#daesyra lavellan

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Who run the world?

~dragon age heroines~

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Inquisitor Info Sheet

It's time for a little info session about one of my OC's :D . Feel free to use this template for your Inky ✧.*

Basic Details

Name: Daesyra Lavellan Nicknames: Daesy, "Sparks", Da’lath’in, Vhenan Pronouns: She/Her Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Demisexual Age: 23 at start of events in DAI Height: 5'5 Build: Slender/Athletic Race/Ethnicity: Elven Skintone: Warm medium white skin Hair: Strawberry blonde Eyes: Violet Purple

Game Specifications

Class: Mage Specialization: Light/Electricity; Knight Enchanter Origin: Technically born a city-elf; raised Dalish Religious Beliefs: Dalish/Skeptic

Major Game Decisions

Love Interest: Solas [yes, a Solavellan] Alliance: Mages, as allies Attitude towards being 'The Chosen One': Refutes it outright General Principle of Inquisition Foundation: "Do what is right" Judgement Style: Recruiter; gave sentences of second chances Fate of Grey Wardens: Exiled Nightmare Demon's Victim: Stroud Ruler of Orlais: Brialla & Celene Drinker of the Well of Sorrows: Daesyra Divine: Cassandra Fate of Inquisition: Disbanded Solas: Var Lath Vir Suledin

Companions Relations

Cassandra: Friends | Rebuilt Seekers Leliana: Inspired Varric: Friends Solas: Friends [Lovers] | Freed Solas' Friend Cullen: Told Cullen not to use lyrium Josephine: Did favors for the Du Paraquettes Dorian: Friends | Didn't reconcile with Father Ironbull: Friends [Besties] | Saved Chargers Blackwall: Friends | Given second chance as Rainier Sera: Friends | Hammond Alive/Made Deal Vivienne: Friends [or, Frenemies] | Gave Snowy Wyrven Heart Cole: Friends | More human

Character Attributes

Timid to Assertive scale: Timid ◦ ◦ ◦ ● ◦ Assertive Logical to Emotional scale: Logical ◦ ◦ ◦ ● ◦ Emotional Introvert to Extrovert scale: Introvert ◦ ◦ ◦ ● ◦ Extrovert Biggest Strength: Selflessly Courageous Biggest Weakness: Naïvety, and thirst to prove herself Other Key Traits: Curious, Bright, Snarky, Quick Tempered Relationship to Family: Lost her birth parents as a young child; sees clan Lavellan/particularly Deshanna as her family now. Looks up to Deshanna and cherishes her, but feels as an outsider to the clan. Closest Relationships: Throughout the events of DAI, she grows closest to Solas, and Bull. Core Desire: To prove herself Core Fear: Not being able to save everyone she loves Character Arc Theme: Her core wound was losing her parents to templars as a child--sees their deaths as her fault. Wants to prove their sacrifices worthy. She wants to prove herself as the savior to everyone, but, she needs to learn she can't possibly do it all alone/it is not on her to save the world.

Backstory

Daesyra Voss was born in Tantervale to two city elves, Jaecyn & Viona. Viona was a servant, while Jaecyn, a blacksmith. Little Daesyra was their entire world.

Daesyra was just 5 when she started to show her magical abilities. Her parents took her on an adventure, to wander around in a meadow and trees on the outskirts of the city. As it neared dusk, all the lightning bugs came out as they do. To Daesyra, the little specks of light were magic, a true wonder. And, evidently, sparked the magic in her to finally form—with light forming in the palm of her hands.

Both Jaecyn & Viona were terrified. Not of her—of what would happen to her. They knew the moment people found out about Daesyra, she would be taken from them to join the circle. Besides the fact they would never want to be parted from their child—they also knew how a 5 year old elven girl would be treated in the circle, by other mages, or templars.

Attempting to keep a 5 year old’s uncontrollable powers a secret proved impossible. Daesyra couldn’t help it when frightened, or excited, her magic forming in little sparks & bursts of light. And finally, caught the attention of Templars. Jaecyn & Viona were warned by a neighbor— enough time to get Daesyra out of the city, but not enough time for them all to leave smoothly. In a chaotic moment, Daesyra got lost from her parents, but was told to run, & so she did. Daesyra wandered to the grove with the lightning bugs. She waited, & waited. They never came.

As the days went on, she grew hungry, thirsty, & mostly, just wanted her parents. But they said not to turn back. And so she wandered deeper into the woods.

That’s when she stumbled upon clan Lavellan. Daesyra didn’t know who they were supposed to be--she thought they might be the bad guys her parents had told her to run from. Terrified, but brave, little Daesyra held a few fists up before trembling and making a threat; which was met with some soft chuckles.

After it was clear to the Dalish this little kid had nowhere to go—they took her in. Some were hesitant, but in time, the entire clan would come to love her as their own. 

With her curious and bold nature, she was a bit of trouble maker—but her heart was always in the right place, which became clear to Keeper Deshanna, who gave her the nickname “Da’lath’in” (little heart) for always trying to help someone (even strangers, which she was scolded for), or always trying to save some lost wounded animal. Even a wolf.

