#HC: Darrick

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headcanons: kieran

Caje Cousland: Caje pestered Alistair into doing the ritual with Morrigan. He would not recognize Kieran from a whole in the wall. On an average day, he does not even remember that Morrigan had a child.

Darrick Tabris: Darrick did the ritual with Morrigan, but then he also never really saw Morrigan again after the Archdemon was dead. If anyone asked him if any of his companions had children, he would say yes. If anyone asked him if he had children, he would say no. Kieran was, as callous as it sounds, a means to an end, and Darrick chooses not to put much thought into it beyond that.

Temry Mahariel: In their canon, they romanced Morrigan. They did the ritual with her. They parented Kieran alongside her. Kieran is their kid and they love him immensely. In verses where Temry and Morrigan are not together, Temry is still open to doing whatever Morrigan needs of them for Kieran's benefit, as they still feel a level of responsibility for him, regardless of whether they're co-parenting.

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minor headcanons: critters: beta world state

Darrick Tabris:

The mabari: Clegane miraculously makes it out of Ostagar in one piece, follows Darrick across hill and dale, and decides 'this is mine.' It's a mutual decision. There were a lot of different types of mabari at Ostagar, and Clegane is a working variety, which means he's essentially a Bernese Mountain Dog with tiny ears and a nubbly little tail. A big boofer. He adores Dare, pleasantly tolerates Dare's friends, is politely disdainful of most other people, and will go straight for the throat as soon as Dare gives the signal. He lives a respectable 11 years and dies in his sleep on the road while Dare is looking for a cure to the Calling. Afterwards, Dare cries harder than he has since being told his mother isn't coming home as a child.

The wolf: Admittedly, Fang is less a pet and more of a coworker. Darrick frees her from a trap and feeds her at camp. She starts trailing the party for a few days, accepting whatever food is thrown to her, and dives in to help when shrieks attack the camp. If she is hurt, she lets Dare tend to her. If Dare is knocked down, she protects him, and she checks on him if he is hurt. If it's particularly cold, she'll come into the tent. She does not snuggle. She only barely tolerates being pet on rare occasions, and only by Dare. She tends to stay out of arm's reach at the closest.

The horse: After Awakening, while Darrick is in Tevinter trying (and failing) to track down the elves from his alienage who Loghain sold into slavery, he acquires Belle. She's a small, strawberry roan Arabian, or whatever the Thedosian equivalent is, and she is Spicy. Darrick steals her. He doesn't know who he steals her from; he didn't check. That detail was unimportant.

Rigel Hawke:

The first mule: A trader passing through Lothering had a cart drawn by a blatantly neglected draft mule mare, and Rigel disapproved. So he stole her, and kept her hidden until the trader eventually gave up looking for her and left in a huff, sans most of his stuff. Her name was Jenny, and she and Rigel would do errands around Lothering for people. Unfortunately, she did not make it out of Lothering during the Blight.

The mabari: Sirius is a derp, but a very well-behaved derp. He's primarily a sort of dingy white with a light blue-gray mask and saddle markings, and mismatched eyes; one blue and one amber. Most of his girth is side to side, instead of top to bottom. He's short for a mabari, but Beefy. He's very polite and very well trained. While he does live for a rather impressive 13 years, that still means he passes of old age towards the tail end of Act II.

The second mule: After dealing with the Inquisition and being sent to Weisshaupt to explain what was going on with the Wardens, Hawke buys another mule for a pittance on his way north. She's very pretty, and Hawke suspects she was an accident involving some nobleman's prized horse. Rigel calls her Cassie, and while she's a bit bitey at first, she warms up to him pretty quickly.

Oleander Trevelyan:

The dracolisk: Citrine is a hunter-shade dracolisk. She's primarily sort of beige-y orange with dark brown spots and red-brown points, and despite the fact that she has a face that only Olly could love, she is a sweetheart. This poses some problems, considering she is the size of a draft horse and made of knives and gravel. She is convinced she's a lap dog. She wants to snuggle. Unfortunately, she is not an easily snuggled shape or size.

