#i checked multiple qunari too

[bosspigeon]

something i think is very funny about veilguard is the black sclera FINALLY being an option now

i know i was pretty fuckin loud about qunari/vashoth NEEDING to have black sclera back in the day (it sets them apart a bit more as something more than just "taller humans with horns) , and i still stand by that, tbh, but upon playing da2 (the game with the first Solid Qunari "design"--even if it was like three models reused ad infinitum) for the first time in several years on a bigger screen and higher definition, i've come to a realization

i don't think the qunari actually ever had black sclera, i think their eyes were just so deep-set and shadowed by their brow (because THE HORNS FOLLOW THE BROWBONE, VEILGUARD!!!!) that it just looked like the da2 qunari's sclera were black!

so, we were wrong the entire time

but i WILL keep doing it regardless😤

[platoniccereal]

decided to do the thingy and check whatever theories i believe/like according to this iceberg. honestly, da fandom should make an ask game out of it. there are some thoughts on it under the cut. i was reminded of it bc of this video, give it a shot, it's v interesting and well-made.

ok i checked everything in the first tier, but honesty, i'd like to give andrastians some crisis of faith and make their god a spirit and their prophet an elf or a dwarf. and most definitely she must be a mage. that would fit so nicely morally. don't like maker being a demon though, it would be too far stretched and gotcha, and the maker didn't seem malevolent.

i didn't check dwarf andraste because i don't remember the explanation behind it, but honestly, it's still curious.

i prefer skyhold being the place where solas created the veil over the solasan temple because i believe it would evaluate skyhold's significance beyond being just a fortress for a main character with some shady shit here and there.

i didn't check sandal being connected to a titan for pretty much the same reason i didn't cross stuff like sandal, or solas, or dumat being the maker, or andraste being connected to flemeth, or her straight up being mythal. connections here and there are interesting, but i don't enjoy over-connected plot points. they're fun for fucking around, but it's always better to have multiple complex scenarios and characters than to load this weight on a great few. leliana as the descendant of andraste, shartan anyhow connected to solas are also in this category. there were history and historical figures, i don't feel like it always needs to be associated with whatever figures thedas has now.

i crossed qunari being a result of the experiment, though i'm not sure about the implications because it may go even deeper into the selection stuff. ew. i'm even more not sure about that the qun might really be something to restrain their nature, it's just an unsettling theory with even worse implications. it would turn whatever the player was saying to the iron bull on its head, because suddenly qunari would be beasts that need to be controlled. as to their origin? i think it's still interesting that kossith were very different from modern qunari, and they could have been created by someone out of someone different and may have gone through the process of alteration due to the dragon-related stuff.

my understanding of the older lore is pretty common. evanuris are the actual old gods or at least have some type of a bond, the remaining two are the twins, so there would be a double blight. evanuris are captured and hidden in the sealed black city. since they'd hunted down titans, the latter created the blight and darkspawn, yada yada yada. i'm also not opposed to the idea that the taint ascended from the void. so it was something discovered by andruil. or she rather discovered titan's blood + the taint, i.e. red lyrium, since the taint doesn't cause the same symptoms as the red lyrium.

i like the idea of halla being sentient descendants of elves turned into them long time ago. it's even more sick if they're still not quite animals. it's not my canon, but that's cool. beings with consciousness suffering from their silence? yeah, definitely cool.

sera=andruil is also a pretty common one. i have a headcanon that solas is a creator of tarot cards as well, it seems to be quite in his style, and the boy loves drawing, too. considering that, sera's card would be an intentional thing.

[thedinanshiral]

My personal DA4 wishlist + thoughts

I’ve been teasing this post for a couple of weeks over at Twitter, i’m the worst! But anyway, since game journalism has decided to confirm, once again, that the next Dragon Age game will be set in Tevinter like that’s breaking news, now’s as good a time as ever to write all this down.

Locations: Tevinter, clearly. It’s been pretty much a given since the end of Trespasser in 2015, with that scene where the Inquisitor stabs a map on a table directly on Tevinter as they promise to go after Solas to stop him. But also concept art and several stories from Tevinter Nights heavily imply Antiva, Nevarra, the Anderfells, and maybe Rivain. For those of you who don’t know your Thedosian Geography 101, that’s basically Northern Thedas. And it makes sense, since so far for three games straight we’ve been first stuck in Ferelden, then the coast of the Free Marches, and later the rest of Southern Thedas. We’ve never been North, only heard of it. So in DA4 i’m sure we will finally be able to visit.

Characters: If we’re going to Tevinter, we must meet Dorian again, maybe meet Maevaris Tilani as well (previously only seen in comics), judging from the latest comics series, i’m hoping for Fenris too. And going by the latest teaser trailer, we might see Varric again. As for characters that so far we have no news of, i’d like to see Cole, the Iron Bull, and if by any chance BioWare feels like blessing us with a Hawke/Fenris reunion i might just die happy.  I’d also very much like to see the Inquisitor, but more on that later.

Companions: considering concept art and the latest teaser trailer, plus Tevinter Nights stories and new characters, we have an interesting repertoire of new potential companions. A Tevinter mage, an ancient elf (like a temple guardian) or a dalish elf (like Strife), a Nevarran mortalitasi or spirit, Antivan Crows, Lords of Fortune (new faction, kind of like treasure hunters), Qunari lady, maybe an alchemist or shapeshifter, Grey Wardens (possibly a dwarf), a liberated or escaped slave, a Siccari (Tevinter spies/assassins)..even past agents of the Inquisition could return. 

Plot: We know Solas wants to take down the Veil. We know there’s two archdemons left, and Grey Wardens are regaining some spotlight in concept art lately. We might have to fight on multiple fronts simultaneously and be strategic about it. Solas might even unleash a double Blight just to keep us distracted while he focus on his own goal, who knows. But many other things are happenig in the margins and all over the place. The Qunari Antaam is having a crisis with some of its members supposedly going rogue, the order they’re so proud of is breaking up, and the whole of Northern Thedas is facing an imminent threat of invasion. Tevinter is still dealing with remnants of the Venatori and might soon be dealing with a slaves rebellion and/or a political and social reform (Magisters Dorian and Maeveris have been working wirh the Lucerni, a group aiming to restore and redeem Tevinter). The Antivan Crows -the de facto rulers of Antiva - may be dealing with a succession crisis, as their First Talon, a powerful feared and respected but old lady, might not be around for much longer and seems her chosen heir has died before his time. Meanwhile in the Anderfells nobody’s heard anything from the Grey Wardens’ HQ at Weisshaupt since the end of Inquisition, and as told in the novel Last Flight, the sudden reappearance of griffons may have had something to do with that radio silence. So you see, get ready for another +100 hours long game because BW has plenty of stuff to keep us busy with. But in short, DA4 seems will be about primarily searching, finding, and dealing with Solas. Regardless of what you decided at the Exalted Council in Trespasser, the Inquisition or what’s left of it is most likely the group orchestrating that mission. As it was so clearly stated then, they need new people Solas doesn’t know so he can’t foresee their actions, so it’s possible the DA4 protagonist is a new agent or a third party hired to do what the Inner circle can’t due to their familiarity with Solas in the past. But at the same time -and this is assuming we get to find Solas in this game - i definitely think the Inquisitor could easily show up again. No, losing an arm doens’t mean they’ve retired forever, prosthetics do exist in Thedas, a world where you can combine dwarven craftmanship with enchantments, seriously, i don’t ever want to hear “but they lost an arm” ever again as an excuse to write them out. And no, marrying Cullen or joining the Red Jennys is no impediment to join the “Stop Solas” Squad; the end of Trespasser means something, mainly that this is personal. Be it they loved them as lovers, as friends or ended up hating his guts for using and betraying them, the Inquisitor’s relationship with Solas makes this very personal, and so having any other character do that face off would cheapen all of it, all that bittersweet angsty development and expectations of either revenge or closure. That moment should happen between those two. It adds a ton of motivation due to their past historyas well, something a new protagonist would lack entirely.  My personal best hope is for a sort of dual protagonist thing, say we play new protagonist for most of the game but a selected missions or scenes where we play as the Inquisitor once again and take over for key and heart-wrenching dialogue options. My second best hope is for the Inquisitor to show up as playable for the moment we catch up with Solas. My third and final best hope is for the inquisitor to be a sort of advisor but more like new protagonist’s boss/employer to whom they report back to and get new missions from. The Inquisitor can be stuck in meetings for the most part of it, i just want to know they’re there, behind a door, super busy but there. A cameo like Hawke’s in Inquisition is the bare miminum i can take, anyhting less than that like a mention in a sidequest description or a footnote in a codex entry would be a total  injustice. 

Romances: I’m open for pretty much anything, as any good BW fan would be. But i’d like romances to feel more alive in the sense that they don’t abruptly get stuck once you exhaust all related quests and dialogue options. As much as my Adaar liked that spank from the Iron Bull, that it was the only thing they could share after their romance was locked was a bit..meh. I liked Dorian’s tho, because his gave one the option to talk a bit, go for a walk, gossip, and sure, it all happened off-screen, and there were limited possibilities, but it was nice and made their relationship feel a bit more real, like they had more to it than kissing and stuff. It happens in most games, once you secure a romanceable companion suddenly you run out of things to do and share with them, and you get stuck with the same 3 lines of dialogue over and over again. There should be a way of solving that.

Side quests: i’m ok with fetch quests initially as it is a good way of forcing the player to go out and explore huge maps, but i’d also like the fetching to have some meaning other than checking things off a list. I want to explore many ruins, and -can’t believe i’m actually saying this- i want a Fade quest. Wait! I know what you’re thinking but don’t kill me just yet, here’s my idea: what if we could visit the Fade at certain locations to witness memories or meet with spirits and recollect information on Solas, his past, his present? Both to understand him better (keep in mind we’ll most likely get a new protagonist who isn’t familiar with him like we are as players) and try to locate him or predict his next move. It would be i think i great way of having visions of Arlathan in its golden age, maybe seeing some of the other Evanuris, how they interacted with each other and with the elves in their service, what really happened ...i just want that sweet, sweet lore, i need it.

Technical stuff: ok, graphics will be amazing for sure, but i also would really really like: better, more varied and longer hairstyles, PLEASE. Body sliders, it’s damn time we get them. Mounts that actually make a difference! Let staves blades make damage in combat, I’M BEGGING HERE. Combined classes, MAGICAL ROGUES! A homebase we can fix up/build on/redecorate as fully as possible (Skyhold was great and i love it to pieces but why were those walls NEVER repaired????) . More casual outfit options, idk i love to dress up my characters, maybe some transmog? A day/night cycle and please i would love to see Thedas’ second moon, also weather variations depending on the region. Yes, i’m ambitious.

Gameplay: i’d like more AI options for companions, but not quite like in DAO, that was too much and i rarely used it. I’m curious how they’ll do combat this time but i know for sure i don’t want the kind of combat that has me going almost frame by frame pausing at every second, it’s annoying for me. I want large areas like in DAI but with a bit more stuff to see and do although one of my favourite maps is the Hissing Wastes so i won’t complain if we get a literal desert but i’d also like it to have secrets hidden around, make me work to find and solve them, i love exploring, i jump and click on EVERYTHING like i’m still a kid playing Monkey Island. A companion in concept art seems to be holding what looks like some form of rifle, so i’m curious how they’d incorporate that in the game. I know Tevinter has the magics and dwarves have the skill, a firearm is totally within the possibilities in-game without breaking any lore; also super curious what sort of skill trees Crows or Lords of Fortune could have, are they rogues, or warriors, or both??

So far, that’s what i got in my head.Well, most of it anyways, i may have missed something but this post has to end somewhere lol

What’s in your head? Feel free to share! Have you been thinking on how you’ll create your next protagonist? All i can think of is magical rogues and that  glowing bow was all the hype i needed.

