#lorelei surana

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I have decided the My Valley worldstate needed more toxic and codependent mages.

Lorelei Surana always held a candle for Jowan. The cringefail loser guy himself. And he’s always had feelings for other girls around the tower. She was always relegated to the role of wingman.

She followed him around like a puppy, waited for him to turn her way but he never did. She studied the same subjects he did, learned the same spells he learned, and studied hard to excel in everything he did—just to be near him (and be able to hold something he wanted over him tbh). And just as she was jealous of his various paramours, he was jealous of her. Burned with envy. So when Uldred offered him power beyond his wildest dreams, he accepted.

Then the prologue happened. After Jowan performs blood magic, Jowan, Lorelei, and their mentor Alaric Amell all came under suspicion. Duncan only came for one Warden and recruited Alaric, leaving his two protégées to the cells beneath the Circle. Even imprisoned for his transgression, she gave more of herself to him, allowing for his escape and not hers. And as punishment for helping a blood mage escape, she was made Tranquil.

(Ugh. This worldstate’s circle makes me ILL actually. It’s soo messy. And btw Lorelei gets cured of her tranquility in dai so it’s not just pain and suffering for her)

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fuck it we ball : shipping edition !

( these are both romantic and platonic dynamics i'd like to write - friendships usually end up being my favorite kind of relationships so i encourage them VERY much. bolded names are the ones i'd like to write the most. ocs are obviously always included. this is a list i will keep updating. )

surana: romantic: alistair (specifically, august's (@/psychcwound), leliana, zevran, morrigan. platonic: other alistair muses [because these two are besties(tm) in my og worldstate], leliana, zevran, morrigan, jowan, wynne, sten, cullen (she's gonna dunk on him.... i understand if you don't wanna write them dlksjf)

hawke: romantic: varric........., merrill in aus. platonic: fenris, anders, isabela (the one who can match the menace energy alright), merrill, hawke twins.

lavellan: romantic: solas (it's. it's the drama alright. it got to me), josephine, blackwall, cassandra. platonic (the more romance focused characters apply here, too): COLE (from being afraid of the fade and its dwellers to befriending one. they are so important to me) iron bull, sera, leliana, dorian, varric (he calls her grumpy. as he should), vivienne, cullen.

zevran: romantic: ur warden 🫵 platonic: isabela (as in. friends who sometimes have fun together obv), the blight crew, other crow muses pspspsp.

tav (lorelei): romantic: gale (her 'canon' romance), karlach, shadowheart, rolan (because i think they could be fucking HILARIOUS, though depends how old you hc rolan to be) platonic: astarion (exclusively platonic, they are Friends), wyll, jaheira, lae'zel, halsin (bc these two have zero romantic chemistry rip), gortash (i need them to have a 4dchessing nemesis dynamic soooo bad).

tav (ramona): romantic: lae'zel (their 'canon' romance), wyll, minthara. platonic: gale, shadowheart, karlach, halsin, minsc, jaheira, astarion. (i didnt play a lot of their run yet, but this is how i see it for now...)

astarion: romantic: ur tav/durge 🫵, wyll, karlach, minthara (she could make him i worse i think) platonic: ur tav/durge, gale (i don't like bloodweave. sue me ig), shadowheart, halsin, minsc, (even he doesn't see my vision, too bad), jaheira.

karlach: romantic: ur tav/durge 🫵, astarion, wyll, shadowheart. platonic: ur tav/durge, lae'zel, wyll (again, bc they are just too powerful), gale, halsin, jaheira, minsc, dammon (i could b swayed to play a more romantic undertone, too), gortash (as in, i'd like to write a thread when she worked for him still. it could be inchresting).

