#female warden/bethany hawke

[ryuto12-gaming]

Gonna casually fuck with Solas while I play

Casually gonna have a male human Rook who looks suspiciously like the Hawke who was left in the Fade but shit that thing is kinda open so who knows

Gonna do a female elf who has no vallaslin and has very strange green eyes and brown hair who’s rapidly firing a bow at him and fuck is that his ex? She has a new haircut…

Gonna do a Qunari Rook who looks suspiciously like the Adaar Inquisitor he kept making passive aggressive racist comments towards so just maybe they found a new hand and plan to ring him around with it

Gonna have a a human Thorne who’s wearing the grey warden armor as they approach, giving Solas a very stupid flashback to all the times his homie Trevelyan wore some grey warden armor

“That’s not Cadash” No, but it is a Dwarf with orange eyes, black hair and dark skin who might be Cadash from a distance

And the Hero of Ferelden has been dead for twenty years but fuck, there’s some dwarven grey warden running at him and it may just be the Aeducan prince who killed Urethmiel looking to branch out from killing Old Gods to killing Elven Gods

And the Champion of Kirkwall might still be in the Fade but didn’t Varric mention Hawke having a sister? Huh, there’s a grey warden mage with black hair and brown eyes in front of him who just might be Bethany Hawke

[vigilskeep]

wait when were zev and anders called slurs? :o i haven't played any mlm romance!

homophobia banter highlight reel i guess. shoutout to seb for making it on here because varric has something deeply wrong with him and is exclusively homophobic to the one of like two not openly bisexual people in his friend group

in general my point is that like. this was homophobic. if people didnt. uh. clock that oghren’s violent reactions and references to manskirt-wearing freaks were that. i’m using oghren as my main example because he’s the most overt. (generally orzammar’s dedication to lineage throughout the castes seems to give it more rigid gender and sexuality roles; there’s also significantly more overt sexism.) with zev and anders, it’s also compounded by fantasy racism and prejudice, in particular that male elves and male mages are both seen as effeminate in southern thedas. this isn’t just oghren. uh, for example, if a male hawke romances anders or fenris, gamlen, who iirc is as directly homophobic as it gets in da2, will make the comment “i guess i don’t have to ask which one of you’s the girl”. he’ll also make a fetishising comment about female hawke and isabela

otherwise. uh what might people not have clocked. zevran only flirts with a female warden in his introductory scene, due to his real, not unfounded concern that it will make a male warden more uncomfortable with him and, let’s not put too fine a point on it, thus more likely to kill him. zevran’s discussion of being bisexual himself is incredibly loaded and as i recall involves a fair bit of internalised something. from my delvings into the toolset, if you romance him as a man, you seem to have countless opportunities to break off the relationship specifically saying it’s because you’re both men and you can’t do this, including as late as the second time he offers you the earring. generally the male warden romancing zevran has a lot of internalised homophobia coded dialogue options when you ask him about his sexuality and when others ask you about the relationship—you can express dismay that zevran has told anyone, for example, while asking leliana not to say anything—and it’s fairly heavily implied that you’re likely to be more unfamiliar with such things

with anders, the most glaring example off the top of my head is that he doesn’t tell female hawkes about karl. a lot of the gendered differences in the anders romances are from homophobia/biphobia on a writing level as well, but considering that we’re not buying into “playersexual” nonsense i think it’s also fair to read this in-world as anders choosing not to bring that up to a woman who’s interested in him/someone he doesn’t know he has this in common with. the dialogue again treats anders as more experienced and gives male hawkes the opportunity to act surprised/uncertain even when they are the one to flirt first

this is basically just. if you didn’t clock that, that’s going on here! in general, heterosexuality is an assumed norm in thedas, and particularly characters coded as andrastian and fairly naive/inexperienced like alistair or bethany will express surprise or confusion about it and not pick up on implications. particularly noble characters will be expected to continue bloodlines and make political unions, for example, the inability of a female warden to marry anora or a male warden to marry alistair, even though it’s possible to do the m/f version of those political marriages without any kind of romance. that’s a pragmatic concern about the succession in a world that values bloodlines and thus comes with a certain heteronormativity. at the same time, there’s not so deep a stigma as you might expect if directly translating from our world, so to speak; it’s much more about the hope of continuing families and the importance of that in this world than there seeming to be any kind of explicit religious stigma? although it should be noted that the andrastian story focuses on andraste and the maker in what is treated as an m/f marriage and might be considered an ideal

for example, leandra will make an offhand, semi-teasing comment about finding hawke an opposite gender spouse, which i think is her hope of hawke managing to settle into kirkwall noble society and continue the family line when there is, in most worldstates, little to no hope of the other surviving hawke sibling having children. but at the same time, she’s casually accepting of hawke being in a queer relationship, will lightly mention it in dialogue, and makes no comment about anders or merrill moving in. i’d take that as kind of a baseline level of understanding for southern thedas, though it also varies from nation to nation, culture to culture, person to person, and class to class

i hope that makes it clearer ??

