#dorian is just like *im a mage from the inquisition. a mage from...orlais..[the name of the circle vivenne is from]*while sweating profusely

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[musingmycelium]

god okay i info dumped on discord bc thats just who i am as a person so i’m cross posting it here in case anyone else is curious about my canon world state. under a read more bc its, uh, maybe a bit of a monster.

i've got a dummy complex worldstate for no reason other than i like to make things difficult for the sake of a good story i guess. for origins my canon warden is an apostate, ellanis tabris who in an 'accident' had his leg crushed and it never recovered, causing it to have stunted growth. he uses a cane to get around and his disability helped hide him in the denerim alienage since apostacy is probably one of if not the most dangerous crime for an elf.

he's only one of three, though. his best friends growing up are noure surana and attie nehrios. noure gets taken to the circle when they're 17 (and ellanis and attie are 15) and comes into play a bit later, while attie is a seamstress and budding red jenny.

as far as origins itself goes ellanis' canon route is deep roads - dalish - haven - redcliff - circle - redcliff. fairly standard stuff up until haven/broken circle tbh. in haven during the guardian's first trial instead of shianni ellanis sees noure (whom the alienage presumed dead when arrested bc it wasn't, ah, a clean arrest) as the ghosty thing and during broken circle ellanis finds noure again and 'conscripts' them into the wardens. really he just takes them with him and destroys their phylactery so they won't be followed. (noure's phylactery is stored in kinloch instead of the spire after their fourth escape attempt since it gave them too much of a head start to make the templars wait to get it) theres a lot of Feelings surrounding connor but other than that ellanis doesn't super change things there either. he does, however, not have any idea about the dr. which is the biggest break i have from canon in dao with the exception of my inclusion of More City Elves. instead of morrigan going to ellanis she, as his best friend, knows he'll refuse to do it and instead goes straight to alistair. morrigan actually never tells ellanis anything about the ritual, ever.

during unrest in the alienage ellanis meets up with attie again, who is already working to clear the slavers out herself, and she falls head over heels for morrigan pretty quickly. fast enough that when morrigan sets out on her 'nobody follow me' thing attie does anyways bc thats just who attie is as a person. and besides she can't stay in denerim now that she's maybe or not killed a nobleman for what happened during the wedding.

and now its awakening time 

ellanis meets up with anders for the first time and through him learns a bit more about noure's time in the circle. (noure and anders and karl were lovers for roughly three years before shit hit the fan hard) and fuck canon here because ellanis doesn't have time for this. plus the architect is interesting and yah maybe insane but he's in the place for a little madness. ellanis lets him live and strikes a bargain with him, they share research and any ferelden wardens who prefer to answer their calling not by fighting darkspawn but by potentially furthering the cure are welcomed by the architect. but after awakening ellanis leaves vigils keep in nate's hands and goes on 'offical leave' to work on his own cure..... and to live in antiva with zevran...... lkjkjlkjkjkj

noure, after broken circle and during awakening, goes to nevarra via orlais. it takes them a couple of months to settle but noure finds viuus (yes that viuus) who takes them on as an apprentice of sorts bc he's also in a bit of a jam. it works, sorta, noure learns more spirit based magic and reconnects with a part of themselves the circle tried to beat out of them. it only lasts for about two years, though, because templars find them, one a recent transfer from kinloch and noure isn't exactly a forgettable face. so!

well, its around the same time that anders leaves the wardens for good. and ellanis puts anders in touch with noure. they decide to meet in kirkwall, because rumor has it that's where karl is and thats gonna be the place they need to go first.

attie though, she's just hanging out with morrigan and stirring the pot in orlais as a jenny. she also works with the mage underground and defo either knows or works with briala as a kind of agent. her story is more foggy tho bc i haven't read Super much of TME or played some of witch hunt

da2 comes in and i've Recently, like as of last week i think, decided to swap my canon hawkes. william is now my canon hawke instead of the twins. he's an apostate who's magic is mostly clairvoyancy and a shepherd.. or he was until the blight. bethany dies during the escape and its only the Beginning of the sad times for william.

with his pretty suble magic william makes for a Superb smuggler, and lands the gig with bartrand quickly. he Also, gets a bit of a crush on varric while they're still going around raising money. he takes carver, varric, and isabela with him to the deep roads thinking that keeping his brother close will be safer. and, well, it isn't.

