#Idina Surana

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fmk Taber Lamburn, Idina Surana, Capella Rae (I haven't yelled at you about Pol yet otherwise she'd be here, but I think you would Love her)

f: CAPELLA I HAVE TO BE REAL YOU DESCRIBED THEM TO ME AND I WAS LIKE AW FUCK… GENDERFUCKED AND UNABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE MORTIFYING ORDEAL OF BEING KNOWN??? MAN

m: taber lamburn with no question or hesitation in my heart. i was literally just telling juno “i hope iz sends an ask for this game so i can marry taber.” and boom. we shall have a spring wedding.

k: idina ily but you were JUST beat out.

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I had the chance to commission the lovely @faerun to make pixel icons of my Warden kids, and I am utterly in love with their work!! Their commissions are closed at the moment, but please do check out their art if you have the chance!!

[ID: four pixel, chibi-like icons of characters from the bust up. The icons feature two elves, a human, and a dwarf.

Idina, the first elf, is fat and has has light brown skin, a curly blonde bob, green eyes, and freckles. She is grinning pleasantly on a green background.

Fyfa, the second elf, is very thin and has brown skin, long and curly brown hair, hazel eyes, and curvy tattoos on her face. She is grinning mischievously on a silver background.

Sutton, the human, is broad-shouldered and has fair skin that’s been very sunburned, long and straight red hair that is tied back, blue eyes, and a tattoo of blue roses climbing up her right cheek. She is smiling pleasantly on a blue background.

Ilse, the dwarf, is stocky and has brown skin, very curly dark brown hair, grey eyes, full lips, and a trimmed goatee. She is smiling smugly on a dark red background.

All are wearing armour: Idina, Fyfa and Sutton’s armour is blue and silver, while Ilse’s is gold with a purple cape. /end ID]

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and the bible didn’t mention us

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My Idina Surana had a hard time imagining just how *big* the world outside was at first. She’d been fantasizing about leaving the Circle since she got there, and being able to reach the ground on the other side of the lake was a dream come true. And then came the trek across the country. You could just walk for *days* and hardly see anything new, or watch the entire landscape change drastically hour by hour, and either her legs hurt. She came to love it though, and became a traveler post-Blight!

that is pretty unfathomable to someone who’s always been in inside! books will tell you, and there’s probably drawings in there but for your view to just be a window and what people say, and actually seeing it. like damn!!!!

that makes so much sense, someone who spent so much of her life in the tower getting itchy feet and just wanting to SEE EVERYTHING

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aes ▸ IDINA SURANA ↳  ❝ She has known sadness, and it has made her kind. ❞

[commission for @quaxorascal // commission details]

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#squad, contact, track and field, fragrance, and poison for the da group? and if you're up to it: photo album for all of them too c:

Gladly!! (from here)

#squad: who’s friends with who? what are the squad dynamics like?

The short version that I’d originally written ended up getting Really Long so how about I break this down alphabetically

FYFA: doesn’t interact much with Idina, though when they do talk she asks questions about magic; doesn’t interact much with Ilse, thinks she’s too uppity; initially didn’t like Kallian much but spends more time with her now that the Blight is over; immediately took a liking to Naoka during the Blight; doesn’t interact much with Sutton but likes her on the basis that Naoka likes her; warmed up to Theresa circa Broken Circle and has not ceased to be a nuisance to Tess since

IDINA: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa, though when they do talk she asks questions about Dalish life; doesn’t interact much with Ilse; likes Kal but didn’t spend much time with her until after the Blight; warmed up to Naoka slowly, and now likes her very much as a friend; gets along with Sutton; has been best friends with Tess since they were itty bitty, and it took them 18 years and a whole Blight to figure out they like each other

ILSE: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa or Idina, though she likes the latter more than the former; doesn’t interact much with Kal until they’re both close to their Callings, at which point they get along p well; hated Naoka at first, but they started to get along after she worked through her own Issues, and now the two of them are qps; doesn’t interact much with Sutton but enjoys her company well enough; thoroughly enjoys Tess’ company

SUTTON: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa; gets along with Idina; doesn’t interact much with Ilse but likes her on the basis that Naoka likes her didn’t pay Kal much mind until midway through the Blight, then reached out to Kal (and ultimately saved her life by doing so); hit it off immediately with Naoka, then after a rough patch between Redcliffe and Orzammar the two of them properly got together; good friends with Tess

And that was Still long lmao

The rest will go under a cut!

contact: how does your OC(s) feel about touch/physical contact? are they affectionate? if so, how do they display affection to others?

