#oc: kallian tabris

[pricemarshfield]

ship traits and picrew!

tagged by @a-treides and guys i know i always say these are long and under the cut for that reason but i really couldn't shut the fuck up on this one so. you have been warned <3 i talked about 11 ocs and a couple of them have multiple partners

tav khoury & raphael (baldur's gate 3); so this is kind of a mix of "canon" end where she kills him and "bad end" where they actually get "together" (read: are insane).

height difference (i am So normal about how much taller his cambion form is than her (lie)) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ (diveristy win! the worst two people in the world are bisexual) / family disapproves (i feel like their whole thing gives mephistopheles heartburn and that's before we get into the crown of karsus bit) / would die for each other / would kill for each other (and have <3) / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly (exhibitionist weirdos <3) / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed (they don't talk about it) / relationship doubts / they have a song (they probably each write one bc they're bards and refuse to acknowledge the other's as anything other than copying, regardless of who wrote it first. raphael's is better but tav performs hers better, probably) / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests (do not let me get started on this one i'll explode.) / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala (the things these two have gotten up to in dark corners at fancy galas in my wips. good lird) / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together (if gale being cured of the orb didn't necessitate the crown tav would have been Crazy even in her canon end. her morals aren't That good. but unforch. she befriended gale first.) / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers (but only Barely. he kidnaps her when they first meet, she threatens to kill him, but both of them leave that initial conversation feeling largely positive about each other because they're weird.) / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets (her, not him. he's weirdly honest and that drives miss "never failed a deception check" insane) / love after loss (but worse!) / exes / declaration of love (only in bad end but my God does tav fucking go for it there) / flirting / love triangle (only barely. it's entirely dependent on One thing and there's not like an Ongoing Competition. tav's poly she just can't have both because it requires her to reject or lean into Bonkers worldviews) / destructive romance (it ain't called bad end because tav has a positive impact, i'll say that much) / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values (truly insane the degree to which this happened by accident. by the way) / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters (they're both bards. they get Poetic with it)

tav khoury & astarion (baldur's gate 3); just like above, a mix of "canon" end where they're freaks having their happily-ever-after and "bad end" where he ascends and uhh she doesn't like that to put it mildly. but not on moral reasons she dgaf about the seven thousand souls.

height difference (not as much. but still) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other (and have!) / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly (to the dismay of their party) / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet (idgaf what the epilogue said. scratch and the owlbear are staying with tav) / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts (only insomuch as is canonical in act 2/early act 3) / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry (something horribly intimate about washing the blood out of your clothes after a battle with a fresh bitemark on your neck...) / same hobbies / cooking for each other (tav can't cook but she lets him bite her every night so it Counts) / big fancy gala (leveraging their reputation as heroes to get invites to things that they act wildly inappropriate at) / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies (only in bad end) / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes (only in bad end) / declaration of love (graveyard scene killed me dead i must say) / flirting / love triangle (raphael psychically attacked me into it but alas. it remains) / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well (bad end) / happily ever after (canon end) / love letters

mari marino & karl bishop (undercover agent)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves (don't let the fact that you were hired to spy on their dad and watched him get murdered keep you from finding your true love!) / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts (for at Least a couple years post-game. did you only date me to get better access to my father, are you in this for the money, are you only with me for revenge and there's a con i'm missing, etc etc. but eventually they're like oh dip this is real, nice) / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

lyna mahariel & alistair theirin (dragon age: origins)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ (idc what the game says that man is bisexual.) / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

neria surana & leliana (dragon age: origins)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other (and neria did!) / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews (interestingly enough, leliana in dai is much more in line with neria's worldview in dao than they're aligned when they're both alive. neria's just very much a pragmatist in a way dao leliana Isn't) / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets (neria does Not tell leliana a warden has to die, and she Definitely doesn't tell her about the dark ritual she turned down) / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters (and if i say the locked box in dai is full of the letters leliana writes and can never send...)

kallian tabris & zevran arainai (dragon age: origins)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

marian hawke & anders (dragon age 2) AND marian hawke & justice (dragon age 2)

anders; height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets (she is Still annoyed that he didn't tell her about the chantry, because she would still have been down if she knew) / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well (unfortunately. evelyn the incredibly pro-chantry pro-circle mage is Not letting proud kickstarter of the mage rebellion out of the fade given the choice between her and alistair. so) / happily ever after / love letters

justice; height difference (technically. bc he's in anders' body) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves (at least a Little bit) / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship (hawke's friends will put up with a Lot but she's fairly certain this is pushing the envelope a tad too much, so) / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers (they Wildly misunderstood each other throughout acts 1 and act 2. it's between act 2 and 3 that they come to an Understanding and then More) / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy (a spirit doesn't covet, But--) / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

garrett hawke & anders (dragon age 2)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other (garrett for anders, mostly) / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

rose hawke & merrill (dragon age 2)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves (merrill's clan is um less than pleased that rose is a) a shem and b) enthusiastically supportive of merrill's blood magic) / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts (on merrill's end, from what i read of her Canonical lack of faith in human/elf relationships) / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies (rose is a deeply curious person who learns about magic as much as a non-mage in kirkwall can) / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

rine hawke & isabela (dragon age 2)

height difference (rine is a short king butch <3 she is standing on a chair or something here) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts (i would not describe isabela in act 2 as Very Secure in her relationship with Any hawke) / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests (rine liked pirates Well before the game) / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

evelyn trevelyan & josephine montilyet (dragon age: inquisition)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle (only Technically. shoutout to josephine's fiance whose name i forget for dropping that pretty damn quick) / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters

mahanon lavellan & cassandra pentaghast (dragon age: inquisition)

height difference / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ (she is bisexual To Me and he is bi and not cis) / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews (similar Values, but VERY different ideas about how to go about that; he's far more radical than she is in terms of mage rights and chantry "reform") / getting a pet / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts (i think whenever they butt heads about a Major ideological difference they have doubts, honestly) / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters (she's a romantic, and he is happy to indulge)

#organizational tags For Me. there's gonna be a lot of em feel free to disregard #oc: tav khoury #s: in truth tempest can never be tamed #s: carrion comfort #oc: mari marino #s: a bit of a flirt #oc: lyna mahariel #oc: neria surana #oc: kallian tabris #oc: marian hawke #oc: garrett hawke #oc: rose hawke #oc: rine hawke #oc: evelyn trevelyan #oc: mahanon lavellan

[celemee]

For @defaultjane's prompt "Campfire", Leliana x female Tabris, past Leliana x Marjolaine. PG-13.

