#isaline x zevran

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Any worldstate set of Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor get together for a triple-date with their respective LIs. How does it go?

Okay so I was going to do a worldstate in which I have three protagonists who have one LI each, but I don’t have one of those yet, so we’re doing Isaline/Zevran, Dragon/Merrill and Arloni/Solas during Inquisition, when they were all at Skyhold.

They get along pretty well, mostly. Arloni’s happy to be around people who aren’t insisting she’s the Herald of Andraste and trying to convert he. She’s able to relax and listen to Isaline, Dragon, Merrill and Solas being massive nerds discussing the Fade and their theories of magic, and Solas is able to manage to not be too condescending. 

The “mostly” is because then Solas says something about elves and then Merrill gets angry at him and Zevran gets snarky at him and Dragon backs up Merrill a lot and Isaline’s not really sure if it’s her place to weigh in as a human and Arloni tells her that she can absolutely weigh in because Solas you need to Stop being like this. And eventually Solas just sulks while the others have a good time.

(Later on Arloni is able to bring Briala to a triple date instead and that goes much better. Briala and Merrill and Arloni excitedly discuss ways they can help elves everywhere and Zevran cautiously joins in even though he’s Not Really That Into Elf Stuff, Honest and Isaline and Dragon are supportive partners. It’s a good time.)

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for the ship meme - all the domestic life questions for Zev and Isaline?

If they get married, who proposes?

It’s fairly mutual. After Isaline’s parents show up in Awakening and turn out to be Terrible, they’re discussing family and Zev suggests they could potentially have their own family, and Isaline panics bc Wardens can’t have kids and will Zev be okay with that, and Zev reassures her that it’s fine, they can think about adoption in future but honestly whether they have kids or not, he would be more than happy to just have Isaline be his family and stay with her forever, and Isaline asks so.... she can probably get the Chantry’s permission... if Zev would like to.... get married...? And Zev says that yes that is what he was hoping for, if Isaline would like.

What’s the wedding like? Who attends?

I think it’s mostly just their companions from the Blight, it’s a fairly quiet affair - neither of them are super big on the ceremony itself. Leliana officiates for them.

How many kids do they have, if any? What are they like?

Two, Sindony and Aneira. Sindony is biologically the daughter of a human mage from the Gallows, who wanted their kid to be safe but didn’t want to go on the run with them, so asked Anders to deliver her baby and find them a good home. Zev and Isaline have raised her since she was a baby.

Aneira was an elven orphan who was Isaline’s apprentice when she was stuck in the Gallows. She clung to Isaline a lot as Nice Adult, and didn’t want to be seperated after the end of DA2. Isaline and Zev were happy to adopt her.

Neither of them are super well developed, but from the time I played them on Sims, Sindony is creative and loves drawing, and is fairly outgoing. Aneira is a lot quieter and shyer. She’s very clever and wants to become a spirit healer like her mum. She loves rabbits a lot.

Do they have any pets?

Isaline still has her mabari, Barkspawn, and they adopt at least one cat after the Blight. They might eventually get a rabbit for Aneira, too. Or a nug.

Who’s the stricter parent?

Zevran. He’s not particularly strict, but he wins from Not Being Isaline.

Who kills the bugs in the house?

No one we’re nice to the bugs :(

How do they celebrate holidays?

They generally follow Antivan traditions, because the Circle didn’t tend to do a lot of celebrations, but with Isaline being a strong Andrastian and Antiva being strongly Andrastian, they are pretty religious about it. I think they also kind iof awkwarly try to celebrate elven holidays, because Zev and Aneira don’t want to admit they want to connect to their culture more, but they definitely do.

Who’s more likely to convince the other to come back to sleep in the morning?

Zevran. Isaline likes to get up and Do Stuff, but also does like to be snuggled.

Who’s the better cook?

They’re both fairly good at it. Zev probably wins just because Isaline, while a fast learner, has never cooked anything before leaving the Circle.