[crowsent]

a fuckton of things i want in da4

a few words censored bc tumblr will swallow this in the void if i dont. long ass fuck list ahead

a romanceable dwarf

more romanceable elves/qunari

more elf/qunari/dwarf companions

consistent writing for once

more nb representation

good hair. please just give me good hair options. give me long hair. give me luxurious flowing locks. give me braids. give me good fucking hair options

let me shittalk the chantry

dalish elf npcs that impact the plot in unique ways

dalish elf companions that are proud of being dalish

if it is set in tevinter maybe uh. maybe address the issue of systemic oppression (and slavery) of elves???????

a return of the friendship/rivalry system in da2 but improved. maybe instead of a friendship rivalry sliding scale its friendship/rivalry/animosity sliding scale. bc rivalry is more like. two people pushing each other to be better than they were before. friendly competition. hes an idiot but hes my idiot kind of deal. animosity would be just regular disapproval. i liked the crisis cutscenes in dai so high animosity would be the same as low approval and might make the companion leave still, but theres more variety with high approval. high approval “friendship” would be the “were best friends and we share many opinions and agree on almost everything” while high approval “rivalry” being “we disagree on almost everything but goddamn it youre my friend and ill follow you into the fade if i have to” so you can have a high approval with someone instead of being a kissass

actions and choices having consequences again

multiple endings again (epilogue slideshows dont count)

dialogue wheels with descriptions that match what you actually say

characters from rivain, antiva, anderfels, etc

gifts. bring back the gifts. i want to give my companions gifts

maybe. maybe a focus of non-andrastian religion for once?

let me shittalk the chantry

i know its a stretch, but maybe. diverse skin colours. please?

nd characters that are written respectfully and treated w dignity

please bring back the talent wheel from dao and da2

more bi romance options

more wlw romance options

more mlm romance options

ace romance options

nb romance options

background romances

let me shittalk the chantry

far fetched but maybe a polycule?

i lowkey LOVED the fast-paced feel of da2s combat so maybe bring that back in some form? maybe improved to mesh with the tactics of dai to give players absolute freedom of playstyle whether they want to be like me and rush into every encounter or play more strategically

companions with unique companion abilities

would be nice to explore cities

would be nice if the open world were a little smaller so it doesnt feel empty all the gd time

more mage spells. mages felt like just another class of fighter to me in dai. they dont really have any awe-inducing wow factor like in dao or even da2. if the narrative wants me to believe that mages are powerful and dangerous and that it takes multiple templars to hunt down an apostate, maybe show that? give me strong mages

remove the jump ability. its pointless

a narrative that addresses the oppression that the chantry and templars perpetuated please

bring back the attributes

make the choices in dai matter. mages governing themselves? i wanna see that

let me shittalk the chantry

please bring back the healing magic for fucks sakes

multi-class system between rogues and warriors?

multiple specialisations that feel like specialisations and not just skill tree+

player-only skill trees

hardening

companion quests that affect their abilities and further dialogue

actual morally grey choices instead of this stupid mage freedom vs templar oppression narrative that is in no way morally grey but is presented as such and thus leaves the conflicts and narratives set up by dao and da2 to be fucking meaningless

bring back the tactics

would be nice to have an origins-esque prologue again. maybe one that would determine future events in game just to give your character better narrative cohesion with the plot

an approval/disapproval system but for companions with other companions. bringing certain companions together may bring them closer or make them pissed off with each other which affects banter maybe quests maybe combat

give me a fucking mabari bioware. give me back my fucking mabari

day/night cycle

a nightmare mode where you have to finish the main quest on a time limit. it is absurd that dai expects me to believe that i have all this time to do wartable missions that can take literal real life DAYS to finish and still thwart corypheus’ plans in time. bullshit

that said. no more wartable missions. waiting for a countdown to finish isnt very fun

let me shittalk the chantry

kal-sharok. ive been hearing about it since dao let me fucking see kal-sharok

dwarven politics

politics in general. my fav dao quest was the succession crisis plotline in orzammar/the landsmeet and wewh in dai

npcs i can talk to. even with generic dialogue like in dao. makes the world more alive

using the environment to your advantage. far fetched but i would love to be able to pull down boulders if were in the mountains or freeze water to get to places as a mage

home base customisation but the customisation choices you make actually. mean something. and do something. or at the very least give more companion dialogue/banter/approval change

laconic and ergonomic codexes. like. sorted by what kind of codex it is, etc etc but then you just get a brief summary of the codex and the option to read more about it so i dont spend eternity scrolling through cards looking for a specific codex entry. cool aesthetic dont get me wrong but real irritating to deal with. also. maybe. the pc making comments about the codex if you do read more about it? like a dalish elf saying “they got it all wrong” when reading a codex about dalish elves written by a human??? that would a) give character to the pc b) incentivise people to actually read the codex to see what was so wrong about it c) summarise the codex for people who want to learn the lore but dont want to spent the entire game reading text

maybe have the merchants in your home base close to crafting stations so you dont have to take a fucking hike if you miscounted the amount of elfroot you need?

let me shittalk the chantry

avvar companion maybe??? interesting lore right there

bring back stat requirements for weapons and remove the class restriction for most shit. obviously a dagger would be better for a rogue than a longsword and a mage would do better with a staff than a sword and shield but its not about efficiency. its about the roleplay. its about the options. give me the option to make a mage with wildly inappropriate stat distribution

bring back sustained mode abilities

traps. bring back traps. bring back the option to stealth into an area, trap the fuck out of it, and go from there

have the three available classes in kind of a rock paper scissors scenario. warriors do real well against rogues who do real well against mages who do real well against warriors. so you can plan your party depending on who/what youll face AND how much their approval will change during the quest you take them on

let me shittalk the chantry

actually resolve the plot points introduced in dai

a more threatening villain. the inquisitor thwarted every attempt made by corypheus in dai. he was not threatening at all

queer characters. background, companions, etc. queer characters

mounts were meh in dai. maybe. make them faster? or less cumbersome? or have your companions on mounts too so theres still banter?

i liked the armour tinting. let me have armour tinting from the beginning

i would really like mages to move and attack at the same time bc lowkey standing in one spot is uhhhhhhh kinda boring

let me check companions friendship/rivalry levels

would be nice if the narrative acknowledged that elves suffered greatly at the hands of the chantry and stopped victim-blaming them

more taverns. specifically like tapsters in dao where theres a dwarf just reciting something in a language i cant understand and if you look its a ballad/poet about dwarven culture and that was a real nice touch let me have that

dalish elf clan. dalish elf clan that does not get murdered please and thank you

meaningful quests. more cinematic dialogue

make found gear / quest reward gear more valuable than crafted gear

game modifiers like in dai were real nice. i want more

let me shittalk the chantry

quests that can be resolved in multiple ways. like connors fate in dao. and for those ways to impact further quests

companions with varying moral alignments

companions that are mutually exclusive (like alistair and loghain) but are both good companions so itd really make you think

a pc that IS NOT a “chosen one” vanilla da2 is my fav dragon age game for one reason and one reason only and that is because hawke is just some random refugee who escaped lothering. no chosen one magic at all. just an ordinary person who is a real good fighter. and that appealed to me more than this “you are the only one who can do it” narrative

let me meet more elvhen gods

if the setting is in tevinter, GIVE ME FUCKING ARCHITECTURE. give me the high spires, the archways, the buttresses, give me statues lining city gates and magic infused into the buildings. tevinter is a land ruled by MAGES give me magical architecture. give me floating buildings. give me fire floating as orbs above the streets like lamps. GIVE ME ARCHITECTURE

SHALE

let me shittalk the chantry

PIERCINGS GIVE ME FUCKING PIERCINGS BIOWARE

more main quests, longer main quests

if it is set in tevinter maybe. maybe address the fact that tevinter has been at war with the qunari for a while? on and off war is still war. and maybe give us the option to influence the outcome of that war?

more voice options. instead of just american voice or british voice, do the thing in dao again where there are multiple voices of different tones to further cement the pcs personality

more armour designs

biased but uh. can. can taliesen jaffe va a character?

i already said qunari companions but specifically saarebas companions

blood magic

FINISHING MOVE ANIMATIONS

please do not let it be as long as inquisition. inquisition was a SLOG in later playthroughs

body sliders. what if i want a tall but lanky qunari? what if i want a buff as shit elf? body sliders

more eye options

let me call out companions

btw bioware. if you really wanted cullen to be a good guy. maybe handle his fucking redemption arc a little better instead of retconning all the terrible and creepy shit hes done in the past k thx

can female walk/run animations not have. so much swaying hips? no one moves like that

personality dialogue that affects future dialogue like in da2 but meshed with the wider range of emotions introduced by dai

keep the race/s*x lock on romance candidates like in dai. keep the fact that some characters can only be romanced by certain races or s*xes

nb and genderqueer options for the pc

cutscenes of companions interacting

ngl i lowkey liked the random encounters of dao so maybe bring that back

my fav quest in dao is the landsmeet / orzammar succession crisis questline but you know whats my second favourite? the rescue mission if the warden gets captured and you have to play as your party members. give me that again

more creepy/dark shit. dai was too lighthearted for me esp after da2 and dao

let me shittalk the chantry

broodmothers. in hd.

red lyrium broodmothers. in hd

companions with different backgrounds. different faiths. different statuses. different families. etc

maybe make the pcs appearance make an impact on the story? like how bull says he likes redheads, but even if you are a redhead, he says nothing about it????? maybe keep track of which slider the player picks so that can affect the story?

i love my inquisitors but maybe. dont. bring the inquisitor in as anything more than an advisor/npc in this game? let me fall in love with a new pc???

if theres gonna be a homebase like skyhold where youre not in armor. maybe give us better clothing?

a kind of gear skin mechanic similar to ac:odyssey where you can change how the gear looks but keep the stats. so you can equip that higher level armour and keep the look and aesthetic of your old armour and you unlock the skins/looks of the armours you discover/make so you can be both powerful AND aesthetic

i enjoyed the nobility/underworld/arcane/etc knowledge in dai unlocking more dialogue options so maybe keep/expand on that but make it more accessible by side missions or companions or something that isnt the abysmal perk system in dai

let me shittalk the chantry

customisable walking animations. does the pc walk straightbacked? slouched? with a swagger? please

since there will undoubtedly be an obligatory fade sequence, maybe have an option for nightmare demons that ARENT spiders. thank you

slap on subtitles and conlang some languages. i want to hear elvish. i want to hear tevene. give me the languages

more dragons. esp if they look vastly different

more bard songs

i am completely biased here, but i would like to hear laura bailey as a va for a character. preferably a voice option for the pc

hey maybe have the true ending actually included in the base game and not in a dlc (tresppasser cough cough)

better val royeaux

please remove the had to do it to em idle animation tis distracting

on that note, more idle animations. maybe some unique to companions?

very trivial but. unique stair climbing/descending animation

bring back talking to companions on the road. maybe with some dialogue that can only be said on the road???

if banter is interrupted, make like rdr2 and pick up where the banter left off

more vallaslin designs please?

if theres another formal scene like dai maybe. give us. decent clothing. or better yet, decen clothing OPTIONS. i wanna decide how i look in a ball full of haughty orlesians

mage vs templar conflict resolved and addressed please. it is NOT resolved in dai. what we got was sequel bait and a slideshow. resolve it please

let me shittalk the chantry

a pro-mage anti-circle circle mage companion like anders

religious person who doesnt victim-blame elves in the codex or in game or anywhere please

characters more like leliana who question the chantry and acknowledge its corruption and greed

unapologetically sapphic companion

idc if its tevinter i dont want to fucking see queer people being disrespected

a true tal-vashoth companion, one who escaped from the qun

have quest decisions affect whether or not a companion will turn hostile to you or not

if IF solas will be redeemed, please do the redemption arc right

more horn options for qunari

an apostate mage who doesnt use me for their personal agenda whilst hiding something from me (morrigan, anders, solas) thanks

i really dig the whole “leader of an army” thing dai was trying to go for. but you didnt actually. lead. anything. would be nice to have that option. command soldiers. send them places that affect further quests. would even use the wartable for its intended purpose. planning wars. battles. like. you get sent word that there are bandits harassing villagers. you can set up an ambush with your soldiers or confront them headon, and theres a new mini-location on the map like the manor you meet vivienne in where you can go deal with the bandits and depending on your choices, there are actually soldiers with you in a field, or traps in a narrow pass, or even in a city. id rather the wartable shit dont return but if they have to, at least this way youre not just waiting real life time for a bunch of text to appear

i am real fucking excited for the possibility that da4 companions can just fucking die on you. good shit. give me that angst

missions that certain companions would refuse to go with you to. you know. so you actually have to use other members of your party instead of the same 3 (three) people all the goddamn time

disabled characters (i want a character who suffers from the same chronic bad leg disease as i do is that too much to ask)

kinda touched on by the da2 combat point but let me do close combat damage with the staff

no multiplayer. and if there is a multiplayer, dont tie it with achievements

let me fucking explore weisshaupt

(i dont think solas will be the endgame villain of da and i dont think da4 will be the last da game but still) again. for emphasis. resolve the plot points dai brought up

full-body scars and tattoo options

companions and npcs changing their opinions about things over time. eg: a pro-circle mage wanting instead for circles to be abolished after a specific side mission or a main quest decision etc

keep the multiple companion quests. and maybe change what kinds of companion quests are available further down depending on choices made in previous companion quests

please for fucks sake give us more characters of colour

let me shittalk the chantry

[heartslogos]

newfragile yellows [1028]

It was a joke. or at least, it started out as a joke. In Bull’s mind it still is a joke, but one he’s beholden to.

Bull’s got about twenty people who live at his branch of the Herald’s Rest who can and will drop everything they’re doing on the spot to talk loudly, expansively, and enthusiastically about how easy he is. He’s not. He’s got standards. But he’ll admit that his standards for going to bed with a person aren’t the same as most other’s. And going to bed with someone, in his books, doesn’t lead to a marriage. It doesn’t even lead to a good morning usually.

Sex is sex.

It’s an act contained to itself. It isn’t the start of something or the end of something or a milestone or an achievement. It’s just sex.

It can make you feel good and relaxed. It can ease off your tension and help you forget your troubles for a bit.

And for the most part his partners are down for that. No strings attached sex. No promises for the future, no expectations for something more. They get what they signed up for.

But there are other people who do expect something else. They think, for whatever reason, that they’re gonna change him or something. They’ll be so fantastic in bed he’ll be addicted or intrigued or whatever. Bull might be very good at breaking people apart but some things are beyond explanation. Bull doesn’t bother trying.

There have been instances (multiple) where he’s been approached by people he has or hasn’t slept with before and demands for dinner, or lunch, or — something. Dates. Basically.

As though he owes them his time. His effort. His attention.

That? He isn’t alright with. That? He’s never agreed to. That? He has never put on the table for anyone.

Bull says no. He always says no. And then it became like a little game for some people. Who can make the Qunari fall in love. Who can domesticate him and make him their partner?

It got to a point where it was genuinely interfering with Bull’s business.

Grim came up with it. Bull’s the guild master for the Chargers, he runs an Inquisition branch of the Herald’s Rest. If someone wants something from Bull, wouldn’t it make sense that they had to earn it?

Make it a quest.

If someone wants to date Bull — for whatever reason — then they have to prove themselves first. He’s the Iron Bull. Why would he make things easy? Why should he just date anyone? He’s a high ranking adventurer in a high ranking post with the highest ranking guild alliance in southern Thedas.

