#elgar'nan ( muses )

[mercysought]

Like a sunrise that comes upon the earth too soon, too quickly, all animals before him cast a sharp shadow.

They scurry and disappear into the nearest alcoves, moving away from the sharp glare of the force that enters the main, splendid temple to the All-Mother within the beating heart of Arlathan. His steps are silent for he does not walk; the walls bend outward, like vines crawling up to the skies, returning to their shape only when he walked beyond and the light that poured from him deemed.

He walked this land which he had moulded, moved into the temple like a tidal wave of ash and lava, burning and all-consuming. Strong to petrify on proximity. Warm enough to melt skin from bones. The flesh was weak but easily sown back together. The doors to the main chamber open because they have no other choice: he is the Lord of all Halls, each atom of this place knew him for he had hand-selected them.

Elgar'nan, the All-Consuming Sun, entered as a burning figure of eternal thunder and eyes as dark as the Abyss. Before him three high priests of Mythal are in the All-Mother's presence; He cannot see them but her? She was the single, shark, dark line that remained still, unmovable against his wrath.

   “Begone."

The flesh within them itself speaks; it rings and they are shaken into action. His words call to action and they answer for there is no other option offered. Their eyes do not move to the All Mother when they start descending the steps of Her Seat of Judgement.

   “The All-Father forgets Himself." from the shadow a shape forms, thin silver threads that soften the blinding light.

Mythal's voice is fresh air that cracks a freshly formed and burnt pot and when she turns to them, her priests, her generals, her children it akin to looking upon a fresh spring of water that they could find relief from the beating sun "You have your orders. I will call upon you once my audience with the All-Father is finished."

Moonlit eyes follow her Faithful out, only then does her attention finally fall upon the figure of the All-Father. Woven into flesh with hair as light as an early Winter Morning. The weight of the word upon his brows and grimace as he followed her figure, still atop the stairs.

Mythal, hand touching the arm of her Seat, sits “Since when do you dismiss my faithful, ma'vun (my sun)?"

   “Ever since you have made it clear that you will not do it before I reach these chambers."

He speaks with the same calm tone though no less pointed. No less accusing. Covered in red robes with glittering beads, even in the dim silver light he beams in gold. He stands at the bottom of the stairs, staring up to Mythal, but it is him who towers all that is in Elvhenan.

   “Solas." he continues, not waiting for her. Walking up the steps, the pearlescent stone beneath his feet glows into a feverish pitch with each step "My tolerance for his mischief is wearing dangerously thin. Remind him to mess not with affairs which do not concern you, Mythal."

He reaches the top, standing before her; the light that poured from the walls and ceiling no longer reached his face. The man that stood before her was a shadow, one whose all that it consumed was spilt from the bright, angry, irises.

   “Tighten the leash on your hound, lest I find the whip first."

The hiss crackles against the walls; welcomed by the soft dripping of running water in the distance. Mythal remains as she had been: akin to a statue of warm, rich, deep marble. She looks up, into the burning embers of his eyes.

She is unmoved.

   “I would take great care, my beloved heart," she finally speaks, somewhere in the temple the waters seem to pull from their ponds, their glasses, their fountain. In the deadly silence, there is only the warning in the breeze of something yet to come "with the demands and tone, you employ with me."

Blinking, she rises from her feet, walking past him without glancing. Behind her the lights slowly dim “Wolves cannot be leashed, Elgar'nan. The notion is ridiculous."

He leans until his back is straightened, allowing her to turn his back on her and hearing her feet touch upon the stone despite no sound truly being allowed to pass. Around them there is a growing maelstrom and like with all things before, now and in the future: they both stood in the eye of the storm.

His expression falling for a moment, replaced by another: one of grim entertainment. Akin to blinking and sinking the world anew through a new lense, a new light. It wasn't that she didn't wish to control her pet wolf —

   “You cannot control him." she speaks and it is filled with wicked, crackling, ill-contained mirth.

The laugh that pours from the mouth of the beast is a terrible thing. It cracks the world open like an orange, eating at its spilling juice and sinking teeth into flesh with glee.

   “Mythal, the All-Mother!" he laughs, a jackal at his mouth, turning to look down at her in front of her own throne "For all Her grandstanding and hatred of cruelty of her fellow Evanuris, She too unleashes her monsters and horrors upon the People." one step is taken down once the laughter dies, despite their echoes being etched into the very walls around them. He smiles, he smiles an impossibly large smile, a hungry smile.

A content smile, a familiar smile of seeing an old friend, an old, hungry, reckless love "How refreshing it is, to see your true face again."

She looks to him, face drawn as the sharp rocks that wrap themselves like a crown around the lands in the East. In the distance a loud thundering sound comes, like galloping horses.

   "I afford you what I do not anyone else:" he speaks, taking one last step to be at the same level as his wife. One hand grabs and covers hers. They are impossibly warm, like being wrapped by melting rock itself; her hand recoils under it "a warning."

   "Control your pets, ma'lea'vune (my moonlight), keep them entertained, or I will make sure they are disciplined accordingly."

[crossdressingdeath]

One thing I will say for the ending of DAV is that it's made one thing from Trespasser that always confused me a bit finally make sense: the fact that Solas spares even low approval Quiz. Like, the fact that he does that means that affection clearly doesn't come into that decision! He may be nicer about it if he likes Quiz, but he's not sparing them because he likes them. But it makes a lot more sense in the context of him making an enemy of Rook and then leaving them alive when he meets them in Minrathous, just assuming that they'll do what he wants and not get in his way and being completely blindsided by them tricking him even though they have no reason to just go along with what he says. At the end of the day Solas just... doesn't respect either Rook or Quiz enough as equals to see them as a potential threat, and that both explains him sparing Quiz and ultimately leads to his downfall.

I mean, think about it. He killed Mythal. He killed Felassan. Clearly he is not above killing even the people he loves best, the very last remnants of the world he's supposedly in this to save at that, if their survival might get in the way of his plans! You can talk about how much he cares for high approval Quiz, or even how much he loves Lavellan in a Sol@vellan (censored to keep it out of the tags) worldstate, but love demonstrably would not stop him if he determined Quiz to be a threat! He does not love them more than Mythal (he really, really doesn't love them more than he loves Mythal, Christ on a bike the amount of shit he does for Mythal and then refuses to accept her culpability for the fallout of is insane), he does not love them more than Felassan, he does not have more reason to spare them when they say they're going to stop him (whether peacefully or by force) than he did those two, but he still does even if he hates them. Now Solas doesn't like killing (he just has no concept of what counts as actual necessity or willingness to stop when he's going to kill most of Thedas), so it makes sense he wouldn't want them dead if he could avoid it, but if he saw them as a threat he would not spare Quiz where he didn't spare Mythal or Felassan. He's not going to spare a Quiz he hates who's vowing to stop him at all costs where he killed the last remnants of the world he wants to save... unless of course he doesn't think they actually can stop him.

