#jean-marc stroud

[wylldebee]

Alright hear me out

You're playing Dragon Age: Dreadwolf, and you come across a shiny collectable during on the main quests. It's a shard of a Eluvian. A side-main quest begins stating you must collect a certain number of mirror pieces. It's your choice if you want to put in the hours of finding them. If you do, you'll eventually find the location of a cracked Eluvian. You put the pieces together and it activates. It's a portal to the Fade. A demon barrels through and attacks you and your group. You defeat it and collect the treasure. Quest done, enemy dead, now it's time to go. Except. The Eluvian glows and just when you're expecting another demon to come out—you instead watch as a human is thrown out. They stand up and there, injured and bruised but alive, is the person the Inquisitor left in the Fade. If it's Alistair/Loghain/Stroud you get a thank you letter from Romanced!Fem!Warden/Anora/the Wardens respectively, and either an Tiered/leveled weapon/armour or schematic. If it's Hawke, though? Varric sends you a thank you letter, a signed copy of The Tale of the Champion (which you can read completely in the codex), weapon/armour, a unique schematic, and also a bag of gold to "help cover the costs of whatever Hawke broke while they were in your care".

[walk-the-fade]

Watch Dreadwolf pull some SHIT and whoever you leave in the Fade is actually alive and whoever stayed behind and went to Weisshapt died in whatever tf is going on there.

[thiefbird]

Hey. Question for the DA community.

Does, like, anyone care about Stroud??? Is there anyone who has blorbofied him?

[crackinglamb]

Chapters: 143/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Female Inquisitor/Solas (Dragon Age), Solas (Dragon Age)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Solas|Fen'Harel, Rogue Inquisitor, Varric Tethras, Cassandra Pentaghast, Vivienne (Dragon Age), Sera (Dragon Age), Gereon Alexius, Dorian Pavus, The Iron Bull (Dragon Age), Blackwall (Dragon Age), Leliana (Dragon Age), Cullen Rutherford, Josephine Montilyet, Lace Harding, Cole (Dragon Age), Sky Watcher (Dragon Age), Wisdom (Dragon Age), Female Hawke (Dragon Age), Male Mahariel (Dragon Age), Morrigan (Dragon Age), Ameridan (Dragon Age), Felassan (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Modern Girl in Thedas, not a self-insert, Non-Canon Inquisitor (Dragon Age), Diary/Journal, Alcohol, Swearing, Snark, Pining, Emotional Slow Burn, Explicit Sexual Content, Friends With Benefits To Lovers, Solas Being Solas (Dragon Age), Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Additional Characters to Be Added As They Show Up, NOW WITH VISUALS, Pro-Elf, Pro-Mage, Anti-Orlais Series: Part 1 of Wicked Things Summary:

Imogen McLean is glad she's played the series before. She's read the novels, she's flipped through the comics. She knows what's going to happen. She's got secrets to spill and canon to break. Now if she could just keep her hands off the Dread Wolf, this might all go a bit easier. Besides, he's got plans of his own. He's not the staying kind, and she knows better than to get attached.

You hear that, Thedas? She's not going to get attached. She's not.

 Beta'd by Iron_Angel. NSFW will be marked with **. Updates on (sporadic) Wednesdays.

*This fic now has embedded images. More will be added as I take/receive them. Most chapters have something in them, some have several. Screenshots were taken by me, any art is credited to its artist.*

Chapter 143 - The Void Awaits

Mythal killed a Titan, she thought.  Was this where it was when it lived?  Is this why they call it the Abyss?  The Void?  For sure no one knows what lies at the bottom of this trench other than darkspawn.  

She couldn't look away from the scene in front of her.  No carrion birds flew overhead, nothing moved, it was silent enough to hear the sibilant whisper of sand on sand.  There wasn't even a smell.  Or at least, there wasn't the smell she would expect from such a battlefield.  The back of her throat closed up, reminding her of how the air tasted and felt in the future Redcliffe.  She'd thought then that it was because of the red lyrium.  But no, it was the Blight that made each breath itch in her lungs.

The others caught up and Stroud dismounted next to her, looking at the other side of the canyon, his expression both bleak and knowing.  He glanced at her in the saddle for a moment before his eyes returned inexorably to the vista.  “You have the look of one who has never seen such a thing, Inquisitor.”

“I...haven't. There's really no way to prepare for it.  Knowing isn't the same as seeing.”

“I suppose that is true.”  His lilting voice seemed out of place, too gentle and soft for such a grisly location.  “It is little comfort to know that this is victory.”

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[veshialles]

Valyrha + Battlemage Armor but the colour scheme was inspired by the concept art outfit looks 👀

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[roguerambles]

Listen, do I always sacrifice Stroud? Yes.

Would my Inquisitor have climbed him like a tree? Also yes.

[illusivesoul]

Made a self indulgent meme

[deedeemactir]

You ever think about how not just Loghain, who started as a rogue, but also Alistair and Stroud all wear the rogue warden armor in DAI? You ever realize that, of the unique warden armors, the rogue version is the one named In Death, Sacrifice?