The falcon: Verity is Oleander's falcon from back in Ostwick. Considering he stays on good terms with his family, it's not a hassle to get him brought to Skyhold after the events of Inquisition. While Olly does go hunting with Verity himself, he also lets the Inquisition's falconers borrow him if they need to.

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minor headcanons: weaponry

Caje uses a longsword and a very well reinforced round shield that doubles as a weapon just as much as a defense

Cyrus uses a staff with a long blade on one end and a jasper (dragon's blood, specifically) orb on the other end

Owain uses a staff with a blue crystal spike on one end, framed by a pair of spikes, and a serrated, single-edged blade on the other end. eventually, he also uses a spirit blade

on the field, Aneirin uses a horse bow with a 60-pound draw weight, combined with explosives as necessary. if he's being set up somewhere to act as a sniper, he uses a war bow with a 180-pound draw weight, also combined with explosives as necessary

Darrick uses a short sword and an alarming hunting blade that may as well be a short sword

Rigel switches between short swords, a chain knife, and gas grenades/flasks as the situation demands

Oleander uses a hook sword and a sickle

Temry uses short bow initially, but switches to a crossbow pretty early on. they resort to a boot knife when cornered

Madry uses a short staff with a short, stabbing spike on one end and a large, sharpened hook on the other end. it is used as a melee weapon as often as it's used as a magical aid

Petrichor uses a montante

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beta timeline world state

Note: I’ve listed how they got along with the companions purely to give an idea of what they’re like. I won’t force any relationships on you.

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS

Hero:

Darrick Tabris

Alive and well

Rogue; ranger, duelist, shadow

Companions:

Recruited Dog (named him Clegane)

Persuaded Revered Mother to free Sten

All companions recruited

All companion quests finished

All companions alive and well

Acquired the Grimoire peacefully

Loghain executed by Warden

Warden made a baby with Morrigan

Alistair became king, married to Anora

(Note: I romanced Zevran and was totally BFFs with Alistair, but I won’t force that on you)

Broken Circle:

Mages supported

First Enchanter Irving survived

The Urn of Sacred Ashes:

Not poisoned

The Arl of Redcliffe:

Helped Redcliffe fight

Helped Redcliffe prepare

Freed Bevin, took sword

Helped Owen’s daughter escape

Connor alive, not possessed

Asked Circle for help, Isolde is alive

Nature of the Beast:

Brokered peace

Decided ‘I don’t have time for this’ with Cammen and Gheyna

Saved the halla

Told Athras about his wife

Brought back ironbark

Paragon of Her Kind:

Defeated Branka

Harrowmont rules Orzammar

Dagna left to study

Mercy killed Ruck, told Filda he was a hero

Helped Zerlinda reconcile with family

Helped Orta join Assembly

Denerim:

Told Bann Sighard about Oswyn, got his support

Gave Alfstanna Irminric’s ring, got her support

Brought scroll to Sister Justine

Cleared out the Pearl

Returned amulet to beggar

Helped Alistair find Goldanna

Killed Marjolaine

The Landsmeet:

Said that Loghain could be a Warden; poisoned the Joining Chalice while Riordan wasn’t looking

Alistair and Anora rule together

The Battle of Denerim:

Darrick killed the Archdemon

Awakening:

Allowed the Architect to live

Keep and Amaranthine protected; Keep fully fortified

Nathaniel alive and well (recruited the second time around)

Gave Nathaniel the Howe Bow

Looked for Anders’s phylactery

Oghren and Felsi reunited

Witch Hunt:

Didn’t go through the eluvian with Morrigan

Warden’s Keep:

Said ‘no’ to all suspicious concoctions

Slayed Sophia and allowed Avernus to conduct ethical research

Stone Prisoner:

Matthias and Amalia alive, unpossessed

DRAGON AGE II

Hero:

Rigel Hawke

65 % purple, 32 % blue/green, 3 % red (roughly)

Rogue; shadow

Companions:

