#astralis lavellan

[lotuslia]

Since I can't afford Veilguard yet, I'm giving myself emotional damage by writing DAI fic instead, guess where we're at! It's all fun and dancing until one of you looks up.

In Your Heart Shall Burn is my favorite quest in the base game, it genuinely made me cry the first time I played.

[lotusliasart]

Jk he's probably already in Minrathous, going "OH SHIT" in another street corner.

I imagine Astralis would grow his hair back during the timeskip despite giving himself the Worst crisis haircut after Trespasser (it would've been fine if he used scissors and a mirror but no, ya boy had a good stress cry and hacked it short with a dagger when nobody was looking)

[lotuslia]

Aaa let's go, a chance to spam my boy :') one of the many.

Here is my Inquisitor Astralis Lavellan, or just Astra to friends. Varric nicknames him 'Grey' because he's so solemn in Haven at first, but once they make it to Skyhold, swaps the nickname to 'Stories' because this man does not run out of tales to tell.

Mage, specifically storm and spirit magic, and later rift magic. Absolute shit at ice magic.

One of Deshanna's two grandsons, but a city elf tried to sneak out of Markham through the clan and ran into him and his older brother and she's been their extra sister for years now.

Has a 5-y.o. daughter with the Keeper's scribe, but they broke up before she was born and now raise her as good friends. He later romances Dorian.

Deshanna is old and ready to give up the title to Astralis, but she keeps giving excuses so he can raise his kid in peace first. It's getting a bit funny at this point, and the clan treats them both as keepers already.

Not a big fan of animals. Will pet a dog but won't squee over how cute it is. (has however babytalked a ram in my fic, so there's that)

Softspoken and wary by nature, he gets told a lot that he's too soft when things go to shit, so he takes that advice and dials it to ten in the name of survival, making some harsh decisions. He's snapped out of it during Bull's personal quest, and from then on he runs the inquisition more like he wants to, and look at that, they don't crash and burn (until Trespasser, that is).

Allied with the mages, disbanded the inquisition. Promises backup in what's to come but refuses to take the lead again, he's got a keeper's responsibility now and he's tired.

Vallaslin goes down to his fingers, covering his upper back/chest as well. It was his way of showing devotion to the clan as it's future keeper.

Hard of hearing in his right ear from fooling around with big spells as a teenager that then misfired. Can read lips a little but usually just relies on the good ear.

Has read The Tale of The Champion tons of times. Keeps from screaming outwardly through sheer will when Hawke turns up in Skyhold.

I've done this many times on Twitter but never on Tumblr. Reblog this with a screenshot/art (credited, in case you're not the artist) with your Dragon Age OC and tell me a bit about them. I'd love to know more about your darlings! 🥰

[luke-biwalker]

@inwersya tagged me for this super fun OC Dancing Meme! :D

I’m tagging: @readbythestarlight @daisytje @halfblood-fiend​ @cipher-agent @cole-saberhagen @musicalheart168 @diabeticjedi @menollywanderer

Putting the gifs under a cut because it got a little long... not all of my OCs, thankfully, but there’s a quite a handful.

Nyeris Maraa

Lorelei Shepard (and Kaidan ♥)

Kailan Wren (and... Theron... *cries a little*)

Sorren (and Koth ♥)

Oberyn Lavellan

Loreian Cousland (and Alistair ♥)

Astralis Luminara

Reira Nikolaev

Jataaka Alynne

[lotuslia]

Lavellan siblings! I haven't finished Andri's full ref page yet but I put this DAI-era picture of the siblings together ✨They come hang out in Skyhold too after a bit.

I feel most natural drawing Astra wearing the brown Skyhold outfit or full dalish gear, but since I designed originals for the rest I did one for him too.

[lotuslia]

A bit late for Artfight, but I started making some more detailed character sheets for fun. I don't know how to design clothes but oh well.

Astralis or Astra is/was Clan Lavellan's First, and one of the grandchildren of Keeper Deshanna. He tells lots of stories and babytalks rams in Haven because he misses his daughter. Varric nicknamed him 'Grey' because he was so gloomy at first, but then changed it to 'Stories' later.

He's trying to uphold a professional and leaderlike outlook and mostly succeeds, but then he's telling terrible puns the very next moment, or ends up eating shit on the battlefield because he got too brash and tried to join melee.

[lotuslia]

There's a trend of making a 24h quiz for your followers to guess the lie out of 3 descriptions of your DA oc, so I'm joining in! I wasn't tagged, I'm just doing it lmao.

I forget what I've mentioned in the fic/idle chatter and what's still in the draft chapters, so just go by vibes if you're not sure, haha

[lotuslia]

So I have a lot of Dragon Age oc's. This isn't all of them, but at least the main ones. I love them a lot ;;v;;

I wanted to add Rivra (Nava's mom and the Keeper's scribe) but I realized I have so many Lavellans here already and I've never drawn Florian before, so he got to make a debut instead.