[fereldan-kestrel]

Hi! another for the da4 asks, if you would be so kind :)

What does your worldstate look like going into DAV?

Oh well, this is gonna be a hard one because I'm undecided on so many things, and technically my canon Inky run is still unfinished but...

Some core choices starting from DAO (and thank you for asking that because it finally pushed me to clarify some things for myself 😆):

- the Warden is a female Amell, still alive and looking for the cure

- romanced Alistair who stayed a warden and got out of the Fade

- Alistair performed the Dark Ritual with Morrigan

- Anora is the sole ruler

- female mage Hawke, so Carver survives, rip Bethany (the things I would do to keep them both!)

- romanced Fenris

- sided with mages

- spared Anders (if I remember correctly 😆)

- Hawke currently chilling in the Fade

- Inky is a female mage Trevelyan

- sided with mages, recruited them (although I really love Champions of the Just and in general I would love a possibility to recruit both and put everything in order 😆)

- romanced Cullen, encouraged him to stop taking lyrium

- I guess technically friends with Solas, not enemies at least 😆

- ally with Wardens

- Celene a sole ruler

- everyone recruited, Bull is a Tal-Vashoth, Cole is more human.

- Morrigan drinks from the well (though, this is still not 100% decided)

- Kieran has the soul of the Old God

- Cassandra is the Divine

- Inquisition disbanded, although this is still not exactly decided as well. My Inky really grows as a politician and a diplomat, so she may use the "chantry bodyguards" facade to keep things going.

I think that's all that's important, I may add something if I remember it. In general I'm a chicken when it comes to Big Choices and I am currently terrified of many mistakes I might have made unknowingly 😆

[daitranscripts]

Leliana Conversation: Investigate

You Are Well-Connected

Leliana Masterpost

PC: You seem to know a great many people.

Leliana: I’ve made friends and, on occasion, enemies. It’s unavoidable.

1 - Dialogue options:

Investigate: You met the Hero of Ferelden? [2]

Investigate: Did you know Hawke? [3]

Investigate: How do you know Josephine? [4]

Investigate: Tell me about Morrigan. [5]

General: We’ll talk later. [6]

2 - Investigate: You met the Hero of Ferelden? PC: You have a history with the Warden who ended the Blight, don’t you?

Romanced, HoF died (and Leliana was not killed by the HoF) Leliana: We were in love. Even in the midst of all the chaos, I was happy. Truly happy. And then [they]… I’m sorry, I’d rather not talk about this. [back to 1]

Romanced, HoF alive (and Leliana was not killed by the HoF) Leliana: [They are] always in my thoughts, even when we’re far apart. My love is on a quest of [their] own. When the Inquisition has no further need of me, I will join [them]. For good, this time. I have lost enough. I will not lose [them] as well. [back to 1]

Left the party due to low approval/crisis Leliana: The Hero of Ferelden was not what I expected. We traveled together in the early days of the Blight, but joining was a mistake. We never got along. I was you and had silly ideas. [back to 1]

Any other approval level, HoF died Leliana: I had the privilege of calling [them] “friend” before [they] died. The world seemed much duller after that. It still does. [back to 1]

Any other approval level, HoF alive Leliana: Leliana (female HoF): I count her among my closest friends. She’s probably the only person I trust completely. I haven’t heard from her in some time. She just… disappeared. I try not to think of what might have happened. Leliana (male HoF: )I count him among my closest friends. I still write to him for advice when I can. He hasn’t replied to my letters in some time. I try not to worry about it. He can take care of himself. [back to 1]

Killed by the HoF Leliana: The “Hero of Ferelden.” (Laughs.) There are no heroes in real life, just people. And people can do terrible things. Like striking me down, for example. It’s hard not to bear a grudge. [back to 1]

If asked before Leliana: We’ve talked about this. I’d rather not do it again. It brings up memories. [back to 1]

3 - Investigate: Did you know Hawke? PC: They say you spent some time in Lothering. Did you know the Champion? Leliana: We spoke a few times. I seldom left the chantry, and we never became more than casual acquaintances. I saw more of the Hawke twins. Bethany in particular. She would spend time in meditation at the chantry, and she seemed to like my stories. The other one, the young man? He was a little surly. I did encounter the Champion again later in Kirkwall. Those were terrible times.

