#loghain playlist

[dragonageshitposting]

*Adds "Non-Stop" from Hamilton to our Loghain playlist*

Wrath/Desmond: "That's Loghain to Wren ..and Alexander too not gonna lie"

Ctrl: "AND Cailan. Man Loghain is just a hater-"

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[wardencutter]

who died (who will save you when you fall?) and made you king of it all?

[milesmentis]

Playlist Ask meme: 75 and 89. 😌

75) "All That You Are" from the game Lost Ember

Taking a big timeskip ahead with these ones! So, since Alistair isn't king in our worldstate, he's not the one who does the events in the comic Those Who Speak: Heulwen does. And of course, she brings Loghain. This song is his emotional denouement, after finding Maric in the Fade ... alive! ... only to lose him yet again. Heulwen finds him outside in the rain crying in a way he hadn't since his father's death 30 years earlier. This is the most gentle of the Loghain specific songs since it's his moment of closure, and I think it pairs well with the two Maric songs on the list to make a little mini arc inside the playlist itself.

89) "Predator and Prey" by Griffin Puatu and Jonah Scott

Jumping to Inquisition now for Sollavellan but make it gay! This song is based on the anime Beastars and has the exact perfect mix of pining and mutual destruction for Solas and Telahn. The great thing about making this relationship canon to the FusionVerse specifically is that Telahn's not the Inquisitor, so he'll still have both hands when he attempts to throttle his ex.

[suntamer]

i haven't linked any of them yet, but i've been making so many dragon age playlists lately & i think it's time that i slide them out into the ether. some of them are finished, but most of them are still wips!!

kehda mercar. ( x varric )

varric tethras.

suri cadash. ( x blackwall)

hawthorn ingellvar. ( x davrin)

davrin.

emerence trevelyan. ( x solas )

constance hawke. ( x isabela )

meredy hawke. ( x anders )

anais hawke. ( x dumar )

ecgwynn cousland. ( x loghain )

jehanne thorne. ( x emmrich )

[enlichened]

3,7,8,13,21, and 26 for the dragon age questions :-)

(sorry if this is too many for one ask you dont have to answer all of them)

YAY you dont have to be sorry! i love talking about all my guys.....

but i WILL limit myself to surana/hawke/samahl unless someone else has a compelling answer so this post isnt 6 hours long (all mages... all at least adjacently men... sad)

3. Opinion on blood magic

surana finds blood magic intriguing but distasteful for himself. he didn't mind jowan being a blood mage after he got over the initial shock (rarely is what the templar said true) but hes wary. both because of the history he's heard and also for himself specifically (he doesn't trust himself with the power to hurt himself or others). (battlemage/arcane warrior)

hawke had never met a blood mage before merrill (that he knew of, malcolm having used blood magic before) and after merrill never met a blood mage he liked. unfortunately i think merrill reads as an exception to him rather than the rules being faulty themselves. while he doesnt mind merrill taking some of his own blood/power, he finds it hard to reckon with the issues of hurt/consent otherwise. he prefers magic that's very. overt and representative. theres no underlying tricks, just raw power. plus after what happens to his mother, he REALLY ends up with a kneejerk negative reaction to anyone but merrill using it. (lightning/force mage).

Samahl is wary of anything that templars use or focus on (blood magic being some of both). He has a weak stomach AND he doesn't trust the majority of blood mages (that he's met or heard of), so he would never want to use it himself. he would be okay with mages using it ethically as long as they kept it away from him. also despite being a dorianmancer the weak stomach applies to necromancy too <3 sorry dorian. (rift mage)

otherwise, positive to negative: amell (blood mage), cousland (reaver. also bloodfreak), 2nd hawke (also reaver. also merrillmancer), mahariel (merrill stan/romancer), aeducan, tabris, brosca, and kadan adaar (despite romancing a reaver (bull)).

The rest of these are going under a readmore... bc i am verbose..