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Kallian stirs long before Leliana rises from the bedroll. No matter how quiet her lover is, life in the Alienage has forged her a light sleeper. She opens her eyes just enough to see the blurry outline of the campfire, dimmer now than when they retired.

It's been around three hours, Kallian guesses, and three more before they ought to rise, but Leliana needs her moment.

Surely enough, she unwraps an object rolled into a scrap of linen. Leliana stares at it for a long, quiet moment, locked in her thoughts. Tears in her eyes, Kallian imagines, though she can't see. A quick movement soon confirms her suspicions; Leliana wipes her eyes.

An unnamed something tugs at Kallian's heart, as so many times before, and she's rising before she's realised it. Saying nothing, she settles next to Leliana, offering a smile. A rarity on her lips, reserved only for a few souls in this rotting world.

"I'm sorry," Leliana says softly, blinking away tears.

Shaking her head, Kallian looks down to the item in Leliana's hands: an arrow, its blade still stained with blood.

Marjolaine's blood.

"It's not every day you kill someone you love," Kallian whispers, mindful of keeping this between them.

A beat passes and Kallian can't quite tell where it will go, but at last Leliana reacts. She lets out the barest of scoffs, as if exasperated.

"I loved her once," comes the melodic voice, a hint of frustration present, "but you're the woman I love now."

Kallian's hand finds Leliana's; she gives it a light squeeze in lieu of the words that refuse to come out, but are true all the same. Instead, she says; "You don't need to be over her."

Leliana squeezes back at this, a sigh escaping her lips. Relief, perhaps. Kallian was never good at this — the whole comforting thing, the feelings talk — but with Leliana… things just seem to go right.

"Come on, you need some rest," Kallian says, not long after Leliana's rested her head on her shoulder. It seems criminal to make her move, but Kallian needs her awake and alert tomorrow. And the next day. And the day after that. For reasons she can't say, but trusts are understood nonetheless.

Leliana nods, smiling. Carefully, she wraps the arrow inside the linen and Kallian makes no mention of it. Won't ever try and part Leliana with it, or anything else she holds valuable.

In time, perhaps this will set her apart from the woman who used and discarded Leliana like a broken weapon, even if her lips will never unseal for the things she wants to say.

Perhaps, Leliana will stay.

#dragon age #leliana #warden #leliwarden #marjolaine #warden x leliana #leliana x marjolaine #fanfic #my writing #defaultjane #oc: kallian tabris #thank you for the prompt! :)

[feykrow]

Blue Satin Shoes

“I thought you didn’t like shoes,” chuckled Leliana incredulously, turning the boots around in her hands. The charms hanging off their lacy embellishments swayed with the motion — they looked like little dog-shaped embers when the firelight bounced off of them. “Beyond how much they warm your feet, that is.”

Kallian shrugged. “I don’t, really, but I know you like them, so I tried my best. I didn’t quite know what to look for, though, so if you don’t like ‘em I—“

Much to the Warden’s surprise, Leliana’s pointer finger collided with her lips, silencing her in an instant. A sweet smile crossed the bard’s face, lips slightly parted and blue eyes shining. Kallian froze, a statue in place with wide eyes and ears pointed straight up to the night sky. “I love them, Kallian,” Leliana assured her in a quiet voice steeped in… was that affection? Or just pity? “Thank you.”

When Leliana removed her finger the elf couldn’t help but cough rather awkwardly as warmth, for some Maker-forsaken reason, rushed to her face. “‘S no problem,” she muttered.

#figured I’d start posting my writing snippets here #based on the gift you can give to Leli ingame #writing #warden x leliana #dragon age #dragon age origins #Leliana #oc: kallian tabris

[breninarthur]

I was tagged a while ago for this by @popcornjoejoe - thank you! 🥰

Kallian Tabris using this picrew ❤

Left is her in her usual state, the tired and begrudging Grey Warden leader. Right is her in her modern actor AU; struggling artist vibes until Leliana's project gets a Netflix deal and people actually like her dynamic with Alistair lmao

I'll tag @rakshadow and anyone else who wants to do it!

#kallian tabris #dragon age #dragon age oc #warden tabris #hero of ferelden #my writing #tagged #op

[snarky-bee]

OC Kiss Week for @heniareth

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Climbing the wall was harder with one hand full but it was worth it to keep her loot hidden rather than go past the usual guards at the front gate of the Alienage. A self-satisfied smirk turned up one corner of her lips as Kallian threw her bag over one shoulder and then held the broken strap in her teeth to scale the rocky outer wall. Her hair blew in the wind of the warm spring day and caught the sunshine in golden glints.  Quickly, she managed to haul herself on top of the wall. From there she jumped, landing with bent knees on dusty ground. “Father was beginning to wonder if you were coming at all.” Kallian turned in surprise at the voice. Astala, of course, standing there with her nice dress on instead of work clothes for once. 