A version with who's who under the cut:

[lotuslia]

Last OC-tober duo for my clan Lavellan introductions! Days 21-22: Inky and his sister <3

Andri Lavellan, originally a city elf from Markham, joined the clan as a preteen and despite her plans to just be there temporarily, by the time her first Arlathvhen came by, Isvin and Alma were already introducing her to old friends as their third kid. She got her vallaslin recently and goes off to be a Red Jenny with Sera. She follows both the dalish ways and the chantry's, since it's what she grew up with.

And Astralis Lavellan, my inquisitor and the clan's First - stressed dad and dorianmancer. He's mainly a lightning mage, with a dash of rift magic. Fucked up his right ear as a teen doing *cool spells* and that side goes fully deaf by the end of DAI. Has vallaslin reaching the tips of his fingers, did Not get it all done at once. He grows the undercut out just in time for a breakdown haircut in Trespasser, and then moves to Tevinter, since things with his clan are uhhhhh... tense, after Wycome. He'd like to be an absolute nobody again, thanks. I usually draw him cheerful and smiling, and he is, but he's also Very Done with everything.

[lotusliasart]

Actually I lied, that was the second piece of the year. I made this for an Artfol challenge, and boy does it show well what I spoke about in the last post. I had a much more relaxed and loose touch to this, and had fun the entire way!

(Leon's the easiest only bc he's nearly as ancient of an oc as jan and is p much ingrained in my muscle memory lmao)

I'm sure there's a bunch of super old shoujo anime knockoff oc's in my teenage art folders but I only counted the ocs that still exist in some form :')

[lotuslia]

3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25 for Inquisitor-questions ^^

Ooh, I get to talk about Astralis in length :D Thanks!

3. Where was your Inquisitor born? Where did they grow up?

Astra's dalish, and based on the Wicked Grace scene where he tells stories of the clan camping near the Tirashan, I imagine they don't always stay within the Free marches' borders. So! He was born on Nevarran land technically, and grew up along the lower parts of the Marches. I've established that they were near Kirkwall when he was 14 and traded in Markham when he was 15, but not much more than that.

4. What are your Inquisitor's parents names? Do they have siblings? What are their names?

His mother is named Alma, and father is named Isvin. Alma is not originally a Lavellan but moved clans because ✨she fell in love✨xD He has two siblings, Yuni (older by 5 years) and Andri (adopted city-elf from Markham, younger by 6 years). He also has a daughter, Nava, who turns 6 a few months after DAI begins.

It's also mention-worthy that Isvin is the son of Keeper Deshanna, making these three her grandchildren.

5. How old is your Inquisitor at the start of the game?

Thirty-one!

7. Who was your Inquisitor's first friend in the Inquisition?

Varric kind of. Astra's read many of his books and was totally taken by the Tale of The Champion before ever meeting Varric, so he's curious. At first it's really just admiration and Varric humoring him to keep entertaining company at a rough time, but they do eventually become actual friends as well, but it takes time.

As soon as the advisors arrive, Astralis and Josie bond very fast and that's probably the first deeper friendship he makes there. And that friendship stays strong throughout, she's easily one of his favorite people because she always makes an effort to see past the role forced upon him.

9. Where does your Inquisitor like to hang out at Skyhold?

Honestly, he hangs around the companions most of all, so wherever they are. He'll bring his paperwork to Dorian's library corner, nap on Solas' couch, sit with the Chargers or Sera at the tavern, and so on.

10. What does your Inquisitor do with their free time? Do they have any hobbies?

Astralis is at his core, a restless soul. He's a shit crafter by his own evaluation but the clan's craftswoman taught him a simple yarn bracelet so he keeps making those to keep his hands busy, and reads, and practices magic, and enables Sera's pranks more often than anyone would suspect. If anyone takes him up on the offer, he also practices dancing, but feels a bit too awkward doing it alone.

11. Where is your Inquisitor's favorite region to visit?

Emerald Graves, definitely. Not only is it relevant to his interests as a dalish elf, it's also BIG and PRETTY and he could get lost there for a very long time and be perfectly content.

15. Which companion is your Inquisitor closest to? Why?

Well, Dorian goes without saying, but other than that... I think he's closest with Varric, Sera, and eventually Cassandra (they're both stubborn and don't get along at all first). He's also very good friends with Krem but not quite as close with Bull until later on.

With Varric they have this 'try to keep each other on our feet during this mess' kind of friendship. With Cassandra they both mellow out a little with time and get to know each other outside of their original conflicts. And with Sera it's a bit of a rocky road sometimes but they keep an eye on each other, even if they don't always get along.

16. Who did your Inquisitor romance? What drew them to that person?

Astralis romances Dorian, and while I mentioned he has a daughter already, he's been split from Nava's mother (Rivra) since the girl was born. They're good friends still, and co-parent the girl to this day.

He liked Dorian from the start and thought he was fun and intriguing. The fact they spent a day stuck in time together and saw each other in the middle of big emotions right off the bat certainly helped, but honestly they'd have bonded fast anyway. They don't agree on everything and sometimes get frustrated with each other, but they have a lot in common, and approach things with a lot of heart.

17. How did your Inquisitor feel about becoming an Inquisition agent? How did they feel about getting promoted to Inquisitor?

