#tevene fashion

[pluviatrix]

too late. he's doomed to spend 3 years of his miserable 20s in a castle with a bunch of annoying fantasy catholics

my baby. horrible things will happen to him.

[rookinthecrownest]

Pompeiia Agrippina Oranius | 31 | Mage - Evoker

Illario apologist & lover

WIP of a little reference sheet for my favourite nepo baby. She’s obsessed w/ herself, Illario’s obsessed w/ her and I’m obsessed with both of them.

I am not good at designing clothes or weapons so making up an outfit for a Tevene socialite who would be rocking the most expensive drip and latest fashion was a … a challenge .. (I wanted to rip my hair out while i was drawing this)

anyway .. yeah.. this is her.. miss you cant slay ⚔️ if you don’t slay 💅 ���

Her outfit doesnt need to be practical bc Illario will be doing all the close up fighting and taking all the damage!! 🤩

[bharv]

“Magister Pavus.”

“Inquisitor Cadash.”

You look old, she wants to tell him, but she’s sure she looks older. She settles on something else instead.

“Your hair is ridiculous.”

“It’s all the fashion, my dear. Not that you’d know what it’s like to be a la mode.”

“If it’s Orlesian, I don’t want it.”

“Oh, but I’ve missed you.”

He sits with her and takes her hand for just a moment, and she could almost cry at the feeling of the callouses from his staff, still there even though he is softer now. 

“Is Bull joining us?”

“It’s not a good time,” Dorian says quietly. She knows that tremble at the edge of his voice. He is afraid. “Besides. I wanted you all to myself.”

“Well. You’ve got me. Now what?”

Things in Kirkwall were… less than optimal. The guild wanted her to make her play against the acting Viscount, eager as always to spin gold from shit. All she wanted was to bring his body home, back to the city that he loved, that he never wanted to leave. She had promised Bianca she would try.

“I think you should meet her,” Dorian says, and she can feel her jaw tense.

“I don’t have anything to say to her.”

“You know what I’m going to say-”

“Don’t-”

“Varric would want you to.”

She breathes through her nose as the servers bring more wine and pour it. A hearty red, the sort you could only get in this part of the world for the price. Dorian smiles at the boy, a handsome sort, and pushes an extra gold into his hand.

“So this is a trap,” she murmurs as she raises her glass to her lips, and he laughs.

“Maker forbid. It’s an… invitation, is all.”

“She’s already coming, isn’t she?”

“Well. She’s Tevene. Likelihood was she was already here. You know how it is.”

She’s heard of this child, this Rook. Barely out in society before Varric swooped in to recruit her, with a letter of recommendation from Maevaris Tilani herself. But it was all nepotism, of course it was. That was how the Kalna dwarves worked. Thorold had been instrumental in placing the girl with a surface family when Bartrand was lost to the madness, and the resemblance to her uncle was clear as a blue sky.

“I know exactly how it is.”

“Come now. The girl is all of eighteen. She’s lost. Well. We’ve all suffered a great loss. She could use…”

“What? An inspiration? A mentor? A hug?”

“Even you were a child once.”

Not aged eighteen, she wants to say, but she says nothing. She knows it is not this poor girl’s fault that she was saved from being sold to the carta, or worse. It was all luck, all one good or bad decision.

Or somebody advocating for you.

“Fine,” she says, draining the last of her glass. “I’ll speak to her. I’ll listen. I’ll be the sage elder dwarf, the blasted ancestor. But if you think-”

“Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I have a room upstairs, and I thought we could relax.”

She laughs. “I didn’t think you had it in you.”

“Kaffas. I mean that we can have a little more to drink. Perhaps smoke. There’s no great rush.”

“Just the end of the world.”

She looks at him again. He’s always had that edge of earnestness behind the bluster, and after all these years she can still read him like a youth.

“So the plan is to get me lightly toasted so I won’t be so…” she struggles to find the world, but she raises her hand before he can protest. “Who put you up to it? Did Thom write to you?”

“Josephine,” he confesses sheepishly, and she can’t help but laugh. He joins in, and for a moment she is ten years younger, and it all seems so different and yet in so many ways the same.

“Well, I trust she knows how to avoid incident. Far be it for me to disobey the boss.”

“It is, as they say, the good stuff. I’ve been assured.”