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OC Directory

Skyrim

Dragonborn Pyrina Arrolani

Tiawyn "Swift-Fingers" Lakarys

Dragonborn La'Kiahni

Dragonborn Martivani

Dragonborn Vestra

ESO

Vestige Kentria

Zashazi Sticky-fingers

Vestige Esme Alimont

Vestige Imanni al-Dragonstar

Mass Effect Trilogy

Lorelei Shepard

Riley Shepard

ME Andromeda

Yuki Ryder

Dragon Age

Warden Auriel Surana

Xandara Hawke

Inquisitor Nythara Lavellan

Rook Nymaraya Aldwir

Warden Lanara Cousland

Delilah Hawke

Inquisitor Ashur Trevelyan

Rook Mercedez de Riva

Warden Darevas Mahariel

Anahi Hawke

Inquisitor Tariel Lavellan

Rook Imekatari

Baldur's Gate 3

Marika

Temerity

Faar'ru (Durge)

Nilofynn (Durge)

Tavitha

The Arcana

Apprentice Ximena

Apprentice Lilith

Apprentice Zuri

Apprentice Lorica

Apprentice Rajani

Apprentice Bellamy

Anybody who doesn't have a link, I haven't rambled about yet, but feel free to send an ask! I love to talk about these gremlins living in my brain.

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had a wedding themed simp night!!

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🗺⚡️☄️🗣 please! :)

🗺️ Does your OC like going on adventures? Have they ever discovered something really interesting and significant or are they just too busy getting lost? Where is their favourite place they’ve been? Least favourite?

Mzia: As someone who’s a self-proclaimed history nerd and a bard-in-training she loves going out on adventures and discovering anything she can get her grabby little hands on. She’s nosy and inquisitive. Getting lost is not a problem for her, just another way to find creative solutions. Her favourite place so in the span of DA:O was a toss up between the royal palace of Denerim and the old ruins in the Brecilian Forest. Her least favourite place was the alienage because it just ended up reminding her of Dust Town.

Panathlan: He likes going on adventures where he can be a little stealthy, something he’s never once doing in combat. He can find the mundane even interesting at times if it’s comfortable. The first place he found that really caught his interest was one of Denerim’s blacksmith shops outside of the alienage, and as a teen he’d just spend time watching them work. In the span of DA:O he is the one to rediscover the ways of the Arcane Warrior, and even if he wasn’t a mage to learn them, he learnt a lot from the other techniques.

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⚡ What are your OC’s phobias? Is there any reasoning behind these? How do they calm themselves down after getting scared? What are they like when they’re afraid? Is there any chance of them overcoming their fears?

Danae: Quite contrary to how they work, one of their phobias is complete silence. Their line of work generally requires stealth and quiet to do properly, but even in the silence of the forest you can still hear how it’s alive, with rustling leaves, streaming water, or animals calling. When it is completely quiet around something’s scared off all living creatures and spirits meaning something bad is about to happen. They most remember the silence before touching the mirror which led to Tamlen’s demise. They like to hum, talk to themselves, or just amicable chatter in the background the best. The clan always had plenty of this.

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☄️ Does your OC believe in fate and destiny or do they think it’s a load of garbage? Would they ever get this fortune told? What would a fortune-teller tell them about their future?

Lorelei: Andrastianism mentions little on destiny or fate except for that the Maker has created for you. As she’s got a tiny bit of a saviour complex mixed with complicated feelings regarding surviving the Highever massacre, she firmly believes it is her duty to die for her land and country to stop the Blight. She carries this fatalistic nature with her even after the Blight ends. She likes to believe in fate when it comes to the negative only, never the positive. Alistair’s outlook on their romance pokes holes in this at times, however.

Bezrin: Absolutely believes that the lineage of the ancestors hold something to them. Sure it’s mostly nepotistic nonsense what’s going on in Orzammar, but some things are sure to be set in (the) Stone. He does believe you need to steer the hands of destiny and that it requires input from yourself but he was destined to do great among the halls of those who came before him and so he did in the Blight. He doesn’t believe it was his fate to die in the Deep Roads or be disposed as prince, but he does believe that he ends up where he is supposed to, with the wardens.

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🗣️ What are the most painful words that can be said to your OC to utterly break them? What are the words that you could tell them to cheer them up? Maybe some advice to give them the boost they need!

Daylen: Mention anything to him about his past abuse in a positive manner and he will cut you off right there and then. No suffering made him stronger or better it made him suffer and still suffer till this day. If he is the wrong headspace one could totally steer him to a mental breakdown by gaslighting his past to him and claiming he deserved what happened to him. Take him away from that situation and let him find his space for a bit and he’ll be back again. He does appreciate talking about his past on his own terms though, he’s very open about that.