Carver died fleeing Lothering

Bethany became a Grey Warden

Bethany survived final battle

Friends with Varric

Bartrand still alive

Helped Varric discover cause of haunting

Varric did not keep the red lyrium idol

Recruited Isabela

Isabela did not return

Didn’t give Isabela to Arishok

Fenris alive and well

Merrill stayed loyal

Merrill did not destroy eluvian

Clan was not killed

Merrill is alive and well

Didn’t APPROVE of Anders’s explosion, but didn’t kill him or make him leave

Aveline married Donnic

Aveline stayed loyal

Recruited Sebastian

(Note: Romanced Fenris and was BFFs with Varric, Aveline, and Anders, but I won’t force that on you)

Prologue:

Joined smugglers

Act 1:

Turned mages over to templars

Fenris killed Kelder

Brought Saemus back home

Ginnis died

Killed Danzig

Didn’t blackmail Thrask

Idunna killed

Solved mystery of missing miners

Sent Feynriel to the Dalish

Recommended Keran not be a templar

Defended Ketojan from the Qunari

Didn’t kill Karras

Act 2:

Javaris alive and well

Discovered looter of Hubert’s caravans

Killed Gascard

Feynriel freed and left for Tevinter

Didn’t side with Petrice

Didn’t side with Varnell against Qunari

Killed Arishok

Act 3:

Rescued Nathaniel

Killed dragon at Bone Pit (bastard had my armor)

Allowed Emile to go free

Offered to help Nuncio

Let Zevran go

Reunited Charade and Gamlen

Handed conspirators to Orsino

Gave Keran to the templars

Sided with mages

Legacy:

Sided with Larius

Found Malcolm’s will

DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION

Companions:

-Dorian didn’t reconcile with father -Friends with Dorian -Dorian stayed with Inquisition -Iron Bull recruited -Iron Bull saved Chargers -Iron Bull is Tal-Vashoth -Blackwall recruited -Blackwall left prison as Grey Warden -Friends with Blackwall -Cassandra discovered book of secrets -Cassandra rebuilt Seekers -Friends with Cassandra -Cole recruited and stayed -Cole more like a spirit -Friends with Cole -Sera recruited and stayed -Sera killed Harmond at Inquisitor’s urging -Friends with Sera -Solas freed his friend -Friends with Solas -Varric tracked the red lyrium source -Friends with Varric -Vivienne recruited -Gave Vivienne a Snowy Wyvern heart -Friends with Vivienne

Exploring Thedas:

Did not reach the inner sanctum

Helped refugees

Gained cultists’ allegiance

Investigated the dwarven ruins

Rescued troops from the Avvar

Fairbanks not revealed as noble

Fairbanks defeated the Freeman

Captured Caer Bronach

Closed the lake’s rift

Claimed Griffon Wing Keep

Imshael killed

Captured Suledin Keep

Operations:

Inquisition forces deployed regularly

Sutherland’s company was formed

Jecin and Celeste never met

Inquisitor contacted Charade

Advisors:

Calpernia was the Inquisitor’s nemesis

Told Cullen not to use lyrium

Did favors for Du Paraquettes

Leliana inspired

Investigated Calpernia’s past

Talked with Calpernia

The Wrath of Heaven:

Inquisitor does not accept being chosen by Andraste

Champions of the Just:

Went to Therinfal Redoubt, templars allied

Ser Barris is alive

In Your Heart Shall Burn:

Inquisition is declared for order

Here Lies the Abyss:

Grey Wardens rebuilt

Stroud and Loghain sacrificed rather than Hawke, but Hawke sacrificed rather than Alistair. Just to cover all the bases.

Wicked Eyes and Wicked Hearts:

Gaspard rules as Briala’s puppet

Grand Duchess Florianne killed (“I also judge the box! End table for orphans!”)

Empress Celene died

What Pride Had Wrought:

Disrespected temple traditions, accidentally made enemies of the guardians

Morrigan drank from the Well of Sorrows

Doom Upon All the World:

Supported Leliana as Divine

Judgments At Skyhold:

Equal parts merciful and recruiting judging

The Descent:

Saved mines, stopped earthquakes

Decided he’d be happy never going to the Deep Roads again

Trespasser:

Bull remained loyal

Disbanded the Inquisition

Attempt to redeem Solas