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[dragonagefanevents]

Dragon Age Fan Event Listings

The beauty of fan events is that they are run by fans.

Including you.

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Below is a list of all Dragon Age fan-run events we can find. The links should bring you to the most recent iteration of the event. Where possible, the time period the event covers is listed next to the event.

Want to get an event listed? Check out the link and submit. Look here for multi-fandom events, or more events in general.

Event Masterlist - #compendium

Bangs

25k Big Bang (July - November)

10k Big Bang (March - April)

Dragon Age Reverse Bang

Exchanges

Arlathan Exchange (April - June)

DA Polyshipping (August - November)

Handers Exchange (March - May)

Templartations Exchange (March - May)

Black Emporium Rare Pair Exchange (June - September)

Platonic Ideal Gen Fic Exchange (December - February)

Smutquisition (January - March)

Theme Weeks/Months

Krem Week 2024 (July 22 - 28)

City Elf Week (August 5 - August 11)

Zevwarden Week (2024 dates TBD)

Tranquil Week (August 25 - 31)

Sera Appreciation Week (Oct 13 - 19)

Kink Memes

Dragon Age Kink Meme (Dreamwidth) | DAO | DA2 | DAI

Zines

Dragon Age Flower Zine (Creation Period)

Wanderers Zine (Creation Period)

Dragon Age OC Zine (Mod Apps Open)

Alistair Zine (Creation Period)

Special Events

Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle

Dragon Age Annual (2025 Production Period)

Dragon Age Create-A-Thon (Begins Sept 15 2024)

Reddit Weekly Dragon Age Writing Prompts

Unofficial Dragon Age Day (Dec 4)

Solavellan Day (April 11)

Past Events

Retired Bangs

DragonAgeBB (last: 2015; formerly on LJ and elsewhere)

Retired Exchanges

Demands of the Qun (Qunari)

A Paragon of Their Kind (DA Dwarves)

Solas Lovers

Hightown Funk (Varric/Hawke)

Retired Theme Weeks/Months

Autumn of Anders (Anders Appreciation Event)

Dalish Week

30 Days of Dorian (Dorian Appreciation Event)

Dragon Age Fan Week (2013)

Cullen Appreciation Week (2019)

Cullen Week (2021)

14 Days of DA Lovers

Fenris Appreciation Month (2017)

Rylen Appreciation Week (2018)

Sera Appreciation Week (2019)

Sub!Solas Week (2016)

Past Zines

Adoribull Fairytales

Age of Romance Zine (Incomplete)

ApprovesGreatly (Incomplete)

Andoralis Zine

Arcana: A Dragon Age Zine

Arlathvhen Zine (Incomplete)

Beyond the Veil Zine (Zine)

Bring Down the Sky Bioware Fanzine

Dragon Age 2 10th Anniversary Zine (Zine)

Dragon Age Codex Zine & Myths and Legends Zine

Fortitudo Dorian Artbook

Good for Each Other (Adoribull Zine)

In Peace, Vigilance Zine

Insufficient Skill Fanzine

Legend Mark Zine

Lotus and Root OC Zine

Love Across Thedas Zine (Zine)

Na Via Lerno Victoria (Fenris Zine)

Patron of the Arts Zine

Rebel Hearts Handers Zine (Zine)

Road to the Imperium Zine

Solasmancy Zine

Sunlight (Anders Zine)

The Coming Storm Zine (Ukrainian Zine)

The Dragon Age Zine (Russian Zine)

The Keeper's Codex Fairy Tale Zine

The Unsung Dragon Age Zine

The Zevran Zine (incomplete)

Thedosian Archives (incomplete)

to be happy (FenHawke Zine)

Wicked Eyes: A Dragon Age Finery Zine

Year of the Mabari (Incomplete)

Other Past Events

Dragon Age Calendar 2018

Dragon Age Calendar 2021

For Fans by Fans - Fan Forge

[bigfan-fanfic]

Lord Silas Tabris, Warden-Lieutenant of the Grey, Former Bann of Denerim Alienage, and Count of House Otranto of Antiva. - Male Elf Berserker (Grey Warden), Romanced Adorno Ciel Otranto, searching for the Cure to the Taint. (face claim Josh Elton, top left)

Ser Elyan Cousland, Lord of Highever, Warden-Commander of Ferelden. - Male Human Bard (Grey Warden), Romanced Anders, joined the Inquisition with his lover to stop Corypheus. (face claim Jake Stormoen, top right)

Lord August Montilyet, youngest son of Yves Montilyet, Chartered Sailor for the Montilyet Trading Co., and Assistant Diplomat to the Inquisition - Male Human Noncombatant, Romanced Rylen, traveled around Western Thedas with Rylen to gather Inquisition support. (face claim Gavin Leatherwood, middle left)

Lady Lucie Montilyet, youngest daughter of Yves Montilyet, assistant Diplomat to the Inquisition - Female Human Noncombatant, Romanced Ser Barris, ran the city around Skyhold and became chief diplomat after Tash stepped down. (face claim Ana de Armas, middle right)

Halani Lavellan, First of Clan Lavellan, Rift Mage, and Dalish Advisor to the Inquisitor - Female Elf Rift Mage, saving Clan Lavellan and keeping an eye out for the Dread Wolf. (face claim Keira Knightley, bottom left)

Lord Vylandin Wind Walker of Clan Mithra and Snow Tooth Hold, Shadow of the Clan, Bodyguard to Duke Tash Adaar, and Windwalker of the Anderfels - Male Half-Elf Mage, protecting the Inquisitor from the Dread Wolf. (face claim Brock O’Hurn, bottom right)

My Newest OCs! Please send in some asks about them! 

OC Bios can be found here!