Bull had initially thought just putting up on the quest board would be the end of it. He didn’t think people would actually try it.

The three parts had been his idea. Three is a traditional number. It’s a good story. It’s a good pace. Part one would be easy enough. Gather herbs for his blend of vitaar. It saves him time and money.

Part two would be much harder. That one would be harder to pull off if you weren’t serious, if you weren’t trying, if you didn’t really want it —

Get one stone’s worth of fade touched hide. Whole. Intact. It didn’t have to be processed or turned into anything — but it had to be whole. It could be multiple hides. But they all had to be perfect.

That one’s harder to do. That one’s more dangerous.

He’s only had a handful of people pass that bar.

And all of them did it on purpose.

“Are you kidding?” Bull asks as he watches Skinner and Aclassi struggle to put away the giant hide of a fade touched Great Bear. “Those don’t even come around here.”

“Nah, they sometimes come over the mountain,” Aclassi grunts as they heft the thick hide onto a wooden table to begin the thankless job of preparing it for processing. “This one’s a good one. Fattened up a little after spring thaw. Must not be very old, not much by the way of scars.”

Bull doesn’t need to get closer to check it. He can tell from here. The person who did this knows their way around a knife. It’s a perfect job. No tears, no snags, no jagged cuts.

“Who was it?” Bull asks.

“Ellana Lavellan,” Skinner says. She glances over her shoulder, eyes glittering with amusement. “It was an accident this time, as well.”

“What?” Bull’s eye narrows. First one he can excuse for an accident. This one? “No.”

“Yes,” Aclassi says. “She came in to collect the reward for a different quest. Then she asked if we buy and process hides here and what our rates were. Said yes. Pulled this out. I think Dalish choked so hard she turned purple. Had to get Stitches to come up front to process the payment.”

“Did she get payment for the quest?”

“Yeah. Explained it to her that she could get the rewards for that one, too, since she technically qualified. Since the reward was just a voucher for a meal and a free room for the night she took it.”

“She’s still here?” Bull asks, halfway turned towards the door to go to the front of the guild hall and track down this adventurer so he can finally see her face.

“Nope,” Aclassi pops the syllables obnoxiously. More obnoxious than usual. Prick. “Took it and said she’d use it later. She has another job to do and she wanted to pop by, restock, and get going. Busy busy. I bet she’s going to advance in rank soon. That’d make her — what. Skinner, was she B rank?”

“Rocky pulled her records,” Skinner says as she runs her hand through a tangle of fur on the hide to straighten it out, “She’s upper B. I wager she’ll probably hit rank A by the end of the year if she keeps at a steady pace.”

Skinner smirks. “That’s qualify her for part three, wouldn’t it?”

Bull glares at the two of them.

“She isn’t doing it on purpose. She isn’t going to do part three.” Bull turns to find Grim and see if he knows where Skinner’s stashed the records she had pulled. Maybe he should write to Leliana. “And ship that thing off to de Fer for handling. We owe her for that exchange a few months ago and I don’t want that hanging over my head longer than it has to.”

[wyrmzier]

My dragon age reviews:

Dragon age origins: probably the worst of the series, all the models look the same which I suppose you cant help since it was made in 2008, uncomfortably white, like darker skin looked terrible in the way the game was rendered. The voice acting was...ok... the way they pronounced elvhen words was hilarious and sad I'm glad they changed it. Female armour looked disgusting, so much 2008 sexism for no reason. Combat wasnt too bad, just slow, multiple injury kits and health potions were annoying, took up inventory space. Boring bosses, pretty cool monster designs, super super long, it's the second longest game and it feels so so slow. Epic lore tho I loved checking out orzammer. Desire demon designs make me uncomfortable. Sex scenes the most uncomfortable and cheesiest thing I've ever witnessed 5/10 would reccomend playing if you were a diehard fan if not...dont even worry abt it

Dragon age 2: THE BEST GAME, phenomenal voice acting, same monster designs as origins but some of the npcs looked different, QUNARI WERE SO COOL the arishok was a really hard and tedious boss fight but it was still epic. Really hard battles, and good combat. Incredible banter, I loved ALL the companions. Disappointing you could only play as a human. Better armour designs, annoying you couldnt customize your companions armour. I really enjoyed the friendship/rivalry instead of the approval/disapproval system for companions. Literally the coolest boss fight I've ever done, meredith was rad. Shortest game :(, timeskips were annoying imo. I really like being able to play as a blue/purple/red Hawke, the visuals on the wheel really helped me, I dont always know if the choice I'm making is unintentionally rude until the PC actually says it out loud so that was helpful. Definitely not a new player friendly game which is sad. You were stuck in one city which was >:/ but understandable. Finding companion quests confused me, you had to bring certain companions to certain areas to trigger quests, I also thought having a non camp approach to talking to companions was annoying I'm glad they switched it back to how origins approached it. 10/10

Dragon age inquisition: probably the most beautiful game, incredible scenery and armour and npc designs, facial animation was a little odd but not as gross as origins. Very new player friendly! Epic companions and you learn more of the qunari from the iron bull. TRANS CHARACTER!!!!! companions had really confusing morals and ideas probably to assume bioware's """""grey morality""""" (like sera hating elves despite them being the little people she helps). Option to side with the templars sucked. Cullen was in there even though he SUCKS. Really fun quests tho, I loved crestwood and the winter palace. kind of a boring main plot compared to the others but what can you do, I really liked learning more abt the divine. Largest areas to explore, and longest game in the series though it doesnt feel that way. Disgustingly boring bosses and enemy designs. Combat and mechanics were so easy it was almost boring. The game feels rushed, theres loop holes and like empty words.... the trespasser dlc had such important content pertaining to the main and next game that it should have been a part of the game and not a DLC 8/10

[vvakarians]

DA 20 Questions

Tagged by @goblin-deity ! Thank you fam! If anyone wants to be tagged consider yourself tagged!

1. Favorite game of the series

Inquisition! It’s the one I started with! It’s an amazing and beautiful game. 

2. How did you discover Dragon Age? 

There was a cosplayer I used to follow here on tumblr that cosplayed as this character named Dorian, and then they cosplayed as Fenris. I looked into both characters because I really liked the designs. From there I checked out the game from the library and fell in love with DAI!

3. How many times have you played the games?

I’ve played DAI too many times to count, I can probably count on my pc, which is a handful of times, otherwise on my ps4 at least 25. DA2 I’ve completed exactly twice, played it four times. DA:O I’ve completed exactly once, but played multiple times, like three times I think.

4. Favorite race to play as?

Elves or qunari!

5. Favorite class?

I absolutely love mages, always have. In DAI I play as a necromancer or knight enchanter, in DA2 I play as a blood mage or a spirit healer. I have a harder time playing as one in Origins, but I usually play as a blood mage or an arcane warrior. Other than that I play as a Double Handed Warrior, usually a Reaver or some other scary subclass lmao.

6. Do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions?

In general I usually make the same choices kind of? Mostly because I can’t push myself to ally with the templars. I do edit my canons outside of the actual games, like Calliope allies with the Mages but they do end up saving the templars as well, just after they get to Skyhold. Artemaeus, my city elf who was adopted by the Dalish, sided with the mages but left the templars to fend for themselves (save for Barris who did not deserve to die). Honi, my Adaar, sided with the mages and conscripted the templars, she was pretty harsh on them but decided that both sides could benefit from coming together. In general I haven’t changed my stance on the Grey Wardens, it wasn’t their fault that Clarel had a moment of weakness in being manipulated and I couldn’t find my Inquisitors justifying anger towards them enough to banish them. With Halamshiral I can’t in any way place Celene on the throne, it’s just my personal thing. After reading Masked Empire I said nah. But if ya like her that’s cool. I don’t usually have someone drink from the Well, I considered it with Callie, but I felt that shit could go down from a Solas perspective and I was not about that angst. 

7. Go to adventuring party?

1st World State: Tauriel Mahariel /Ophelia Hawke/ Calliope Lavellan

DAO: Alistair/Zevran or Leliana/Morrigan or Wynne 

DA2 (When I need Anders): Anders/ Aveline/ interchangeable rogue

DA2 (When I need Fenris): Fenris/ Sebastian or Varric / Merrill

DAI (Base Game): Solas/ Sera or Cole/ Iron Bull

DAI (Hakkon): Dorian/ Iron Bull/ Sera or Cole

DAI (Descent): Vivienne/ Iron Bull/ Sera

DAI (Trespasser): Dorian /Iron Bull / Interchangeable rogue

2nd World State: Aviel Tabris / Valentyne Hawke / Honi Adaar

DAO: Alistair / Leliana or Zevran / Wynne

DA2: Anders (or Merrill)/ Isabela / Fenris (or Aveline)

DAI: Dorian (or Vivienne) / Sera / Iron Bull (or Blackwall)

3rd World State: Mah’Vir Surana / Sparrow Hawke / Artemaeus Lavellan

DAO: Zevran / Morrigan / Alistair (or Sten)

DA2: Fenris / Merrill (or Anders) / Interchangeable Rogue

DAI: Dorian (or Solas) / Cole or Sera / Cassandra

8. Which of your characters did you put the most thought into?

Calliope 100%, I put most of the thought into my first world state characters. Tauriel was the easiest to make and her canon hasn’t changed much, same with Ophelia, but all three of my heroes were well, well thought out. I’ve had four or five years of making them under my belt.

9. Favorite romance?

For angst, absolutely Solas. You can’t get much more angsty than that. Other than that my most favorite romance is Fenris’, he’s a character that I love greatly and as a sexual abuse survivor with PTSD I related to him a lot lmao. 

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

I have all of the books except for Last/First Flight (?), I’m currently reading Masked Empire. I also have the World of Thedas Volume...2? And I have the first Magekiller comic.

11. If you’ve read them, which was your favorite book? 

Masked Empire for sure, it’s because I love Felassan.

12. Favorite DLC’s?

Trespasser or Jaws of Hakkon, I absolutely love the stories in both. I’m also biased towards my favorite of the series/I love killing Dragons. And Veil Quartz, I love Veil Quartz.

13. Things that annoy you?

The fandom mostly. I fucking hate some of y’all shits. I hate the lack of rep too, they did fucking great in DA2 with almost every LI being bisexual. Could have done that with DAI with the straight LI’s but, shrugs. Other than that I don’t hate it much. 

14. Orlais or Ferelden?

Orlais, it has the Emerald Graves and I love big ass trees. 

15. Templars or mages?

Is that even a question? Mages

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

I have three separate world states, and then an AU with @trans-aloth . Calliope’s has at least 25 separate oc’s in it because I’m a fucking menace. Other than that they usually stay seperate. Alexx and I combined worldstates with Cianan and Callies for that AU. 

17. What did you name your pets?

I only have names for Calliopes world state pets, but I will def name the rest of the others when I play. 

Tauriel: Kili (mabari)

Cassiopeia: Ser Claws (mabari)

Merielle: Howl (mabari)

Serynn: Athena (mabari)

Fen’Asha: Pluto (mabari)

Ophelia: Willoughby (mabari)

Calliope: Bones (Deepstalker) , Enasalin (Dracolisk) 

18. Have you installed any mods? 

I did way back when I thought my computer could handle it. Still got all of them downloaded but I play primarily on my ps4 or ps3.

19. Did your Warden want to be a Grey Warden? 

Tauriel had accepted the fact that she needed to become a Warden and only was angry about it when Duncan said that it was no place for the children. She managed to convince him to let her take them however. Cassie did not want to become a Warden and fought it tooth and nail, but had nowhere else to go. Serynn had accepted it wholeheartedly, it wasn’t much of an issue. Merielle wanted to get out of the Circle but was difficult in taking the Ritual because she didn’t like the fatality rate. Fen’Asha was also in that same boat and at first saw it as another injustice. 

20. Hawke’s personality? 

Ophelia is a securely purple unless dealing with templars, then it’s Red through and through. Halcyon (their eldest sister) is a Red Hawke, Blue with her family, and Hero is a Blue Hawke, Red with templars.

21. Did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquistion? 

Yes! I usually do! I use a gold/red/black color scheme, so it involves a lot of fucking Dragon Bone. 

22. If your character could go back in time and change one thing what would it be?

Tauriel would have gone back and saved Tamlen. She would have insisted that they look for him and at the very least if they found him they would make him a Grey Warden too. If that wasn’t an option she’d make sure Evra and Krie didn’t get traumatized by the fact their father was killed by a mirror of all things. 

Ophelia would go back in time and watch their mother more closely, or perhaps ask Carver not to go to the Deep Roads with them. Leandra’s death was the hardest thing they ever had to go through aside from handing Carver over to the Grey Wardens. The estate just felt so empty without Leandra. 

Calliope would go back in time and save their best friend from being taken by the templars. But they also realize that things would have been vastly different or the both of them that way. And they also realize that they were pretty young when Isi was taken from the Clan, they wouldn’t have been able to do much. It’s just something that haunts them to this day. 

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

Calliope is a mage and a warrior, SO I MEAN. Calliope’s home clan is also from Orlais and their mother is a former slave from Tevinter who then went to the Kirkwall Circle after being captured in the Free Marches.Other than that they end up with a First Enchanter that’s an oc of @trans-aloth ‘s. I also have an oc that ends up with Varric, because I have a distaste for the real life Bianca. Tauriel also ends up in a poly relationship with Cassiopeia and Alistair. Other than that, Alistair, Zevran, and several other people are trans. 

24. Who did you leave in the Fade?

Stroud, all three times.

25. Favorite mount?

Dracolisk’s or any of the Harts, I love ugly boys and giant elk.