“I didn’t take you for a smoker, Dorian.”

“I can’t say it’s a regular pastime. You’ll have to look after me.”

“If you get paranoid, I’m calling in reinforcements.”

“Just make sure they’re handsome.”

“Deal.”

[ndostairlyrium]

OC Tag Game (part two)

I was tagged thrice, so maybe there will be three parts? lol nobody can't stop me from oversharing about my children

As for tagging: @melisusthewee @sparatus and @arcandoria 💛

Name: Ellero Cloris Ingellvar

Alias: Rook, Ellie, "Oh, no"

Gender: Cis male

Age: Mid twenties during Veilguard

Place of Birth: Unknown, but he will say he's risen from the grave if you ask - which technically is true

Spoken Languages: Other than Nevarran (mother tongue), he's fluent in Trade and he can read Orlesian and Tevene decently. Besides, he can recognize terms involving magic in other languages due to his studies. I imagine that the Mourn Watch has an extensive library with tomes written in different languages so there could be tools available, like vademecums on basic grammar. ALSO! I wouldn't call the MW cypher you can find in the Necropolis a proper language, with a grammar foundation and such, but it is a way to communicate among watchers so I guess that should be considered a language as well?

Sexual Orientation: He doesn't like labels and I don't even know what shape I'd give to his umbrella or what I'd put below. He just isn't straight, that's for sure :'D

Occupation: Mourn Watcher, and even if he can't watch over the Necropolis full time, he runs back home swiftly when summoned. I'd say "former" but a Mourn Watch never really leaves <3 Former Veilguard, when the Gods are defeated he helps rebuilding what's to be rebuilded by offering to escort people and move materials swiftly through the Crossroads. He would lend his expertise but he's not that much of an expert on anything except necromancy :'

FAVORITE:

Color: Sage green, royal purple, but also anything phthalo or metallic

Entertainment: Back at the Necropolis he would help fetch bones and "dress them up" with paint and jewels according to some wisps preferences. It wouldn't be really allowed by his superiors due to the fact that it could be considered disrespectful for the dead, but according to him, wisps like compliments and he's a great fashion designer

Food: He has extreme tastes, like cavity inducing sweet or extra sour aliments for example. He's partial to spices as well

Drink: Mint tea, sweet berry juices (like elderberry), mulled wine, and as of late: steamy hot chocolate with whipped cream and hazelnut syrup as a topping. He turns into a pumpkin spice latte girlie in Umbralis

Books: Anything the book club suggests him for the month, but he usually picks up manuals and essays for himself, along with newspapers. Not really a fan of fiction. Don't tell Varric, but he finds his books very long and very dispersive with a scandalous lack of pictures

HAVE THEY:

Passed University: Since the MW are an elite, I'd say the minimum requirement for having access to them is a solid academic preparation. So yeah, 110 cum laude and a pat on his back - with thesis discussion on degenerative stages of haunting and the sociologic correlation with the environment the spirit operates in. No phantoms were harmed in the process, but someone in the audience has fainted

Had Sex: Yes

Had Public Sex: Yes, and he says that sex inside caskets is not as cool as it sounds especially if you're bottoming

Gotten Tattoos: So many! He acquired the one on his back when he got his first salary

Gotten Piercings: Lobes only, but I would love to give him more :'

Had a Broken Heart: Romantically, just once in his teenage years, but the person he was with didn't have their priorities straight and hurt everyone in the process. Platonically, many times, because he tends to trust people on the get go

Been in Love: Yes, he's been in love multiple times, with Harding being the perfect match for him because love is not alone, there is more to their relationship

ARE THEY:

A Cuddler: Yes, he loves to just lay on people like an oversize cat until they give up whatever they're doing and pay attention to him <3

Scared Easily: No, but he pretends to be with spirits, so they can have fun at his expenses and be playful around him

Jealous Easily: Romantically, not really, but he can get real pissed when someones he's with doesn't respect his romantic boundaries. But! He gets comically jealous when his pets prefer other prople, there is that

Trustworthy: He tries his best, and please do trust him! He's just clumsy and sometimes lacks the spoons to act like a person but his heart is in the right place

FAMILY:

Siblings / Parents: The Watchers, basically. They gave him an education, food, and shelter. It's more than enough to call them family