act ii is a bunch of horse shit anyways but william tries to keep out of things until isabela is directly threatened by it and only then steps in seriously. for the most part all of the things which go down with petrice are done with noure and anders. they don't like the qunari being in town either but they, at least, can use the situation to weaken the chantry and by extension the circle. even if its only a bit. during act iii the two of them build up the mage underground and start preparing to take direct action against the circle. william is, still uncertain but he doesn't stop them. his magic has never been a large danger to himself, it's suble enough and under control enough that he's never really had to fear templars. he feared them for his fathers sake, for bethany's sake, but not his own. not really. and well, we know how da2 ends but i hate the retcon of 'hundres of casualties' bithc! where! so no, only the grand cleric and a handful of upper level chantry people where inside when it went up and they deserved it.

ellanis is working on the blight cure during this time and makes it far enough that he and zev are surprised by twins (two girls named adaia and killian) but otherwise ellanis is mostly chillin in antiva

while attie is now definitely working closely with briala both as a jenny and as an agent

and we’re up to dai with my canon quizzy - da'ean lavellan, the clan storykeeper (next in line after his father) who only attends the conclave because idrilla was going to first and they didn't want to loose the clan first. i've got... way more canon deviance in dai than anywhere else bc dai Suxxs but its way too long but basically! 

da'ean romances both dorian and the iron bull bc im poly and i said so, idrilla comes to skyhold as magical advisor and she works where morrigan does in the game (tho morrigan still shows up she's not an offical position as much, which suits her and attie just fine). linayel, da'ean's nas'falon (qp) arrives with her and he slots in as an archery trainer. 

plus, ellanis is the warden contact instead of the many (some really wild??) canon contacts. leliana tries to contact him to be quizzy but he's travelling and misses it, and when noure contacts him on william's behalf and mentions corypheus (ellanis knows about legacy bc william brought noure and anders along) ellanis puts some pieces together and comes to skyhold. he'd already been working to figure out the weird calling (it is and yet isn't the same as the blight he remembered) so he's already a bit aware of the situation. william doesn't stick around for long, basically just long enough to get confirmation ellanis is on his way. even tho he misses varric this isn't his place

adamant goes down wicked different bc ellanis is the fucking HOF. by this time he's developed his magic enough he can pretty much take down all of the wardens within a good 300 foot range just nearly instantly. (a combination of his blight cure research and his natural entropic aligned magic hohohoho) so he makes it to clarel Fast. instead of falling into the fade ellanis (anyone else remember just fucking punching rifts closed in awakening? lol) works with da'ean to open up the rift in the main courtyard and suck the nightmare into the real world. and then he fuckin annhilates it bc he can

WEWH is also different but this time its bc of attie (and morrigan's different now too bc she's been dragged into things by her wife) briala's at the palace yeah, but now she's also got attie waiting in the wings. instead of getting stuck in place by the quizzy attie is able to manuever things to implicate gaspard and celene alone (mostly bc i hate the blackmail on briala it just doesn't vibe well with her character to me). so instead of the shitty options of 'gaspard rules with briala shadowing him' or 'celene and briala end up back together' its 'celene gets put in place by briala and now briala calls the shots'

idrilla romances solas, and as a dreamer she's sure something is fishy but can't figure out what exactly. (until trespasser that is, when she figures it out at the murals) but she provides a good foil to his asshatry and as offical magical advisor steers the inquisition with morrigan's info about the arbor wilds. she knows the rituals and the magic bc she's first and they make it through far faster than in canon, making a quick alliance with the sentinals and beating samson well before the canon battle area. 

(linayel romances cass but their story is still quiet and vague as of yet but linayel mostly remains in skyhold to help train and strategize)

then da'ean kicks corypshits ass soundly becase that fight Sucks Ass.