7. if they had to choose one person most important to them, who would that be?

in the interest of being interesting about these i will pick one other person Besides their romantic partner. bc they are all very in love.

surana (romanced zevran): alistair. besties for the resties.

hawke (romanced fenris): varric and carver duel for this honor in his head every day. the rankings can shift depending on the moment (reread a bit in the tale of the champion where varric besmirched him. remembered carver being a cheeky bastard. etc). fenris understands being outranked by sibling concern or varrichawke bromance (never lasts long). EDIT: ALSO MY FRIENDS INQUISITOR MYRNA. he loves her very very much forever. fenris understands this less but hes shrugging

samahl (romanced dorian, as mentioned): its solas unfortunately. its solas. like 3 of his whole songs on his playlist are about solas. its the friend/trusted advisor/mentor thing. and then solas doesnt even think of him as a real person (or at least tries not to). its crushing. he didn't even care about the arm.

8. Who do they hate the most, and do they have an arch-nemesis?

surana cant find it in himself to HATE loghain, but he puts up an effort for alistair. boring answer but he mostly hates Systems rather than individuals - the moment he gains personal knowledge of someone and their motivations he can't Wholly hate them anymore. even taliesin who he was VERY ready to hurt before he could hurt zevran, he heard him and knew that he couldn't hate him. how could he hate anyone else who loved zevran. who WAS zevran even a little. he even feels bad for killing arl howe after nathaniel shows up (not enough to regret it, but still)

hawke - meredith. danarius. cullen. the lack of wind on a hot day. as a joke he'll be nemeses with anyone but for REAL its people with power who abuse it, and cullen because of that and also personal vendetta. cullen broke his nose AGAIN.

samahl doesn't hate anybody (too tired) while also hating everybody who's convenient. blames cullen in the universe in which his clan dies (not real to me). blames corypheus blames samson blames cassandra blames solas. unfortunately what this all means is that he hates and blames himself. he cant even be mad at solas in the end. he couldnt even be mad at corypheus or the nightmare or alexius. but hes very normal about it i promise.

notable mention to mahariel who hates duncan the most (but is nice in front of alistair, who is grieving).

13. their thoughts on the Grey Warden order?

surana is. fine with them. he wouldnt have chosen to be a grey warden and he doesnt particularly like doing it, but he doesnt begrudge them for needing help during a blight - especially after duncan and all those with him died during ostagar. after the blight its.. something to do. and he might as well make it worth it that he's SO blighted - that he'll die sooner rather than later - so that nobody else has to.

Hawke thinks theyre overrated - he's killed a LOT of darkspawn thank youuuuu and they also failed to keep corypheus down (not that he did any better). hes very bitter at the wardens for keeping their secrets about the calling and ALSO bitter that carver seems to be enjoying life more in their ranks than anytime with him. or at least that he doesnt hear about it when he isn't. scared for his dumb baby brother all the time and he doesnt even call.

samahl respects what they do and what theyve done, but doesnt care to think of them as infallible. because they arent! hes a little irritated when blackwall goes on but that becomes mostly amusement once he finds out about blackwalls whole thing. he does NOT like what the weisshaupt wardens did, but that doesn't mean the whole organization is busted - just that there shouldn't be room for ALL of these types of things to happen (corypheus, weisshaupt, hawke.). he actually really loves the history though, and didn't mind hearing blackwall talk about it when it was history rather than just flattering. (would have a hero thing about surana WAY more than he did hawke. sorry hawke).

EDIT: that was not the weisshaupt wardens that was the uhhh. whoever the here lies the abyss ones were. you know.

21. what is their biggest regret?

surana doesnt WISH he'd never been a grey warden - someone had to defeat the archdemon - but he does regret that he'll have to leave zevran behind one day. i imagine theyre looking for a cure, but not hard. theyve discussed this at length. (i wrote a little thing once of surana informing zevran about the whole calling thing, but its VERY old now).

hawke. his whole family. kirkwall. is everything youve ever done a regret?. he regrets the fact that anders didnt come to him and let him say how fucking stupid the bombing was before he did it. he would have helped him with ANYTHING else. he regrets what happened to his sister, his mother, to carver even if he is still alive. to his father, at the very beginning. letting carver go to ostagar alone. not saying anything good enough to have his friends believe in him enough to trust him. merrill's clan hating her in part because of him. not being enough for anyone to stay for, after the fact. holding fenris there (false) when he was the exception. letting varric write that fucking book about him. not going when varric first told him they were looking for him, and going when it meant he would die. not being able to sit still without a sword to throw himself on.

samahl. solas again. dorian leaving too, but thats him being so strong and supporting his lover from afar. but not being enough for solas to reconsider what he was doing? LOGICALLY he knows it wasnt about him but who gives a shit what logic says.