[ellenembee]

Writing wrap-up and goals for the new year

2021 in Review

January through August of 2021, I did quite a bit of writing on both my original fiction projects and fanfics, but I had no way to really account for what I'd written. When a friend shared that they'd been tracking their daily writing through a spreadsheet, I thought... why not? I wanted to try to build writing into a daily habit, and this was a method I hadn't tried. So, in September, I started tracking. I specifically didn't create any goals beyond "do writing things" - editing, worldbuilding, and any other writing activity on ANY WIP - because I wanted this to be about the habit, not the result.

Four months in, it's worked better than I ever could've hoped. A side benefit is that I get to see how much I actually write. I only had 12 days out of the past four months where I didn't do some sort of writing activity, and my wordcount totals (including NaNo) are satisfying:

A big discovery for me was that hopping between fics - both original and fanfics - was necessary for me to keep my daily momentum. NaNoWriMo, though giving me a big bump in my original fiction wordcount, was draining in a way the months before it hadn't been. I actually wrote *more* words in October than I did in November, but the lack of switching up WIPs in November made writing feel like a chore by the end of the month. In December, I went back to my method and am much happier for it, even if it means finishing a single WIP will take longer.

I'm glad I tried NaNoWriMo at least once, but it's not for me. And that's ok!

2022 goals

Keep up my writing habit. As noted above, I finished 2021 strong, and I think I've found a sustainable method to carry me through 2022.

Finish Truths Half Told Beget Lives Half Lived - As part of my new method, I managed to get back to writing my Captain Rylen x OC romance in the Dragon Age fandom. I posted the first chapter of that fic on Dec. 25, 2016, so it's past time I finished it!

Complete the first draft of the first book in my original fiction fantasy/adventure series. I'm currently at 72k words (of expected 120-150k), and things are moving along!

Begin the second book of my fantasy/adventure series.

Begin writing a new original WIP. I'm considering my sci-fi/adventure/romance series, my Victorian swashbuckling ladies series, my urban fantasy/romance novel, or my stand-alone romance novel. We'll see which one wins out when I'm ready to start on a new writing project.

Write out the the Jaws of Hakkon arc for my long, long fic, The Revelation of All Things. You may have noticed in the image above there was some tiny progress on that this year. May 2022 bring much more and maybe even posting, too!

Work on any lingering fanfics. I have a couple of other lingering series/fics (including my Harry x Ryder fic), that I'd like to spend time on in 2022.

Allow room for inspiration to strike. Having too-rigid guidelines has always tripped me up in the past, so I want to go into 2022 being open to throwing all these goals out the window if inspiration strikes elsewhere.

I have a bunch of little things that I want to get to eventually, but these are the main things. I think I'm finally in the right head space to get through some of these (and to be okay with it if I don't).

If you see this and want to put a writing summary together OR if you already have one, feel free to tag me. I'd love to cheer you on in your writing goals!

[offtopicoverload]

Hopefully I haven’t asked this already, but have you set birthdays/star signs for your MCs? Do you have a process to do it?

sorry this took me so long, i was waiting to have time to actually dive into doing full birth charts, but here they are, all my MCs full charts, designed by yours truly

(this is super long, so im putting charts under the cut)

i also have unreleased MCs that i did, so this was super helpful in deciding on personalities for them, so thank you! and if youre curious, i can drop them, but this is already brutally long

but basically, i started using this site a while ago when assigning sun signs and original birthdays, but i updated and added other signs using this site since its the one i got my birth chart from ages ago and it goes super in depth, and has dates for like saturn and venus and everything

as for my process, there were a few parts to it, so ill list them out

read through suns and decide on one

do the math on birth years based on age during their li season

use the dates on the site to figure out which signs were active during sun timeframe for other planets, like mercury, venus, etc

read through mercury, venus, etc, decide on which part of the sun timeframe they fall in

solidify signs for mercury, venus, etc, and general birthdays

put a few dates into natal chart and mess around with moon signs until i find one that fits

find a rising that fits without putting time in natals cuz that’s way too much effort

and ta da! finally done

and i know i did a shit job of explaining this, but if you have any specific questions, i can prolly answer them at least a little better lmao

