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Had the itch to draw Gale with glasses 💜

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Nyktos & Sera

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"Ar ghilas vir banal."

This has now become a staple phrase in my repertoire. Upon parting, I sagely speak:

"Ar ghilas vir banal."

Where am I going?

To work. The store. To take a shower. To sleep. To get coffee. On a date.

It applies to every situation.

Existential Dread has a new catchphrase thanks to the Dread Wolf.

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I wonder if Solas was ever injured in his days with the Inquisition.

Presses a hand to his side and feels it warm and wet. It could be from a sword, a claw, anything. But Solas doesn’t really react. Heals himself a bit but his depleted strength doesn’t erase it as neatly as he’d have liked. It’s old habit and he just. Doesn’t think about it.

Limps his way back to camp with the others and sits down against a tree. Exhausted. Feels that warmth spreading down his leg again and realizes the magic didn’t hold. Curses under his breath.

He tries to be discrete about it but getting those spindly legs to cooperate like this proves extremely aggravating and nearly impossible.

“Vhenan?”

He looks up into a worried, pale face. Watches tears spring into her eyes. And as the wave of affectionate fussing descends over him, perhaps Solas just sits back and relaxes a moment. Lets trembling hands caress his face. Lets soft kisses press to his brow. When she’s through healing him either with her own magic or has temporarily bandaged him up for healers to tend to later, Solas drops his head to her shoulder and allows himself rest unlike anything else he’s ever experienced.

To be held so protectively. To not only hear how much she loves him but to feel it.

“I’m alright, Vhenan… I thank you.”

“Do you promise? Why stay silent?”

“I thought I could… ah. My… overconfidence.”

“… Do you want me to leave you now?”

“… Could we stay like this longer?… please?”

“Well. Since you asked so politely, sweet-talker.”

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I never thought I'd be attracted to a bald man but here we are

(I only liked his face in veilguard btw, sue me)

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Have you seen Solas’ emotional support Lavellan? He needs her bad.

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Solas giving up being a spirit for Mythal will never not hurt my feelings

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personally i think solas is bald because of one or more of these reasons:

woke up after uthenera, couldn't immediately access the fade without effort, had a nervous breakdown and shaved his head. who among us hasn't had an Emotional Haircut.

he does have a bit of the facial structure of a silmarillion elf, and might blow his cover as a Nondescript Elven Apostate™ if he also had the long flowing hair of a silmarillion elf.

easier to maintain and keep clean while doing his hobo lifestyle of wandering around alone in thedas.

he's worried about any surviving murals/statues of him with hair still existing, because that would be awkward if someone sees one and goes "wow, this 5000 year old artifact looks exactly like you! how funny :)"

mourning/penance ritual in elven culture. possibly even bc he feels bad about felassan but cannot otherwise acknowledge the implications. since that would imply that a) it was unnecessary to do that and b) if felassan was right, that means they ran a whole insurgency together, he survived the fall of arlathan and however long in a hostile thedas afterwards, and then fell to his oldest friend's hand for no reason. this would also make sense with zathrian's baldness.

some kind of "i'm locking in, i'm shaving all my hair to show i'm really serious about this quest and nothing will stop me" ritual in elven culture. this would also make sense with shartan, since his ashes ghost is bald too.

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Women (gn) will say "he's so hot" and then show you this picture

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Can't stop thinking about them

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You should have seen me when I was younger. Hot-blooded and cocky, always ready to fight.

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The beast

a speedpaint video of this will be available on my Patreon on september 1st! 😊

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Cyclamen

A speedpaint video and layered PSD file of this will be available at my Patreon on June 1st!

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Wisdom & Pride

A step by step process and layered PSD file of this will be available at my patreon on Jan 1st!

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