Children: One, Hrildan "Hilda" Davrin. She's shaped like a Star Trek villain and has the energy of a cat when the 3am zoomies hit

Pets: Many cats and many chicken stolen from the Cullavellans but the main threat is what Cullen calls "EEEK" and it's just an undead skeletal cat with a cute lil bell on its neck - and an appetite for souls

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GENERAL

Name: Alias(es): Gender: Age: Place of birth: Spoken languages: Sexual orientation: Occupation:

FAVOURITE

Colour: Entertainment: Pastime: Food: Drink: Books:

HAVE THEY

Passed university: Had sex: Had sex in public: Gotten tattoos: Gotten piercings: Had a broken heart: Been in love:

ARE THEY

A cuddler: Scared easily: Jealous easily: Trustworthy:

FAMILY

Sibling(s): Parents: Children: Pets:

[hoboblaidd]

Anything personal hidden in Solas' study in the Lighthouse? We find the Anchor research notes, but anything else? Like unsent letters kind of thing? Hypothetically, for no reason.

Irving's head.

Kidding (probably). The problem is that finding any of his stuff is difficult. You can only call his study an "organized mess" if you're being charitable. It's a chaotic cataloguing system that only makes sense to him.

But with enough time, patience, knowledge of ancient Elvhen dialects, and uninterrupted access to his study, you're likely to find the following:

I've talked before about how he has dossiers on everyone, probably dating back to the early rebellion days. Some of these are written down, others just exist in his head. All of these are under specific artifacts, which function as super complex and highly volatile paper weights.

He has every letter Varric sent him tucked into a book about macroeconomics in the Free Marches. He has newspaper clippings about Magister Pavus and the Lucerni interspersed throughout the complete volumes of Tevinter High Fashion magazines. He has the back and forth hit piece articles on the College of Enchanters versus the New Circles of the South in an old Tevene children's book about how to do certain spells. He has records of Montilyet trading transactions in a shipbuilding book from the Storm Age.

He has an inventory of every single eluvian June made and a list of its corresponding key in a very, very ancient book about glassware in southern Elvhenan. He has extensive and exhaustive notes on 'Those Across the Sea' stuffed into several rolled up and equally ancient geological maps. He even has reports on Ghilan'nain and Andruil, but these are slipped behind the tiles of the ceiling (Ghilan'nain) or the floor (Andruil). Under the right conditions - Veilfire + a specific incantation + lemon juice - one fresco on the wall has a fine line connecting his entire network of eluvians and even finer dots indicating the location of every Fen'harel altar and safehouse across the continent. Somewhere in here he also has a list of his agents in both Elvhenan and the Dragon Age, but he buried them so well that he can only find them on a new moon.

Finally, he does have unsent letters. So many unsent letters. These are all within the pages of just about every book on his shelf (or his desk, or under the cot, or between artifacts, etc. etc.). Unsent letters from the Dragon Age, mostly to Dhavi, Nanna, and Varric. Unsent letters that are barely legible anymore to Mythal, Landalen, Ghilan'nain, and even Elgar'nan.

There's also all the models he made during the rebellion. Several of them are burnt to a crisp (looking at you, Suledin Keep), and most are secreted behind bookshelves, vases that are also stuffed with maps, stolen paintings, as well as behind artifacts, etc.

[my-dear-anonym]

My-Dear-References: Dragon Age Resources

Spread the Wealth!

If you have any references you would like to see compiled here, let me know and I'll look into it.

Characters: Dialogue, Traits, References, and More

Character Conversations:

DAO: Companion on Companion Dialogue DA2: Companion on Companion Dialogue || PC on Companion Dialogue DAI: Companion on Companion Dialogue || PC on Companion Dialogue (Big Shout Out to @daitranscripts Veilguard: Companion on Companion || PC on Companion Solas' Voice and Dialogues

Character Ages:

A List for Companions

Character Heights:

Coming...Eventually

Stuff I've Gathered on...

