#adaia tabris

[lelianasbong]

the description of adaia's boots has me in its grip..

some mothers knit booties for their unborn babes. adaia, who was much more practical, made leather boots adorned with patterns of vines.

[shivunin]

the fact that you start the Tabris origin by literally stepping into your mother's shoes. the fact that what you get is a wedding outfit and your mother's worn boots, kept carefully intact for years, tucked away for this exact moment. the fact that you then immediately take the path she never could, leaving behind the alienage and the wedding and following Duncan (who would have recruited Adaia first, if not for baby!Tabris) to what ought to have been death.

And Then!! instead of fighting and falling as she did, cheating death and becoming the fighter she always intended you to be instead??? Reliving and simultaneously subverting the story of her life??

[moghedien]

the timeline of Leliana’s Song vs things said in the city elf origin leave wiggle room for interpretation of exactly when Adaia died and there’s no clear answer for that which I love because I go feral for the potential there

like I’m obsessed with the idea that maybe Adaia did escape the dungeons and maybe she did tell her teenage child that there was a good human that saved her. And that child got their mother back for a little while and was old enough to consider that maybe their mother wasn’t lying and there might be a few decent humans. And then more humans caused trouble and Adaia was killed and there was no “good” human around to save her this time.

And the idea of this random good human becomes like a bitter thing in her child’s mind because the child has seen no evidence of this. They’ve only seen the evil humans can commit in them. They took Adaia twice. But that doesn’t change the fact that a human DID save Adaia from being tortured and killed in a dungeon. They got Adaia back for a little while because of a good human and it becomes a sort of nagging bitter feeling they feel conflicted about.

And then that child grows up and has a wedding that humans use as an excuse to hurt them and their family. They’ve never met a good human. Maybe some (like the priests) will tolerate them enough to perform chantry rituals for them. Duncan may have only helped them because he wanted to conscript them into the Wardens and take them from their family when they’re needed the most.

So Adaia’s child is taken from their home because they’re useful to humans. They end up getting burdened with responsibilities because they’re useful and because of the skills Adaia taught them. They end up traveling with a number of humans. They get exposed to the world outside of the alienage for the first time. Things probably change slowly for them, as they’re getting closer to people and experiencing more. Some humans will like them because they’re needed to save the day. Some humans might just be nice to them for no reason. Then again, a lot won’t and will resent them regardless. Some will just pretend not to notice that a knife ears is leading the Wardens, but it’s clear they do. It’s both validating and complicating their worldview. Maybe their mother wasn’t lying about a human saving her because they were just good. Then again, maybe the human just saved a random elf by happenstance and not from goodness.

They probably get close to number of their human companions in a variety of ways. The fact that the humans are all different and get along to varying degrees is probably complicating their worldview. The fact that they might try to get closer to an elf for no obvious reason instead of sticking together probably complicates it more. Everything is probably very confusing for a very long time.

Maybe Adaia’s child recruits a strange Chantry sister from Lothering, another human. Maybe they find themselves getting closer to her in ways they never expected possible with a human (or with another woman even). And then they find Leliana more and more complicated the more they get closer to her. She’s Orlesian and Ferelden. She’s a spy and a killer, but a Chantry sister and the most earnestly devout person they’ve probably ever met. She’s says offensive things about elves to their face and then actually apologizes to them and thanks them for showing her it was offensive. She will talk big about her seduction skills and then stumble every step of the way as she’s trying to flirt with them. Information about her history and her life trickles in slowly as she gets closer to them and is willing to reveal more.

By the time they’ve learned much about Leliana, Adaia’s child probably realizes how complicated the world actually is for everyone. Maybe they’ve met the dalish and found themselves being looked down on and treated either as human would be or as a child. Maybe they’ve gone to Ozrzammar and realized that oppression can exist outside of human and elves and the Chantry. Maybe they’ve returned home. Maybe they’ve tried to return home and found they weren’t allowed in, to protect them from the rioting elves within. Maybe they’ve saved the queen. Maybe they’ve killed Logain. Maybe they’ve slayed the archdemon and saved the whole damned world by the time it comes. It could be never or after these or anywhere in between when it happens.

But imagine Adaia’s child who is not an adult with a very complicated and shifting worldview, who used to only have the concept of there being at least one good human to complicate their world. One good human that gave them their mother back for a little while at least. And now they’re close to a human. They’re in love with a human who is extremely complicated and who won’t tell them honest truths about her past until they’re very close and much time has passed. Time in which their worldview has probably shifted a great deal and got much more complicated.

Imagine how it would go for Adaia’s child in this circumstance when the details of Leliana’s past finally come out and she’s willing to talk about them. When they find out that the same estate where she was betrayed and tortured was the estate they rampaged through, slaughtering humans to save their family and themself.

