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I've been replaying DAO and I have to admit it's kinda hilarious how each class' 'evil' specialization is obtained.

For blood magic, one must sell the soul of an innocent child to a demon.

For the reaver specialization, one must defile a sacred artifact for a crazed cultist and drink dragon blood.

For an assassin, one must be nice enough to Zevran that he's willing to show you. Zevran has morals.

One of these is not like the others.

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the crows send their regards

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A crow suddenly finds out he's appreciated not only for seduction and murder

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Zevran, no!

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Pleaaaaase Zevran and Lucanis 💖

Note: I got the request for Zevran and Lucanis A LOT. So there will almost certainly be more banters between them. I'm still grasping Lucanis and am rusty with Zevran, so consider this a trial run as I feel out their hypothetical dynamic. Enjoy!

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Lucanis: The worst crow in history standing at my side. 

Zevran: So it seems. 

Lucanis: I should kill you.

Zevran: Yes, you very much should. 

Lucanis: The crows' reputation never truly healed from your humiliation in Ferelden. 

Zevran: Humiliating for you, perhaps. That story ends very well for me. 

Lucanis: Are you really going to argue perspective while I debate your life? 

Zevran: Seeing as you haven’t killed me yet, why not? 

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Zevran: So, how much did you cost? 

Lucanis: Three-hundred sovereigns. Starting rate. 

Zevran: My that is impressive. I was a mere seven. 

Lucanis: Your talon agreed to contracts worth only seven sovereigns!?

Zevran: Oh, it is contracts we are discussing. 

Lucanis: What else could we be discussing? 

Zevran: How much we were purchased for of course. 

Lucanis: You were… purchased?

Zevran: From a pen of brothel bastards. Where did the crows buy you?

Lucanis: House Dellamorte does not purchase our fledglings. You are born. Or you are chosen. I was born. 

Zevran: Ah. This explains so much. 

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Lucanis: I was not aware any crow houses still purchased recruits. 

Zevran: But, of course, it is the simplest way to find them, no?

Lucanis: No. The simplest is to scrape the gutters of Treviso. Plenty of far more willing recruits to find there. Free of charge. 

Zevran: So purchasing children is beneath you, but feeding off the desperate is not? 

Lucanis: With how many fledglings already never reach the rafters, I’d rather not waste the gold. 

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Zevran: What did the training of the first talon entail, Lucanis? 

Lucanis: Torture. 

Zevran: Yes, obviously, but what kind of torture did Caterina favor? 

Lucanis: Beatings. Starvations. Often combinations of both. 

Zevran: You are not good at being specific, you know that? 

Lucanis: Once, I’d been challenged to starve in a windowless stone cell for an entire moon. At the end of the third week, the servant tasked to bring me only water and a new chamber pot left the door unlocked. 

Lucanis, cont: I waited, but no one returned. I dared to venture out to where Caterina stood on the other side. She scolded me for falling into such an obvious trap and used her cane to break every bone in my arm. 

Zevran: Ah, there is the difference. My talon would have taken the whole arm. And never provided a chamber pot.

Lucanis: Fewer hands hold fewer knives. Making for a more poor assassin. 

Zevran: Another difference. It seems your grandmother lacked not only discipline but creativity. 

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Zevran: Why did your cousin not simply kill Caterina? 

Lucanis: She is family. 

Zevran: So? 

Lucanis: The world is made only of enemies and contracts, family is all that matters. Caterina taught us that. He could not even use his own hands to kill me. He could never harm her.  

Zevran: If he cannot put aside such feelings for a contract, he is a terrible crow. 

Lucanis: Yes, he is. 

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Zevran: It surprises me, Lucanis, that I have never heard tales regarding the Demon of Vyrantium’s skills in the art of seduction. 

Lucanis: I do not practice that... art.

Zevran: What!? Is it not one of the greatest skills of a crow!?

Lucanis: I was taught the heart was a target. Not a toy. 

Zevran: There are many ways to strike at a target, you know.

Lucanis: But not all of them so needlessly cruel. 

Zevran: Cruel? If you know someone is on the last night of their life, you might as well help them enjoy it, no?

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Zevran: What is the longest you can last with your head held beneath water, Lucanis? 

Lucanis: Eight minutes if I can manage a gasp first. Six if I cannot. 

Zevran: Ah-ha! I can manage nine minutes with a breath, and seven without. 

Lucanis: With how much you like to talk. I do not believe that for a second.

