#dragon age origins witch hunt

[hexxalite-hecate]

I don’t know why because there is absolutely no lore in any of the games to support this (in fact quite the opposite), but somewhere along the line I decided that mages in Dragon Age all have different coloured flames, they can’t choose or control or change it, it just is. And I’d already subconsciously assigned most of the characters their colour.

Amaranthe Amell - lapis blue with a heart of iridescent pearl (because she’s God’s favourite princess)

Neria Surana – bright sunny butter yellow

Morrigan – deep gold with a dark amethyst halo

Jowan – pale silver-green marshlight

Anders – umber with a heart of crimson

Wynne – powder-blue, translucent like glass

Connor – jade green

Lanaya – pale daffodil yellow with a grass-green halo

Velanna – sullen orange like glowing embers

Finn – pretty normal looking, but gets a glint of emerald at the centre if he’s super excited about something

Hawke – blood red. Just blood red

Bethany – soft violet

Merrill – scarlet fading into coral

Dorian – rich magenta with royal purple flashes

Vivienne – pastel lavender

Solas – smoke grey with a blinding white halo, hurts the eyes

I have no idea why I did this but it’s my inescapable headcanon now. Feel free to comment if you have a different vision, or a character I didn’t mention, or your own Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor/OC!

[zazikels]

"I'm glad you're here. I couldn't do this alone."

[artoflevity]

witch hunt

[feeshies]

Ariane and Finn redraw

[wildbasil]

Ariane and Finn

[ai-no-kokuhaku]

my cope whenever i talked to alistair hoping he would have new dialogue for me and he didn't . well i like seeing you anyways :)

[nvaderxim]

The little man is sleeping

[veshialles]

"Change is coming to the world. Many fear change, and will fight it with every fibre of their being. But sometimes, change is what they need most. Sometimes, change is what sets them free." - "My people fell for what I did to strike the Evanuris down. But still, some hope remains for restoration. I will save the Elvhen people, even if it means this world must die."

Transcript:

LEFT COLUMN:

Warden: And is that what you want? To be free? Morrigan: What I want is... is unimportant now. Morrigan: I cannot tarry longer, the time has come for me to go. Warden: Will I see you again? Morrigan: Not if you are fortunate... Goodbye, my friend.

RIGHT COLUMN:

Inquisitor: There's still the matter of the Anchor. It's getting worse... Solas: Yes, I'm sorry. And we are almost out of time. Solas: The Mark will eventually kill you. Drawing you here gave me the chance to save you. At least for now... Inquisitor: You don't need to destroy this world! I'll prove it to you! Solas: I would treasure the chance to be wrong again, my friend.

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pov your best friend who is a mage leaves you behind and walks through an enchanted mirror.

[cloudy-ar]

Okay. I think I know who this is. And it's a bit of a deep cut.

Everyone is like "ooh it's Anders" or "it's Alistair"

No no no my friends.

This is Finn Aldebrant.

More specifically: Florian Phineas Horatio Aldebrant, Esquire.

From the Witch Hunt DLC in DAO.

I GOTTA SAVE MY BOY 😭

[housederiva]

I just had the crushing realization that what I’ve had in my mind between the Warden and Morrigan’s farewell in witch hunt for years isn’t actually what happens in the game

Because my warden never goes with her in the mirror right? And in my mind they’ve always held each other for a long moment, and my warden asks: ‘will I ever see you again?’ Morrigan responds with ‘Not if you are lucky’ and then the warden quips back with ‘Then I will hope every day for misfortune’

And that??? Doesn’t happen in game????? Help?????

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

This. This. This entire conversation with Morrigan actually makes me want to sob. She and my Tabris always becomes close friends over the course of DAO; that, paired with the fact that my Tabris always romances Alistair, makes everything about this hurt so much more when you take DAO's ending into account.

Her confusion over why my Tabris didn't send her away. Why she didn't abandon her after they learned of Flemeth's plans. Why Tabris went out of her way to slay Flemeth and bring her the true grimoire. She asks Tabris why, and is baffled when the answer is, "I did it because I'm your friend," as if it's that simple.