[free-the-mages]

Dragon Age questions

!!!!!!!!!!! i was tagged by the lovely @bitchesofostwick (thank you so much!!!) and i’m not tagging anyone because i’m late to this (sorry, i didn’t do it immediately when i saw it and in my usual fashion i forgot for a few days. >_>) so i know basically everyone i would tag has already been tagged. but anyway, let’s get on with it!!

p.s. this’ll be long because i ramble. ❤️

01) favorite game of the series? i’d say inquisition, probably. i rather like the character creator and the open-world feel of it. i like the gameplay of it too. it also gets bonus points because it’s the only game i know how to mod even a little, which makes me happy because i can get characters that are 100% unique to me. :]

02) how did you discover Dragon Age? Shit, nearly a decade ago i remember finding this disc for a game called Dragon Age: Origins lying around one day. it was my brother’s and i can’t remember where he said he got it, but anyway it was damaged and wouldn’t play anyway. i didn’t give a rat’s ass about it tbh. my thoughts of it went no further. it wasn’t until about three years later that my brother bought it for the 360 and i saw him play a bit and then learned that there was a character creator and I FUCKING LIVED (AND STILL DO) for games with character creators. so my happy ass started playing!!!! (that was the very first version of my Tabris, Lark!) shortly after that i purchased it for PC and the rest is history!

03) how many times you’ve played the games? I’ve completed Origins only once. I’ve started a few playthroughs, but i’ve never gotten very far. :/ oh, and i also completed Awakening once. i’ve completed DA2 i believe twice. Again, i’ve started multiple playthroughs, just never finished them all. and basically the same for Inquisition, tbh. i’ve done one playthrough without Trespasser and one with. OR i might have just loaded up the finished save and played Trespasser when i bought it. xD in any case i’ve played each game through at least once.

04) favorite race to play as? i don’t really see it as favorites? in Inquisition i’ve technically created a couple characters for each race (except a dwarf. haven’t gotten around to making a dwarf quizzy yet) but most of them are just “throwaway” characters that i make to romance people because i want to try all the romances but i can’t make every character i create into like, a character character, that exists fully in my head and outside the game. so any characters you hear about from me are ones that have really stuck out to me in one way or another. anyway the only warden i ever made that mattered any was Lark, who is of course an elf. i like them all tbh! i was rather excited about being able to play a badass qunari chick, though! (even though my first character was a human. go figure.)

05) favorite class? mage!!!!! when first played Origins i made Lark a warrior. idk for sure why, but i think it was because i didn’t want a character in the Circle. i wanted a city elf. idk why i picked warrior over rogue though. my first Hawke was a warrior. again, idk why. my second Hawke was a mage, and I. FELL. IN. LOVE. i loved the fighting animations, i loved the spells, i just…. i loved. when i finally was able to play DAI (which was a few years after it was released) my first character was a mage. again, i loved it. however, when i went back to DAO at one point and tried being a mage i was not a fan of it. i didn’t like the way it played. BUT OVERALL my favorite is definitely mage. :]

06) do you play through the games differently or do you make the same decisions each time? the same. it might be sad and pitiful, but in-game decisions give me real-world feelings and anxiety so i just make the decisions that stay in my comfort zone. :] sometimes i’m brave and try different things, but for the most part i make the same decisions.

07) go-to adventuring group? Disclaimer: if applicable, i take my LI everywhere i go. :] i honestly try to take a variety of people because i want a balanced team as much as possible. i’m also a very casual player, so i don’t use the tactical camera or like, the behavior patterns or anything. i leave everything default. so i try to mix and match and come up with a team that i feel best compliments my character’s class/abilities or whatever, without me having to babysit them or really do any work in regards to that. that AND i like to hear the different banters tbh. when i’m picking my team sometimes i’ll stop and think, “omg, what is [character] and [character]’s relationship really like??? i never take them together so i don’t know!!” so i’ll expand my horizons and take groups of companions that i don’t normally take together. that being said, I LOVE ALL THE COMPANIONS ALL THE TIME SO I DON’T PLAY FAVORITES. :]

08) which of your characters did you put the most thought into? Probably Sydnie, because she was the first game character that really developed into an OC. the first one i really wanted to try writing for. my first Inquisitor. :] she was the first (game) character that, as i was playing, i really sat and thought, “what would this living being with a soul do when presented with this situation?” instead of just clicking whatever. xD anyway, ideas just came flying at me when i thought about her. overall i feel like she’s very underdeveloped still as far as character’s go, but i love her and i’ve been thinking a lot more about her lately. i’d really love to finish writing something for her eventually. xD

09) favorite romance? oh man, idk. tbh i’ve not finished all of the romances so a part of me wants to be like, “i can’t really answer this tbh”. Lark romanced Alistair, and it was cute and i love them. (i’ve toyed with the idea of writing some stuff for them and it’d be so cute if i could actually get my ass into gear.) i really liked Fenris’s romance (and DA2 was the only game that i played through more than one companion’s romance.) and Cullen is the only one i’ve completed a romance for in DAI, though i played most of Josie’s and i’m love. :] honestly i really do feel like there really isn’t an answer from me for this one. sorry! D:

10) have you read any of the comics/books? nope. i was thinking of maybe getting The Masked Empire but i haven’t fully decided yet. i unfortunately don’t read books much these days. (i’d rather be on my comp playing games or arting or maybe reading fic!!)

11) if you read them, which was your favorite book? n/a

12) favorite DLCs? i am so fucking ambivalent wtf. seriously, people. i’m coming to learn that there are few things i have an actual feelings on either way. -___- Trespasser is the only big DLC i own and i fucking hate it. it’s great and all but i kind of cried at the end so whatever. :] but honestly i really really like the Spoils of the Qunari DLC!!!!! the antaam-saar!!!!!! (i think i spelled it right idk i’m too lazy to check please forgive me) and the mount!!!!! good stuff. i own (i think) all of the DLC for DA2 and i like them all well enough. i also own all for DAO and i like them well enough. i’ve only ever played the DAO in-game DLC as well as Awakening (meaning no Leli’s Song, no Witch Hunt, etc.) i just never got around to it. anyway, really. not really playing favorites here either. xD

13) things that annoy you. not much tbh. i suppose it’s annoying that sometimes in some games i’m sitting here like, “okay, why did my character just say these words? that wasn’t what the words that i clicked on said. ?????????”

14) Orlais or Ferelden? Ferelden! because it’s more rustic and i like that. :3 also mabaris.

15) templars or mages? mages. though i do believe there’s an argument to be had about the treatment of both groups at the hands of the chantry. but still mages. :]

16) if you have multiple characters, are they in different/parallel universes or in the same one? obviously i intend to have and OC HOF, champion, and inquisitor all in one universe. i’ve had a hard time trying to figure out which characters i want to be canon and which aren’t. i’ve also toyed with the idea of having multiple world states that act as their own individual canons, but that’s a lot of work and like… lazy. :] for a while i just figured Lark was my canon warden no canon Hawke thus far and Sydnie my canon Inquisitor. but idk.

17) what did you name your pets? (mabari, summoned animals, mounts, etc) UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM………………….. one of the mabaris in the first two games was named Charlemagne (i think my Hawke’s dogs are always Charlemagne) and i think Lark’s dog was… omg hold on i have it documented somewhere. *a few minutes later* Shawshank! Lark’s dog’s name is Shawshank.

18) have you installed any mods? yes because i’m garbage that is privileged enough to be a computer gamer and can install mods. i also really like having mods and making mods so yes. yes i install mods. :]

19) did your Warden want to become a Grey Warden? not particularly, though she didn’t mind having to leave the alienage. she’d be dead or worse if she’d stayed and also she would have attempted to run away long before shit hit the fan if she didn’t have her family to think about. she still cared for her family and she did feel some sadness over leaving them, but it was like her soul made a sigh of relief and a weight was lifted. she was truly happy to leave. becoming a Grey Warden was sort of like a not completely unpleasant side effect.

20) hawke’s personality? i don’t really have a Hawke atm but I generally tend to play blue Hawkes.

21) did you make matching armor for your companions in Inquisition? no and they should all thank the maker because every fucking one of ‘em would be in plaidweave and that’s that on that.

22) if your character(s) could go back in time to change one thing, what would they change? ugh this is too much thinking for me. why are there so many questions?!??!?!!? anyway idk. i think Sydnie would change the way she let herself react to a really bad thing that happened in the circle. because she reacted the way she did, it completely changed who she was and it takes her a long time to get herself back. sorry it’s vague but that’s just how these things go sometimes. :] Lark doesn’t really live in the past, if that makes sense? she doesn’t dwell on things enough to regret. why change the past when you can own this day???? as a certain cheeky lesbian elf apparently says maybe. :3

23) do you have any headcanons about your character(s) that go against canon? kind of, but mostly small things, and generally only things that pertain directly to my character. also i like to switch things up when it comes to romances. :] i try to take the basics of the in-game romance arc and tailor it a bit more to what i envision. or just what i want. ;D so i guess that could maybe be considered off canon, though i don’t really see the romances as canon anyway.

24) are any of your character(s) based on someone? no. not intentionally, anyway. it would take me way too long to explain my thought processes when it comes to creating characters (and this bitch is already long enough at this point) so i won’t go into details. :] so basically no, i don’t ever really set out to base characters on people. maybe subconsciously it happens? idk.

25) who did you leave in the Fade? my first playthrough was the default world state so i sacrificed Stroud because of course i did. with the custom world state i have now i sacrificed Hawke. D: because you know i’m not sacrificing Alistair!!!! especially not after he said the stuff about Lark and them being together AND I COULDN’T TAKE THAT AWAY. also it wasn’t like it was MY Hawke, because i don’t have an actual OC Hawke it was quite easy to sacrifice her because i had no real attachment to her. anyway don’t fucking ask me who i’ll sacrifice when i finally get around to actually deciding on my canons and their world state because I DON’T KNOW AND I DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT. thank you. :]

26) favorite mount? i don’t use mounts much actually. i like hearing banter. that being said, i really like the way the qunari horse looks. i also like the harts and i don’t care what anyone else says i love their nails-on-chalkboard screech. fight me if you must but i said what i said. :]

THANKS SO MUCH TO ANYONE WHO READS THIS I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME WASTE YOUR TIME!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[roguedreadwolf]

I was tagged by @water-whisp

Thank you, love! And thank you for the helpful words. Confession time, friends: I have OC sharing anxiety reservations. :)

This takes a long time, so I didn’t want anyone to feel obligated to do this. BUT, if this appeals to you AT ALL, consider yourself tagged. If you do complete it please tag me <333 I would love to see them all.

                                       Your OC as a Companion

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                                            Aelyn Lavellan

Inquisitor’s Name: Aelyn Lavellan

Race / Class / Specialization: Dalish Elf, Rogue Archer, Assassin Gender Identity: Female

Varric’s Nickname for them: Archer

Short bio: Aelyn grew up in a Dalish clan with her mother, father, and younger brother. She is a gifted archer and proficient hunter. Aelyn is independent, observant, reserved, and has a very strong moral compass. She is very close with her brother, who is the clan’s first. Aelyn has never had any desire to lead, but her personality, demeanor, and her sense of righteousness make her someone others tend to follow.

What would their companion card look like?

Initial Card: (Temperance) In the forest and dressed in her hunting leathers, walking forward with her bow in front of her and an arrow knocked. She is alert and cautious.

Recruitment mission:  

When first approaching the crossroad in the Hinterlands, the party notices a three Dalish elves. Only two are armed--one an archer and one a mage--and they are protecting the third but are heavily outnumbered.

The Inquisitor and their party help defeat the rogue mages and templars, and the archer introduces herself as Aelyn. The mage is her brother Hathorn. She explains that she and her brother are escorting a healer to assist the refugees and thanks the Inquisitor for the help. They depart.

Later, if the Inquisitor completes any of the requests to assist the refugees at The Crossroads, Aelyn will approach the party again. She explains that her clan is relatively isolated and has avoided most danger, but between the breach and the fighting, she could no longer observe and do nothing. She acknowledges that the Inquisition is doing the same by helping the refugees, and offers to join the party.

At that point you have the choice to accept her or not. If you do not, she will still join Inquisition, however you will not hear from her again.

Where they would be in Skyhold / Haven:

In Haven, near the Inquisitor’s house.

In Skyhold, on the ramparts where you meet Hawke.

Personal quests:

Trapped by the Rifts: Aelyn receives word from her brother that multiple rifts have appeared near where her clan is camped and they are unable to flee. The clan is running low on supplies and needs assistance. She will ask the Inquisitor for help, and if they accept, are taken to the Dalish camp--Aelyn is locked into the party. As they draw close to the camp Aelyn’s brother joins them, and they fight and seal the rifts. Upon returning to Skyhold Aelyn thanks the Inquisitor, and they have the option of asking her about her brother and/or her life as an elf, as well as a flirt option. Completing this quest results in great approval. Refusing the quest will cause Aelyn to leave the Inquisition.

Hathorn’s Message: Aelyn receives another message from her brother, but it is only a map of the Storm Coast with a cave marked. It would take the Inquisitor too long to arrive, so they must select one of the advisors to complete the mission. Josephine will request local nobles send people to check the location, Cullen will send a small contingent of soldiers, and Leliana will send her spies. Selecting Josephine will cause the mission to fail, as the nobles come across a band of elves fighting Darkspawn and decide it is not worth the risk. Aelyn’s brother will be lost. Selecting Leliana or Cullen results in allies arriving in time to assist the elves, but Darkspawn continue to escape from a breach in the cave and require additional assistance immediately. Save Hathorn from Darkspawn operation becomes available.