Dialogue options:

Special: Why were they terrible? [7]

[Back to 1]

7 - Special: Why were they terrible? PC: Was this when the chantry was destroyed? Leliana: No, that happened later, but even then the news coming out of Kirkwall was… disheartening. There were some in Val Royeaux who wanted the Divine to declare an Exalted March on Kirkwall. Justinia sent me there to see if that could be avoided, to gather evidence to calm those agitating for war. I guess it didn’t matter in the end. [Back to 1]

4 - Investigate: How do you know Josephine? PC: You seem to know Josephine quite well. Leliana: I met her a long time ago, but we didn’t become good friends until years later. After the Blight, in fact. I’d just returned to Val Royeaux, and she welcomed me back by throwing a diplomatic ball. She was the Antivan ambassador at the time, you see. The ball was… all right. Too many politicians. At midnight, Josie and I left to find a real party. We’ve been friends ever since.

Dialogue options:

Special: A real party? [8]

[Back to 1]

8 - Special: A real party? PC: What do you consider a real party? Leliana: It’s not a real party until someone’s smallclothes are pinned to a chantry board. And that’s all I’m saying about it. [Back to 1]

5 - Investigate: Tell me about Morrigan. PC: What do you know of Morrigan?

Morrigan had Kieran Leliana: She’s changed. She used to be so… disagreeable. Cruel. She said things just to hurt people. Now the sharp edges have worn away. Perhaps it was Kieran.

Old God Kieran, Leliana not romanced by HoF Leliana: He seems so normal, like any other little boy. And so polite. Not that I was expecting anything else. I mean… never mind. [back to 1] ㅤㅤ ㅤ Old God Kieran, Leliana romanced by HoF, HoF did the ritual with Morrigan Leliana: He saved us, did you know? I would have lost my love without Morrigan’s child. I may never know her intentions, but I’ll always be grateful. [back to 1] ㅤㅤ ㅤ Kieran is a normal child Leliana: I suppose becoming a mother could change anyone. [back to 1]

Morrigan did not have Kieran Leliana: I first met her when we were traveling with the Hero of Ferelden. We never really got along. Morrigan can be a powerful ally. Just never forget that she’s here because she wants something. Work with her, learn from her, trust her if you must, but never underestimate her. [back to 1]

Not recruited in Origins Leliana: I met her at court a few years ago. We never got along. She inserted herself into the empress’s confidences. Be wary of her. Morrigan can be a powerful ally, but only when it benefits her. [back to 1]

6 - General: We’ll talk later. PC: We can continue this conversation later. Leliana: You know where I am.

[ashenlavellan]

Dragon Age Warden & Champion TAG

I was re-tagged by @samanthess since I’ve already done my Inky - so, now I’ll be doing my Warden and Champion!

Name: Ceren Azra Tabris

Nickname: Ceri (created by Leliana - Ceren uses this nickname during later events, since she is undercover for awhile) | Mia dea, which is Italian for “my goddess” (solely used by Zevran)

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Pisces Sun // Libra Moon // Scorpio Rising

Height: 5’5” (Zevran is 5’7”)

Orientation: Heterosexual

Nationality/Ethnicity: Half-Fereldan/Half-Rivain (she is half-Welsh and half-Turkish)

Favorite Fruit: Pomegranate - she loves the texture and nibbling on them when multi-tasking.

Favorite Season: Fall - likes the cooler weather, but not too cold.

Favorite Flower: Water-Lilies - hard to find within Denerim, but her mother once purchased a small bouquet and hand-pressed them into her journal.

Favorite Scent: Jasmine and Sandalwood - muskier and earthy scents, soothes her and the latter is part of Zevran’s cologne.

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Coffee - she tried a brew that’s local from Antiva, thanks to Zevran swiping some from a merchant.

Avg. hours of sleep: (Pre-Origins) around 7 hrs. (Origins and onward) around 4.5 hrs. due to nightmares.

Dogs or Cats: she likes both, but slightly prefers cats.

Number of Blankets: Rarely has one, unless facing extreme cold - has higher body warmth than normal, especially when Zevran cuddles with her.

Dream Trip: Antiva - she wants to try the many dishes that Zevran described to her, as well as taking down a cell of Crows like they’re an appetizer.

Random Fact: she hardly managed to style/braid her once it got as long as it did, but Zevran always offers to style her hair since he’s gentler when braiding or styling.

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Name: Lysandra Brynhildr Hawke

Nicknames: Lys (companions call her by this), Lysa (Carver calls her this once their relationship is mended, but Bethany came up with it), and Mitt hjärta (Fenris calls her this after she teaches him some of her mother tongue - means “my heart”)

Gender: Female

Star Sign: Taurus Sun // Aquarius Moon // Sagittarius Rising

Height: 5’9” (Fenris is 5’8”)

Orientation: Bisexual

Nationality/Ethnicity: Half-Fereldan/Half Free-Marcher (Half-Welsh/Half-Scandinavian)

Favorite Fruit: Strawberries - whenever she’s able to find grains of sugar, she dips them into it if not fully ripe. (her father taught her this)

Favorite Season: Late Spring - Early Summer

Favorite Flower: Amaryllis - Bethany and her grew a small garden once they fully settled in Lothering

Favorite Scent: Ylang-Ylang and Chamomile - once managed to purchase a candle infused with this scent.