And him not thinking they can stop him makes sense when you his response to Rook, who breaks out of a prison Solas thought was inescapable and by Solas's own admission gets further in dealing with the Evanuris than Solas ever could have himself; he still just completely dismisses them as a real threat, takes no steps to prevent them from turning on him, has no plan for if they find out what killing Elgar'nan will do, and is caught completely off-guard if they trick him with a fake dagger. He sees Rook surpass his every expectation and do better than he himself ever could have, and he still completely fails to realize that they do in fact pose a threat! I do believe that he on at least some level can grow to respect and even care for Quiz and Rook as people who exist, but he always thinks he is ultimately above them. He totally fails to see them as potential threats, and that's what ultimately leads to his downfall: if he'd preemptively killed Quiz at the end of Trespasser, or killed Rook the second Elgar'nan fell and they were no longer needed, or even just made any sort of plan for what to do if either or both of them were in fact the threats they made it clear they intended to be he might very well have won! But his unbridled arrogance and refusal to accept that a mortal could ever outdo the Dread Wolf ultimately gets him locked in the Fade (including the ending where he goes willingly, which only happens because Rook faces down yet another god to make it work). It's a very fitting end for someone who muses about the parallels between him and Elgar'nan and him and Rook and fails to consider what it might mean for him when Rook fully steps into his place in the narrative.

[arcandoria]

I started it off as a joke but the more I think about Serilyel going big sis mode on Yorath the more I love it

One of the biggest things for Serilyel has always been kinda... taking care of people. She's dalish. She likes contributing, she cares for others.

And while she's not really good at giving leadership advice I think she'd inevitably slip into that role of being there when she can, even if she's trying really hard to remain as emotionally removed as possible (for obvious reasons, she really doesn't know what they're gonna have to do with Solas after Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain, even if she's hopeful they'll be able to talk him down)

I'm still musing how much involvement I want her to have because, as much I love Ekko and Serilyel dearly, I still want the Veilguard timeline to be about Yorath as much as possible and I do have a favorite child (Seril)

[carabas]

Dragon Age Veilguard liveblogging -

Mourn Watch!Rook was found by the undead as an infant? For a second there that had me worried Rook was going to turn out to have a mysterious Chosen One backstory instead of being just some dude Varric picked up in a bar, but the other factions don't mention mysterious abandoned infant Rooks. I love this actually. Why did the Mourn Watch not take him to an orphanage. Is this normal in Nevarra, does the Mourn Watch have foundlings around on a regular basis, or is it just Rook, was baby Rook the Mourn Watch's collective mascot, I can't wait to talk to Emmrich. And I'm resisting the temptation to give Rook vallaslin but delighted to discover the option is there even with this faction backstory, maybe your Rook could have lived with a Dalish clan in between life at the necropolis, it's possible. And LAVELLAN. MY GIRL. MY GIRL IS BACK AND PREPARED FOR HEARTACHE, I AM EXPERIENCING EMOTIONS IN THE CHARACTER CREATOR.

...wait, that can't be all the past choices we input, can it? Just the Inquisitor/their LI/whether the Inquisition was disbanded/whether they want to save Solas? There will be an opportunity to fill in more of the worldstate later, right? They probably just don't want us to get too bogged down in the character creator/prologue. I'm not going to worry. I'm a little worried.

PLAYING FOR ALL OF TWO SECONDS AND WOLF STATUE SPOTTED, I HAVE MISSED YOU

The frescos! The photo mode, the ability to get up close to see the frescos from any angle I like, even playing on xbox with no modding tools!! Incredible, I am going to be poring over every scene like a museum exhibit you've got to drag me out of, I am poking through all Solas's artifacts in extreme closeup, and also what is this wolf-headed instrument doing on the bed in his Minrathous hideaway, does he play music, why has Lavellan not heard him play music, has he been holding out on us

The ritual! ...still has that one extra Elgar'nan circle-headpiece statue on the bottom row of statues that doesn't match the top row, huh, I'd kind of thought that was just a slapdash placeholder kind of thing for the preview that would be edited for the final game. Why doesn't triangle-headpiece get a statue on the bottom row, why's Elgar'nan hogging an extra spot. Rude.

Rook: "Helpful advice from the elven god of, and I am quoting you here, 'Lies, treachery, and rebellion.'"

Solas: "Depending on the story."

The way Solas takes time out from his frustrated angry lecturing to let some amusement show through there, and then that You have exchanged verbal jabs with Solas popup, the most important achievement, giving our trickster god some enrichment in his enclosure

HE LIVED! I KNEW VARRIC WAS GOING TO LIVE i mean he looks pretty bad and it was a magic dagger so who knows what'll happen later but he was NOT KILLED OFFSCREEN IN A HASTY CUTAWAY IN THE PREVIEW! Phew.

Aaaand now that we're in casual clothes, my poor mage gets hideous pajamas. Ah, now it really feels like Dragon Age is back.

FELASSAN SIGNING CODEX ENTRIES IN THE LIGHTHOUSE ;_; And the Divine Imperatives codex entry musing on the nature of divinity in general and its effects on Solas and his followers specifically, and a puzzle to solve already and it's such a cute one with these statues, how am I supposed to ever leave the Lighthouse and progress the plot when Solas's base is already giving me everything I want. He kept a music room locked away! He has been holding out on us. "Finally, a beloved memory surfaces. A smiling glance, meeting at a crescendo, a shared moment of understanding" - given the way we opened this room, was that moment shared with Mythal? And he's recreated his specific frescos from Skyhold here in this hidden room! And despite the fresh paint supplies in front of them they're already in not great condition, and all the other frescos in the Lighthouse are so incredibly horribly faded here in the Fade where time is not real, Solas is really not doing okay

and neither am I, HELP, HELP, I NEED A TANK, I NEED A DOG, I NEED CARVER, CASSANDRA, ALISTAIR, SOMEONE COME GET THESE DARKSPAWN OFF OF ME, I don't think any Dragon Age has spent this long without giving you a warrior companion. Between Varric, Harding, Neve, and now Bellara, one ranged support companion after another, I'm really, really feeling pressured to make Rook the melee guy here, and I refuse. Just frantically spamming Fade Step all through Arlathan Forest.

IS THAT MY WIFE?? okay obviously it would be reading far too much into things to suspect the first raven I see of being Morrigan, but to be fair, they've had sneaky raven Morrigans before, she spent Wicked Eyes Wicked Hearts hiding out in raven form on Celene's balcony - aaaaand shortly afterward, here's Morrigan in the Veil Jumpers' camp! I've connected the dots, I've connected them. It was probably just a raven.

"I have borne many appellations." "I have had many names, but you may call me Flemeth." Welcome back, Mythal.

...But if Morrigan's here already, Mythal headgear and all, and we still haven't been asked to input any more worldstate information like, say, whether she drank from the Well of Sorrows, or the existence of her son - that's seriously it then, those extremely few questions in the character creator were seriously all the worldstate customization we're getting? That's shocking. I'm being so well fed with lore about Solas and the gods right now that surprisingly I don't mind this all that much, but it does feel like they're losing a huge part of what makes Dragon Age Dragon Age. And I was really hoping our Dalish Grey Warden companion would have maybe just one line about what the existence of a Dalish Hero of Ferelden meant to him.