Lucanis:

Armor Facts, History, Relationships, General, and Crow Related

Harding:

Family, History, General, Dwarf Magic, etc

Veilguard End Romance Flower Images

The Nations of Thedas:

Foods for Different Nations Names for different Cultures (shoutout to @schizcolephrenic) Cultural Views and Interactions with Spirits Across Thedas Rivaini and Qunari Fashions and Architectures (Plus a little tevinter)

Languages:

Ancient Tevene Qunlat Orzammar Dwarf Ancient Elvhen: Fan Compliations: 1, 2 || Canon Translations Antivan: I use Spanish, but there's also THIS Swearing in Common

Antivan Crows:

Here is the Wiki Here is everything you get out of Zevran through dialogue part 1 and part 2 (huge shout out to @eveninglakehomeworld)

Date of Events:

The dates of various installments of the series, placing the games and published content on the Dragon Age Calendar.

Wicked Grace:

Wonder how to play the game? Want to know just enough to implement into a fic? Here you go.

Herbalism and Plants

Random tidbits from Veilguard

I'll update this at my own fancy. (I've got all this shit bookmarked and tabbed out so we'll see)

Unsorted references I haven't had time to place yet but want to come back to later:

[missingnozw]

2,3,10, & 13 for the Rook ask!

Ahh!! First time someone asks me something here!! So exciting!!! Though I still feel kinda lost with this whole Tumblr thing… I have no idea how anything works yet, but I’ll figure it out!

(This is me, thinking about my OCs. Tried to find a gif of an old lady with a computer, would not recommend)

Anyway... here we go!!!

2. Do they like Harding's cooking?

Mel would eat almost anything -almost being the key word here. She appreciates the effort and love that go into everything Harding makes, so she eats it (sometimes even going for seconds), but liking it as in… really liking it? …No, but she’d never say that aloud. She’s been around Harding for too long and would never do anything that might upset her.

3. What animal/monster would Davrin carve for your Rook?

Mel LOVES candlehops. Do these count as creatures?? No?? Then the easy answer would be a firefly, since that used to be her old nickname

10. What would Lucanis buy for your Rook at the Grande Market?

EVERYTHING. No, seriously. She’s so much into perfumes and fashion (she’s Tevene, after all), especially hair ornaments. But, you know, end of the world and all that… so she hasn’t really been able to enjoy those things. That means Lucanis has tons of options for gifts.

On another note -not from the Grand Market, but I actually have a story outlined from Lucanis' POV, set years after the events of the game in which he goes searching for the origin of candlehops (told you she loved them!) because Mel misses Minrathous, she’s pregnant at that point and can’t travel much, and so, he wants to get one for her. But then… everything goes wrong :)

13. Would your Rook like Emmrich's mother's hazelnut torte?

I made that cake and, sure as I am Lucanis is a much better cook than me, Mel would LOVE it. (It’s not too sweet, the flavor is so rich… seriously, it’s delicious, you all have to try it!!)

Again, thanks for asking!! This was so much fun!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Questions can be found here, these are so cute!!! :)

[the-font-bandit]

OC Tag Game!

Tagged by @annchovi - thank you for the tag! I'll use Felana for this since she's the one I've been spending the most time with lately.

Name: Felana de Riva

Alias: Rook

Gender: Cis woman

Age: 34

Place of Birth: Somewhere in Antiva, precise location unknown

Spoken Languages:

Fluent: Antivan, Trade

Some: Tevene

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Occupation: Antivan Crow

Favorites

Color: Deep, rich burgundy

Entertainment: I keep forgetting to put this in fic lol, but she secretly loves reading mystery novels (although she'd die before telling anyone that, even Bellara)

Past time: Mostly business - weapon care, training. Occasionally reading, when she doesn't think anyone will find out. She does also love to keep up with fashion and collect luxe gowns for Crow parties and for use on some contracts.

Drink: Red wine - the drier the better. And extra dark coffee with enough cinnamon to burn your tastebuds, softened with honey.

Books: Pulpy whodunnits. Also reads nonfiction related to her work.

Have they…

Passed University: Just Crow training.

Had Sex: Yeppp (there's fic lol)

Had Sex in Public: Yes (there's fic lol)

Gotten Tattoos: No, but not out of any real objection, just never bothered.

Gotten Piercings: Earlobes. Again, just never bothered with others.

Gotten Scars: Some, just the occupational hazards of an assassin, as well as working with Varric and the Veilguard

Had a Broken Heart: Nope. She'd had some disastrous attempts at relationships, but bears more bitterness over their failure than heartbreak.