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: Tea - specifically chamomile before going to bed.

Avg. hours of sleep: (Prologue) 8 hrs. / (Arc I) 7 - 8hrs. / (Arc II) 6.5 - 7hrs. / (Arc III) 6.5 hrs. / (Inquisition) 6 hrs.

Dogs or Cats: Dogs - she’s always been around them and she dearly treasure her mabari hound.

Dream Trip: Orzammar - she’d heard the details when reading the memoirs that Ceren had released and wants to see the culture herself.

Number of Blankets: Just one, especially since Fenris holds her when they sleep. She runs a little warm due to her magic.

Random Fact: Out of all of them [Ceren, herself, and Juniper] she’s actually the first to deal with pregnancy and gave birth shortly before her appearance in Inquisition.

Thank you so much for tagging me - I enjoyed doing this again! I hope you love them as much as I do - whoever wants to do their Warden and Hawke, feel free to use mine as a tag to you!!

[inquisimer]

HEY BB if you had to pick 5 fics you’ve written to make a “crash course” and sum up your writing personality, which would they be? I must know.

thank you for the uno reverse, MWAH

it's only fair that I have to turn this lens on myself but DANG was it hard to be like "what is my writing personality?" I think it really boiled down to: platonic relationships, grey wardens, a just a hint of Lore™️

Gen'adahl - Female Lavellan/Cullen Rutherford, Rated G, 1485 words

this was one of the first ever DA fics I wrote; I remember scrawling it out in a notebook at my last job where I wasn't allowed to keep my phone at my desk. And I was so proud when I finished it! For me, it represents the proof that I can finish pieces, no matter how long it takes

to be seen feeling - Male Mahariel/Morrigan, Rated T, 5039 words, a gift for @dreadfutures as part of the 2023 DAFF DIscord's OC Swap

writing this fic was not only an absolute joy, it was a pinnacle for me: if I could write a fic that captured the depths of Blue's OCs, I could probably do anything. And I did! And I can! It was exactly what I needed at the time and also a reminder that however blase my own knowledge or fandom experience feels to me, it will slot into what even the most knowledgeable fandom personalities know in surprising ways.

Shards of Glass - Female Brosca & Rica Brosca, Rated G, 3304 words

One of my first toe dips into the gray area of lore! It was so fun to imagine an alternative for Brosca's origins, to give her a deeper connection to the Stone, to play in the absolute barren wasteland wide open sandbox of Bioware's dwarven lore. Beyond that, this piece highlights my Sibling Bias™️ and how much i love exploring the DAO origins before the Blight, in general.

nothing hits the ground without an echo - Alistair & Bethany Hawke, Rated G, 1045 words

My first Dragon Age canon/canon fic! Absolutely wild to think that before I got into Dragon Age I was vehemently anti-oc in fanfic 😂 I'm so glad I outgrew that and can love and celebrate all of our OCs. At the same time, it was a joy to return to my canon x canon roots and play up the Grey Warden lore and happenings at Vigil's Keep that seemed to die in game after Awakening ;-;

I carried my own ashes to the mountain - Zevran Arainai & Female Brosca, Rated G, 1202 words

Nothing particularly poetic to say about this one, to be perfectly honest, I just like the Vibes™️. I think the humor and sarcasm suits my writing personality, and the lighthearted overtones that are haunted by unnamed pining and angst are Very Me :3 Also Nika not recognizing her face and yet reluctant to let go of it until someone gives her permission is something deeply personal to me, that I didn't even realize until after I'd written this. I look back on it and go, yep, yeah, I see you now, past mer😅

[soul-siren]

I think it's quite interesting that Emmit became my canon Hawke.

My #1 favorite character in DA2 is Bethany. My canon Hawke is a mage. 🫠

Also, most of my PCs in DA have red or white hair. While my reasons lay in sibling resemblance, his having black hair was unusual. I say this despite my canon Warden, Feng, also having black hair. But that is also for resemblance reasons. I wanted him and Kieran to have something similar.

The fact that he is a male is actually a willing choice for once. No romancing means no need to play a dude (Though DA2 ironically didn't force that anyways. 🤣). I prefer female Hawke's line delivery for purple options, but I had certain points where I use the aggressive dialogue choices. And he just delivered them in a way that made the choice for me.

The only way my canon Hawke is changing, is if they bring Bethany back in Dreadwolf. And even then, it'll just be Emmit trading his staff for a blade.

[nerdierholler]

4, 7 and 9 for the DA:V asks please :)

(I’m currently on my first DA:I playthrough, very excited about DA:V!!)

I hope you're enjoying your DAI run! Tell me about your Quizzie!

4. What does your worldstate look like going into DAV?

It seems like DAO and DA2 choices aren't going to be huge but I'll mention them.