Actually in general the gameplay here is reminding me a lot more of Mass Effect than Dragon Age - the new combat style, the single linear story path to follow with almost no side quests so far aside from the puzzle to unlock Solas's hidden room, Bellara's busy making calibrations and Rook's in their room looking at fish, and now we're heading out on our ME2 recruitment mission. And I mean, I like Mass Effect fine, and every Dragon Age game is always drastically different from the last, but this is an adjustment

SOLAS HAD HAIR AND WE GET TO SEE IT we get to wander through memories of solas's past this game is so good to me I can't stay mad at it.

the god of rook's people now speaks to rook in their sleep and in their meditations and rook even walks through his memories, rook is surrounded by all these charming romanceable companions and yet the most intense connection that is being formed right now, by far, is with solas, and it's in such a wildly different way than Lavellan who got to know him as just Solas first, the person not the legend, Solas the vulnerable apostate in the middle of a powerful organization she leads; Rook is having intense personal conversations with his very own god of lies and he knows it, insane about this.

The prison mission is so beautiful with the enormous sea creatures in the distance and bones at the bottom of the sea and, most importantly and most beautifully, Lucanis drawing some melee fire away from me ;_; tears of joy ;_; finally a companion I can rely on ;_; And Neve complimented his demon on having good taste in possessing him! Oh my god Neve, stealing Hawke's pickup lines? You can do so much better than a Hawke pickup line!

[broodwolf221]

brood's (ongoing) meta masterpost

note: i almost always approach meta from a watsonian, in-verse perspective - there are only a few exceptions to this <- just adding this for additional context

most (not all!) are also on ao3, -> here <-

ghilan'nain codex entries and possible timelines involved

fen'harel/andruil/ghilan'nain - exploration of them as a ship, but also character explorations in general

mythal as abused and abuser, a sympathetic examination of her dynamic with her family and elgar'nan in particular

solas' pov upon waking in the new world

solas' jawbone

leliana in dai about her death if you killed her in dao

examination of the "mental stability" of da2 characters, based on a poll

small point about codexes having in-world biases

cole - spirit or human? and personal preference for the spirit route

mosaic order and meaning in fen'harel's sanctuary

theories following the corypheus battle (clarifying ask/new theory)

mythal & andruil | flemeth & morrigan - comparing these two duos and examining some elements that are repeated

orlesian culture

exploration of each divine's rule well after the ending slides

morrigan, anders, and solas, and their different narrative roles and priorities

mythal, flemeth, or flemythal - who she is, what is she like; opinions on her

mostly vivienne meta exploring her pro-circle views; touches on anders and sera as well: no character hate since i love them all

which companions (from all games) would join solas

dragon age and germ theory

solas and varric and how they interrelate

solas seeing others as full people earlier than he wishes to admit, and solas + sunk cost fallacy

calpernia and solas as another set of narrative foils

hypothetical da4 directions (add-on/extrapolation of one of the directions)

personal characterizations of the evanuris

impact of the breach in-universe

softened!leliana as divine and religious assimilation/schisms with elves

arlathan and germ theory, post 1; + a messy rambling exploration of arlathan's culture, including what kinds of power they valued, & a brief exploration of ghilan'nain and her role/inclusion in the evanuris

what "as this world burned in the raw chaos" means

the three divine options and their relationship to faith

solas tearing down the veil: why i think it was necessary, and how it relates to the in hushed whispers quest

sera & solas as narrative foils of each other

sera meta - positive bc i fucking love her

evanuris musings/frustration

da4 theories & hopes re: solas and mythal - post dec DA trailer drop

dalish & red vallaslin dalish history/divergent origins

qunari & dragon blood musings

the vallaslin removal

technically not meta but sorta related: visual representation of solas' duality - critique : alternative

forgotten ones as titans, in-depth (mini add-on)

vivienne de fer pt 1/?

morrigan - dao and dai

solas' sleep

cullen rutherford, positive

forgotten ones as titans, vague

the iron bull & solas

inky & solas - conversation in the fade & implications

solas' actions

theories on solas' distant past

solas' personality/behavior

theories abt solas as a spirit+demon & forgotten one (note: I got confused with mythal and flemeth's backstory)

my first meta of solas as one of the forgotten ones

[driofaire]

Rogue, saboteur specialisation. Heart of gold, the right idea and god-awful execution. Struggling to find herself and where she belongs. A personable ex-pirate with an uncanny knack for defeating the odds and coming out on top. Plenty of hiccups ahead.

MUSE TAGS: GENERAL, WRITING, PINTEREST, SPOTIFY, BONDS, META.

Please note: spoilers for Veilguard below. (Will remove the read more in a month or so).

THE BASICS.

NAME: Balrina Munette Maribel Rook Ladair. ALIASES: Mari (picked herself), Rook, she does not offer the name of Maribel unless very, very well acquainted as she ties that with her adoptive mother. AGE: 32. RACE: Human, assumed common born due to having no information about her own parents. GENDER: Female. OCCUPATION: Pirate & smuggler (formerly), mercenary (present), treasure hunter. SEXUALITY: Bisexual, male-leaning. PLACE OF ORIGIN: Ferelden (unknown to her), assumed Rivain. SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Common, Rivaini. Fluent in both. AFFILIATION: Lords of Fortune, The Veilguard.

THE PHYSICAL:

FACECLAIM: Geena Davis, specifically in Cutthroat Island. HAIR: Dark brown, almost black. Messily cut so it doesn't fall into her eyes. Definitely does this with a dagger when it starts to bother her. EYE COLOUR: Hazel, leaning heavily more into dark green. HEIGHT: 5'7''. BUILD: Lean but well-muscled from years of trawling through ruins, and scrambling up the mast to get into the crow's nests of ships. A little on the skinny side, as most seafaring folks tend to be. This is from many weeks either at sea, or, having actually left seafaring behind, setting out on trips with only the necessary rations. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: Heavy scarring on face, some newer, some older. Heavy scarring on body from knife-fishing and altercations with sea life. A mish-mash of tattoos over her body, some newer, some faded with time. The favourite of hers being an anchor on her collarbone. A beauty mark above her left lip, on her left cheek and the right side of her jaw. Missing the top segment of her left pinky finger after a game of five finger fillet in her misspent twenties.

RELATIONSHIPS.

Family: Uriel Munette† (biological father), Camilla Munette† (biological mother), Marisol Ladair (adoptive mother, estranged). FRIENDS: Varric Tethras, Bellara Lutare, Lace Harding, Lucanis Dellamorte, Neve Gallus, Emmrich, Davrin, Taash. ENEMIES: Solas. Elgar'nan. Ghilan'nain. Marisol Ladair.

BACKSTORY / TIDBITS.

Originally born Balrina Munette, sole daughter of Uriel Munette and Camilla Munette. They were seafaring merchants that dealt mostly in spices, though, on occasion they could be paid to carry … other curiosities of interest. 

As they were never home, they opted to set sail with Maribel rather than leave her with someone else, as they hoped that, as their eldest daughter, when they retired they would be able to leave their profession in the hands of her. 

Were set upon by pirates allied with the Lords of Fortune when she was three years old, and, after the rest of the crew had been slaughtered, they found her cowering in the hold. Rather than throwing her overboard, they opted to take her to their Captain, one Marisol Ladair, of the Brightfin. She considered leaving her at the next safe port, but ultimately decided against it. She would eventually grow fond of her, and take her under her wing as a stolen protege. 

She was renamed in the first few weeks under Marisol’s command, as Maribel herself decided that she did not sound quite pirate enough. She asked Marisol to pick one, and the pirate thought it would be cute to match. She would also claim the title of Miniature Mari in the years to come.