“I’m not that late am I? Was out gettin’ supplies.” She hefted her bag up in demonstration. “Like hell I’m skipping out on a birthday party, especially not for Soris.” Astala smiled in approval. Honestly, Kallian would have been more concerned about Astala’s reprimand if she missed Soris’s birthday party. Which she never intended on! She was just… caught up. In some trouble. The usual. “You have any trouble?” suddenly Astala’s voice fell into a murmur. She could read Kallian like a book clearly. “Just the pie lady having a fit screaming for guards, no biggie. No one followed me here, I promise,” she added more seriously. So overprotective sometimes. Kallian turned and rolled her eyes, already walking towards the Vhenadahl. “Come on,” she nudged Astala cheerfully with her elbow, “there’s drinks and dancing and shit to be had!”

There was indeed drinks and dancing and music. Anyone who wanted an excuse to join in the merriment came out to sit around the tree of the people and mingle with the community. After Kallian gave Soris his birthday present (a stolen pair of leather gloves), she tugged Astala to come sit with her under the tree too. “Now this is for you,” she held up a finger and pulled out from her bag… “Oh. Well okay, it kind of looks like shit, but that was before that old hag started calling every guard in the market over a damn strawberry rhubarb pie.” “I told you to be careful!” Astala protested. “Shush. Eat your pie. You told me your back was killing you from the work at the docks, and you’re out late with your other job and you never take any time to just do something for yourself.”

Astala’s lips pursed but she didn’t take much convincing once Kallian pulled out a fork. The crust was cracked and crumbled from bumping around in her bag, but the filling was sweet and delicious. Worth the risky chase through the lower markets though. Kallian tapped her foot to a jaunty jig playing and leaned back against the tree. Some other elves were lounging in the shade and picking flowers to weave into crowns. Any excuse to celebrate. When she looked back over at Astala, she was leaning against the tree with eyes closed, but a smile on her lips. Being surrounded by family - and that meant most of the alienage to her - always put her in a good mood. It was a relief to see after the long hours she had been working lately. Absently, Kallian began picking some of the flowers that sprouted at the base of the tree. Of course she was drawn to the little pink ones, but she pulled up dandelions just as readily, and little white ones too. With deft fingers she braided more and more together until it was a pretty ring. “Hey,” she flicked Astala’s shoulder playfully. “You brat,” Astala said affectionately, cracking open one eye. “It’s for you.” Kallian held up the crown before arranging it prettily on Astala’s beautiful dark curls of hair. “Isn’t this supposed to be Soris’s party?” Astala said. Her eyes were warm with a smile already as she gently patted the crown and adjusted it more firmly onto her head without messing up her hair. “What’s gotten into you? Feels like you’re buttering me up before you admit you broke something of mine.” Her eyes narrowed with suspicion. Kallian held up her hands innocently. “I broke a mirror one time and you still haven’t gotten over it. Don’t be dumb,” she again went to flick Astala’s ear, but she caught Kallian’s wrist midair. “Can’t I just be nice to you without some ulterior motive?” “I don’t know, can you?” Astala teased back easily and let her wrist go. She scooted closer to Astala and rested her head on her shoulder. Strong, and way too hard working. But also warm, and safe. She turned her face and kissed the bare skin of Astala’s shoulder then murmured softly, “I just miss you sometimes. You’re barely home anymore. And if you’re the one making sure the family has enough coin, who’s doing anything for you?” Kallian’s big brown eyes looked up and widened with genuine worry and was met by Astala’s strong arm wrapped around her. “Thanks, Kallian. Stop stealing pies for fun though. They’re better when they're not squished up in your dirty bag.” “I do what I want,” she smirked confidently. “It didn’t even taste bad!” “I’m pretty sure the blonde hair in my fork was from you.” “Well I’m pretty sure when Soris puts on his new gloves, he’s going to find strawberry mush in one of them so which would you rather have?” At Astala’s incredulous look, Kallian started giggling, then snorted and laughed harder only for Astala to join in the giggle fit herself. Kallian grinned then leaned over and kissed Astala on the nose before standing up to brightly exclaim, “Oh I love this song!” She held a hand out. “Are you joining or what?”

#kallian tabris #astala tabris #i wanted it to feel family vibes and soft before the blight #back when the worst thing to complain about was work kicking your ass #oc kiss week #snarky writing

[v-arbellanaris]

in light of this post i wanna talk abt my ocs names!!!! obv some of u were already here for the changes but!!!! the logic behind my da oc names hehehehe

WARDENS

Evadne (/iːˈvædniː/; Ancient Greek: Εὐάδνη): From Greek Εὐάδνη (Euadne), from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" possibly combined with Cretan Greek ἀδνός (adnos) meaning "holy".

Explanation: Felt like an unwell name for a trans Circle mage to choose for herself.

Kalyani (/kæljɑːni/; Sanskrit: कल्याणी): Means "beautiful, lovely, auspicious" in Sanskrit.

Explanation: Default Tabris is Kallian, which seems like a good Fereldan name, but I really wanted to draw on themes around belonging and identity with Kal, and so giving her a name that could be confused for Kallian was something I really wanted to do - to reflect the Anglicisation that often happens to our mothertongue names. Also, desi elves ftw.

Faris (/ˈfaː.ris/; Arabic; فارس): Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic.

Explanation: One of my favourite names.

Aedan (/ˈeɪ.dən/; Old Irish: Áedán): From the Old Irish name Áedán meaning "little fire", a diminutive of Áed.

Explanation: Literally just the default m!Cousland name because I could not be bothered.

CHAMPIONS

Lysander (/laɪˈsændə/): Latinized form of the Greek name Λύσανδρος (Lysandros), and it means "liberator".

Explanation: Pro-mage Hawke. Self explanatory (:

Miranda (/mɪ.ˈɹæn.də/): Derived from Latin mirandus meaning "admirable, wonderful". The name was created by Shakespeare for the heroine in his play The Tempest (1611), in which Miranda and her father Prospero are stranded on an island.