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OHMIGOD I LOVE THE TRANQUIL INKY ASK SO MUCH YOUR WRITING IS SO WONDERFUL I HONESTLY SQUEALED WHEN I READ IT. If you wouldn't mind... Could I maybe have some happy ending reactions? Like, the inquisitor gets the rite removed and they immediately run to hug (tackle) their old friend, crying, but with the biggest, doofiest grin on their face and starts rambling about how much they missed them? You don't have to do it if you don't want to. I just think it would be so cute. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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Dorian: He’d been working with Cassandra whenever he had free time. He was furious at the Seekers, furious that Cassandra didn’t think to tell him that there was a possibility that he could cure the Rite of Tranquility for his friend. Eventually he simmered down and decided the only way to speed up this process was to work with her on it. Maker he’s nervous. He feels like he has a swarm of butterflies in his stomach and he’s trying to keep himself composed as Cassandra tries the cure on the Inquisitor. With Corypheus defeated they’ve finally had the time to relax and work on it. Dorian bites his bottom lip nervously and waits. It feels like it takes forever but before Dorian even has a chance to ask the Inquisitor how they feel he’s tackled. The wind rushes out of him but he’s laughing. His friend is laughing! Dorian can’t help the rush of tears that start trickling down his cheeks and he just hugs them close for a long time. It’s an odd sort of reunion. They’ve been reunited since Dorian joined the Inquisition but now it’s like they finally are. Before the Inquisitor was emotionless. They were glad to see Dorian again but they was all. They didn’t feel joy or excitement, nor the want to ask him what happened since they were gone, but now it was all flooding them. The two sit up and The Inquisitor is still laughing and crying as well, their cheeks red as they keep wiping the tears away. Maker it feels so good to be able to cry again. Dorian just grins and wipes his own tears, “You’ve made me ruin my mascara.” He jokes as he rubs his eyes, now looking a bit like a raccoon. It’s hard to explain really. The Inquisitor had been his best friend, someone he could trust with everything, someone he first came out to back in Tevinter and yes he’d had them during the Inquisition but it was like having a shadow of the person he once knew. But now they were back and they were grinning. They still had that scar but it was faded, just a memory. “Maker we have so much to talk about but I think it might be best if we get some wine and go somewhere comfortable.” He grins. The Inquisitor nods and gives him another hug. Normally Dorian’s not much of a touchy person but damn he’s missed his friend. “It’s good to have you back.”

Solas: Cassandra never really shared what she had learned about the Seekers or the Rite of Tranquility, not until she thought she was close to a cure for the Rite. He feels excitement and hope for his friend. He still can’t get over his anger that his friend had been forced to undergo the Rite. He can think of nothing that would ever make that just a possibility for someone to go through. He wishes Cassandra luck and tells her to let him know when she thinks she has the cure for it ready. Then the day comes and it’s so bitter sweet. They are so close to defeating Corypheus and Solas knows that once they do he must leave. That hasn’t happened yet thought and he wants to be sure that his friend is okay. Solas walks to the room to check in on how it’s going only to be tackled. He lets out a laugh of surprise to see that familiar grin and get another big hug. He blushes slightly before hugging them back and holding them close. There is still a scar but it is faded and in time it might disappear completely. “It is good to have you back.” He murmurs. The Inquisitor just grins, “It’s good to see you out of the Fade.” They have a lot to catch up on. Solas takes the Inquisitor to his room and has some tea made. It’s actually a kind that he likes this time.  While they talk time seems nonexistent. Solas tells them about what he’s learned of the fade, the new spirits he befriended in the Inquisitor’s absence. The Inquisitor asks questions about everything that happened. They remember it quite clearly, but its the first time they get to process it emotionally. By the end of their talk the sun is coming up and the Inquisitor is exhausted. They smile at their old friend, “We should journey through the fade again soon. I might be a tad rusty.” That grants a chuckle from the elf. “Soon. You do need your rest though. I’m sure undoing the Rite took a lot of your mana.”

Vivienne: She had done some research into what had caused her old friend to receive the Right. It wasn’t some terrible crime to Vivienne’s relief. When Cassandra tells her that she’s learned the secrets of the Seeker’s Vivienne’s quite intrigued. She can’t believe that there’s actually a cure to the Rite. She works with Cassandra to make sure that this cure isn’t going to make it worse or backfire. When this gets out, that Tranquil can be cured, there is going to be a lot of debate, a lot of questions. They need to be sure it actually works before going public. The Inquisitor actually volunteers to be the first to undergo the cure. Their logic is that with Corypheus defeated and their knowledge in the arcane they would be a great asset in helping research the cure. Vivienne isn’t opposed to it but she is worried about her friend. If it goes wrong she won’t have them anymore. The day comes when it’s time to test the cure. Vivienne hides her nerves well but her hands are shaking as she helps Cassandra. It’s over as soon as it started and she watches the Inquisitor nervously, waiting for them to wake up. When they do they rub their head and look around confused before breaking into tears. It’s a good sign! Vivienne moves to their side and holds their hand only to be pulled into a big bear hug. She lets out a noise of surprise and hesitates before hugging the Inquisitor back just as tight. They have a lot to catch up on and as soon as the Inquisitor can compose themself Vivienne leads them back to their chamber so they can talk. 

