#dragon age Connor

[dellamortethelesser]

you know how after redcliffe if you don’t save both Connor and Isolde, there’s a cutscene where you see archers setting fire to the boats/corpses of those being put to rest on Lake Calenhad?

I’ve decided that Naoise took it upon himself to see through his decision to sacrifice Isolde til the end; he was the one who agreed to let her die. He was the one who allowed the ritual. He was the one who chose to save her son instead of her.

He has to be the one to nock that arrow and pull it back. He bought this bow. He bought Connor’s life in blood. He’s letting it go and the flaming arrow is singing before it lights the boat of the arl’s wife. Maybe he knew the sacrifice she was making for her son. Maybe, as it burns, it is his way of saying goodbye to his own mother.

[etruski]

Krem doodle bc I can’t wait for kremweek

[inquisitorgaywarden]

I wish I could play DA:O for the first time again, just to experience what I felt when this happened

[moontheoretist]

Types of Possessions in Dragon Age world

Monsterification:

The possession can involve strong emotions but doesn't have to (it depends on the case, as it's hard to assume rocks or dead bodies have emotions, but places within the game can have lingering echoes of strong emotions that make such possessions more likely to occur within such area - spirits will just possess whatever).

It's unclear if such possession needs consent to occur.

The possession can be forced by a third party.

The person that gets possessed gets horrifically transformed.

The transformation can't be reveresed after it happens.

The person is driven mad by the transformation.

The possession can be prevented by Litany of Andralla.

Example: Slavren (DAO), Witherfang (DAO), Olivia (DA2)

There are other types of this type of possession that include objects, animals, plants or even corpses. It includes creatures such as: Sylwans (possession of a tree), Arcane Horror (possession of a mage's corpse), Rock Wraith (possession of a rock), Reverant, Skeleton (possession of a corpse), werewolf (possession of a wolf) and more similar cases.

Puppet:*

Person that gets possessed is trapped in the Fade.

Demon takes over the body and wrecks havoc all around, but isn't physically present inside the body of the host (?).

There is no transformation of the body.

The person can be saved by killing the demon in the Fade.

Needs established consent (with demon it will be a deal).

Examples: Uldred (DAO), Connor (DAO)

Teacher:

Person that gets possessed is a living willing host.

It's the opposite of the Puppet - person and the spirit coexist in a type of symbiosis, while the person is taught by the spirit.

There is no visible transformation of the body.

Person and a spirit can be separated via special rituals.

Example: Sigrid Gulsdotten (DAI: Jaws of Hakkon)

Impersonator:

The possessed person is already dead.

Spirit / demon is convinced they're the dead person or posses all the memories of the dead person as if they were them. (Demon may refer to the host as "food" separating itself from the host, while spirit will be confused by the memories of the body).

There is no visible transformation of the body, in fact the body is to some extent preserved thanks to the possession. (In case of a demon there is a second voice hearable when the person speaks).

Example: Sophia Dryden (DAO: Soldier's Peak), Kristoff? (DAO:A)

Revival:

The possessed person is already dead.

The spirit enters the body of the dead person and revives them. It's unclear if the spirit simply ties the soul of the dead person back to their body or assumes the role of said person. (It's quite possible that the spirit could think they're the person that already died or that the soul of the dead person turned into the spirit).

No visible transformation of the body, voice or personality.

No emotional outbursts.

Example: Wynne (DAO)

* Could be also a different type of Merging described below.

**If we consider what happened to Evangeline the spirit may simply just attach itself to the soul and provide a link to the body (so called "spark of life") that is maintained until the spirit leaves the body.

Merging:

The possessed person is a living willing host.

The spirit and the person merge into one being.

It's not possible to separate them as they're already one.

No visible transformation of the body. (Possible visible veins of the Fade light and change of the voice when the spirit is fronting).

Possible emotional outbursts. (Due to taint corruption?)

Possibly person and the spirit loose sense of selves with time to become a fully integrated single personality.

Needs established consent (with demon it will be a deal).

Example: Anders (DA2), Flemeth (DAO, DA2, DAI)

Note: i wanted to add Cole here, but when I was writing down the criteria I noticed for possession I realized that Cole is a spirit that impersonates the dead person, not a spirit that took over his body. (Correct me if I'm wrong here, because I'm pretty sure he was seen as a free roaming spirit that just looked like a human - like the spirits of the old that could just randomly take on the mortal looking body).

*I just realized I forgot about one case of possession. Amalia from Stone Prisoner DLC. It's similar case to Puppet, but the difference is that the demon is already physically in the mortal world. It inhabits a body of a cat and tries to convince Amalia to willingly give her body out. When Amalia gets possessed she gets possessed in the mortal world by a demon that was trapped in the mortal world - her body doesn't change. When Amalia attacks you she doesn't turn into an Abomination monster model, she turns into Desire Demon itself.