Save Hathorn from Darkspawn (unavailable if Hathorn’s Message is completed by Josephine): The Inquisitor���s party (Aelyn is locked in) ventures to the Storm Coast to rescue Hathorn’s group. He and his party have active health bars and will die should their health run out, so the Inquisitor and party must fight strategically in order to keep Hathorn and his party alive. After fighting a number of Darkspawn, a mage in the party can seal the tunnel that they our pouring out of, ending the fight. If Hathorn is killed in the fighting, Aelyn is distraught and will leave the Inquisition temporarily to mourn. If Hathorn survives, she will insist on returning with him to their clan temporarily as many lives were lost and she wishes to mourn with her people. Upon returning to Skyhold, a cutscene will play where Aelyn returns and thanks the Inquisitor for their help, regardless of the outcome, but if Hathorn has died she will be decidedly withdrawn. Completion of this quest results in great approval if Hathorn survives.

How to get their approval/disapproval:

Aelyn has a strong sense of righteousness and will slightly approve of anything that helps the less fortunate or the oppressed. She also slightly approves of any questions an Inquisitor asks getting to know her or the Dalish. She slightly disapproves of needlessly aggressive dialogue options, and will greatly disapprove of any Sit In Judgement quest where execution or Tranquility is selected. Aelyn greatly approves of you allying with Briala and helping the Dalish or allying with the elvhen at the Temple of Mythal. She is also supportive of spirits and mages.

Break down of her Approval Ratings for Major Missions:

Fate of the Mages Conscript: Disapproves Ally: Greatly Approves

Fate of the Templars Disband: Slightly Disapproves Ally: Slightly Approves

Inquisitor’s Lead: A Dwarf/Elf/Qunari Stands for us all: Approves Example as a Mage: Slightly Approves For Faith: Greatly Disapproves For Order: Approves For What’s Right: Greatly Approves To Stop Corypheus: Greatly Approves For Personal Power: Greatly Disapproves For Vengeance: Slightly Disapproves

Fate of the Wardens Exile: Disapproves Ally: Approves

Ruler of Orlais Gaspard: Disapproves Briala: Greatly Approves Celene: Greatly Disapproves Reunite: Slightly Approves Spare Everyone: Slightly Approves Arrest Florianne: Approves Save Celene: Neutral Kill Celene:  Neutral

Abelas Alliance Ally: Greatly Approves Reject: Greatly Disapproves Drink from the Well: Non-Lavellan Inquisitor Drinks: Disapproves Lavellan Inquisitor Drinks: Greatly Approves Morrigan Drinks: Disapproves

Are they romanceable?

Yes. She is a little surprised by a flirtatious quizzy at first, but after establishing loyalty she responds positively. As approval rises she begins to open up more to display a sly sense of humor and unshakable loyalty. Aleyn is heterosexual and open to relationships with any race.

Can you have sex with them?

Yes, and she is sex positive, but is also perfectly content in a relationship with an ace partner. Her romance is one based more on mutual respect and support than on physical intimacy.

Aelyn falls on the demisexual range, so sex is a private and emotional investment for her.

Are they open to polyamoury?

No. She is non-judgmental about this fact, but she would be unhappy in a polyamorous relationship.

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

Yes. As both of them are inquisitive and independent, Aelyn and Solas develop a friendly relationship rather quickly. Upon arriving to Skyhold their relationship deepens and they begin a romance. After Solas leaves Aelyn is heartbroken, but stays with the Inquisition.

Who are they friendly with?

Aelyn is relatively friendly with everyone, but becomes closest to Solas, Varric, Cole, and Dorian

Who do they dislike?

A hardened Leliana, Bianca, Vivienne, Morrigan, Sera (she and Sera eventually develop a strong friendship, but Sera’s treatment of Cole and dismissal of all things “elfy” creates a lot of animosity early on)

Companion card changes: (use a text descrip. if you have no images)

Loyalty: (Judgement) Aelyn is in profile mid-leap, bow drawn and aimed. Her hair is caught in the wind and she has the hint of a smile on her lips. Beams of gold radiate from the tip of her arrow.

Loyalty Alternative: (The World Reversed) Signalling Aelyn’s disappointment in failing to bring positive change, she retreats into the forest. She is flanked by two trees that twist toward each other to form a circle with her in the middle. Her bow is on her back and she is hooded, looking back over her shoulder one final time.

Romanced: (Knight of Cups) Aelyn sits on a rock near a stream. She is smiling, with one hand clutching a white flower over her heart, the other reaches toward you to join her. The moon is overhead and reflected in the stream.

Side Missions:

Dragon Hunter: Aelyn takes great pride in being a hunter, but never dreamed she would ever encounter a dragon. Slay a dragon with Aelyn in the party. 

Opinions on mages / templars / how the world is going to shit?

Aelyn strongly believes that mages should be free, which is one of the reasons she and Vivienne do not get along well. She is initially distrustful of Templars, but Cullen and Cassandra help her to see that they are not all bad, and they give her hope that they can change for the better.

Aelyn is proudly Dalish, but quick to admit that she does not worship any gods. She worries about the future of her people, and their ability to find a peaceful path in Thedas. She is terrified for all of the things going on in the world that she cannot control, but after joining the Inquisition feels more confident that they can make things better.

Something guaranteed to make them leave the party:

Refusing to help her brother and clan on her personal mission; approval rating getting too low; the Inquisition being used as a force of oppression

Special Events:

Imprisoned at Redcliffe: How is your Inquisitor holding up in Redcliffe, being slowly infected with red lyrium over the course of a year?

She is furious and broken, enraged that she can do nothing from her cell. When the Inquisitor arrives she believes she has finally gone mad.

At the Winter Palace: Does your Inquisitor enjoy the party, any special events with them at the Palace?

The Winter Palace is complicated for her. She enjoys people watching, and excels at the Game, but hates to play. She is very intrigued by Briala and believes Briala may be the best option for the future of her people.

If romanced, you will be able to share a kiss on the balcony.

In the Fade: Your Inquisitor’s reaction upon entering the Fade? Archdemon’s taunt, and Inquisitor’s response? Epitaph on their grave?

She will panic and detach a bit in order to keep herself from full-blown terror. If Solas is in the party, she will depend on him. Once she takes a moment to get her emotions in check, she will be deathly quiet and go into hunting mode: senses on high alert and arrow knocked and ready.

Her epitaph would say: ‘Unwanted’

The Nightmare will taunt Aelyn and state that her loved ones wouldn’t notice if she were gone, and would actually be better off without her. If her love interest is in the party, Nightmare will specifically state that they are bored by her, and are only with her out of convenience. She will not respond, but her love interest will (or has the option to, if she is romanced by the Inquisitor)

Trespasser: What is your Inquisitor up to two years after Corypheus’ defeat? Any special events with them over the events of Trespasser?

Aelyn never stops loving Solas, but does not search for him. She does not return to her clan, feeling more at home with the Inquisition and the family she’s created there. If alive, her brother will eventually join the Inquisition as well.

During Trespasser she is excited that the group is coming together again, but very concerned over the future of the Inquisition, and that the Inquisitor’s mark is getting worse. If she romanced Solas she will be overwhelmed when he reveals himself. She makes the hardest decision of her life to stay with the Inquisitor rather than flee to find him on her own. But if the Inquisitor vows to stop Solas by killing him, her decision to stay with the Inquisitor becomes motivated by deceit, as she decides the best way to protect Solas is to know the movements of the Inquisition.

Other Major Events: Any other major events that happen with them over the course of the main game?

Aelyn and Cole become very close, and she will join you on Cole’s personal quest to becoming more human or more spirit-like. She will not approve or disapprove of either option, but will disapprove of the Inquisitor referring to Cole as a demon. Once his personal quest is complete, they can often be found together in Aelyn’s normal spot on the ramparts.

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Companion Asaaranda

Name: Asaaranda 

Race / Class / Specialisation: Qunari Warrior Berserker and Reaver

Gender Identity: Female

Varric’s Nickname for them: Stormy

Short bio: Here

What would their companion tarot card look like?

Recruitment mission: Capturing lightning

How do you get it? When you first get to Val Royeaux after your confrontation with the chantry clerics you will find a group of guards and ladies gossiping. “I told you this place had gone to the dogs” “First the Grand Duke lets that Ox set up shop in his city now (insert derogatory term fitting Inquisitor here) heretics are claiming to start an inquisition!”

A Dwarf walks past them “Talk talk talk and you people still have no idea what's going on.” She walks past them to the Herald “I'm Veronica Varen With the Silverite Smithery in Verchiel ran by Asaaranda head armorer of Verchiel. We have a business proposal for you inquisition folks.  You'll have to come by Verchiel to get in on it though. Moving house is too dangerous in this climate without a solid promise. See you lot when ya do!”

Where? Her recruitment mission takes place in Verchiel.

Description: You come into Verchiel a prosperous city under duke Gaspard. It aesthetically seems to have a heavy leaning towards military power than ornamentation. When you come to the forge you see a tall Qunari woman arguing with some Templars. As you approach you hear the woman say “I've already told you. You can pick up the commissions I've finished and have your investment back on the ones I haven't but I'm not making weapons for either side until this whole mess is cleared up.” The Templars shake their heads and walk off with a cart, a horse, and some weapons.

Where they would be in Skyhold / Haven:

At Haven, they can be found wandering between the mounts and the armory.

In Skyhold she can be found in the blacksmith. She expresses her delight at having a place for herself away from Harret's scrutiny. You can also find Lorin and Veronica wandering around there once you finish her quest.

Getting to know them: in her first couple conversations, you can get to know about her time under the Qun and why she left.

Starting Tarot: The tower- her starting card shows her facing away from a falling Qunari fortress.

Personal quests:

Quest 1: The cry of my people

Quest 2: Forged by storm

Quest 3: Roaring thunder

Small side mission: The cry of my people

Asaaranda asks you if you would be willing to help Vashoth as they are being used as scapegoats in this time full of hysteria. In this mission, you have to find and defend Vashoth being attacked by various people in Crestwood and the hinterlands.

After you get the people down to a low hp there is an option to finish them or try and reason with them. (Does not always guarantee the won't just keep taking and have to be killed anyway)

Asaaranda approves of killing them and highly approves of trying to reason with them. Companion quest: Forged by Storm Asaaranda will mention that here is a lack of sophisticated tools at her disposal and that she misses her old forge.

It will also give the option to contact her old crew through the war table which will allow you to go and visit them again reopening her recruitment area. They express interest in where she is now and say that they miss her and things aren't working the same without her even if the pay she sends home is great. You can either ask them for advice or invite them over. (If you invite them they stay here rather than in Val Royeaux and that will grant major approval)

This will unlock a mission to collect stormheart to use in a Skyhold upgrade for her that will give a larger forge and an updated lyrium forge for the tranquil to make more advanced runes.

The effects will be seen on the field. The camps will now have weapon racks and some soldiers will be equipped with enchanted weapons. (Here companions will invite themselves to Skyhold regardless) Tarot card change: her tarot changes to the star. It shows her forging on an anvil as water flows from her work into a pool.

Romance quest: Roaring thunder

Asaaranda's romance quest is opened after you have flirted with her multiple times and you have gained enough approval.

If you have flirted and managed to gain her approval she will approach you in your quarters. She’ll tell you that one of the “Bas” traditions she had encountered as she left Pa Vollen and traveled through Rivain is the lover's knot. A braided thin cord with two round knots that hold a cutting of the lover's hair intertwined. (She mentions that eyelashes are used as a substitute in case of baldness) Cut into two pieces and wrapped around the lover's wrists. The search ability will alert you of an item to be found. After searching you will find a cutting of her hair left on your bedside table.

Should you accept you will need to get gurgut webbing to create the lover's knot. And then you can invite her out, you will meet her in the Gazebo in the chantry gardens and give her the gift. Tarot card change: Courage shows her in a flowing dress walking side by side with a Tiger towards a green light with a hand reaching out.

How to get their approval: Straightforward decisions and following through, helping the needy, respecting other traditions, fighting dragons and wyverns, Siding with Briala through Gaspard or just Gaspard

How to get their disapproval: If you say you will do one thing and then do another, claiming to be the Herald, disrespecting people's beliefs and sacred grounds, Siding with Celine

Are they romanceable? Yes

Orientation: Bisexual, likes Non-binary and Female partners.

If you are smaller than her you’re cute. If she likes your personality a lot your attractive and if you can kick ass you’re hot.

Race gate: No race gate

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

If Leliana was not romanced and is softened Asaaranda will express interest in her and there may be some rumors of courtship happening but Leliana keeps it quiet for the most part. The inquisitor has the choice to encourage and help this pairing or dissuade Asaaranda.

If those conditions are not meet or the inquisitor dissuades her, Asaaranda will begin a romance with Veronica and they will be married in trespasser.

Who are they friendly with?

Cassandra is a close friend, she finds a familiar comfort in her presence and they enjoy the same pass times (yes that includes books)

Varric’s stories become a great escape during even the most grueling of missions and she offers her own back.

Though you might not expect it Vivienne’s Wisdom on magic is greatly valued during this time as she tries to learn more on the subject but is also assured safety as she learns

She respects Blackwalls honor and dedication. She finds his presence to be warm and doesn't mind spending time with him even if just in silence. Her opinion of him does not change after revelations.

Iron Bull (conditional read below) She tries to help him learn how to be a true Tal-Vashoth and the find they have much in common through this.

Who do they dislike?

They dislike The Iron Bull until after his personal quest IF made Tal-Vashoth (then she will become good friends with him). If reaffirmed as a Qunari she refuses to speak to him and avoids him as much as she can.

Sera She doesn't understand how she thinks. If she fights for the “little people” why does that not seem to include those discriminated against like the Dalish, Mages, and those of different religions just because you don’t agree with or like them. She also finds her disrespect infuriating. It doesn't matter if you believe something different, be kind.

