#i miiight write a crossover fic where anders and caleb have a chat?

[rainwolfheart]

a while back, I made a post about a Thedas!M9 AU and so here’s an Exandria!DAII AU because I love the Kirkwall crew. Or Port Damali crew now.

Anders was born in Tal’Dorei, but came to Wildemount as a child and was quickly scouted by Trent Ikithon for his potential. Anders proved to be ill-suited to being a Volstrucker, and eventually escaped the order, but not without significant trauma and amnesia. In his flight, he encountered an ethereal celestial who called itself Justice and nurtured his hatred of the Cerberus Assembly. Anders allowed Justice to possess him, but together they formed something more akin to Vengeance. He wound up in Port Damali, where he worked as a healer, hiding from the Volstrucker and planning to take down the Assembly. Human wizard (school of abjuration), Volstrucker agent background.

Aveline also hails from Tal’Dorei, originally a soldier in the Aegis Regiment of Fort Daxio. She fled to Wildemount during the Chroma Conclave’s occupation, losing her husband Wesley along the way. She managed to get a job with the Zhelezho of Port Damali and eventually rose to the rank of captain, cracking down on Myriad activity and piracy in the city. She eventually remarried to another Zhelezho, Donnic. Human fighter (battle master), soldier background.

Bethany fled Westruun with Aveline and her sibling (see Hawke below). If she is taken on the expedition to the Underdark, she dies, or is rescued by a small group from the Claret Orders, who save her with a blood hunter mutagen and take her to train with them in the Greying Wildlands. If left in Port Damali, she is imprisoned by mage-hunters. Human sorcerer (wild magic)/blood hunter (order of the mutant), or sorcerer/wizard (school of conjuration), folk hero background.

Carver fled Westruun with Aveline and his sibling (see Hawke below). Like Bethany, he can die or become a blood hunter, otherwise he becomes a mage-hunter. Human fighter (champion)/blood hunter (order of the mutant), or fighter/paladin (oath of the watchers), folk hero background.

Fenris was kept as a slave by a Draconian nobleman named Danarius, the only elf in his “collection.” Danarius was a power-hungry dunamancer with connections in the Dynasty. He experimented on Fenris with residuum. Fenris fled during the fall of Draconia, but Danarius survived and continued to hunt him throughout Wildemount—though slavery was abolished with the fall of Draconia, there are still Draconians who keep slaves, and Danarius did not want to lose his prized possession. Fenris harbours a hatred of arcane magic for what it did to him. High elf fighter (echo knight), soldier background.

Hawke fled Westruun with Aveline and their sibling, aided by a mysterious Ashari druid (who was actually Raishan). They joined the many refugees in Port Damali. While there, a group claiming to be Krynn defectors arrives, shipwrecked, and the Marquis allows them sanctuary in the docks. The Marquis, however, is paranoid about magic, particularly the strange kind practiced by the Krynn defectors, and defies the rest of the Clovis Concord by outlawing arcane magic in the city, policed by specially-trained mage-hunters. Hawke has to choose a side. Hawke is a human of any class, folk hero background.

Isabela is, unsurprisingly, a pirate captain on the Menagerie Coast, of Ki’Nau heritage. She is a member of the Revelry, with all the excitement and tension that brings. She steals and then loses a Luxon beacon, hastening tensions between the Empire and the Dynasty. Human rogue (swashbuckler), sailor (Revelry pirate) background.

Merrill hails from the Pallid Grove, a community of elves who were thought lost during the Calamity but have recently made themselves known again. Two of her clanmates fell mortally ill from an elven mirror, tainted by Torog before the Calamity, that was uncovered in the Cyrios Mountains. Determined to reclaim the artifact, Merrill turned to blood magic to fix it, and was turned away by her clan for it. Pallid elf sorcerer (wild magic), outlander background.

Sebastian is the scion of a noble family in Deastok, related to the Darringtons. Originally a wild child, his parents sent him off to become an acolyte at the Chantry of the Dawn in Rexxentrum. He ran away, but eventually renewed his faith and became a priest. Lady Harimann, his family’s longtime ally from Port Damali, hired assassins to kill the Vaels while under the influence of a demon, forcing Sebastian to avenge them. Human paladin (oath of devotion), acolyte background, or rogue (scout) if you prefer he doesn’t have spells.

Tallis is a non-drow elf from the Krynn Dynasty, operating as a spy and assassin for the Krynn on the Menagerie Coast. She enlists the help of Hawke and friends to stop another spy from selling secrets that could tip the balance of the War of Ash and Light. “Tallis” is a codename. High elf rogue (assassin), spy background.

Varric grew up in Hupperdook, but when his family fell from grace, they relocated to Port Damali. While his father and Bartrand build a successful career as merchants, Varric preferred the life of a storyteller and Grinner. During an expedition to the Underdark, Bartrand left him to die and made off with a dangerous artifact, an idol of Zehir. Hill dwarf bard (college of lore), Grinner background, or rogue (mastermind) if you prefer he doesn’t have spells.

(might do a DAO or DAI version eventually, stay tuned)

EDIT: Added Tallis and corrected Merrill’s race (don’t know why I wrote wood elf when I meant for her to be a pallid elf)