#mercysought: anora

[immobiliter]

       “ I would not be asking the question of you if I also could not, Queen Anora. ”

       Two decades, and it still pained her to stand in this very throne room, knowing the blood that had been spilled on this very floor all those years ago. The blood of Teyrn Loghain, a man who had betrayed all Grey Wardens in exchange for power, a father; and of Alistair Theirin, a bastard son who had never wanted to be king, a lover and a dear friend. In the feuds and rebellions of decades past, much had been lost for the two women now brought once more into the same room by a threat far greater than both of them. Even with the added presence of the Queen's husband and the Inquisitor in this tête-à-tête, the atmosphere remained tense. But Val was determined to remain civil: the future of all Ferelden, after all, perhaps all of Thedas, hung in the balance.

       “ I fear the Blight has changed beyond all recognition, ” she began, wasting no further time with cordiality. “ We Grey Wardens are connected to the darkspawn, and many of us can sense that this connection has changed. I do not know what this means yet — and any information we can gather from the situation in the north would be most helpful — ” At this, Val's eyes strayed towards Inquisitor Lavellan. “ — but this is very much uncharted territory. If it is an elven god at the head of this and not an archdemon... ” To even say it out loud filled her with complete and utter dread. “ And with those elven gods currently on the other side of the continent, it may be that all we can do is stem the spread of this new Blight until the Inquisitor's allies find a way of killing Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain. ”

       It was not ideal, but when a darkspawn did not march with an archdemon at its head, how were the wardens meant to stop it? It was a question that had been haunting Val for days now, and she was still no closer to having an answer.

@mercysought / cont

[skyheld]

"She does love a spectacle, hm?" from anora to shianni, probably about maxima ;)

MEME TAG | not accepting | @mercysought

Shianni hums as she watches Maxima move across the ballroom floor, a smile into the depths of the wine cup as the tips of her ears turn a shade darker. Not visible beneath her hair, she hopes. She couldn't be here if she couldn't hide what she feels when Maxima is in the same room, smiling at guests as her skirts sweep across the floor, every movement graceful. It's a feeling of warmth but also of discomfort, because it isn't the Maxima that sits with her on the couch in her house drinking tea, not the same Maxima who rests her head in her lap, not the same Maxima whose hands find her body underneath her clothes. It saddens her.

Shianni supposes she must look the same to her. She is Bann Tabris here, a serpent in a nest of vipers, colder and more collected than she ever is at home, with a set of her jaw that bends for nothing. But at least she is herself in the Alienage. Mostly herself. All her fears and worries are hidden behind anger or optimism, but if the elves see a determined version of her, at least they still see her. Who are you if you can almost only ever be your mask?

They may not be Orlais, but that only means theirs aren't so visible.

She looks at Anora and wonders if that was her lifting her own mask for a moment, letting the woman speak before the Queen. And then she wonders how much she knows. How much she sees. She has to know that unlike almost any noble in Denerim, Maxima visits the Alienage. Does she know how often? How late she finds excuses to stay?

An elven woman and a noble of Tevinter is so impossible, the thought would never occur to most people. But Anora knows Shianni.

It's the kind of truth that can never be spoken out loud of, even if it's shared. So instead she drains her cup and places it on a tray held by a servant passing by, smiling at him though he doesn't catch her gaze. "She is a spectacle. Look at the way they gather around her like moths to a flame. They hate her but they can't help but be drawn in." Another servant walks by, her tray full. Shianni takes two cups and offers the other to Anora. "And who can blame them? I love a spectacle too. That's why we're all here after all."