FYFA doesn’t like contact from people she doesn’t know, but if she knows you and likes you, she will find any reason she can to touch you. You know she likes you if she drapes herself over you like you’re furniture. She’ll call anyone on their bullshit, but when she loves someone, she’ll hug them afterward

IDINA enjoys some casual touch, like handshakes and an arm on the shoulder, even a quick hug if she knows who you are. She isn’t much of a cuddler until she loves you, however, and even then she prefers showing her affection in other ways, most often with words -- sweet nicknames and the like

ILSE finds touch to be too intimate for her liking most of the time, in particular because she’s very slow to trust people. When she and Naoka get together, though, it’s revealed that’s she liked cuddling while asleep. While awake, she’s more likely to share space and silence with someone if she likes them. If she’s smiling in your company, she trusts you; if she’s adjusting her schedule to suit you, she adores you

SUTTON loves contact but she’s very adaptable, and she quickly becomes fluent in the love languages of the people in her life. She loves picking people up to hug them bc she’s tall and buff enough to do so, but her three favourite people don’t like being picked up. It’s very tragic

track & field: which (if any) of your OCs are athletic? what sports to they play? which of your OCs would go HARD in P.E.?

All except for Idina are athletic actually! It isn’t that Dee dislikes physical activity, it’s that she vastly prefers just pain ol’ walking if she’s supposed to move at all

Ilse is the least athletic of the other three per say, but she’s both fit and competitive, and she would love contact sports like rugby. Fyfa likes being athletic for the sake of moving around, and she’s also competitive for the sake of competition; she’d probably genuinely love track and field tbh. Sutton regularly spends time at the gym with her buddies, and absolutely goes hard as hell during competitive sports. She’s mostly here to have fun, but she’s not having fun if she’s not giving it her all

fragrance: what do your OCs smell like?

FYFA has a perpetual herbal smell to her, no matter how long it’s been since she was in the woods. There’s a sharp accent to her scent that could be spice or could be blood. As she gets older, the smell of death clings to her sooner than it clings to the others, overtaking the herbal smell little by little

IDINA smells like petrichor; in the Circle she smelled more like flowers pressed in a book, both the pages and the flowers themselves, but after leaving the Circle she was outside as often as possible. When using combat magic, or while she’s feeling intense emotion, she smells noticeably of ozone for a while

ILSE’s hair requires lots of care, including various oils, to keep it curly and healthy in the dry heat of Orzammar. Most of those oils don’t have much scent since they’re largely nut oils, but one can notice a coconutty smell to Ilse if one is close enough

SUTTON usually smells of salt in one way or another: sea water and sweat are each viable culprits. She frequently smells like dog, too, to the surprise of absolutely no one

poison: vices/bad habits? what are they? how do they affect your OC?

FYFA, in Shay’s on words, will die on any hill she sees. She likes arguing for the sake of arguing; she’s very good at talking for ages about nothing at all, and also good at telling lies, both extravagant and plausible. This got her into all sorts of trouble growing up, which she delighted in

IDINA will do just about anything for sugar. Not only that, but she has a bad habit of making assumptions; this has led to more than one instance of her assuming something that Tess didn’t mean, and Tess hates it when people put words in her mouth, so that ofc went well. She also used to shrink under pressure, and while she’s gotten better at this with time, she still has a tendency to ramble and to restart her sentences when stressed or nervous

ILSE is deeply traditional, and she has a very hard time altering her course when she learns that tradition isn’t the most favourable path to walk. This makes her first six months on the throne strenuous for her and Naoka, who had stayed behind as her second and who had to frequently remind Ilse of their intended goal of rebuilding the society of Orzammar

SUTTON puts into motion nearly every impulse that crosses her mind if it seems like fun, consequences be damned. This has led to more than one painful rash, broken bone, and judging look. Again, though, consequences be damned

photo album: describe one of your OCs’ favorite memories.