Blackwall: He really doesn’t understand magic. He knows it can be useful, but it can also be dangerous and make things worse. What he does know is his friend, a kid who was so sweet they wouldn’t even kill a little spider was wrongfully made Tranquil. Then Cassandra starts talking about a way to reverse it to cure the Rite of Tranquility and honestly he doesn’t understand what she’s saying so he stops her to clarify and it makes his heart sore. It means his friend gets a second chance just like they gave him. Honestly Blackwall never expected his friend to just… let him go to get him out of the Orlais prison but they did. They explained it was because they needed him for the Inquisition and it was best to give him a second chance so that he could continue saving lives while atoning for his past sins. That explanation was given in a cold and emotionless tone but it still meant the world to Blackwall. Now his friend could really get their life back. Cassandra explained that it would probably not be perfect, that they would sometimes feel in over their head and Blackwall swore to himself that he would help his friend through this. He gets called in when the Rite is over. He calls their name cautiously. The response he gets is a surprisingly strong bear hug. IT makes him grin and he hugs them back just as tight, “Maker you really had me worried there.” He laughs and helps them stand. “What you need now is to tell me everything. I know you’ve been doing inquisition talk but we should really catch up… I’ve got some explaining to do too.” The Inquisitor nods and just grins again. It feels like a dream. Their smiling again and laughing. If it is a dream he doesn’t want to wake up. It’s just so nice to have something from his past be good again and not something he wants to cover up. 

Iron Bull: The more time Bull spends in the Inquisition the more he begins to understand about mages. It also makes him feel bad for his friend. Being Tranquil sounds like shit. He still feels bad for his friend though. When Bull goes Tal Vashoth he is shocked. The Inquisitor could have and should have told him to sacrifice the chargers, but they were still so gentle even with all of their emotions suppress. They said that it would have been illogical to sacrifice the Chargers just for one supply of red lyrium. They could come back with more people and still take care of it. It takes a bit of getting used to, the idea of being Vashoth but then again he realizes it’s not different from how he was already living. The only difference being that he doesn’t report to the Qun. He knows his friend is still in their head too, just emotionless right now, so he starts asking around, seeing if any of his contacts know something about getting ride of the Rite of Tranquility. He doesn’t really have to go far before Cassandra shares her findings with him. He’s thrilled and nervous at the same time. It’s gonna be an adjustment period if it works, but hey Bull will be there to help. It’s not like the Inquisitor would be going through it alone. With the Inquisitor’s permission the do what needs to be done to cure the Rite. Bull keeps rubbing his hands nervously. He doesn’t need to wait long though. When the Inquisitor wakes up they gasp and get overwhelmed, tearing up. Bull quickly goes to their side only to be pulled into the tightest hug. He grins and just holds them close. “Hey… it’s okay. We’ve got your back okay? We’ll help ya get through this.” The Inquisitor nods and just gives him a big grin. 

Cassandra: As soon as she learns of the cure to the Rite of Tranquility she throws herself into work for it. She wants her friend back, even though that sounds selfish she knows now that the Rite is something horrible, something that no one should be forced to go through. Especially not someone who just simply wouldn’t be able to pass their harrowing. She nearly works herself to the bone when she’s sure she’s figured out how to do it. She tells the Inquisitor what they’ve done and lets them decide. “I understand the risks Cassandra. I think I should undergo the cure. Even if I become irrational and emotional you can help guide me back. You need someone to try the cure on so it might as well be me. When the cure is complete Cassandra is at the Inquisitor’s side nervously, watching and waiting for any sign that it worked. They begin to wake up. They’re quiet for a moment before grinning and tearing up. They get up on shaky legs and just hold Cassandra close, “You did it… you really did it Cas!” Cassandra feels her own eyes get a bit misty too. She smiles and holds her friend close. “We have a lot to talk about.”