Solas’ way that he uses magic and thinks that his casualness should be normal sets her edge. She manages to stand him for the most part. And can be convinced to be more amicable with him.

Mages, Templars, Other?:

Asaaranda will vouch for the Templars as a stronger military force and will admit she knows little to nothing about mages but is wary of it. Regardless of choice, she will give Great approval for free allies and Disapproval for them chained.

Something to make them leave the party: An alliance with the Qun will cause a scene where she will want to leave. Her personal quest will have to be completed and you have to have extremely high approval in order to get her to say.

Special Events:

Imprisoned at Redcliffe: How is your companion holding up in Redcliffe, being slowly infected with red lyrium over the course of a year? When Asaaranda is found she speaks mainly in Qunlat and broken common. She is eager to fight and no longer fears death but instead wants a quick and worthy end.

At the Winter Palace: Does your companion enjoy the party, any special events with them at the Palace?

Asaaranda stays in the trophy room and has a few comments on people whose ornamental weapons and metal works she made. She fiercely supports Gaspard or Briala being put into power behind him. There is a dance scene with her if you are romancing her.

In the Fade: Your companion’s reaction upon entering the Fade? Archdemon’s taunt, and Inquisitor’s response? Epitaph on their grave?

Asaaranda is stoic but a bit freaked out about the place. She checks to make sure everyone is ok and immediately urges to find a way out as quickly as possible.

Asaarandar will mention that the fearlings look like ben-hassrath when the inquisitor brings up the “spiders”.

Her tombstone says “Qamek”

Trespasser: What is your companion up to two years after Corypheus’ defeat? Any special events with them over the events of Trespasser?

Asaaranda has opened a business on the outskirts of the Val Royeaux market. Her now bolstered reputation has made this possible. (More to add later if I feel like it)

Fighting Style

Asaaranda is a Reaver and a Berserker. Her attacks focus on doing as much damage as quickly as possible.

[kierarutherford]

10 Questions Ask Meme

Rules:Answer 10 questions and then come up with another 10 questions for the people you tag!

Was tagged by @princessvicky01​ so let’s keep this rolling

Favorite small town? Real or fictional. - I live in a small town, and have lived in many but none have ever been a favorite. SO I suppose I would love to check out the small town of Honnleath (pre-darkaspawn)

Video game or DLC you’re most looking forward to right now? (sans DA4) - I have yet to purchase it and it haunts my dreams. I am aiming to get my hands on the Witcher DLCs. 

Favorite fictional world? (i.e.: Middle Earth, Thedas, etc.) Why? - to be fair I have two. One would have to be Thedas as I it holds my OCs and a special Commander. The second would have to be Witcher’s world (don’t remember what the whole place is called. TOO many city/towns to name.) Great, indepth lore and creatures.

Where/what was the best cup of coffee you’ve ever had? If you don’t drink coffee, what’s the best meal you’ve ever head? - Best cup, uh... I have never had a “best” cup of coffee anywhere out but the morning back home after my daughter was born. The first sip of freshly brewed coffee brought to me, while holding my little girl. That may be the best sip ever.

Where/when do you do your best daydreaming?   When I lay in bed. I daydream myself to sleep. Putting myself in the shoes of my OCs and trying to figure out how they would react. There is a tiny piece of me in each of them. 

Favorite TV show right now? I don’t really watch a lot of tv. Right now I’m addicted to Live PD (probably only in countries with A&E)

Is your canon Inquisitor reluctant about their power, or do they embrace it full-force, or something in-between? Kiera takes the reigns as she was a First to her clan and much was always expected of her. It is simply a tool to aid those in need. Diana- she hated it. Her personal “night light” she called it many times. Trying to deflect the horror and personal irritation. Hyacinth - she was unsure of it but as long as she can heal and help, she makes due.

What’s the best purchase you’ve ever made? I shop on bargains all the time. So I really can’t pin point that one awesome score. I would say my proudest was netting a $45 sweater for my daughter (in-store) for $4.99. I do love hunting through clearance racks.

Favorite or go-to clothing brand/designer/store? I am not loyal to any brand per say. I sale hunt. I prefer to hunt at Old Navy currently but the winds may change.

Are there any popular TV or video game character arcs that really bother you? How would you change them, if you could? - The one that stuck with me over the years was the ending arc of Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. There was SOO much room to do something there and they did a hack ending (in my opinion.) Played it multiple times and it always stuck with me. (Also my first -he should have totally gotten the girl- grumble fest) 

@fereldenpeach questions

If you could trade places with a fictional character for a day, who would you pick and why? - Diana Trevelyan. She’s tough, quick witted and scandalous. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to do whatever she has to to get it. Her relationship with Cullen is deep and runs on lewd at times. I envy her free spirit and openness.

What’s your favorite vacation memory? - Too many. We always made a trek to visit my grandparents as a child and those moments (while colourful) always stuck with me. 

What’s your go-to alcoholic beverage? Don’t drink? What’s your favorite smoothie or milkshake? If I drink (I do enjoy a good drink- perhaps too often) I like coolers or my mix. Ginger ale, grapefruit juice and Canada Club whiskey. Extra ice. I’m an ice chewer

When did you have your first kiss? I was fourteen, he was my first boyfriend and it just happened. I do remember it being a wondrous moment. All teeth, tongues and lips. He was more experienced than I, and it was grand. 

Who was your first fictional crush and why? lol so totally nerdy! I was in love with Link from Legend of Zelda and Carth Onasi from Knights of the Old Republic. I wrote a HUGE fanfic (printed in a book in my closet today). It has never seen the light of day lol 

What’s your favorite Dragon Age mod that you use? Don’t use mods? What’s your favorite outfit from the game’s options? - I have to admit I love the Spoils of the Qunari, wrap thing. lol I made my own in several colours down in the Undercroft.

What (or who) was the gateway to joining the DA fandom on Tumblr? I don’t really know? I was creeping around the internet, dying for more Cullen things when I stumbled upon @khirsahle​ amazing fic and I believe there was a mention somewhere of a tumblr. So I boldly decided I wanted to write, and get on this tumblr and find my like minded Cullenites and bask in the delicious man. 

Name three things you absolutely can’t live without and tell us why. ah hard one. I am a travel light person. 1 - my phone, it is my day planner, alarm, watch, contacts to my parents, camera, etc. 2- Comfy runners. I have terribly sensitive feet and wear shoes all the time. Without them I’d have horridly sore feet. 3 -caffeine. I drink anywhere from half a pot of coffee to a full pot of tea a day. My tea pot is a 12 cup size lol. I’m a mom of 3. I NEED caffeine.  

When did you first start playing Dragon Age? Which game did you start with and have you played all of them?  I have been here since the beginning in Dragon Age addictive hell. I played the first, it’s dlc, then Awakening, then 2, it’s DLC and now Inquisition and it’s DLC. I actually had to create room on my xbox to play Origins because I had over 38 saved characters. Wiped them all out and repeated that 3 more times. lol Of those play throughs I only romanced Zevran once. All others were Alistair.

What’s a project you’re really proud of? Where Flowers Dare to Bloom. It has hurt me and healed me in so many places. It has been a personal healing tool and the next couple chapters are currently cleansing my soul.

Here are @princessvicky01​ 10 :

1) What was your first pet? If you’ve never had one is their one you would like? My first pet. He was a terrier/poodle/rescue thing. Benji. Loved him till he passed of old age when I was 9. Amazingly well tempered and awesome dog.

2) If you could only replay one game forever, what game would it be? lol that is my life. I literally play games to their disk death. If I was cursed to a single game. I’m picking Dragon Age Inquisition. To forever romance and marry Cullen, please. 

3) What was/is your favourite subject at school?Why? History. I loved it. Especially ancient history. Eqyptian history, medieval history. All of it. Myths and legends. I adored it all.  

4) Do you prefer to be too hot or too cold? I can’t handle heat, so I’d have to say I’d rather be too cold. 

5) Do you have any hobbies? If not is there any you want to try? This is kinda a hobby I suppose. I am a terrible starter to things that I never finish. It is a horrid habit that I do way too often. I crotchet, I knit, I sing (lol fairly well too), I used to play in photoshop, games, play baseball.. I’m everywhere and no where.

6) Whats your favourite restaurant/eat out food - Italian, Chinese, Mexican ect I love Italian. Pasta. I am addicted to pasta. Fetticine Alfredo, spaghetti and marinara sauce. Yes please.

7) Mages or Templars? Why? Mages. To be sent away from family at such young ages, forced into a stone prison. It’s heart breaking. All because they are different. Never nullified the Circle in any play throughs. I can’t kill children just because they can hold fire in their palms. Teach them, let them live and let them help!  

8) Favourite film/movie genre? I’m not a film person really. I do watch the occasional movie but again I’m all over the place. Favourite of all time; Robin Hood- Men in Tights. A Mel Brooke’s picture. 

9)  Whats your spirit animal/daemon aka the one that represents your personality? A bear. Quite literally lol. Loyal to family, extremely protective and I’ll rip your arms off and feed you to my kids if you mess with them. 

10)  Cullen Rutherford shows up at your house. What do you say/do? Seriously... depending on the situation, I have no idea. I mean, I think we all know what we dream about but reality wise... I honestly don’t know. 

After a mile of questions. Here are mine now lol:

1- Drink lyrium become a Templar or grip a staff and become a Mage. Once you pick you cannot go back. Choice and why?

2- If you could meet anyone of your followers/readers/people you follow, who and why?

3- Dream Cullen date, go!

4- Do you believe readers should comment on your writings? Or are likes/kudos enough?

5- If you had an hour to sit with your favourite character creator from any game, how would you use that time?

6- If you could cosplay one character, who and why?

7- When you sit to write, what is your must haves to work? Coffee/tea, a song, tv in background, what’s your must have thing?

8-Do you follow any of the prominent writters out there? Steven King? R.R Martin? J.K. Rowling? If so, who and why? If not, who would you love to sit and chat with?

9- What time do you feel is the best for your writing? How long do you write for?

10- If you could make one wish come true, but for only one full day, what would you wish for?

Tagging @daisytje @angyvalentine @dorianofminrathous @omnipotentoverlord @queenmelisende @ma-sulevin

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   For Full Story & Possible Choices, please check out This Page.  For this post, I’m going with default choice. ( Conscription & Saving Amaranthine )

After the murder of two of her clansmen at the age of 14, Fenrian exiled herself from her clan and left the Dalish life behind. After three years of traveling alone, a year of it spent fighting off darkspawn and protecting people from the Blight, she found her way to the Grey Wardens in Amaranthine. Unfortunately, she was untrusted in the region and captured by locals as an ‘apostate and savage dalish.’ 

   While it wasn’t her exact plan to become a Warden in such a way, she was accepting of being judged by the Warden Commander & Arl of Amaranthine. The judgement: Conscription into the Warden’s. But, she would be a Warden Prospect. Kept under the watchful eye of fellow wardens and the commander, she would prove her worth. 

  And so she did. 

     During the attack on Vigil’s Keep, Fen helped defend those there while the Warden dealt protected the city. In the chaos, she was injured critically and became tainted. When the battle subsided, and they looked for survivors, they found her. Missing one of her arms, and fading fast, she was given the option to partake in the Joining. 

       From then she became Warden Suledin.

    In the Qunari siege of Kirkwall, Suledin is seen with the Wardens. While they don’t help with the battle outside of their own means, Suledin leaves the Champion & her friends with gifts to help. And wishes them the best of luck. 

   In between the years, she spends most of her time recruiting apostates and elves from both clans & the cities. With time she earns ranks in the order, acting as one of the senior members of the Fereldan Wardens. When the order began to shift, she and the other senior wardens at the time, spoke out against the use of blood magic. While she herself heard no calling, she could see its affects on her fellow wardens.  There was little she could do but argue in it’s falseness. There was something going on bigger than them, and she planned to help stop it. 

   After the Conclave, she went on the run with her senior warden. Splitting up would make it easier to track them. While her friend waited for Hawke in the Crestwood, she made her home in the Stormcoast.  She can be recruited long before the story requires the Warden’s help.  the Inquisitor will be able to find her while tracking Blackwall’s Quest, Memories of The Grey. When searching the camps, they will note that there’s been recent use of the camps. And whoever was there isn’t too far away. 

   Once they find her, she remarks that she’s surprised anyone found her considering they’re not really supposed to know where those camps are. But, since she has been found, she’ll offer up her services to the Inquisition. Telling them she’s awaiting contact from a friend, and working with someone who glows might make it a bit easier to find her. 

      Depending on the choice by the Inquisitor, she can become an Agent or Companion. 

           • As an agent she’ll tend to work with both Cullen’s men &/or The Chargers.. With her it makes it easier to escort and help refugees as well as dig through ruins. For Elven inquisitors, it’ll help with finding elvhen artifacts. 

     As a companion, she’ll be another mage in the arsenal. Her specialization is Keeper, a specialization that utilizes the ground around her. How long she stays, much like Blackwall, is up to the choices made by the Inquisitor in Here Lies The Abyss.        • Left Behind - Stays in the fade instead of Hawke or the Warden        • Exiled - Can stay with the Inquisition, unless the Warden is left behind.        • Joined - Stays with the Inquisition with less tension. 

  When the Inquisition draws closer to its end, Suledin gets a bit more riled up and aggressive about things. Her change is based more on finally ending and saving her Order. As well as taking it as a chance to redeem the Wardens of their mistakes. In the Temple of Mythal, however, this aggressiveness is pointed at the guardians. Specifically Abelas. In this verse, Suledin will not step forward as a suggestion to take the Well. The offer itself is amusing to her, making her laugh. She has an expiration date, and it’d be a waste on her. Even if the world ends soon, she’s going to be dead before then.         She does approve of the Inquisitor taking it themselves over Morrigan. 