Explanation: I do just like the name but hmmm potentially some thoughts around mage!Hawke and Malcolm dynamics...?

Damon (/ˈdeɪ.mən/; Ancient Greek: Δάμων): Derived from Greek δαμάζω (damazo) meaning "to tame". According to Greek legend, Damon and Pythias were friends who lived on Syracuse in the 4th century BC. When Pythias was sentenced to death, he was allowed to temporarily go free on the condition that Damon take his place in prison. Pythias returned just before Damon was to be executed in his place, and the king was so impressed with their loyalty to one another that he pardoned Pythias.

Explanation: Thinking about Handers so no one talk to me rn.

Amalia (/a.ˈmaː.li̯a/; Greek; Αμαλία): Short form of Germanic names beginning with the element amal. This element means "unceasing, vigorous, brave", or it can refer to the Gothic dynasty of the Amali (derived from the same root).

Explanation: Chose this one because I wanted a warrior!Hawke, who was only ever really a warrior because of necessity. Of all my Hawkes, Mal is actually the one who adapts to being a noble well (Leandra's daughter, through and through), and so I wanted to explore different kinds of strength.

Alexis (/ə.ˈlɛk.sɪs/; Ancient Greek; Ἄλεξις): From the Greek name Ἄλεξις (Alexis) meaning "helper" or "defender", derived from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, to help".

Explanation: Felt like a super fitting name for a red warrior Hawke tbh!!!!

Joan (/ˈd͡ʒoʊn/): Medieval English form of Johanne, an Old French form of Iohanna (Joanna). A famous bearer was Joan of Arc, a patron saint of France (where she is known as Jeanne d'Arc). She was a 15th-century peasant girl who, after claiming she heard messages from God, was given leadership of the French army. She defeated the English in the battle of Orléans but was eventually captured and burned at the stake.

Explanation: Joan is my pro-Templar Sebmancing playthrough. Of course I named her after Joan of Arc.

Maimunah (/maj.ˈmuː.nah/; Arabic: ميمونة): Means "auspicious, blessed, favourable" in Arabic, in the Malay and Indonesian form.

Explanation: Thought about Malcolm naming his tiny mage daughter and wanted to cry. Also, I've always really loved this name - I knew an adult with this name as a kid, and she was really just... I admired her so much. So why not!!!

INQUISITOR

Isra (/ʔis.ˈraːʔ/; Arabic: إسراء): Means "nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic سرى (sara) meaning "to travel at night" - refers to the Prophet's journey from Makkah to Jerusalem (Isra' and Mi'raj)

Explanation: If you know the context behind this name, then the link to the Herald is quite obvious.

Iskandar (/ʔis.ˈkan.dar/; Arabic: إسكندر): Arabic, Malay and Indonesian form of the name Alexander, which is the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek ἀλέξω (alexo) meaning "to defend, help" and ἀνήρ (aner) meaning "man" (genitive ἀνδρός).

Explanation: I've talked a bit abt it before over here!

Mahanon

Explanation: Default m!Lavellan name.

Ellana

Explanation: Default f!Lavellan name.

Marya (/ˈma.rʲjə/)

Explanation: Actually, I wanted to do Arya but. Um. I accidentally. Anyway.

#vee rewrites da #evadne amell #kalyani tabris #faris mahariel #aedan cousland #lysander hawke #miranda hawke #damon hawke #amalia hawke #alexis hawke #joan hawke #isra trevelyan #iskandar trevelyan #mahanon lavellan #ellana lavellan #marya lavellan

[ronqueesha]

I can't find the post where I was asked which Chaos God my various OCs would fall victim to, so I decided to rewrite my thoughts.

I actually can't see Jane Shepard falling to chaos. What I find more interesting and compelling is if we look toward Age of Sigmar and the Stormcast Eternals. I can easily see Jane becoming one of them. Instead of Cerberus bringing her back after her death on Alchera, the god Sigmar inducts this most courageous and heroic warrior into his ranks of nigh-immortal warriors.

Kallian Tabris has enough rage in her heart to easily be swayed by Khorne. Her desire to see the humans who killed her mother brought to justice would be the stepping stone toward his corruption. Khorne isn't just about wanton slaughter and bloodshed, he also stands for honorable combat and even justice in his own violent way. She would try to use Khorne's power for good at first, to bring bloody retribution to those who deserve it. But that's an inevitable path to damnation.

Tzeentch would absolutely love Sarit Ramesh. At her core, she will always be the sickly little girl who grew up in the slums of Neon, whose lungs were permanently damaged by the city's industrial runoff, and whose body will always be frail and weak. She wants to fix these problems by improving herself through technology. Seeking change and growth by replacing her own body parts. She is also much too smart for her own good, and is willing to throw laws and morality out the window if it means she won't live another day in pain. The changer of ways can latch onto these plots and schemes, and turn her into a very capable servant.

You'd think that Iona would be the perfect servant of Slaanesh, since that chaos god is often stereotyped as the god of sex, debauchery and perversion. Maybe her Saints Row counterpart would be swayed by the dark prince, but Pathfinder Iona is actually much more vulnerable to Nurgle. Her entire slutty, outgoing persona is a shield to protect herself from the deep existential dread of her near-immortal half undead existence. Iona does not want to live for a thousand years, but she will. So she deals with the pain by self-medicating via sex and drugs. However, that core of hopelessness and inevitable decay is precisely where Nurgle lives. And he would love to corrupt her.