FYFA: Eating berries with Tamlen and Merrill behind their shared aravel. Merrill was the only one among them to have vallaslin, despite being more than two years younger than her and nearly three younger than Tamlen; the two of them would be completing their hunters’ trial in a couple of days. But for now, the three of them were children, flicking rotten berries at each other’s faces, carding stained fingers into one another’s hair, tangling their legs together, laughing and carefree

IDINA: Those tentative steps she took on the shore or Lake Calenhad after stepping off the boat she, Tess, and Duncan had been in, before they reached the wild grass and flowers and she laid down among them. Years and years of waiting to be on this side of the lake culminating into this long moment, with her on her back, looking up at the grey sky through squinted, smiling eyes. When her eyes found Tess, she was smiling down at her, one of her rare and soft smiles that Idina had always felt were meant just for her; Idina had never felt so free

ILSE: That two-second-long period between the Assembly acquiescing to her and Tess’ pitch to make her Queen and Bhelen making an attempt on Tess’ life for it. The whole room was alive with sound, as the deshyrs celebrated the end of their indecision and politely (or enthusiastically) welcomed their future Queen; and her new friends were right behind her. For the woman who had spent the better part of the year in various states of Alone, this welcome was long-awaited

SUTTON: Standing with her mother on a cliff on the coast of the Waking Sea, watching huge waves crash into the rock face with such force that, even while standing several feet away from the cliff’s edge, Sutton and Eleanor’s clothing was soaked by the half hour mark. Eleanor did not lose her attachment of the sea after marrying into the land-locked Couslands, and here, watching and listening to the waves, humbled and small and yet at ease, Sutton understood why her mother loved and respected the waves

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Just for fun I’m gonna write this post about what my DA peeps would be in DnD 5e

Fyfa Mahariel: Rogue, Scout archetype, wood elf. If Assassin were a class of its own she’d multiclass after meeting Zevran

Idina Surana: Sorcerer/Druid multiclass, Storm Sorcery origin/Circle of Dreams, elf. Took a feat to let herself wield a sword

Sutton Cousland: Fighter, Eldritch Knight archetype, Defense style, human. Is fascinated enough by magic to be an Eldritch Knight but not pious enough to be a Paladin

Ilse Aeducan: Paladin (Torm), Oath of the Crown, gold dwarf. Almost changed her oath to Vengeance in a fit of passion, but decided against it

Nisaleigh Hawke: Rogue/Monk multiclass, Mastermind archetype/ Way of the Shadow, half-elf. Could have been an Arcane Trickster but she likes her stealth too much

Mnuve Lavellan: Druid/Warlock multiclass, Circle of the Land (Coast)/ Pact of the Blade (Great Old One patron), wood elf. The pact is broken when she loses the Mark in Trespasser

Isador Surana: Wizard, School of the Artificer, sun elf. Proficient with the Healer’s kit, took a feat to be able to cast a couple cleric spells

Evan Surana: Bard, College of Lore, half-elf. His bardic focus is either a pan flute or another wind instrument

(Bonus) Yvette Shepard: Sorcerer, Shadow Magic origin, idk what race she’d be but she wouldn’t be human

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Shay nudged me toward filling out this meme for each of my Wardens and honestly I had been looking for reasons to do just that so Here We Go

Ilse:

B A S I C S

full name: Ilse Anika Valda Endrina Aeducan

gender: cis girl, intersex

sexuality: aroace

pronouns: she/her

O T H E R S

family: younger brother Bhelen, older brother Trian, mother Abha, father Endrin (all deceased); nephew Endrin; Rica and Naoka are definitely family in some way or another, even if unofficially

birthplace: Orzammar’s royal palace

job: Paragon Queen of Orzammar, Commander-in-Chief of Orzammar’s military, Deshyr of the Assembly of Orzammar, Captain of the Grey of Ferelden (honorary)

phobias: failure, marriage quite frankly

guilty pleasures: being able to sit down, sea salt dark chocolate

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: lawful neutral

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: surprisingly extroverted? Though it’s certainly handy when you’re a queen and have to be in contact with people through the majority of your day

organized/disorganized: organized!