DAO: Warden Ithlen Mahariel. Romances Alistair, sides with the mages in the tower, negotiates a truce with the werewolves, put Alistair on the thrown BUT then doesn't do the dark ritual so Alistair dies killing the archdemon and Anora now is Queen. Sadly this means no Morrigan in DAI :(

DA2: Female Hawke, she doesn't have a name. Rogue. Romances Fenris. Takes Bethany to the Deep Roads but not Anders so Bethany is dead. Oops. Eventually sides with the mages after trying to remain neutral most of the game. Isabella is still around, Varric is her bestie, she doesn't help Merrill with the eluvian, kills Anders because she feels like it's the best way to give him peace and be free of Justice.

DAI is hard because I have three Inquisitors that I'm really attached to. If I'm going purely canon compliant then I'll go with Enarin Lavellan. Rogue. Romances Iron Bull. I thought the Keep autofilled for DAI but apparently not so here is what I can remember. Friends with everyone, sided with Templars, Celene is on the throne, Wardens rebuild, Stroud is in the fade, Cassandra is Divine (?), dismantled the Inquisition.

7. Which character from the previous games or other media are you most hoping will make an appearance in DAV?

Like wow, so many! I would really like to see Dorian again especially with my Inquisitor that romanced him. Also would be happy to see Zevran again. I feel like a number of characters people want to meet again are dead or not available in my primary world state...

9. Which romance, if any, do you plan to pursue first?

Like I mentioned, I'm Emmrich curious. However, I started reading Tevinter Nights and now I'm interested in Lucanis too. Then again I really liked Harding in DAI. It's going to be a hard choice. Too many good options I suspect.

[jellydishes]

@morganaseren: i will GLADLY take responsibility for these gayass au hours if it means i get to witness that unfold omg

[salsedinepicta]

OC(s) Questionnaire

Tagged by @greypetrel - and her characters are just beautiful, so I'd highly recommend to hop on her blog and read her version :> 💜 Thanks for the tag!

Tagging: maybe @coloricioso could be interested? No pressure as usual ✨ +plus anyone who is interested!

Everything under "Read more" after the first one, of course.

NAME: Gwydion Hawke

NICKNAME: Hawke, of course - the firstborn can take dibs on the family surname. And then Gideon, since 1. that's how most people misspell his actual name and 2. Varric uses it in his stories (it's “more suited for the hero”). He doesn't mind.

GENDER: Male, although he takes it easy. In a modern AU he would be the Hakwe sibling most likely to experiment with gender presentation - and in every universe he just knows he'd look good in a dress/corset.

STAR SIGN: Libra

ORIENTATION: Gay

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Literally a random human born on a ship – 100% conceived in Kirkwall though.

FAVORITE FRUIT: All the citruses

FAVORITE SEASON: Early Spring

FAVORITE FLOWER: Forget-me-not, snowdrops, zagare (orange blossoms).

FAVORITE SCENT: Crushed elfroot, rain, lyrium potions - and why must lyrium be toxic when it clearly smells like raspberries and tangerines? UH? Templars are gatekeeping it. He is literally the only one saying this. At some point he’ll think fondly of sewage.

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea, preferably cold.

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Around 7, but not consecutive.

DOGS OR CATS: Dogs AND cats AND also every single animal willing to be pet - why would you deny a centipede some love? And did anyone actually tried to raise a baby dragon? Cowards.

DREAM TRIP: Antiva, or Rivain – it sounds fun, from Isabela’s stories, and he is intrigued by their religious customs (and generally different approach to magic). Not without 50+ SPF though, have you seen Anders' skintone?

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Just a few, he doesn’t particularly suffer the cold – and he’s a cuddly sleeper.

RANDOM FACT: Extremely tactile, hands must be occupied (almost) all the time. He makes his own bows and then whittle silly little figurines with the scraps of wood - usually they all end up looking like chunky animals of debatable identification.

NAME: Maren Hawke

NICKNAME: Mari (used only by selected people – Bethany can, Carver may or may not find nettles in his bed the next day) and various epithets by Varric (he finds her difficult to pin down, to his extreme annoyance). When she’ll get into Kirkwall’s politics people will start to call her Lady Amell, to everyone amusement.

GENDER: Female

ORIENTATION: Official not-so-mean lesbian

STAR SIGN: Scorpio

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Human, born in Ferelden, even if she doesn’t feel a strong national connection to it.

FAVORITE FRUIT: Pears, quince, pomegranates

FAVORITE SEASON: Autumn and Winter

FAVORITE FLOWER: Wild violets, daisies

FAVORITE SCENT: Parchment and ink, ambergris, wild roses’ oil, metal.

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Black coffee in public, hot chocolate with lots of spices (and something sweet to eat on the side) in more private settings.

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Better not to ask. Around 5, to avoid dreaming – she will slowly get better during the years.