When she came old enough to be trusted to scamper up into the crow’s nest of The Brightfin, she would be on the lookout for ships on the horizon. It would not be until her 12th birthday that Marisol gifted her the first sword she would ever know. Crafted specially for her adopted daughter, it was a small thing but sharp enough to cut through her finger like butter. She called it Little Fang, and now that she has long outgrown it, it is now a display item in her room in the Lighthouse. 

It took her a while to realise that it was Marisol’s crew that killed her family, and she did not remember her name before. This did put a rift between them, as from the ages of 15-25, she pulled away from her and the life of piracy in favour of the plunder and robbing of tombs, ruins and contracted jobs escorting excavators, scholars and other folks who need a trained eye.

She likes spear fishing/combing the sea floor for oysters. This is how she chooses to relax when she is stressed and she is able to find shiny shells, pearls and sea glass which is also displayed in her room in the lighthouse. 

DECISIONS: UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

[orxna]

The Heart

Archetype Headcanons || Accepting || @avrorean

When was the last time your muse’s heart was touched? Soak in every detail you can and feel the heart awaken.

Orana has been under Ghilan'nain's 'care' for several weeks before she meets Nadas'Melana. She doesn't quite crack under Ghilan'nains attentions but she absolutely folds. Lets herself be smaller and smaller to survive because she knows that living is more important to her than pride. She lets Ghilan'nain chip away little bits of what make her Orana and accepts the things that build her towards Sulhan'harel. When Elgar'nan brings Fen'harel's 'other daughter' to the temple it worries Orana. She doesn't know if she's being replaced, Elgar'nan had bored of her quickly but surely Ghilan'nain still favored her. They are introduced, Sulhan'harel nervous but polite as Ghilan'nain titters on about plans. Elgar'nan takes nearly a day to settle on a name for Orana's new 'sister' but when she does the grey warden turns to Orana and looks. When they are alone, hours later, Nanna tells the younger girl her name and asks if she would share her own. Orana nearly cries.

[tavtiers]

A hypothetical god tier for Elgar'nan from Dragon Age: the Lord of Light.

A Lord of Light is among those who are masters of knowing and perceiving. They are motivated by themselves to be a master of awareness. (x) The Lord of Light's will takes precedence over everything else and they enjoy knowing things others don't. (x) They are the Outlier Scholar, defined by domination and awareness. (x) Their opposite and inverse is the Muse of Void. They share their personality with no one, as a master classpect. The Lord of Light would quest on a planet similar to the Land of ??? and Light, reigned over by Hemera (Goddess of Daylight) or Apollo (God of the Performing Arts). They would rise to ascension on the wings of moths. (x)(x)(x)

[mercysought]

❝ Your demons are a part of our reality. Such is the nature of the influence you wield. ❞ ( flint for elgar'nan oh booooy )

black sails season 3 // accepting // @immobiliter

   “My demons..."

He sneers. For all the raw potential of these children with dull blood, Elgar'nan could not do anything but laugh at their attempt to speak. Like children trying at different sounds, weaving them with a crooked needle in an attempt to communicate with something they could never hope to understand. The world is a scary place for those who could not see the forest for the trees.

   “How easily your feeble minds forget." his voice is thumber, it shakes the very ground that the man walks in. The thin lining of his skull, the enamel within his teeth.

Elgar'nan, the one that had eaten the Sun, is but a darkned figure that consumes all light around; pulling it so sharply that it draws lines into the air itself, so forceful the fade itself holds no choice but to bend. What hope could but a simple shem'len? To be within the direct sight of the unending Sun Lord was to listen, to be made and unmade beneath the same Sun that had been restored by his own hands. Recrafted in his own image.

The same sun that his sweet Rivain had so dearly flourished under.

   “The nature of my influence is that of the lifeblood of this world, shem'len."

This could be him too.

The power to make and unmake the small lives of those within those shores. To exert the power and control that he so dearly desired, deserved.

   “Each warm breeze, each tide, every single spec of golden sand - it was by my hands, my vision, that this world was made." and it was by Mythal's Wonder that his seas had been woven, that they should so kindly accept their kind. Even dead children allowed to swim the waters that Mythal had once so deeply loved, without disgust, without demands.

This world, his world, that had grown so soft in his absence. Awaiting for him to return and bend it back into shape.

[mournwatchingprofessor]

@de11amorte asked:

“ NO! “

Send “NO!” to watch my muse get fatally stabbed.

Two dragons. Even after they'd struck Ghilin'nain with the ballista, the fight had taken a lot from each of them. Lucanis' was there, everyone was, but he and Emmrich were at Rook's side while they were fighting the blighted dragons. No one expected the recently injured god to act out, at all. Not after Elgar'nan had shown up. They were leaving, the gods were leaving. To lick their wounds, to get more pawns on their side of the board, it mattered not, but they were leaving.

Emmrich had turned to Lucanis, wanting to ask if he was alright. If he felt okay, after killing the dragon that had harmed his city. Though, when he did, that's when he felt a sharp pain. Gasping from the shock as he looked down, blood already beginning to pool around the wound. One of Ghilin'nain's tentacles had thrown the ballista's arrow at the group.

It just so happened to land in the professor. Eyes wide in shock. He could hear the gods departure, his comrades screaming for him. Though what hurt the most was hearing the anguished "NO!" that left Lucanis' lips. Eyes struggling to stay open from the brutality of the arrow ripping through his flesh. He knew he would most likely die should his eyes close.

The pain was one thing keeping him awake. Though, the rapid loss of blood wasn't doing him any favours. He didn't know if there was really any way for him to get out of this. How would he be removed? He blinked, and thanked the maker when his eyes reopened. Only to see Lucanis in front of him. Emmrich couldn't make out what he was saying, everything was so off...

He whimpered, his eyes continuously threatening to close, and he gathered his strength to say one thing. What, in the end, would be his last. "Lucanis...This is not your fault. I love you."

[carabas]

Dragon Age Veilguard liveblogging -

Varric: "Normally, my advice on befriending abominations would be 'Don't.' In this case... just keep an eye on him." I'm happy there's an Anders reference at all in this game where we can import almost nothing of our worldstate, even if it is Varric's usual griping. I hope we actually get to see Varric interact with the newer companions at some point because I really want to see if he'll somehow wind up trying to adopt Lucanis too, make it three for three on breaking his own heart trying to help every spirit companion he meets.

Bellara's tour of horrifying ancient artifacts, one sealed room after another containing dangerous relics that break people down to their component parts or set them on fire or something similarly lethal, and then finally you reach the last sealed room, holding only...

...a wheel of cheese.

I'm enjoying running around performing rituals that honor the evanuris who we are actively fighting against without anyone on the team objecting to this. Mythal, okay. But Falon'din - a Rook who saw the Mourn Watch as his own form of devotion to Falon'din learns his gods were tyrants and then, having reached whatever level of acceptance he's at with that, nonetheless winds up performing a ritual before Falon'din's statue specifically, his specific blighted tyrant god whose symbols he's still tattooed with, and being tangibly rewarded for it. I love this. I hope we have to perform a ritual for Ghilan'nain or Elgar'nan next.