close minded/open-minded: very very closed-minded at the beginning of the Blight, has been opening up more since

calm/anxious: calm but attentive

disagreeable/agreeable: she knows how to make herself agreeable, let’s put it that way lmao

cautious/reckless: she’s naturally cautious, though she’s prone to the occasional “fuck it” decision

patient/impatient: she’s a Pro at the long game

outspoken/reserved: verrrry reserved

leader/follower: a born and raised leader if there ever was one

empathetic/unemphatic: she’s honestly not the most empathetic person around but she does like being nice and giving people compliments (provided the people live up to her standards)

optimistic/pessimistic: honestly she’s more of a pragmatist than either of these

traditional/modern: traditionalll

hard-working/lazy: she’s a hard worker, exemplified by the fact that since the Blight began she’s more or less had to work for everything she has

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: nah

ot3: nah

brotp: she and Naoka are the absolute best QPs, and she and Tess are wonderful friends

notp: nah

The other two are under the cut!

Idina:

B A S I C S

full name: Idina Mullein Surana

gender: cis girl

sexuality: quoiromantic lesbian

pronouns: she/her

O T H E R S

family: fathers Isador and Evan, two aunts and one uncle on Evan’s side (not in contact with); wife Theresa

birthplace: Sothmere, Ferelden

job: Constable of the Grey of Ferelden

phobias: imprisonment, failure

guilty pleasures: any sickeningly sweet food, sleeping in, kissing her wife over and over and over

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: neutral good?? yeah

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: definitely ambiverted, and the company of Certain People recharges her almost always

organized/disorganized:

close minded/open-minded: open-minded when she’s learning about new things, closed-minded when being told she’s wrong about something

calm/anxious: mostly calm until she thinks she’s done something wrong

disagreeable/agreeable: very agreeable! She loves people and being around them

cautious/reckless: on the reckless side usually

patient/impatient: she’s so very patient especially with her loved ones

outspoken/reserved: she tends to keep her opinions to herself unless she Knows you

leader/follower: she’s more of a leader than she believes!

empathetic/unemphatic: very empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: she is Eternally an optimist

traditional/modern: modern I would say?? Shrug tbh

hard-working/lazy: I mean she’s a pretty passive person, but especially when she’s hyperfixated on something she works hard to achieve her goals, so I suppose hard-working?

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: TessIdina of course ;0

ot3: Idina in the poly Wardens AU is just like “I’m happy with just one wife, the others can have their fun”, then she meets Celia and is like “Oh,”

brotp: she and Sutton in certain AUs snuck right up on me but I love them so much, also she and Naoka are So Good

notp: Idina/dudes I guess

Fyfa:

B A S I C S

full name: Fyfa Yrneha Sabrae Mahariel

gender: agender

sexuality: panro ace

pronouns: she/her/they/them

O T H E R S

family: father Theron (deceased), mother Yrneha (absent), adoptive mother Ashalle; wife Leliana, platonic husband Zevran

birthplace: somewhere in the southern Frostback Mountains, Ferelen

job: Lieutenant of the Grey of Ferelden

phobias: ghasts, abandonment

guilty pleasures: starting shit™, draping herself over her friends in affection

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: chaotic neutral

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: extroverted!!

organized/disorganized: her alignment is chaotic and so is her life

close minded/open-minded: more closed-minded I would say? Especially at the beginning of the Blight, but she definitely opens up

calm/anxious: calm content until given a reason to be anxious

disagreeable/agreeable: if she doesn’t want you to like her you won’t, if she does want you to like her there’s a good chance you might

cautious/reckless: 100% reckless and 0% apologetic

patient/impatient: Fyfa?? Wait for things?? Who do you think she is???

