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☀️ Leliana Week 2024: Nov 27th to Dec 4th

15 years ago today, November 3rd, Dragon Age: Origins released, marking the introduction of one very special, beloved character: Leliana! To celebrate her and everything about her, we will not only be hosting a Leliana themed week but also opening an interest check for a physical fanzine at the end of that week on the unofficial Dragon Age day!

We will be tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions!

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Leliana Week 2024 November 27th to December 4th

Day 1: Nugs | Ravens | Shoes

Day 2: Past | Present | Future

Day 3: Sister | Bard | Spymaster

Day 4: Steeled | Enlightened

Day 5: Ghost | Divine

Day 6: Ferelden | Orlais

Day 7: Warden | Champion | Inquisitor

Alt Prompts: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories

Rules

Feel free to combine prompts, both the day and alt ones, use more than one, etc.!

All and ONLY forms of human made creations will be accepted, no AI, chatGPT, etc will be allowed. Confirmed cases will not be shared/reblogged, deleted, and blocked from future participation.

Shipping Leliana with any playable character, NPC, etc. will be accepted!

Exploration of heavy topics in Leliana's past, such as abuse, rape, and so on, and anything NSFW must be tagged accordingly.

[illusivesoul]

"We are the same" - Marjolaine "The Inquisition needs me, just as Justinia needed me. Death and deception are my trade. It is what I am. It is what I always will be"

For @lelianazine Leliana’s Week Event

Day 2 Prompts: Past / Present / Futurre

[rinoaebastel]

For @lelianazine Leliana’s Week Event #lelianaweek2024 Prompts: Day 1 Nugs.

[lelianazine]

☀️ Leliana Week 2024 only two weeks away!

Hope everyone has been having fun with Veilguard, but don't miss out on celebrating our favorite bard Leliana in just two weeks on the 27th! More information can be found here on the main post.

[illusivesoul]

"Together, for Good This Time"

For @lelianazine Leliana's Week Event

Day 7 Prompts: Warden/ Champion / Inquisitor

Words: 740

Read it on AO3

"Serena Brosca returns home."

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The familiar squeaking filled the air, mixing with the noise of metal clanking on metal as the armoured warriour approached the entrance to the villa, creating a disorganized symphony that mixed with the distant noise of waves crashing against the shore. The sound of sniffing and paws scratching wood intensified as soon as she put the large key in the lock and pulled the door on the side of the large wall that surrounded the villa open.

Before she could step inside, a small creature rushed to her excitedly.

"Hey you!" Brosca said as she took the nug that had started scratching her greaves and lifted it in her arms.

"You're Schmooples the Second, I think, unless all your siblings have this same mark here as you do” the woman said as she pointed to the reddish mark along the nugs back “Red doesn't stop gushing about you in her letters. You were this small when I last saw you, like a flea on a bronto" she said as she made her thumb and index fingers almost touch" I knew your dad, you know?"

Brosca gave it a half smile, as memories filled her mind.

"Oh, it's one of those subterranean bunny-pigs! Oh, look at him! Come here you" Leliana said as she kneeled beside the nug, softly scratching his ears as the creature leaned into the touch “Thank you so much, Serena. You made my day”

“You’ll thank me more if you have him for dinner. They taste good with potatoes”“I told you I am not going to eat it!” Leliana wrapped her arms around the nug protectively, an annoyed expression set on her face.

“Well, if you ever changed your mind, you can put some salt and butter on it and…”“Let 's go, Schmooples. You don’t have to listen to this”

The dwarf chuckled as she saw the woman walking back towards her tent with the nug.

“What kind of name is Schmooples anyway?”

The nug chirped in response, almost as if she could see what was going through the dwarf’s minds.

"It would be funny if you understood me" the warden smiled as her gauntleted hand scratched the top of the creature's head.

"What are you, like 8 years old now? You've gotten no bigger though. Don't know if you even get bigger"

"Old nugs are not a common sight in Orzammar, after all. Isn't that right, lady Paragon?"

The anxiety that had been building up in her chest since she started her journey back turned into a firestorm as the sound of that voice, her voice reached her ears. And suddenly her heart was threatening to burst out of her chest.

“Leliana”

“Serena”

Lips curving into a trembling smile, the former warden let the nug down on the floor, tears already threatening to spill forth as her eyes met hers. Leliana had more lines dotting her face, the unavoidable marks of time making themselves seen, gray already settling in and stealing some of the red from her hair. A basket filled with finely cut vegetables and fruit filled her basket hung from her arm, the latest meal for all the ever hungry subterranean bunny pigs, as she had called them all those years ago.

“The small ones are from a litter born 2 months ago, and I know they seem like a lot, but they’re not that… that much trouble to handle…”

Brosca hadn’t expected to be the first to cry, always having prided herself in “bottling up everything”, as Rica liked to say. And yet, by the time she realized what she was doing, Schmooples the Second was hastily devouring the contents in the basket, Leliana having lost all care for it and dropping it as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her, the dwarven woman's mouth pressed to hers in a tight kiss, lips on each other amidst a wave of laughs and breaths that spoke of a longing that words couldn't describe.

They parted for air, forehead to forehead, and the laughter came, the joy of finally being together. For good this time.

Serena's fingers traced the crow's feet spreading from the corners of Leliana's eyes.

“Don’t say it”

"You got old"

"Oh, shut up" Leliana answered, followed by a phrase in orlesian that the dwarf couldn’t understand but still made her laugh.

“Where have you been?”