Varric: “So let me get this straight, the Seekers actually knew the cure to the Rite of Tranquility this whole time and never told anyone?” “Yes.” “And you found out because you took the secret book or whatever?” “Yes. “And now you think you can cure the Inquisitor?” “Yes.” “But they’re probably going to be overwhelmed by emotions for a while and not the stablest of people?” “Yes, Varric what don’t you understand about this?” “Oh nothing I just needed to make sure my ears were working Seeker.” He grins. He never thought he’d hear the words cure to the Rite of Tranquility. Oh he wants to do it. He wants to help his friend out, but first he needs to be sure its what they want too. It’s not like they’re just a guinea pig, they’re still a person. Thankfully Varric and Cassandra get their permission. It’s hard for Varric to hide how excited he is. Look it’s been years since something from his past actually had a chance at turning out well. Besides no one deserves to get stuck emotionless, especially not the sweet street kid who’d work for extra coin just to be able to put out food scraps and milk for the stray cats of Kirkwall. Varric may hang out around a bunch of magic users but he’s never going to understand it. When the cure is finished he watched the Inquisitor rub their head and start to take deep breaths. They look a bit overwhelmed but then they start laughing and grinning and it makes Varric smile. He goes over to hug them and they squeeze him close. He laughs and pats their back, “Too tight!” “Sorry Varric I just… it’s really nice to see you old friend.” Varric understands what they mean. They have been reunited since the Inquisition, but up until just now the Inquisitor couldn’t feel, didn’t understand the emotional significance of finally seeing each other again. “It’s great seeing you too. Now c’mon I think there are a few strays around that might help you with the emotions thing.” He wants to give the Inquisitor something good, something to help with the mountain of stress they’ll no doubt be feeling. He also just wants to catch up and see them happy. 

Cole: The way Cassandra worded the cure made it confusing to him. When she words it differently it makes more sense. So, she can help his friend start feeling again. Cole thinks it will be good for them. Sometimes he feels bad that the Inquisitor cannot experience the joy in seeing a moth flutter through the stars and land next to them, or the happiness of getting one of the first cookies from the kitchen. He knows that they feel unease too. Their mind tells them they should be feeling, that something is missing in everything they do but they just can’t reach it. It’s just out of their grasp and this cure is going to give it to them. Cassandra also explains how this will most likely cause the Inquisitor to become irrational and lose some control. It’s understandable. Reopening that gate after all of these years will be like releasing a flood gate after a storm. Cole wants to help though, he will help. He’s good at helping with pain. When the Cure has been completed Cole enters the room. He can feel so many emotions coming from the Inquisitor. When they look at him they feel a wave of sadness at first, remembering the Cole they had known in their past died at the hands of the Templars, then they feel anger, but it melts away into a sort of happy sad mix. Cole gasps as suddenly the Inquisitor is hugging him tightly and it makes him happy. He hugs them back and closes his eyes. “This is nice.” He states and they give a soft laugh. “It really is.”

Sera: She’s not gonna lie she’s a bit scared at first when she hears Cassandra talking about curing the Rite of Tranquility. Don’t get her wrong it would be great to have her prankin buddy back but it’s gonna be dangerous too. Cassandra saying that the Inquisitor might be a mess and out of control afterwards doesn’t help too much either. It takes her a while to come around to the idea. What seals it for her is thinking about what if she was made Tranquil. What if she couldn’t feel. It would suck so much and her friend has been like that for years! She wants her friend to be able to laugh again seein the bees get all bumbly and bump into flowers, or really enjoy cookies… or just… just havin that friend to curl up again when the world was all shitty and Sera just wanted someone to tell her it’d be alright and give her a big smile. Okay so maybe that last bit was selfish but… whatever. They make sure Inky’s alright with it first of course. Sera can’t help but pace as she waits for Cassandra to tell her if it worked or not. Finally the door opens but it’s not Cassandra. Sera lets out a noise of surprise as she’s tackled by a hug and then she grins. Cassandra’s a bit to shut off to pull something like that so that only means- “Holy shit it worked! Oh no you’re cryin what’s wrong?” They laugh and wipe their eyes, “Nothin’s wrong I just… It worked and I’m so happy! Sera I missed you so much.” “Awe… I missed you too. I mean you were here… Gah you know what I mean ya dork.” Sera laughs and gives them another hug. “C’mon we got lots to talk about and I gotta show you some new pranks I’ve been thinking of!”

Josephine: She feels selfish for wanting the Inquisitor to get the cure. She is delighted by the news of course, but it’s the Inquisitor’s choice. Honestly she doesn’t want to get her hopes up. It would be wonderful to have her old friend back, but this is the first any of them have ever heard of a cure to the Rite. So when Cassandra tells her that the Inquisitor agreed to undergo the cure Josephine feels a mix of emotions. She’s happy and nervous and scared and excited all at the same time. She needs to keep herself composed though. This is going to be very nerve wracking for her old friend no doubt and she doesn’t want to make it worse by looking nervous. Josie keeps herself from hoping for too much, so when she’s tackle hugged by her friend she can’t help but giggle and start tearing up. They are laughing, maker she hasn’t heard that laugh since she was a girl. They spend the rest of the night catching up over tea and some baked goods. Josie can’t stop hugging her old friend. She knows it’s going to be an adjustment for the Inquisitor and a hard one. Josephine is going to do everything in her power to help them and make sure they have everything they need. 