Been in Love: It's complicated, but her only really messy attempt at something kind of like that happened after the events of Veilguard. (With, of all people, Illario).

Are they…

A cuddler: Absolutely not. Only under duress or as part of a job. At least until she reluctantly softens up post-Veilguard.

Scared easily: Only by the idea of experiencing real feelings or being close to people. Also being perceived, which is a bit of a problem for the person who saved the world from a blighted god.

Jealous easily: Not at all. She knows what is hers, and what isn't can be discarded.

Trustworthy: Depends. She will never break a contract and can be fiercely loyal to those who have earned it, but has no qualms about deceiving those who have not..

Family

Siblings: No biological ones that she knows of, although she considers Viago a sort of weird adoptive cousin-sibling (much to her dismay)

Parents: Unknown - another house took her in when she was very young, so she has no memory of her parents. She was told they were too poor to raise her and sold her to the Crows rather than dump her on the streets, but she's unsure if that's the truth or not.

Children: Very much a no.

Pets: Too much of an obligation, although she wouldn't be above setting out food for a stray cat or two.

Tagging @themontess if you want to, and an open tag for anyone else! I've seen this going around, and I've lost track of who has done it yet. But if you haven't and want to, consider this your sign to jump in!

[adainesjacket]

Tell me about Seong and Dorian, please? 🥺

oh-ho the magic words!

i'm not sure if you're coming from my OC list or from 'back to the hedgerows' so just in case, here's seong's tag with his bio in (gotta scroll back to the first post, or just go to the pinned post on my blog) and here's the post-trespasser seong/dorian fic i've been working on

i'm not sure if there's anything particular you'd like to hear, so i've just picked some random questions from this tag game. if you'd like to hear about anything specific pls feel free to ask!

have they met their partner's loved ones?

dorian has met pretty much everyone! he was dragged to the trevelyan family home on one of his visits to the south. he is absolutely terrified of both of seong's parents (especially his dad) but seong's mother, armelle, loves him and likes to whisk him away at parties to gossip about fashion. he's also very close with seong's sister, viola.

seong obviously met halward in-game before he died. he's met dorian's mother, briefly, but she was probably blind drunk at the time. more importantly he's met maevaris and thorold, and likes them both a lot!

do they have or want children?

they had absolutely no plans to have children, bc of the continent-crossing long-distance relationship, but then dorian found a very scared little girl in a venatori magister's basement and everything changed. camille grows up living in minrathous, kirkwall, antiva, and her aunt's school in ghislain. dorian teaches her magic, seong teaches her piano, and they're both stressed but deeply happy.

if they were picking up something special for the other person at a market, what would they get?

for seong; nice cologne, scented hair oil, green tea, pretty quills and unusually-coloured ink, macarons

for dorian; dark chocolate, nail polish, gold jewellery, antique maps and history books, old tevene songs that seong can play for him

[fandomsinabookshelf]

Wrap Armbandje Koffie

Wrap Armbandje Koffie Ontmoet ons nieuwe wrap armbandje met glimmende kraaltjes, perfect om je pols te omringen met een vleugje glans en elegantie! Perfect armbandje voor alle seizoenen! Dit armbandje heeft een mooie koffie kleur en is afgewerkt met glimmende facetkraaltjes & bronze japanse miyuki kraaltjes. De kralen van deze wikkel armband zijn gevlochten tussen twee bruine koorden. Schittert prachtig in het licht en de kleur veranderd tevens door de wisselende lichtval . Of je het nu draagt bij een casual outfit of om je look wat extra flair te geven, dit armbandje voegt een speelse en stijlvolle touch toe aan elke gelegenheid. Verwen jezelf met deze schitterende toevoeging aan je sieradencollectie! Deze "must have" past iedereen, want je kunt het armbandje op verschillende lengtes sluiten. Sluit met een knoop in een lusje. De lus zit op 39 , 40 en op 43 cm. Leuk om te combineren bij een horloge of andere armbandjes. De bruine kleur geeft het een kleurrijke uitstraling en de facetkraaltjes maakt je armparty helemaal compleet. Geeft iedere basic armcandy een high fashion uitstraling en kun je oneindig combineren - goud, zilver, rosé – alles mag door elkaar! Merk: Good Vibes Only

[yes-these-obsessions-are-healthy]