Violet (Maybe) - 12 January 1998

Sun - Capricorn

Moon - Cancer

Mercury - Capricorn

Venus - Capricorn

Mars - Aquarius

Jupiter - Aquarius

Saturn - Aries

Uranus - Aquarius

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Sagittarius

Lilith - Libra

Rising - Virgo

Hazel (For Real) - 19 October 1991

Sun - Libra

Moon - Pisces

Mercury - Scorpio

Venus - Virgo

Mars - Scorpio

Jupiter - Virgo

Saturn - Aquarius

Uranus - Cap

Neptune - Cap

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Capricorn

Rising - Aries

??? (Runaways) - 4 March 1995

Sun - Pisces

Moon - Aries

Mercury - Aquarius

Venus - Aquarius

Mars - Leo

Jupiter - Sagittarius

Saturn - Pisces

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Sagittarius

Lilith - Gemini

Rising - Sagittarius

Daisy (TPIMP) - June 26 1992

Sun - Cancer

Moon - Taurus

Mercury - Cancer 

Venus - Cancer

Mars - Taurus

Jupiter - Virgo

Saturn - Aquarius

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Aquarius

Rising - Capricorn

Ivy (Repairs) - 16 Aug 1994

Sun - Leo

Moon - Sagittarius

Mercury - Leo

Venus - Libra

Mars - Cancer

Jupiter - Scorpio

Saturn - Pisces

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Taurus

Rising - Leo

Lilac (The Forever Breakup, TM) - 9 December 1992 

Sun - Sagittarius

Moon - Gemini

Mercury - Sagittarius

Venus - Aquarius

Mars - Cancer

Jupiter - Libra

Saturn - Aquarius

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Pisces

Rising - Scorpio

Willow (Press Record) - 3 May 1996 

Sun - Tarurus

Moon - Aquarius

Mercury - Scorpio

Venus - Gemini

Mars - Aries

Jupiter - Capricorn

Saturn - Aries

Uranus - Aquarius

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Sagittarius

Lilith - Cancer

Rising - Taurus

Sage (Bowl of Cherries) - 1 November 1995 

Sun - Scorpio

Moon - Aquarius

Mercury - Libra

Venus - Scorpio

Mars - Sagittarius

Jupiter - Sagittarius

Saturn - Pisces

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Cancer

Rising - Sagittarius

Dahlia (Ten Years Later) - 24 May 1993 

Sun - Gemini

Moon - Cancer

Mercury - Gemini

Venus - Aries

Mars - Leo

Jupiter - Libra

Saturn - Pisces

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Pisces

Rising - Libra

Rosie (Hope Dumps Noah) - 29 August 1990 

Sun - Virgo

Moon - Sagittarius

Mercury - Virgo

Venus - Leo

Mars - Taurus

Jupiter - Leo

Saturn - Capricorn

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Sagittarius

Rising - Aquarius

Ash (Way Too Easy) - 27 February 1997

Sun - Pisces

Moon - Scorpio

Mercury - Aquarius

Venus - Pisces

Mars - Libra

Jupiter - Aquarius

Saturn - Aries

Uranus - Aquarius

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Sagittarius

Lilith - Leo

Rising - Cancer

Olive (Totally One of a Kind) - 25 January 1992 

Sun - Capricorn

Moon - Taurus

Mercury - Capricorn

Venus - Sagittarius

Mars - Capricorn

Jupiter - Virgo

Saturn - Aquarius

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Capricorn

Rising - Virgo

Clover (Wildfire) - 8 February 1997 

Sun - Aquarius

Moon - Pisces

Mercury - Capricorn

Venus - Aquarius

Mars - Libra

Jupiter - Aquarius

Saturn - Aries

Uranus - Aquarius

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Sagittarius

Lilith - Leo

Rising - Pisces

Rylen* (Disney Princess) - 8 June 1992 (assuming OH2 takes place last year)

Sun - Gemini

Moon - Libra

Mercury - Gemini

Venus - Gemini

Mars - Aries

Jupiter - Virgo

Saturn - Aquarius

Uranus - Capricorn

Neptune - Capricorn

Pluto - Scorpio

Lilith - Aquarius

Rising - Sagittarius

*I changed her name recently to an OC, so she wasn’t just a base

[kalle-and-lita]

~Lita~

the basics ––– –

NAME: Lita

AGE: 26

BIRTHDAY: The Terran month of August 3rd

RACE: Human

GENDER: Female

SEXUALITY:???

MARITAL STATUS: Single

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single

physical appearance ––– –

HAIR: Long jet black

EYES: Pitch black, no whites.

HEIGHT: 5 feet 4inch

BUILD: Slim

DISTINGUISHING MARKS: Scars covering a majority of her face, neck and shoulders

COMMON ACCESSORIES: A locket she keeps on her person, of her adopted father Rylen.

personal ––– –

PROFESSION: Chief of Staff of the Palace of Nostramo Prime, Consul to the Night Haunter, often the acting representative of the eight legions concerning political negotiations.

HOBBIES: Gardening, baking.

LANGUAGES: Low Gothic, High Gothic, Nostraman

RESIDENCE: The Palace of Nostramo Prime, or the Nightfall

BIRTHPLACE: Nostramo

RELIGION: None

PATRON DEITY: None

FEARS: Being abandoned by the people she looks up to and loves. 

relationships ––– -

SPOUSE: None

CHILDREN: None, wants children eventually though.

PARENTS: Unnamed Mother, deceased. Father unknown. adopted father, Rylen.

SIBLINGS: None

OTHER RELATIVES: None that she’s aware of.

ACQUAINTANCES/FRIENDS: Atina ( @goddessatina) ((In AU)) Konrad Curze ((In most canon)) 

PETS: None

traits ––– -

extroverted / introverted / in between.

disorganized / organized / in between.

close minded / open-minded / in between.

calm / anxious / in between.

disagreeable / agreeable / in between.

cautious / reckless / in between.

patient / impatient / in between.

outspoken / reserved / in between.

leader / follower / in between.

empathetic / unemphatic / in between.

optimistic / pessimistic / in between.

traditional / modern / in between.

hard-working / lazy / in between.

cultured / un-cultured / in between.

loyal / disloyal / unknown / in between..

additional information ––– –

SMOKING HABIT: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess.

DRUGS: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess / used to

ALCOHOL: never / sometimes / frequently / to excess / Used to

[hexephre]

yikes... it gets harder every year to find art for every month. you'd think going to art schoolwould help. but now my time is taken up by weird stuff like teeth corn. teeth corn is certainly art, but i like to show personal stuff if i can, and anyway i had lots to choose from for december.

some chatter below the cut!

January: some dragons from my flight rising lair: Coruus and her copycat charge, Baltazaar. not pictured: his charge, Warden, who is actually a ward and not a warden. this charge-chain was born through me winning a dom raffle prize of a guardian breed change scroll and a nocturne egg titled "don't talk to me or my charge or my charge's charge ever again" and now they're part of a big happy poor starving suffering family.

Feburary: a composition for painting class that had to involve at least ten "objects", the letters A-Z, and the numbers 1-9. i made an "HD" version of a much more stylized piece i'd done a while back, though i also changed/added/removed some dragons. i should post the original sometime.

March: Fern the golden flower faun, one of my dappervolk pets. the dappervolk beta was such a great experience this year - it changed and improved so much over the months and i can't wait for it to come back for official launch!

April: a bust doodle of Kapari, a character whose design i still haven't really nailed down. disciplined and suave, he's the owner of a large trading company in Cyreneas who knows his strengths and isn't afraid to get what he wants. he tends toward a controlling personality.