^ TBH I'm still not sure if Demon is in the mortal world or in the Fade. As the difference between location is barely discernible in the game. So it's hard to say if demons we meet are in the Fade or mortal world.

Veilguard spoilers below:

Edit 10.12.2024: I'm still thinking where Lucanis fits in this entire thing as I wrote this before I played the game. I still didn't finish the game and don't know everything about Lucanis. So far it looks like to be a case similar to what Tarohne was doing to the Templar recruits in DA2. All of them were people that weren't mages, but in every single case of them they ended up taken over by the demon. Whatever Zara Renata was trying to achieve ended with Lucanis being possessed in a similar way but there seems to be a barrier that stops Spite from taking over Lucanis body and do whatever it wants unless Lucanis guard is down (i.e. when he sleeps) - may have something to do with counciousness. It doesn't seem to be a case of merging even tho it looks similar. Tho it may as well be a case of merging but because we have a demon rather than a spirit here it's more unstable. It still doesn't explain why Spite can't just take over Lucanis when Lucanis is awake and has to wait for him to fall asleep to be able to do what it wants (this idea was explored only in fanfiction before with Justice taking over Anders when asleep).

[plisuu]

Breaking news: Tired husbands accidentally adopt a group of 8 disaster pansexuals while they try to fix the mess their stupid ex made of Thedas, more at 11

[ansburg]

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS REPLAY: 6/?

✨ bann teagan's new groove ✨

[libartz]

I am WEAK for this character type. Whenever I see one I go completely feral

[elfcollector]

All mages are beacons that attract the attention of Fade spirits. Because of this, they are trained and tested by the Circle to ensure that they can withstand attacks from malevolent Fade creatures that seek entry into the waking world. Untrained Connor drew the attention of a powerful demon that tore the Veil asunder. He was freed from the demon's power at a terrible price: the cost of his mother's life.

[puppetmaster13u]

Makin Designs based off of different projects & prompts? Yeah, why not lol. I'm weak to Dragon AUs. Way too weak and I enjoy figuring out designs. (Feel free to add your own too)

First one is @radiance1 Clone Danny Prompt with designs for Clark, Diana, Luthor, Connor, Match & Danny :)

Second one is Danny & Ellie are Alfred Clones Prompt & do a bit of dimension travel to stabilize. So have the three of them.

[fionatheicicle]

My answer to why is solas so popular in dragon age.

In the end his actions created a lot of problems, such as the cult of andraste and the maker (/boblawboblaw) and he is actually trying to correct them. Some would argue that teaching people about spirits and the veil would help; except the people they are talking about have at least a dozen generations of religious dogma clouding their perception of reality. Therefore teaching them the correct way to handle mages and the veil is at least ineffective and at most impossible. So he chooses to burn the entire world to the ground so that another better one may grow from the ashes of the old one. In effect solas represents change, and change is chaotic so people fear it. However in a world that is desperate for change (in my opinion our’s) some if not many are quick to embrace such a concept so long at it is portrayed in a controlled and (fairly) predictable way. Therefore we tend to lean toward solas as he represents an answer to the inherent flaws in our own society.

Btw idk nor do i care if my answer makes any sense because i’m hella drunk right now (thank the goddesses for spell check) however i may care after i’m sober so let me know your honest opinion on this possibly nonsensical take.

[anneapocalypse]

Something I did not pick up on before is that World of Thedas implies Alistair was sent to the monastery during Isolde's pregnancy--before Connor was born. Which means we actually can pretty closely pin down Connor's age, as he was born soon after Alistair was sent away--so in either 9:20 Dragon or early 9:21.

[biancadavri]

some idiot: dragon age is dark and gritty and hopeless

me, brain impossibly huge: *thinks about these dialogue choices the dwarven pcs have when interacting with curious kids* :)

[samishin]

I've been trying to make dbh characters to play in Veilguard....with some mixed results.😆

[izahelle]

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[exalted-dawn]

Big OC collab I did a while ago for the DAFF server, where all of our OCs meet in an interdimensional tavern and vibe :3 pictured below, from left to right:

Siobhan Hawke ( @inquisimer ), Virelan Lavellan ( @rosella-writes ), Pravin Talavera ( @monocytogenes ), Ixchel Lavellan ( @dreadfutures ), Thalia Trevelyan ( @nirikeehan ), An’da ( @about2dance ), Amaryllis Lavellan ( @arlathmacully ), Talenna (MY QUEEN MY WIFE), Connor Trevelyan ( @plisuu ), Moira Amell ( @effelants ), and Saeris Lavellan + Efa ( @oxygenforthewicked )

[plisuu]

Please welcome Connor "I would rather be anywhere but here" Trevelyan and Cullen "if you lay a finger on my husband they will never find your body" Rutherford back to the stage