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She's a sweetheart and a massive crybaby (and a bhaalspawn, but that's just a phase)

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Decided to try my hand at a completely "silent" comic, but I added some of my "don't forget what you wanted to draw-notes" on the side

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Night: Astarion and Orion in a tavern

"If Worse comes to worst you always have me.. it'd be safer anyway. There are paladins nearby, and this time they're not looking just for me."

"I know I know.. it's just.. oh, would you look at that!"

Peeking from behind Orion's shoulders:

"i think I just found my dinner <3 see you tonight love" kisses him goodnight.

(It got a bit long so I put the rest under the cut to spare those who might stumble onto this via tag and don't want to scroll for ages)🔻🔻🔻

Later same Night:

Orion wakes up confused, tied to a pole on a beach (low tide but their feet are starting to get wet), can't hear the patrons' voices (just a light "drugged" "low tide" "paladins"). Sees a tied up astarion with a bag on his head, trying to make himself smaller as to avoid the lapping water (running water burns), they're in a "silence" sphere (spell). He still tries to talk to him, sees the paladins' shadows on the horizon and everything turns black: enter THE Patron.

"It seems one of my children needs help"

"Please this can't be the end, not after all we've been through, I will work even harder please-"

"But of course, as a matter of fact,we come bearing gifts! What would you say If you could walk away today a new tiefling, free, still breathing, and to be more specific, able to do so for all of time! (Unless you really put your mind into it but I wouldn't think about that right now)."

"I'd say that's not how we usually work and that it'd be awfully nice of you to help US so."

"Oh how you wound us! And of course we will help your special friend.. he is family in more ways than one after all. And we meant it, you'll truly be immortal, no more scraping by for a measly year at the time, no more risking your life to fulfill an idiotic contract stipulated by an even stupider mortal"

"Why? In exchange for what?"

"Orion my dear, can you really afford to discuss this now? The water is lapping at your lover's ankles right now, and we know you can't hear him but I can assure you the irony of burning alive in water isn't of any consolation to him. And you're standing here, discussing semantics."

"Please I just don't want another D-"

"Oh no no no nothing like Diego. He tried to trick us you see. But this is a gift from us my child, a prize for your services! A little experiment of ours if you will. Nothing to worry about. Just accept"

"I.."

"Do you want to hear his opinion? You might not hear his screams but we could make you feel."

Different scene, two/three warlocks standing at the top of the sandy hill (they weren't paladins' after all):

"One does wonder what in the hells you could possibly have done to piss the Patron off so much you get both your boyfriend and yourself drowned. Not even a little ritual! All those memories and life essence lost"

"Not really lost no" a possessed warlock kills the other two and then puts the blade near their arm.

Orion wakes up coughing up water and Astarion (just as soaked) is shouting something. Orion's still confused.

"Astarion..? Astarion!"

They hug him tight, then put their hands through their hair, clearly relieved.

"WE'RE ALIVE!!!" (followed by nearly hysterical laughter)

"I Hope you didn't promise anything we'll regret but right now I'm so fucking happy for those creepy little voices of yours in our heads"

"Our? What is.."

"The Patron did something to me, I don't know what, but... look at me!" Walks backwards in the water

"not hurt! Not even a little bit!"

Orion looks around. Sees a mostly bled out corpse in the shallow water.

"When I realized I wasn't burning up anymore my head suddenly cleared up and I could hear your people. They told me that it was safe now, and that I was stronger and should REALLY try to break free.. it worked! I just pushed my arms out and there I was, free! Unfortunately, you were still.. you looked dead. I managed to pull you back but you weren't breathing.. and then this man showed up, bleeding all over the place with a knife over his wrist. I.. just followed your voices instruction. I KNOW I KNOW but we're both here, alive! I hope everything will be fine." Looks up almost embarrassed, ready to hear some kind of beratement.

"It's.. you did right. Thanks." Stares into nothing for a while, then almost whining. "I really want to go home now"

"PLEASE LET'S"

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We should stop meeting like this (for coffee and free advice to the youngsters(Harding))

30s is the new 80s

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i know the lighthouse is supposed to provide, but I find it very funny that no one ever mentions it.. it also implies "the house" always knows when you need to go potty.

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Had to make sense of the Ingellvar background and my own headcanon, so a ~35 something Mournwatcher who didn't really make a name for themselves until the War of Banners, who lived outside the necropolis for quite some time (not really a scholar, thus pushed into a willing family as an apprentice) but managed to get into "scraps so big" they were noticed and immediately called back into the Watch (jumpstarted by the discovery of hidden magic). She's still close to one of her "brothers" though.

"better pay up chuckles"

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Got the idea down AS SOON as I saw her new cape

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Which my partner lovingly refers to as the "megadeath laser of death"

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Ehy she did it again

You started drinking without me???? :(

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"Lightning Jabber is an uncommon +1 Spear that deals extra lightning damage when thrown, and also has a chance to shock a target in hit. A makeshift spear fashioned from a giant crab's claw and the charged imagination of Kuo-toa fishfolk."

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"One time I dreamt:"

Pondering serious questions during my own fade walks

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Got the blighted dragon in the crossroads in one go. I should sic my partner on hard enemy fights more often

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We were absolutely delighted by the character reveal

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I have lots of thoughts about this game BUT I'm loving being a tall qunari lady who dispenses love to her newfound family and necrosis to her enemies

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I was wondering if that magic school project could be used for something other than interesting decor until we found THE bottle (Grave-mist). Valeria's a woman of the world

Hey she did it again!

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Learned the hard way that in the DA universe I wouldn't pass as a human.

So so small

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Because I'm my main source of entertainment I choose to believe that whenever you renovate the lighthouse it happens overnight and it's the fade reacting to your Rook with no input whatsoever. Not everyone's a fan (I am)

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Is it too late for some smooches (brought to you by the tiny little people that never leave my mind)

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----------it's a love language like any other I guess

Yeah gale ah ah of course I meant that ahah

Do you think the emperor has to listen to all of that or at some point he finally puts the music on real loud to try and drown them out