[contrariian-archive]

@mercysought said: ’ is it really just me holding it together with one loose string that i can’t stop pulling? ’

       SOMETIMES ,  YSEULT  LOOKS  AT  HER  QUEEN  and  all  she  can  think  is  :  you  are  so  much  like  your  father .   everyone  who  knew  celia  mac  tir  will  swear  to  andraste  that  anora  takes  after  her  mother ,  and  they  aren’t  wrong ,  but  yseult  sees  so  much  of  loghain  in  this  woman  who  was  once  a  babe  she  held  in  her  arms .   anora  is  better-suited  to  ruling  than  her  father  ever  could  hope  to  be ,   but  the  crown  weighs  on  her  all  the  same .

        thankfully ,   she  has  a  general  who  would  sooner  burn  ferelden  to  the  ground  than  let  harm  come  to  her .

      ‘  you  worry  like  a  mabari  with  a  bone ,  ’   yseult  says  fondly ,  reaching  out  to  rest  her  hand  lightly  upon  anora’s  shoulder .   ‘  but  no .   it  isn’t  just  you .   the  rest  of  the  landsmeet  is  simply  as  good  as  hiding  their  stress  as  you  are .  ’    she  sighs  a  little ,  rubs  a  gentle  circle  with  her  thumb .   ‘  you  know  you  don’t  need  to  hold  it  together  alone ,  pup .  ’   normally  she  wouldn’t  dare  be  so  informal ,   but  they  are  alone  in  anora’s  chambers  and  yseult  suspects  that  the  last  thing  she  needs  right  now  is  a  reminder  of  her  title .  

      ‘  i’ve  carried  greater  burdens  than  this .  ’   and  i  promised  your  father  i’d  take  care  of  you .  i  promised  your  mother .   i  promised  myself .

 THE WORDS I SPEAK ARE WILDFIRES AND WEEDS | ACCEPTING

[archontem]

"I've always heard that it's the loneliest at the top, somehow I don't think that quite fits you." no, Radonis seemed like the sort of person that ever since coming out of the womb that he was directly placed in the position of archon, the position fitting him like a glove instead of the inverse. // it can be maxima the feeling is true though worguenrlger

« Perhaps not », he conceded.

Queen Anora was not young enough to wonder how her life as a sovereign would be; she’d sat on a throne for quite some time, since before the blight had scourged Ferelden, ten years prior or so. Indeed, she ought to know how one would feel, comfortable on the thorns of rulership. Radonis was left to wonder if she was looking for comfort or, rather, for insight into his character.

Either way, he made an idle gesture with his glass-holding hand, looking away, beyond the parapet of the terrace and towards the sea, shining like dragon scales under the sun.

« Solitude is somewhat relative, your Majesty. Anyone who thinks they can rule alone is a fool, after all — we both know that many work for us and under our orders, and none of these people might be by our side proper, but they are certainly with us. » 

A little smile, that didn’t quite touch his eyes. If not being able to have friends in the common sense of the word (though he was certain that one like Vesanin Aeducan would have feigned mortal offense at not being called one, for what value of friendship there could be between people such as them) and if not being certain whether he could call his lover also his friend, meant solitude, then one was free to call it such. To him, it hardly mattered.

« I am where I wish to be, your Majesty, and I am certain you are too. Loneliness, so to speak, is only a burden if it’s unexpected, or an unforeseen consequence. If I am at all lonely, as loneliness is usually understood, well… », he sipped from his glass, basking in the sun much like his cats would, « I cannot say it bothers me. »

[marblecarved-aa]

@mercysought sent a question: “ ❔ ”

source: send ❔ and i’ll list a couple muses that i’d like to throw at yours !

1. Aurora, Horace and Minerva for The Priestess in her Harry Potter verse. 2. Elphias and Tonks for Maxima in her Harry Potter verse. 3. Goldberry and Treebeard for The Priestess in her Tolkien verse. 3. Lucretia and Lycoris for Anora in her Harry Potter verse. 3. Rhaelle and Shireen for Maxima and Steffon.

[ourdawncomes]

CHARACTER IN FIVE QUOTES

tell us your favourite quotes from your character. give us an idea of who they are five things they’ve said. then tag your friends:

THORA CADASH

CANON:

“I decide what I deserve. Not you.”

