#reminder: in my fic universe Solas was created as the concept of a Mother's Pride

[dreadfutures]

The Brave Guide, Ch 91 - Lathbora Viran

As they care for the rescued child, Ixchel reflects on the different ways her companions have learned to nurture life. For Vivienne, Merrill, Mahariel, and Solas, this kind of care walks hand in hand with grief.

“Mythal’enaste,” Halevune swore. “Do you think…?”

He could not seem to bring himself to finish that sentence, but he did not need to. His words had already conjured the possibilities in Ixchel’s mind, each more heartbreaking than the last. She knew that Solas had been loved before, and loved in return; perhaps Felassan had not been the only one. Who else had he lost to war, to time? An empire, certainly—maybe his whole world, in more than one sense.

Ixchel’s stomach churned. “You would know what force it takes to separate a parent from their child for long,” she said raggedly. “I don’t know all the details of his past, but I know tragedy lies at the heart of it.”

Halevune let out a heavy sigh. “I would not wish this on my worst enemy,” he said. “I can’t let the thought even enter my mind that…” He shook his head. “It’s not how it’s s’posed to happen. Whatever life I have, I’d give it all for his. The idea of living on, in a future that should be his…”

“Lethallin,” Ixchel whispered.

The Brave Guide is a canon-divergent Dragon Age longfic. It continues the story of Dead Pasts and Dread Futures, in which Lavellan was sent back in time against her will after the Dread Wolf’s plans destroyed the world.

The series follows Inquisitor Ixchel Lavellan and her battle to find hope for herself, and hope for Thedas. As the world ends, Ixchel is resurrected under mysterious circumstances and is sent back in time to the Conclave. Ixchel is furious, convinced of her own futility, and yet she cannot give up again. These are the stories of how she gets better.

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