#does anyone have their own headcanoning as to how long skyrim is? like the events?
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naernon · 6 years ago
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oc change.
estryon does not adopt lucia, he only adopts sofie. ive had this sorted even before i made that drawing of older sofie but ive never stated it here because on tumblr i can’t restrain myself from rambling on incessantly
i feel bad so another oc’ll be adopting lucia but ultimately i dont think estryon already someone too into having kids with the exception of sofie, who was adopted purely by circumstance and one thing after another, and the fact that she was an older child (13/14) which from what i’ve heard about adoption, correct me if i’m wrong, leads to a different sort of dynamic than adoption of younger children. (aka adopting teens is a bit diff than adopting children, although as important, of course. everyone deserves a loving family)
more ramblings about estryon’s adoption of sofie and what i mean by “purely by circumstance” in these two twitter threads [x] [x], although predictably hard to follow because me cassius. cassius no write concisely
estryon’s also not a homebody in the slightest-- in what i wrote about sofie in those threads, it already took him a while to actually get sofie in the same home as he (instead of living in dragonsreach for the time being, although as well-taken care of and loved. better be so. or else balgruuf gets the 🗡️🔥) and for him to even remotely settle down.
when he gets with ondolemar, it’s similar. both to avoid the thalmor still on their asses and because that’s how they are, they spend their time on their feet and staying from city to city, adventuring, doing various shit, the like.
point is, even if estryon was fond of the idea of having kids nevertheless raising them in a more... domestic environment, it’d be complicated to adopt a child with that sort of lifestyle, i feel. they make it work with sofie. sometimes sofie comes along with them, sometimes she stays in breezehome or in dragonsreach. but still. difficult. definitely not the type of storm for TWO adopted children.
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lumi-klovstad-games · 5 years ago
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I have entirely too many OCs and I won’t ever stop
So, I will list all my OCs here, active or not. I couldn’t just keep reblogging my earlier masterlist with updates because, well, wall of text much?
I try to make sure I have at least 1 character representing each race. Not all of them are canonically Dragonborn, but I’ve marked those who are with (DK) after their name, short for Dovahkiin.
And yes, this is just my Skyrim OCs. Mostly because I play it the most (hi, endless supply of easily installed mods!), and because if I added my ESO, Oblivion, Morrowind, Daggerfall, and Arena OCs, this list would almost literally never stop.
Feel free, nay, ENCOURAGED, to drop asks about these characters because I live to blab about them to anyone in earshot (why else do you run a TES blog?).
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First, the actives.
Dunmer: Radene Valos. Great-granddaughter of Queen Barenziah. Nords call her “The Red Wolf” because of how ferociously she fights, usually out of a fearful and begrudging respect. Staunch revolutionary; real Magneto/Lenin red-ragger type. She’s out to improve the lot of the Dunmer in Skyrim by any means necessary and woe betide any who stands in her way or fails to help. Member of the Morag Tong and champion of Azura, Mephala, and Boethiah. Worming her way through the Stormcloaks so she can engineer a situation where all the rotten eggs of the Stormcloaks are in one basket and then blow up the basket. Also steadily poisoning most of the Black-Briar family in slow motion.
Altmer: Tarwen Verenandes (DK), a former Thalmor battlemage during the Great War. Disgusted by the violence on full display during the conflict, she resigned after the war and became a priestess of Auri-El. Her devout piety led to her being chosen by Auri-El/Akatosh to be the Last Dragonborn, and she was also gifted with being able to use Auri-El’s divine light as the basis of her spells.
Khajit: Sonn-Ja Sableclaw, an expert martial artist and assassin. Works for the Dark Brotherhood and is utterly loyal to Astrid. Prefers fisticlaws to weapons, and is absolutely lethal with them. Keeps a massive collection of knives and daggers anyway. Chose to be best friends with Arnbjorn purely for the irony. Worships Rajhin and Baan Dar.
Argonian: Murders-For-Cash, who is exactly what it says on the tin. Also Dark Brotherhood, and a Shadowscale like Veezara, who he treats like a brother. Willing to supervise children and surprisingly good at it but charges exorbitant rates for it. Worships Sithis.
