#minerva trevelyan

[vigilskeep]

With Bea being your potential canon Inquisitor, how would your protagonists feel about each other?

keir and minerva don’t easily trust each other. he sees someone manipulative and dangerous who is always acting for her own agenda and doesn’t take proper care of her own people. she sees exactly the kind of big heavily armed human man throwing threats and physical violence around that all her life experiences have taught her wariness and dislike for. they’re both very accustomed to being the scariest thing in the room and have a tendency to get territorial. however, they have ferelden in common (whatever keir’s other thoughts, he will always owe respect to the saviour of his homeland) and someone they love in common (whatever minerva’s other thoughts, she will always owe a helping hand to the person anders cares about, and who kept anders safe when she couldn’t be there). once they get to know each other and have some picture of why the other acts like they do, it’s not all bad. probably. eventually

keir always looks at beatrice and sees someone else. he sees his beloved sister, as the sheltered young andrastian noblewoman she might have been. he sees the sebastian who was once his friend, both his earnest kindness and his inclination for fanaticism. and he sees grand cleric elthina, a woman whose unassuming appearance never changed the amount of power she wielded and what a profound danger she was. he is never sure which of these is closest to the truth and it creates a mixture of protective sympathy and real fear he finds a little sickening. for her side, she finds him somewhat intimidating on a basic interpersonal level. which he... kind of fundamentally is, lmao. arguably they’re both free marcher nobles but they’re from such drastically different worlds of experience all the same. she gets most of her information on him from the excitement and romance of hushed gossip or varric’s stories. the reality has more harsher extremes than she would like. but she wants to believe he’s a hero and that they’re on the same side

minerva harbours particular dislikes of sickly-sweet earnestness, “overly” pious andrastians, warden hero worship, and people who simply have power drop into their lap and then don’t even have any idea what to do with it. beatrice is precisely a combination of those things. she is... not likely to be minerva’s favourite person in the world. however, on minerva’s return from wherever she is, she would forced to admit through gritted teeth that bea is not only genuinely well-intentioned but straightforwardly a political ally. she is literally going to be the one who legitimises the mage rebellion and ushers in the end of the circle of magi. on those grounds, minerva will contain herself from whatever the political equivalent is of unhinging her jaw like a snake and eating the poor girl alive. she would kind of be visibly containing herself from doing that if they ever met and it would be a pretty unsettling experience for everyone involved. bea is at present blissfully unaware of all that and continues to think of minerva as a great warden hero and would hotly defend her against any heinous rumours of blood magic and involving herself in politics more than wardens should

(bea’s perspective needs the most work here because she’s newer. i’m also working with current bea, as in, early game dai bea the bright-eyed idealist who believes andraste has chosen her. she definitely believes in heroes—in a fun, weirdly meta, a little self-important way, she’s probably very aware of the idea of herself, minerva, and keir as the three “protagonists” of the dragon age so far. i think the bea we end up with by trespasser might have a very different take on the other two after she ends up with a very different take on herself, but i haven’t gotten there yet. i suspect that at great personal cost she may even develop a personality minerva would find bearable to be around 😭)

[theluckywizard]

For OC ask questions! Hawke: "8. What was your OC's most embarrassing moment? Does it still bother them or are they able to shrug it off?"; Rose: "11. What does your OC believe in? God(s)? Monsters? Love? The power of unbreakable bonds of friendship to overcome any obstacle? The ability of money to open any door? Or are they indifferent?; Minerva: "1. What kind of person is your OC in a crisis? Are they calm and collected? Do they panic? Or are they chronically the cause? "

From THIS OC ASK GAME

8. What was your OC's most embarrassing moment? Does it still bother them or are they able to shrug it off?

Garrett (Hawke) is so difficult to embarrass in conventional ways! His most embarrassing moments are times when he's put people in danger inadvertently. I'm not sure if this counts, but returning home from the Deep Roads without Carver is such a big one. He'd promised to keep him safe and failed and had to face his family and friends and the people who liked and knew Carver feeling like he was a failure/terrible person/idiot etc. This one absolutely still bothers him. He still has nightmares and anxiety dreams about it. This is why his search for Carver in the Western Approach is so desperate-- to recover himself from the shame of losing him in the first place.

11. What does your OC believe in? God(s)? Monsters? Love? The power of unbreakable bonds of friendship to overcome any obstacle? The ability of money to open any door? Or are they indifferent?