My issue with this is that the words “trans” and non-binary are the real world consequence and rebuttal to the phenomenon of sex and sexuality being fashioned under a formal umbrella of scientific study, which is why these words are academic and have latin roots to begin with. The relationship between sexuality and human psychology is infrangible. You cannot simply plop these words into this universe like “oh Tevinter has Latin, therefore we use Latin”. I consider that extreme laziness. Many languages in many different cultures have had terms and turns of phrase (of varying levels of derision or pejorative, I’ll grant) to describe gender nonconformity that were not scientific because again, these studies of human sexuality as it relates to quantifiable, measurable human behavior were not widely established, and even that which existed took a long time to percolate to the collective consciousness.

To just go with the words “trans” or “non-binary” shows a distinct lack of imagination and the writers’ disinterest with writing from the actual perspective of a Medieval-Renaissance fantasy world. Absolutely no creativity, no desire to genuinely put themselves in the shoes of a person who does not live in a world where the collected knowledge of sexuality and human behaviors evolved from philosophical and comparative cultural ponderings to rigorous areas of scientific study.

They used the word aqun-athlok for Krem in DAI. They quite LITERALLY could have come up with a series of made-up syllables that meant non-binary or trans in whatever language they wanted since, you know, this isn’t the real world and the whole point of a fictional world is that you can do whatever. Tevene is Greek and Latin inspired. Inspiration should be used purely for vibes, not 1:1 recreation, not copy-paste.

They had a golden opportunity to expand their world’s language lexicon, to channel their inner Tolkien, to explore the power of crafting a personal term for yourself with the limited language and experience you possess (a la Korzybski) , and instead just went “nah, just use the modern IRL words :) “ as if we don’t already have examples of what Tevene looks like (hint: it’s not exact Latin/Greek)

But that’s just me.

Maevaris Tilani: Inventor of Transgenderism

So, I'm one of the people who was initially put out by the use of the words "trans" and "nonbinary" in Veilguard. NOT the concepts, mind you - we've had those for a while. Just the words.

Then I had some thoughts about Maevaris Tilani. Let me take you on a journey.

First: I played a Shadow Dragon who, like myself, is a trans man. When I got the Varric's shaving mirror scene, he referred to himself specifically as trans. I thought that was kind of funky, since Krem hadn't had the word for it back in the day.

Then Taash starts going on their gender journey, and two things happen:

Neve directs them specifically to the Shadow Dragons for gender discussion.

This line from A Little Dragon Hatches: "The Shadow Dragons have some fancy terms. But using 'they' and knowing that? It feels good."

The Shadow Dragons have some fancy terms, huh? Sounds like they might be involved in setting up that language.

The Shadow Dragons who are run by Maevaris Tilani, transgender icon.

Mae has been a prominent trans woman in Tevinter for a while, and so I would completely believe that she would want language for the trans people that came after her.

Plus, Tevinter language is greek- and latin- based, so it's not unreasonable for her to derive those words.

So, my theory: In the 10 years since Inquisition, Maevaris Tilani has pioneered language around trans people, and that's why the Shadow Dragons all know trans and nonbinary.

Thank you for your time.

[sleepymarmot]

I'm glad it was so easy to make my Rook look Extremely Tevene.

Just two very fashionable activists from Minrathous visiting their city and bonding over their feelings about it, and maybe flirting a little.

[gxldencity]

Dlgkkvnmfmgfmfn Dolores and Dante's rs in dragon age would be a lot sadder in forgotten realms/bg3. In Forgotten Realms/BG3, she left before fully knowing who he is as a person and not as a child she was forced to care for. His image of him as a 12 year old is perpetually stuck in her head bc that's how old he was when she last saw him. So when Dolores met him again at 17, she has to grapple with how she wasnt there for a huge part of his formative years and if she wants to have a rs with him, she has to stop seeing and treating him like a child and that he is a fully realized person.

Dolores also feels a connection towards him because they are the last two surviving members of their family. She would've had the same feelings if say Dulcinea or Dora survived

In Thedas/Dragon Age though, Dante is the only family Dolores has since she was about 10 and in the Circle. They survived the Circles's disbandedment and the Mage Templar war together. They survived the trip to Tevinter to get Dante some sort of teacher for his dreamer powers and blending in Tevene society as elf-blooded mages from Orlesian Chantry controlled Circles. She has seen him grow up and IS the only one who could understand everything that she has been through and yet, she still sees him as a child who can't make his own decisions.

