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illustration commission done for @dreadfutures!

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#ouhh.. ;; #so cute ahh #and i love the colours #kieran #halevune mahariel

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Got tagged by @dungeons-and-dragon-age for these two picrews and I'm excited to show off my results!

Tash doesn't use a sword much, since I changed him to a Rift Mage instead of a knight-enchanter, but if he did, it'd definitely be a little magical. I suppose the northern lights theme tie into him being marked First-Thaw by the Avvar, and the green beads being the Rift. I also love the option for the watercolor splotch right over his eye, because eyes end up being an important symbol for him, especially when his eyes change color after the Well.

Ava's weapons would generally lack ornamentation - as a blood mage, the only thing she cares about would be its edge and ability to make an enemy bleed. The butterflies I added because I figure Ava creates flocks of sharp-taloned and beaked birds with her blood magic that bear down on enemies in fury. I imagine that she would use a long knife or perhaps a karambit. Something small and fast to get those cuts bleeding

Cal's sword would be the most personally ornamented. Maybe he inscribed the runes himself, and he definitely wrapped the hilt in a bolt of silk. Like him, his sword is battered and bruised but remains strong. I can see him laying it down on a table amongst other supplies.

Xander is a king in all but title, being the Lord of Highever, so I gave him a kingly blade reflecting the sky, ornamented but definitely magical, and laying in a pool like Excalibur.

#ayo the magical flock of birds thing is so cool?? #and love the eye splotch detail on tash! #cal hawke #xander holbrook #ava hawke #tash adaar #picrew tag game

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Tagged by @inquisimer to create my OCs in this picrew, and their swords in this picrew. Thank you! I've never done a picrew before - so many choices. Shout out to the artists who put them together!

Gillian Hawke - If she's going to kill people, Gill figures she might as well use a fancy knife (rubies and gold preferred.)

Celeste Trevelyan - I think this sword design is something crazy Cece would draw up to show Dagna. She has the tastes of any self-respecting teenage necromancer: bats, purple, and moss. Luckily for an Inquisition that is already struggling with a questionable image, the young Herald decides to stick with her bow and staff.

Marcus (AKA Cal) - The sword with personal significance! It's supposed to have a carved griffon head on the pommel, but I thought the sunburst was nice. Marcus' silverite arming sword was a gift from Warden-Commander Duncan. Given his status as a mage, Marcus didn't need to learn swordsmanship, but he pursued it with a tenacity that earned him grudging respect from his fellow Wardens. However, his friend Magaleth the Mapmaker wasn't terribly impressed by his skills, so she enchanted a Lightning Rune into the sword.

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Tagging onto @samseabxrn (I've been sending a lot your way so no pressure) and whoever else wants to look at all these snazzy character creation choices.

#well i for one think celeste should get that sword anyway. as a treat #being inquisitor is rough so might as well be self indulgent! #picrew tag game #gillian hawke #celeste trevelyan #cal the canary

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jumping on the bandwagon >:] I did cheat a little and swapped "song" for "scent" since i suck at choosing songs lol, but this was a fun exercise!!

#glad i got this done before my tablet broke |'D #mostly done anyways lol but i guess fate told me i shouldnt tamper with these any more xd #idk style consistency or how to depict emotions but it was very fun nonetheless! #cant believe tho the cat turned out the worst out of all the animals; the warrior cats girl in me is ashamed 😔 #(i dont think it looks Bad but it def could look Better yk. not my best cat xd) #my fave are the roe and the forget me nots and the veilfire hehe #my art #my ocs #oc: neira surana #oc: liam hawke #oc: june trevelyan

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the goal is for the end results to be the Ideal Height Order, with whoever has the least votes being the shortest, and whoever has the most being the tallest! so vote to add height. you may attempt to communicate who you believe needs more votes. you may attempt sabotage

#pretty good actually! but need more bethany and bela imo #kirkwall crew #da2 #polls

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Zzzzz

#theyre back! :] #snorkmimimi #they deserve some good rest <3 #fenris #gareth hawke #also props to you for the getting that anlge down! :0

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the moustaches aligned

#the moustaches have aligned!!! #max this is too much power at once #dorian #chronos adaar

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Alistair: yeah and then we were pulled physically into the fade which I didn't even know was possible. Hawke fucking died in there. It was insane.

Leliana, referencing that one time eleven years ago when he accidentally called the Grinch the grink: was the grink there?

#fdskdfh #thats how you know theyre ride or die besties for life #alistair #morrigan #demands of the queue

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15 Lines

This was originally a tag game, but I had so much fun doing it for Emma that I decided to do everyone else too haha. If you would also like to post 15 lines of dialogue from a character, consider this a tag to do so! Just tag me back so I can see them too c:

I've listed the fics I pulled from at the end in case anybody is curious.

For Arianwen Tabris:

“Tabris. Not that it matters. Come on, Crow. We’ve miles to go yet.”

“I will keep my hands and knives to myself if you will.”

“Well. That was…nice. I’m going to check the perimeter.”