Cullen: Cullen can scarcely believe his ears when Cassandra tells him about the cure. For as long as he’s been a Templar he never even thought it possible, yet there it was in writing. He doesn’t want to get his hopes up. There are a lot of risks and even if it does work the Inquisitor is probably going to be unstable with the rush of emotions. It’s not going to be a perfect fix. He knows that. He can’t get his hopes up… but he can’t help it. He desperately wants his friend back, he wants this Rite gone. He wants them to be okay. He can’t help but feel it’s his fault that they ended up Tranquil. He knows it’s not but the thought still haunts him. He helps Cassandra set up the Cure as best as he can. He helps prepare the Inquisitor for it as well. They want to do it because if it works they can use that knowledge to help the next tranquils who undergo it actually deal with the after affects. Even without emotions they’re always thinking of others before themself. The cure seems like it’s taking hours. Cullen keeps pacing and running a hand through his hair, so much so that it’s no longer neatly pulled back and a few curls are falling in his face. Finally Cassandra tells him it should be done. He goes to the Inquisitor’s side quickly and waits, almost holding his breath with how nervous he is. They start to wake up and a look of shock crosses their face, followed by that oh so familiar grin. Cullen laughs happily, feeling tears in his eyes and before he can say anything they’re hugging him close. They talk for a while. They both have a hard road in front of them, but they promise to be there for each other. Cullen can’t believe its actually happening. It feels like a dream and then the Inquisitor pinches him. “See not a dream! Okay now pinch me to though I want to be double sure.” He laughs but does it before giving them another hug. It feels like getting his family back and it’s… wonderful. 

Leliana: She’s an expert at hiding her emotions. When Cassandra tells her of her findings from the Seekers book she nods. Leliana helps Cassandra find whatever ingredients and components this cure will take. She has so few friends left and if she could even get the Inquisitor feeling again that would be enough. She doesn’t expect them to be the same or even happy. So much has happened. So much has changed. The Inquisitor has so much riding on them and Leliana… well she’s not the same girl they once knew. When the cure has been completed Leliana enters the room. She looks at Cassandra for any sort of sign of confirmation but doesn’t get one. It doesn’t bode well initially but she’s brought out of her thoughts as she receives a swift hug with enough force to tackle her to the ground. Then she begins to smile as she hears the Inquisitor laughing above her. The hug is so familiar and soon she’s hugging them back. “I…” She gets interrupted. “I can’t believe you guys found a cure… I… this changes everything.” Leliana gets hugged again. She lets her guard down ever so slightly around the Inquisitor now and when they talk she can’t help but smile. She has her agents keep an eye on the Inquisitor and instructs them to let her know if the Inquisitor seems to be having a bad moment. Leliana is going to help her friend. Nothing is going to take them from her, and they aren’t going to go through this alone. 

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25 dragon age questions babey

got tagged by @arlessaofamaranthine yeehaw

01) Favourite game of the series?

da:i definitely has like, the most nostalgia value to me? but the characters from da2 are my absolute favorite so i’d have to say a tie between those two

02) How did you discover Dragon Age?

soph ( @triforks ) introduced me to da:i back in like 2016 or smth i think? and i thought was cool but kinda forgot abt it again, but then early last year another friend introduced me to the tavern songs and i started listening to the soundtrack too and i knew I Had To Own It Immediately

03) How many times you’ve played the games?

ah shit ... well first of all ive never actually completed da:o, bc i didnt get properly into until after i hurt my wrist, so it’s been like impossible to actually do so. i think ive completed da2 three times (julian, agnes, flynn), i would’ve played it more if i hadnt hurt my wrist toward the end of agnes’s playthrough. and then da:i ive played .. i think 7 times all the way through? (elinor, athel x4, althea, axeline)

04) Favourite race to play as?

elf babey

05) Favourite class?