outspoken/reserved: she keeps her opinions loud and her feelings quiet

leader/follower: honestly she’s not a half bad leader but believes she wouldn’t be good at it so she’s happy to follow her friends’ lead

empathetic/unemphatic: she’s something of an empath and it is, in her opinion, a frequent pain in the ass

optimistic/pessimistic: shrug tbh?? It’s more that she tends to fixate on One possible end result and becomes intolerant of deviation

traditional/modern: definitely a traditionalist

hard-working/lazy: she’d like to be lazier than is required of her tbh, but she’ll see her given tasks through to the end

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Leli and Fyfa have had my heart for the past three or so years and honestly they always will

ot3: Leli/Fyfa/Zev Hell Yes

brotp: I honestly have so many??? Calen, Naoka, Tess, Ali, Zev

notp: if I Have to pick one it’s her and Ali, that’s her great big kid brother

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idina and wilver for

Thank uuuuuu

IDINA“She has this truly adorable expression when she pauses to think, searching through that marvellous mind of hers for the perfect solution to a problem. I almost wish she would get confused more often, for how cute she looks.”

“I treasure those moments where I can be with her outside. The way the sunlight makes her eyes shine… it’s truly breathtaking.”

“I’d live my whole life over, time and time again without changing a thing, just to grow up with her and fall in love with her over and over and over again.”

WILVER“They’re an absolutely reckless spitfire who I wouldn’t trust anywhere near an open flame. I really wish they’d be more careful, they make my heart twist with their recklessness…”

“You know, I’ve spent the past five or so years knowing this girl, and she just keeps getting sunnier and sunnier every day. …And her arm keeps getting stronger, too. But hey, I’m a little brother, I can take a few affectionate punches!”

“I‘ve gotta say, I never thought someone could actually pull that hat off. I have to crane my neck in order to see it on him, and I’m gonna get caught doing that someday, but just… it looks nice, okay?”

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Unrelated to everything but I’ve always wanted Idina to learn some sort of teleportation spell and I’m mad that a) I killed her in LARP before she was at a high enough level to learn the spell, and b) there aren’t any spells in DAO close to teleportation

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Idina Surana, 17!

“A description of your OC’s family by a future historian.” (from here)

“The history of the Idina Surana Memorial School, established in the Denerim Alienage around 9:77 Dragon, is a rather simple one. The school itself is named for one of the eight Heroes of Ferelden who defeated the Fifth Blight in 9:31, and it was established by her wife, Theresa Amell – another Hero – and one of her fathers, Evan. The city of Denerim is where Averill, Surana’s son with Theresa, lived at the time, along with his wife Aleiyah and their six children.

“Theresa had been Commander of the Grey Wardens of Ferelden, and Evan had been hahren of the Highmount Alienage before he travelled to Denerim following the death of his husband Isador. There is some debate as to how the pair ended up in Denerim to establish this school. Some believe Averill may have been involved in bringing both Theresa and Evan to Denerim, as the two retired within a year of each other and both lived with his family while in Denerim; others believe the two would have sought security with their relatives in their old age. 

“Whatever the reason, soon after they both settled in Denerim, Theresa bought a building in the Alienage and sought Evan’s help to restore it. One of Averill’s older children claimed to be present when Evan called Theresa ‘absolutely nutty’ before agreeing to aid her with her project.

“Establishing the school was both a labour of love and, some believe, a love letter to the woman whose name it carries. After roughly a year and a half of petitions, fundraisers, planning, and getting the community involved, the building became the school as it is known today. Both were involved in helping the school get on its feet, Theresa more than Evan due to his remarkable age, and Theresa ensured that graduated students would be able to run the school when her own age caught up to her.

“Evan passed away only a year after the school’s establishment, and Theresa followed just shy of a decade later. Averill and his family have kept an eye on the school since.”