Zevran: Fine. Meet me in the baths tonight, and I’ll prove it. 

Lucanis: And I’ll prove you wrong. 

Zevran: I knew you could be fun. 

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Zevran: So, if you have any questions regarding the techniques I showed you- 

Lucanis: Don’t. 

Zevran: -Or require another demonstration. I am happy to oblige. 

Lucanis: Stop. 

Zevran: That is not a no I hear. I’ll be waiting. Patiently. 

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This is the embarrassment of the failed Ferelden contract all over again. House Arainai is never going to escape the allegations.

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I think it's fun that the titular dragons of Dragon Age ARE mysteriously coming back from extinction, but that is (1) never explained and (2) never plot relevant. It's like if during a major apocalyptic event, you just randomly started seeing dodos again. like hey that's neat. anyways

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Zevran "who is this guy" Arainai dragon age, the man you are....

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the guards at Fort Drakon: thank fuck we locked away the Warden. They won't be able to get away now!

the Famous Broma Brothers:

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The collection is complete!!! This series of portraits took so long 😭 but I am happy with how they turned out 🥲💕

These will all be available as prints when my shop launches on Friday! And, if you’re interested in a giveaway for the whole set, check out my instagram (same username!) where we’re celebrating 15k 🥰

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travel times in thedas masterpost 2.0! (1/2)

i changed my url and broke all the links in the 8 years since i last worked on this so, lmao. version 2! some of these are full routes and others are parts of larger routes i was asked for, but it should be easy to chop off the bits you don't need

there are quite a few, so i suggest crtl + f / cmd + f to search the page for your destination! i'm no longer taking requests but there should be enough here to splice together most routes you need -- or i've included the time estimates and a scale map of thedas so with a bit of maths you should be able to figure out any route you want :)

this turned out stupid long so i had to make a part 2 here ->

routes by game

origins

awakening

inquisition

routes by character

duncan’s route to all the origins

cousland’s route to ostagar

hawke’s escape from lothering

sebastian’s journeys around the free marches

danarius’ route to kirkwall

hawke’s route to chateau haine

lavellan’s route to the conclave

trevelyan’s route to the conclave

the inquisition’s route to skyhold

banished wardens’ route to weisshaupt

routes by destination (a to r)

adamant fortress to weisshaupt

amaranthine to denerim

amaranthine to the dragonbone wastes

antiva city to denerim

antiva city to val royeaux

cumberland to vyrantium

cumberland to ostwick

cumberland to seeker fortress (hunterhorns)

dalish camp (origins) to ostagar

dalish camp (origins) to mont-de-glace

denerim to dalish camp (origins)

denerim to haven

denerim to highever

denerim to lothering

denerim to ostagar

denerim to ostwick

denerim to redcliffe village

denerim to soldier’s peak

gherlen’s pass to kinloch hold

haven to skyhold

haven to val royeaux

haven to wycome

highever to denerim

highever to haven

highever to haven (alternate route)

highever to ostagar

break bc apparently there's a character limit on blocks???

jader to estwatch

jader to haven

jader to val royeaux

kinloch hold to amaranthine

kinloch hold to highever

kirkwall to amaranthine

kirkwall to chateau haine

kirkwall to cumberland

kirkwall to cumberland (alternate route)

kirkwall to haven

kirkwall to highever

kirkwall to jader

kirkwall to ostwick

kirkwall to seeker fortress (hunterhorns)

kirkwall to starkhaven

lavellan clan camp to haven

lothering to dalish camp (origins)

lothering to denerim

lothering to kinloch hold

lothering to ostagar

lothering to redcliffe

minrathous to estwatch

minrathous to kirkwall

minrathous to vyrantium

nordbotten to weisshaupt

nordbotten to val royeaux

ostwick to amaranthine

ostwick to halamshiral

ostwick to haven

ostwick to kirkwall

ostwick to seeker fortress (hunterhorns)

redcliffe to gherlen’s pass

redcliffe to haven

redcliffe to honnleath

redcliffe to ostwick

redcliffe to west hill (storm coast)

more routes (including all skyhold routes), do-it-yourself materials for maps, & more populated maps in part 2 ->

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happy dragon age month, i miss my homies so I doodled them in some simple camp clothes (bc im bg3pilled)

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guy whos on his 4th playthru of angry elf dating sim (i am the guy)

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how did he steal my heart when he's so bad at picking locks i will never know

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