MAGE BABEY

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time?

i usually change dialogue options based on their personality, and a few major decisions have varied, but i do have a tendency to make characters who would make very similar decisions

07) Go-to adventuring group?

again, i dont have much experience with da:o, but for da2 i usually go varric, carver (or fenris, if carver is dead), and anders, and for da:i i either do dorian, cassandra, vivienne; dorian, blackwall, sera; or iron bull, varric, solas

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

i wanna say a tie between agnes, athel, and axel. theyre all characters i put a stupid amount of thought into considering i rarely actually talk about them

09) Favourite romance?

tie between isabela and dorian. sera wouldve been up there as well if lukas nastyman hadnt fucked it up

10) Have you read any of the comics/books?

nah

11) If you read them, which was your favourite book?

havent read them

12) Favourite DLCs?

descent and trespasser both have very special places in my heart. honestly i think it’s like 60% bc of the soundtrack but beyond that i absolutely love the interactions between the inquisitor and their companions

13) Things that annoy you.

lukas nastyman and everything he has touched (except carver which im still amazed he wrote)

14) Orlais or Ferelden?

they both kinda suck politically most of the time but aesthetically i would say orlais

15) Templars or mages?

mages babey!!!!!!

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one?

my hawkes are in different universes, and so are my inquisitors for the most part, altho i do imagine if he hadnt been the inquisitor athel still wouldve joined the inquisition so he’s there in all of them

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

literally all i remember is elvira cousland named her mabari dane

18) Have you installed any mods?

i would if i knew how but i dont and i have yet to find a guide that doesnt confuse the shit out of me fdjfgkfdjk

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden?

elvira wasnt entirely against the idea, but when it came down to it i think things like having kids and growing old were a part of her plan that she wasnt expecting to have taken away from her. i wouldnt say she regrets becoming a warden, bc the work she’s doing is important, but i do think she wishes she’d been able to make more of an informed choice, or really have a choice at all

20) Hawke’s personality?

purble

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition?

nah i just put whatever has the highest armor rating on them and call it quits

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

elvira would take her parents far, far away where howe couldnt find them

agnes would’ve never left her mom’s side when a serial killer was on the loose

flynn would’ve kept carver far away from the deep roads

elinor would have run away with sera before corypheus showed up in haven

axel would have never said a word to solas after he taught her to seal rifts

and athel wouldnt change anything, i think. redcliffe showed him the importance of details and of people, and i think no matter how much he regrets something or wishes it hadn’t happened, he knows that things might have turned out much worse if it hadn’t

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon?

idk if it really goes against canon specifically, but a big part of agnes’s character arc (in my head, at least) was how terrified she was of becoming an abomination. a lot of what she did was motivated by the need to stay in control of herself and the fear of turning into the very thing that was used as an excuse to oppress her people

24) Who did you leave in the Fade?

the warden, usually. my hawkes all mean the world to me i cant leave them behind jkdfjgkd

25) Favourite mount?

harts are very good

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Dragon Age Questions

i was tagged by @nordxz thank you so much!

&& IF YOU SEE THIS AND WANT TO DO IT, I’VE OFFICIALLY TAGGED YOU

i think this is a lot of rambling but i hopeit makes sense. feel free to ask if you have any questions about my ocs.

01) Favourite game of the series?

That’s a really tough question, honestly, because i love them all for separate reasons. I play Inquisition the most, but i love origin and 2′s story... so tough question.

02) How did you discover Dragon Age?

I played Skyrim for like 2 years (whenever i felt like playing) & finally got too bored to play. so i searched through my brother's games and found Inquisition. it took a while for me to finish it (bc i played on his console too). thennn i played the games backward. Inquisition, 2, and Origins. 

03) How many times you’ve played the games?

I’ve played through completely 2- 5 times each. but I’ve started countless games each in every game and just didn’t finish them

04) Favourite race to play as?

Dwarf! Especially in Inquisition. 

05) Favourite class?

Rogue! Wielding a bow is my go to. 

06) Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time?

Honestly, it depends!  Likeee mage play through= mage rights, but any other class just depends on how i want to play or the background i gave the character. i’ve yet to side with the templars in Dragon Age 2 though. lol.

07) Go-to adventuring group?

Again, it depends. but i almost always have Alistair in origins, Varric in 2. my go tos are: 

dao: Alistair, Wynne, Zevran/ Leliana

da2: Varric, Bethany/ Anders and/or Carver/Aveline, Isabela

dai: Cassandra, Dorian, Iron Bull

08) Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

i’ve done a lot of work on all of them. I’d say Roxy & Gavin Hawke(&Aidan Amell and Odette Surana bc their stories are related) and August Trevelyan. i don’t write a lot about any of my ocs but i’ve made full timelines and family members for all of them. i still intend to put bios out, but the only one i have finished right now is Stella. I’ll try and start those while im at my moms. c:

09) Favourite romance?

i really appreciate all of them, but i have a few favorites. 