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ask meme! for the amell-suranas, do 1, 2, 8, and 19, and for the amell-couslands, do 15, 17, 17, and 24 >:0

Sounds perfect to me ;0 (from this meme)

Amell-Surana family: Theresa, Idina, and baby Averill

1. How many children does your character have? How many would they ideally WANT?

Just the one, who is the most precious and sweet son in the whole wide world. Idina would ideally Like more than the one child, but frankly not having more isn’t a bad thing, for health reasons (Dee is a Tiny woman) and for job reasons (one kid is hard enough to raise when you’re the Warden-Commander and Warden-Constable, not that these girls put any less effort into raising him for it). In AUs where they aren’t so busy I could see more than one happening, but Idina isn’t upset or anything for only having Avi

(The rest is under the cut because this Will get long)

2. How did the children become a part of the family? Were they born into it? Adopted? Somehow else? Talk about the journey! :D

This depends on the AU we’re working on but my personal favourite is the “canon + Avi” AUs where Avi is conceived shortly after the events of Awakening. Long story short, Tess was skewered by a darkspawn during the fight, Idina just barely brought her back from the brink of death but there was still shit that had to be healed naturally, and Avi was conceived basically as soon as Tess was in any condition to fool around. Ridiculous Girls

Said development put a couple of plans on hold though: Idina had wanted to find her parents after Tess healed, but she herself wasn’t going to be in any shape to travel much. Tess, being the sweet girlfriend she is, secretly invited Idina’s parents to Vigil’s Keep when Idina was about four or five months along, and she also proposed to Idina while the future granddads were about. All in all a very happy sappy reunion. Idina cried because hormones, Isador cried because he Had to

8. What are some of the character’s favorite memories from their kids’ childhoods?

Naturally with his parents being the powerful af mages they are, Avi turned out to be a mage himself, and some of Idina’s favourite memories of his childhood involve teaching him magic. The first time he ever showed her a healing spell with the confidence of someone who’d mastered it her heart swelled with pride and she definitely had to pick him up and hug him close. His learning shapeshifting was a fun time as well, especially since I like to think he picked up on it rather quickly and was never above using it to pop in to see his moms at work to show him what he could do, or just to pay them a visit

Idina is ofc also fond of memories where bits of herself were apparent in her son. Stuff like his interest in having his own garden, “don’t tell your Mom” moments where she would sneak him some candy or an extra cookie, such like that

19. Talk about a time the children scared their parents.

Going back to shapeshifting, there’s an AU where Tess is Inquisitor on top of being Hero of Ferelden, and when Avi exists at the same time, there was an instance where he flew as a bird from Vigil’s Keep to Skyhold to see his Mom because he missed her. He naturally didn’t tell anyone what he was doing, so Idina was absolutely and completely distressed when she couldn’t find her son, and Tess was equally distressed that her son had flown like 300 miles in the middle of a war to see her. He was, to quote myself, “So Fucking Grounded” when he was brought back to the Keep – and no he’s not allowed to fly back on his own

Amell-Cousland family: Theresa, Sutton, and babies Thybalt and Wynona

15. Is there a toy/book/game the character is almost as excited about as the child (or even MORE so than the child? :D)

In canon-compliant AUs Sutton is definitely more interested in their family’s history than Thybalt or Wynona would be as kids, but that won’t stop her from telling them about their grandparents’ involvement in the Fereldan Rebellion whenever they’re talking about that part of history. Sutton’s just as excited about hide-and-seek as her kids, though; Castle Cousland is a big place, and she grew up here too, so she knows of all the best nooks and crannies to hide in (or so she thinks, until she finds Thybalt on the roof above the kitchen somehow)

16. Sleep time! Talk about the sleeping arrangements and rituals of the family through the years!

Sutton likes sleeping with her kids nearby, she really does. In most AUs she and Tess have enough money to afford a whole other room for the kids, but Sutton would rather sleep with her babies in her bed until they’re old enough to start picking on each other lmao (in most AUs there’s like, a year and a half at most between the two births so the siblings are Close in age and picking on each other in as inevitability)

17. Talk about what happens when a child gets sick.

Sutton absolutely frets whenever anyone she cares about is sick or injured, and her children are not an exception. She does a fair bit of hovering around the poor dears, keeping an eye on them if they need anything like food, water, medicine, something to keep them entertained, etc. She’s a fuckin softie, though she does more or less keep her kids in their room until they’re better to make sure they recuperate/ their sibling doesn’t catch what they got

On a slightly different but similar vein, if the child is injured instead of sick she will laugh with the child about the injury, but only after making 100% sure that the child is not in pain. Especially if the injury was caused by a small mistake or absentmindedness, she wants them to learn from their injuries but not be ashamed for getting hurt