Overall he just wanted to go home back to his family, but since that wasn't an option he settled into being an agent pretty well, all things considered. He never wanted to be known as a Herald of anything, and being offered the role of Inquisitor was no better, just more things he was tied into against his will.

He tried to refuse on the basis that the people didn't want him, they wanted some divine being that they imagined when they looked past him. But he ended up accepting because if he was too soft to lead, then someone else would take the title and he'd just have to listen and follow their choices. He had the anchor after all, he was tied to the inquisition whether he wanted to or not. At least as inquisitor he could make sure they did right by his people.

He hears "you're too soft" a bit too often for it to not stick, and for a time overcompensates a bit in fear of leading everyone to another Haven situation, but in time he finds his own way to lead and begins to feel more comfortable in the role.

21. What pet would your Inquisitor have? What would they name it?

Hmmmm, Astra's not a big animal-person, but he might enjoy having a calm cat around, or a lizard maybe? He'd name it after some item or such, probably in dalish. A pretty-sounding name to others, but elves would know his cat's name is Socks.

22. What mount does your Inquisitor use? Did they name it?

In-game I always use harts, but in my fic I gave him a horse first of all and he named it Renan. It means 'voice', because it took a bit for them to find a mutual understanding, as he'd never ridden before.

23. What has your Inquisitor been up to between Trespasser and Veilguard?

He's been traveling, is the short of it. He was the keeper's First before DAI, but stuff happened and when he was finally able to go home, it didn't feel right to take back that role. So instead he let his fellow apprentice continue her Keeper's role but now in an official measure, and Astralis himself took up the role of a traveling messenger between clans, a kind of shared keeper. He sometimes brings Nava with him, or drops by his friends elsewhere, and on occasion sneaks his way through Minrathous to see Dorian.

He's technically helping the Red Jennies too, but on a more unofficial sense. He's entirely separated himself from the inquisition, which disbanded, but does keep in contact with the friends he made there, and promised to give his support if it's needed, just in a non-leader role from now on.

25. What's one thing you wish your Inquisitor could have done that wasn't an option? (e.g. become Divine, alternate romance, different quest outcome, different region map, etc.)

My main change from game-to-fic is the fact that we never got to see the inquisitor's background people, even though there are war table missions about them. I have a whole scenario that goes off-canon where he receives the request for help from his clan and just refuses to let the advisors handle it.

He goes to Wycome, brings along a little group, and they solve the problem there in person (it doesn't go well and he doesn't feel very welcome there afterwards, but the clan is alive and the goal is reached, mostly). Afterwards his siblings and daughter + some others come to Skyhold with him, and stay until the end of Trespasser.

Playing Astralis in the game itself feels very lonely without his family around ;;v;; I wish it were possible to mod them in or something, but sadly that goes beyond mods. I'll just have to write it instead.

[lotusliasart]

And another Astralis for the day because I really adore my dalish son and his entire extended family. My clan Lavellan is big and their main crafts come in greens and whites, involving a lot of twist patterns with yarns and fabrics. Astra personally loves purple and red.

I tried out Medibang's timelapse function with this too:

[lotusliasart]

Oc-tober days 16 & 17: Astralis & Nava Lavellan

Nava is the daughter of clan Lavellan's First (Astralis) and the keeper's scribe (Rivra). She's 5 when DA:I starts. While she's spent early DA:I at the clan with her mom, aunt and uncle, they all join her dad at Skyhold after Wycome. They missed each other a lot and Astra feels super bad he left his kid for so long! (Fyi: Rivra and Astra have not been romantically involved since a little before Nava was born, so she's always known her parents just to be friends.)

Astralis is the inquisitor of my main worldstate, and the middle sibling between Andri and Yuni, as well as the grandson and apprentice of keeper Deshanna. She's old and he's been pretty ready to take over the title for years now, but Deshanna wanted to give him a bit more time to raise Nava in peace first (the Conclave visit was kind of a way to prove he was ready).

He's a sponge for magic and history knowledge, and Varric re-nicknames him 'Stories' later on because he just never runs out of tales to tell at the fireside. Despite being probably the calmest sibling, he has his gremlin moments, and is kind of easy to aggravate despite usually choosing patience. He's deathly afraid of templars due to a teenage encounter and the fact that Deshanna's previous apprentice got snatched up to a circle when he was like 6 too, and that plays a lot to his choices.

I have a fic going on that has like 120 pages of drafted text as well as the chapters that are already out, but it's very slow. (not given up on!!! i'm still writing, just extremely slow)

[lotusliasart]

So I joined the trend of 'draw your inky in the DA:A style', idk if it's quite there but I like it nonetheless!

Ex-inquisitor, now fulltime keeper Astralis Lavellan, yet again tied into Some Bullshit. The arm and staff are both enchanted ironbark but idk how ironbark is supposed to look like shh

[lotuslia]

This friendship was created entirely with the purpose of making Krem slowly lose his mind.

Drawing silly stuff from my own fic because why not

[lotuslia]

T-posing with Josie to make Skyhold more fun