Zevran, Isabela, Iron Bull- which i know they have one thing in common and it’s being known for being extremely sexualized. maybe im a sucker for falling hard and being able to open up to someone. but i really adore their stories and i just want to hug them, ok.

10) Have you read any of the comics/books?

I have the books and haven’t read them, yet. it’s on my long list!

11) If you read them, which was your favourite book?

I’m really looking forward to The Masked Empire tbh. 

12) Favourite DLCs?

The Descent, defiitely! but i haven’t played through them all yet, just all of dai and some of daos. 

13) Things that annoy you.

Representation, probably. yes they have lgbt people but i personally haven’t been able to connect to any of them EXCEPT Lace Harding & she’s not even a full romance! lol. 

theres nothing else that comes to mind or i feel comfortable talking about. 

14) Orlais or Ferelden?

Ferelden.

15) Templars or mages?

Mages.

16) If you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one?

They’re really all interchangeable. i need to make a few more characters if i want complete timelines though. for example:

Odette Surana & Aidan Amell, Gavin & Roxy Hawke, Augustine Trevelyan/Sunshine Cadash/ Austa Adaar can make one timeline. Except Odette couldn’t survive without Aidan whereas Aidan wouldn’t be the same without Odette. 

& Stella Tabris, Roxy & Gavin, Sunshine/ August/ Austa could also work. 

hell i’ve even thought about combining them all somehow lol. 

17) What did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc)

(all mabari unless specified otherwise) 

Stella Tabris: Goose & Cricket(found after Blight)

Odette: Ser Barksy Aidan: Barkspawn

Roxy: Sweetums Gavin: Mighty

August: Yellow (named by Clem), Flower (a cat also named by Clem), horse: Pretty Boy

Sunshine: Rose (might be renamed tho) and her Battle Nug: Nugget

Austa: Precious (Josie’s mabari), 

18) Have you installed any mods?

Two for Origins, one to skip the fade in the circle and another for an all romance mod- i think. 

19) Did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden?

Aidan did far more than Odette, Aidan wanted out of the circle. Odette wanted to take Irving’s place- she wanted to make the circle better. 

Stella wanted the hell away from the life her dad imagined for her, she was scared but excited. She didn’t like how it happened, nor the responsibility that was placed on her shoulders.. but she knew she just wanted MORE. 

20) Hawke’s personality?

Roxy: Purple Gavin: Blue

The twins really help one another, yes they can survive without the other but they wouldn’t be the same. Roxy keeps Gavn from being so serious and Gavin reminds her to me more... sensitive.. even if it doesn’t always work. 

21) Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition?

lmaoo noo, im so lazy about armor. as long as they look good i don’t reallt care. 

22) If your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change?

August, would have done more for her daughter’s father.. she would have been on watch the night he was taken. Losing her best friend was very hard for her. 

Sunshine, once upon a time, wished to leave when her sister did... but after the Inquisition, she was thankful for it. For the people, she’s met, and the skills she developed during that time. 

23) Do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon?

Sort of? i have them work around the canon...sorta.

Odette only survives because of Aidan (two heros isn’t canon so), because if Aidan didn’t exist she wouldn’t have even told Alistair about the dark ritual and wouldn’t have let him go to the final battle. Thus sacrificing herself. 

Roxy and Gavin: Twin Hawke AU where all the siblings survive. Roxy and Gavin fight the Ogre, saving one of the twins. Carver becomes a Warden and Bethany joins the circle. 

Austa’s parent’s escaped the Qun, but they escape with two of their own biological children Oz and Austa.  & Valo Kas actually started from the remains of an old Tal Vashoth community and have since built to a large merc company her brother and father run. 

&August had her daughter Clementine at her childhood home and left her there to be raised- bc her parent’s used her status to have that privilege.

The Cadash Carta works a little differently. Instead of one person at the head: it’s a council, like orzammar, and several families run their expanded carta family. The children can inherit their parent’s position in the council unless they don’t have kids or are voted off. So since Sunshine’s father is part of the council meaning her younger brother, Wesley, is being trained for their father’s position. Zelde (oldest sister ), left before she could even be considered and Sunshine was trained to be an assassin from a young age.. so she also wasn’t being considered. 

so i guess they all do... oops. 

24) Are any of your character(s) based on someone?

not really. probably should bc they all look really similar imo. I do have different oc aesthetic boards that give you an idea though!

25) Who did you leave in the Fade?

im a weak bitch who decides they all somehow get out.........  but Stroud. poor guy. 

26) Favourite mount?

the war nug! <3 i love them.