Nord: Lady Gwendolyn Triggs (DK), a knight and thane in the service of Elisif the Fair and also her companion and lover. Noted for her bravery, loyalty, strength, skill in battle, and being steadfastly impossible to kill. Not part of the Imperial Legion any longer, but assists them in their operations during the Civil War anyway to both safeguard Elisif’s claim as High Queen and further her own political standing so that marriage can be an option for them. Worships the 8 post-Concordat Divines, but gives special devotion to Stendarr.
Redguard: Akivasha, an ancient Yokudan vampire Witch Queen who has awakened in the modern era. Practically a physical God. Hangs with the Dark Brotherhood because it’s the only group that has Gabriella in it. Far and away my most overpowered OC and in no way does it make her less fun. Worships Mephala and Boethiah, and begrudgingly acknowledges Molag Bal as the forefather of all vampires.
Imperial: Yezka of Vabonne, an OC who began as just a Rule 63 Geralt of Rivia. She’s a Witcher*. Like Gwendolyn, she’s easily picked out of a crowd due to her pronounced Warrior’s physique and tapestry of battle scars (I have a type). She dislikes political games, roundabout language, beating around the bush, social injustice, marginalization of the vulnerable, and has come to have a steady slow-burning hatred for humans as a general category because of the way she’s been treated over her six decades of monster hunting (she’s 93, but Witchers age super gracefully no matter the timeline). She fits in far better among Orcs, Elves, and the Beast Races who have also been so often mistrusted and ill-treated and has a lot of contacts in those communities. Oddly enough, she has a friends-with-benefits thing going with the vampires Hern and Hert at Half-Moon Mill in Falkreath because they only prey on humans and she’s never been hired to kill them. Worships Reyman Ebonarm, The Divine Black Knight.
?????: The Marked Cinder (DK), a mysterious figure completely shrouded from head to toe in rusty mail and plate that totally obscures his appearance, hiding the fact that he is essentially a charred and withered husk given new life by The Nine Divines. Doesn’t know it, but is no stranger to saving the world as the previous life of that body came to be known as The Eternal Champion during the events of Elder Scrolls Arena. Doesn’t really like or dislike anything, essentially serving as a walking meat grinder with a hunger for the forces of evil. Is closest to Arkay and Akatosh, but tends to regard the gods with equal authority and reverence.
* In my headcanon, Witchers were a kind of Spartan-II-esque initiative by the Vigilants of Stendarr to create “Super Vigilants” that could basically handle anything and everything. Thanks to the systematic alterations done to their physiology, the Witchers proved too difficult to control and due to the body count that arose whenever one went rogue it was a short-lived initiative. Yezka is among those that stayed loyal to the mission, if not to the Vigilants themselves. She’s easily my tallest character, towering over most fellow humans and slightly edging out a fully grown female Altmer due to the mutations she underwent.
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Rest in Pepperonis: Inactive Characters I ran out of story for
Bosmer: Vynna the Magpie, a highly talented thief and general renegade with a fiercely vengeful streak towards the Thalmor, and Elenwyn in particular, thanks to their purge of Vynna’s family and village. Married to vengeance, will sleep with everyone else. Best archer of her era. Despite her gruff and macabre bearing and demeanor, plays the organized crime game well enough to be called the Queen-In-Shadows. Worships Y'ffre and Hircine.
Dunmer: Ineria Resvalyn, a Telvanni-descended blood mage and necromancer (her magic is big on total recycling) hailing from House Sadras. Scholar and surgeon first, adventurer second. Eccentric and catastrophically bad at dealing with normal people but makes up for it by having an indispensable skillset. Probably Asperger’s. Can Dunmer even have that? Big on Azura worship.
Breton: Fynnic Ironverse, privateer and bard by trade, full-time Casanova and pain the the ass insufferable know it all by nature. As quick with a blade as he is with his wit. Known far and wide for being the Troubadour who brought the Chicken Dance to Skyrim, for better or worse. His major at the Bard’s College was probably leaning against lampposts at night while taking long drags from his cigarette. Atheist, but his lifestyle aligns neatly with Sanguine’s domain.
Imperial: Alessia Laguardia (DK), former centurion in the Imperial Legion. now a top-tier monster Hunter. Big muscles, bigger scars, even bigger prey. Lives a largely solitary existence except for her dog, Flavia. Fond of impossibly gigantic swords and bows. Largely averse to what most would call decent clothing. Worships Kynareth.
