#Shadow dragon

[loustica-lucia]

DATV — Quick Tashur doodle

I missed Tashur 🥰

(Tarquin/Quin & Ashurt/The Viper)

A quick 30minutes doodle before bedtime <3

[iubworks]

Fire Emblem x Legend of Zelda

[gabbiecasso]

The best part about being an artist is being able to draw Neve Gallus anytime I want to HAHA

[ososull]

Full lil outfit lineup and portrait of my rook Faye lol

Gave her some 🎉armor🎉

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

The problem with having played all Dragon Age games and having read the graphic novels is that I'm torn between every faction. Especially between the Grey Wardens, Antivan Crows, and Shadow Dragons.

Wardens have spent the 20+ years since Origins becoming more secretive and cut off, pursuing their own studies and goals separate from greater political machinations. They've made deals with ancient darkspawn, they know where the Old Gods prisons are, and rediscovered Griffons— their hope and symbol, thought to be extinct. Your Warden companion is a Dalish Elf (rare for Dalish to become Wardens so I wonder what that story is) with a baby Griffon, a lot of room there to be rather conspiratorial co-parents.

I've loved the Crows since Zevran. While most nations have an army as their primary strong-arm, Antiva has an extremely powerful network of assassins. The Crows were dealt a deadly blow recently and the Qunari are close to taking over Antiva. If they succeed then they'll have a very strong hold on the continent. A pretty crucial time to be a Crow, especially as your Crow companion is the grandson of its leader. An excelling career assassin set up to be its next leader but who may not have the heart of a killer at all.

The Shadow Dragons is an organisation in Tevinter whose main goal is freeing slaves and stamping out oppression. The oldest human settlement in Thedas, Tevinter is the ultimate dark horse of Dragon Age lore. Your Dragon companion is a PI who swaggered out of a noir novel and onto the streets of Minrathus. Everything about this is cool. What's more, Dorian accepted his seat on the Magisterium to dismantle Tevinter's oppressive systems and destroy the Venatori, something he doesn't appear to have achieved. Is he now the Grand Viper (his symbol was a snake)? Has he fled? Is he dead? So many questions.

[wenalena]

Inspired by the art concept of Nick Thornborrow

"Are you sure this is a good idea?

- Aren't you the one who liked bad ideas?

- Yes, but not to the point where your nonna could see it."

Lucanis laughed softly, leaving a trail of kisses on Rook's throat.

"Maybe. But I want to love you here."

Rook's heart melted in her chest.

" You are unbelievable"

[oldschoolfrp]

Dragons of Greyhawk: Cloud Dragon, Greyhawk Dragon, Mist Dragon, and Shadow Dragon (Mark Nelson, AD&D 2e Monstrous Compendium 5: Greyhawk Adventures Appendix, TSR, 1990)

[iffondrels-library]

FINAL FIGHT!

I've been writing the adventures of LU going through TotK's story, and they're at the end! So I HAD to paint something. A giant aerial battle against Ganon and the Shadow with all the dragons is exactly how I wanted to end this.

Close-ups under the cut:

Wild and Twilight are stuck with Ganon. Time rode up on this demon dragon, too, but he jumped off so he could play the Oath to Order and summon the other dragons. Din'raal's gonna go get him.

Itty bitty details! Sky's trying to help Hyrule while Wars stabs the shit out of Dark Link. Wind's already on Farosh.

[boredguitarfish]

Nimor Imphraezl, the Anointed Blade of Jaezred Chaulssin

Lil pest of Menzo

[avernusreject]

Eh I'm bored so lets stir the pot a bit.

[loustica-lucia]

DATV — Quin

I couldn't escape the Tarquin thoughts so I drew him 🧍

Quin, the man that you are.

Reference/Screenshot by @/minrathou:

Timelapse:

[iubworks]

FE Jill

[shamianasart]

"Look at that. My favourite kind of Trouble."

[jisuto]

[magesforthedas]

Veilguard Faction Ages:

Okay, join me on another “it’s 3am and I should be sleeping, but I couldn’t until I’d thoroughly researched this line of thought!” Minor spoilers for early VG ahead.