DOGS OR CATS: Birds, obviously.

DREAM TRIP: For political reasons, all the cities of the Free Marches. And Weisshaupt/the Anderfels to pester the Wardens about griffin’s eggs – because what Merrill wants, Merrill gets.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: At least 4, because half of them will be stolen by Merrill during the night.

RANDOM FACT: Does she care about fashion? Not particularly, but she is highly aware of the power of appearences, and how to convey certain messages through clothes. She prefers small and significant jewelry over flashy one, but absolutely loves a nice statement headpiece, especially with some kind of drapery or veil – so she can literally put behind a curtain annoying people with a subtle turn of her head.

NAME: Malva Surana

NICKNAME: Irving’s pet, Surana, debatable variations on her name when Jowan wanted to be annoying – after the Circle, she is just Malva and then the Warden Commander.

GENDER: Do you have a gender if the circumstances of your birth make you less than a person in the eye of society? Ahaha, anyway, female.

ORIENTATION: Very queer - preference for women, but willing to experiment for the sake of it, if she fancies so. In another world, her and Gwydion would be the monsterfuckers, let’s be real.

STAR SIGN: Aquarius

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Definitely a city elf (the tattoos are random lines, made by someone who wanted her to remember but had no idea how a vallaslin really looks like, or how and when they are done) – maybe from Denerim’s alienage? But as far as she knows, there is no past before Kinloch Hold.

FAVORITE FRUIT: Blackberries

FAVORITE SEASON: Spring

FAVORITE FLOWER: The kind of question that would trigger a half-an-hour-long aswer. For brevity sake: nightshade, hellebore, wisteria, ivy (not a flower, but impossible not to mention), and mallow.

FAVORITE SCENT: Burning wood, moss and damp earth, rosemary, wildberries.

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Definitely tea. She is the mistress of the most absurd herbal infusions. They are great and they'll cure your cavities and other various ailments - but you don't want to know the ingredients. Don’t.

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Between 6-8, can wake up every day at the same time without any alarm of sort.

DOGS OR CATS: If really pressed she'd say dogs (“They are great traveling companions”) but immediately regrets it because of all the fond memories of Ser Pounce-a-lot.

DREAM TRIP: The Thirashan forest, Arbor Wilds, Arlathan Forest – pretty much an elven history roadtrip to try to reclaim that part of her identity.

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Just one or two, wrapped all around her chrysalis-like because her subconscious still believes that the other apprentices will steal them.

RANDOM FACT: For a moment, she was Justice's first choice for a possible living host - she never knew it, though.

[whereismywarden]

Alright, so now that I've completed the game, I'll be resuming my regular posting.

Veilguard posts will be tagged "datv spoilers" for a while unless they're generic, non-spoilery artworks. And I'll tag Rooks as "rook [last name]" the same way I tag Wardens and Inquisitors.

While I do have some complaints about BioWare's writing and might occasionally reblog some critical posts, I aim to keep this blog a positive space. I've already said my piece about my criticisms regarding DATV and I'll leave it at that.

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Anyway, since this is going to be my pinned post for a while, let me introduce you to my blorbos:

Wardens:

Loris Surana: Trans man | Elf | Mage | Paired with: Carver, Alistair, Amell, Harding.

Daylen "Day" Amell: Male | Human | Mage | Paired with: Morrigan, Surana, Cullen.

Elaine "Elle" Cousland: Trans woman | Human | Rogue archer | Paired with: Sebastian, Nathaniel, Leliana.

Shaelyn "Lyn" Mahariel: Non-Binary (she/they) | Elf | Rogue archer | Paired with: Tamlen, Bethany, Alistair, maybe Solas idk.

Kallian "Tabs" Tabris: Female | Elf | Rogue dual-wielder | Paired with: Alistair.

Aeducan & Brosca still pending.

Hawkes:

Alwyn "Al" Hawke: Male | Human | Mage | Gay | Paired with: Anders, Rylen.

Violetta "Letta" Hawke: Female | Human | Mage | Lesbian | Paired with: Isabela, Merrill.

+ AUs where either Carver or Bethany became Champions.

Inquisitors:

Violette Surana: Female | Elf | Mage | Loris' mother | Paired with: Solas, Samson, Orsino, Loghain, whatever old man she'd hate falling for, also Blackwall because why not.

Asaara Adaar: Female | Qunari | Mage | Paired with: Cullen.

Daylen Amell: Yes, the same Warden Daylen Amell. I do what I want.

Rooks:

Loris de Riva: Trans man | Elf | Mage | Same Loris, but with a different worldstate and backstory (obviously) | Paired with: Harding.

Neriah Thorne: Female | Human (elven-blooded) | Mage | Loris and Amell's daughter. | Paired with: Taash?

Others:

Issala Adaar: Female | Qunari | Rogue | Asaara's sister | Paired with: Varric.