Ophelia: Make her feel small, invisible, and like she doesn’t matter. She sometimes already feels like she’s living in Daylen’s and others’ shadow so bump that up and make her feel worthless, that’ll do it. One of the ways she can completely shut down is by completely shutting up. She was mute for a while after joining the circle, and still suffers from anxiety attacks that can lead to temporary mutism. She knows common sign language because of this. Obviously encouraging words from friends will help a bit but considering it’s also a very internal issue she needs to find her own voice before she can voice herself, too.

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{ this is me trying to think of some nicknames varric would give. since, as i mentioned, i’m rubbish at nicknames on a personal level and its one of the biggest parts of varric i can’t jive with too well. so. idk, opinions would be cool before i try to think of some for other people’s muses., my fave muses first, then the ‘canon’, then the rest below the cut.

Mairwen: Magpie Lorelei: Cupcake Malcolm: Sunbeam Faustus: Vicious Damian Hawke: Giggles Ophelia Hawke: Shadows Eloris Lavellan: Lucky

Adrienne:  Seleny / Seleny Doll [Meant to be Thedas equivalent to ‘China Doll’ or ‘Dresdan Doll’ aka regional Porcelain Doll] Altair: Wolf Amelia: Dispel Amita: Scout Basir: Killer Charlotte: Bubbles Jarlath: Statue Rana: Bouncer Samael: Rake Soroth: Cheater [Used to be something else.] Vanessa: Hunter

Aeden: Squire Asaszli Adaar: Ballista Beatrice: Blades Elle: Frosty Felicitas: Fugitive Iovita: Bodyguard Kiara Amell: Warden Naenia: Seasons Niamh Surana: Dalish Priya: Whirlwind

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Symbols I associate with ocs - Worldstate: My Valley My Shadow

Alaric Amell: pigeons, veins, blood, the color red, hearts, croziers

Syl’vhenan Andras: rot, bones, fungi, liminal spaces

Kirta Kader: bubbles, blueberries, cats, fresh berries

Nikolas Hawke: monochrome, silver, swords, eyes, skulls, smoke

Rynn Cadash: teeth, chains, gold coins, bloody knuckles, spiderwebs

Lorelei Surana: the moons, eclipses, magic circles, loose grimoire pages, ice, strings, scissors

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Woe, full names be upon ye

Mi'var "Brielle" Atheraniel Mahariel of Clan Lavellan Cian Ronan Hawke Feja Anika Aestyth Valda Angyalka Aeducan Eth'las "Elias" Atheranion Mahariel of Clan Sabrae Talani Brosca Elara Assanniel Sabrae of Clan Lavellan Ghilana Elariel Sabrae of Clan Lavellan

Lucia Mairyn Evandra Cousland Marguerites "Rita" Hèloïse Caron Adelaide Elspeth Hawke Hissera "Tessa" Adaar Adralla "Aria" Anne Trevelyan Marzia Mercar

Alaric Theodemir Amell Syl'vhenan Andras Kirta Deka Kader Nikolas Kay Hawke-Amell Rihannon "Rynn" Shea Cadash Lorelei Surana

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Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how  non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell  them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips.

I was tagged by @leoisanaries

Tagging: @ava-du-mortain @notebooks-and-laptops @high-dragon-bait @zeesqueere @tanaleth

I don’t write a lot of fanfic, but I do have a lot of meta/lore posts (that I am actively looking away from) in the drafts

Meta and Lore:

Mythal and Snakes (and the Tevinter Imperium)

background specific war table missions

Dwarves and the Fade

Avaar/Alamarri/Clayne 

The Black City and the Evanuris

Magisters Sidereal and the Astrariums

Solas and the Executor in Dread Wolf Take You

where are the Executors from (Bioware’s attempted to be sneaky here, but I Know.) 

“Solas first, Fen’Harel later” and the rest of the Evanuris

Archdemons named after angels????

Gangue, The Stone, and Dwarven Burials

The Canticle of Exhaltations

Fanfics/oc posts:

Inquisition companion overviews for Aria Trevelyan and Lorelei Surana

Cerberus codex entries

Calpernia x Adaar smut (that will never ever be released to the public)

Braids

PIRATE FUCKN

Then there’s my two au ideas I’m excited to work on but have done nothing with

Lights in the Shadow au

Secrets of Darkest Magic au

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✧ ━━━━ RULES.