Rose (Trevelyan) believes in the prophecies of Andraste. She believes in the power of love in helping people find and be their best self. The basic goodness of people (though this starts to wear out over her time as Inquisitor). She believes in the importance of recognizing The limits of your own knowledge and leaning on people who are more learned.

1. What kind of person is your OC in a crisis? Are they calm and collected? Do they panic? Or are they chronically the cause?

Minerva (Mercer, my Curse of Strahd blorbo) can frequently be the cause-- mainly because she can be impatient and she tamps down natural, pragmatic fear-responses to pursue sort of this near-"divine right" to wealth that she feels (owing to her own self-delusion about a journal she inherited from her parents). She is a lot calmer and more collected than I expected her to be! But she's not super empathetic either, so she's going to make decisions that favor her and her goals first and foremost (which may include keeping the group alive as the case may be).

[citadrells]

making hot bioware protagonists only to have them be doomed by the narrative is basically my profession at this point

[dragon-age-sideblog]

i made pride icons for all my da ocs. i know some of the edits are shit but idc <3 Plaio is still my icon and he's still Tired of this shit hence the eyes shut

and a bonus Daria one (it ended up very pixelated but it has tiddies in it)

[anders-thelka]

posted these on tiktok but i want them here. inquisitor character aesthetics + my AU inquisitor

[cosmicak]

Seeing all my Dragon age OCS come to life is so cool

Inquisitor Victoria Trevelyan and her brother and bodyguard Nicolas Trevelyan

City Elf Minerva Surana / Templar Hunter and Large woman

Maraas / Qun Tamasseran and Bar owner

My rooks - Maribel De Riva and Ana Mercar

[mibibosartblog]

2017 sketches, part 2. Dragon Age Inquisition/Fantasy edition.

Not sure if this was supposed to be an outfit for my Inquisitor or if this was an entirely different character. Always loved the Orlesian fashion, still a little sad there weren't a lot of options for wearing similar things in the game. The Orlesian mages were slaying in every sense of the word.

My Inquisitor, Minerva Trevelyan, as a teenager in the Ostwick Circle, cutting off sections of hair as it's being pulled by outside forces. Growing up she always had a fascination with dreams, but after she was sent to the Circle, dreaming became this horrifying thing in which she was prone to possession, and many nightmares ensued. Symbolically, she's cutting away pieces of herself to protect herself.

Iron Bull and Minerva, sharing a tender moment.

I tried writing a version of Edward Elric into Dragon Age: Inquisition, and he immediately became a romance option. As one does.

This was part of some type of crossover in which Hermaeus Mora from The Elder Scrolls was involved? Probably freaking out about the deity rooting around in their head, but for what purpose, idk.

A tiny chibi sketch of princess Katia from Lost Kingdoms! I didn't know where else to package this one, so it landed here.

[vanmarkham]

Havard Gideon Trevelyan

age as of dai: 24 zodiac: cancer height: 5'11 sexuality: bisexual alignment: lawful good class: mage - rift magic (+ spirit healing)

Key Relationships

lady trevelyan (mother)

lord trevelyan (father)

judith trevelyan (sister)

ophelia trevelyan (sister)

hector trevelyan (brother)

hessarian trevelyan (brother)

lydia † (mentor)

minerva (ex-girlfriend)

dorian pavus (romance)

vivienne (friend)

cassandra pentaghast (friend)

cullen rutherford (friend)

Origin

Gideon was born into a large family of devout Andrastians. He grew up singing the Chant, volunteering with the local Chantry, and praying for his older brothers in their fight against Maleficarum in their roles as Templars.

Magic was seen as a bad word in the Trevelyan household. The day his sister's magic manifested was permanently branded in his mind. He was 9 and mostly he remembered yelling and one of his mother's rose bushes on fire. And then never seeing Judith again.

His own magic manifested two years later. It felt like a brand of shame, some sign that he hadn't been faithful enough.

Gideon struggled to adjust to Circle life, although Judith was there. She was older and she'd started believing all these radical things he vehemently rejected. Proposing theories like Andraste herself was a mage, or that perhaps there shouldn't be any Templars.

Thankfully, Senior Enchanter Lydia took him under her wing before his sister could corrupt him too far. She began to mentor him in spirit healing and encourage his magical talent. He was no prodigy, but when she put him to tutoring his fellow apprentices, she saw him really start to glow.

Soon after, Judith was transferred to the Gallows after an escape attempt, at Lord Trevelyan's discretion, lest she go apostate and sour their name in the minds of local nobility.