Orc: Khauma Relaadri (DK), winner of Skyrim’s Unluckiest Parentage Award. Half Orc, Half Dunmer. Spat upon by both. Found acceptance in the Imperial Legion, and fights for the unified Empire she feels it represents. Her greatest goal is to be a hero, as it would both please Malacath and serve as a positive role model and example to other put-upon people throughout Tamriel that they can rise, no matter their circumstances. Worships Malacath.
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There’s a ton of other characters that I’ve played as over the last 8 years, but above you’ll find the characters I was attached to enough to actually care to remember or keep playing.
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tesbloodline · 6 years ago
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Meri and Marcurio
I’ve been hyperfocused on Tamrela and Lucien for a while (mainly because 1) I just got Oblivion, and 2) I’m a huge romantic sap and that’s the only pair I ship in anything), and I decided the best way to kick myself back onto the Skyrim track would be to talk about these dorks. I kinda wanted to talk about them anyway - I have thoughts to share. This post is super long, sorry, I had a lot to say.
First off, Meri and Marcurio are not the next Tamrela and Lucien - they do not, and never will, have a romantic relationship. If anything, they’re more like Tamrela and Martin. There are several reasons that Meri and Marcurio will never have a romantic relationship, including but not limited to:
The already-present age gap (Meri being developmentally ~14, while I headcanon Marcurio as ~25) is only going to get wider as time passes; for every “year” that Meri ages, ~13.5 chronological years pass on Nirn.
Meri isn’t a mortal (despite the whole weird thing where she’s technically 100% mortal and 100% Daedric at the same time), and her mindset reflects that. While Tamrela’s time as a mortal can pull and influence her actions and opinions as Sheogorath, Meri doesn’t have that safety net to fall back on - she will always be more prone to react like a Daedra. This makes any sort of romance with a mortal extremely ill-advised.
Meri has a very negative view of romance (and especially marriage), due to watching her mother suffer Lucien’s loss for two hundred years (discussed in-depth in this post). If she thought there was even a chance she might fall in love with anyone (but especially a mortal), she would immediately cut them out of her life - as much as it would kill her to lose Marcurio, she would do it. (Yes, it’s incredibly hypocritical of her to try to prevent one type of love when she’s just as vulnerable to hurt and loss through her obsession with family and her love for her friends, but the trauma that warned her away was based on romantic love, and she’s a still a child - she hasn’t quite made that connection yet.)
Meri’s friendship with Marcurio is a cornerstone of her understanding of interpersonal relationships, and if that relationship were to change it would destabilize the entire web. Remember, Marcurio was her first friend - her entire concept of friendship is based on her relationship with him.
But I didn’t write this post just to talk about how they’ll never be a couple - I had a few points I wanted to make. With the romance element thoroughly addressed, let’s move to my second point: why Marcurio is frightened of Meri’s friendship.
And make no mistake - it’s subtly written (maybe so subtle it’s impossible to find), but Marcurio is terrified of Meri’s affection for him. In a few of Meri’s journal entries, there are lines like “ … I think Sparky is scared of me now. I don’t like it.” and “he’s been… kind of skittish around me since the Shimmermist disaster”, which point towards Marcurio’s fear of Meri, if not pinpoint her affection as the cause. That detail comes from his interview, where he says “... I have no issue with it [dying]. I am afraid of the number of things Meri would kill before she calmed down, though” (#7). And his fear is immediately validated when Meri replies with a snort and the line “Forget calming down, Sparky; if you actually died at this point, I think I would just tear Nirn in half and be done with it.” She flat out tells him that his death will be the direct cause of the end of the world, at the hands of its savior no less. She hasn’t said it, but he definitely understands that the main reason she started dealing with Alduin at all was for his sake. He was the first thing that convinced her Nirn might be worth saving, and that’s a terrifying reality.