List of Worldstates:

Sad Mages Worldstate: Warden Loris Surana, Champion Alwyn Hawke, Inquisitor Violette Surana, Rook Neriah Thorne.

Second Chances Worldstate: Warden Daylen Amell, Champion Alwyn Hawke, Inquisitor Daylen Amell.

Homecoming Worldstate: Warden Elaine Cousland, Champion Violetta Hawke, Inquisitor Violette Surana, Rook Loris de Riva.

Lovers in the Dark Worldstate: Warden Kallian Tabris, Inquisitor Asaara Adaar.

Name Pending Worldstate: Warden Shaelyn Mahariel.

[pinayelf-archive]

OC Questionnaire

I love these! I was tagged by @shivunin and @greypetrel! Tysm ❤️

tagging: @ruthvelyan, @vakarians-babe and @buchimgay ❤️ no pressure!

I always do Immy, so I'm going to do Amihan, Sinag and Maya!

(And like shivunin I'm swapping star sign for tarot cards as idk enough abt astrology lol)

NAME: Amihan Alejandra Elena Amell

NICKNAME: Ami or Mimi (must be a close friend or lover to use)

GENDER: Cis female

TAROT: The Tower

HEIGHT: 4'11 (149cm)

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher of Seheron descent (She would be Filipino in our world)

FAVORITE FRUIT: Apples

FAVORITE SEASON: Mostly autumn but loves the beach during the summer

FAVORITE FLOWER: Roses (lol)

FAVORITE SCENT: Cinnamon, parchment, star anise

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 🤷🏽‍♀️

DOGS OR CATS: Cats (Amihan gave the Mabari to Alistair she is actually terrified of dogs and hates them lmao)

DREAM TRIP: Wherever she doesn't have to be a warden, she hates being a warden

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: Usually 2, as it's cold in Ferelden

RANDOM FACT: Amihan was a doodler in Kinloch, she would doodle on the corner of the parchment on her notes. All that scrap parchment you collect in your inventory is there because Amihan draws on it w the leftover burnt wood from the fireplace. She once drew Alistair's side profile. She gets into painting during Awakening and her first full painting is her pet cat, Cheese.

NAME: Sinag Gabriella Hawke

NICKNAME: Hawke, Diday (by Malcolm), Ate (honorific for older sister by Carver and Bethany)

GENDER: Cis female

TAROT CARD: Wheel of Fortune

HEIGHT: 5'11 (180cm)

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Fereldan of Seheron descent

FAVORITE FRUIT: Blueberries and raspberries

FAVORITE SEASON: Winter

FAVORITE FLOWER: Baby's breath

FAVORITE SCENT: Bread fresh from the hearth, firewood, spiced ale

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Coffee (my Amells love coffee lol)

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: 2-4, 5 if we're lucky. by Inquisition Sinag rarely ever sleeps

DOGS OR CATS: Dogs

DREAM TRIP: Seheron

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: 1

RANDOM FACT: She used to freeze this pond near the Hawke farm for Bethany and Carver to "skate" on when they were little. It drove Malcolm and Leandra crazy cause they were afraid they'd get found, but they never did. This was how Sinag honed her ice magic and it's her most powerful spec

NAME: Maya Tabingdagat

NICKNAME: M, May-May (by Gabriel Trevelyan)

GENDER: Cis Female

TAROT CARD: Death

HEIGHT: 4'11

ORIENTATION: Bisexual

NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY: Free Marcher (I suppose? since she grew up in Ostwick circle) of Seheron descent

FAVORITE FRUIT: She doesn't really like the fruits in Southern Thedas, she prefers the tropical fruits from Northern Thedas from when she was a child in Seheron, so mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, rambutan

FAVORITE SEASON: Spring and Summer

FAVORITE FLOWER: Lillies

FAVORITE SCENT: Flower blooms in the Spring, citrus scents, fresh sheets

COFFEE, TEA, OR HOT CHOCOLATE: Tea with lots of sugar lol

AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP: Before Maya became tranquil she hardly slept, after becoming Tranquil then reversing it, she finds that she oversleeps often

DREAM TRIP: Seheron, or anywhere sunny

DOGS OR CATS: Both

NUMBER OF BLANKETS: A duvet and a thin sheet below

RANDOM FACT: Maya's arcane skills are weak, and she was never a powerful mage. It was the elephant in the room growing up that everyone around her knew she wouldn't pass the Harrowing. So instead, she asked to become Tranquil at 20, and luckily she had a group of friends, including future Inquisitor Gabriel Trevelyan, who kept her safe and took care of her. When the Circles fell and her and her friends were on the run, she's touched by a spirit from the rift and it reverses her Tranquility