“The eyes of every noble in the empire are upon us, your Grace. Remember to smile.”

“I didn’t come here to become a god, Corypheus.”

“The mark is... I thought it was fine. It’s been under control for years. All the demons I’ve fought... all the rifts I closed... I don’t want to die. (Sighs) Not knowing the world still needed me.”

“You all know what this is. A writ from Divine Justinia authorising the formation of the Inquisition. We pledged to close the Breach, find those responsible, and restore order. With or without anyone’s approval. But if the Inquisition now threatens the very stability it helped create, it is clear our time is done. We will not become what we once fought against. We do not have the luxury of corruption and complacency. If this organisation has become too large to do its job, there is only one solution. Effective immediately, the Inquisition is disbanded.

RP:

“Then maybe we have more in common than most people think.”

“No, I– it’s just like picking if I want to get hit by a hammer or a sword. Either way, it’ll hurt.”

“All I know is I kept walking, miles after I wanted to stop. Maybe it was the Maker that kept me going... maybe it was just me.”

[at Cadash Thaig] “Because they were better than that.” Thora’s answer is quick and sure, as if she had been there herself. “Whatever happened to the elves, whether it was Tevinter, or other elves, there were people who needed help, and Cad’halash… my people… helped them. Sometimes, being Inquisitor, it felt like people were making me out to be all the things I was never meant to be, but this… and that golem my house got exiled for. It makes everything seem more right, somehow. Like I was always meant to help, always meant to… do good. Probably sounds stupid, huh?”

“Just in this age, dwarves have invented smokeless forges and– machines, just powered by hot air. My people can do more than just imagine a world beyond the physical… they make it real.”

tagged by: i stole it from sb but its been in my drafts a while and i forget who. i had to replay trespasser to get some quotes just right. tagging: uhhhh @seahaloed (alistair), @shieldtheself, @pluresque (isabela), @willbeshot, @skyheld​ (adrian or claudine), @mercysought​ (anora), @sunlilted​ (wayu), @altusmage​, @hopewrought​. feel free to steal this, or if i tagged a muse and you’d rather do another feel free to override my suggestion.

[suresaint-moved]

❝ The question then is whether 'tis nobler in the mind to be well liked but ineffectual, or moral but maligned? ❞ from Anora

ask  ,  @mercysought .

“well, it’s selfish, isn’t it? doing nothing because you want to remain well liked.” the witcher’s brows knit together. “imagine this! a plague hits your kingdom, and unbeknownst to your subjects, you know that in the long run, to save the masses, you must impose upon them the ruling that they cannot leave their homes, cannot interact with their neighbours, their friends, their family, because that is the only way that they will not spread the disease. but you also know that, in taking away these liberties, people will be angry at you for it, and potentially dislike you for it, because people are often stupid and find it difficult to understand these things. so, you, fearful of this, give the loosest guidance you can think of, and they’re inadequate for what’s happening. but you’re content in yourself because at least the people will be ignorant enough to like you still, though more will die from it. from your choice. but they will clap for you, and applaud your hard efforts at trying to keep them safe, because they think that you did all that you could for them when the truth is all along you were only looking out for yourself. your reputation. really you have done fuck all, but how funny it is that the people you have condemned still love you for it! where is the nobility in that? there isn’t any. nobility requires selflessness. sacrifice. if you can make the hard choices, even knowing that you will not be liked for it, that is noble.”

[boldrobin-a]

@mercysought​ asked: Don’t trouble yourself on my account. from anora

     ‘ I wouldn’t. ’ 

     You could be forgiven for thinking Robin didn’t know who he was speaking to - save for the fact that he is well acquainted with those who hold power in Ferelden. He has little time for them. Even those as well-received as Queen Anora hold little standing in Robin’s opinion; why should anyone stand so highly above the rest of society? 

     Especially when that society is buckling under the weight of a war, of crisis upon crisis. Fine a queen as he is told she is, Robin feels no love for the woman when he sees the struggles her people are facing. She would be wise not to expect any warmth from the outlaw. 