Now, the Shimmermist Disaster, which both of the above quotes from Meri’s journal refer to (thoroughly described in the source post of the first quote), was an event right after Lydia joined the party; Marcurio was captured by bandits and taken to Shimmermist Cave, where they were immediately attacked by the Falmer living there and the bandits were killed. (Technically, this was my explanation for Marcurio glitching out and disappearing for a while.) Meri is absolutely furious, and when she sees that Marcurio has been hurt, she completely loses it and flies into a rage, killing everything in the entire cave without so much as acknowledging a wound she receives. This is how she describes it in her journal:
I completely lost it, Mama. I don’t even clearly remember what happened after that, I was just so angry. He’s mine, how dare they take him, how dare they touch him, how dare they almost take him away from me forever! I killed them all. The bandits were already dead, like I said, but all the Falmer, all the Chaurus, the spiders, even a Dwarven Centurion. Anything that might have possibly been responsible for a single mark on him. Every living thing in that cave that wasn’t me and wasn’t him. I didn’t feel a single wound I got in the whole mad rush. I didn’t think until they were all dead.
She’s so possessive of him that she slaughtered dozens of Falmer, half a dozen Chaurus, four or five Frostbite Spiders, and a Dwarven Centurion because they hurt him - he almost died, but she would have reacted the same way to a broken arm or a stab wound or a few scrapes and bruises - maybe even just because they took him from her. And make no mistake, possessive is the right word at this point. Remember, she grew up in the Shivering Isles, as the daughter of Sheogorath no less. To love something was to own it, to be protective was to be possessive. Her murderous rampage would have been seen as proof of her love, not a cause for concern. It’s not a healthy mindset, but it’s where she’s coming from.
Even as she begins to shift towards a mortal understanding of friendship, thanks to Marcurio’s less-than-positive reaction to her murder spree, the intensity of her devotion does not fade. This relationship calls to mind a few passages from various chapters of “Finishing the Hat” by @theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin - actually, these lines are what finally kicked me into writing this post. (My references will point to the AO3 version for my own sanity).
“Love… It isn’t like what they say, Obito, not for me, and likely not for you either,” Lee said finally and in her eyes, he could see an inhuman something, the god, peering through her face as if it was nothing more than a mask, “It is a powerful, haunting, and terrifying thing at its heart. There is nothing I would not do for Namikaze Minato, and that… That says more than enough.” (Chapter 10)
“Minato, deep down, I think he is afraid of the level of… devotion I have for him,” she was staring out the window, her face turned from his but he could imagine the pensive and serious look on her face as she spoke, “This is fair, I love him as a god would, I remade a world in his image, and that’s an intimidating thing. I’ve told you this before but you… You loved Rin the same way, faced the same reaction from her, but then yesterday and the day before that… Somewhere along the way you must have started to feel that way about me, and I knew you had never flinched over everything I’ve done for you or anything I would do.” (Chapter 11)
Eru Lee, the three-AUs-deep central character of this universe, is Death - an exquisitely other, inhuman being that is nonetheless trying to be human. Despite her best efforts, her otherness shines through; she is an impossible girl, and because of her vast power her love is a dangerous, terrifying thing.
Meri is much the same way, though she is generally less disruptive to reality. While there is mortal in her, she is at her core a Daedric Prince - though she’s still developing her sphere, she is specifically the Prince of Devotion, Family, Youth, and the Crushing Deep. While the last three are a bit irrelevant here, I hope you can see the importance of the first. Like Lee, Meri is something greater than human living among mortals, and even once her love loses its possessive undertones the depth of it is enough to surpass mortal understanding - and that’s a terrifying reality to face.
Now that I’ve thoroughly discussed the friendship aspect of Meri and Marcurio’s relationship (I swear that was not supposed to be that long), let’s talk about the “minion” aspect. In her journal, Meri’s first nickname for Marcurio is Minion, because that’s what she sees him as - a hired minion whose only job is to keep her company because she doesn’t like to be on her own. This name only shifts to the more-familiar Sparky when they got caught up in their first serious battle and he hit her with chain lightning just as often as the enemy.
Even as they become friends, Meri still considers Marcurio her minion first - her most favored minion, to be sure, but still a minion. Which, let’s be honest; she paid him to come with her, and she has yet to see any indication that her wallet isn’t the entire reason he’s still following her around. By the time she comes out of the Forgotten City, he’s pretty much committed to following her around, minimizing the trouble she gets into, and translating Meri-to-Normal People and Normal People-to-Meri because he likes her company and he’s starting to see that she’s a good kid from a different culture; the problem is that Meri is completely incapable of recognizing that - she’s not good at understanding people, thanks to her background, so unless Marcurio literally tells her he’s not just staying for the money, or she runs out of gold and he doesn’t leave, she’s going to think he’s just a minion following her for the gold.