26. Do they get a happy ending?

Surana. happy-ish? defeated TWO world disasters i think he deserves to be zevrans trophy wife dealing with His stuff for a little while. he's going to die from blight any day now probably irt da4 but hes in love and still talks to his friends if he can. he makes sigrun stay closeby so he can remind her not to die before him. she lets him <33.

HAWKE lives in purgatory right now. both because there are two different timelines (the one i played vs the one i wrote with my friend + her inquisitor). in the first hes alive and safe from the fade. deeply depressed but living with fenris and dog and letters from his People and killing slavers. what more could a guy ask for at the end of the day. in the OTHER timeline he gets left in the fade. BUTTTT i imagine his friends band together to get him out. because i love. reforming the team. and also he needs to deal with that deep depression by living through more struggles. his favorite. fenris might kill him when theyre all done saving him though.

samahl.... we'll see wont we. hes fine with no arm hes.. less fine with dorian not being there. but hes got his friends even if he's disbanded the inquisition. he gets to go back to his clan and cry into the keepers arms for a minute. he gets to help teach the kids how to control their magic, even if his has suffered from . probably no longer being a rift mage? he gets to LIVE and not be under 2390248 stresses every day. until datv. but whateverrr hes chillin rn. sneaking into dorians house every now and then and helping his clan and helping the red jennies (SERA..) and giving leliana (divine in his timeline) advice he is NOT qualified to give. helping cassandra undo tranquility. its a life and its to be had.

shoutout to mahariel for either dying or becoming a father (accident and not even his) or being in a strange relationship with merrill and/or tamlen and/or tamlens ghost. shoutout to tabris for having gay sex on the daily with the new divine. shoutout to brosca for the horrors of motherhood to a god souled son. she followed morrigan and never regretted it but went. god. hes a little weird isnt he (full of love). shoutout to cousland for their WEIRD fucking thing with both anora (queen) and nathaniel (queen). shoutout to hawke 2 for being 1 ingredient in a very isabela and merrill sandwich for the rest of forever and not even coming when the inquisition called.

[inquisitor-julia]

So! not exactly sure how I want to format this but here I am to babble about my OCs starting with the original love of my life: Elsanna Cousland

Putting this giant post under the cut so I don't clog up anyone's dash!

So to start off, just the basics:

Status: Alive and well, Queen of Ferelden

Name Meaning: “Powerful Sparrow”

Full Name: Elsanna Norette Cousland [Theirin]

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Date of Birth: 15th of Firstfall 9:12 Dragon

Age: 18 (at the start of Origins)

Class: Rogue (Dual-Wielder)

Specializations: Duelist, Assassin, Shadow

Romance: Alistair

Shares World-State With: Serafina Hawke and Nayeli Trevelyan

Height: 5'8"

Family: Eleanor (Mother)(Dead), Bryce (Father)(Dead), Fergus (Older Brother), Oriana (Sister-In-Law)(Dead), Oren (Nephew)(Dead), Cassia (Sister-In-Law), Eleanora (Niece), Bryson (Nephew), Vilaida (Mabari)

Children: Alessandra (Daughter)

MBTI: ENFJ

Astrology: Scorpio [3rd Decan]

Pinterest Board

Playlist

Romance Playlist (for sure needs updating)

Her in game decisions:

she recruits and keeps all of the available companions

she’s friends with all of her companions

her mabari is named Vilaida

sided with the mages

protected redcliffe

helped connor with the help of the circle of magi and isolde and connor lived

did not defile the sacred ashes

made peace between the elves and werewolves

Avernus allowed to live and continue experiments humanely

did not drink Avernus’ potion and did not destroy it

destroyed the anvil and sided with cairidin

Bhelen rules Orzammar

“killed” flemeth (by which i mean she absolutely fought flemeth but obviously flemeth isn’t actually dead so…)