     He thinks to pass her by - moves, even, to do so, showing no respect. Something stops him in his tracks, however. He turns, eyeing her men only briefly before returning his gaze to the woman herself, and he frowns. Wise enough is he not to steal from her - at least not so blatantly, not in broad daylight and surrounded by her guards - but he will still speak his mind. 

     ‘ But you might care to trouble yourself on behalf of your people. Tell me, does our most gracious Queen feast well in her castle? ’ He raises his brows. ‘ Families starve all across the Hinterlands. It’s even worse in the Bannorn. Why must we rely on the Inquisition? ’ 

[eritvita]

❝ I have sacrificed more than you could possibly know for their futures. ❞ from anora

@mercysought

Normally, an argument with the High Queen of Blight-Fought Ferelden wouldst bring Roland to the glorious possibility for Pause: thus of the primitive fear of a beheading, a hanging, a lifetime locked in iron shackles in the dankest cell of the darkest dungeon, or e’en the living Nightmare of a Templar jailer, and all the long hours of reliving his vibrant, criminal past in dangerously-creative ways ...

But art his nerves frayed, and art his long friends dead, and is naught the sky glowing green and consistently birthing new abominations so alike his private nightmares? And wouldst Roland soon see his Father’s face amidst these howling demons, and wouldst soon smell the fresh blood of his own, slain Mother?

“But is thus enough?” argues he, naught of the raised voice but of the passionate Throat: “Is thus enough to show humanity to those that desperately require thus? Call them rebels!” invites he. “Call them black-hands and thieves and paupers, call them demons in gilded rags! The epitome of Change cannot be achieved if the entirety of Southern Thedas treats men, woman, and children as walking bombs fit for the tooth’d Void! E’en to change the common speech is necessary, my Queen, and thou art beholden to it!”

Quotes taken from Black Sails season 1.

[tabridahl]

@mercysought​ asked:  ‘ by the morning i am a triumph ’ // from Anora

        ❝ I don’t understand why they’re so eager to kick you off the throne. ❞ Will she ever truly understand how nobles work? How humans work? Probably not. However, Nalaea saw no point in removing the queen from her throne. Alistair voiced time and again that he didn’t want to be king and Anora knows what she's doing. The choice was clear before she voiced it. Regardless of Eamon’s preaching about putting a Theirin on the throne, there was no way Nalaea would force her fellow Gray Warden into this.

        ❝ By the morning, the throne will be yours. And then we’ll prepare to take on the darkspawn together. ❞

[ourpyrrhicvictory]

SEND 🎰 FOR ME TO PUT OUR MUSES INTO A RANDOM LIST GENERATOR THEN POST THE FIRST FIVE AS POTENTIAL SHIPS! | always accepting.

@mercysought​ sent a 🎰 for five potential ships

the priestess x arthur weasley

himsulem x antares lestrange

maxima x regulus black

moe x isabel zabini

anora x isaiah proudfoot

emilie x ted tonks

loane x rowan savage

the gentleman x abraxas malfoy

zofia x viktor krum

[immobiliter]

       In another life, perhaps, his comment might have elicited a better reaction from his companion. As children, she had always found his wry humour amusing, to the point where Jamie had always taken great pains to wield it just so that he might be rewarded with a smile for his efforts — something that, on her face, proved to be more beautiful than even the most breath-taking view of the Frostbacks. Times had changed and, try though he might, control over that same curve of her lip was now fiendishly difficult to master. Jamie turned to her, exaggerating his offence somewhat — though dramatic was still a descriptor that he had a hard time accepting. “ You canna tell me that this is joy you're feeling right now, my lady. ”

       Joy at trying to keep the fire of a fledging rebellion lit and the strength of its dissenting voices under control. Joy at poring over maps and strategy and trying to do the best with the forces they could muster. Joy at appealing to arl after arl as they travelled throughout Ferelden, meeting plenty who either did not wish to throw their hat in the ring with a deposed queen or too cowardly to do anything but accept the new established norm under the Theirin bastard. Either Anora had forgotten what such a word meant, or she was not the woman that Jamie remembered from his youth. He did not think it was the latter.