Talking with Lucanis, my Rook had the option to mention that he's nonbinary! In the part of the character creator where you pick Rook's pronouns and gender identity separately, there was a note that the gender identity setting doesn't affect gameplay, so pleasant surprise to see it come up in dialogue after all. (At least, I'm assuming that the gender identity setting in the character creator is what got me that dialogue option. There was also a clearly marked chance to establish Rook as being trans/nb while looking into Varric's mirror earlier, but I'd picked the option to muse about Rook's Significant Tattoos there instead.)

There have been so, so many appearances by beloved characters or references to previous events despite the limited worldstate customization, but one of my favorites so far was in Minrathous, encountering someone who'd been kidnapped from the Denerim alienage back in Origins by the Tevinter slavers, now working with the Shadow Dragons. Nice little followup I wasn't expecting. And now she's dead because of a choice I made. Thank you, game, for that particular stab in the heart, it's super effective. And Neve's whole city is devastated because of a choice Rook made, and this after she's been wearing very visible bruises for most of the game so far because of a choice Rook made, and the gods are free because of a choice Rook made while trying to save the world, and the game keeps sending Rook on these rescue missions for people he tries and fails to save... and in between all this Rook is living out the memories of Solas's regrets. And the game keeps asking you who you think Solas is. Do you think you can trust him. Do you think he's lonely. Why did they change the title of this game, this is the Dread Wolf game.

"In the name of Elgar'nan, First of the Firstborn, He who was called Lusacan..." !!!!!!!! Finally ;_; one of the correspondences confirmed ;_; tears of joy ;_; I was hoping Elgar'nan = Dumat but I'll take it ;_; I need to go back and rethink all the others now, who was Urthemiel, which god is the Warden's son (if this is actually answered in this game don't tell me)

"Because you're a Mourn Watcher, Emmrich talks in-depth about spirits and necromancy with you" - victory fist pump, this game just keeps giving me everything I want

Rook had SO MUCH Mourn Watch-specific dialogue on Emmrich's recruitment mission! I think it was literally every line, this is Rook's home and he knows all its rituals and do you think the wisps here remember me - it's like Bioware saw the jokes about Lavellan's "Who's Mythal?" and made absolutely 120% sure Rook knows where he came from. But there had been almost nothing prior to this mission - one line where Rook got to play up the ~spooky necromancer~ angle to tease one of Neve's contacts, that's about it - so getting this absolute flood of Mourn Watch dialogue now really makes it feel like it must be such a relief for Rook to be able to talk to Emmrich, especially when they've been discussing people's comfort level or lack thereof with necromancy outside Nevarra. Also, no wonder Rook settled into the meditation room with that greenish underwater lighting, feels just like home.

[symphorine]

as i go through my second playthrough, i want to catalogue things i find interesting. this will be full of spoilers. im gonna tag it as #davg lb, so you can mute that if you're not interested. they'll prob be pretty long.

i've just finished the prologue with beryl and am now exploring the lighthouse for the first time. i did remember it was in much less impressive shape, but not quite how much. besides some areas not being accessible yet, there is a lot of debris and seemingly dead trees, and the lighting is less warm, more like a cloudy day (keeping in mind i upped the gamma for my game and i thiiiink photomode pics keep that in?).

i also took some screenshots of the room you wake up in, and where varric is for the rest of the game. i find it interesting that it does appear stocked, presumably with some pharmaceutic stuff as that's where harding stands to look for elfroot (and where we were put to recover). four beds - did we all sleep here at first? when did harding and neve find their little areas had activated, so to speak? how did that happen? also bianca on the bedside table near varric, with candles... is this another thing only we see, or did harding and neve set it up as some sort of makeshift shrine? actually, do they see the fourth bed? i have so many logistics questions about this.

the library. also in worse shape, debris, disorder, the not yet upgraded floating core, but overall still pretty solid. it makes sense, with it being where the core is housed, that it would be what holds its own shape best? but still. clearly in a state of disuse and neglect.

solas lived here, at least for some time during the ten years varric & co chased after him, and presumably, because he mentions both lightouse and eluvians in our first dialogue with him (just before this), has been here recently. we'll find the secret side room in a bit and i'll see if it also starts in a pretty sorry state.

did solas just not take care of it - it seems he's acting alone now, none of his numerous elven folloers mentioned in Trespasser in sight, so he had no reason to maintain a larger space? or did the lighthouse degrade immediately when he was trapped in the fade prison, which seems to be another closed portion of the fade, similar to what the lighthouse is in that sense? how much is it connected to solas?

a few other quick shots for fun i took of the hallway out of the infirmary and during the prologue. i think the environments are my favorite thing about the game tbh.

also, a codex you find under neve's room.

On Divine Imperatives The Helm of the Solar is destroyed. Elgar'nan's favorite torture is over; too many agents have been rescued with their minds burnt out by that memory of an enraged sun. I feel a lesson here. The Helm was not created to torment. But the Evanuris are not as we are. A god's ruminations carry their own will, and imperatives. Memory bleeds into their icons and transmutes them, as fire begets fire. For our Wolf-Lord, who puts so much of himself into his creations - what imperatives do they carry? The heart of a rebellion must remain hidden, yet the light of divinity is uncontainable. We must be swift. A thought linger: Even as he saves us, what does he impart upon us? Reflections by Shirahn, One Who Renounced Daern'thal

just found it interesting! also daern'thal was a forgotten one. not that we didn't know solas freed slaves from forgotten ones and evanuris both, but the forgotten ones feel like such an afterthought besides a couple of times in the game (basically just... bellara's companion storyline, iirc?), i just thought it was noteworthy. also interesting musings from the author esp in conjunction with what we learn of ancient elves later (they used to be spirits, and it's hinted that as such they still carried the characteristics of identifying strongly with a specific emotion and its counterpart. are they some of the imperatives the author alludes to? what about "Memory bleeds into their icons"? i think what is in this codex is more literal than metaphorical, but still).

also "Even as he saves us, what does he impart upon us?" is obviously a big theme with Solas. i played as an elf my first playthrough and it felt even more relevant, and i wish we could argue with solas more about it. although i suppose the idea of his character here is that he will stay stubborn and commited until the very end no matter what. he believes he is right, and that he needs to take the veil down, but also very much that it is For The Good Of The Elven People. he thinks he IS saving them, but what does that come with? he thinks the price is worth it. also "his creations" - what creations? is the lighthouse one? what else?

obviously he is ostensibly doing it For Elves (or at least it's what he says and how he gathers followers in Trespasser), but he did also consistently say that the current elves are not his people in DAI, and detaches himself from them in this game also (cant recall the exact dialogue tho). they seem more like a convenient excuse than truly the cause he is championning. the veil matters more because it was His Big Mistake than for the consequences it had, if that makes sense.

[starwrittenfates]

❝ Whatever we were before, we are now... the Inquisition. ❞

↳ 𝙿𝙾𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙰𝙻 𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙿𝚂 — Lavellan/Solas, Lavellan/Cullen, Lavellan/OC

↳ 𝚆𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 — Solas, Cole, Cullen, Varric, any other DA muses, etc.

↳ NOTE: My Lavellan is an ancient elf that happened to be Mythal's chosen "sister" and becomes reborn into Clan Lavellan as a mortal with no memory of her previous life until near the end of Inquisition when she gains it back.

Most of the headcanons and backstory here for my Lavellan I came up with years ago when the game first came out. I know Veilguard may change it, but since I've had it for about 9-10 years now, it's kinda here and I'll try to work with what I can.

