, there was always a cruel twist at the end.
Now living alone in the penthouse apartment her now dead family’s fortune got her, Akiko spends her free time overindulging herself in luxury, to distract herself from the dark. Things had gotten stale after two years of spoiling herself rotten.
“I wish something would happen in my boring life.”
One night, she’s approached by a stranger on the way home from partying…
Amber “Akiko” Valentina, Akira Angelus, Blair Princeton, Charles Broadmoor, Cheyenne Princeton, Fafnir, Gaylene, Kirk Grimme, Nyarou, Thorn
Fairy Ring - A small town on the border of southern Manitoba that hides some magical secrets.
Antigone, “Kisecawchuck”, Dorothy, Carly, David Young, Abigail Maidstone
Roseburough - A city with a dark past–its first settlers were a group of cultist for a demon of lust–that has a proclivity for less than pure activities.
Amelie, Anita Wood, Aurora, Circe, Dani Michaels, Daniel Michaels, Eitaro Satou, Emiri Satou, Genesis “Genni” Jones, Joey Spence
Eidolons and Eudaemonia -Eudaimonia is a world where each country worships a particular element. Each country has a temple and a candle that must be lit at all times to prevent a calamity. Its said that the candles represent hope, the one thing that kept ‘humanity’ going after the first calamity. Every few centuries, new candles must be created and infused with magic and blessings from each country before being placed in the temples and lit. It’s a ritual that has been carried on long before the formation of the Church of the Star Bringer, which eventually took control of candle duties.
Team Disatisfaction: Anita, Arlis, Milk, Opal, Rubia, Vesta, The Artist
Lovewave
The Demon Lords: Lovena
Kuroi
Mizuka
Magical Flower Maidens: Anemone, Cassiane, Ione, Renthe, Sayuri, Zinnia
Tristan's Party: Tristan, Akihime, Plum and Peaches.
Story-less OCs:
Stephanie "Desu" McCormick, Stephen "Boku" McCormick, Aisling McCormick
Rhubarb
Mermaid Squad: Arctic, Sea Bunny, Goffik
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