       His queen spoke again, and Jamie's own lip quirked upwards, struggling with just how absurd she sounded to his own ears. But, in the process, she'd thrown down a challenge and, being as headstrong and stubborn as she was, there was no way that Jamie Fraser wasn't going to rise to it. “ You dare me, ” he repeated, not a question but a statement, arching a brow curiously at her. A moment passed as he pretended to mull over his answer. “ Very well. I call it. ” They stood on opposite ends of their makeshift war table, but Jamie slowly started to round on it, closing the distance between them one step at a time. “ You were a lass of ten, maybe eleven? I encouraged you to sneak out under Loghain's nose, taking your horse with you and, under the red, waning sky of day, challenged you to a race. ” It was a memory he remembered well, and Jamie smiled as he recalled it. “ Yours was faster than mine, but that's no' the part I want you to remember. I want you to remember the freedom as you tore through the woods at a gallop. The wind in your hair, the rush as you kent you needed to slow down, but couldna bear to let me win. ” By now he was standing before her, mere inches apart. “ And tell me with a straight face that politics can hold a candle to that feeling. ”

@mercysought / cont

[goldenornstein]

ANGST MEME – Repost, don’t reblog!

been cheated on | been bullied | told a horrible lie | stolen something of value| overdosed on drugs | been drunk | passed out | cheated | bullied | punched someone in the face | been beaten up | broken a bone | been admitted to a hospital | had a near-death experience | been drugged | done drugs | smoked | kissed someone you weren’t attracted to | bled severely | killed someone | had an attempt on your life | made an attempt on your own life | lost someone | loved someone | gone without food for over three days | gone without sleep for over three days | been tortured | been slapped by a parent or higher up | been abused by someone who should have loved you | had a panic attack | been in a car accident  | had sex | had sex with a stranger | passed out from pain | cried yourself to sleep | spent a whole day in bed | hurt yourself | taken your anger out on yourself | taken your anger out on someone you love | been used | felt used | been terrified | played a cruel game on someone | been dominant | been submissive | been forced to smile | been misgendered | felt too many things at once | laughed when you felt like crying

Tagged by:  @sxnguinesxnctum (everyone’s fave sinne... vicar) Tagging: @empyream @paladin-errant-leeroy @abysstaken @sampatii @lordrn (Smough) @withinycu (Jamie) @starlyht (Abdi) @mercysought (Anora) + YOU!!!

[bastardwarden]

(  ‘ROMANCE’  )  HEADCANONS.

NAME, Alistair Theirin NICKNAME, It (by Shale), Please Don’t Call Him Ali GENDER, Male ORIENTATION, Mostly Hetero PREFERRED  PET  NAMES,  My love RELATIONSHIP  STATUS,  Single FAVORITE  CANON  SHIP( S ),  Does Power Couple Who Aren’t In Love Alistair/Anora count FAVORITE  NON-CANON  SHIP( S ),  Beruthiel/Alistair, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

