#starkhaven

[flightofthefaeriedragon]

Spoilers from a codex entry found in A Slow Poison.

So um, about Starkhaven...

There's a document that's says the Antaam invasion included the northern half of the Free Marches down to the Minanter river, that only the southernmost parts were spared.

Starkhaven is *on* the Minanter.

I wonder what my Hawke is up to. She *is* famous for killing Qunari invaders. And she has family to protect.

(Did they avoid Kirkwall because of Hawke? Joke's on them.)

I wonder if this means that Starkhaven is occupied, or if they're having to fend off the Antaam.

[melonyfelonyfellonme]

Ykw tho if there's something (alongside the many things lmao) I really appreciate that Dragon Age has done, it's that they haven't gone the stereotypical "Dwarves Are Gruff And Scottish" route, but instead have given us Starkhaven, with better food and climate than you could likely find here

That being said, some kind of DA version of Irn Bru or Buckfast would amuse me to no end

[brother-genitivi]

okay so BASICALLY

I think every summer, regions in Starkhaven set up stands of fruits, vegetables, all sorts of produce in a huge market. People sell clothes, headscarves, even curtains. Pots and pans, pottery, olives and spices.

And Sebastian's parents probably forbade him to go (whilst letting his two older brothers frolic there as much as they wished to </3) because they believed it was 'beneath him'.

And every year his grandfather smuggled him into the market with as much coin as he could carry. Probably propped Seb up onto his shoulders so he could see everything. He'd buy him anything he wanted.

It's one of the things Sebastian misses the most after he goes to Kirkwall.

[alistairsprayerwarrior]

I’m writing a prologue for my Trevelyan before the events of DAI and her first love (with a Starkhaven Templar, no less) called Oak & Iron.

It��s mostly for me if anything because I’ve really come to adore the character Jamie Fraser and his actor Sam Heughan. Call me cringe, but I am free. 🥺

[astracora]

Caleb saw your 'Xavier is jealous of himself' and decided to raise 'Caleb is jealous of a tomato plant'.

[breadedsinner]

Sebastian being six feet tall and so he does--without a drop of malice, mind you--bends down to hear Varric like this:

And Varric just decides to be pissy about it forever.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Sebastian held up his hands as if in surrender, then tucked them behind his back. “Let us begin.” Varric paced around the billiards table, tracing the wooden rim with his finger, until the green-felt table stood between himself and Sebastian. In her mind’s eye, Cassandra could see the topography of the Free Marches lying between them. You’re shaking the chessboard, Bull had said. Cassandra’s hands tightened on the smooth wooden cue.

ongoing great cassarric fic (A Marriage of Inconvenience) by @thisauthorisscreaming

[thevaelguard]

Turning this into a poll would be hard since there's many nuanced options, but for people whose Hawkes friendmanced Sebastian, do you actually imagine your Hawke joining the Chantry to marry him, or did they do something else? :]

For people whose Hawkes rivalmanced him, how did their relationship play out together? Did they marry before they left Kirkwall? Did they get married at all?

And of course feel free to rb and talk about your Hawkes who ended up breaking up with him/died before they could wed !!

[kenwaysfolly]

he may have been behind a dlc paywall and he may have been straight and he may have been the most hated da2 companion but the fact of the matter is sebastian vael is bioware's special little boy who gets a mention in both* sequels and because he's my special little boy too i say yayyyyy

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

Imagine if knight captain rylen was in DAV though

[danielnelsen]

i think it's severely under-explored that, in possibly the rarest timeline imaginable, hawke can potentially become both viscount of kirkwall and princess of starkhaven

[brother-genitivi]

cleaned out my entire cc folder and started again, way more organised and lowkey now so missing a few things BUT sims Destan has returned 2 me.............

[sapphim]

Varric: Tell us about Starkhaven, Choir Boy. I'm sure we're all burning with curiosity about your far-away land. Sebastian: My far-away land? It's inland Free Marches, not on the moon. Varric: And here I was hoping…

Suddenly recontextualizing Varric's one-sided feud with Sebastian in light of this early banter. It's not just that Varric has an immediate psychosexual animosity towards the man that he is not going to unpack. He is also... being belligerently coastal elite about it.

[queen-scribbles]

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[magebutts]

why did dragon age stop having regional accents? bring that shit back. why is everyone just english now? unnaceptable behavior. and that one random beggar with a southern US accent??? what the fuck was that ?????

[extravagantliar]

welcome back Starkhaven and Ostwick you two likely have the best hospitality/inns in the free marches and Kirkwall is still the worst