(Oh look, a short section. It’s about time.)
The last section I want to talk about in this post (I know, more) is far, far down the timeline from anything that exists on this blog right now. About a century after the Last Dragonborn saved Nirn from Alduin the World Eater, right after Marcurio’s death. At this point, they are very, very good friends - they have been best friends for almost a century, and Marcurio is not about to abandon her now, even unintentionally. Instead, he becomes the first mortal - deceased or otherwise - to inhabit Meri’s plane of Oblivion, the Abyssal Caverns. From that point on, he (and his descendants) remain as the historians and most faithful followers of the Lady of Change.
In the Abyssal Caverns, Marcurio fills a role somewhat similar to Haskill’s job in the Shivering Isles. He basically makes sure the place runs smoothly and tries to patch up anything that Meri breaks - although considering Meri’s status as the Lady of Change, it’s less about “put things back how they were” and more “take this non-functional thing and make it functional again”.
Okay! I think that’s all I wanted to say! Sorry the post is so stupidly long, I didn’t realize I had so much I wanted to say.
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dirthelgar · 8 years ago
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I couldn’t quite get myself to write one-shots, well more than the two or three I’ve done, so instead this is a summary of Dorian and Mika’s romance. There is some headcanons at the end about the general ending I see for Mika, too.
Although, at certain moments it’s closer to storytelling that just headcanon/facts~
As a fun note, I have stories planned with Mika (that’s when I remind he’s in fact, one of the three main of a crossover with Skyrim *winks*), but they don’t follow game canon, so this summary is only true for the blog. Although, it won’t be too different in stories either, so this remains the basic outline of how I headcanon Mika and Dorian romance.
Note: some nsfw mention but it’s more about mentions of when they spend the night together, rather than details.
My headcanon for Mika’s romance with Dorian is that they went along well from the start. This is especially true with Mika, because at the moment he meets Dorian, he’s only known Cassandra, Varric and Solas (he only just recruited the others). He didn’t feel yet too much connection with anyone, although he can recognize most of the companions (and advisors) were nice to him. But Dorian?
Dorian knew he was Herald from the start (he closed a rift in front of him after all), but he joked with him, and the wits is something Mika appreciates. I do think Mika appreciates witty people because his brother is like this; but of course, there was also physical attraction (the start of his crush). Then he can see Dorian cares for the action of Alexius, and between the small time in Haven before Redcliffe and Redcliffe, Mika is already seeing Dorian as a good man.
 After that, they flirted a little bit, chased down Venatori together, Haven attack probably opened their eyes a bit on realizing they have attraction to each other, and on a note Mika is never happy with bad rumors about Dorian (I actually headcanon that once in Skyhold, Mika has worked to make people see all his friends in good light, doing stuff like talking about them to the kitchen staff since he spends time there, etc).
Then came the letter from Dorian’s father.
Mika showed it to him then advised him he should check, and of course he went with him. Mika was quite angry to hear that his father had been so bad about his son sexuality, but he does suggest Dorian should hear what his father had to say (partly because he does sense some form of regret in Halward). He knows mending the father-son bond will be hard, and maybe won’t happen at all, but for Dorian’s sake he feels Dorian needs at least some talk and closure.
He can see Dorian is not quite well once back in Skyhold, but he detects the sign this has been a good thing for him. While Mika admitted in front of Halward he himself “knew about the company of men”, he doesn’t go for a kiss. He tells him he’s been courageous to not follow the pressure of Tevinter’s society; and I believe Dorian himself didn’t do anything because he isn’t sure what to make of it all.
Mika has admitted liking men too, they flirted, but I think Dorian is still too... unused to how he feels and because Mika doesn’t give a clear opening to kiss him, he doesn’t.
But then a few days later Mika stumbles on Mother Giselle’s talk with Dorian, and Mika is very sarcastic-and very unhappy. Quite magnificently, he leads her to implicitly admit she might have been the one to bring rumors (”Repeat? So you’ve already vehiculated these rumors?” when he asks her to tell him about them), and she backs off because he’s making it clear he doesn’t like this at all.