A Nurgle worshiping Iona would not become a bloated, festering, rotting sack of meat like most of his servants, however. Iona would keep her looks, and she would retain her hyper sexual lifestyle for the same reason she adopted it in the first place. It's just that everyone she sleeps with would find themselves deeply infected with the plague god's newest and most deadly sexually-transmitted gifts. Spread from Iona's most intimate encounters, infecting the world with the same despair she has been consumed by.

The OC I could actually see falling to Slaanesh is Zoe Iwasaki. While she does have a kinky side, it's not what the dark prince would actually latch onto. Like I said before, Slaanesh is often stereotyped for their sexual nature, but that's not actually what they embody. Slaanesh is actually the god of excess, passion, obsession, decadence and pain. Zoe has a pit deep in her soul that she thinks will only be filled with money and power. She is angry at the world for the things her father and other people did to her, and she wants to get revenge but not through bloodshed or even legal justice. She wants to prove everyone wrong by making herself wealthier, more powerful, and a legendary icon of Night City that will be remembered forever. She pushes herself to extremes to see this done, and she manipulates, deceives and hurts others just like she was hurt in pursuit of this goal. (poor Judy) This pursuit of an impossible goal is what drives many people toward Slaanesh, and Zoe would be a perfect victim.

#jane shepard #kallian tabris #iona #sarit ramesh #zoe iwasaki

[anebarone]

'Date Pies' masterpost 🌹

'Date Pies' is a beloved Dragon Age fic and project I started in 2021. I never turned it into something like an art masterpost and thought it might me fun!

Do you recognize some characters? Can you guess what happens in the story from those images? (especially the Dog-Teagan scene? 💀)

I took a lot of creative liberties, but it was immensely fun to further indulge in DA lore and to fill-in some vague or empty spaces with my headcanons and costume + character designs.

It's a Dragon Age Origins fic with a Kallian Tabris (the city elf) romancing Bann Teagan.

AO3 fic cw: Typical DA violence, blood, gets smutty in the last chapter (of course it does!)

Dragon Age art tag has misc DA stuff, from other friends' and clients' OCs + canon characters + more Kallian and Teagan sketches. Reblogs are appreciated if you'd like to shop around and find individual art posts you enjoy — no pressure, though!

Also a big big thank you to @shanaraharlyah for helping SO SO MUCH in inspiring me, motivation, AND revising the fic (and being a dear friend overall!!!). She has her own fics and artworks in the DA universe — including a beautiful, compassionate and strong Surana — and I recommend her and her blog to anyone in the fandom ♥ 🌿

#dragon age fanart #DA Origins #Bann Teagan Guerrin #Kallian Tabris #City Elf Origin #Fanfiction #Date Pies #Alistair Theirin #ao3 #bioware #fanart #female warden #DAO #morrigan #jowan #Now I'm super invested in 'Butterflies' and making more pieces for my portfolio but I'll never stop loving 'Date Pies' #49 30 6 1169 saving this cryptic number for blog organization data and future reference

[milesmentis]

I'm so excited, y'all. @galfrey and I finally settled on all the canon OCs for our 'verse. Kallian Tabris got yeeted and my girl Solona got a promotion! So the way it breaks down is:

Canon Heroes

Heulwen Surana

Daren or Maeve Cousland

Warden Recruits

Eyas and Talfryn Mahariel

Brosca

Non Wardens

Sidrin Aeducan

Garadin Tabris

Solona Amell

All of them are technically Warden OCs and have their own playthrough/worldstate, but usually whatever OCs aren't recruited simply die during their origin. Daren and Maeve are quantum locked, so only one can survive the siege: if neither survive, Maeve tried and failed to raise the alarm and Daren died defending the door, praying someone would come to save their parents.

The exceptions are the last section: for example, most of the time Sid joins the Legion of the Dead and pops up during the Dead Trenches to briefly team up with the "real" Warden, Garadin dies saving Shianni (which prompts the alienage riots), and Solona is one of Uldred's people who dies during Broken Circle.

#i just really love our ocs okay? #fusion!verse #but more than that this is *the* worldstate regardless of timeline or AU #positively delighted that Solona is *the* Amell ... she's terrible but i love her #heulwen surana #daren cousland #maeve cousland #eyas mahariel #talfryn mahariel #brosca #sidrin aeducan #garadin tabris #solona amell #maybe I'll add links one day #oc masterlist

[trickfootpike]

1, 4, 13, 21, 25 and 26 for Kallian/Zevran and Rosalind/Bull!

1. Who is the most affectionate?

kallian & zevran

i would say zevran genuinely at first; kallian was distracted by how her chill flirtation with alistair was suddenly turning into something Too Serious And Probably Not For Her. but they tend to operate on a similar level (in this brecilian forest we express affection for our friends through Ceaseless Flirting), so as they slowly drifted into “oh hey maybe we want to continue these beneficial encounters into something that includes them but also like maybe it’s cool that we’re only doing it with each other and also maybe never want to be apart ever again if that’s chill” to all outward appearances… nothing changed. they were always affectionate, it’s just kallian meets his level of Actual Feelings now. 

(my closest comparison to their relationship Vibe is really morticia and gomez addams)

rosalind & bull

easily bull. some of that undoubtedly stems from the like…five, six or so years rosalind spent tranquil? all these emotions all at once are still overwhelming to her, and it’s easier to deal with if roz sticks herself in her own head and focuses on cold pragmatism and Getting Shit Done rather than address them and feel everything. bull’s good at reading that, and can spend a whole day in bed with her or draw her out soft and slow depending on what she needs. she reciprocates when it’s not too much for her, and he knows she means what she feels even if she can’t always express it or let herself be in there