24. Has having children changed the character? How?

In one of our AUs having Thybalt absolutely changed Sutton’s life and changed it for the better. She was a pirate captain (Bryce Cousland hopped onto Eleanor’s ship after the Fereldan Occupation was over and done with) and Tess was a noble (her father never sent his four youngest children to the Circle); a series of Bad Choices happened that led to Thybalt’s conception of Sutton’s ship. He was born long after Tess was returned to her father, and Sutton fell in love with him slowly at first, then hard and fast after she was used to the idea of Son. Having Thybalt in her life made Sutton all the more aware of her actions and the consequences they brought with them; his spending his developing years on her ship made her softer and more patient, but it also gave her someone in close proximity who she was more than willing to fight tooth and nail for. She couldn’t be too reckless in her protecting, though, lest Thyb be left without a mother

In basically all other AUs where Thyb and/ or Wynona exist Sutton has either already learned to be patient and soft or has always been like that lmao, it’s the one AU where she changes dramatically like that

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She had always loved Romance and happy endings And so she gave, And gave, and gave Romance and happy endings And smiles and love To others, in abundance Until, as she aged And as she gave She faded into obscurity Those who knew her: To hundreds of children, She was a mother; To her best friend, She was a partner; To Pa, to Father, She was a daughter. To the country’s Hero, She was a sister;  And a flame keeper. In her final years She was all alone: Sister, Father, Pa, Wife, And hundreds of children Grew up and left. She smiled despite pain: “Soon,” she would say, “I’ll see my sister;” But she never knew Her sister wasn’t there At the Maker’s side. Her sister was nowhere Her sister was everywhere And she never knew.

Romance and happy endings Had passed her by; She was all alone.

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the gang’s all here

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Got tagged for this by @cityandking, thank you! Just for fun, I’ll tag @actuallyaltaria @subcorax @sleepysak @sleepyspoonie @bimercenary aaand @patchodraws

I’ll do this for two different OCs just for fun too :3c

Abha

B A S I C S

full name: Abha Aeducan, originally of house Rao

gender: female

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: she/her

O T H E R S

family: Nehal (mother), Gagandeep (father); Endrin (ex-husband), Trian (son), Ilse (daughter), Bhelen (son)

birthplace: Orzammar

job: (former) Queen of Orzammar

phobias: heights, lowkey magic as well but with exposure she can be okay

guilty pleasures: wearing near-excessive amounts of jewelry, bodice-ripper novels, and tbh? embroidering her own clothing and cooking for herself. darling needs to learn how to provide for herself as much as she does for others

M O R A L S

morality alignment: Lawful Good

sins: lust / greed / gluttony / sloth / pride / envy / wrath

virtues: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

Introvert / Extrovert: extrovert

Organized / Disorganized: organized

Close-minded / Open-minded: somewhere in between, but can come around to someone else’s way of thinking if she learns enough about it

Calm / Anxious: anxious lmao

Agreeable / Disagreeable: agreeable

Cautious / Reckless: cautious to a fault

Patient / Impatient: patient

Outspoken / Reserved: somewhere in between

Leader / Follower: leader, not that she believes it

Empathetic / Unempathetic: empathetic

Optimistic / Pessimistic: ehhh? in between I think

Traditional / Modern: traditional

Hard-working / Lazy: hard-working

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Abha/Revka

ot3: Abha/Revka/Kuan Hao 

brotp: man Abha needs more friends her age. Abha&Ilse have a really strong friendship though, I sure love that mother/daughter dynamic

notp: Abha/Endrin lmao. they worked out well Once but in time they just didn’t see eye to eye anymore and they drifted apart

Isador

B A S I C S

full name: Isador Mylo Surana, née Greyeyes

gender: bigender

sexuality: gay

pronouns: he/him and she/her

O T H E R S

family: Daisy (grandmother); Connor (father), Jamie (mother); Evan (husband), Idina (daughter)

birthplace: Culhope, Ferelden

job: in-home doctor for the Highmount alienage

phobias: claustrophobic, also not the biggest fan of large bodies of water

guilty pleasures: getting new tattoos. that said, he is in no way ashamed of any of his pleasures

M O R A L S

morality alignment: Chaotic... Good? yeah i think that’s it

sins: lust / greed / gluttony / sloth / pride / envy / wrath

virtues: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

Introvert / Extrovert: extrovert, tho he doesn’t always act like it since he’s not the most outgoing

Organized / Disorganized: as organized as he cares to be, which is usually “I have a system for this!”