I kind of headcanon she was even afraid for a second, because he had a really stormy glare, she never saw him angry (and up until then he kind of liked her and she knows he’s rather kind and gentle). So she knows she really messed up and backs off.
But that kinds of give Dorian more clues that Mika is interested, and he purposefully let Mika knows the rumors are about them being intimate. Still a bit agitated, he lets slip “That’s not the worst rumors” and that’s when we have the in game short convo that leads to Dorian surprise-kiss Mika.
Mika is totally frozen and very flustered, I think he’s actually quiet at first, Dorian half worried, and Mika kind of blurts out the first thing that comes to mind, “You know that makes the rumors kind of true?”
Dorian totally laughed, but he’s like, “if it’s what you want” and Mika flusters more but says he does (and they possibly kiss a second time). Poor Mika is also distracted the rest of the day, he’s even clumsy and some people probably guess something happened with Dorian.
I think not that long pass since their first kiss and their first time. As I said, they had chemestry from the start, and now that they kissed, and they still steal kisses after the first, they both feel even more the attraction. So I’ll estimate at least one week pass, but at most two weeks passed, then Dorian suggests Mika should check his quarters later.
And boy, that whole... “predatory” Dorian did things to Mika. He can’t help being all, “I thought you’d never ask” even though he’s feeling really jittery, and for the first minute or so, it’s passionate, they kiss and Dorian back-walks Mika to his bed.
Then I’m quite certain that as soon as Mika is on the bed, his nerves and excitation gets the better of him and there’s lightning sparking all around him and the room. Dorian at first thinks it’s similar to when he burns thing himself, but he looks at Mika (because that IS rather early on to be all magic-flashy) and he notices Mika seems nervous.
Mika is very flustered, aware of his magic acting up, and when Dorian looks at him and he can tell he’s guessing, Mika admits he’s never been with anyone. That... probably does things to Dorian, especially when he realizes Mika means that he’s the first person he’s ever allowed to do anything to him.
Soooo after that it’s both sweet and passionate, especially as Mika’s magic flares easily, and it kind of triggers Dorian’s own, so they do have to be careful. Then there’s the fact that once they’re undressed, there’s a small pause when Dorian notices Mika’s scars (I picture some sort of silent convo/moment, Dorian touches them, looks at Mika, and Mika is vulnerable but trusting and that starts again the mood).
But yeah, they take their time and by the time they are rather tired, they curl together (I would say Dorian is aware Mika cuddles in his sleep, from tent sharing).
In the morning, Dorian is awake first, and when Mika wakes he can tell Dorian is thinking. And he’s so, so surprised when Dorian is defaulting on leaving, Mika is worried but there’s no way he’ll believe Dorian only wanted sex, so he pokes with asking “What do you want?” and then clearly says he wants more.
Mika is a bit sad to hear, and understand, Dorian had been raised to believe he shouldn’t pursue more, and he vows to give Dorian his love even more (he doesn’t use the word yet, growing aware he needs to be slow with Dorian’s heart, just like Dorian was slow with his body).
From this day on, it’s still kisses stolen in the day, nights spend together (though not always sex), and becoming more and more used to how they feel. I think what helps Dorian is that Mika is instinctively unpushing, so he doesn’t demand too much affection, while a lot of his actions and words rely his implicit affection. But at the same time, he has little habits that gets Dorian used to his affection (like seeking him after reports to the war room, which at first is more about talking and just seeing each other, then it becomes almost constant that they share a kiss).
That all happens before Adamant and Halamshiral, so these two big stuff strengthten their relation. Adamant scared Dorian because for a moment he thought he had lost Mika (he was in the Fade too, but in Mika’s canon he’s the last to take the rift out, because he used his powers to let Stround and Hawke escape), then it’s also the event that pushed Mika to admit some truth to Dorian (if I follow the original idea, he admits everything).
Mika is worried about Dorian’s reaction, but I can see Dorian being curious. By the time Halamshiral happens, they were able to talk and Dorian got used to knowing the truth, they kind of watch out for each other and of course they dance together. Mika totally got those ten silk scarves and Dorian totally showed that dance, later.
After that, I think they really start using Amatus and Vhenan (they didnt do it much before, it would slip, but they didn’t quite acknowledge it). But then Dorian talks about going back to Tevinter.