[dragon-age-codex-entries]

Codex entry: Ser Stroud

"Born the younger son of a minor noble family in the Fields of Ghislain, Jean-Marc Stroud had just finished training at the Academie des Chevaliers when he received word that his family had been killed, ostensibly by bandits. In reality, they were victims of the Orlesian Great Game. Ser Stroud's plan to find his family's murderers was cut short when the Grey Warden, Clarel, recruited Stroud on the advice of the Academie trainers, who did not wish to see a promising young chevalier throw his life away in fruitless pursuit of vengeance. Unable to refuse such a request honorably, Ser Stroud joined the Wardens and left his old life behind.

Warden Stroud has served the Grey Wardens with honor for decades. He is regarded as one of the finest swordsmen in the Order, combining his study at the Academie with years of fighting darkspawn alongside dwarves in the Deep Roads. Warden-Commander Clarel has tasked him with recruiting and training new Wardens; most young Warden warriors owe their skill to Stroud's mentorship.

Stroud prefers to travel in the Free Marches rather than Orlais, knowing his family history could cause him to become caught up in the Game, leading to accusations of political interference among the Wardens. He also has no strong opinions regarding mages or templars, although he believes both groups wrong to turn their back on the Chantry, which Stroud holds in some esteem."

—An intelligence report delivered to Leliana

[leggywillow]

Chapter 5 is up!

The Path of Most Resistance (10840 words) by leggywillow Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carver Hawke/Female Surana, Carver Hawke/Female Warden Characters: Female Surana, Female Warden, Female Hawke, Carver Hawke, Male Trevelyan, Anders, Nathaniel Howe, Original Grey Warden Character(s), Jean-Marc Stroud Additional Tags: Warden Carver Hawke, Grey Warden Secrets, Mage-Templar Dynamics, The Taint, Established Relationship, Kirkwall Series: Part 3 of The Mistakes of Men and Monsters

Chapter Summary: Dacre ruminates on the work he's been doing for Knight-Commander Meredith

Summary: After (supposedly) killing Corypheus alongside her partner Carver Hawke, Warden Adara Surana is determined to cure the Taint that dooms them to an early grave. When Anders blows up the Kirkwall Chantry, however, her plans are thrown into chaos. Carver rushes to Kirkwall to help his sister, Champion Vivian Hawke. With a startling new surprise of her own, Adara rushes after him.

Templar Dacre Trevelyan is lost and grieving. He’s determined to drag Anders to Starkhaven to face justice, and he’s willing to go through Vivian Hawke—and anyone else—to do it. He crosses path with Adara Surana instead. It’s kind of a disaster.

[nebulousmistress]

@badthingshappenbingo​

Prompt: Worked Themselves to Exhaustion Fandom(s): Dragon Age 2 

Characters:                                

Anders (Dragon Age)

Justice (Dragon Age)

Jean-Marc Stroud

Additional Tags:                                

Canon-Typical Violence

Post-Dragon Age II Quest - Demands of the Qun

Grey Wardens

Grey Warden Stamina

This is a complete work. The story is on AO3: A Spirit’s Agreement

[allthingsroleplay]

CHARACTERS WANTED FOR A DRAGON AGE 4 JCINK PREMIUM SITE!

Here Be Dragons, an AU post-Trespasser/Dragon Age 4 site for players 18+, requests Senior Wardens Sigrun, Oghren, and Nathaniel Howe and First Warden, Jean-Marc Stroud. Please check out our site and/or jump into our server for more details!

[spinstrackingsystem]

The 28h Annual USA Songwriting Competition Kicks Off, 2022 Winners Announced

Entries are now accepted for the 28th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise. Also, have your winning songs played on radio! Enter in Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc. Entrants come from all over the world: Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Germany, USA, South Africa, etc.   USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: Michael Kelly Guitars, Hartke, Samson Technologies, Acoustic Guitar magazine, Klevgrand, Music Gateway, Fiedler Audio, PreSonus, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Hal Leonard, Jamstack, Nembrini Audio, Melda Production, FL Studio, Discmakers, School of Rock, Singer Express, Songcraft, Berklee College of Music, etc.   Here are the winners of the 27th USA Songwriting Competition (2022): Overall Grand Prize “The Line” by Sav Buist; Nashville, TN Overall 2nd Prize “Dance In Heaven” by Kevin Stroud & Marc Alan Barnette; Wichita Falls, TX Overall 3rd Prize “Sleepless Summer” by Matty Gottesman; Los Angeles, CA Category Prize Winners (First Prize in each of the 15 categories) DANCE/ELECTRONICA “We’re Lucid Dreaming!” by Jon GK; Los Angeles, CA FOLK “The Line” by Sav Buist; Nashville, TN ROCK/ALTERNATIVE “HIGH3R” by Trent-Jean Michel; AUSTRALIA LYRICS ONLY “Cheap as a Kiss” by Michael R. J. Read the full article

[crackinglamb]

WIP Wednesday Whenever

Tagged by @noire-pandora, thank you! 💕

Tagging @mogwaei, @bdafic, @shretl, @lilbittymonster, @ir0n-angel and @fiadhaisteach. No pressure!

