#oc: danyla lavellan

[otherpigeon]

hi do you guys want these old solavellan screens from my drafts ♡

[grandpasauce]

Was tasked by @thorinoakenbutt to make some OCs in this picrew thingy and it was fun so here u go

from left to right we got -

Sahlin Surana: Blood mage gremlin with unadulterated 24/7 Pisces weirdo energy. Whats going on? She certainly doesn't know but she still managed to save the world I guess so shes chill. Misses her best friend Jowan.

Kaidence Hawke: Purple Hawke through and through. Takes nothing seriously cause if she did she would wither from the inside out. Morality?--what's that? Ethics?--Who cares? Girl just wants to make sure her family and frens are thriving.

Danyla Lavellan: Looks like a girly pop princess but has the attitude of a seasoned drill sergeant who never really wanted the job in the first place but circumstances had other plans and here she is. Always within reach of her emotional support flask.

Lupe Laidir: Lord of Fortune pirate-knight type with an obnoxiously persistent sense of humor that conceals a rather spiritual and morally sound individual. They will annoy you to death and then hit you with something so poignant you forget who you're talking to.

Im tagging @scissorman cause i can and i will and he must or i will laser beam him (also anyone else who wants to cause its funnn)

[otherpigeon]

she has never done anything wrong ever

[otherpigeon]

SHE

[otherpigeon]

the da girlies

[otherpigeon]

champions of the just

[otherpigeon]

Danyla Lavellan - The Inquisitor necromancer

major choices bunch of facts & headcanons under the cut!

Early Life

The Lavellan clan in my canon has no interest in humans, and they are incredibly blood thirsty

They travel from forest to forest, staying in the deepest parts, far away from civilization

Being raised in this environment, Dany is not the easiest to get along with

Her magic manifested at age 10, when she tangled another in thorns because they were teasing animals

She is an only child, and was doted on by both of her parents

Almost to the point where she felt smothered

SO getting to study under the keeper was something she cherished and took very seriously

In fact, she takes most things seriously. If you can make her laugh, you deserve an award

In studying under the keeper, she obviously learned a lot about Dalish history, but she also became an expert in lost magic- specifically shapeshifting

She's used this ability to scout or to scare off anyone who comes too close to camp

Her relationship with her parents remains strained- they still try to treat her like a kid, and she resents them for it. She considers the keeper to be her parental figure

Shortly before the conclave explosion, a couple of Clan Lavellan's young mages had wandered out of the woods, curious about the outside world

A group of templars found them and...well, it didn't go well for the mages

The clan found the young mages, and, being the way they are...decided on revenge.

In Game

They find out a bunch of templars- and the templar leader!- will all be in one place. The conclave.

Dany volunteers for the trip. She's furious & wants to keep the clan protected at all costs

So of course things go badly because why wouldn't they

Dany denounces being the herald any chance she gets

She wants absolutely no part of any of this, and pushes back a LOT. She just wants to go home

In fact, if it weren't for Cass pushing and insisting on recruiting, the Inquisition would be empty and would probably fail lmao

Eventually, Dany realizes she has power. Lots of it.

And she kind of goes on a tyrannical warpath. If you're with her, great, if not...well, I'll pray for you

And everyone is kind of like "what tf did we just do"

Romance

Dany took a lot of comfort in the one other elven mage of the inquisition

She just...really loved being around Solas. She could listen to him talk for days

She just loves learning ok!!! She's super open minded to his theories and ideas, and is incredibly interested in the fade

The only thing she doesn't take kindly to...is the slave marking thing because she is really proud of her heritage. No way they're wrong.

She takes the breakup badly.

She actually becomes softer, she thinks maybe it was because she was too difficult to work with

Aaaand then he leaves for good and she gets worse than she was before she met him. She lost her anchor, lost the one person she trusted and cared about.

So she kinda doesn't care about going off the rails

Post Game

Dany stays with the Inquisition since her clan is gone, and turns it into a powerhouse. It's something people have grown to fear, which leads into "is the inquisition actually useful now?"

She also works closely with Briala to make Gaspard's life hell

And maybe there's a lil fling there but it's very brief and hush hush

(no, she never got over Solas thanks for asking)

After Trespasser she is completely mind fucked. She disbands the inquisition and becomes sort of a recluse in order to reflect on everything

I say sort of because she does try to find Solas. She will help him destroy the world if it will restore elven glory- even if it will cost her her own life

She keeps in contact with Briala (who has become a dear friend), and Leliana

There are very few sightings of Danyla post Trespasser. She uses shapeshifting most of the time to keep a low profile

[otherpigeon]

in your heart shall burn

[otherpigeon]

Danyla Lavellan The Herald of Andraste [template]

(choices & lore under the cut!)