Mika first reaction is to ask about them, but Dorian doesn’t quite answer him (he just says it pains him, and it doesnt say whether or not he means to break up). So Mika tells him he does understand his motive, but doesn’t want to lose Dorian (he does ask about coming and Dorian rejects the idea). Dorian is a bit confused, and also sees Mika at his most vulnerable (more than their first time, and more than admitting the truth about him), and it clicks that Mika thinks Dorian is saying he’ll leave Mika in all sense.
He still doesn’t quite answer, saying they should see by then, but he does let slip that he doesn’t want to leave Mika. Mika accepts the reply, but he’ll be unwell for a while after, he hides it well but it really scares him. Not that Dorian goes back to Tevinter (he can take, after a bit, being away), but that it might mean the end of them.
Now that’s a drabble I’ve written, but Mika’s father visit Dorian in his dreams. He lets Dorian knows what Mika fears and how much he fears it, and kind of scold him that he needs to talk about it more and pretty much tells him to think of ways to stay in touch, if he really has to leave for Tevinter.
The preparations for Arbor Wilds are underway by then, and they talk a bit more about this, and they end up agreeing to think in “how can we speak and see each other” ways. By the time they come back from the Well (Mika lets Morrigan drinks, he trusts her and he listened to Dorian not wanting him to, funnly enough his party in game for the quest all didn’t want him to drink), their relation has become really solid.
And by the time they defeat Corypheus, Dorian has decided that while he’ll go back to Tevinter, he wants to stay more with Mika first. And both got ideas, Dorian remembers what he knows about communication crystals, while Linise (Mika’s brother) suggested Mika learns to find Dorian while sleeping. Added to that, they can write to each other.
So Dorian stays for a few more weeks, both of them working on their idea, eventually realizing they can mix them. Dorian develops two pendants that allows them to communicate, and Mika enchants those two pendants to allow him to find Dorian in the Fade (Mika has a dreamscape he’s aware of, and by infusing his magic into Dorian’s crystal, which already creates a link between them, it allows him to go in Dorian’s dreamscape).
Dorian eventually returns to Tevinter, it’s hard for them both at first, but between letters, pendant speaking, and dreams, they make it work. Note that trespasser is not canon to Mika, so what Mika is doing is closing any remaining rifts while helping the new Divine (Leliana) work on fixing whatever needs fixing (towns, etc) and keeping help open for stuff like rebuilding the Seekers (by Cassandra) or the mages freedom.
And on the long term, once Mika feels the world is being mended well enough, he decides to settles with Dorian. He stays the Inquisitor, but he names one or more people as his direct representant (and successor), while he slips into Tevinter.
Quite funnily, nobody can catch a glimpse of Mika if he doesn’t want to. He’ll still go back if the Inquisiton really needs him, but otherwise he learns to know Tevinter and supports Dorian, but never publically, and in fact I would say most people don’t know where he is (only inner circle and his clan does).
But the world does know he comes back when he’s needed.
(And since Solas left, I can see Mika trying to find him. He never learns he is Fen’harel, unless Mika finds Solas, but it wouldnt be like trespasser, maybe Solas and Mika meets in dreams and Mika can sense Solas powers better. If that happens, once Mika learns more about the truth, he actually shows he understands Solas intents, but that they should think more about what to do. Mika has lots of approval from Solas, so I would say Mika’s words do have effects, but Solas leaves the dream saying he’ll think about it).
(When it comes to exalted council, or I believe there’s a qunari attack, I don’t quite see it happening? I’m still undecided, as I see Mika’s worldstate different; call me idealist but when I first finished the game, I felt like Mika had made a great impact, meaning Celene (and Alistair) kind of like him? So I can’t see them asking for the council, and I don’t see the Inquisitor being something they fear. I’m not saying there isn’t unrest, but not enough to make the council. As for the qunari invasion, I havent played Trespasser, so I’ll say either it doesn’t happen, or the Inquisition does stop it)
(And last note: the anchor isnt killing him. His spirit blood kind of works as a counter, it does pain him, but it isn’t spreading or killing him. So he kinds of have a symbiotic relation with it, it lets him open and close rift, it cant help hurting his hand and arm, but his spirit blood stops it from going up his arms, and I’ll even say it soothes the anchor and stops it from flaring too much)
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