May: a diptych of phos and cinnabar from houseki no kuni (land of the lustrous). done as prints for ottawa comiccon and anime north in toronto. god that anime is pretty. painting phos's hair was tons of fun.

June: a redesign of a dragon of mine, Zalitz. originally from my flight rising lair, he's an OC in kenah now, a co-founder of the city of drakavel. he's lived like 4000 years so he's a big boy. he spent a long time as a skydancer before becoming a wildclaw, so both of those are reflected in his design, though i obviously don't want to use too much FR in my original work.

July: my dappervolk spiral imp, Bingo Machine, giving my avatar a four-hand pap. dappervolk's art and colours are #aesthetic and deeply inspiring, but really don't express well in my flat doodle style. i hope to pick up some painting tricks from studying their art!

August: Ashes in Eyes, my D&D tabaxi bard. i love her so much. this piece got a lot of love on tumblr back before i accidentally wiped my account, which made me pretty happy! i don't usually use warm/earthy colours so this was a fun departure and i think it turned out really well.

September: afterlife, a three-page comic done for my junior studio class. the assignment was simply to incorporate found text into our work. i enjoyed hinting at a lot of symbolism and a deeper story behind what was on the page, although very little was really said or shown.

October: anthro Rylen. his design was always human-faced but then he started living in a world where everyone else was furries and it got weird. apart from that i also defined his body shape better - in the original piece he was super curvy and while i really liked it, he kept telling me he wanted to be more obviously male presenting.

November: shacks the luxray, from my pokemon pearl playthrough. maybe one day i'll get around to designing the others in my party as anthros. ...maybe one day i'll get back to that playthrough. let's go threw me totally off track.

December: the royal crest from legend of zelda in geometric style. i did five of these pieces using various LoZ symbols for junior studio. by the end i kind of wanted to never look at a vector again. i'll get back to them eventually i'm sure, but now i'm burnt out on them lmao.

here's to another year of art! i can't promise myself i'll better or more art than this year, but as long as i keep DOING art things will eventually shape up.

[f-r-e-c-k-l-e-s]

I love my children.

Tall Edgy Boi; Victor [Vinnie]

Smol Pastel Girl; Kitty

Edgy Short Girl; Rylen

Victor is 19 years of age, he has bright green eyes and auburn coloured hair. His face is covered in freckles, tons of freckles. His skin is also extremely pale. Most of his clothing is black and red, red because it's his favorite colour and black because, let's be real, black goes with everything. He doesn't go anywhere without his scarf, which is a gray colour.

He's shy and easily turned anxious, but once you get to know him he's a total sweetheart. He can be rude and sarcastic when he wants to though. He doesn't talk much unless he's around friends or his sisters. He argues with his sisters quite a bit, and they don't always get along but he knows they're always there for him to lean on and same goes the other way around. He's hard to anger but when he's angry he's hard to calm down. He holds grudges, but eventually forgives.

His birthday is July 5th, he's a cancer and fits the stereotype of his sign quite well. He's very emotional and sometimes quite a crybaby.

Rylen is 16 years of age, she doesn't have nearly as much freckles as her older brother or younger sister. Her hair is a dark auburn colour, like her brothers but a deeper shade of it. Her eyes are a more pale green colour. Her clothing consists mostly of purple and blue, with some black.

She's quite outgoing but is secretly extremely insecure which she uses her extroverted cover to mask over. She doesn't talk much unless she's around her siblings, and despite having many friends she still doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere. She enjoys drawing and is actually rather good at it. She thinks she's awful at it though. She'd rather keep to herself but if needed will talk to strangers.

Her birthday is August 27th she is a Taurus.

Kitty is 10 years of age and her actual name is Kana, but her siblings and close friends call her Kitty. There's not really a reason behind it it's pretty much just a pet name. Kitty dresses majorly in more pastel colours and loves dresses. Her hair is consistent with her siblings being an auburn colour and her face is covered in freckles. Her eyes are a darker shade of green. <Ignore the Halo above her head, I was considering that as a design element but I don't like it anymore and I'm too lazy to go get the drawing and erase it with my nonexistent eraser>

She is playful and childish but can be more serious if needed for a situation. She enjoys drawing with her sister but is more interested in writing and playing outside. She's rather easily angered and will throw a fit if you're mean to her siblings or someone else that she cares for. Ahem "she won't hesitate bitch". She is extremely easily confused and will sleep literally anywhere at any given time.

Her birthday is August 29th, she is a Virgo.

Likes and reblogs appreciated, steal my art and I will find you.

[transnames]

Some two-syllable neutral names

(One-syllable names)

You can also combine initials, e.g. AJ, although this does not work for all initials and it can be gendered masculine.

A: Aaren, Abbott, Adair, Addi, Adren, Aerie, Afon, Aiden, Aiken, Ainsley, Alder, Alex, Ali, Alix, Alpha, Altair, Alto, Alton, Alva, Amal, Amore, Andy, Angel, Angie, Anise, Arbor, Ari, Ariel, Arlen, Arley, Arrow, Arya, Asa, Asher, Ashlen, Ashley, Ashton, Aspen, Aster, Aston, Aubrey, Auburn, Auden, August, Aura, Austin, Avery, Avis, Aviv, Avon, Aya, Ayan, Aza, Aze, Azure

B: Bailey, Baldwin, Banner, Barrett, Basil, Bauer, Baylor, Benson, Bentley, Berkley, Berry, Beryl, Billie, Birdie, Blakely, Bobbie, Booker, Bradley, Brady, Brayden, Brennan, Brewer, Briar, Brighton, Brinsley, Bronte, Brooklyn, Bryant