And it isn’t even pride that makes her reveal it. She isn’t bragging. She didnt feel like she was a good person in the moment. She struggles to feel like she’s a person now, even when she knows her actions are for the greater good. So imagine Adaia’s child when Leliana almost offhandedly mentions saving other prisoners from the dungeon. Including an elven woman who said she’d tell her child about Leliana and the fact that there are good humans like her.

[sympateawithsugar]

Young dad and mom Tabris. I like to think Adaia was taller than Cyrion and had Dalish ancestry.

(the hair jewelry is a gift they gave each other)

[rammota]

i know bros had no money for a portrait but please let the tabris finally be happy,,,

[leliwardens]

leliana telling tabris "[they] lit [her] path through darkness" and adaia telling leliana "[she is] a light in this dark place" just!!!! rrrr grrrrr *starts gnawing on the bars of the my cage*

[cyanorhis]

Ever since I found out about Adaia I have been so obsessed with her that I started tweaking Aria's design bit by bit with the only caveat being that I still want to keep her weirdly similar to Fiona bc I'm sick in the head and I like to put Alistair in ridiculous situations he cannot possibly control.

so I changed her skintone and eyecolor (darker and lighter respectively) but honestlyy? idk what I'm doing, every doodle of her looks different it is becoming annoying

[heniareth]

Nightly Vigil

Words: 536 | Rating: Teen and up

A quick character study of Astala Tabris as a teen, and her changing relationship with her mother. The hanging mentioned at the beginning refers to the hanging of one of Adaia Tabris's fellow smugglers, which Astala witnessed with her mother (lotta headcanon material in this one)

On the fourth night after the hanging—that is, as soon as the appropriate time for a wake had passed—her mother was out running the streets again. And Astala couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in her bed. She tried to find rest, but all the while she listened to every creak of the house, every brush of the wind against its crooked frame. She listened for steps. She listened for the dull roar of a mob.

Finally, she gave up, and climbed out of the bed. She hesitated, wrapped a shawl around herself to ward off the cold. Then she quietly approached her father sitting in front of the hearth.

Her mother could approach her father unheard. But her, he heard her. He smiled when he saw her, and pulled a chair up next to his. She'd long stopped being small enough to share a chair with her father.

"Can't sleep, little one?" he asked.

Astala shook her head, and leaned against him.

Her father wrapped an arm around her, and they both sat in silence, trying to look past the cover of darkness Adaia Tabris had disappeared into.

For as long as Astala could remember, her mother had done this. A few times, Astala had even gone with her, now that she was old enough to do so. And for as long as she could remember, her father had stayed up and waited for her.

"Will Ma come back?"

Her father sighed. "Well, she has always come back."

Astala didn't like that answer one bit. She could feel her father wasn't happy, either.

"What if she gets caught?"

"We can only pray that that doesn't happen, little one." Her father ran a hand over her hair. "I fear-"

He feared. What he feared, Astala never knew. He stopped himself before he could finish the thought.

"I want her to stop doing this", Astala mumbled into the resulting silence and pressed her head against her father's shoulder. "Why does she do this?"

It took her father a while to answer.

"Your mother..." he began, haltingly, "has always loved her freedom. It's important to her to be out, carrying her weapons. Even if..." He took a weary breath. "Even if it puts her in danger."

While Astala mulled this over in silence, her father continued speaking.

"Your mother also cannot stop doing what she thinks is right. It will drive her up the walls, and right now she thinks it's right to go out and work like every other night." Her father shifted, and as Astala looked up at him she found him looking at her with a smile. "You do that as well, you know?"

Astala looked away. Then she shook her head.

"I would never do this."

"My little girl." There was pity in her father's voice, and Astala didn't lean against him as much as he pulled her closer. "Don't be too harsh on your mother. She is trying to do her very best. For all of us."

Astala said nothing, and settled against her father's shoulders once more because she knew it would make him happier than arguing. She stared into the low flames of the hearth, jaw locked and tense, eyes stinging.

[bluerose5]

Not a new playthrough or anything but wanted to try my hand at creating my Warden, Darrian, in the BG3 character creator. Not 100% perfect, especially since I had to use a half-elf preset instead of the elf ones, but I think I'm satisfied with it (especially since this is without mods). 😊

Also, bonus, Adaia Tabris' form (based on my hcs at least) as his guardian:

[starlightchocolatecookie]

Adaia Tabris (city elf's mom) Headcanons:

an extrovert, funny and witty

brings life to every party

mischivous, loves to troll people

best mom ever (according to her daughter)

used to work for Eleanor Cousland as a spy

[bumblewarden]

I was wrong! Adaia actually has slightly more than one line!

Plus at the start of combat:

[failingfae]

Tumblr Plays Dragon Age Origins!