THREADS || NAVIGATION || STUDY || CLAN LAVELLAN || THE FORGOTTEN GODDESS ||

BASICS.

FULL NAME: Ellana Lavellan (originally Ethyral)

NAME MEANING: Ellana = Glow, Ethyral = Elven version of Ethereal meaning “Spiritual” or “Otherworldly”

NICKNAMES/TITLES: The Inquisitor, the Herald of Andraste, Vhenan (by Solas)

AGE + DOB: 31-32 (during Inquisition), 40-41 (Veilguard) / Unknown

GENDER/PRONOUNS: Female - She/Her

ORIENTATION: Heterosexual

SPECIES / CLASS / SPECIALIZATION: Dalish Elf / Mage / Rift Mage

OCCUPATION: Mage, The Inquisitor, the Herald of Andraste, First to the Keeper of Clan Lavellan (formerly)

APPEARANCE.

HAIR COLOR: White

EYE COLOR: Green

SCARS: None

OTHER REMARKABLE FEATURES: Has the Mythal Vallaslin (complex version) on her face. Her green eyes can look like they glow at times.

BACKGROUND.

BIRTHPLACE: Clan Lavellan, Thedas

CURRENT HOME: Verse Dependent

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Dalish Elf

LANGUAGES: Elven, Common

PARENTS: Mother (Deceased), Father (Deceased), Keeper Deshanna Istimaethoriel Lavellan (Adoptive Parent, Deceased)

SIBLINGS: None (as Ellana), Mythal (Older Sister, as Ethyral)

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Dependent (Romanced Solas)

CHILDREN: N/A

OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS: Elgar'nan (Brother-in-law), Falon'Din (Nephew), Dirthamen (Nephew), Andruil (Niece) --- As Ethyral

PSYCHOLOGY/MIND.

MYERS-BRIGGS: ISFP - The Adventurer

ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Type 6 - The Loyalist

MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good

CHARACTER TRAITS: Compassionate, Rebellious, Stubborn, 

LIKES: Spirits, Learning Magic, Nature, the Fade, Dancing

DISLIKES: Elgar'nan, Abuse towards the elven people, Turning any Spirits from their Purpose

FEARS & PHOBIAS: Of being without support and guidance, Losing her Clan (of which she does)

WISHES & DREAMS: To have security and support. For the Elvhen people to be free. Her Spirit friends to not be chained.

CHARACTER TROPES: Association Fallacy, Character Development, Cosmic Plaything, Cunning Linguist, Damned by the Faint Praise, Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?, Differing Priorities Breakup, Heartbroken Badass, I Will Wait for You, Love Redeems, Meaningful Name, My Species Doth Protest Too Much, Self-Made Orphan, Reincarnation, You Are a Credit to Your Race, Dreamwalker, Mark of the Supernatural, The Empath, All-Loving Hero, The Chosen One, Emerald Power, Hope Bringer, Humble Hero, Laser-Guided Amnesia, Rebel Leader, Undying Loyalty, Decadent Court, Divine Conflict, The Force is Strong with This One, Not Quite Dead, Former Teen Rebel, Excessive Mourning, Psychic Powers, Reality Warper, I See Dead People, Bizarre Alien Senses, The Empath, Determinator, Ghost Amnesia, Our Spirits are Different, Emerald Power, 

SKILLS & ABILITIES.

SPIRIT MAGIC

RIFT MAGIC

CANON QUEST DECISONS & WORLD STATE.

Sides with the Mages

Clan Lavellan dies

Leliana becomes Divine Victoria

Romances Solas

Celene and Briala rule together

Recovers her memories in the Fade, remembering how she got the Anchor.

Exile's the Grey Wardens

Makes Cole more Spirit

Does NOT drink from the Well of Sorrows. Morrigan does instead.

Tresspasser (Ellana can't agree with Solas on wanting to bring back the rest of the Evanuris by destroying this world.)

Disbands the Inquisition

She is in search of Solas and wants to redeem him

She awakes from dreams where she sees him watching from a distance and she reaches out…only for him to disappear.

PERSONALITY.

Ellana approves of genuine acts of kindness, open-mindedness, and helping others, even if the way for doing so is to rebel and fight against tyranny. She likes to learn how to better help others and enjoys spending time with others, in nature and with animals. She approves in helping mages, but is against the Circle of Mages and the Rite of Tranquility.

BIOGRAPHY.

AS ETHYRAL:

Ethyral is an ancient elf and Mage who was originally a Spirit of Compassion. Is Mythal’s "sister".

Her name is an elven version of Ethereal meaning “Spiritual” or “Otherworldly” which only adds to the reasons for her title and her connection to the inhabitants of the Fade.

She was known to be a compassionate person with a lot of “spirit” and a faint green glow around her. She loved to inspire others and help her people.

Doesn’t have her own Vallaslin. Was entirely against the idea of it. Is mostly looked at as a lower tier goddess or goddess of nothing in the elven patheon (hence why there aren’t any surviving texts of her in later years to come despite being Mythal's sister.)

Unlike the other pretender gods, Ethyral was also a voice of reason and genuinely cared for her people alongside Mythal.

Secretly worked alongside Fen'Harel to help their people. She was known for being close to Spirits, Mythal and Fen'Harel.

Greatly disliked Elgar'nan from the start and would constantly get into arguments with her “brother-in-law.” She fears his temper may lead Mythal to danger someday…of which it does with Mythal’s murder.

Because of this, she is mockingly given another title “Goddess of Grief” by Elgar'nan, of which is the ONLY thing remembered about her in the future by the Dalish.

When the Veil is put up, Ethyral goes to the Crossroads in the Fade. Lost in her despair of her losses, she uses her Orb in order to be reborn into a new life and vessel.

Of course, just like with the rest of the Evanuris, her story is misconstrued over the ages until it becomes what it is known as by the Dalish. Not many records of Ethyral survive, often being looked as an omen of grief and despair by the Dalish and something to be weary of as just as they are of Fen'Harel.

Although most of the things about Ethyral have been misconstrued and lost to time, she was also originally supposed to be a Goddess of Hope as well, known to inspire others.

AS ELLANA:

Ethyral, now reborn centuries as Ellana of Clan Lavellan, was born with a faint green glow around her before it faded away. At first it alarmed her parents (and clan), but it was eventually forgotten.

She is named Ellana which = Glow because of the brief glow that was present around her when she was born.

She has no memories of her past life. However, as she gets older and grows, there is a strange woman who she sees in her dreams at times that looks exactly like her (minus the Vallaslin.)

Had a talent for magic from the start and decides to become a mage.

Her parents are killed when she is young and she ends up adopted by the Keeper of their clan, eventually becoming First to the Keeper.

Ellana is often looked at as a bit… odd or a “black sheep” among her Clan, mostly because of her fascination with Spirits and wanting to know about the Fade, especially because Dalish mages do not use any magic involving spirits, as they believe all spirits are dangerous. The Dalish believe “there’s no such thing as a good spirit”. Spirits cannot be broken down into clear-cut categories and differ from each other, just as people do. Furthermore, the Dalish do not think of demons as evil, but as wild animals, dangerous if treated carelessly.

This challenges her beliefs with her people, feeling conflicted about the things she has been told growing up. However, she continues to follow the path of the Dalish.