Loghain was executed by Alistair

Alistair rules Ferelden with Elsanna as his Queen

The dark ritual was done by Alistair

Elsanna killed the archdemon and lived

Elsanna became warden commander and arlessa of amaranthine

recruited all awakening companions

friends with all awakening companions

protected both vigil’s keep and amaranthine

killed the architect

let morrigan leave through the eluvian

Some posts I've made about her previously

Aesthetic Post

Infodump Post

Short Fic

Elsanna and Four Colors

16 Factors Test

Wedding Dress

Warden or Queen Ask

Sad Cousland Headcanon

Elsi and Alistair Gifset

Feelings About Loghain

Excuse You I Am Your Queen

Feelings About Wardens

Hogwarts Aesthetic (no i don't engage with HP anymore but i still like this post)

Eamon vs. Alessandra

In Five Gifs

Leliana and Shale

Happy Ending

Kiss, Marry, Get Drinks With

Dog and Ser Pounce

How Deeply She Feels

Elsanna's Theme

Dollmakers 1 2 3 4 5

Art of her:

by changelingsandothernonsense

by paranoidfactors

by junie-junette

by mirandemia

by me

by deeplord

I know this post is really just links but this is just to start me off talking about her! I have more info written down (somewhere) that I'm going to post and I'm open to any questions! :)

[maxthetruman]

listen to my loghain x warden playlist boy

[spacetrashpile]

ok under the cut cause there's quite a few of these guys and i included lyrics so this got long. for every song i listed the full title, the album it's on, and added a link to the bandcamp version of the song. you can also listen through this whole thing on a playlist here! (davrin’s song is only on bandcamp so it’s not on the spotify playlist sorry)

also sorry no awakening exclusive companions or sebastian due to still not having played the relevant game stuff for them.

ORIGINS

Alistair: mike townsend (knows what he's gotta do) (ENCORE. or, an incomplete and contradictory history of jaylen hotdogfingers, her trials and tribulations)

They found a way to get her from the shadows/But they need someone to go to where the map shows/I'm Mike Townsend, and I know what to do/I need respect, and I just might earn some/It's a journey I might not return from/I'm Mike Townsend, and I know what to do

Morrigan: Coven's Lullaby (Reunion Tour)

Magics cast in Yellowstone/The seasons change, and the fires burn/There are three souls among the ash/Sometimes far, but always close/There is a home in Yellowstone/The embers float on the dawn’s first breeze/The things that once were are nothing but dust/New life comes with the waking of earth/There will be growth in Yellowstone

Leliana: eyes in the dark (DEICIDE)

All my energy/Is wasted, I'm wasted/And I don't know that I can get out of the place I'm in/And I am tryna hold it all together/Cause we will be together/We can hold each other close/And if I do not believe that/Then I cannot believe/That anything will change until I'm dead

Sten: Semiquaver (and Everyone Else) (we've been the garages)

I hear the shadows call/My home away from home/It doesn't hurt to fall/If you don't have a throne/The static never cleared/And I still smell the flames/So many disappeared/But you still know their names/Too many days/Passing me by/Who do I blame/When I don't die/Underhanded/For a blink of an eye/And everyone said/It couldn't hurt to try

Shale: Salt (we’ve been the garages)

Stuck in a shape I loathe/Confined to a form I’m not/And it’s growing old/It’s turning to stone

Wynne: new sparks for old friends (ENCORE. or, an incomplete and contradictory history of jaylen hotdogfingers, her trials and tribulations)

Taking one for the team/Has never cut so deep/But now she's back on the field/Sparks dance round her eyes/She's ready to pay the price/Making the most of her borrowed time

Zevran: Gamer Grindset (Reunion Tour)

Tired of being my own villain/This bat and ball were made for killin’!/So try all you want to bring me down, I’ve already done it myself/And if I got no love from any fan, at least I can bring ‘em hell

Oghren: relief pitcher (leave it on the field) (storm's coming)

So send me up/So sound the alarm/A ball in my glove/And hate in my arm/Grip my weapon between the seams/I don’t have long left on this team/Never yield, never yield/Leave it on the field

Loghain: hell’s game (eye of the storm)

Now, we had ourselves an agreement, boy, you said you'd play for me/You can't change your mind or you'll be left behind/And this new life ain't free/Now, step on up to the plate, young man/And see if their hand throws true/You’ve got debt to pay, and you're here to stay/And you've got nothing else to lose

DA2

Carver: dial tone (the garages TAKEOVER)

