#source: dragon age origins

[alien-slushie]

Todoroki: Why are you smiling like that? You look suspiciously like the cat that swallowed the pidgeon.

Uraraka: Canary.

Todoroki: What?

Uraraka: I look like the cat that swallowed the canary.

Todoroki: I once had a very large cat-not the point! My point is, why are you smirking?

Uraraka: You were watching him.

Tsuyu: With great interest I might add.

Uraraka: In fact, I believe you were ~enraptured~.

Todoroki: He's Midoriya, I look to him for guidance!

Uraraka: Oh I see.

Tsuyu: And what 'guidance' did you see in those swaying hips?

Todoroki: No no no! I wasn't looking at his hindquarters!

Uraraka: Certainly.

Todoroki: I gazed-glanced in that direction, maybe! But I wasn't staring, or really seeing anything.

Uraraka: Of course.

Todoroki: I hate you guys. You're bad people.

#incorrect my hero academia quotes #incorrect bnha quotes #incorrect boku no hero academia quotes #incorrect mha quotes #shoto todoroki #ochako uraraka #tsuyu asui #dekusquad #izucrew #uraraka ochako is a little shit #asui tsuyu is a little shit #headcannon that uraraka loves messing with Todoroki whenever she has the chance #tododeku #source: Dragon Age Origins

[745voiceofthepeople]

Azula: Stop. That.

Katara: (giggling) Stop what?

Azula: That. Looking at me and giggling.

Katara: I can’t help it. You’re so big and stoic. Who would have thought you’d be a big softie.

Azula: Stop saying that! I am a soldier of the Fire Nation. Slayer of the Avatar. I am not a “softie”.

Katara: (continuing to giggle) softie!

Azula: Stop it!

Katara: Aww, would you like me to kiss your ego better, Softie?

Azula: … I’d like that.

#azutara #avatar incorrect quotes #source: Dragon age Origins

[sauronnaise]

“I locked myself in a cage, once, when I was a child. For an entire day. Ahh, good times.”

—Boromir, probably.

#source: dragon age origins #alistair theirin #tolkien #incorrect tolkien quotes #the lord of the rings #incorrect lotr quotes #boromir #once upon a time in gondor #shitpost #crack

[incorrectblockb]

p.o: why do they call it a 'brothel'? there's no broth. or is there?

#block b #p.o #pyo jihoon #incorrect quotes #source: dragon age origins #hey i have a new hyperfixation #you have to hear it in alistair's voice

[valsnotgothstuff]

arl eamon: so hey, i wanna set you up with anora

alistair: oh i’m engaged to the warden :)

arl eamon: i thought you were gay

alistair: then why would you want to set me up with anora?

arl eamon: i don’t know

#mans been in odinsleep for a while give him a break pFFTTT #this probably has been done before sorry #incorrect quotes #incorrect dragon age quotes #source: the office #dragon age #dragon age origins #alistair theirin #alistair x tabris #alistair x warden #alistair x amell #alistair x cousland #alistair x surana #alistair x mahariel #arl eamon #the warden #alistair x brosca #alistair x aeducan #hero of ferelden #tabris #amell #cousland #surana #mahariel #brosca #aeduan #dao #da: origins #alistair romance #anora mac tir

[anneapocalypse]

Anyway here's the Guerrin timeline as best I can piece it together, if it's useful to anyone!

Updated 7/14/23 with corrections & additions.

~8:84 Blessed - Eamon is born. (The Calling - He's 15 at the time of the Battle of West Hill, which occurred in 8:99 Blessed.)

8:99 Blessed - The Battle of West Hill. Arl Rendorn Guerrin, Eamon's father, is killed in action. Maric Theirin is presumed dead but reappears in Gwaren, which is then taken by the rebels. The Battle of River Dane deals a decisive defeat to the Orlesian forces, though the conflict is not completely over. It will take several more years to completely drive out the occupying lords. However, Emperor Florian officially withdraws support for King Meghren.