Antaam

The Antaam invade Tevinter around 9:44/9:45 Dragon, not on the orders of the Qun. The Qunari the Inquisitor meets in Trespasser are probably Antaam, though idk if it says that? So they could’ve broken away 9:43-9:44?

Edit: friendly commenter shared that there's a letter where it says that Antaam broke off because the Ben-Hassrath refused to continue the operation after the Inquisitor stopped them in Trespasser. So officially 9:44!

Shadow Dragons

The Shadow Dragons started out as the Lucerni, formed sometime between 9:41-9:44 Dragon. When Maevaris Tilani was framed for treason and the Lucerni dissolved, she took them underground and transformed the movement into the Shadow Dragons.

Maevaris says she’s been laying low since the allegations, that her title had been stripped… a Shadow Dragon Rook says they hadn’t heard that, and wouldn’t that had to have happened before the “Shadow Dragons” were even formed, and thus Rook a part of it? So that would be somewhat old news, since before Rook has been away with Varric… Rook doesn’t keep up with politics, I guess😂

Based off the VG codex entries I found (Neve’s notes), Mae was kicked from the Magisterium “over a year ago”, and based on the order of the codex, shortly after this she met Tarquin of the Shadow Dragons, and he was probably working with them then. Then or sometime after, she was recruited; How long has Neve been with the Shadow Dragons?

Best guess: 9:42ish the Lucerni were formed, after Dorian went back to Tevinter, before Trespasser. Sometime between 9:48-9:50 is when the Lucerni were dissolved and the Shadow Dragons were formed; long enough for the Lucerni to start to gain momentum, and make the opposition nervous, which is when they tried to tear it down. Rook would have left with Varric in 9:51, since Veilguard is supposed to be in 9:52 and you were with Varric for a year. Rook probably wasn’t part of the Shadow Dragons right at the start, but it could be pretty close if you take into account the letter found about Dorian reaching out to the Mercar family, who’s head of house was sympathetic to the Shadow Dragons. Rook could’ve realistically been with the group for a few years, or even just a few months, depending on when you think the Shadow Dragons were formed, and when Rook joined. Although, it would make sense that you and Neve haven’t met if she joined just before or after you left with Varric, so that would point to Maevaris being framed around 9:49-9:50.

Veil Jumpers

Bellara says the Veil Jumpers are pretty new, just since Arlathan Forest started getting even more chaotic. I can’t say exactly why, but I feel like in Dragon Age new/old terms, it could have been around for like… 5 years? That would put the date roughly 9:47 Dragon. We know Strife was spying on the Antaam after they took Ventus (Three Trees to Midnight), so around 9:44-9:45? Then later Strife and Irelin were sent to find an artifact in Arlathan Forest, which was when they discovered the magic had gone crazy (Ruins of Reality). Unfortunately, there isn’t any kind of date on that, but it just means we know more was happening before the Veil Jumpers started. So sometime between 9:47-9:50 is likely for their official start.

Lords of Fortune

The Lords of Fortune, upon actually reading my codex entries haha, were formed by Isabela and friends; she’s “been with the Lords since before we were the Lords. Back then it was just a bunch of sea raiders-“

Shathann left the Qun presumably when Taash was quite little, if they “went through a lot of spoons as a baby”. They were taken in by the Lords of Fortune, but a Lord Rook has never met Taash. This speaks to either: A. Shathann and Taash were not immediately taken in by the Lords, or B. Taash is pretty young, and only officially joined the Lords after you left (a year before VG), though Shathann would have been with them for longer.

It doesn’t sound like the Lords were around at the start of Inquisition, as you can ask Varric about her, and he says she went back to the Raiders of the Waking Sea and is calling herself an Admiral, though he doesn’t know if that’s official or a self-styled title. Isabela is a field agent for the Inquisition according to the multiplayer mode, so could she have formed the Lords after that? Either after 9:42 when the biggest battle happened, or after 9:44 when it was officially dissolved/merged with the chantry.

Also side note, Antaam vs Qunari (with notes from Shathann) by Taash, age 14; this was written after the Antaam broke from the Qun. So since that was 9:44, if the note is directly from that time Taash would be 22 in 9:52 (edited for clarity after comment!). After I realized this I found a note on the wiki that Taash is early 20’s, from a developer’s Q&A, which I then found the said Taash is the youngest, early 20’s (close to Sera), Emmerich is oldest in his early 50’s the rest are somewhere around late 20’s/early 30’s.