She ends up getting a Mythal Vallaslin (complex version) as her rite of passage.

Eventually, after becoming Inquisitor and all the adventures that take place in Dragon Age: Inquisition, Ellana not only regains her memories in the Fade of the events immediately preceding the destruction of the conclave, but of her life as Ethyral too.

She accepts that she is both Ethyral and Ellana of Clan Lavellan.

Codex Entry:

“The Dalish are elves who refuse to live in human cities, where their people are exploited, having few rights. They choose to eke out an independent existence in the forests, attempting to keep the last remnants of their ancient culture alive.  Ellana is from Clan Lavellan, a group of Dalish who migrate around the perpetually feuding Free Marches. Ellana’s people travel along the borders of each city-state's territory, where Free March rulers will be less inclined to attack them, for fear of accidentally provoking neighboring cities. Ellana manifested a talent for magic as a child. The clan's leader, Keeper Deshanna Istimaethoriel Lavellan, taught her how to control and hone her new powers. Ellana grew into a capable mage, far away from the eyes of the templars and mage Circles. When tension between the two factions erupted into warfare, spilling into the countryside, Clan Lavellan was forced to pick up and move. Ellana’s Keeper sent her to spy on the Conclave at Haven, as the outcome might determine the fate of her own clan."

— From Codex Entry: Lavellan, of the Dalish

If Personal Quest is done and memories returned

“Born to Clan Lavellan, Ellana proved to be exceptional from the start. Not only did she show a talent for magic, but she worked her way up in the ranks to become the First to the Keeper. Not long after, she became the Inquisitor of the Inquisition, and Herald of Andraste, we all know. Maybe it should have been questioned on more about the girl born with a glow around her?

— From Codex Entry: Ellana Lavellan, of the Dalish

Personal quests: [Forgotten Memories in the Fade] It’s pretty much what happens in the Fade with the Inquisitor recovering her memories of how she got the anchor, but it also comes with her memories of her previous life as an Evanuris.

Are they romanceable?: Yes.

If they can be romanced and are not, will they begin a relationship / relationships with other character(s)? Yes. 

Who are they friendly with?: Solas, Cole & Cullen she gets along with the most.

Who do they dislike?: Vivienne and Sera.

Something guaranteed to make them leave the party: She’s the Inquisitor...so no. She’s staying, no matter what. 

Cole’s reflection on their thoughts: “Grief. It hurts. It’s all my fault. Like a mirror with cracks in it. She is lost, but can’t understand why. Longing for home, for a wolf’s embrace.” 

Comment(s) on Mages:  She’s a mage herself, so of course she would support her own. However, she doesn’t condone Blood Mages and the harm they may cause. It gives all the rest of the mages a bad name. 

Comment(s) on Templars: She honestly doesn’t have much of an opinion on them. At least she hasn’t been around humans too often to form one. 

When looking for something: “Does anyone else have a strange feeling?”

When finding a campsite: “Hmm...this looks cozy. Let’s rest here.”

When they are low on Health: “I need back up!”

When they see a Dragon: “Oh, Mythal...please watch over us.”

[iniziare]

"I was Solas first. “Fen’Harel” came later… an insult I took as a badge of pride. The Dread Wolf inspires hope in my friends and fear in my enemies. Not unlike "Inquisitor" I suppose. You also know the burden of a title that all but replaces your name."

Muse Navigation: All | Threads | Meta | Little Notes | Wishlist Mains: Being moved to a separate page on the WIP theme!

Some tidbits that are incredibly important for my portrayal of Solas: (I will be adding to this list over-time and editing these! Last edited: November 17th, 2024)

Approach/First interaction. It is important to remember that Solas used to be a spirit of Wisdom, who got twisted towards 'Pride'. Because of this nature, the way that you approach him will dictate his response(s) to you. While I understand that all characters have their personality, I simply want to explain something to the mun behind the muse so that you understand his reaction towards you, as it is not I who dictates it. If you approach Solas with curiosity in hand, and a willingness to learn, he will be quite positively eager to talk to you, and tell you tales of the ages, or answer a fair bit of your questions in ways that he sees fit, and be quite pleasantly surprised by you. If you approach him with an air of arrogance, pride, or firm confidence, he is guaranteed to initially respond to you in mirror, and outdo you in the process. This simply plays into his nature, if you poke at the 'Wisdom' part of him, he will be kinder, and patient, but if you nudge the 'Pride' side of him, he will not be exactly pleasant (ie.: Vivienne in DAI.)

Romance: Race/sexuality locked. I will stand by the ultimate decision that Bioware made and I will write Solas as exclusively heterosexual, just as he was portrayed. Yes, I know people may argue that he was 'meant' to be bisexual (alongside Cullen Rutherford), however, please remember that Trick Weekes, the one who ultimately wrote him, claims that he was never intended to be bisexual despite the claims from fans (source). All in all, I simply want to honor what they ultimately put into the game in the end, similar to all the other characters. When stated, I like to honor it, just like Dorian Pavus' orientation as a gay man, and Zevran as a bisexual man. Aside from that, I will also honor the race-restriction set in place, which ultimately means that I will only entertain ships for Solas with female Lavellan (Elven) Inquisitors. Not only is this is a desire to respect the writer who they, themselves, are part of a diverse group of people, but I also believe that there's weight to the Inquisitor being female from a lore-perspective. Additionally: I do not, and will not ship Solas with Rook under any circumstance.

Mythal. With the arrival of Veilguard, we are now much more aware of the extent of Solas' dynamic with her, and it is, to say the very least: incredibly complicated. While I'm not an apologist in terms of her actions, it is important to note that I do not ascribe to the anti-Mythal mentality that is running rampant left and right. She has done horrible things, including to Solas in specific. And it is fact that she twisted him from his nature of Wisdom (which turned him into something closer to Pride), and that many terrible things followed. However, Solas' rebellion against Elgar'nan also included standing against Mythal, which was his first opposition towards her (even if there were secret meetings thereafter.) Not only that, but his vengeance against the Evanuris following their killing of her, was entirely of his own accord. The Veil was his choice to create. And lastly, bringing down the Veil actively went against her wishes, which we know from the last Regret memory (though it does complicate the live scene from DAI). What I mean to say with this, is that Solas, while all of this followed him being pleaded with to leave the Fade, made his own decisions. And we should lay some blame with him, instead of putting it all with Mythal, in a similar way to what both Solas, and Weekes do.

Veilguard's ending. As a writer of Solas, I can't do anything other than default to the 'best' ending, which includes Solavellan, and the choice to use Mythal's essence. Which is not to say that I will force Solavellan onto everyone, and it actually is not even the main reason as to why I choose it (though my heart does, every time) as my default. It's simply that the inclusion of Mythal is incredibly fundamental to him being able to atone for his 'sins' I can and will do it if you insist, but then it is important that you know that he can not, and will never properly 'atone'. No other ending will get Solas to that state of mind, and 'insisting' on it as you see in the 'bad' (/worst) ending will simply fetch the intense reaction you would expect from going so firmly against the closest you can get to the embodiment of pride, rather than wisdom.