The way Morrigan looks at the warden, the way her voice cracks when she says, "I want you to know that while I may not always prove... worthy... of your friendship, I will always value it."

She knows how this will end; Flemeth sent her with the wardens with the end goal of stopping the blight and obtaining the old god soul through the dark ritual. Morrigan knows that Alistair and Tabris are the only Grey Wardens here, and assuming they don't find more, one of them will have to die defeating the archdemon unless they agree to do the dark ritual.

With that context, her asking Alistair, "And what if a Grey Warden has forced to choose between the Warden he loved and ending the Blight? What should his choice be?" suddenly has so much subtext weaved through the words that I'm gonna start foaming at the mouth. She's practically telling Alistair that a warden has to die. She's scrutinizing his reaction to find any hint that suggests he would agree to the dark ritual in order to save himself and the woman he loves. And when he doesn't choose, she has her answer.

Morrigan made comments to Tabris about him, almost hopeful that their relationship was just a physical thing between them and not actually riddled with feelings... and then gives disapproval when Tabris says she loves him.

She doesn't want the warden to die; hell, she doesn't want Alistair to die, either; whether because she does actually care about him or because she knows it'll break her friend's heart if she loses him, or both!

Things would be so much easier if the only two Grey Wardens left to defeat the blight didn't fall in love, wouldn't they, Morrigan?

She knows that in the end, no matter the outcome, she will lose the woman she called sister and it's devastating.

Morrigan, who has never known true friendship. Who grew up isolated in the woods with an abusive mother and terrible implications for her future. Who discovered said mother planned to take over her body just as she did with her other daughters. Who doesn't understand kindness as it was rarely given to her without a catch. Who isolates herself from the others in camp. Who finally has a companion she cares about... and in the end, if her plan works and the dark ritual is completed, she'll end up pregnant and alone and wearing Tabris' resentment like a tender wound on her heart.

Or Tabris will reject the ritual, and will die to the archdemon.

Or her lover will.

I just- the dynamic between the warden, romanced Alistair, and Morrigan is so good and painful and rich that I'm gnawing on furniture as we speak.

[hexxalite-hecate]

Well well well. Look who it is

You thought I forgot Awakening? I didn't forget Awakening bitches

(Justice is hard, don't @ me)

Bonus Witch Hunt babies:

Someone stop meeeeeee

[inquisitorgaywarden]

DAI if the Warden was in it

Warden, seeing a tear in a veil: I'm gonna stab it

Inquisitor with their hand halfway up: please don't

[greypetrel]

Hellooooo ^^ If you're still taking drawing prompts, how about Alyra Mahariel with Morrigan and a pose of your choice?

(Have a lovely day!!!!!)

Hello there! Yes, I was! :3 Here you go, it's A2, but we started with angst and we'll end up in angst (sorry):

There lies my passion, hidden There lies my love I'll hide it under a blanket Lull it to sleep

(I remembered now the song by Bjork I was looking today for the 9 ship songs. I'll correct that post too, but it's Hidden Place.)

Some Witch Hunt scene, I'm planning a bigger illustration. So, basically, we're about to part. Morrigan through the mirror, Alyra... Alyra stays. One year before she would have jumped, now... Now she's the Warden-Commander and the Arlessa. She can't. *angst*

[sketchy-saram]

The last set of my chibis from my Dragon Age: Origins playthrough! (Wherein I drew myself as my Warden Mahariel for the video thumbnails, lol.) The first 5 are from the Awakening DLC, and the last is from Witch Hunt. (Where I finally found my wife!!) I sadly didn't have time to do the colored lineart like the rest, but at least they're all done. xD These are all I've got time to get out before Veilguard, but they helped keep me distracted during the wait!! 2 days left!!

[neb-art-zeke]

It's really hilarious to me that if a Warden who didn't romance Morrigan had the Old God Baby with her, he could just go through the Eluvian with her to raise the child together. Like I just imagine Leliana or Zevran like this if the Warden romanced them and just dipped: