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[bunabi]

Thanks again @mistralrunner for commissioning me!

I was so thrilled to get this lovely couple art request, and I learned a lot of new techniques along the way! 😭💕

[anonbeadraws]

illustration for @mistralrunner of the Dragonheist Crew, Mariska, Maeve and Threnody having a little well deserved beach time!🌊 🌊more commission info in source!🌊

[ichimakesart]

Commission for @mistralrunner

Thank you for commissioning me!

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[pluviance]

Remanence the tiefling paladin for @mistralrunner!! Thank you for commissioning me again. Appreciate the support, friend!

If you want something like this, I am available for work!

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[spectre-tabris]

tag game

tagged by @pluviance

oh wow it's been so long since i've done one of these.

Current time: 6:20 pm

Current activity: typing up character bios for the oc page i started redoing...a while ago and never finished

Currently thinking about: before thinking about answering this? definitely doing the rotating-blorbo-in-my-head-like-a-microwave thing with jehenara. again. it's a Problem

Current favourite song: um. how dare you make me pick one. promiseland by mika has been stuck in my head for like a day and a half, so we'll go with that one.

Currently reading: the mystery of mysteries, an edgar allen poe biography my mother got me for my birthday and thus will expect me to have Thoughts about next time i see her. i am not usually a biography person so it is slow going

Currently watching: well i was going to answer this with what i most recently watched since i don't have anything playing at the moment, but apparently that's the next question shhh

Recently watched: ...most recent thing i watched was an online linguistics lecture after a conversation with mistralrunner made me remember that i actually really like linguistics. because i'm a giant nerd. but if we're talking specifically shows, i think the last thing i watched properly was the clone wars show, because i like to make myself suffer i guess

Current WIP: um. oh dear. so much. many of them being the reason behind the "rotating in head like a microwave" problem above. so uh. if we're talking purely fic-based and not the character bios i've been working on, an eso fic that is basically a character relationship study for jehenara and verandis at lorkrata hills. though i also have a few pieces with jehenara and gwendis figuring out how to be friends that need to be edited and then i need to decide if i'm going to do anything with them that isn't leaving them on my google drive and never acknowledging them again.

i think anyone i might normally tag has already been tagged by other people, so we're going to pretend i tagged someone here and move on

[criticalrolo]

What are Thalia's favorite spells? And is there a spell she's seen someone else cast that she wishes she could cast?

BIG FAN OF ELDRITCH BLAST AND COUNTERSPELL. She’s also able to cast Blade Barrier with her sunblade and that’s been KEY a couple of encounters now

I think she wishes she could cast wall of fire! It’s been a super helpful move a few times and she definitely needs more Crowd Control Options

[dragonologist-phd]

Allys for the character headcanon meme?

Headcanon Meme

thanks for the ask! I love my Wardens and I don’t talk about them nearly enough!

Allys Mahariel

2-4 songs that are probably on their iPod

these three songs are all very Allys!

Hopeless Wanderer- Mumford & Sons

Shake It Out- Florence + The Machine

Something Wild- Lindsey Stirling

the one place they sometimes end up falling asleep — where they’re not supposed to

She’s pretty used to camping and sleeping outside, I imagine the worst is probably when she forgets to go inside or close up her tent and ends up getting eaten alive by mosquitos

the game they’d destroy everyone else at

archery, throwing daggers, darts...anything that requires aim, she absolutely demolishes her opponents. and she’s very competitive, so she shows no mercy!

the emoticon they’d use most often

🐶 (in a modern au, she and Alistair send each other random dog pics on a regular basis)

what they act like when they haven’t had enough sleep

She insists that she is most certainly not tired, even as she’s yawning and obviously needs some sleep. Zevran’s usually the one who’s able to convince her to take a nap

their preferred hot beverage on really cold nights. or mornings. or whenever

she likes a good hot tea any time of the day! the exact type that’s available depends on where her clan is at the moment, but she prefers it with cinnamon or something else that could give it a little kick

how they like to comfort/care for themselves when they’re in a slump

Allys is a really active person, so doing something active usually helps take her mind off things. Being around her friends (and her pets!) also helps her take her mind off things

what they wanted to be when they grew up

From the moment she started learning archery, she always wanted to be a hunter for her clan! She also really enjoyed teaching the younger kids how to use a bow and could see herself becoming a teacher at some point as well

their favorite kind of weather

She loves days that are sunny and breezy, and prefers warm weather to cold

thoughts on their singing voice (decent? terrible? soprano? alto?)

Allys is a pretty good singer! She and some of the others in her clan would sing around the campfire at night, and later on she continues the tradition with Leliana. Her voice is a bit low and very strong

how/what they like to draw or doodle

Mainly little flowers and trees- nothing too fancy, just some cute little doodles!

[dancer4813]

15, 17, 18 for D&D asks for Iliavena and Aike?

@mistralrunner Thank you for the ask and sorry about the delayed response! 

Iliavena: Eladrin Circle of Spores Druid

15. What is the best gift they could receive? Iliavena’s best gift would honestly be some rare species of mushroom she’s never seen before - maybe something from a different plane or from the Underdark - she’s be so hyped to have a new addition to her garden!

17. If they were in possession of a trio of wishes, what would their three wishes be? Oooo that’s a tough one, especially if we’re talking D&D Wishes. I think Iliavena’s first wish would be for her son to be safe, but challenged in his life - to have adventures of his own, but to life to a good long age and make a difference in whatever way he wished to. (It’s so hard to word wishes when you think of all that could go wrong with them!) Second, she would wish for Boots of Speed for our party’s barbarian, Promise (@cinderpaw1 I’m sure Promise would appreciate it xD), who already has an insane movement speed, just to get her to shut up about them (but also to torment Promise’s wife and everyone else in Chult). Third, she would wish for an item that would let her cast Plane Shift once a day (or even once a week or so - she’s not picky!) to let her travel between seeing her blood family in the Feywild and her found family in Torril more easily. 

18. What is their favorite spell or method of attack? One of Iliavena’s favorite spells is Primal Savagery (from Xanathar’s), which lets her unleash some of her inner fire in melee combat. She also appreciates Blight in order to take people down quickly, especially because of the affinity it has with the spores she’s so fond of.

Aike: Triton Storm Sorceress

15. What is the best gift they could receive? Aike would absolutely love anything sea/shell related, or a new dress/outfit as she’s pretty minimalistic only because she doesn’t really consider buying new clothes a necessity. 

17. If they were in possession of a trio of wishes, what would their three wishes be? Aike’s first wish would be for the cosmic forces in the universe to get along and stop being so contrary with one another (@eternalrisingphoenix), as she’s very anxious about which of them to listen to or not listen to at this point in our campaign (the Wildmother is wonderful, and told her to just “go with the flow”, but when she’s also got other primal nature spirits in her head it’s a little difficult :] ). Her second would be for her Scrying to succeed - she wants to help her party members find those family members (or others) they’re searching for, but it’s hard if they roll well against her spells........ Lastly, she’d want Seraphina, a certain aasimar rogue they met, who was quite nice to them until she decided to betray the party to her slaver father, to recognize that slavery is bad and for her to stop betraying them. Aike appreciates new friends, and sympathized for Seraphina’s story she told them, but it’s hard to trust or help someone when they backstabbed your whole group xP

18. What is their favorite spell or method of attack? Aike’s favorite spell attack is Dragon’s Breath (also Xanathar’s) because of it’s versatility and the fact she can be either close or a little ways away from her target. Also, you get to eat a chili pepper each time you cast it and she enjoys the spice ^-^

From this ask meme - ask me about my characters!

[ariela-of-aedyr]

🗣️ and 💍for Ariela?

Thanks for the ask! I answered one of these on the super lengthy post I just put up, but I’ll happily do the other one! 

🗣️ 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!

Implying that she’s crazy or paranoid would definitely hurt her a lot. She spent a long time knowing that people were plotting to hurt her, but having her fears dismissed, and she still struggles with the fallout of that whole scenario. But I think the thing that would absolutely devastate her would be if someone were to tell her that she didn’t actually mean anything to them, or that she wasn’t really their friend. She has major fears about abandonment, so that’s definitely the thing that would be most likely to break her.

I want to joke and say that telling her “I bought you a cupcake/pastry” would be the thing that would cheer her up. But in all seriousness, it would be reminding her of how much she means to the people around her, and how much good she does in the world that could make her feel better about anything. Or if all else fails, go fetch Aloth or Vela and make them give her a hug.

[impossible-rat-babies]

"How did you choose their name?" and "If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?" for Aoife (:

Thank you! :D

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3. How did you choose their name?

I’ve loved the name Aoife for a long time and I wanted to have a character with that name, really plain and simple. I didn’t care that much if it was a “female” name and that I was giving it to my masc character. His name later grew to mean more, a connection to his Aedyran mother who died in childbirth with him. 

14. If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be? 

It comes down to his dispositions for him in the game: benevolent, rational, honest, and diplomatic. He’s built a lot on the combo of those traits and how they play off of each other, especially rationality versus being benevolent. I guess that counts as four things to keep in mind, but they all play off of each other and morph into developing the bare bones of his personality. 

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questions about creating your ocs!

[dalishious]

3 for Varric and 2 for Iron Bull?

(Inquisitor + Companions Ask Meme)

Varric #3: “Did your Inquisitor approve of Varric’s stories? Did they read any of his books?”

Exiting Val Royeaux, Varric could tell the Inquisitor was a tad more high-strung than usual. The elf found no joy in their shopping trip, that was for sure. Varric decided to take it upon himself to give her something else to think about. “You know Inquisitor, you’re one of the few people I’ve ever met who hasn’t immediately asked me for details about Hard in Hightown.”The Inquisitor responded in turn. “Why would I, when I have never read it?”“Wait,” Varric stopped, “Seriously?”“It seems you’re not as famous as you thought, Varric,” Cassandra poked at him.“Do you just not like mysteries, or…?”“Varric,” The Inquisitor pulled her mouth back in amusement, “I am a Dalish First. I spent my time reading about magics and elven history, not works of fiction. Where would I even get such a book?”“I don’t know, you said you read The Tale of The Champion,” Varric shrugged.“Yes, our tradesmen do bring books back with them to share with the clan from time to time,” she explained. “A book detailing a heroic fight against templar oppression is very exciting.”“Well, Hard in Hightown has some excitement of its own. You see, Donnen Brennokovic of the Kirkwall Guard is chasing after the mysterious death of the Magistrate–”“No offence Varric, but a fictional story glorifying human guardsmen holds no interest to me,” She uncharacteristically interrupted him with a flat voice.“I see,” he said, as the group began walking again. “Well, to each their own.” The Inquisitor only nodded. “You could always ask more about the Tale of the Champion?”“Well, since you mentioned it, please do tell me about the Duke again.”“Right,” Varric rubbed his hands together, “So, as you know, it all started with a mysterious elven woman came out of nowhere…”

Iron Bull #2: “How did your Inquisitor react to the Chargers? Did they utilize them as allies or leave them to Bull?”

Iron Bull and his Chargers had claimed Haven’s tavern as their own that night. Their laughs, cheers, chants, and banging tankards could be heard from anywhere in the village. Amaris found the noise difficult, herself, but did her best to minimize her wincing from her table off to the side. She would have preferred to be in solitude, but at such an ungodly hour in the night, unless she wanted to curl up with a lowly candle, the tavern was the only source of strong light. The way they carried on reminded her of a rambunctious family. And yet, they were all so different.That was when one Charger in particular caught her eye. An elven woman with pale blonde hair. Krem, the Tevinter man and a few others were cheering her on as she downed a large mug of ale. She slammed her mug down and everyone threw their hands up, while the man next to her slumped forward in what must have been defeat. Just like that, she turned her head, and Amaris felt a tiny flutter from how beautiful she was. Beautiful… And Dalish. There was another Dalish elf here. Amaris threw her book down and nervously approached the woman, eager to talk to her, even if only for a moment.“Dill macaw Aneth ara, lethallan. I see you too wear the vallaslin of Dirthamen,” she greeted, referring to the bright green ink on the woman’s face.The woman looked Amaris over, and smiled. “The Herald of Andraste worships the Creators? How blasphemous,” she mused.“I am not the–Oh,” Amaris realized she was being sarcastic, “Apologies, I suppose I am so used to having to say that every five minutes.”“I imagine.” “I am Amaris of Clan Lavellan,” she extended her hand, “Of what clan do you come from?”“Boss!” Iron Bull’s booming voice came, and he soon took a seat at the stool between them. He himself was nursing a large cup of alcohol. “I see you’ve met Dalish here. She’s a mage, like you.”“Of course I’m not,” The Dalish called Dalish waved at him, using the same tone as she did previously for sarcasm.“If you are–sorry, if you were theoretically a mage, why are you not with your clan?” Amaris asked, but Iron Bull answered for her.“Dalish don’t have templars, so they can’t have too many mages in a clan at once.” Amaris was a tad annoyed; she had recently heard the same falsities from Vivienne. “Bull, that is not true. We…” But she trailed off when she saw Dalish’s face from behind him; that of anxiety. Whatever true reason she was away from her clan, it was not something she wanted to talk about. As much as Amaris wanted to correct Iron Bull, she did not want to make her fellow elf uncomfortable. “…That is, my clan, and most of the clans I know of love our mages. I am sorry to hear your clan was different, Dalish.”The blonde elf nodded, what looked to be in thanks for one thing but actually another. “Huh,” was all Bull said, and took another sip of his drink. Amaris was thankful he was clearly intoxicated, otherwise his proven to be keen Ben-Hasrath senses would have no doubt picked up on her rather poor, stumbling lie.“If you will excuse me, I think it is time I attempt some sleep,” she excused herself. “Perhaps we could talk more later, Dalish?”“Anytime, not-Herald.” Dalish winked at her, and Amaris felt her ears and cheeks grow warm. She nodded, and grabbed her book as she excited the tavern.

(I know this question was about all the Chargers, but I feel like Amaris would really connect with–and have a small crush on–Dalish in particular. Also, it’s an excuse to do some gymnastics around that BS retcon DA:I threw at us, lol.)

[inner-muse]

I was going through my photos and realized I'd never shared this!! Beautiful pottery collaboration between me and @mistralrunner. The pieces were thrown and glazed by her and carved by me. One for each of us :) So glad we got to work together! Makes me smile every time I see it on my desk. 😍

[tobyjamessharp]

Happy birthday to an awesome artist and DM!

aWW,,,thank you so much bud

[dimir-charmer]

1, 5, 10 for the DnD character asks?

1 & 5 have been answered! (:

10: Fatima’s got a guilty conscience a nautical fucking mile wide, and at the same time, thinks she’s sort of the best? She’s a Hot Mess, who still thinks she’s Hot Shit. Thinks she’s better with people than she is. 

She knows people have died literally because of her and her failures, her failure at something she thought she was really good at, and she’s really fucked up about it. She still thinks she’s one of the best damn treasure hunters ever to play the game though. 

She also views adventuring not as a path to glory or greatness at all, but just as a career path. She doesn’t think she’s the kind of person that has a Fate or a Destiny, and that works perfectly fine for her, thank you very much. The sorts of people who are ordained to do anything for the gods end up unhappy and die young, get buried in spectacular tombs, which she rifles through centuries later. Greatness seems like an early route to death, as far as Fatima’s concerned, and she really just wants to live it up as long as possible.  

[pluviance]

New Threnody portrait for @mistralrunner! ❤️

Hope you like it, friend!

[esseastri]

5,8 for Nyeni and Aliena for the OC codex prompts

5. Letters between two of your OC’s companions about them

Aliena:

Two brief notes, found on Varric’s table in Skyhold, and copies of their replies: 

“Varric, tell me you know where she is. She promised there’d be a letter next time I made port, but there’s been no word. I knew she was disappearing, but damn it, she promised. She would tell you though, so where the fuck is she?” 

“Riviani–get your ass up this forsaken mountain. I can’t handle Hawke moping about pining for you. It’s embarrassing. Just make sure you don’t wreck your ship this time you make landfall.” 

“You’ve had her all this time and you didn’t share? Tell her I’m coming and when she protests that it’s too far from the sea, punch her for me.”

“I haven’t had her at all, Rivaini–I generally leave that up to you. But she is here and she is determined to help, as we knew she would be. Sorry I couldn’t keep her out of this longer. But with you coming, she’ll have both of us to protect her. I’m not letting the damn world use her again. She’s been through enough.”

Nyeni:

Found between the pages of a book on the bench beside Cassandra at the Winter Palace during Trespasser:

“How’s the reconstruction going? In your last letter, you mentioned difficulties with the training–something about the recruits being afraid of going up against the Inquisitor. Has Lavellan sorted them out yet? Though she’s less likely to whip them into shape and more inclined to gently prod them in the direction she wants them to go. Tell her that if she needs tips on increasing the radius of her fire spells without losing heat intensity, she should read the latest treatise on mana conservation from that old bird down in Kinloch. Maybe the new Seekers will be more willing to attack her in groups if she’s a threat to more than two of them at a time. As for you–read the newest in the Bearly Surviving series; I think you’ll be greatly amused. I hope you two are happy together. You deserve it.”

“Dorian: she says your advice is invaluable, but if you can’t abstain from making fun of her fire spells, she’ll come out to Minrathous and set your paperwork on fire. She did, however, read the treatise, and the recruits have responded nicely to the changes she’s been making. They all still need to work on their swordsmanship, but the Inquisitor will tell you that I’m being too harsh on them. I just want them to be at their best before we move on. She misses you dearly, though she will never admit it. I do, too, if only for your book recommendations. But we’ll see you at Halamshiral soon–you are the ambassador they are sending, yes? I’m trying to keep it a surprise for her. And yes, we are happy. It is… It was worth the wait.”

8. Your OC’s doctor/healer talking about their injuries

Aliena:

Found in a corner of Anders’ clinic, from his personal journal:

“If she goes out to the Bone Pit one more time, she’s going to die, I swear to the Maker. This is ridiculous–burns all down her arm from dragon fire, scratches on her thigh, and a bite into her side. It’s a wonder Merrill could patch her up well enough to get her back home. Maker’s breath, I’m going to have to insist on going with next time–or pray there aren’t any more dragons lurking around that cursed mine.”

Nyeni:

Found by one of the surgeon’s tents in Skyhold:

“The Inquisitor continues to insist on healing her own wounds in the field–says we should all spare our mana and supplies for the soldiers who really need it. Like she doesn’t! I saw her straggle in from that last trip to the Crestwood! Blood all across her forehead from that gash across her brow, arm dislocated in a sling, knuckles all bruised and bloodied–I’m not sure whether it was the undead or the dragon that did for her, but she patched up her friends before getting to herself and still refused to be healed. Stubborn girl is going to run herself out of magic if she keeps going the way she is. Maybe I’ll send that new healer from the rebel mages up to her while she’s sleeping, pour some healing into her before she can stop us. We need her hale.”