His parents paid the Circle off to allow Gideon to come home every once in a while. It was mostly to keep a watchful eye on him, but he treasured the opportunity to see his siblings, despite the wall his status as a mage put between them.

He began a relationship with a mage his age, Minerva. She was a prodigy. Naturally gifted and whipsmart and his first love.

Senior Enchanter Lydia brought Gideon in on training days with the young apprentices and let him teach them basics. He was excellent with the children and she started pulling him out of his own lessons to teach more and more.

At 19, Lydia pushed the idea of Gideon taking his Harrowing. It was earlier than the Ostwick Circle tended to do it, but with her express permission, he was put through. He came out of it a fully fledged mage.

At 21, Lydia convinced the other Enchanters to let Gideon teach the young apprentices full-time and thus he was given the title Junior Enchanter and his own private dorm in the Circle.

Gideon loved his life. He loved teaching the children. He flourished in the Circle, his off days spent in quiet contemplation in the small Chantry on the grounds or studying in the library.

Minerva chafed at the attention showered on Gideon, given only because of his connection to the Senior Enchanter and her blatant favoritism. Their relationship struggled.

The Kirkwall Chantry was destroyed and the rebellion began in full force. The Ostwick Chantry remained passive for a long time but tensions were brewing.

A group of mages including Minerva planned their escape, she knew Gideon was a lost cause, a loyal member of the Loyalist fraternity by this point. She left him a note wishing him the best and appealing to him about the need for change in the Circle.

On the night of the rebel mage's escape, a fight broke out. The Templars attempted to reign the mages in. In the fighting, Senior Enchanter Lydia was killed. Gideon, distraught, jumped in front of her body. He was not skilled in combat magics. Putting himself in the fray put him right in the blast of fireballs and lightning being launched at the Templars and loyal mages (earning him the burn and scarring that now marks the right side of his face). Gideon retreated, he took the children and hid with them deep in the fortress of the Circle walls until the fighting was over.

He remained there with the children, Templars, and remaining loyal mages until the Conclave was called.

They elected him and a few others to go and speak on behalf of the Ostwick Loyalists, to show there was still sanity in the Free Marches.

Next thing he remembered was waking up in shackles.

Personality

Gideon is soft-spoken and diplomatic. He's willing to hear anyone out even if he's calling them all sorts of pejoratives in his mind. He's deeply tied to his faith and although he does become less of a Loyalist throughout Inquisition, he remains faithful.

Life as the Inquisitor is a lot for him. He's entirely unused to being looked upon as a leader and finds himself deferring often to advisors. Often found in his room, studying tomes and penning correspondence in an effort to make sense of Corypheus and everything else being thrown at him.

He tends to be merciful in his dealings with prisoners ("andraste loves you") and is willing to hear out the nobles of Thedas, perhaps even when he shouldn't.

Gideon fully believes he is the Herald of Andraste. He believes she sent a mage during this time of crisis to set the world to rights again.

To those close enough to him to see him out of his shell, he is petulant and irritable. Prone to bouts of self-righteousness. He meddles in the business of his friends in an attempt to be helpful, and it tends to backfire horribly.

In his romantic relationships, he is sentimental and adoring. Willing to see the best in people, especially those who don't see the best in themselves.

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[tsuraiwrites]

✨weekly(ish) fic roundup✨

more like monthly at this point, but here are some excellent fic I’ve enjoyed in the recent past! most are long fic, so buckle up and prepare to leave some kudos and comments for these a+ authors.

ASoIaF

Coin and Conformity - catelyn stark | oc insert/ned stark

A man wakes up one day to find that he isn't in his apartment, isn't in his own body, and isn't even on Earth anymore. The language, the geography, the culture, the stars, and even the technology level are all different. Even worse, in this backwards medieval society he had found himself in, he woke up in the body of a woman. A woman who had just given birth to her first child, a son.

He's not really cut out for this whole 'motherhood' thing. It could be worse; at least he's a noblewoman, and really, Robb is such a sweet child...

Assassin’s Creed

Eagle of Alamut - altaïr ibn-la’ahad/desmond miles wip

That the reason why he woke up in the city of Jerusalem during the 12th century was because of something [Minerva] did.

Still…

He would have appreciated it if she didn’t also return him to his 16-year-old body.

Dragon Age

The Comfort of Knives - cullen rutherford/male inquisitor wip

Maxwell Trevelyan isn’t who he says he is, and his connection to the General of the Red Templars could become a problem. But will it be as much of a problem as the affection that grows between himself and his Commander?

Naruto

come out of the ashes - gen wip

As a final stand in a war they never stood a chance of winning, Uzumaki Naruto chooses to use a forbidden blood seal to rip through the fabric of space and time itself rather than admit defeat. He’s never been good at accepting his fate, and if bending reality with his own two hands is what it takes, then that’s what Naruto will do.

The rest of the world is just going to have to suck it up and deal with it.

Compass of thy Soul - uchiha madara/ofc complete, lots of delicious crafts and politics in this one

Being reborn into the Uchiha clan during the Warring Clans Era is surprisingly idyllic, so long as you don't mind hard work and are too young to know any of the people who are actually dying. But innocence never lasts, and trying to help family stay alive is a road strewn with a surprising number of pitfalls and last-minute diversions.

Reincarnation For the Win - female self-insert/uchiha itachi/uchiha shisui

She’d been tired for a long time before she died.  However she’d been granted a second life, she was never going to thank anyone for it, no matter how amazing or awful it ended up being.  That said, if she ever met the reason she was sucked into the Naruto ‘verse, there would be much shin-kicking to be done.

Until Dawn Breaks - uchiha shisui/undisclosed wip, part 2 of a timetravel AU

Shisui had succeeded, destroying the man who was responsible for his death, in every way possible. Who had caused so much suffering... more than anyone could have foreseen.

(He gasped for air, throat parched and lips chapped and-)

But now came the hardest part; learning to live again.

The Yondaime's Assistant - hatake kakashi/ofc/shiranui genma complete

When I reincarnated in the world of Naruto, I was lucky enough to live in Konoha but not lucky enough to get all the superpowers you could hope for. I failed my jounin-sensei test and ended up in the Genin Corps. Bye-bye jounin rank! However, considering it also meant avoiding the battlefield, that was fine with me. Now I just had to get a position allowing me to change History...

One Piece

Children of the Sea - fushichou marco/portgas d ace wip

When it comes to Ace, Marco can't help but think of the old saying: Love is a hurricane.

 (Time-traveling Ace, told from Marco's POV.)

SVSSS

Cultivate: Slow Life on a Monster-Infested Mountain - shen yuan/liu qingge wip

When trying to transfer Shen Yuan from the real world to Proud Immortal Demon Way, the System runs into an error. The transfer is not complete.

Shen Yuan is dropped off at the foot of a mountain aware of two things:  he's in the story, and the Shen Qingqiu of this world is not only aware but thinks he tried to possess his body — and he's PISSED. Shen Yuan tries to opt out and live a simple life on what locals tell him is a monster-infested mountain no one in their right mind would bother with.

Sounds like a great hiding spot!

(TL;DR: Stardew Scum Villain Valley Mountain.)

[bastardtrevelyan]

This was from 2016. Why did I leave it there this long. 

[a-drama-addict]

very serious character studies of my DA protags

headshots + info on the character under cut

(Left to right, upper row)

Tarben Brosca (he/him), Sasha Cousland (she/her), Mae Surana (she/they/it)

(Left to right, middle row)

Thalia Hawke (she/they), Dougal Hawke (he/him), Minerva Hawke (she/her)

(Left to right, lower row)

Violet Trevelyan (she/her), Nora Cadash (she/they), Chronos Adaar (he/they)

[vigilskeep]

18 for arthur and minerva!

18. do they have any irrational fears?

HMMM. minerva hates hates hates shrieks but those things are fucked up that is not an irrational fear. in fact almost everything i’m thinking of is a horror she actually lives with. wow, it sucks to be the warden. okay she does have a mostly irrational fear, which is that when the demon said “true tests never end” in the end of the harrowing, he really meant it, this is all part of the harrowing and one day she’ll wake up in the circle tower again

arthur hates creepy crawlies. he’s an indoor boy. people are so upset about blood magic existing in the world and yet every day he wakes up and there are bugs and nobody does anything. he’s also claustrophic but not in tight rooms or caves or anything, specifically when there are other people/bodies pressing in

[whalefucker69]

Thank you! Also sorry weird format im on mobile (obviously)

[dragon-age-sideblog]

Varric’s nicknames for my characters:

Daria Brosca - Hero/Hero of Ferelden. he didn't know her personally so he just uses the generic name most people refer to her by

Garrett Hawke - waffles (blue personality), champ/champion after Act 2. bubbles whenever Hawke is giddy/drunk and talking about Fenris

Kiilani Cadash - Red, killer, Kiki (also Plaio's nickname for her). Tiger but almost always used in the "easy there, tiger" way, which is also how he uses killer.