Close-minded / Open-minded: open-minded in most areas

Calm / Anxious: he’s pretty laid-back, tho he definitely isn’t chill, which is what I almost wrote. he’s too dramatic for that lmao

Agreeable / Disagreeable: will argue for fun sometimes, but is mostly agreeable!

Cautious / Reckless: reckless

Patient / Impatient: it depends, but he does have a Big capacity for patience

Outspoken / Reserved: outspoken.

Leader / Follower: more of a follower I’d say?

Empathetic / Unempathetic: empathetic

Optimistic / Pessimistic: pretty dang optimistic

Traditional / Modern: modern, tho he appreciates tradition a lot

Hard-working / Lazy: depends on who you ask

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Isador/Evan

ot3: Isador/Evan/Faljere. These are some Real Guilty Pleasure hours and also a candle I’ve been holding for years lmao

brotp: Isador&Revka!! love these goons, love their love

notp: uhhhh romanic Isador/Revka I guess?

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Surana 2 and 6; Cousland 3 and 9!

God you sent this to me ages ago but ty Autumn!! (from here)

IDINA SURANA

2. What was Surana’s relationship with Jowan like? What did they think of the revelation of him being a blood mage?

Idina got along swimmingly with Jowan! In AUs where it was just the two of them (as opposed to Dee having met Theresa Amell when she was younger) they relied really heavily on each other as a couple of scared kids are wont to do. The two of them frequently did homework together, even after Idina passed her Harrowing, not bc they ever get anything done but bc they both hated coursework and could hate it together

(Fun fact, Idina once made herself a tea to help her focus, and when she recommended it to Jowan to help him focus on the paper he had to write he started bouncing off the fucking walls bc it had a whole shitwhack of caffeine in it)

As far as the blood magic, that affected her a lot less than it could have. What got her heated was the fact that Lily completely bailed on Jowan after he revealed his craft, which Idina felt was completely unfair

6. How did Surana feel about living in the Circle?

Honestly she hated it. She felt horribly confined and powerless and homesick when she was first brought to the Circle at age seven, and she never fully adjusted to it. She adapted, but she didn’t adjust. The tower put an edge in Idina’s personality that wasn’t there before, making her antsy and defensive and making her wear her pride like armour instead of like a comfortable shirt

When Duncan gave her a way to leave the Circle for good, she was more than happy to take it, even if it meant being in combat. She’s very much a pacifist, but fuck, she’s missed the sky and the flowers and the sun

SUTTON COUSLAND

3. How did Cousland feel about being left in charge of the castle, while their father and Fergus went off to battle?

She was a little surprised to not be going to Ostagar with the knights, being one herself. It’s rare enough that she’s left to do political stuff, since her brother took a lot better to that whole sphere of education than she did, but watching over the castle wouldn’t be too hard, and she wouldn’t complain. Plus this arrangement meant that she would get to stay home with her sister-in-law and nephew, who she loves with her whole heart

9. Did Cousland willingly join Duncan, or resist fleeing? Why?

(Ngl I was hoping to get this question so thank u my dear

When she was brought to the camp where the other Wardens were waiting for Duncan, there was a bloody handprint on the front of her shoulder from where her father, broken and bloody as he was, had pushed her toward the exit

Watching her whole world burn around her was frankly not something Sutton was equipped to handle, and she would have very much rather stayed with her parents as they waited for death to come to them. She wanted to stay both because she felt honour-bound to defend what remained of her family, and because she didn’t want to live with this night in her memory. But then Duncan pulled the Rite of Conscription on her, and then her parents begged her to leave, and then Duncan finally grabbed her by the arm and hauled her away