[vigilskeep]

hi, i hope youre having a good one! lately ive been playing a new red f!hawke whos planning on rivalmancing merril and letting bethany die (sorry sis!) do you think its worth playing the legacy dlc in act 1 to get the bits of bethany stuff before she dies, or do it in act 3 so i can get fun romance dialogue? i just did legacy in act 3 w warden carver, so im wondering if its different and interesting enough to be worth doing. ive been going back and forth on this for days, so id love to hear your thoughts!

muttering to myself as i answer this ask all roleplaying choices are valid all roleplaying choices are valid all roleplaying—

anyway if you’re specifically wanting more new dialogue i would say yes absolutely do legacy with bethany in act 1. legacy is so about the hawke family and has so much content, whereas the female romances get very little from the dlcs because idk bioware hates me personally. this answer may be slightly swayed by my desire to make merrill go through less rivalmance but i think it is true and holds up

[swndmehelp]

You know, I’m starting to realize something. As I’m playing Dragon Age II again with my male Hawke, I’m making completely different choices than my female one. And then I realized I do that with all my characters, the female ones get lots of trama and the male ones just vibe and hangout. Sure he gets trama too but not like Maya.

Maya had lost her whole family, her father, then Bethany, Carver, and finally her mother. Of course she’s stuck with Gamlen but that doesn’t count. Her boyfriend (Anders) fucked her over and she killed him, the man was too far gone in her eyes. Then everything else.

Garrett on the other hand only lost Bethany, his father, and mother. Carver lived to be a Gray Warden. He didn’t have to kill his boyfriend (Fenris) and he was just chilling with all his friends. Yes he also killed Anders but they weren’t super close, hurt him but the man deserved it. The guy is just chilling.

I find myself doing this in every Dragon Age game, like why do I make the most tramatized and angsty women and then the guys are just there. I do that with my OC’s as well, the guys are vibing but the girls are either evil or so so traumatized. Idk, just a thought in my head.

[dark-elf-writes]

I think my question, (which is if both Male and Female Hawk existed at the same time), do you think the game would have gone differently at all?

Or would it just be adding another player to board who doesn't do much.

I think the end was always inevitable with how it is implied that Corypheus was influencing the emotions of Kirkwall for however long he was imprisoned, making people more desperate and paranoid in general, along with the red lyrium idol driving Meredith even more insane, and of course Anders and Vengeance corrupting each other but I do think things would have changed.

I’m imagining with this the older Hawke twins would be a male mage and a female rogue. Both of them are technically purple but Garrett is more green leaning and Miriam more red.

With two of them there it’s safe to assume they would have subconsciously assigned a younger twin to themselves to watch over so Bethany and Carver would have both made it to Kirkwall. And they would have also probably left one of them back home when the expedition came so neither of them had to go to the wardens/die. (Carver would have probably still joined the Templars. Then again with Bethany there he might not have.)

Act two would have been mostly the same though the Arishok would have more than likely chosen the non mage of them to a fight. I don’t know if Leandra could have been saved. They would have probably been still too wrapped up in making sure everything doesn’t go to shit to know what was happening before it was too late. Maybe with the twins around someone would have caught it and Leandra gets to live.

Act three is pretty much unavoidable. It always ends with everything going to hell. There’s no getting around it. No avoiding it. From the moment the Hawkes stepped foot on Kirkwall soil it was always going to end with the explosion of the chantry and the shitshow that followed.

[bog-mummies]

4 for the da:v q&a ! :D

thanks for the ask!!

4. what does your worldstate look like going into DA4?

DAO:

female cousland warrior.

alistair romance (hardened).

loghain dead, alistair and anora married.

warden dead.

harrowmont rules orzammar

i liked this one bc there was this whole theme of duty with cousland and alistair (couslands duty to her country as nobility becoming her duty as a grey warden and alistair's duty as a grey warden becoming his duty as a king). i just thought it was neat

awakening:

alliance with the architect

DA2:

male mage hawke (red)

bethany and carver both dead

anders romance

mage alliance

anders dead

hawke is a very practical person and he has the worst luck in the world. i had a very hard time figuring out whether or not he would turn isabela over to the qunari but ultimately decided that he wouldn't. he WOULD kill anders tho, in part because anders was willing to die, in part for political reasons, and in part for anders deception during act two

DAI:

female mage lavellan

solas romance

mage alliance

briala rules orlais

grey wardens recruited

hawke left in fade

drank from the well of sorrows

Trespasser:

inquisition disbanded

lavellan swore to do whatever it took to stop solas

like hawke, my lavellan is also a very practical person. she does only what she thinks is necessary: no more, no less. this is why she left hawke in the fade: she can't recruit the wardens and simultaneously condemn one of their only members of any significant rank. as for trespasser, she knows how stubborn solas is, and ultimately came to the conclusion that the only sure way to stop him was to kill him. i don't agree with her, but im not really in charge here

tldr im a sucker for tragedy and i like to kill my favorite characters