#shale

[dellamortal]

Neve: Don’t you ever get tired? Standing all day, walking, smashing things – seems exhausting.

Shale: It has mistaken me for a squishy mortal. I do not tire.

Neve: Must be nice. No aching foot, no sore shoulders… probably saves a fortune on boots, too.

Shale: Boots? For what purpose? They’d only be crushed, like everything else underfoot.

Neve: So modest. If I had feet like yours, I’d paint them. Little flowers. Maybe flames.

Shale: It should keep its artistic ambitions to itself unless it wishes to become a smear beneath them.

Neve: Everyone’s a critic.

[thedustyleaves]

All of my Dragon Age Origins companion portraits! I've taken some liberties here and there, but I tried to keep the essence of the characters ❤️

[artsywarden]

We need answers: where is Shale now, is she in antiva crushing crows?

[rook-laidir]

The DA Companions/Advisors and the Hate Comments They’d Leave on Your TikToks

I worked too hard on this and I’m sorry

[phier]

The idea for this piece has been simmering in the back of my head and in some sketchbooks for YEARS, so I finally bit the bullet and actually painted it. It's also influenced by Paramore's song Misguided Ghosts, which has always been one of the main songs I associate with Mahariel. It fits the Dalish Warden Origin so well. 💙

[bemorch]

Origins companions: Veteran edition

[briccko]

my beloved squad of misfits❤

[classicteacup]

Night in the camp

[sisifroggy]

These two mean everything to me

[dragonagecinema]

What Veilguard Could Have Been

Very saddened to hear the news about Bioware. As much as I was disappointed with Dragon Age The Veilguard, it was a fun game and I did not wish for the series to end. That being said, for those of you who haven't seen the artbook, I want to share the initial ideas and concepts of the team behind the game. Here's what Veilguard could have and should have been.

Characters from Previous Games

Morrigan, Dorian and Isabela were supposed to be our advisors. They also had better outfits.

Sten, Cole and Shale were some other characters featured in the artbook. An early idea for Cole was to act as a compassionate voice to Solas.

The Divine was supposed to make an appearance, sending out ships to hunt Solas in the hopes that his capture will restore peace to Thedas.

We were supposed to receive assignments from the Inquisitor.

Another idea was for us to return to the Fade and rescue whoever was left behind in Inquisition.

Solas as a True Leader

Elves from all over Thedas were supposed to answer Solas' call, as presented in the ending screens of Inquisition.

Solas' appearance was supposed to be more of a surprise.

Solas was supposed to return like a regal figure out of the distant past.

Game Mechanics

The game was focused more on espionage and sneaking around. We were supposed to go on cool missions, like infiltrating the Archon's throne room.

Another idea was for us to ride adult griffons, hunting dragons.

Or to go on secret missions in Tevinter, accurately depicted here with slaves and slavers.

Story and Setting

The dwarves were supposed to be fleeing the underground by the thousands. Cause is left unknown.

We were supposed to go to Par Vollen, the home of the Qunari.

Companions had the option to betray us.

We were supposed to go in disguise to a ball in the Necropolis.

Another idea was for Solas to interrupt our mission, wiping half of our team off the board and forcing us to make an unlikely alliance.

Solas was supposed to summon a Titan in the final battle.

We were supposed to get a happy ending with our love interests.

Headquarters

And last but not least, our base was first supposed to be a ship, sailing to all the places we would visit.

We would have a war table room, similar to Inquisition.

The ship could get stolen and we would have to get it back.

However, thematically, boats don't line up with the spy theme. They're too easy to spot and attack. So the ship was transformed into a submarine.

The submarine was already named The Dumat, after an Archdemon.

These are just the parts I found most interesting from the artbook, which has more than 200 pages. I wonder who saw all these ideas and went nah, let's scrap them. I guess we'll never know.

[koyoriin]

dawntrail has introduced a bunch of new side characters i like so...here's a drawing of shale, one of my favourites!

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[dellamortal]

Emmrich: You are a fascinating construct, Shale. Truly, a tremendous feat of dwarven engineering. I should love to study you further. Perhaps we could set up some resonance crystals around you. Have you noticed how the Veil shifts in your presence?

Shale: No, but I’ve noticed the air gets heavier in its presence. Likely from all the words it insists on using.

Emmrich: Hmph. Words are a means of discovery, Shale. If you’d only indulge them, you might find answers to questions you’ve never thought to ask.

Shale: It assumes I care for its answers. I do not. I prefer to crush things.

(If Rook is romancing Emmrich)

Rook: Be nice, Shale. I like the way he talks.

Shale: It’s welcome to like it. I will simply endure it.

[blighted-elf]

Dragon Age: Origins - Shale 1/?

[5arcasmw]

sometimes family is 5 twenty-year-olds, a highly specialized warrior who murdered an entire family, your elderly grandma who is only alive because of her guardian angel, a walking and talking rock, your disgusting and drunken uncle, and your badass dog that you can hold a conversation with.

[tenojan-in-tevinter]

Honestly there's no one I'd rather be on a forced saving-the-world road trip with than the origins gang. Sorry kotor companions sorry bg3 companions but no one does it like the origins gang. They are a family they are insane they are not to be fucked with they never would have been friends if they were given a choice in the matter. The perfect road trip squad.

They consist of the best dog in thedas, the worlds most royal himbo, a demi-god shapeshifting witch, a bisexual assassin nun, a bisexual assassin orphan, a powerful spell-slinging grandma living on borrowed time (who is bffs with a spirit), a giant spy man who doesn't know how to function by himself, the worlds grossest dwarf, and a giant statue that has a life goal to kill all birds.

[abelas]

Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?