“I need to know all I can. Show me, if you want to.”

"Yes, yes. You’re a friend. Of course I remembered.”

“If I want to get myself vaguely damp and uncomfortable, I’ll go sit by the hound and let him lick my face.”

“No—don’t tell me another story. Thank you; you didn’t have to do this, and you did. That means something.”

“I wish I’d known how little time I would have with my mother. Or—or with anyone. Maybe I would have appreciated it better while I had the chance. Maybe it’s a gift, to know how little time we really have. Not many people get that.”

“She taught me everything I know. I tried to forget it after she died. My body remembered for me. I’m grateful to it.”

“You’re always joking. Always talking! Well, talk to someone else. I don’t have anything to say and I don’t have time for your jokes.” 

“You’re right. I don’t think I hate you at all.”

“I am not going to ask you to steal for me. If I want someone’s jewels, I will take them myself. You can stay behind and cover my tracks.”

“Are you leaving or not? Wouldn’t want you to be late for your ship.”

“I was going to let him have you. Or, if he allowed it, I was going to take my time. Fortunately for you, you’ve made me very, very angry. This’ll be quick.”

“I’d do worse to keep you safe.”

From (mind the tags): Ferelden Silver | Saccharine | In Confidence | With the Tide | A Good Fight | Back to Back | Only a Kiss | And Eat It, Too | Rest Now | Whatever May Come | Lock and Key | Shut-Eye |

#i love how sharp and to the point she is #and how while she doesnt like oversharing emotions het words are still very earnest #also. 'id do worse to keep you safe'.....;; #arianwen tabris #tag game #(sorta xd)

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you gotta give it to her, meredith's entrance is very kickass

#orsinos distraction is also very hot of him tho #laya plays dragon age #i always forget that This is the first time we/hawke ever officially see her #up to now shes been nothing but a name #bold of her to assume though that he will risk his life 'for the city' though lol #hes grown kinda attached to kirkwall yes but not THAT attached #he is only here bc he cant find some of his friends and he fears they might have been among the qunari hostages #otherwise he Would NOT go anywhere near there

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HoF and Ali on the other side of the waking sea:

#nice one stroud #bet wardens just say that when they Cant Be Bothered lol #laya plays dragon age #in any case. the wardens being here now is the reason why i hc legacy to happen around this time too

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bye bela :(

#she doesnt come back in liams run sadly ;; #i can never get her approval quite high enough oops #(tbf tho im not making a Huge Effort since thats how it happened the first time and its a replay run anyways) #laya plays dragon age #liam for his part is. so so pissed rn #what the FUCK isabla what do you MEAN you need that relic??? #like. what. you would trade having one guy off your back for having THE QUNARI hunting you down???? #he is. VERY goddamn angry in that qunari compound. at isabela but also just in general at Everything #that being said he still cant bring himself to tell the arishok that isabela has the tome #in part out of spite towards the arishok but also bc he genuinely doesnt know if the relic was there and/or if bela has it now #and if it wasnt then isabela might get hunted and killed for nothing #and if she does have it? well theyre gonna find out soon enough #stop fucking acting like this is all his fault somehow #if it were for him once the qunari attack he'd frantically gather up his friends and gamlen and evacuate somewhere safe #he does NOT want to be in the arishoks line of sight when he goes on a rampage #(hah. we all know how that works out LOL)

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15 Lines of Dialogue

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

Tagged by @shivunin, thank you so much Mo! It's been so fun. Also a nightmare because I chose Aisling and my goodness someone make her shut up please. Referenced from Monster Fic (which is still getting views?? :"D Welp.), This one Radha fic , this prompt . Five minutes of silence for the one poop line that didn't make it to the final cut of this meme. Always remembered.

🦄✨ Aisling Lavellan ✨🦄

"We look like a swan and the ugly chick of a cuckoo.”

“I do. He’s just been mistreated. The Idiot started training him as a war horse, but it didn’t go well. He’s been beaten and whipped and given little food for too long, and relegated to do the work horse when he’s not. He just needs to learn that people can be trusted again, but he’ll be stronger and swifter than all the others, I’m sure.”

“Hey, I’m trying to stay in the role. I was told I’m a religious figure and I should behave! You’re ruining the mood, people need to think I’m the Herald of Andraste for real and that you can’t laugh! Stop, or I’ll have to sing a very lewd drinking song, you’ll laugh loudly, and they’ll all know!”

“I am aware I must sound like a child. But I believe people are good, deep down. And that everyone deserves a second chance.”

“In the case I’ll tragically fall to my death on horseback, I’ll leave a note to allow you to talk to my funeral and tell everyone that you told me so, is it all right?”

“The bad and the good, Cole. The good is better if there’s bad, like when it stops raining and the sun shines again, or when springs melts the snow and the flowers grow. But, humans can’t choose one, you know it. There must be snow and rain and thunder to make the flowers grow. I’m fine, don’t look at me. What do you want to do?”