  With Corypheus defeated, the warden stares at the night sky. A smile upon her face as she looks at the stars, counting them, naming them. When footsteps disturb this, she turns to the Inquisitor with a sad smile. She says her goodbyes, as she’s sure she won’t see them in the morning. After the party, she’s gone. Left late into the night according to the guards. Left a present for the Inquisitor though. A small pin with a griffon on it. 

  In the events of Trespasser, she again joins the group.         [will update on trespasser shit after i play it ]

STATS:

Name: Fen, later Suledin or Rosal’nan Nicknames: Fen, Sul/sully, Rosa Titles: Da’Fen Age: 27 Birthday:  Drakonis 19th Gender: Female ( dmab ) Sexuality: Pansexual │ demiromantic Birthplace: Unknown. Residence: Thedas. Relatives:               • N/a.

Height: 5'2" Weight: 140lbs Character’s body build: Curved, muscular. Eye Color: Emerald green. Hair Color: Dark red. Type of hair: Very thick. Hairstyle: Version Dependent  Complexion and skin tone: Freckled & medium brown Scars: Multiple facial scars. Deep scar across her throat. Mannerisms: Tends to not carry much regard for social ques. Speaks very bluntly. Quick to anger as she gets older.  Usual Body Posture: Back straight, arms crosses. Leaning weight to one side. Vallaslin: Mythal Complete, Blackwork version.  Tattoos:         • Elvhen for Freedom on her right wrist.        • Elvhen for Justice on her left wrist.        • Half completed Mythal branches down her throat, over her shoulders & chest.         • Bow & Arrow on her side. 

SKILLS:

Specializations: Keeper & Battlemage │ Arcane Warrior / Knight Enchanter Favored Spells:     Awakening -  

Entropy:  • Sleep + Nightmare                 • Mass Paralysis

Spirit: • Death Syphon           • Telekinesis Spells

Creation: • Mass Rejuvenation                  • Regeneration                  • Heoric Defense                 • Haste

Primal: • Inferno             • Earthquake              • Blizzard             • Tempest             • Chain Lightning

Arcane: • Arcane Shield              • Elemental Mastery               • Time Spiral              • Repulsion Field

   Inquisition: Passives not included in this list **

Inferno: • Immolate             • Wall of Fire

Spirit: • Barrier          • Mind Blast          • Revival

Winter: • Fade Step              • Wall of Ice              • Blizzard

Storm: • Chain Lightning             • Energy Barrage              • Static Charge              • Static Cage

COMPANION CODEX  • PAGE         **both are currently under heavy construction.

[ramblinganthropologist]

Marry You: Omake

Because Social Media is so great for bringing people together.

Summary: Cherche Mahariel just got engaged. Her son is more than happy to let their friends know. (Extra content to Marry You) Pairing: Cherche Mahariel x Sten, Miris Tabris x Zevran Arainai, Cahel Mahariel x Alistair Theirin. Setting: That Modern Dragon Age AU Word Count: 1704

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“Well, that takes care of that.”

Cherche had just closed the door to her room, leaving Cahel free to get back to work. He had a mountain of paperwork from the first Warden waiting for him on his desk, and reports of darkspawn in the area – that were probably just mangy wolves at this point – to send some scouts out on. The former could wait thanks to the fact the old codger hadn't gotten with the concept of email yet – gods bless pigeon mail – and the latter he could send a few green Wardens out on. The afternoon would be annoyingly slow, but productive.

“I'm way too young to be doing bullshit like this.” He rubbed the back of his neck, still not entirely used to finding stubble there instead of hair. The top portion of his undercut was coming in nicely, but he still found himself surprised at the sensation. “Should've made Miris do it after all.”

Cahel sighed as he started to turn the corner, but stopped as his ears twitched. Somewhere, nearby if the frequency was a hint, someone was playing music. Pop, if the beat he was tapping out on the floor meant anything. The lyrics took a little longer, but soon they were playing, somewhat faded, into his ears.

It's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do...

Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you...

Eyes wide, the first thing he did was run straight back to the door. There was no doubt about origins of the sound, he was standing right in front of it. He backed up ever so slightly and made a grab for his leggings pocket to find his phone.

Commander Squirt: OH MY GODS

Commander Squirt: SHE'S ACTUALLY DOING IT.

Commander Squirt: MIRIS GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE YOU OWE ME 5 SOVEREIGNS SHE'S ACTUALLY DOING IT.

The message was received on the training ground, where a sweaty Miris glanced back at the trainees he was currently putting through their paces. None of them had ever held a sword in their lives before, and today's lesson involved the pointy end and where to stick it. Naturally, he had plenty of time to sneak his hand into the gap between his armor and shirt to retrieve his vibrating phone.

His one good eye widened as he read the message. Cahel's annoying habit of multiple texting aside, this was big. He had been saving those five sovereigns for mead the following night. Still, it was his duty to put out the message.

He was a slower typer than the Warden Commander, but his message had further to go.

Mi Amor: ZEV SHE'S DOING IT.

“Alright, you practice on your own! The Warden Commander needs me for something.” He tossed his mace aside to make a run for the tower. If the confused recruits caught on to the happenings, they were none the wiser.

Somewhere in Antiva, as he wiped away the blood on a knife, Zevran Arainai felt his pocket vibrate. Usually he turned his phone off when it was work time, but he recognized the pattern. His lover was texting him, and that could only be something big.

“I wonder if it's something dirty.” He chuckled to himself as he unlocked his phone screen, cracked and showing off a picture of the two of them the last time Miris had visited in the fall. They made quite the pair, or so the locals had said as they eyed him appreciatively.

Zevran allowed a chuckle as he nudged the hand of his target aside while he left the alley. The dogs would find it before the police, thanks to what he had sprinkled on the corpse. Another crow had gone the way of the dodo, but he had more important things to pun on.

“Did she now? Well, a certain bard in Orlais owes me some money the next time we meet.”

With his hood down and in plain clothes underneath, he blended in perfectly with the bustling crowd of the capital city's biggest market. In fact, he had made enough time to grab a coffee from the nearby Starbucks as he sat down to type out his message.

Crow: My musical friend, I believe you owe me 2 sovereigns.

Crow: I have been informed that our dear archer had taken the plunge with her qunari lover.

Crow: Something in E major?

The message pinged inside a tavern on the Orlesian border, inside the skirt pocket of the pretty woman who had been trading board for song. She had been breaking from her set in order to relax her aching fingers in the hopes her contact would arrive soon.

'You're really bringing them in tonight, my dear.' A woman in a dark trench coat sidled up next to her at the bar. The napkin she nudged over was intercepted in a matter of seconds. 'See you at the palace next?'

'I would not miss it for the world.' Leliana knew better than to check it at the table; there would be eyes watching. However, the vibrating in her pocket drew her concern. Swapping phone for napkin, she unlocked the screen of Andraste's grace.

A smile crossed her features as she read her dear friend's message. Normally, he just gave her assassination targets. The two sovereigns would be well spent as she began to compose her latest tune about star crossed lovers finally coming together.

E major though? Forget about it. They deserved something rarer. At least, that's what came to her as she started to type out another message. There was a mage somewhere north of Orzammar who had asked her to keep her updated.

This seemed like a fairly important thing to keep her in the loop on.

Leliana: Zevran sends word; Cherche is going to give you a grandson in law.

Wynne got the message just as she was about to descend into the deepest halls of Orzammar, far beyond where cellphones would receive any message. Shale cast welcome shade upon her as she rested her staff to the side in order to find her phone in her robes. It was an old flip phone, but she had no need for the fancier kinds her younger companions preferred. Besides, it had survived being stepped on by a druffalo once.

“Do the Wardens send word?” Her large companion sounded almost concerned for a second. “They better not have died.”

The mage chuckled as she clicked onto the message. “Is that concern I hear, Shale?”

“Hardly. I just don't want them to become food for the pigeons.” The golem glanced down. “So, what do the soft ones have to say?”

Despite having crowed previously that cellphones were a waste of resources, Shale seemed to be eating  their words. Wynne would tease them about that later as she read through the words carefully. At least there wasn't text speak.

A smile crossed her face as she started to text a number in Ferelden. “My family is growing, Shale. I'm soon to have a grandson in law.”

“Ah, the archer and her Qunari. I was beginning to wonder when that would occur.”

“There's a young man in Ferelden who owes me ten sovereigns, and I intended to collect.” Giggling, she continued her message. Even though she had an older model, Wynne could still text as fast as any young person. Her clicking sounds carried on for a few seconds until she had sent the message off. “Now, shall we head down?”

“If we must.”

Scary old Lady: Alistair, I believe you owe me ten sovereigns. Cherche has proposed.

Alistair had just gotten out of a meeting with another prince from Antiva. With any luck, that one would probably be assassinated within a week's time. It was all becoming very trying to remember names, though suggesting they wear tags was out of the question. Eamon had said so with that look on his face.

So, when he got the chance to breathe, he noticed his pants pocket was vibrating. A picture of Cahel making a face at the camera on his lock screen told him he had a message. He groaned as he read who it was from, and the subject matter.

“You have GOT to be kidding me. One more week and I could've won!” He sighed. “I swear, they were in on this together.”

Still, he had time for a few messages to a certain Dalish elf to check on things. By now, his favorite contact had plenty of messages. One more wouldn't hurt.

His Hotness: Why didn't you tell me that your mother was proposing? I had 10 sovereigns on it. :c

Cahel was still at the door. Maybe twenty minutes had passed since he had sent the message to Miris; his senior warden was next to him, waiting for the happy couple to come out. He chuckled as he unlocked the screen of his dog to a group shot of them in front of the Warden mobile. I was easy to imagine his boyfriend pouting with an emoji like that.

Prince Charming: Had I know I would've told you sooner.

CJ Mahariel  sent a video to Blight Fight 30

CJ Mahariel: Check this out guys!

Cherche was still in Sten's warm embrace when her ring tone for the group chat jolted her into reality. She shook her head as a shot of her own door with a rather familiar tune started playing. Maybe she should have been embarrassed, but part of her couldn't help but be amused.

Sten didn't look too surprised as he peered over her shoulder. “So much for leaving us.”

“I heard him run back the moment the music started.” She was soon texting as well. After all, she was a mother.

Mamae: You're grounded.

The groan from behind the door was more than worth it as she put her phone away. There were plenty of other things she was interested in at the moment, and it wasn't the sounds coming from the group chat. The emojis and capslocked messages could wait for later. After all, she had a new fiance to entertain.

[heartslogos]

newfragile yellows [919]

"But you aren't dating each other," Max says, looking around the table. “Am I the only one who sees the flaw in this logic?”

“But there’s money involved,” Ellana says.

“Do you even need money?” Evelyn narrows her eyes and gestures to the room around them. “Are you two not paid enough?”

“This may come as a shock to you, Evelyn, but him being an architect and me being an art restorer doesn’t exactly bring in the big bucks,” Ellana replies. “I know it seems that way because of how beautiful a life we lead. But the real riches aren’t to be found in capitalist symbology but in the memories we’ve made.”

“We’re middle class,” Bull says, pouring Evelyn another glass of wine. “Comfortable middle class. But winning the prize money will do a lot for our mortgage and possibly help us put aside to replace Ellana’s shitty car.”

“My car isn’t shitty.”

“You car is running on dreams at this point.”

“It’s a shitty car,” Mahanon says to his sister. “You deserve a citation for driving that thing around. You might as well just walk around wildly waving around a flame thrower and a knife.”

“While yes, the money part is something of a question, that wasn’t the main flaw I was thinking about.” Max turns to Herah. “Please tell me I don’t have to say it out loud.”

Herah smirks at him as she passes Josephine the large wooden salad bowl. “You’re going to have to say it. Verbalize it. Put words to the exact reason why this is dumb as all hell.”

Max turns to the happy couple who are now bickering about Ellana’s car.

“You two cannot enter a reality show based on dating each other and falling in love. You’re married and have been deeply in love with each other for years. Years. Evelyn was still in undergrad when you two met. She’s got a masters now. She’s gainfully employed.”

“Married people can still date,” Ellana protests. “Bull and I go on dates with each other all the time. In fact, it’s a sign of a relationship taking a downturn if the couple doesn’t still go out on dates with each other. Or. You know. Old age and poor health. But Bull and I only have one of those things going for us.”

“Your young wife is being considerate of your advanced years,” Herah says to Bull who scowls at her.

“She’s the only reason you get invited into this house Adaar.”

“No, I’m also Josephine’s girlfriend and if you’re going to be inviting your best friend over you’re going to have to deal with me coming along.”

Bull looks at Josephine. “It’s not too late to change your mind.”

Josephine rolls her eyes. “Bull, you’ve been saying that for years.”

“And I still mean it.”

“They aren’t going to let you on the show,” Maxwell continues to try and get through to Ellana, “When you sign up they’re obviously going to check if you two already know each other. They’re going to do background checks. If they even glance at any of your social media pages you’ll be screwed. I forget which account belongs to which one of you sometimes. And if they ask anyone from around town they’ll mention your status as a dazzlingly happy couple. It isn’t going to pan out.”

“You’re giving the producers too much credit for a trashy reality show on the brink of being pulled off air.”

“If they’re paying out that much money to the winners then I’m giving them a baseline level credit,” Max retorts. “Seriously. They’re going to check. How are you going to avoid that?”

“Who in their right mind is going to think a Qunari ex-pat and a Dalish immigrant are going to be married in Orlais?” Ellana throws her arms up. “They’re not going to check!”