I saw your back when you walked away from me/The last time that I saw you on the field/They all say, it’ll fade eventually/But I mean, eventually, we’ll all be dead/And I don’t know if you’ll miss me at all

Bethany: better now (the garages present: be my vlalentine)

Go big or go home, and I wanna/Go home, I don’t have a home, man/What’s a home, anyway/I think I lost it/I'm tryna find it/And I don’t wanna shine brighter than the moon/Farewell brother, you're gone too soon

Aveline: get normal (ENCORE. or, an incomplete and contradictory history of jaylen hotdogfingers, her trials and tribulations)

Can we get back to normal?/Can we get normal after this?/It feels like my world is crumbling/It feels like the world is crumbling down/If we can't get to normal/If there's no normal after this/How are we to keep going?

Varric: phantom signals (short circuit 02)

We formed a team to pay for the expensive habit of wanting to pay rent and make some noise/And maybe order a pizza from time to time/But little did we know that was the price we’d pay for the luxury of having our souls destroyed/I guess it could've been worse

Merill: your favorite one to break (blasetober)

Take away my form I will be yours to mold/Erase my edges, discard my shape in the glow/I want to lose myself in the pulse of our drumbeat/Then: take away the ties that bind me to my home/Make sure there's nothing left of the safety I know/Dissolve me into the rhythm/I need this to haunt me

Anders: bones to ohio (anyone else) (short circuit 02)

Nothing left in this shithole town/Gonna burn it all, burn it all, burn it all down/So what’s it gonna be?/Calling out for a god to help/I’m gonna be anyone anyone else/Yeah, the shell is strong but the body’s weak/You gotta learn how to yell before you learn how to speak/It’s all bitter work with your face in the dirt/Do you think it’ll sting, do you think it’ll hurt/I want the burning taste of infinity/Put the scales in my eyes where everybody can see

Isabella: forecast (storm's coming)

They’re breathing down your neck, Jaylen/They’re breathing down your neck/What are you gonna do to stop it?They’re breathing down your neck, Jaylen/They’re breathing down your neck/There’s a storm coming your way/You missed it once before/But will you beat the forecast again?

Fenris: YIPS KANEKO THRUSTS HER BLOODY FIST THROUGH THE UNFEELING EYE OF GOD (short circuits 01)

Ripping out your heart/Every stitch of my name cauterizing the scar/I’m a martyr/I’m a drama queen/Gonna make an impact that'll crater the team/I’m a fighter/I’m a stubborn mistake/There’s nothing left, nothing left to take

INQUISITION

Cassandra: Where Is Your Spirit? (battle of the blands)

I will never bow to you/I will not bend the knee/If you're expecting supplication/You won't get that shit from me/I will never yield/You cannot stop me now/If you want me off the field/You’ll have to strike me down/I'll strike you out!

Solas: traitor’s lament (UNSTABLE)

Do you think this matters?/Have you checked the rule book yet?/Do you really think that this will ward off any looming threat?/What will be different once the cosmos stop and time resets?/No gods, no masters, no receivers of prayers to forget/Oh, remembrance, I,

Varric: nothing has changed (the garages suck) (yes he gets two, i'm biased. he'd probably get three if he was an actual companion in veilguard. honestly it would probably be this one.)

And I’m trying to remember if I ever enjoyed this/My arm’s getting tired, and my back’s getting sore/From traveling cross-country a hundred days in a row/There’s a dog barking in the neighbor's yard/That’s been barking for the last ten years/Nothing has changed, and I want to get over/All the nights I spent in Houston

Sera: EMBRACE VIOLENCE (UNSTABLE)

I’m gonna take the coins in your pocket/And lay them on your tongue/You won’t need them where you’re headed/But it might be a bit of fun/I think you’ll agree this transaction/Went off with out a hitch/Now you’re the one who’s hiding/How’s that for fucking rich?