( • devout to elven gods)

Conscripted the Templars, Leashed: Danyla's motives for speaking with the templars were not, in fact, to gather them to seal the breach. She wanted the templar leader dead- a mission that she failed to complete at the conclave. In truth, she would have much preferred the mages help with the breach, but here we are.

Alistair Left in the Fade: Mostly she just liked Hawke better. Also she is kind of peeved with the wardens. (don't ask me what Perrin thinks about this I don't want to be mean)

Exiled the Wardens: This was a decision based completely off of emotion. ("What do you MEAN the Wardens are the reason I'm in this mess?") And it was at this point where she realized she could pretty much do whatever the hell she wanted and became 10x worse than she already was

Briala Rules Under Gaspard: "You mean to tell me I can put an elf on the throne?" (yeah this one was a no brainer to her)

Inquisitor Drinks From the Well of Sorrows: Listen. Danyla doesn't like Morrigan. Danyla especially doesn't like that Morrigan is apparently "the only one qualified to do this". This is Danyla's heritage, it is her right. She will be drinking from that well, no matter the cost (I mean damn she's got Mythal's valasslin and everything)

Other notable choices:

RIP Clan Lavellan

Cole becomes more of a spirit

Cullen remains on lyrium

Sacrificed the Chargers (THIS ONE HURT)

Blackwall left the party before we even learned who he actually was (oh my god he HATED Dany lmao)

Seekers were not rebuilt

Cassandra is Divine

[otherpigeon]

pov: you just told her she needs to decide who rules orlais

[otherpigeon]

Dany’s evolution:

STOP calling me the herald of andraste i don’t even believe in andraste -> get me OUT of here -> why am i the one making these decisions wtf -> hey wait people are listening to me -> I can really do this? -> I can do anything I want?? -> I can do anything I want!! -> Bow to me.

[otherpigeon]

thoughts i'm thinking about re: clan lavellan, danyla, and neria (this got long so have a cut)

so the lavellan clan is bloodthirsty, they're super anti-human, they believe in restoring what the elves were. they know the history of the evanuris, but where the beliefs diverge is that the clan thinks their gods did all of these terrible things to others- certainly not the elves. hence, their hatred for anyone who isn't an elf.

and both danyla & neria unlearn what their clan taught, but differently and to different extents.

danyla, away from her clan, is fairly isolated. she works with the inquisition (unwillingly) but keeps to herself, or spends time with solas, not really opening up to anyone else. she's still very distrusting, and even when the inquisition is disbanded, she spends years alone searching for solas with the help of leliana and leliana alone.

neria, away from her clan, finds herself missing the company of others. she wants to be part of something larger, so she joins the veil jumpers. she's leery about them at first because they accept anyone- not just elves. and she's standoffish and slow to trust...until she becomes tainted by darkspawn and a human warden offers to save her.

and it's with the wardens that she realizes "okay, not everyone is bad, not everyone is out to get me"

and the difference, I think, is how they left the clan. they were both forced, but dany was ripped away into this andrastian role she wanted nothing to do with. neria was forced to leave because everyone else was dead or missing.

and the other difference is that dany felt alone and isolated from the get-go, she was the only dalish elf even among the other elves in her inner circle. one was a city elf who hated "elfy" things, the other looked down on her heritage. she was constantly talked down to by the chantry, by the orlesians...she saw the hatred others had for her people.

neria, on the other hand, immediately found others who respected elven history, who reveled in it, who wanted to know more. she was well liked, and was asked to share stories, beliefs, knowledge. she was encouraged to embrace who she was, and what she believed. even in the wardens- sure, she met some resentment there- but for the most part, people were good to her.

[otherpigeon]

have some ✨danyla lore✨

the thing about the lavellan clan in this world state is that they aren't interested in human affairs at all. they keep to themselves in the forests, and at best, scare away anyone who comes close. at worst...well.

so the idea that dany was sent to the conclave to spy has always been a little farfetched to me. but it's what she tells people, because telling people "I was on an assassination mission to kill the templar leader"...it might not go over well.

and then the inquisition advisors say "let's meet with the templars" and dany sees it as an opportunity to finish what she started. so she agrees. and thus begins champions of the just.

(she most definitely would have preferred the mages' help but alas)

[otherpigeon]

Here’s what’s bothering me the most rn about inquisition

Dany is…a colossal asshole. She hates humans, hates that she’s stuck dealing with these rifts in the sky, she doesn’t want to lead the inquisition and doesn’t care what happens to them. She wants to be done, she wants to go home. (And I get it. She can’t!!)

No dialogue option ever represents her. Even the “mean” ones are just…determined and to the point. It feels like whoever the inquisitor is, they’ve accepted their role and are fine with it.

Sometimes she can say “I’m not chosen” but like…where are the options where she’s angry and bitter that she’s being thrust into this role she doesn’t even believe in?