“They might check,” Mahanon concedes. “Maybe I should enter with the Iron Bull.”

“So you can date my husband on TV?”

“So I can get a cut of the prize money when I definitely pull this off for you two.” Mahanon turns to Evelyn who’s giving him the stink eye as she sips her wine. “Geology doesn’t pay as much as anyone would like.”

Ellana turns to Bull. “Your thoughts on dating my brother on TV?”

“I’d rather date you,” Bull answers, “But it’d be hilarious while it lasts. I’m not going to kiss your brother on the mouth on TV though. Even if I have permission, I don’t have the mental fortitude for it, so it probably won’t pan out.”

Mahanon rolls his eyes. “I’m not going to come after you for cheating on my sister by making a pass at me on TV. It’s fake.”

“There’s that, but also the thought of me doing any kind of romantic or sexual gesture to you in any context makes something inside of me want to die,” Bull replies. “No offense. You’re handsome and all that. But you terrify me.”

“This isn’t going to work,” Max says. “I don’t understand why I’m the crazy one for saying this out loud. Did we take a dip into some sort of parallel universe where there’s no logic?”

“Chill out and have some more wine,” Herah says, “Or a soda. Whatever it is you’re drinking. You really plan on driving back tonight? It’s already late. Just stay over.”

“Can’t, I got called in for a shift tomorrow,” Max replies. “Thankfully it’s an afternoon shift, but I’d prefer to go home tonight and be able to shower and change and freshen up before I have to go into the office.”

“I still don’t understand what you do for a living,” Mahanon tells Max, “And I haven’t decided if that’s suspicious or admirable.”

“It’s both,” Evelyn says. “As someone who’s had to listen to him try and explain what he does multiple times I’m going to tell you it’s both.”

“So when are you two going to apply for the TV show?” Josephine asks. “Does that mean one of you will have to move out and live somewhere else for a while?”

[nemossubmarine]

DA RP Write-up #19.1

We’re back with our Dragon Age RP. This session starts a vague-ish group of of boat-related adventuring (with multiple GM’s), which I’ll tag together, since I’ve used campaign numbers to keep stuff together before. May change the numbering at some point. Anyway, what ever did happen in this boaty adventure?

Well, it’s been a month since our meeting with the giant water creature who’s red glowing tangly thing Randy looted. Getting a second ship has meant that our crew is seriously stretched thin, so we are hoping to get to Estwatch (as it’s the closest major port city) and hire new crew. 

First there’s discussion who’ll be permanently stationed on which ship. Boshara and Randy as first mate and captain will be on Randy’s ship, similarly as Humbert and Alf will be on Alf’s. 

Cahair and Elspet are in the air, mostly because they’d like to stay together, but Randy’s ship needs a surgeon and either Elspet or Richard would be most qualified to take the position, and obviously Cahair would follow his husband. 

Boshara just straight up doesn’t want to have Richard as her doctor, so Elspet joins Boshara and Randy. 

Other officers’ mates also get promotions onto Randy’s ship (except Kustaa, who was the treasurer’s mate only bc Boshara was the treasurer). 

Randy also takes all the lyrium dealers, while Alf’s ship will remain the main station for most of the mages. 

With lyrium comes also one of the ”templars” Will Turner. 

Randy takes also Egaeaea, so he and Boshara can start making runes. 

Randy’s mom comes too. 

Merle gets a promotion to the musician of Randy’s ship. 

Which basically means, almost all dwaves follow Randy, leaving poor(?) Humbert in a ship half-filled with elves.

Our crews divided, our heroes manage to get to Estwatch, somehow. We locate a tavern, kept by a man named Mikko and ask for a side room we can do some interviews in, and if he could advertise us a bit.

The first person that answers the call of the sea slinks into the room, and introduces himself as Tat-Tan Teor. 

He looks shady as fuck, and the image is not at all tarnished by the fact that he’d like to be hired as a ”spy master” (assassin??). 

But like, what do we have to lose, sure, we’ll hire him. Not as a spy-master though, a sailor will do.

Next up is an elven woman, who  has an impressive array of knives on her belt. 

Her name is Pirre and she would like to be hired as a cook’s mate. 

Boshara asks her for her special dessert, which she says is peach sorbet with a hint of mint. 

She is also questioned on whether she can use her knives on other things, she says she can, but she always makes sure to clean the knives before cooking. 

Are mages okay? As long as they stay out of her kitchen. 

Seems good, yes? 

(Alf suspects there’s something maybe up with the woman, but doesn’t voice it, he can figure it out later)

Mikko’s advertisements don’t seem to be catching much attention, so we send Merle outside to sing the songs of the people. Or ad jingles.

Soon Merle’s song brings in a human woman.

She seems almost more interested in Merle than the actual job, asking if he’s single (as far as everyone knows, yes). 

Our heroes are about ready to hire her, when the question of mages come up, and the woman says obviously they’d need to be all locked up, that’s what you do with mages, right? 

Cahair asks what she’d do if there was a mage right in front of her, right now, someone like himself perhaps, who wouldn’t just go to a Circle. 

The woman asks if everyone’s cool with this, and Boshara says she’d complain, but Cahair has her totes mind controlled. 

The woman overturns a lamp, setting the table on fire, and flees. 

Boshara puts out the flames with her ice magic. 

Her loss I guess.

Next in saunters a man with a lil pep in his step, a man by the name of Heimo. 

Apparently he’s very keen on joining after hearing Merle’s singing. 

We question his talents, and especially regarding his fighting prowess as he is quite a large man. 

Heimo says he doesn’t fight, well, maybe once, but only once and if he dies we’ll have to pay him extra. 

This seems agreeable so Heimo is taken on board.

A final person thrown in by Merle’s song, is a woman who introduces herself as Aude. 

Cahair immediately recognizes the name, asking if she is the Aude? She says one and the same. 

Humbert questions Cahair who is Aude, and Cahair says she’s got quite a reputation in the Raider circles. 

Aude mentions, among her many exploits, having been a templar. But she quit. 

Apparently she doesn’t like templars, or at least likes mages more than templars. 

This catches Humbert’s attention, and so Aude is hired, as all templar-qualified people are needed.

Merle’s song has stopped working, especially after that woman fled the scene shouting about mages, so our heroes ask Kanuuna where to head next. Apparently it’s Arthur Whiskers’ market day, so we get our wagon and park there to hopefully get some more hopefuls.

The first person who climbs on board is a qunari with a painted face, who introduces himself as Baelias. 

He seems a tad bit confused and out of it, but says he can work as a rigger. 

Cahair says he’d be happy to take Baelias on board, but questions him first on his contacts with qunari and Tal-Vasoth. 

Apparently Baelias is from Par Vollen or there abouts, but says he wants no contact with the qunari. 

Cahair and Boshara agree to have Kanuuna talk with him first a bit before hiring him. 

Kanuuna does so, and apparently Baelias is a mage, so y’know, the kind of people we take on board. Just will have to hope there’s no trouble. We’ve had quite enough qunari trouble.

Next come a pair of folk, a male elf dressed in humble clothing and a tall woman dressed in fine armor, looking stern. 

They are Klaus & Auriane LeLoup, and they are traveling together. 

Klaus is a wood cutter from Nevarra, Auriane is a soldier from Orlais. 

Humbert switches to Orlesian and asks if he could maybe teach Aurianse some sword tricks (winky face). 

Auriane replies that there’s no need, she’s plenty skilled, having been a chevalier. 

Klaus asks why the switch in language, and Alf comments that Humbert does that sometimes because he’s got no manner. 

Well, Klaus could work under our woodworker(words?help?) and Auriane could work with our weapons’ person, so the pair is taken on board. 

When they leave Klaus comments to Auriane about the interview going well and Auriane gives him a smile, the only one she’s given in the whole interview.

Last, but not least, a young man rushes in, clinging to Boshara’s feet and bursting into tears, telling that he needs to get away immediately. 

Cahair picks the man up and gives him the coveted empathy elf treatment. 

Once he has stopped crying long enough to speak the young man introduces himself as Zeni, and he’s in trouble with his former crew. 

Pretty soon it becomes apparent that the trouble is magic related, and also Zeni is of Tevinter origin (Cahair slightly scoots away), and also blood magic? 

Humbert starts to get threatening towards the boy when there’s shouts outside. 

Cahair goes to check it out, and of course it’s Zeni’s crew looking for him. 

Cahair doesn’t manage to lie convincingly that Zeni is not here, and Humbert drags him out anyway and demands to know the situation. 

Well, the situation is that Zeni sat at the wrong table and got into trouble. 

Humbert orders the men away, which they do, spitting out curses and threats. 

There’s quite a crowd around, so Humbert holds a speech about how clearly this little boy can’t be a mage and nothing to see here. 

Zeni is taken on board, but it looks like Estwatch is tapped out as far as crew goes, so our heroes will have to see if they can find another more favorable port somewhere else.

Where will our desire to get more crew lead us next? Find out next time!

[heartslogos]

newfragile yellows [742]

"You know, Cullen, sometimes you’re too good,” Ellana says, looping her arm through his and leaning her head on his shoulder. He sighs in relief, pulling her closer and taking her hand in his as they walk into another area of the gallery.

“You’re an absolute life saver,” Cullen says, “I hope I didn’t make you leave something important.”

“Cullen. You are my friend and the boyfriend of one of my best friends and you’d do the same for me and for anyone we know. Which is part of why you’re currently in trouble right now. Besides that, this is the decent thing to do. Oh, no, and don’t worry about that. I brought my important stuff with me,” Ellana replies.

Cullen grimaces.

“Bull dropped me off and I basically an in here for you,” Ellana says, “He’s trying to find parking right now and I think the rest of them are on their way to meet us in other rooms once they get in.”

“It’s not that dire of a situation.”

“Cullen, you’ve been stalked for the past two days for almost twenty four hours non-stop. I can’t believe you didn’t say something sooner. After the first twelve hours I would’ve turned around and confronted my stalker. You know, given them a piece of my mind. Maybe a piece of Bull’s mind.” Ellana pauses, pulling them both to a stop in front of a giant wall-length mural piece. “You know, I’ve probably had stalkers but Bull most likely took care of them for me. He probably caught them and doubled back around to stalking them while they were stalking me and scaring them off. I think he might actually that once he finds parking. Unless he’s going for a more obvious route.”

“Please tell him not to do it.”

“I don’t tell him to do it in the first place, so what makes you think I can tell him not to do it? How did you get this stalker anyway? See. This is why Leliana can’t go on vacations. She leaves and then suddenly uncomfortable things begin to happen to you.”

“I didn’t think it would turn out this way,” Cullen protests. “I don’t even remember doing anything. I think I helped him at the local branch of the VA and made some small talk? I’m not sure. I haven’t exactly been stopping to take a closer look and it isn’t helped by the fact that they’re perpetually hiding their face.”

Ellana pulls out her phone and aims it at them, leaning in close as she pretends to take a selfie.

“You’re right, I can’t even tell the hair color right now,” she says as she examines the photo. She lets go of Cullen’s hand to start texting in their group chat, sending the picture along with it. “Let’s see if Sera can get real eyes on this guy. Oh, Bull’s found parking. Nice. I was worried, we had to bring the big truck and it’s a nightmare getting good parking for that car sometimes.”

“What were you two doing?”

“We were dropping off some furniture at a second hand store so we had the big truck,” Ellana says, “Did I tell you we’re moving? Found a nice townhouse closer to work, excellent lighting.”

“Really? I didn’t now you guys were in the market for a move. Didn’t you just move into your apartment?”

“Don’t like our neighbors.”

“Don’t you live in a building with Sera and Rocky?”

“Yeah, but Sera’s two floors down and Rocky’s three doors away. Our immediate neighbors are tools. They blast their music at midnight and you can hear them yelling at each other all the time. We thought we did good getting a corner unit, turns out it was vacant because the one unit next to it is filled with shit heels in a topic relationship. I feel bad for them but also attempting to go into work after a bare six hours of frequently interrupted sleep is the worst and terrible for the health. The townhouse complex is the new one next to the one you used to live in.”

“Oh, they finished? Those are nice, three stories yes?” Cullen asks, glancing out of the corner of his eye and seeing Cassandra sliding into place in the adjoining gallery room. She nods at him and gestures that she’s going to circle around. Cullen nods back, checking his phone and seeing that several of their friends have texted the group chat saying that they’re here and are entering the gallery. “I feel bad for doing this to Cole.”

“How do you mean?”

“Well. I imagine Cole probably wanted people to come here to look at his artwork on display rather than come here and attempt to find shelter from a stalker in a public space with security cameras,” Cullen says.

“Cole exhibition doesn’t open for another two hours, besides, I’m fairly certain that Cole would definitely be happy to know that his art was helping people in an odd roundabout way. Isn’t that right babe?”

Cullen startles when a heavy arm drapes around his other side, a chin resting on his head.

“How do you do that,” Cullen coughs out. “How do you keep doing this?”

“Former spy, Rutherford, get used to it. You used to live with Leliana, aren’t jump scares part of your life at this point? Found parking, babe, but it was way in back. Hope we aren’t too fucked up to walk later. I didn’t see your car, Rutherford. You walk here?”

“Took a bus and walked. I thought I could ditch them with multiple connections and bus lines,” Cullen sighs. “Didn’t work and now I’ve spent almost thirty dollars in bus and train fares.”

“Next time call me and I’ll give you a ride. No one’s going to fuck with you if they see you getting into a truck with a Qunari,” Bull says. “Or Herah, her bike’d scare the piss out of anyone. Are you telling Cullen about our new house? Did you tell him it’s next to the townhouse he was sharing before? Rutherford, you know that area, you know the best place for midnight junk food runs?”