C: Cadence, Caelum, Calder, Camden, Cameron, Camille, Campbell, Canyon, Carey, Carlyle, Carmen, Carol, Carter, Cartwright, Carson, Casey, Cedar, Chandler, Chandra, Channing, Charlie, Charlton, Chatham, Cheyenne, Citron, Clancy, Claudie, Clover, Cobalt, Coby, Cohen, Coleson, Collins, Colver, Comet, Condor, Connell, Connie, Cooper, Coral, Corbin, Corin, Corey, Corley, Cortney, Cricket, Cyan, Cypress, Cyrille

D: Dallas, Dana, Dani, Darby, Darcy, Darrell, Darren, Denver, Devon, Diamond, Diaz, Dillon, Douglas, Dustin, Dusty, Dylan

E: Eagle, Early, Easton, Ebon, Echo, Eddie, Eden, Efe, Eiffel, Eissa, Elli, Ellis, Ellwood, Ember, Emer, Emerald, Emlyn, Emmett, Emry, Emryn, Enfys, Ennis, Eren, Errel, Essence, Esme, Evan, Ever, Everett, Eyrie, Ezra

F: Fable, Falco, Falcon, Fallon, Farah, Fargo, Farley, Farrell, Faulkner, Feldspar, Fennel, Fifer, Finley, Finney, Fiore, Fischer, Fletcher, Floren, Florence, Forest, Francis, Frankie, Freedom, Friday, Fulton

G: Gabi, Galen, Galway, Gannet, Garden, Gardner, Garey, Garland, Garnet, Gavi, Germaine, Gerry, Glenwood, Golden, Grady, Granite, Guthrie

H: Hadley, Halcyon, Hallow, Halo, Happy, Harbor, Harley, Harlow, Harper, Hartley, Haven, Hawking, Hayden, Henley, Heron, Hollis, Honor, Hopper, Hudson, Hunter

I: Iman, Imory, Indi, Innis, Io, Ira, Isa, Isha, Islet, Iver, Ivor, Ivory, Ivy, Izzy

J: Jacinth, Jackie, Jaden, Jael, Jalen, Jamie, Janis, Jarrah, Jarrell, Jasper, Jensen, Jessie, Joey, Jody, Jonquil, Jordan, Journey, July, Juneau, Junior, Juno, Justice

K: Kali, Kameron, Karey, Karson, Kasey, Kato, Keaton, Keegan, Keelan, Keenan, Kelby, Kellan, Keller, Kelly, Kelsey, Kendall, Kenyon, Kenzie, Kerry, Kestrel, Kevyn, Kieran, Kingsley, Kirby, Klaudie, Koby, Kody, Korbin, Korin, Korey, Krishna, Kyler

L: Laker, Lakyle, Lander, Landry, Laney, Langley, Larkin, Larkspur, Lashawn, Laurel, Laurence, Leighton, Lennox, Leopard, Leslie, Lethe, Lexie, Lexis, Linden, Lindsay, Lindy, Linnet, Logan, London, Loren, Luca, Lucky, Lyric

M: Maddox, Magic, Major, Malloy, Manu, Marley, Marlow, Martell, Marty, Mattie, Maury, Maurice, Maxie, Maxwell, Meadow, Mercer, Merlyn, Merritt, Merry, Micah, Mika, Miller, Misha, Monday, Morgan, Murphy, Murray, Myers

N: Narcisse, Nasim, Navdeep, Navy, Neal, Neptune, Neo, Nicky, Nico, Nika, Nike, Nimbus, Noam, Noel, Nori, Norris, Nouvel, Nova

O: Oakley, Oberon, Ocean, Odell, Ollie, Olive, Onyx, Opal, Ori, Oriole, Orion, Orrin, Osborne, Owen, Ozzie

P: Paisley, Paris, Parker, Pasco, Patience, Patrice, Paxton, Penrose, Pepper, Peregrine, Perrin, Perry, Peyton, Phelan, Phoenix, Piper, Placid, Porter, Prairie, Presley, Prosper

Q: Qaisar, Quarry, Quasar, Quetzal, Quila, Quincy, Quentin, Quillan

R: Raleigh, Rainbow, Rainer, Randy, Raven, Redmond, Regal, Regan, Reggie, Reynold, Rhythm, Ricki, Ridley, Riley, Rio, Rishi, River, Robbie, Robin, Ronnie, Rory, Roscoe, Rowan, Royal, Rudy, Ryder, Ryen, Rylen

S: Sabah, Sadler, Saffron, Salem, Samar, Sandy, Satchel, Saturn, Sasha, Sawyer, Saylor, Season, Selby, Seren, Seven, Sevy, Shale, Shannon, Shelby, Shelly, Shiloh, Sidney, Silver, Sinclair, Skylar, Skylark, Skyler, Snowdrop, Snowy, Soren, Sorrel, Sparrow, Spencer, Spirit, Springer, Stanley, Starling, Sterling, Summer, Sunday, Sunny, Sunshine, Sunset, Sutton

T: Taffy, Tali, Talon, Tanner, Tarian, Taylor, Teagan, Teddy, Tempest, Temple, Terry, Thursday, Tibby, Tiernan, Tiger, Timber, Tobin, Toby, Topaz, Torrey, Tracy, Trenton, Tristen, Tucker, Turner, Tuesday, Tully, Tyler, Tyson

U: Ulfie, Ulli, Ulri, Ulysse, Umber, Umbra, Upton, Urban, Uri, Ursa, Usher, Uta

V: Valen, Vega, Verdi, Vernon, Verrill, Vesper, Vivi, Vivien, Volta, Voltaire

W: Walker, Wallace, Waylan, Webster, Wednesday, Weston, Whimsy, Whitley, Whitney, Wilder, Willow, Wilson, Windsor, Windy, Winslow, Winter, Wisdom, Wolfram, Woody, Wylie

X: Xander, Xavie

Y: Yael, Yaven, Yannick, Yarrow, Yven

Z: Zailey, Zaki, Zander, Zandy, Zavi, Zelig, Zeno, Zephyr, Zero, Zevi, Zion,  Zohar, Zola, Zorey, Zuri

[ma-sulevin]

An Introduction

So... recently I looked at my follower count and realized there are so many of you out there that I’ve never talked to? And that probably don’t know who I am?