If Shathann left because of the Antaam splitting from the Qun, then it could make sense for the Lords to have been around just prior. However, Taash talks about the Antaam attacks and how it’s made the Rivain locals scared of them- this could either mean :

Shathann left when Taash was much younger, well before the Antaam split, so possibly around the early 9:30s? The two may have settled into Rivain well before the Lords were formed, and Shathann started working for them possibly in 9:51, since a Lord Rook doesn’t know her either.

Shathann left around early 9:30s, but started working with the Lords soon after their founding, as Antaam attacks on Rivain may have made life more difficult.

Or, less likely I’d think, Shathann left with Taash and started worked with the Lords soon after their founding, so sometime in 9:42-9:46 when Taash was a teenager. It took the Antaam a few years for their attacks to hit Rivain, which is when Taash and their mother started facing more problems.

Assuming Taash did join after Rook left, a year is a short amount of time for all the adventures you hear bits of, but with so much happening it also makes sense.

Grey Wardens

The Grey Wardens, obviously, have been around since the First Blight (Specifically, founded in -305 Ancient), so they’re 1257 years old as of 9:52.

Antivan Crows

The Crows started as an arm of the Chantry in the area around Treviso: The Chant was popularized in Antiva in 1:45 Divine, so it would have been after that. There is supposedly a fair amount of Rivaini culture in the Crows (that’s where the tradition of their tattoos comes from), and the Rivaini-born Queen of Antiva was born 4:30 Black. So it’s possible that the Crows were formed after she came to power and Rivaini culture was more mixed into Antivan, or they could have already been around and that culture was incorporated in later. So they’re potentially somewhere between 500-800 years old.

Mourn Watch

The Mourn Watch are a branch of the Mortalitasi; the Mortalitasi Order was founded by Vitus Fabria, King Caspar Pentaghast’s personal advisor (and a Tevinter mage). Caspar Pentaghast seized control of Nevarra in 2:46 Glory. The Mourn Watch may not have been established right away, and I suppose there’s no way of knowing unless they tell us; was the Mourn Watch established right away, or later, after some kind of corruption or power struggle within the Mortalitasi occurred? So the Mourn Watch is at most 706 in 5:52, potentially younger by a couple hundred years.

ALSO I’ve seen some discussion about when Veilguard takes place; there are notes in the codex dating 9:52 Dragon, so it’s that year (or later I suppose, but I don’t think so) unless we are somehow seeing notes from the future :)

TL:DR my best guesses on Faction foundings and other related dates:

-305 Ancient - The Grey Wardens are founded

1:45 Divine-5:xx Exalted (?) - The Antivan Crows are founded

2:46-2:5x Glory - The Mortalitasi are formed, along with, or sometime thereafter, the Mourn Watch

9:41 Dragon - The events of Dragon Age: Inquisition begin

9:42 Dragon - The conclusion of the event of Inquisition

9:42-9:43 Dragon - Lucerni movement is formed

9:42-9:46 Dragon - The Lords of Fortune are founded

9:44 Dragon - The events of the Trespasser DLC. The Antaam break from the Qun

9:44-9:45 Dragon - The Antaam attack Tevinter cities, including Ventus. Strife is sent to spy on the Antaam

9:47-9:50 Dragon - Arlathan Forest’s magic starts going haywire. The Veil Jumpers are founded

9:49-9:50 Dragon - Maevaris is removed from the Magisterium and the Lucerni are dissolved. The Shadow Dragons are formed.

9:51 Dragon - Rook (from any background) leaves their organization to help Varric.

9:52 Dragon - The events of Dragon Age: The Veilguard begin

So, the Grey Wardens are the oldest, the the Mourn Watch and Antivan Crows are also pretty old. Then the Lords of Fortune, Veil Jumpers, and Shadow Dragons are baby organizations in comparison!

Thanks for reading y’all!

[oldschoolfrp]

Like the original Monster Manual, the AD&D Monster Manual II had a long "D" chapter with new demons, devils, dinosaurs, and dragons, adding the cloud dragon, faerie dragon, mist dragon, and shadow dragon (Jim Holloway and Harry Quinn, 1983)