4. Favorite non-sexual activity?

kallian & zevran

they’re both at least a little competitive and like to show off to each other and each other off, so knife-throwing competitions amongst themselves? fantastic. and at least once they’ve stumbled into a tavern and made up this whole production of being nemeses in the art of dart-throwing and really ramped the energy up to a crowd as they compete against each other all night for free drinks and maybe a few spare coins - and then really seal the deal at the end of the night when zevran pronounces he just cannot stand Concealing His Lustful Feelings any longer and play the enemies-to-lovers trope out in about five seconds flat. it’s fun to compete and make fools out of themselves

rosalind & bull

it’s not a regular thing, but two steps to get roz to actually chill out for a couple hours: 1) get drinks 2) wreck up a storm with the chargers. it’s nice to be together in the same room but both be boneless doing their own things; roz likes to hang around with dalish and rocky when they’re all drunk and experiment freely with their magic and explosives, and bull can be in the thick of it with the rest of the chargers

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first?

kallian & zevran

kallian reaches; she needs reassurance a lot more often, but doesn’t like to make a fuss about it and a squeeze back and forth between the two can buck her up when she’s faltering

rosalind & bull

they’re not hand-holding types, but roz does like to drift her hand along bull’s shoulders when she’s getting up or walking past, and bull gives her a squeeze on hers

21. Who is more likely to start dancing with the other?

kallian & zevran

it depends on the setting - usually zevran if it’s something that requires any formal steps because he’s got the training for it, but kallian takes the reins when it’s more of a folk dance that she learned growing up in the alienage or when following perfectly in step isn’t important. being elven is a considerable part of her identity even if it isn’t in zevran’s, and she likes to share some of that by teaching him the dances she grew up learning

rosalind & bull

this was originally up there in the non-sexual activities so wa-hey! ABSOLUTELY rosalind - roz actually does love dancing; it keeps her mind occupied, and reminds her of some of the really nice memories of being just another trevelyan in the mix when she was a child. bull gets a kick out of the undercurrents of the dance, all the subtle little communications of it, but doesn’t get the same freeing feeling out it as roz

25. Who needs more assurance?

kallian & zevran

eyes #13 how did u know. yeah still the same, definitely kallian - though she’s good at letting most things roll of her shoulders, she also spent most of her formative years trying to please everyone around her and that instinct’s hard to shake even now when she can let more of her id cut loose

rosalind & bull

panic attack cw - hmm. i’d say they’re on equal footing. rosalind sticks to her guns hard, but is also suffering from a load of mental health issues that can overwhelm her. she easily feels like she’s being crowded when there’s someone in the room with her at all when she’s having an attack, but bull stands outside her door to keep the world away and will come in when she indicates she’s okay with it. bull i believe feels unsettled when he doesn’t have a routine down, or any aspect of his situation is unsure. she likes to help him out by always laying the situation down clear and giving him all the information, doing some extra homework when needed to keep him informed

26. What would be their theme song?

kallian & zevran

going with the Classique of chasing cars - their whole dynamic is really, “let’s be in love and fall in love with the world we’re getting to see as our own for the first time, no more weights on our shoulders let’s just go” so they do

rosalind & bull

see the panic in my eyes as i realise roz is the one oc i have not saved any songs for yet i’m going to go with evaporate. the vibe is really too gentle, but bull is currently the only person who can really bring roz back to the sense of soft wonder she had before she was ever sent to the circle - and how strange that is to rosalind, because she was ready to accept that this cold person she’d become was just Who She Was Now. this was who she had to be to deal with the world… but with bull around, it’s not always so much

#thewildmother #answered #oc: rosalind trevelyan #oc: kallian tabris #thank you!! #kali/zev and roz/bull are on Such Opposite Spectrums #you can clock kallian & zev as a couple at like 4 miles out #meanwhile rosalind & bull act nothing like one unless they're in personal quarters #Sometimes these Hard Idiots Can Be Soft

[m-m-m-myysurana]

Day 2 of OC kiss week is dedicated to two of my friends, and their delightful OCs Kallian Tabris belongs to @snarky-warden and Beatrice Cousland belongs to @antivan-beau who also wrote this gorgeous little AU that inspired this sketch.

Love you both and I hope you like it :3

#ockiss22 #oc kiss week 2022 #Kallian Tabris #Beatrice Cousland #my art #I love them your honour #hope I did them justice but lordy this is messy haha

[frecklef0x]

Kallian Tabris for @madamsnark! Working title: Shems Get Shanked🔪

commissions open

#i am high key proud of this one #i was just KOed by the muse at 1am and here we are it seems #also let me just say every tabris is best tabris #kallian tabris #not my oc #my art #frecklef0x #tabris #warden tabris #elf warden #elf rogue #dragon age #dragon age origins #da:origins #da:o #dragon age fanart #dragonage #bioware #bioware fanart #grey warden #grey wardens #commander of the grey #warden commander #city elf origin #city elf #commission example #art commissions open #commissions open #hero of ferelden

[celemee]

11, 13, 15, 26, 30, 35, 36 & 40 for the OCs. And revenge.

Aaa, thank you! I hope it's a sweet revenge. :D

Most likely to… 11. mediate a fight?: Dorien, on the off-chance that he doesn't run away at the slightest sign of trouble.

13. not celebrate their birthday?: Ravendras. He doesn't volunteer his birthday to anyone. Part of it is vanity — he doesn't want people to know he's pushing forty — and another part of it is that he's afraid people who don't know him well will approach him for small talk on the guise of it.

15. change their personality depending on the company?: Vistorien (you haven't met her, she's Dorien's older sis). She's an officer of the law in her home city and she needs to figure out what kind of behaviour would persuade people to give her what she wants/needs. She's very good at bending her personality, also partly due to her messed up upbringing and always having to be the good girl.

26. freak out because of a minor inconvenience?: Ravendras. His stuff isn't where it's supposed to be? It's an absolute disaster in his books.

30. sing in the shower?: Kallian. She's quite musical, but would rather keep that to herself.