“It’s a long story. We have a lot of catching up to do”

[illusivesoul]

"There are those who would cling to the old ways, of course, but they will see. I would make them see"

For @lelianazine Leliana's Week Event

Day 4 Prompts: Steeled / Enlightened

[illusivesoul]

"We are here to show Ferelden how Orlais commands the Game"

For @lelianazine Leliana’s Week Event

Day 3 Prompts: Sister | Bard | Spymaster

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 only one week away!

Just one more week until we can celebrate our favorite bard Leliana on the 27th! 🧡 More information can be found here on the main post.

[illusivesoul]

A Farewell

For @lelianazine Leliana's Week Event

Day 5 Prompts: Ghost/ Divine

Words: 630

Read it on AO3

"Leliana had grown quieter in the weeks after the Inquisition's dissolution was announced. Josephine had noticed"

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“Maker, that was atrocious. Plaidweave in a ball? You’d have been horrified if you had seen it”

Leliana's lips curved slightly upwards, letting out a soft chuckle in response to Josephine before returning her sight to the two moons shining brightly in the clear night sky above the rookery.

Josephine let out a deep breath, that tightness in her chest that had become a constant in all her conversations with Leliana lately returning with force, a growing sadness, a sensation of something having been lost forever without knowing what it was permeating her mind.

“You have been a good friend, Josephine” the spymaster said, her voice almost echoing across the rookery now that there were no crows around, the flame from the candle on the table almost seeming to dance at the sound of the woman’s voice, like a bard enthralling an audience with her tunes “Perhaps the truest friend I’ve ever had, and a better friend than I deserved. I am sorry for all the pain I may have caused you”

The ambassador stretched out her hand, wrapping her fingers with Leliana’s gloved ones  from across the table. She wanted to say something, reassuring words she had told to so many for so long, a vain attempt to reassure both herself and Leliana that everything would be alright. But no words came out, lips parting open but no sound coming from them as tears began rolling down her face.

The spymaster placed her other hand on top of Josephine’s, giving her that empty reassuring smile accompanied by a short nod. “You should rest. You will need all your energies for dealing with the merchants”

Tears were quickly wiped dry by a silk cloth, the ambassador trying to put back on the diplomatic facade she had started to use around Leliana for the past few weeks as she became colder, more distant.

“Yes, of course. See you tomorrow, my dear”

The two of them learned forward, giving two kisses on each other’s cheeks as a farewell, Josephine feeling the borderline unnatural cold from Leliana’s lips seeping into her skin.

As she reached the stairs of the rookery, she turned around and gave one more look at her friend.

Leliana smiled and nodded at her once again, before returning her gaze to the distant and cold night sky.

Josephine nodded back, and continued her descent, the sinking feeling in her stomach telling her that something had been finalized that night, that something would leave alongside the stars and moons once the morning came… and would never return.

The first rays of sunlight creeped over the horizon and through her window when the ambassador bolted up from her bed. She had never tended to oversleep, the burden of responsibilities casted on her shoulders from an early age quickly dissipating any notion of sleeping more than what was strictly necessary, her body honed to wake up at the usual schedule, more often than not before the dwarven clock she always carried with her started emitting noise.

But what had startled her and brought her out from the realm of dreams was not the meeting she would have in a few hours, but a deafening cacophony of caws and beating wings, powerful enough to echo across Skyhold and the valley below before ever so slowly starting to vanish. Josephine scratched her eyes as she looked outside the crystal of her window, her hand instantly covering her mouth in surprise as she saw the flock of crows departing from the tower, spreading from it across all directions in the sky.

As she watched in awe, a familiar scent reached her nose, and her eyes widened as she saw what laid at the feet of the bed.

“Andraste’s Grace? But… I never brought that flower here…”

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 Day 5: Ghost | Divine

It's already Day 5 of Leliana Week! The prompts today are: Ghost | Divine or our alternative ones: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories.

We are tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions! Our main post with more information here.

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 Day 3: Sister | Bard | Spymaster

Little under halfway through of Leliana Week with Day 3! The prompts today are: Sister | Bard | Spymaster or our alternative ones: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories.

We are tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions! Our main post with more information here.

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 Day 1: Nugs | Ravens | Shoes

Day 1 of Leliana Week is here! The prompts today are: Nugs | Ravens | Shoes or our alternative ones: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories. We look forward to seeing the Lelilove! 🧡

We are tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions! Our main post with more information here.

[rinoaebastel]

Broken - Draw for Leliana's Week 2024

This is my participation for @lelianazine Leliana’s Week Event #lelianaweek2024

Prompts used: Day 3 Spymaster. Also used: Warden, Ravens, nugs, Romance. Leliana and her Warden, broken by distance in DAI, by an unfair situation that they cannot fight against in my fanfic: Cloaked by Shadows//Envueltas en sombras.

It’s also a personal draw that I started just the day after my world shattered. It might be beautiful but it holds all the pain that people suffer when they love each other. It has a deep meaning that I wanted to express on paper.

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 starts tomorrow!

We're already nearly to the first day to celebrate our best bard Leliana! Do you have anything ready to share yet? 🧡 More information can be found here on the main post and follow our Twitter!

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 Day 7: Warden | Champion | Inquisitor

How Leliana Week has flown by it's already our final Day 7! The prompts today are: Warden | Champion | Inquisitor or our alternative ones: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories.

We are tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions! Our main post with more information here.

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☀️ Leliana Week 2024 Day 6: Ferelden | Orlais

Already Day 6 of Leliana Week! The prompts today are: Ferelden | Orlais or our alternative ones: Light | Shadows | Romance | Bows | Stories.

We are tracking "#lelianaweek2024" but please be sure to also tag the blog @lelianazine so we're sure not to miss any submissions! Our main post with more information here.