#draon age

[medu-inthefade]

welcome back, morrigan

[hattedhedgehog]

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Close-ups of my hand-embroidered Cassandra character card from Dragon Age: Inquisition. 89 hours work.

[psalacanthea]

Are we going to talk about how scary being the Inquisitor is for a Lavellan or…?

I mean, the more and more I have played this game, the more the Chantry shit is terrifying. Over and over again, you see painful and irrefutable evidence about the shit humans did to elves in the name of the Maker. The Exalted Plains is an obvious example.  (I consistently call it Dirthavaren you don’t like it fight me bitch) 

Like I think the entire fandom can agree on fuck that bitch sister Amity. The Chantry crusades destroyed what was left of the elves, destroyed them. Culture, body and spirit. Like be honest, there aren’t many Dalish clans left and each time a new game/book comes around, another one bites the dust. It’s so easy to lose your clan in Inquisiton and even easier to accidentally kill off Marethari’s. Hell, you can choose to kill Zathrian’s. 

The Dalish are dying out, any way you slice it.

Then suddenly a hole rips open in the sky and everybody thinks Lavellan did it. It destroys the Conclave…don’t tell me for one second that the humans didn’t immediately start developing an ‘elves and vengeance and antiMaker’ conspiracy theory. The ‘remain silent’ dialogue option in that first interaction isn’t a stoic ‘I don’t give a fuck’ to me, it’s more of a ‘whatever I say doesn’t matter I’m already dead’ for a Dalish Inquisitor. 

The true horror is knowing that they wont just kill you, they’ll call for a bloodbath on elves across Thedas.

“For the elves were guilty of the greatest sin, of turning from the Maker.”

You’ve damned them all and you can’t even remember how or why. For a First, it must be terrifying to realize even if you try to diplomatically talk your way out of it, they’ll never believe you. As a hunter or warrior, you know it’s hopeless. All you can do is throw yourself forward as the villain, claim that whatever happens you acted alone and take as many of these shems out with you as you can.  As a mage you know if they take pity on you, you’re condemned to their mage-slavery prisons.

“Whatever you think I did, I’m innocent!”

But then they believe you (barely, like thank the Creators the Lavellan clan taught you how to talk to humans civilly and not panic) but it’s basically a hostage situation. There’s one other elf with you and even if he’s not Dalish thank Mythal because shit you were scared and you’re still scared but at least it’s something. His name is ‘Pride’. You take it as a sign from the Creators that it’s not time to give up yet. Suledin, you think.

There is an orb, a weapon that caused this. Solas tells you it’s elven and your heart sinks.

“Eventually, the humans will find a way to blame elves…”

You become Inquisitor and things are a little better but the humans call you Herald of Andraste. You don’t believe in their Maker but none of them care. You know your clan would feel betrayed, think you’ve given up your gods. You haven’t of course but the terror is there…what if the gods think you’ve given up them? You talk to Cassandra and Leliana, trying to understand the human chantry and maybe figure out a way for your two beliefs to coexist. 

 But no.

You realize it wont help. Cassandra talks about spreading the Maker’s word to all corners of Thedas…you remember the lonely howls of the wolves across Dirthavaren. You know what ‘spreading the Makers word’ means. Leliana at least acknowledges what the Chantry did, but she dismisses it with words. All those lives and hopes and dreams dismissed with the words ‘that hate won’t just go away if you dissolve the Chantry’. You understand what she really means, though. 

She’s saying that the hate will never go away, not until the elves are just like humans. The Chantry will never stop.  She says she wants elves to be part of the chantry so they survive and you try not to taste bile in the back of your throat when you think of what that means.

“My father says humans are like weeds that choke out the grass…”’

Slowly, slowly, slowly...they consume you.

[yesiplaygamez]

[knuttydraws]

Art Summary 2022 My first full year of arting!

Thanks to everyone who left nice comments and tags (im seeing you and i adore you all!), who were brave enough to commission me or take part in an art trade, everyone who encouraged me publicly or in private - this really would not happen without you. I can't wait to see what next year brings ❤

[kirkwalldrama]

let's speak the truth - anders would be the best drag queen out of all dragon age characters.

except for solas. maybe. i call it sasha velour effect.

[forystr]

could you mayhaps...do cullen...in the waking sea palette...

thank u so much!!

[mywitchcultblr]

Cassandra: Okay so who broke this damn bed last night?

Josephine: No offense but I think the only person in Thedas who might be capable to breaks a bed during an intercouse is The Iron bull

Cullen: No, it must be Dorian, I mean Tevinter and Magic?

Leliana: *deep breath* It was the inquisitor, his magic went haywire when Bull and Dorian sucked his dick, it was the inquisitor who broke the bed

[alistairssock]

*kicks down door*

HAWKE IS A SCOT THAT IS ALL

[noctuaalba]

I’m back! and back to work! a super super angsty commission for @hunterandcossack - Belial and poor Wystan  :’(

[frogei]

[kason-nvidiade-art]

SAMARRA AND SOLAS SMOOCHING B/C I WANTED TO AND BECAUSE I HEARD @roguelioness WAS HAVING A BAD TIME?????? WHICH IS NEVER GOOD SO HERE HAVE A SMOOCH

PLEASE WRITE THESE TWO SMOOCHING MORE IT’S MY SHAMELESS KINK

[oogiesboogie]

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“ Grey Warden “

(TW: FL)

[yesiplaygamez]

Fenris:

Anders:

Fenris:

[herald-divine-hell]

Amayian and Leliana

[jrastegar]

Taking One’s Measure Update

Chapter 2 posted.

I made a few corrections to chapter 1 thanks to some great feedback and those are posted as well. Already a bit into chapter 3, but I waited to review chapter 2 this morning and ensure it still read well after my eyes started crossing last night. Thanks for reading!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32729818/chapters/81244684