[moghedien]

CRUMBLING because I’m thinking about how the entire Tabris family knew about Leliana years before the Blight, they just wouldn’t have known the name of the “Orlesian she-devil” that broke Adaia out of prison

[hotdogcabbagesausage]

UGH CITY ELF ORIGIN IS SO INTERESTING i’m so mad i haven’t done it before. like all the stuff with adaia… absolutey

[psalacanthea]

Thanks @oxygenforthewicked for the WiP Wednesday tag!  I’m not writing this week due to Reasons, but I dug this out and I hope it’s amusing.  Texting Thursday?  IDK.  Lol.  A little Darian Tabris x Zevran Arainai x Liana Mahariel (plus baby Adaia)

Arainai/Mahariel/Tabris Family Chat

...

Darian:  So say somebody got rested last night

Darian:  Arrested

Darian:  But they already got bailed out and theres no charges filed 

Darian:  Because someone had proof of 

Darian: Hang on autocorrects not getting it

Darian: Excessive force 

Darian:  The **** Templar’s Office isn’t going to file charges cousin **** threatened to release video of them threatening to curb stomp me when I stopped them beating on um this mage ****

Zevran: Don’t use speech to text.  You always get angry at it. 🖤

Darian:  I’m tired of **** spelling things wrong shut up and listen okay

Darian:  How I get it to make a question

Zevran:  You have to say question mark.

Darian:  They kept me overnight just to scare me **** cowards like I ain’t been in jail before I burned down **** Denerim once

Darian:  Well three blocks of it anyways

Zevran:  Your wife wants me to tell you that she’s going to kill you.

Darian:  **** why’s she just my wife?

Zevran:  My wife would never have a reason to get so angry.  Obviously.  I do not get caught. 

Darian:  That’s not how it works she’s your wife even when she’s mad at me

Zevran:  Did you get video of you fighting them?  I’m assuming that is what happened.

Darian:  Yea I got the whole thing Shianni recorded it

Zevran:  Send it I want to watch. 🗡️

Lia:        NO.

Darian:  Hi bby

Zevran:  That is my cue to open a bottle of wine.

Lia:        You put that video on a physical storage device and delete it off of your phone RIGHT now!  How many times have I lectured you about data security?

Darian:  lol

Lia:       Derry don’t you dare laugh this off.  I’m very serious.  You need backups, you need physical storage, and you need to delete it off your phone.

Darian:  Love you baby

Lia:       What does that have to do with anything?

Darian:  I got **** arrested and this is what you’re worried about it’s just cute as ****

Zevran:  It is extremely cute.

Lia:       Yes it’ll be very cute when the Templars you upset show up at your door, take your phone and destroy it, and beat you to within an inch of your life.  Do you not remember what happened in Amaranthine to Anders?  

Zevran:  No love that doesn’t sound cute.

Lia:        You’re not helping.

Zevran:  Oh.  I was not trying to help.  I am a neutral party in this debate.

Lia:        Data security isn’t something we can be complacent over!

Zevran:  😂😂😂 🖤

Darian:  **** lol

Lia:       Just…send me the video and delete it, please.  I’ll handle it.

Zevran: Hi da

Darian:  Baby girl!  Hi Adaia are you being good for mama and papa?

Zevran:  No

Darian:  Lolol

Lia:        At least your daughter is honest.

Darian:  You gotta try baby girl.   Da will be home soon and then we can cause trouble together

Zevran:  She handed me my phone back and said: I’m too tired for this

Darian:  Gee wonder where she got that from

Zevran:  [image ID: an elven toddler with dark brown curls, golden eyes, and sunglasses on top of her head is dressed in a fuzzy purple bathrobe and Griffey Griffin cartoon character slippers.  She’s holding a wine glass that’s much too large for her, full of pale effervescent liquid.  Her face is painted with garish makeup and a child’s attempt at drawing Vallaslin, and her tiny fingernails have been carefully painted black.]

Darian:  IS THAT FUCKING WINE?

Lia:       …Derry it’s sparkling grape juice.  Baby wine.

Zevran:  Seriously love?

Darian:   Can’t you put it inn one of her little plastic cups or something shell break it

Darian:  We don’t have many good dishes

Lia:        You bought that wine glass from the dollar store.

Zevran:  Did he really think we would give her wine?

Lia:        From a man who spent the night in jail, no less.

Darian:   🤬

Zevran:  😂 

Lia:        Good job successfully changing the subject, Zev.

Zevran:  😏 😏 🖤

Zevran:  Addy wants you to do my nails, too.

Lia:        Do you want black, purple, orange, or holographic sparkles?

Zevran:  Orange with sparkles.  Do you do Orlesian tips?

Darian:   That sounds like a sex thing

Lia:         It really does.

Darian:  GTG babe sweetie I will try not to get arrested again

Darian:  Love

Zevran:  I love you.  Addy loves you too.

Lia:        I love you, please send me the video.  Have Shianni delete it, too.

Darian:  Data security

Zevran:  Data security! 

Lia:       😒

[0range0ceans]

ok so

im doing an elaborated text of all the family surrouding my Warden and my Inquisitor, and i finished Adaia's backstory! I will try to make some entries here sometimes, just to, yknow, have it saved