The last time I wrote an about-me post I had about seven followers and was in a pretty different place emotionally and in my life, so I thought now’s time for an update!

Me: I’m a 26 year old married bi woman named Kate living near Atlanta. I have a degree in communications and I use it at my grown-up job to write social media posts for hospitals. I also have three cats (Gimli, Cortana, and Indiana Jones), an unholy love of hot tea, and a desire to keep bees.

I have three older sisters, all married with kids, and a younger brother. Our parents tried to raise us all in a conservative Christian homeschooling cult, but last week I wrote about the Iron Bull and Inquisitor Adaar fucking next to a dragon corpse, so I think that backfired.

I started playing Dragon Age Inquisition in 2015. In April or May 2016, I went back and bought Origins and DA2. My husband caught me once sitting on the floor in front of the TV with wide eyes, and when he asked what I was doing I said, “I think I have a crush on Alistair.” When he asked if I meant my character, I said, “I don’t know.” But I did.

After that, I started reading fan fiction. Quickly thereafter, I started writing it, and then made this blog August 1, 2016.

Here’s what my face looks like. I tag selfies as “look it’s me.”

My Writing: I have an AO3 account where you can subscribe to long-form stories for updates, but I post a lot more to my tumblr.

On Fridays, I participate in (and help admin) the @dadrunkwriting circle where I drink wine and write stuff without editing. It’s pretty fun. I tag that stuff as “drunk writing” and admin-related stuff as “dwc.”

Regular sober writing is tagged as “my writing” along with the characters involved.

I do write a lot of smut, so all of that stuff is tagged separately so you can avoid it/read it exclusively. My smut tag is, cleverly, “nsfw writing.”

I reblog most things at least once, but that’s always tagged as “shameless self-promotion” so you can hide that when you get tired of me.

My Art: I’m learning slowly and post rarely. All images are tagged “my shitty art.”

My Crafts: Sometimes I knit hats with a DA theme. You can buy one if you want, or I’ll sell you the pattern, or you can just ooo and aww over me. I like that too.

My Ships: Boy, do I have a lot of them. I recently wrote them all down and found out that I basically have an OC per LI--including Krem, Harding, and Rylen. So, if you’re looking to send in a prompt... ask for whoever.

My main ships, though, are Cullen/OFC (I have three--a non-Trevelyan human mage who sometimes is the Inquisitor, a rogue Trevelyan, and a rogue Lavellan), Alistair/FMahariel, and recently Bull/FLavellan.

I need to update this page, but I have a list of OCs by universe, where you can see what they look like, who they romanced, and what I’ve already written for them.

My Other Interests: I blog Mass Effect: Andromeda over at @kett-kat . I mainly blog Jaal, Suvi, and Reyes content, but I like all the characters fine so more people might show up. I do fic recs and reblog art, but I’m not producing in that fandom yet. STay tuned.

Tagging Policy: Every post gets tagged. My writing tags are above, but I also tag each character (since I know some people like to avoid some characters) and sometimes major ships (example: cullavellan & solavellan). If I write something that I think may in some way be triggering, I always put a warning at the top of the post. If you find that I post something that you normally have blacklisted but I don’t tag, feel free to let me know and I’ll start tagging it. You should be able to feel safe on my blog.

Ask Policy: I generally answer every question that comes through my inbox. I don’t answer every prompt, but that’s a different thing. I currently have anon off because of a secret admirer that got too intense, but eventually I’ll turn that back on. I want you to feel safe, but I need to feel safe too. Answers are tagged “kate replies.”

[lexacourtney]

Book Review: Unknown (Unknown #1)

Book Review: Unknown (Unknown #1) by #WendyHiggins #newpost #blogpost #bookpost #bookblog #books #blog #blogger #bloggerswanted #bloggerstribe #bloggingcommunity #bookish

Title: Unknown (Unknown #1)

Author: Wendy Higgins

Pub. Date: August 8, 2016

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

Amber Tate believes the worst thing she’ll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother’s best friend, Rylen Fite. She also believes war is something unfortunate that happens places far, far away from her rural Nevada town. She’s wrong on both counts.

When an unknown…

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Lady Barris

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2xdtMIG

by sarenka

August 9:42 Dragon. The events start a year after the Conclave destruction. The Inquisition is well established at Skyhold.

(Modern girl in Thedas. MGiT is not the Inquisitor, doesn't know anything about Thedas and is not a fighter.)

Following weird cosmic event Mira finds herself in the middle of Fereldan wilderness. Rescued by the Inquisition forces, she tells the truth of who she is and where she is from. Unsure what to do with a harmless stranger who passed through Fade due to one time cosmic glitch, Inquisition offers Mira to marry her off in the marriage of convenience. Marriage is the best chance to hide her identity and to learn to navigate the new world.

Guided by the duty to save a life in circumstances when he had failed so many people, Delrin Barris agrees to wed the stranger from Beyond. No one bats an eye when a handsome Captain marries a pretty girl he supposedly met during one of his missions. Few people know the truth.

Mira is scared, confused and cautious, Delrin is unsure how to navigate the new situation, especially when his work calls him out of Skyhold frequently.

Two good hearted people in impossible circumstances become allies, friends and more.

