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I had a hysterectomy yesterday evening.

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ZEVWARDEN WEEK IS BACK!!!

What is it? ZevWarden week is a prompted week event to celebrate Zevran Arainai and his beloved Warden. We will be sharing newly created fan works during the event! Please keep in mind this event is 18+! When is it? In 2025 ZevWarden week will be in August, 17th-23rd! How to participate: You can follow the daily prompts for inspiration or post new ZevWarden content! We will be reblogging all kinds of fan works: fics, art, edits, gifs, meta - anything goes! Please remember to properly tag your post, including nsfw, content warnings, and trigger warnings. Tag your content with #zevwarden week 2025 or tag @zevraholics on your post and we will reblog it!

*Note: Any art, edits, etc. found to be whitewashing Zevran will not be shared.

Here are this year's prompts (full descriptions under the read more):

Sunday, August 17: Wealth, gold, relationship with money

Monday, August 18: Family, legacy, etc

Tuesday, August 19: Bondage, bdsm

Wednesday, August 20: Loyalty

Thursday, August 21: Purpose

Friday, August 22: Growth, reform

Saturday, August 23: Favorite features

Day 1 - Sunday, August 17 - Wealth, gold, relationship with money

"Ahh, an untouched treasure! What wonders await us here?"

How well-off are Zev and the warden after the Blight? Do they come across any trove of wealth or do they live modestly? What is their relationship to money? Do they pamper each other? What is your HC for the Warden giving Zev the bars of gold we see in canon?

Day 2 - Monday, August 18 - Family, legacy

"And what of family? Of children? Life does not begin and end with yourself."

What are their thoughts on children? Do Zev and the warden ever have or adopt any of their own? If so, what kind of parents are they? If not, are they ever around other people's children? 

Day 3 - Tuesday, August 19 - Bondage, BDSM

"Are you sure you do not wish to tie me up? Not even a little?"

Do you HC Zev as saying such things as flippant jokes or as real interest and desire? Do Zev and the warden get up to any kinds of kink? What are their preferences in that department? How do they develop that kind of intimate relationship? 

Day 4 - Wednesday, August 20 - Loyalty

"I am a very loyal person. Up until the point where someone expects me to die for failing."

Was Zev loyal to the warden from the very moment he promised to help them, or does that loyalty develop with time? Is that loyalty ever tested? What about the other way around? Is the warden loyal to Zev from the start, or are they suspicious of him at first? If so, when does that change?

Day 5 - Thursday, August 21 - Purpose

"What we are doing here...stopping the Blight. I cannot think of anything i have ever done which is so worthy."

At what point does Zev start thinking that what they're doing is truly worthwhile? In what ways aside from fighting does he support the warden through such an insurmountable task? How does he feel, when it's all over? Does he recognise the part he played or does he see himself as a sidekick?

Day 6 - Friday, August 22 - Growth, reform

"My name is Zevran Arainai, adventurer and occasional assassin."

When does Zev go from calling himself an Antivan Crow to seeing himself as an adventurer? What does ‘occasional assassin’ look like in your HCs? What contracts does he still take? Do Zev and the warden adventure together or do they keep a long distance relationship while the warden runs Vigil’s Keep and he travels?

Day 7 - Saturday August 23 - Favorite features

"He didn't say how handsome" "Oh, so you've noticed! I credit my high cheekbones and pouty lips."

What are the features and traits, physical or not, that they each love the most about the other? How do they express that admiration? What do they like the most about themselves? Are they both confident, or are there hidden or obvious insecurities?

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Someone commented on my fics from like 2019-2022 and I was really surprised. I read them all lmao and now I’m wishing I had it in me to write and update the fics just for that person. Why does writing have to be so hard 😭😭😭😭

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So peaceful Souvenir. A brother singing ancient Andalusian song in Al-hambra palace.

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The joyous wyvern - the free book

You can find it in this drive folder!

Hello! Today I’m very excited to finally share this final project in my editorial design specialization: a children’s storybook album, inspired by the dialogue in The Wake written by Mary Kirby, where Illario talks about the time he went with Lucanis to hunt wyverns as children. I must mention that I took the liberty of introducing my own headcanon about their ages, with Illario being the oldest, because Lucanis strikes me as having a very clear "younger brother" behavior.

For this project, I’ve poured blood, sweat, and tears into it. I ended up doing absolutely everything myself when my classmate, who was supposed to help me with the layout for her part of the team project, just decided not to, but I feel content enough with the result to share it. Originally in Spanish, I translated and edited it into English so more people can enjoy it!

There’s a lot I’d like to say, I’ll be posting some sketches, the development process, the designs, and my usual notes [here], and I can answer any questions you might have about the project in the editorial area (or anything else about the project really), but for this post in particular, I just want to give you full, free access to this illustrated book and thank you because this has been on my mind and occupying my time for the last six months.

First, thank you to everyone in this amazing fandom who has supported my creative projects, whether by leaving kudos on AO3, liking my posts here on Tumblr, leaving comments, sending messages, or any form of support! You motivate me to create every day, make me feel welcome, and it’s so nice to be here.

Thanks to @woundedsoul12 for being the first person to welcome me to the fandom, read my works, and be vocal with me about it! In the beginning, I was so afraid of writing again, of making mistakes in some way, and I was very shy about showing what I was doing, but thanks to you, I’ve been able to gain confidence. Without your support, I don’t think I would have decided to keep creating for this fandom. You’ve allowed people to get to know me and have been incredibly kind about me and my work. I owe you so many thanks, I hope you never change, you’re an amazing person!

Thanks to @theheartmold for getting me interested in Illario as a character. Without your posts sharing your interest in the character, your analysis, and your overall enthusiasm, I honestly wouldn’t have been interested in reading Tevinter Nights or The Wake. After two playthroughs in the game, you made me decide to sit down and see that Illario had MUCH more to offer than his tragic portrayal in Veilguard. Maybe I don’t interact much with you, but I definitely wanted to let you know that without your posts, this illustrated story and in general, my content about Illario Dellamorte wouldn’t exist. You introduced me to my new favorite character, thank you so much!

And again, thanks to EVERYONE who has ever interacted with my work and with me as a person! Who has liked my art, fanfics, whatever! I hope you can now enjoy having this book that I give you with so much, so much happiness and love!

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Dave and Bellara being this adorable wasn't what I expected, but I'm so here for it

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@ifearnofish had Emmrich hold a kitten in this fic and I haven't stopped thinking about it since

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retouched an old but popular anders picture

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Antivan Crow

I'm so happy I got to draw him again! This time the very kind @ gnieszka_tattoo commissioned me for a series of DA portraits, here's the first one out of 4. Thank you so much again for the chance, nothing beats the fun of drawing commissions related to your current fixations! 🖤

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What if Elgar'nan wins, Rook defeated, and Inquisitor captured....

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Lucanis doodle in that Teia outfit mod

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Art inspired by my great love for the Dellamorte cousins! It's a shame that the game doesn't show the full potential of Lucanis and Illario story. They deserve much more ♥ Btw, now you can follow my art on Bluesky! Thanks for your support :)

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Morning doodle, my pretty crow 🥺💖

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Taash Week 2025 | Day 6: Smell/Horns The smell of Tama's homemade food

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Oh Mythal, please grant me your favor 🛐