I've reached the penultimate arc of WG, y'all. I'm both excited and overwhelmed to finally get to this point in the writing. From the very earliest parts of the draft (now going on two years old, holy crap), I knew I wanted the main storyline to end this way. Now all I have to do is not fall apart in the middle of it.

Imogen has reached the Western Approach...

(Under a cut for mention of dead bodies and Blight related existential dread. I've been told this scene is very evocative.)

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In the distance the heat made the black patches shimmer and waver, but she could still find the places where the dead lay, desiccated into grotesque postures where they'd fallen. Their armor and weapons were as shiny and sharp as the day they died, nearly a thousand years ago. She remembered reading somewhere that the Second Blight had so thoroughly ravaged the Approach that the dead didn't even decompose, because nothing survived, not even bacteria. It was why this region was now a desert, in fact, although she had other theories on that, considering the rest of Thedas seemed to bounce back well enough from the Blights.

Mythal killed a Titan, she thought. Was this where it was when it lived? Is this why they call it the Abyss? The Void? For sure no one knows what lies at the bottom of this trench other than darkspawn.

She couldn't look away from the scene in front of her. No carrion birds flew overhead, nothing moved, it was silent enough to hear the sibilant whisper of sand on sand. There wasn't even a smell. Or at least, there wasn't the smell she would expect from such a battlefield. The back of her throat closed up, reminding her of how the air tasted and felt in the future Redcliffe. She'd thought then that it was because of the red lyrium. But no, it was the Blight that made each breath itch in her lungs.

The others caught up and Stroud dismounted next to her, looking at the other side of the canyon, his expression both bleak and knowing. He glanced at her in the saddle for a moment before his eyes returned inexorably to the vista. “You have the look of one who has never seen such a thing, Inquisitor.”

“I...haven't. There's really no way to prepare for it. Knowing isn't the same as seeing.”

“I suppose that is true.” His lilting voice seemed out of place, too gentle and soft for such a grisly location. “It is little comfort to know that this is victory.”

“Yeah...”

“Come, Inquisitor, let us make sure this ritual site is as empty as it should be, and then we can leave this place.”

Imogen watched him turn away from the view as if he was struggling to do it. She wondered how the physical presence of so much Blight affected him, a Warden who'd served long enough that his Calling could have been real. She turned Squirrel away and her gaze landed on Hawke, watching them from the meager shade of the tall stone columns that marked the site. Elly's eyes were sympathetic when they met hers as she dismounted.

“You all right, Genny?”

“Yeah, just...a little overwhelmed.”

“C'mon, the sooner we check this out, the sooner we can leave.”

“That's what Stroud said too.”

Hawke scoffed. “At last we agree on something.”

The trio walked along the bridge that suspended the ritual tower over the edge of the Reach. The site stood on a spur of rock that seemed to simply hang in the air. Imogen was sure that was an illusion, though. The ground itself was simply so saturated with the Blight that it absorbed all the light that shone on it. There was a lingering feeling of wrongness about the place, but it was empty and sand-swept. There was no blood, no demons, no Venatori. As she'd hoped.

Hawke shuddered. “This place is fucking awful.”

[newmusicweekly]

The 28h Annual USA Songwriting Competition Kicks Off, 2022 Winners Announced

Entries are now accepted for the 28th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise. Also, have your winning songs played on radio! Enter in Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc. Entrants come from all over the world: Australia, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Germany, USA, South Africa, etc.   USA Songwriting Competition is sponsored by: Michael Kelly Guitars, Hartke, Samson Technologies, Acoustic Guitar magazine, Klevgrand, Music Gateway, Fiedler Audio, PreSonus, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, Airplay Access, Hal Leonard, Jamstack, Nembrini Audio, Melda Production, FL Studio, Discmakers, School of Rock, Singer Express, Songcraft, Berklee College of Music, etc.   Here are the winners of the 27th USA Songwriting Competition (2022): Overall Grand Prize "The Line" by Sav Buist; Nashville, TN Overall 2nd Prize "Dance In Heaven" by Kevin Stroud & Marc Alan Barnette; Wichita Falls, TX Overall 3rd Prize "Sleepless Summer" by Matty Gottesman; Los Angeles, CA Category Prize Winners (First Prize in each of the 15 categories) DANCE/ELECTRONICA "We're Lucid Dreaming!" by Jon GK; Los Angeles, CA FOLK "The Line" by Sav Buist; Nashville, TN ROCK/ALTERNATIVE "HIGH3R" by Trent-Jean Michel; AUSTRALIA LYRICS ONLY "Cheap as a Kiss" by Michael R. J. Read the full article

[dailyjcink]

CHARACTERS WANTED FOR A DRAGON AGE 4 JCINK PREMIUM SITE!

Here Be Dragons, an AU post-Trespasser/Dragon Age 4 site for players 18+, requests Senior Wardens Sigrun, Oghren, and Nathaniel Howe and First Warden, Jean-Marc Stroud. Please check out our site and/or jump into our server for more details!