Words: 3552, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Delrin Barris, Original Female Character(s), Original Female Human Character(s), Cassandra Pentaghast, Cullen Rutherford, Varric Tethras, The Iron Bull (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Cole (Dragon Age), Sera (Dragon Age), Vivienne (Dragon Age), Solas (Dragon Age), Blackwall | Thom Rainier, The Inquisition (Dragon Age), Male Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Male Trevelyan (Dragon Age), Rylen (Dragon Age), Ellendra (Dragon Age), Fiona (Dragon Age), Male Hawke (Dragon Age)

Relationships: Delrin Barris/Original Female Character(s), Delrin Barris/Original Character(s), Minor or Background Relationship(s), Male Inquisitor/Josephine Montilyet, Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus

Additional Tags: Templars (Dragon Age), Mages, Mages and Templars, Romance, POV Delrin Barris, POV Original Female Character, POV Alternating, Slow Burn, Male Friendship, Female Friendship, Healthy Relationships, Arranged Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Canon Divergence, Freeform, Explicit Consent, Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, The Iron Bull (Dragon Age) is a Good Friend, Modern Girl in Thedas, Modern Character in Thedas, Medical Procedures, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Established Relationship, Letters, The Winter Palace (Dragon Age), Adamant Fortress (Dragon Age), Canon-Typical Violence

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2xdtMIG

[the-record-obituaries]

Nov. 29, 2017: Obituaries

Rev. Yale Huie, 73

               Rev. Yale Huie, age 73 of Hays passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at his home.

               Funeral services were November 28,  at Reins-Sturdivant Chapel with Rev. Glenn Dancy III officiating.  Burial was in Rose of Sharon Baptist Church Cemetery.  

               Rev. Huie was born February 14, 1944 in Wilkes County to Lonnie Ray and Margaret Ruth Yale Huie.  He pastored Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Hilltop Baptist Church and Freedom Baptist Church and was a member of Rose of Sharon Baptist Church.  He retired from Tar Heel Oil Company as Plant Manager.

               In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother; Lonnie "Earl" Huie, two sisters-in-laws; Rita Shumate Huie and Sharon Posey Huie.

               He is survived by his wife; Mary Alice Rhodes Huie of the home, two daughters; Alice Huie Dyson and husband Tony of Connelly Springs, Julie Huie Shumate and husband Dale of Hays, five grandchildren; Jared Dyson and wife Jennifer, Shaina Dyson, Derrick Brown and wife Amanda, Jacob Shumate and wife Brooke and Nicolas Dyson, and four great grandchildren; Allie Brown, Colton Brown, Cameron Shumate and Weston Shumate and two brothers; Bobby Dean Huie of North Wilkesboro and Danny Huie of Hays and one sister-in-law; Shirley Whitley Huie of Hays.

               Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Wake Forest Baptist Care at Home Hospice, 126 Executive Drive, Suite 110, Wilkesboro, NC 28697.

 Jack Wagoner, 81

Jack Wagoner, age 81, of Purlear, died Friday, November 24, 2017 at his home. He was born January 5, 1936 in Wilkes County to Con and Sarah Watkins Wagoner. Mr. Wagoner was preceded in death by his parents.

               Surviving are his son, Bobby Wagoner  and wife Kathy of Purlear; daughters, Debbie Church and husband Larry, Kathy Sebastian and husband Jimmy, LeAnn Hinneman and husband Bobby all of North Wilkesboro; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

               Graveside service was Sunday, November 26,   at William E. Haynes Cemetery with Pastor Jerry Harris officiating.                                                  Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

 Robert  Hawkins 50

Robert A. Hawkins age 50, of Jonesville, died Thursday, November 23, 2017 at Kindred Hospital in Greensboro. He was born September 13, 1967, in Alleghany County to Robert Ashley Hawkins and Betty Blevins Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins was preceded in death by his father; brother, Chad Hawkins; and sisters, Ashley Christine Hawkins and Deborah Marlow.

               Surviving are mother, Betty Sizemore, husband Steven; sister, Stacie Whitley and husband James of Elkin; sons, Mikey Church and wife Ella of Hays, Robert "Dalton" Shew and wife Miranda of North Wilkesboro; his mother, Betty Sizemore of Jonesville; brothers, Terry Hawkins of North Wilkesboro, Randy Hawkins and wife Ruth Ann of Boomer, Tracy Anderson and wife Darlene, Doug Anderson and wife Janie all of Traphill; sisters, Sandie Patrick and husband Ralph of Roaring River, Gloria Church of Traphill, Tina Roten of McGrady, Santana Roten of Millers Creek; and six grandchildren.

               No service will be held.

               Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

Elsie Suddith, 86

Elsie Mae Tidline Suddith, age 86, of Wilkesboro, joined her mother and four brothers on Thursday, November 23, 2017. She was born October 10, 1931 in Wilkes County to Helen Tidline. She was a member of First Baptist Church on Main Street, North Wilkesboro. She never had biological children of her own but treated her many nieces and nephews as her own children. Mrs. Suddith was preceded in death by her mother; brothers, Lonnie Tidline, William Tidline and Thomas Tidline, and her husband, Douglas Suddith.

               She leaves to cherish her memories, her sisters, Betty Daniels of North Wilkesboro, Barbara Harris and husband Claudius of Winston Salem, Doris Anderson and husband Robert of Petersburg, Virginia; sister's in law, Lottie Tidline of Washington, D.C., Mildred Tidline of College Park, Maryland; a host of nieces and nephews; and extended family, Susan Hamilton, Carrie Hamilton both of Wilkesboro, and Hayes Hamilton of Atlanta, Georgia.

               Graveside service was November 27, at Mountlawn Memorial Park with Rev. John A. Speaks officiating.

               The family has requested no flowers. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 308 Main Street, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.

               Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.

               The family wishes to Thank the staff at Avante for the Love and Care that was given to their sister.        

 Von Moore,  89

Von Clayton Moore, age 89, of Wilkesboro, died Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Westwood Hills Nursing and Rehab Center. He was born January 30, 1928 in Wilkes County to Carl and Bertie Marlow Moore. Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Earnest Moore, Julius Moore, and Vernon Moore.