“Honestly, I think all the time that you would have made a way better job as Inquisitor, if I hadn’t convinced the Keeper to send me and not you. You would have done a better job as First than I ever did, if… And I’m… I’m trying to prove that it’s not so, that I can be good too. Been doing it all my life, honestly.”

“Mh. I’m not really sure. Care to try again? For science?”

“You wished for a Cinderella, your Grace, but I am a bad one. You would know if you ever had paid more attention to anyone that’s not yourself.”

“But then, even if I feel nauseous and I hate everything and I would beg you to just take the title from me, I can’t take it, it’s too much and I’m just me… Then I remember that if I had run, I’d never met any of you, and you’ve all become family, and… And I do believe that we’re doing something good to the world. And that’s… That’s enough when the walls seems to loom upon me and I think that I can’t shoulder another impossible decision that shouldn’t be mine to take.”

“What if you explain and nothing changes? I know about loneliness, and of thinking you don’t deserve the love you get. You don’t have to face it alone.”

“I know. But I can still do some good, and the important people will remember me. I don’t care for the rest.”

“I’ve been alone ever since people started calling me the Herald of fucking Andraste, but I guess you wouldn’t understand being imposed by others a part that means nothing to you and you hate, right, Blackwall?”

“But if thinking he deserves another chance makes me a traitor, than be it. He’s more powerful than any of you realize. If you really think that hate and open hostility will ultimately save us all, I am glad to call myself a traitor and die as one.”

“No. You will let me finish. I know my shit, I am good at it, I am happy that you worry and care for me, really! I am and thank you for it, but this is getting ridiculous and I’m only doing worse because I’m stressed about you not trusting that I am competent and constantly watching me like… Like… Like a fucking vulture!”

Special mentions:

"Bad horsey!"

“Hey! I also have good days!”

Tagging: @ndostairlyrium @underneathestars @melisusthewee @rowanisawriter @pinayelf @zenstrike @inquisimer @heniareth and YOU!

#gdkdjd 'care to try again for science?' #i can imagine her face saying that too well hahah #love how much her stubborn insistence to see the best in people comes through #beloved chatterbox <3 #aisling lavellan #tag game

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15 lines of dialogue

Rules: Share 15 or fewer lines of dialogue from an OC, ideally lines that capture the character/personality/vibe of the OC. Bonus points for just using the dialogue without other details about the scene, but you're free to include those as well!

tagged by @shivunin and @greypetrel for this one - thank you friends! <3 no context, because that would require more brainpower from me, ehehehe :3 perhaps I will do more for my other OCs later? remains to be seen lol

tagging forward to @dreadfutures | @rosella-writes | @dragon--sage | @oxygenforthewicked | and @kiastirling-fanfic

Siobhan Hawke

dialogue featured from: hold my hope by the throat after all this survival in lieu of flowers lift with your knees, atlas whatever sins you've committed Rum on a Fire

“Is it my brother’s fate or his skill that you find to be a joke, serrah?”

"They are dead and no amount of pride and indignation will bring them back! Hate him all you want—dying on a soapbox is no way to honor their sacrifice."

“This city gave me everything and I paid it back ten times over. My time and coin, my family and friends, every little piece of myself—“

“I think there’s something in our trade agreement—or possibly my vows—that prohibits me from actively disparaging the city’s history.”

“Oh, fuck the Inquisition.”

"It’s impossible and insane and something straight out of the worst parts of the Chant but—It happened. It happened and we—Seb, we didn’t all make it out.”

“What about me stuck living in a world without him?”

“I didn’t know where else to go,” she admitted. “I’m not sure if that’s exactly the same thing.”

“I just…I—there is so much. It would be easier, perhaps, if I was not a mage, or not in Kirkwall, or not important.”

“I’m not in love with you, Sebastian. I don’t know that I will ever be. I would not ask you to share your throne with someone who cannot give you her heart.”

“What I have done—whatever good I rendered or peace I wrought—what does it matter?”

“If I’m going to be awake and worrying, I might as well get some work done.”

“What is one life, in exchange for a whole city? For peace? There’s no comparison.” She brought her gaze back to him. “If blood could save this city, I would sharpen myself on a blade. But it is people and words and effort that will keep Kirkwall whole. And those things take more of me than a well-placed fireball. But it is worth it.”

“Kirkwall comes first. It always has. You knew that when you gave me this.”

“Take it out on me. Your ire and anger, and the rage of every person in this city. I deserve it."

#oh OUCH ;; #there is so much devotion and duty in these augh... #but also '*fuck* the inquisition' made me laugh gdkdjd very on point very correct #siobhan hawke #tag game

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I spent the last two week drawing sillies so here's a hug instead

#i miss bethany...

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camp clothes origins style

#love themm #alistair #leliana #morrigan #zevran #dao #blight gang #demands of the queue

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Bethany in the style of a Dragon Age comics cover.

#!!! #her holding the hawk protectively..... her expression....... #also the detailing on the mail and her hair! #da2 #bethany hawke #demands of the queue