Vivienne: Preservation II (we've been the garages)

With gossamer for wings you’ll burn like the moth you were/And at the end of everything you love, they’ll call you a star/You stand alone on a cold and empty stage/An artifact of a long forgotten age/Where are the crowds who used to cheer?/Gave a reason to justify the fear/With all the farewells unspoken/Where once you were bright and golden

Iron Bull: fight gods (the garages kill the gods)

Yeah, I bet you feel frightened/You feel it coming like a wave/A million droplets/Making up an ocean/And you know what would be fun?/If we put out the sun/We're coming to get you

Blackwall: Precognition/Magmatic (World Tour: Part 2)

So this is how it ends/There won't be songs sung about today/No trophies, no medals amid the grey/Just me alone with the weight/To dry, blood needs air/So I'll learn to breathe again/But never be the same

Dorian: heart full of love (and a mouth full of blood) (the garages present: be my vlalentine)

From the moment I saw you I knew you'd be the most exciting man in my life/But from the moment you joined me, my darling, you’ve been standing on the edge of a knife/You rose above all the rest, dear, with no fear/But now I think you're in over your head/Love, I swear that it won't be you or me/But someone's coming out of this dead

Cole: brand new day in ohio (the garages (learn nothing))

You're a stranger taking someone else's place/Where have I heard that one before?/Don't be afraid to leave a trace/And lead the way, you're not in Dallas anymore/If the stars look different/From the other side of the rift/Promise you'll hold them close

VEILGUARD

Harding: The Ballad of Unremarkable Derrick Krueger (Discipline)

We’re not a team, we’re protagonists/But who’s writing the story?/And will I make it in?/Is this all that I am at the end of the day?/One more name for the ticker/One less lousy Garage pitcher/As the sky grows dim/Tell them I did my best/I was funny and kind/Please don’t let them forget

Neve: a warning (DEICIDE)

You'll find we're a ruthless bunch/And we're often correct when we have a hunch/If the last few years were proof enough/Then you and I both know what's on our minds/We're here to ask our new owner: something in that deal isn't disclosed/Is this a hostile takeover?/If so, there's something that you should know:/This is a warning from us to you/Now that our end of the deal is due/If you've got some hell to put us through/You know what happened last time, don't you?

Bellara: sidelined (UNSTABLE)

I guess it comes and goes in waves/And though the universe is/Aimless and unstable/I see patterns/I need something not to change/But I thought I was fine/I only like me when I'm/Up to bat or standing in the light

Lucanis: the second time (DEICIDE)

If I don’t kill you the first time, I will kill you the second time/If you don’t kill me the first time, I will kill you the second time/‘Cause I’ve been burned many times before/Now I’ve learned not to take any more/Of your love

Davrin: ENCORE (single, also, technically not a garages song, but it’s a blaseball fan song by a notable member of the band so it counts. because i love it.)

All of the flooding, every decibel of reverb/Makes a pattern, it’s a cycle, it's repeating, it's repeating/There’s no more music when the album ends/No more hits unless you play pretend/There’s no more/Stop waiting for the encore/There’s no more songs after the lights come on/No more party when the party's gone/There’s no more/Stop waiting for the encore

Emmrich: ghostlights (the garages (learn nothing))

Someday the bog's hunger will swallow us all/And you'll find yourself alone/But on the stage/We pretend this sorry state can be a home/We've got nowhere else to go, so why not put on a show?/To remember us by when we're gone/When the last crumbling rafters are finally pulled under/Don't forget to leave the ghostlight on

Taash: we may not look like much (DEICIDE)

We may not look like much we/May start from nothing but we/Got way more spirit than a/Nut who thinks he’s god/You don’t know anything bout/The mess you’ve started now/Best get your weapons ready/Cause we are tearing down your walls

deicide edit being done is making me think of this. i should do the obligatory new fandom thing and assign garages songs to each of the da companions.

[idolsgf]

it’s the blorbos

i spent way too long making these please listen

also shoutout to @seriousames for sending me a song i sculpted most of ashari’s personality around, bless you <3

the cover photos are from @/nakdraws picrew you can find on twitter, they’re cute and i wanted consistency

[loghainmactir]

> spotify playlists for padril, loghain, and their relationship

sucker for your glowing (here, loghain/padril) angel, angel, what have i done? (here, loghain) so very far from fine (here, padril)

@greyedwardens​ wanted to be tagged!

[thiefbird]

Mmmmmmm Would That I (Hozier) is so good and like. Bittersweet.

[milesmentis]

I love the playlist ask, ahhh! I'm going to ask about: #1, #65 and #53!