Plaio Lavellan - Greenie, beanstalk, arrows. sometimes the hunter. Your Highness Lord King Ambassador whenever Plaio is being especially diplomatic

Minerva Adaar - Spooky/spooks, mini/Minnie, the brains. Never uses The Brains in front of her, but uses it the most when referring to her bc he thinks she's the biggest brains behind the whole inquisitor operation

Enzidya Trevelyan - Shifty, Enzy (also what a lot of people use to call him). If he really wants to get under Enzidya's skin, he uses Ser/Lord Trevelyan/Noble or any variation

[anders-thelka]

based on this poll by @star--nymph.

If Dragon Age: Dreadwolf takes place 8-10 years after Trespasser, would your Warden/Hawke/Inquisitor be a MILF/DILF/PILF?

I've got so many heroes of thedas that I just wanna make a post to answer that question for each of them. gonna put it under the cut so here we go.

Wardens

Belladonna Amell: Is both Aromantic and Asexual, and not interested in having kids. She'd be in her late 30's, and considers herself the hottest bitch in the room at all times, AILF (abomination i'd like to fuck)

Eden Amell: Is dead.

Tola Kader: Not interested in having kids, has warden shit to worry about. Would be in her mid 50's.

Oriel Mahariel: Had Kieran at 22 with Morrigan. Would be in his mid 40's, PILF.

Jelsi Brosca: Had Kieran with Morrigan when she was 25, but wasn't around to parent him. Would be in her late 40's. Technically a MILF but not in practice.

Adelaide Cousland: After she finds the cure for the blight, her and Alistair have 2 kids. Duncan Bryce Theirin, and 3 years later they have Eleanor Wynn Theirin. Would be in her early 40's, MILF.

Eloril Tabris: After finding a cure for the blight, retiring from the wardens, and marrying Leliana, they adopt an elven baby that they name Shartan. Eloril is fully focused on her role as Arl of Denerim, and Leliana is Divine, so he's one of the most protected babies in Thedas. Would be in her late 40's, MILF.

Champions

Easter Hawke: Her and Fenris have their 3 children by this point, none of them were planned. Their oldest is Bethany, and they have twins 4 years later, Malcolm and Maurevar. Would be in her mid 40's. MILF.

Fiona Hawke: Her and Anders don't have any children together. Would be in her mid 40's.

Holly: Her and Merril adopt a pair of elven twins, orphaned by the mage-templar conflict; Nesrin and Cessida Sabrae-Hawke, a boy and a girl. Would be in her mid 40's, MILF.

Malcolm Hawke JR: Him and Fenris have no children. Would be in his mid 40's.

Jeannie Hawke: Her and Isabela have no children together. Would be in her mid 40's.

Theodore: Him and Anders end up taking in a young vashoth boy named Amaar Hawke. Would be in his mid 40's, DILF.

Inquisitors

Niara Lavellan: Has no children, would be in her mid 40's.

Fane Lavellan: Her and Sera have 1 child, a boy named Llorin. Would be in her mid 30's, MILF.

Ezra Trevelyan: He and Dorian have no kids. Would be in his Early 40's.

Sumeyye Adaar: Her and Thom have no kids. Would be in her mid 50's.

Celene Trevelyan: Her and Josephine have no kids. Would be in her late 40's.

Von Cadash: Him and Bull have no kids, and have no desire to have kids. Would be in his late 40's.

Minerva Morgan: Her and Krem have 1 kid, a girl named Lucidia. Would be in her late 30's, MILF.

[muwitch]

Inquisitor: Knight-Commander was a good man. We were...close. Cole: He didn’t mean it that way. They thought he did. Inquisitor: I suppose this is what Circle life was full of, but let us not speak of the past. We lost anything during the Rebellion anyway. Cole: Frightened, lost like a little bird, braid unkept and her chin twitching. It’s not her fault, but I must keep her safe. Time, there’s always so little time. Rattle. Rattle. Rattle. They are close now. Inquisitor: Please, Cole, don’t... Cole: Fragile and soft, honest, like ray of sunshine mids the fog. Smiling, clinging like a daughter he never had. Blooming like a flower he never could touch. He didn’t know such mages existed, so he had to protect. That’s what templars should do. Inquisitor: I... Cole: He loved you. Inquisitor: So did I.