✧ my rules might sound a bit strict, but it's very important for me to set boundaries between me and potential future writing partners. if you're not vibing with any/all of my points, i understand.

✧ i will almost never follow people first*. if you follow me, i will more than glad to follow back if i can see interactions happening. i just want this blog to focus a bit more on friends and people i've been writing with in the past. *some exceptions might happen if we used to be old mutuals.

✧ i use my block button very deliberately. 99% of the time it's because i either don't enjoy someone's portrayal, they post triggering (for me) content, they are a minor (i interact with +19 people because of our age gap) or to keep my dash/searching page less cluttered.

✧ shipping is nice, but never a priority. i am more likely to ship only with my friends because of past experiences. please, don't seek me out only to ship with my canon characters - it's a very bad look, trust me. even if i am 26, i will not write nsfw on here, though suggestive themes might be present due to the nature of some of my muses.

✧ muses with the primary & secondary tag are always open for interactions. i'd prefer to plot things out / talk about a possible dynamic with on request muses instead.

✧ i LOVE ocs. throw your ocs at me. i also will be writing ocs a lot here, so i think they should just get to know each other because oc & oc threads bring me SO much joy.

✧ i don't mind handing over my discord tag to mutuals, but please, don't use our dms exclusively as a venting space. i also DON'T roleplay on discord, so interactions will exclusively happen on tumblr.

✧ ━━━━ MUSES.

✧ 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞 :

- elowen surana | primary. - maida hawke | primary. - melava lavellan | primary. - zevran arainai | secondary. - more tba.

✧ 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐮𝐫'𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟑 :

- lorelei balbella (tav) | primary. - ramona emberborn (tav) | primary. - astarion ancunin | secondary. - karlach cliffgate | secondary. - korilla hearthsflame | on request.

✧ 𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 :

- moriah (CoS pc) | primary. - gorin (dnd oc) | primary. - prince of frost (dnd archfey) | on request. - the raven queen (dnd deity) | on request.

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One of the first things Lorelei does after the Rite of Tranquility is reversed is her hair. It wasn’t something that she paid much mind to while tranquil, just throwing it up in a ponytail to keep it out of the way and cropping it when it got too long. But as soon as that ends, she wants agency over her own body, and the easiest way to do that is through hair. Never having learned basic styling techniques, she asks Josephine, who is rather confused and still quite leery around her. Nevertheless, Josie teaches her how to do a basic braid, and leaves her with two tiny twin braids framing her face. It’s such a small thing, but it makes her feel so much more in control of herself.

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I’ve considered putting Lorelei Surana into the My Valley, My Shadow worldstate, but I genuinely don’t know if I’m capable of doing that to her? She was made Tranquil after unknowingly aiding Jowan, and to put her in the same world as Alaric Amell, the Hero of Ferelden and man who regularly uses blood magic to maintain his power over the royal court might just be too cruel for me.

It would certainly be interesting to have them foil each other though. The whole point of Alaric is that he’s a manipulative bastard concerned with his own power, and Lorelei is so self sacrificial she’s willing to die if it means the Inquisitor can learn more about the Tranquility cure. And that’s a very intriguing contrast. It just feels so upsetting for her to get punished for something she never did when Alaric is rewarded for it. Especially since in order for that worldstate to work, Duncan would have to look both of them in the eyes and only choose to recruit Alaric and leave her behind. 

It’s such a terrible great idea.

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Most of my characters are second or third iterations of ocs I’ve since abandoned.

Achala Lavellan became Elara Lavellan

Elias Lavellan became Eth’las Mahariel

Feja Aeducan (might bring her back actually) became Talani Cadash who later split into both Talani Brosca and Rynn Cadash

Aria Trevelyan kept the same name but became a different character all together

Annika Adaar became Tessa Adaar

Lorelei Surana was my og warden until I changed her story entirely

Nikolas Trevelyan became a Hawke

There’s a bunch more I haven’t decided to expand on, but they sit in my save files anyway. Who knows what’ll happen with them? Will Malika, Korinna, Orien, Sasha, the Nameless deleted ones, etc. ever see the light of day? Perhaps.

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So there was a glitch that made everyone’s body invisible, and I can’t even explain why I think it’s hilarious

(She’s Lorelei Surana btw)

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art dump

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