[thebloodychampion]

MUSE LIST

My muses are CANON MUSES, ORIGINAL CHARACTERS and PLAYER CHARACTERS from the following franchises: DRAGON AGE, MASS EFFECT, HARRY POTTER, THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM, THE WITCHER and FANDOMLESS MUSES

Important Stuff:

INTEREST TRACKER MUSE LIST BLOG ASK

Main Muses (Those that I am actively playing or trying to play more actively)

• Archer (Fjorta) Hawke (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Cyrion Hawke (Original Character/Player Character - Dragon Age) • Dreag Hawke (Original Character/Player Character - Dragon Age) • Lia Tabris (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Sethius Amladaris/Corypheus (Canon Character - Dragon Age) • Lucius Veridio (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Etienne DeLechanger/Petyr Gallus (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Nicolas Belmond (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Lyon Amell (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Jerker/Hakkon Wintersbreath (Canon/Original Character - Dragon Age) • Eric Vanhallen (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Ishal Cyprias (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Armadiel Mahariel (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Elgar'nan (Canon Character - Dragon Age) • Irius Sparatus (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Karnesh (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Clavius Tarxis (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Renius Sparatus (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Jurdon Madadh (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Haral Nyras (Original Character - Mass Effect) • SAM (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Quentius Zuris (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Ahnas Afaa Kjama (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Iorveth (Canon Character - The Witcher) • Moony (Original Character - Fandomless) • Danny Fernandez (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Belle Instance (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Fenrir Greyback (Canon Character - Harry Potter) • Pamina Siemens (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Sharleen Siemens (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Amelia Fernandez (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Connor Montgomery (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Ben Chaplin (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Lewis Watson (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Vortula Portocalos (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Deidre Mikealson (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Daniel Speedman (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Richard Holmes (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Yartnar Loreian (Original Character - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) • Carolus (Player Character - The Elder Scroll V: Skyrim)

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Side Muses (For those that want something else)

• Than Mahariel (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Elgan Lavellan (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Diran Lavellan (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Hjarrandr O Bearhold (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Malcolm Hawke (Canon Character - Dragon Age) • Tomey Surana (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Solona Amell (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Talar Adaar (Player Character - Dragon Age) • Jarida Adaar (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Kieran (Canon Character - Dragon Age) • Lorenzo Calcagnini (Original Character - Dragon Age) • Fergus Cousland (Canon Character - Dragon Age) • Torana Sparatus (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Ganar Drealav (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Raik Cagar (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Oswin Shepard (Player Character - Mass Effect) • Noah Shepard (Player Character - Mass Effect) • Maron Hinom (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Shaela'Riel vas Tonbay (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Lorik Qui'in (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Marius Nyras (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Andrew Ryder (Player Character - Mass Effect) • Tayus Draxas (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Tachyus Nyras (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Macen Barro (Canon Character - Masss Effect) • Yaora V'Loar (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Yandra Nyras (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Urdnot Wreav (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Adrien Victus (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Steven Hackett (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Sidoria Aterius (Original Character - Mass Effect) • Septimus Oraka (Canon Character - Mass Effect) • Eleasar Cohen (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Leslie Woodstock (Original Character - Harry Potter) • Carlisle Eastwood (Original Character - Harry Potter)

[sulky-valkyrie]

Hello and happy Friday! I'm here with a DADWC prompt; how about "the first kiss and the realization of “it’s always been you”" for m!Mahariel and Zevran? Or perhaps another ship if you prefer? :)

I hope you like sappy fluff <3

for @dadrunkwriting

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Alistair was king now, so that was . . . probably good, Theron supposed.  And Anora seemed fine with the situation.  More than fine, really.  Marrying him solidified her hold on the throne that never should’ve been in dispute anyway, but these idiot shem apparently just didn’t much care of women being in charge.  Loghain could’ve been useful, but the man had tried to kill him repeatedly, and frankly, Theron didn’t want more than one person who’d done that with him.

And if he had to choose which of his attempted murderers to spend time with, well, he’d always pick Zevran.  Something about the other man just entranced him.  Not the tattoos, though he did enjoy the afternoon in the lake when he’d shown off how many more there were and how far down they traveled.  He could feel the heat rising to his face remembering when Zevran had offered to let him touch them, and the shame at his cowardice in declining.  Because he did, oh Creators, he absolutely did, but that fascination he had brought with it an uncharacteristic shyness.  He’d never had trouble with this sort of thing before, but Zevran’s cavalier attitude made him feel so . . . inadequate.  What right did he have to even begin to desire a man like that?  

Now wasn’t the time to mope though.  They’d just won a major victory, right?  No more damn soldiers trying to kill them, right?  Just darkspawn doing it.  Yep, that definitely felt like winning.  He grimaced and finished his ale.  The banns and the arls were all toasting and congratulating Alistair, who looked somewhat like he wanted to sink into the floor, but the man would have to get used to the attention.  More to the point though, it meant Theron could slip out unnoticed.

“And where do you think you’re sneaking off to, my darling?”  

The Antivan’s voice sent tingles along his spine and up to his ears.  Elgar'nan, the way he talked should be classified a sin.  “Just, just out,” he stammered, not quite looking back at the assassin, but also unable to stop himself from a chance to admire him.  

Zev had really gone all out for the Landsmeet, wearing a sleek black and grey outfit with gold trim most likely stolen from Howe’s estate; he tried to why it was important to look so dashing with a long metaphor, something about the theater of war, but Theron had lost track of his words as he’d watched those delicate strong hands flutter about in wild grandiose gestures.  It was strange, Zev always talked with his whole body at camp: fingers always moving, arms sweeping out to point out something interesting, or thrown over Theron’s shoulder to pull him close and whisper absurd secrets.  Theron loved it, loved the attention, loved the chance to be that close to him, but really had no idea what to do to make it happen more, short of hiding in a rented room with him for a week.

“Mm, it seems dangerous to go alone,” Zev mused.  “You should take this.”

Theron paused and waited.

And waited.

“Um, take what?”  He finally asked.

The Crow grinned, eyes crinkling up like they only did when they were alone.  “Why, you should take me!”

“I’d certainly like to.”  Oh shit.  Had he said that out loud?  If the look of supreme satisfaction on Zev’s face was any indicator, he definitely had.  “Er, I -”

The assassin stepped close, too close, not close enough.  “And what, my Warden, is stopping you?”

Theron’s mouth went dry.  “I, well, you’re, um, well -” get it together, Mahariel, you sound like Tamlen!  He took a deep breath.  “I didn’t think you’d be interested.”  In someone like me.

“Oh, mi amor, how terribly wrong you are.”  Zevran tugged Theron’s arms around his own waist gently before pulling off a glove - gloves Theron had given him - to stroke his cheek with his knuckles.  “I’ve always -”

Theron kissed him.  Kissed him like he’d wanted to for months.  He poured everything into it: every moment he’d spent yearning alone in his tent, every filthy thought he’d conjured up while taking himself in hand, every memory of a touch that just hadn’t been enough.  It all went into that blazing kiss, pressing himself against the other elf with such a single-minded intensity that he forgot where they were until -

“I - oh, is this hallway occupied?”

Zev spun them both around , instinctively moving to place himself between Theron and the threat that was -

Alistair.  And was that Leliana giggling behind him?

“Quite.”  Zev leaned sideways.  “Nice to see you, Leliana.”  He put his blades up slowly and then backed up into Theron before turning around to kiss him again before looking over his shoulder.  “But yes, this is my hallway and my Warden, and you’ll need to find a different one for yours.”