#inquisition oc

[variaoftevinter]

meet some Dragon Age OCs!

cw: mention of abuse, tevinter slavery

Zena

Born and raised Tevinter, left to a single father with no means of paying for a child and sold into slavery, into the custody of a midwife. By the age of 17 she was purchased by a magister named Yvaine. She became Yvaine's mistress, governess, and lady-in-waiting all in one. They were very intimate but Yvaine's literal ownership made for a very abusive relationship. At 19 she got pregnant and had a daughter, Varia. She did her best as a single mother, but Zena grew farther from Yvaine, upsetting the magister. Yvaine forced Zena into dirty work-- Zena had to work in the kitchens on top of caring for and essentially raising her 5 kids for her. Around the age of 24, Zena uncovered a plot to assassinate Yvaine and her husband. Despite all her resentment for Yvaine, she took every step to prevent her death, and poisoned the traitor, which landed her in jail and her daughter being torn from her. A slave poisoning a conniving politician was the talk of the Imperium, leading the Inquisition to intervene. Leliana could not convince Tevinter to pardon Zena or halt her execution, so she instead helped Zena escape, training and employing her to become an assassin for the Inquisition. She changed her name to Fatine so the Imperium couldn't trace her. A dark job, but a "necessary" one. At Skyhold she would meet Sera. They fell deeply for one another, Sera never wanted to leave her side, but Fatine was hesitant, feeling undeserving of her. This lead to Sera pursuing a relationship with Dagna, but the feelings Fatine and Sera had for each other would always remain. Plus, her daughter never left her mind. She had no idea of Varia's whereabouts, and when the Inquisition disbanded, she left, almost without telling Sera, for Tevinter to find her daughter. Being chased by slavehunters wherever she went, she joined in with a group of mercenaries to find Varia.

Varia

Zena's daughter, born 9:34 Dragon. Varia is as calculating as her mother with a fearlessness that Zena was never allowed to have. Lady Yvaine was in fact assassinated by opposing Houses, leaving Varia in custody of whoever paid the highest fee. She worked in kitchens, waited on high-up mages at fancy parties, the only memory of her past to cling to a tiny plush monkey. Zena is able to save her! Still working on when or how.* I can't decide if I want her to be a rogue or a mage, but she grows up on a farm with her mother, never aware of the troubles Zena saw. She is trained to fight by her mother when she's around 15 years old, and is rebellious, passionate, and childish. She does not give a fuck what anyone thinks of her, which sometimes hurts Zena's feelings but she cannot help but take pride in her daughter's unabashed attitude. Sorry I have way less to say about her than Zena, it's a shame because Varia's personality and story is amazing to me, although it's pretty intertwined with her mother's. Aren't all of our stories woven in with our mother's, though?

*Renderings made with MetaHuman!!! I wish I could draw these beauties*

*I'm doing a DND campaign playing as Zena (it's absolutely amazing) and we are actively in the process of finding her daughter, I can't wait to see how it unfolds, the DM is amazing!!

If DA: Dreadwolf allows, with time jump, protag backstories, etc. I would give ANYTHINGGGG for Varia to be my DA4 protagonist. I absolutely adore her.

[chanafehs]

Ten year jump to da:v?? its time for mom!vellan

[sashthesloth]

[✔️] Use custom world state

[lanaluuart]

He caught a nug.

[sketchytea]

"Whatever awaits us, my lady, I know only one thing--I would never have you face it alone."

[haverdoodles]

ready for veilguard

— (inquisitor, rook, hawke, warden)

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hava try not to put their ocs through life altering trauma challenge. rook is there too i guess

[telanadasvhenan]

[monkiinart]

this study piece has been sitting in my WIP folder for a year now zzz woe,arne be upon ye

[alanide-arts]

it all comes flooding back

[guminami]

snowy dalish 🐇

edit: i’ve removed the reference because it ended up being ai :/ please stop sending me asks about this, i didn’t know at the time of drawing it and i already feel bad enough about not noticing on my own.

[reagan-the-saunders]

The note is unsigned, but the handwriting is Solas'.

[anattmar]

Lady Inquisitor

[chanafehs]

joining the lavellan in da2 big bug eyes challenge

[sashthesloth]

do NOT bring your boyfriend to the swamp. he will not like it.

[lanaluuart]

A cozy evening. Some pre-Veilguard timeline snuggles.

[bemp0]

The Warden, the Champion and the Inquisitor