She was raised as one of their own, taught as one of their own, and yet, she constantly struggled with feeling as an outsider. Going off to the conclave was yet another one of Daesyra attempts to prove she belonged in clan Lavellan---but fate had another plan in mind.

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Daesyra Lavellan

[some of my own personal favorite Daesy captures]

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Just thinking about young Daesyra days 🥺

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Daesyra growing up in clan Lavellan

I had some fun doodling baby Daesy days ✨

{you will hear plenty of rants about her backstory, don’t worry}

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Lavellan: “I never meant for the Grand Duke to die,”

Solas: “He wagered his life for the crown and lost. He knew what to expect. Remember what happened—do not dwell on it. You cannot save people from themselves.”

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I think about this daily

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(another sneak peek at my next chapter in Foolish Reveries)

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Keeper Deshanna once claimed Daesyra to be "cursed with curiosity"; seemed an impossible, confusing, and frankly, ridiculous situation did nothing to soothe her ailment.

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I always think of Daesyra’s most dominant trait as “curious”—and while I think that’s a true strength of hers, I think an even bigger one is bravery.

See, she’s actually terrified, to her core, because her worst fear is not being able to save people—to be the hero, essentially. It all goes back to her losing her parents, and the guilt she feels there.

Here’s the thing: she’s now the world’s chosen hero. While it’s her biggest desire to be exactly that, to be the one who can save people…it’s also her crippling fear that she won’t, that it will instead be her fault for everyone’s deaths.

And yet, despite that deep fear of failing at this chosen role—she tries to be what everyone sees her as anyways. She wears a (faux) confident smile, she makes cocky remarks. She tries to hide the fact she’s absolutely terrified she will fail everyone. It’s also a flaw of hers to not let others see when she feels weak, and that’s the point—she feels incredibly weak, incredibly insufficient to take on this role, and she doesn’t want anyone to know that she is entirely afraid.

Bravery is not confidence, bravery is not being foolish and ignoring the stakes; bravery is facing your fears, bravery is willingly pushing yourself into dangerous territory, bravery is standing up, going forward even when you’re terrified. That’s exactly how Daesyra is, she pushes herself, gets angry at herself when she shakes in battle, when she freezes at the sight of a Templar, when her heart skips a beat at the sight of her companions taking a hit; but she pushes through and does it afraid.

She is brave, because she is terrified and doing it anyways. She is brave, because she knows how hopeless her goals are—but she goes after them anyways. She is brave, because she knows what loss is, and loves and fights for love anyways.

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Inquisition Combat Screenshots

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DAI Mods - Tay's Playthrough

I've been asked a few times what mods I use when I play DAI--and I thought I'd make a master list! I've organized these best I could, and keep in mind I change hairstyle/outfits throughout, and not all these mods can be used at the same time.

*I use Frosty, but you may be able to find daimod versions.

Game Enhancements

Basically, mods I use to make the game more fun for me.

ConversationCameraZoom

Party Banter Tweaks

Party at the Winter Palace

Game "Cheats"

I don't particularly think these are that "cheaty" more...taking care of annoyances.

Shorter War Table Missions

Stores Overhaul

More Money From Gather Coin

Game Fixes

Some of these fix issues when you're loading mods, some just fix...issues.

DAI Frosty Texture Glitches

Elven Translation Fix

Modded Hair in DLCs

Character Creator

Mods I use to create my character the way I want to. These include complexion, hair, eye, etc.

Brown-Friendly Eye Texture

Hairstyle Day DAI

Misc Hairstyles for Frosty

Nimue Complexion

femshepping's 4k Female Inquisitor Complexions

Anto Hairstyles

Outfit Changes

Specifically, altering outfits for the prologue, winter palace, and skyhold. [for Inky]

TW3 Ciri

Dalish Elf Skyhold Outfit Retexture

Formal Wear to Pajamas [Let's you change Inky's Winter Palace gear! You still have to find a skyhold replacer outfit as well]

Wedding Dress Replacer [changes the Winter Palce gear to this specific outfit]

Druu's Clothing Emporium

Dalish Mage Robe Tweaks

Companions

Complexion, Hair, Outfit changes for companions--including changes for the Winter Palace.

Tweaked Leliana

Alternate Haircuts for Sera

Casual Knight Outfit for Cullen

Josephine Outfit Retextures

Leliana Outfit Retexture

Solas Default Outfit

Melancholy - Solas Outfit Retexture

The Pride - Face Texture for Solas

Cassandra - Dragon Hunter

Resplendent Formal Wear

Solas Halamshiral Hat Fix

Josie, Leli, and Cullen Masks at Winter Palace

Exquisition for Trespasser DLC

And I believe...that's it! I always play as Daesyra, my mage Lavellan, so these mods are geared around Female Lavellan, please keep that in mind.

ALL credit of course goes to the modders! Thank y'all SO MUCH for what you do.

[showing some examples below]

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"You change...everything,"

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