And Dante hates her for it. If he could he would leave her but he can't because who else could he turn to? Tevinter is still foreign to him despite living there for several years. He can't turn to his teacher because if she finds out that he's not just keeping his hair long for fashion but to hide the small little points in his ears then she'll throw him out or worse. So he Has to stay with Dolores.

At the same time, Dolores isn't fond of being basically his mother instead of his sister. She's only in Tevinter for him. She'd love to go back to Antiva but she can't because there's no where else in Thedas where she could find someone to train him.

So basically they spent years just...having this unspoken and unsettling feeling lmao

[jukkaricity]

I don't think about Alectris as my Rook, but more as an additional companion, but she counts because I love her and she occupies about 97% of my brain these days.

Coming from a Laetan family, Alectris wears clothing mostly appropriate for a Tevene mage, however she values practicality above the latest fashion. She picks simple and comfortable designs, something that will not restrict her movements, however she can afford said clothing to be both from high quality materials and in vivid colors fitting for someone of her background.

She prefers to keep her body covered with long sleeves and high-collar shirts and long trousers, usually having a layer or two on top depending on the weather.

In a pinch she can fix her clothes, a skill she picked up in army, but one can tell it's not something she either enjoys or is very good at. She's also not exactly patient enough for commissioned clothing, so usually you can find her buying clothes from stands and having them readjusted if needed. She would probably not be opposed to stealing clothes from dead people, if only they weren't half-burned most of the time. The price she pays for wielding flames as her magic of choice.

For bonus round: I have no clue about wrestling but that flying elbow thing looks like something she could pull off.

It's Monday morning (boooo)

It's time to tell me about your Rooks! (yay!)

So, what do they like to wear? Is there a particular region's style they wear most often? Do they choose their clothes based on fashion or practicality? Both? Do they make or fix their own clothes, or do they buy/commission them (or steal them from dead people lol)?

Answer as much or little as you like!

Bonus round: because it's wrestling night, @uchidachi wants to know what your Rook's finishing move is!

[eluviansandevanuris]

Fashion of the Winter Palace: Dorian

When Josephine announces that they are to chose their own clothes for the ball at the Winter Palace Dorian retreats to his library corner to think.

For all his glib jokes, Dorian is intimately aware of how mages from the Imperium are perceived, it doesn’t matter that he’s not actually a magister. For the nobles of Halamshiral that is all they will ever see him as.

He could wear one of the uniforms that Josephine commissioned, but hiding who he is has never been one of Dorians’ strong suits. He will not hide, not here and not in Tevinter. 

He will never ‘play the part’

And so Dorian gets to work, he will treat this as any other soirée in the imperium, he will dazzle and intimidate, enthral and horrify. Orlesian fashion is oddly simpler than Tevene fashion. Yes more styles come and go every year, but it’s not like the secret language of Tevene fashion where every stitch speaks.

When Dorian is announced at the Winter Palace, a momentary hush falls over the ballroom and one Orlesian noble faints, Dorian looks majestic, he looks regal, he looks like a magister of old.

The outfit he wears in many layered and complex, with whisper thin inky black silk as an under-robe , the ends peaking out making it appear as if he’s walking on smoke. The over robes are rich and heavy with golden embroidery, glimmering in the light of the Winter palace.

If one looks closely many of the looping swirls of brocade hide glyphs of protection and resistance to poison. 

The black velvet surcoat is a thing of beauty, wide shouldered and high collared adding to Dorian’s daunting appearance.

The sleeves of the ensemble are eye catching and mesmerizing, the eyes of a dozen peacock feathers wink at the gathered masses.

Dorian leaves no part of himself unadorned, his eyes are lined with shimmering gold and curved around his ear is a golden serpent cuff.

As he walks through the halls of Halamshiral scandalized whispers bouncing off the marble walls, Dorian cannot help the small satisfied smile that curves along his lips.

[felassan]

don’t know what it is or how to describe it in words but aspects of Sera’s concept art outfit designs remind me of if like a Greco-Roman-style soldier entered the Thief franchise, and I think that’s very metal of her