OPINION  ON  TRUE  LOVE,   He’s very much in favour early on, but as he gets older his understanding of it is a little more realistic; it’s just as much about work as some indescribable force to maintain a good relationship. OPINION  ON  LOVE  AT  FIRST  SIGHT,   Nah. Maybe a more generalized attraction, though. HOW  ‘ROMANTIC’  ARE  THEY,  This is where canon branches from MY comfort zones, lmao. We all know he’s a big sap bringing people flowers and whatnot, even though he diffuses it with some humour he’s pretty earnest. IDEAL  PHYSICAL  TRAITS,  Long hair, good posture (whether it’s from comportment or a combat discipline). IDEAL  PERSONALITY  TRAITS,  Honesty, compassion, a sense of fairness, leadership, self-assurance, idealism UNATTRACTIVE  PHYSICAL  TRAITS,   I feel like someone with a good personality could get through to him regardless? UNATTRACTIVE  PERSONALITY  TRAITS,   Duplicity, unctuousness, too much pragmatism (i.e. sparing Loghain), cynicism IDEAL  DATE,   Something in an outdoors/bucolic setting, like a picnic and taking a rowboat out on a lake. DO  THEY  HAVE  A  TYPE,   Ladies who are Cooler Than Him and Also In Charge AVERAGE  RELATIONSHIP  LENGTH,   Fairly long-term when he has them, I’d say. Minimum half a year. PREFERRED  NON-SEXUAL  INTIMACY, He’s a big time cuddler and likes to braid/play with peoples’ hair, see above COMMITMENT  LEVEL, STRONG. It can be overridden by commitment to other things, though (see his duty to the crown if he’s named king). OPINION  OF  PUBLIC  AFFECTION,  He isn’t very into it except for hand-holding or little touches. Seeing other people together usually doesn’t bother him, though. Usually. PAST  RELATIONSHIPS,   None at the start of Origins, possibly Bella in the interval between Origins and Inquisition

tagged by : @mercysought xoxox

tagging :  @aelwihtas,  @archontem, steal it if ya feel it

[theharellan]

RP POSITIVITY MEME

DAY 05: favorite multimuses

i’ve been trying to bring multimuses in on past days b/c i want to acknowledge certain characters on said blogs, but here i’ll just highlight the blogs as a whole!

@aniente​ - muses: ameridan, merrill, evangeline, gatt, adrian, dalish, missne (oc), sabriel (oc)

a dragon age multimuse who i featured a couple times b/c i just. really admire their choice of muses as well as the writing! there’s not a muse on here i don’t love, even those like adrian that i’m not overly familiar with given i’ve yet to finish asunder. i can feel ciri’s passion when they write about each of their muses, and it invests me in each one. i’d honestly love a thread w/ each of their muses one day. gotta catch ‘em all. 

@burnsbriiight​ - muses: mai (a:tla), kitty pryde (x-men), marie-elise (da oc), annuneth (da oc), patricia anne (da oc), adahleni (da oc)

first, it was apparently rachel’s birthday the other day, so happy birthday! second, mai is one of my a:tla faves (i actually rped her back in the day) and although i just followed this multimuse i’m excited to see her rps w/ mai. she’s an underrated character.

@centuriesuntold - muses: all the doctors. every one.

i’ve been following this blog since my mass effect days, back when they were bowtied, and they provided a lot of rly inspirational posts to anons and such on their dash! seeing them again, only now with more doctors, was a very exciting experience!!! it’s not something i’d seen before in the dw fandom, and i’ve adored what i’ve seen from them, even as someone who is only familiar with new doctor who.

@dryhtenhold - muses: gareth cousland (oc), ves aeducan (oc), eleanor cousland, agravaine ker (oc), tamar (oc), loghain mac tir

i’ve only listed erran’s primary dragon age characters, but she rps tolkien as well as having a list of secondary muses! her ocs have interesting and complex backstories that really dig deep into dragon age lore, specifically fereldan lore and the civil war. they are such natural parts of the lore that i had to mark them (oc) otherwise you might confuse them with canons like eleanor and loghain.

@kaleiidoscopehearts​ - isabela, miryin brosca, peebee (mass effect), bolin (lok), sally malik (being human), azalea gothel (descendents oc), artemis crook (young justice), amellia smollet (treasure planet)

multifandom, and some are fandoms i’m unfamliar with, which just goes to show how talented they are b/c i’m v selective with non-da multimuses! i’ve talked about peebee and miryin, but i also have been v pleased with seeing bolin on my dash! he was one of my faves from lok. and every time an isabela hits on solas another five minutes are added to my life.