35. be the mom/dad friend?: I L A S T A R. The ultimate dad friend. Got a problem? Ilastar will sit you down and give you a hot drink and fatherly advice.

36. have an unhealthy lifestyle?: Ilondrel, the fuckboi. He's playing fast and loose with his life due to having lost his job and social standing...

40. break the rules?: ...and rules don't apply to him.

#ask game #oc: dorien liltith #oc: ravendras #oc: vistorien liltith #oc: kallian tabris #oc: ilastar wildwind #oc: ilondrel #oc posting #mclavellan

[feykrow]

Warden Tabris and Leliana taking some well-deserved time off after the Blight 💖

#dragon age #dragon age origins #warden x leliana #hero of ferelden #leliana #tabris #oc: kallian tabris

[breninarthur]

rain - thalia trevelyan & kallian tabris

thalia gets lost in the rain, kallian finds her. a platonic kiss for @nirikeehan & oc kiss week 🥰 i hope i did your girl justice!

rated g, no warnings. 967 words. divider credit.

The Hero of Ferelden sat on a stool not too far from the bed, her elbow propped up casually on the dresser next to her, and sitting in a manner Thalia knew her teachers would call “unladylike” until they were blue in the face.

She was everything Thalia could have imagined and more.

“Thank you so much for rescuing me, Warden-Commander Tabris,” she stammered, aiming for a calm air of quiet respect that she was most certainly not achieving.

The Hero had found her in the torrential rain, soaked to the bone and utterly lost. Thalia had been all but carried to a small, modest cottage; had clean clothes and woolly blankets thrown at her; and a warming bowl of stew plonked into her hands with barely a word said. It wasn’t until she’d said that the Inquisition would be grateful for the help that the Warden had said who she was, a little surprised herself that the wet cat she'd rescued had been Inquisitor Trevelyan.

That was when Thalia had frozen, mentally stumbling over the information over and over in her head.

“Oh don’t worry about it.” The Hero waved her hand, oblivious. “What were you doing out here on your own, anyway?”

Ah. The crux of the matter. Thalia felt some warmth return to her cheeks.

“I… got separated from my party,” she answered cautiously, quickly running through what next she could say. Leliana’s warnings about what type of person the Hero was were difficult to heed when the real thing was right in front of her. “We were looking for you.”

Warden-Commander Tabris stared, her face easily betraying all the emotions those words brought up for her. Her eyes widened and her lips parted in surprise at first. Then, her jaw clenched, her brow furrowed, and she frowned. Thalia’s heart hammered against her chest as hard as the rain outside, and she thought that perhaps she should have listened to Leliana after all.

“Didn’t you get my letter? That schematic I sent you?”

The Hero of Ferelden was annoyed.

“Y-yes, and we are incredibly grateful, it’s just that—”

“I don’t know anything about Corypheus. I cannot help you.”

Thalia had annoyed the Hero of Ferelden.

“Of course, Warden-Commander, I… apologise, I merely wished to—”

“You don’t think I’ve given enough?” The Hero of Ferelden snapped.

“Yes! You have! I’m sorry, I just… I don’t know what I’m doing,” Thalia blurted out, her eyes quickly stinging, her bottom lip trembling. Before she knew it, the tears were spilling over, and she was cursing her lack of composure and blaming the rain that had nearly given her pneumonia.

Warden-Commander Tabris straightened in her seat, the anger draining from her face and instantly being replaced with guilt.

“I’m sorry,” she muttered, but it only served to make Thalia feel worse somehow as she openly sobbed. She wiped her eyes and cheeks as best she could, trying to breathe slowly and calm herself, but it just wouldn’t work.

“I'm sorry, Warden-Commander,” she sniffled.

Silently, the Hero rose and sat next to her, the old bed creaking loudly. 

“My name’s Kallian. And you don’t have to apologise.” 

Thalia’s eyes widened as Kallian put an arm around her, squeezing her shoulder reassuringly.

“I’m just old and bitter,” the Warden muttered. “It’s taken longer than I expected to find what I’m looking for and I took it out on you. Forgive me, Inquisitor.”

“My name is Thalia,” she smiled wetly, turning to face Kalllian. “And please, you saved the world. You’re a Grey Warden, the Grey Warden… I think you’ve earned the right to be…”

“Selfish? Rude? A prick?”

Thalia laughed, the tension in her shoulders fading away as Kallian grinned at her.

“Besides,” she continued. “You’re saving the world too, aren’t you? That’s what I heard, anyway. I think you’re doing just fine.”

“I have so many people behind me. Really, I’m just a figurehead,” Thalia insisted, shaking her head self-deprecatingly.

“What, and you think I took down hordes of darkspawn and the Archdemon itself all on my own?” Kallian asked, raising an eyebrow. “I had the King, an Antivan Crow, a witch, an ancient golem, your Spymaster, the Arishok, a Senior Enchanter, a dwarven warrior, and the best war hound in all of Ferelden at my side pretty much every step of the way. And that’s not to mention the armies of mages, and dwarves, the Denerim fighting for their lives… honestly, it would take hours to list everyone who helped me. And I couldn’t have done it without them, not a chance.”

“...Did you say the Arishok?”

“Yeah, but my point is… I am not the singular Hero. I never was. And I’ll let you in on a secret, Thalia.” She lowered her voice conspiratorially. “I had no idea what I was doing either.”

It drew another little laugh from Thalia, and she felt warm from more than just the fire in the corner of the room.

“C’mere,” Kallian chuckled, pulling her into a firm hug. “You’re doing great.”

Thalia relaxed into it, lifting her arms to return the embrace. For someone so strong and large in reputation, Kallian was small, and it felt more like hugging a big sister than a living legend.

“Thank you,” she whispered, her hands tightening a little as she was filled with emotion again. But it was different this time, and she let herself close her eyes and just be held.