               Surviving is his sister, Julia Pendergrass of North Wilkesboro.

               No service will be held.

               Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

 Jerry Myers, 68

Mr. Jerry Wilson Myers, age 68 of Wilkesboro passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at his home.

               Funeral services was November 25, at Fishing Creek Arbor Baptist Church with Rev. David Wellborn officiating.  

               Burial was in Mt Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery in Wilkesboro.

               Mr. Myers was born May 13, 1949 in Wilkes County to Dallas and Evia Hendren Myers.  He was a member of Fishing Creek Arbor Baptist Church.

               He was preceded in death by his parents.

               He is survived by one son; Jerry Lee Myers and wife Tabitha of Huntersville, three sisters; Helen Williams and husband Coy of Wilkesboro, Rachel Wyatt and husband Don of Wilkesboro and Frances Johnson and husband Jonah of Hays, and two brothers; Ira Myers of Wilkesboro and Gaither Myers and wife Bonnie of Wilkesboro, Donna Moore loving partner and her children Layken and Chase.            

               In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fishing Creek Arbor Baptist Church for Layken Moore's Senior project supporting cancer patients of the Wilkes and Forsyth Oncology Departments in honor of Jerry.

 Sandra  Luffman, 53

Sandra DeAnna Luffman, age 53, of Sparta, died Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at Genesis Health Care in Alleghany. She was born April 19, 1964 in Wilkes County to Rex and Janette Louise Wood Luffman. Ms. Luffman was of the Christian Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Randy Luffman; and sister, Tammie "Skeeter" Luffman.

               Surviving are her sister, Kim Luffman of Florida, brothers, Daryl Colbert and wife Jennifer, Robert "Shorty" Colbert, Ronnie Wood and wife Molly all of North Wilkesboro.

               Memorial service was Friday, November 24,   at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church with Rev. Travis Brown officiating. Flowers will be accepted. Miller Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements.  

Roy Minton, Sr.  

Mr. Roy Calvin Minton, Sr., age 76 of Hays passed away Monday, November 20, 2017 at his home.

               Funeral services were held  November 24, 2017 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Kent Wood and Rev. Ray Long officiating.    

               Mr. Minton was born May 2, 1941 in Wilkes County to Florence Geneva Minton.  He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and served in the United States Navy.    

               In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by one sister; Joyce and one brother; Leonard Minton.

               He is survived by his wife; Shirley Eller Minton of the home, three daughters; Patricia Brewer and husband Carlie of North Wilkesboro, Vanda Lana Bare of Hays, Shirley Petroline and husband Mike of Vero Beach, FL., one son; Roy Calvin Minton, Jr. and wife Gail of Hays, five grandchildren; Joseph Brewer, Andrew Brewer, Lane Bare, Jonathon Minton, Joshua Minton and one great grandson; Rylen Bare, two sisters; Pattie Luna of Moravian Falls, Reba Minton of Moravian Falls and one brother; Donald Minton and wife Amy of Clemmons.

               Flowers will be accepted.

Thomas Monroe Huffman, 76

               Thomas Monroe Huffman, age 76, of Purlear passed away on Monday November 20, 2017 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living Center in Boone, NC after a four-year battle with dementia.

               Funeral services were held  November 25,   at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wilkesboro, NC, with Rev. Brady Hayworth, Rev. David Key. Dr. Mark Huffman and Mr. Michael Huffman officiating.                                         Burial with military honors presented by VFW Post 1142 were at Boiling Springs Baptist Church in Purlear, NC.   Monroe was born August 7, 1941, in Wilkes County to the late William Orr and Sarah Cletus Huffman.

               Rev. Huffman pastored 3 churches for a total of 45 years, Harmony Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro for 17 years, White Plains Baptist Church in Roaring River for 18 and 1/2 years, and Center Baptist Church in North Wilkesboro for 9 and 1/2 years until his health declined. Pastor Monroe held 278 funerals and performed numerous wedding ceremonies.  He was past Moderator of the Brushy Mountain Baptist Association, Elkin Baptist Association, and Stone Mountain Baptist Association while in the ministry. Also, he served as Chaplain at Wilkes Regional Medical Center and served on the Board of Directors for Wilkes Senior Center and Respite Care of Wilkes. He was a member of Center Baptist Church.

               Monroe was a graduate of West Wilkes High  School where he played varsity football for 4 years, drove a school bus, and was recognized for 12 years perfect attendance.  Monroe received a Diploma in Biblical Studies from Liberty Bible Institute (now Liberty University) in Lynchburg, VA, a Bachelor of Divinity from West Lenoir Baptist School of Ministry in Lenoir, NC, a Doctor of Ministry from Southern Baptist School in Jacksonville, FL, and a Doctor of Theology from Andersonville Baptist Seminary in Camilla, GA.

               Monroe served in the United States Army in Okinawa, Japan from 1966-1968 during the Vietnam War and was honorably discharged with a rank of Sergeant E-5.

               Monroe married Lois Royall Huffman on November 12, 1960 and they recently celebrated 57 years together.  They have one son, Thomas Mark Huffman (April Church), one grandson, Thomas Michael Huffman (Rachel Ervin), one great-granddaughter, Emmerson Lilly, and one great-grandson, August Grey.

               In addition to his parents, Monroe was preceded in death by two brothers, David Elmore Huffman, Sr, and John Franklin Huffman, Sr. He is survived by his family listed above and two brothers, William Howard Huffman (Ann Ray), and William Orr Huffman, Jr (Martha Pennell), and two sisters Ora Dean Roten (Bob) and Betty Sue Adams (J.T.), several nieces, nephews and church families.

               The family requests no flowers. Memorials may be made to Medi Home Health and Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 102, Boone, NC 28607 or to the donor's choice.