@lcgacyofages - ceridwen mahariel, atena hawke, myrrdin lavellan, zoria amell, dazbo amell, aurora amell, ronina lavellan, seigfried trevelyan, etienne de rousseau, xora orsiniel pharare, arik tabris, hildegard cadash

a blog full of lovely ocs based upon the pc backstories given to us in-game (for the most part!). don’t let the names fool you, though, as not all of them are the heroes. some are companion ocs, which are honestly some of my fave ocs in darp!

@mercysought - priestess (oc), maxima aurum (oc), himsulem (oc), manala (oc), anora theirin, emilie de clair (oc), abel de clair (oc), laone shatterspine (oc), moe (star wars oc)

there isn’t a muse here who isn’t fascinating and beautifully written. with the exception of moe, they’re all dragon age characters, and while i haven’t rped with all of them yet i hope to one day. skells is a wonderful writer and i’m glad a multimuse has enabled her to have more characters b/c that’s what we deserve.

@mindsmade - cremisius acclassi, liam kosta (mass effect), aiden shepard (me), gil brodie (me), celebrian (tolkien), and more!

also featuring more tolkien muses and characters from the good wife and mythological characters! i mentioned this the other day, but i adore their ship on liam with the aforementioned peebee! there’s not a muse listed here who isn’t worth reading about, even as someone unfamiliar with the expanded tolkien universe.

@teleidoscopic - khaliya lavellan, raleigh samson, morrigan, sera, zenyatta (ovw), jameson locke (halo), EDI (mass effect), ashley williams (mass effect), the black box (halo), john hancock (fallout 4), red (transistor)

i’ve been following pastry’s rp blogs for... idk... seven years now? a lot. a lot of years. i’ve seen a few of these muses in action on single-muse blogs, so i’m glad they can return in multimuse form. pastry’s samson and ashley in particular are old favourites, but looking at this list pastry has the magic ability to pull my faves out in general (i would die for zenyatta. and probably deserve it after how many times i’ve gotten him killed playing him...). 

@tothezeros - morrigan, minaeve, raleigh samson, melchior heeren (oc), cornelia solette (oc), clancy griffin (oc), corin thenn (oc), sylvus varnehn (oc)

again, i decided to only list the dragon age muses to save me from tabbing back and forth, but this blog has so many fun muses aside from that! like spyro, taking me back to the days i would ask my dad to take me and my brother to a clubhouse so we could play one of the games on the ps2. and christopher robin! as for their dragon age muses, i’ve thoroughly enjoyed them. i still have a few to get to know, but their samson and minaeve are great, and i’ve known clancy for a few years now! it’s comforting to see him on my dash after all this time. 

[contrariian-archive]

@mercysought said: ❝ Rebuild what they destroyed. ❞

       ‘  TRULY ?  ’   YSEULT  HAD  NOT  EXPECTED  to  find  new  purpose  with  the blight  ended .   she  had  figured  she  would  go  back  to  gwaren ,  hunt  until  it  was  time  to  retire .   though  with  loghain  no  longer  teyrn . . .  who  would  remember  what  she  had  done  for  her  country ?  all  too  likely  she’ll  be  forced  into  the  alienage ,  left  to rot ,  her  sacrifices  forgotten .

      she  ought  to  have  known  that  anora  mac  tir  would  not  let  her  fade  away .

      ‘  you  would  have  me  rebuild  the  night  elves ?  ’   she  can’t  quite  believe  it ;  any  moment  now  she  will  awaken  in  her  tent  in  the  deep  roads ,  alistair  howling  over  dog  having  once  again  chewed  his  boot .  all  a  dream .   except  anora  is  real  in  front  of  her ,  staring  at  her  with  eyes  that  haven’t  changed  since  she  was  a  girl—how  she  has  grown !  how  she  looks  like  her  mother !—and  if  yseult  isn’t  mistaken ,  she  has  been  given  an order .   rebuild  what  they  destroyed .    ‘  your  majesty ,  it  would  be  my  pleasure .  ’