“Right!” Kallian interrupted the moment, roughly planting a kiss on the side of her head before pulling away. “Rest up. I’ll take you back to your camp in the morning, and I’ll keep an eye out for anything that could help you.”

“Thank you, Warden— Kallian,” she smiled.

It was good to know that the Hero lived up to her name.

#ockiss24 #dragon age #inquisitor trevelyan #warden tabris #dragon age inquisition #I POSTED THIS ON MY PHONE sorry if there are weird mistakes ill fix it tomorrow #also I'm probably gonna write more for this i had to cut a lot so i could post today! #my writing #dao #dai #thalia trevelyan #kallian tabris

[snarky-bee]

Fic for my dearest @antivan-beau​ with a kiss between Kallian and Beatrice Cousland (thanks for letting me steal her for a bit) ***

Warm blood seeped into Kallian’s side and she struggled with Beatrice’s weight leaning heavily onto her shoulder. Almost at camp. She tried to move them a little faster and her heart sank with Beatrice’s renewed groans.

“I know, I know. I got you. Almost there, hang in there Bea,” Kallian pleaded. Her own voice was thick with the strain of supporting the heftier woman.

“S’okay,” Beatrice said with gritted teeth. 

Kallian glanced down where their sides were pressed together. Dark red seeped from between Beatrice’s fingers and soaked both their tunics. And Beatrice’s breathing was more and more laboured, her fair skin paler than Kallian had seen it before, with wisps of red hair sticking to her sweaty forehead. 

“Bit further now,” Kallian grunted, saying it as much for herself as for Beatrice. “You’ll be okay.”

Beatrice didn’t answer.

Kallian huffed, and focused on pushing forward. It hadn’t felt this far from camp when they ventured out to scout. Suddenly she feared she had led them down the wrong direction. Her heart pounded up in her ears, but not loud enough to drown out the heavy exhales Beatrice made every time they took a step. She was in pain, and Kallian couldn’t do anything to stop it.

Pale orange firelight flickered between branches ahead.

“Thank the fucking Maker,” Kallian exhaled softly before taking in a deep breath to bellow. “Anders!”

“Shit Kallian, you can really belt it,” Beatrice muttered against her. 

A happy relief bubbled up in equal parts laughter and disbelief. “You’re making fun of me now? When half your blood is soaked into my clothes? Anders!” she shouted again.

“What? What!” The tall mage crashed through the trees towards them, staff alight with magic. “Oh Maker, what happened?” Anders said with wide eyes, already rolling up his sleeves.

“Heal her and I’ll tell you after,” she ordered tersely. 

He frowned but nodded, and pressed his palm to the wound. 

Beatrice winced and Kallian’s hand tightened at her hip. “I know,” she soothed. Funny for all she called her Queen Bee for coming from a noble family, all she had ever seen was how fucking badass Beatrice was. She was powerful and strong and vibrant in every way, so it just tugged at Kallian’s very core to see her suffer.

Faint blue light collected around his hand and then brightened so intensely that Kallian had to avert her eyes. 

Beatrice sighed, and rested her weight more heavily on Kallian as she relaxed the rigidity of her posture. 

“Hey? You good?” Kallian reached up with one hand to cup her cheek.

Beatrice leaned into the touch and brushed her chapped lips across the palm of Kallian’s hand. “Better,” she sighed. “Thank you,” she added to Anders.

Kallian caught Anders looking between the two of them with some scrutiny. He caught that little hand kiss, and well, okay what commanding officer is gently touching people’s cheeks. 

“So what happened?” Anders prompted again, this time hosting Beatrice’s other arm over his shoulder to help walk the short distance to camp.

“Fucking ambushed,” Kallian said. “Obviously we’re at the right spot.”

“You didn’t sense the darkspawn?”

“Of course we did, but that’s when the fucking ambush happened!”

The others all perked up as they stumbled into camp, half-carrying a very bloodied up Beatrice.

“Our tent,” Kallian grunted, still shouldering half of Beatrice’s weight.

Barely through the tent flap, Beatrice fell like a rock onto the spread open bedroll. Beneath sun kissed pink skin, she was deathly pale still. At least her breathing was no longer laboured. 

“Will she be okay?” she whispered to Anders, not taking her eyes off her.

“You made it in time. It’s just blood loss now. Let her sleep and she’ll wake up ready to kick your arse as usual again in the morning.”

“She wishes,” Kallian snorted, relief finally sinking in. “Thanks,” she said before crawling into her tent as well. 

Pensively, she stared at Beatrice’s lovely face. In a moment she had gone from this fierce unstoppable force of a warrior, to clinging to life at the end of a blighted spear. It was ridiculous, how much she thought of her as almost invincible in their time together. Her shield had been the thing between Kallian and more arrows than she could count. She had come to depend on Beatrice in more ways than one; as of late, the protection of her heart.

Tenderly, she pulled the helmet free from Beatrice’s head and pushed back sweat matted hair from her forehead. 

“Some Commander I am, leading us straight into a bloody ambush. Fucking brilliant one,” she murmured, pulling off her gloves in defeat.

“‘Veryone gets hit sometimes,” came a softly muttered response.

Kallian looked back to see a peak of blue beneath half-lidded eyes. “Beatrice,” she gasped softly and reached for her face with both hands. “I’m sorry,” she closed her eyes, touching foreheads together.

“Must be really bad if I’ve got you apologizing over it,” came the weak reply. 

“Shut up,” Kallian said with as much affection as she could muster. She kissed Beatrice’s lips once, twice for good measure. “Sleep. I’ll stay with you.”

She stayed close, petting windswept ginger locks until Beatrice closed her eyes again, deep breaths even with sleep.

#a long overdue oc kiss week lol #kallian tabris #beatrice cousland #tabris x cousland #kallian x beatrice #snarky writing