1) "New River" by the Oh Hellos

Starting off the playlist (and the asks) with the theme for my #1 brain rot characters: the Couslands. This song is my Bryce and Eleanor theme, for the rebellion as they were falling in love specifically. It's got nautical themes and a simple chorus that feels great to belt at the top of your lungs. It's a jaunty pick me up that sets the tone for the playlist as a whole: no matter how great the trials, take heart that we will overcome. Also the line -

But the river takes her shape from every tempest she abides. And like her, you'll be made new again

was the inspiration for my Mac Eanraig family motto: like the Sea, we Endure.

65) "If You Care" by Evan Barlow

Oooof. This pick is pure angst and comes from what I consider the "PTSD Suite" of the playlist. It's Loghain’s farewell song for when he is deep in his self-loathing era and cuts off his relationship with Heulwen. Their first attempt at romance is ... fraught to say the least and both are wracked with crippling guilt. This song is his decision point: to end things and accept his reassignment before he inevitably destroys her too. Enemies to Lovers never misses 💔

You wanna stay / I wanna let you

I'm too far gone / I can't protect you

53) "Born for This" by the Score

Another Cousland song! This is Daren’s battle anthem and sort of character centerpiece. He is a person who defines himself strongly by his role as a defender and champion and this song really gets to the crux of that. It's not an angry song, but it's driven... focused. I like to describe him as my Unmovable Object: once he's taken a stand, that's it. Also because of the lines -

We come from different places but have the same name

These words that I write are for someone like me to know you're not alone

I like to imagine it directed to all the other Couslands I know and love ... all the other Suranas and Mahariels and Broscas. It's a rallying cry: you're strong enough and you're not on your own.

[o-samus]

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[druckkugelschreiber]

Me casually adding „me and the devil“ to the Nydhena x Loghain Playlist

Nothing to see here

Wish I had the motivation so I could make an edit for them to that song

[kasinonightlife]

Stroud: Made you all playlists!

Stroud: Loghain, yours has only heavy metal, and is dark like your soul.

Stroud: Alistair, yours has sad songs and blues to pair with your crippling depression.

Stroud: And Hawke has the ABBA Gold album.

[ronqueesha]

Another playlist! This time for my warden, Kallian. I thought it would be fun to show Kallian’s dichotomy by having each song wildly swing between moods and genres. It’s audio whiplash for sure.

“Welcome to the Family” - Avenged Sevenfold

“The family” being the Grey Wardens. “The kid” who committed psychotic acts of violence and now faces a life sentence is Kallian.

“Your Daddy Loves You” - Gil Scott-Heron

No matter what happens, no matter the troubles they face as elves or citizens of Ferelden, Kallian’s papa will always love her.

“The Red” - Chevelle

Kallian suffers from Intermittent Explosive Disorder, on top of having rage issues that stem from countless other sources. She is volatile to be sure.

“May I?” - Trading Yesterday

 But some of Kallian’s anger issues only exist to shield an extremely vulnerable, soft, and loving heart. Her rage is a shield against a cruel world, and only a select few get to see the actual person beneath the anger.

“The Light” - Disturbed

Just like Kallian, this song sounds rough and aggressive at first. But it’s actually a song about self-improvement and redemption through a crucible. Plus it has the line “It’s not a blight but a remedy”, which is perfect for Kallian and her arc.

“A Story About a Girl” - Our Lady Peace

Deep down, Kallian wants to be something she’s not. But she needs some help ascending from her self-imposed prison of anger and hatred. That’s where Leliana comes in.

“In The End” - Black Veil Brides

Similar vibe to “The Light”. Kallian does eventually find the strength to work through her rage issues, prejudices, and hatred. In the end, she becomes worthy of the title “Hero of Ferelden”.

“Fire Inside” - Pop Evil

Although Kallian grows as a person during the blight, she keeps the fire inside her veins. The mask of rage served her well for 19 years, and it becomes an effective weapon against the blight.

“Payback” - Slayer

This plays in Kallian’s head whenever she looks at Loghain or Howe. All of her progress and self-improvement goes out the window when she sees those two shems. And all of the rage she has been building for almost two decades can come exploding out.

“Beast and the Harlot” - Avenged Sevenfold

The instrumental for this song is a good vibe for how I imagine Kallian fights. She is not a fancy fencer, nor is she a graceful ballerina swimming through a battle with her rogue skills. She’s rough, she’s crude, and she’s brutal with her knives.