9:02 Dragon - Eamon, 18, returns to Redcliffe to claim his place as arl, but find it still under Orlesian control, and works with the rebel forces to reclaim it. Isolde, the daughter of one of the Orlesian governors, is sympathetic to the rebels and becomes infatuated with Eamon, who does not return her feelings; nevertheless, she feeds information to the rebels, and chooses to stay in Ferelden after her family is driven out. Isolde is four years younger than Eamon, making her 14 at the time. (WoT v.2 p. 102, 106)

9:02 Dragon - Maric kills the usurper King Meghren in a dual, officially ending the occupation and winning Ferelden's freedom. (There is a noted discrepancy in the dates between the epilogue of The Stolen Throne, and World of Thedas vol. 1, the latter of which puts the duel at 9:00 Dragon. Given other events, the later date seems more plausible.)

~9:08 Dragon - Six years after their initial meeting, Eamon (24) meets Isolde (20) again in Denerim. They quickly become involved and are married. (WoT v.2 p. 103)

9:10 - Alistair is born to Fiona and King Maric. His parents give him up to be raised at Redcliffe Castle, inventing a story about his mother being a human serving girl. (The Calling.)

~9:20 Dragon - Isolde becomes pregnant with Connor after difficulty conceiving. This causes rumors about Alistair (10) being Eamon's bastard to resurface, and Eamon sends him away to a monastery to spare his wife's feelings. Connor is born soon after.

~9:29 Dragon - Short of taking his vows as a templar, Alistair (19) is conscripted into the Grey Wardens. (WoT v.2 p.79)

~9:30 Dragon - Connor Guerrin (10) shows signs of magic. Isolde hires an apostate, Jowan, to tutor Connor in secret. Eamon (46) is poisoned by Jowan and falls ill. (Origins.)

~9:31 Dragon - Following the Blight, Eamon decides to stay in Denerim, serving as an advisor to the throne, eventually declaring his brother Teagan the new Arl of Redcliffe. (Origins, WoT v.2 p.104)

?:?? Dragon - (If Connor is dead) Rowan Guerrin is born to Isolde and Eamon. After a difficult birthing, Isolde dies. (Potential Origins Epilogue slide.)

?:?? Dragon - Rowan Guerrin shows signs of magic and is sent to the Circle, though her father continues to visit her. (Potential Origins Epilogue slide.)

#eamon guerrin #isolde guerrin #connor guerrin #dragon age reference #blunders of thedas #dragon age origins #the stolen throne #the calling #please feel free to let me know of any errors #with sources please

[dilfpassing]

Thinking about how when I was in middle school I thought I was the most original person in the world for coming up with the idea of cave elves in some intense political fantasy story I was writing only to find out that I did not in fact come up with the concept of cave elves and the high political drama of elves bring displaced and crammed into cities and discriminated against was literally exactly the setup of dragon age origins

#i was soooooooo mad when i played dao the first time bc i was like FUCK MY IDEA ISNT ORIGINAL ANYMORE #my world was basically dragon age but closer to the industrial revolution and with cave elves instead of regular elves #they were displaced from the caves they lived in because the surrounding cities wanted to mine for raw materials bc of the new high need for #metals due to the changing technology #so after displacing the elves they then hired all the elves as extremely underpaid and exploited miners #my story took place one generation later so now theres a bunch of cave elves who were born in the city and their perceptions of home are #different from their parents bc theyve only ever known the caves as a source of money and also torment #but thats all just the backdrop for the actual story that would be taking place which was all about learning to trust and finding a personal #identity once you heal from your traumas

[texts-from-last-blight]

#dragon age #texts from last blight #texts from last night #dragon age inquisition #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #text post #da #dragon age text posts #dragon age ii #source: tfln #tfln #dai #da2 #dao #da: inquisition #da: origins #dragon age meme #incorrect dragon age quotes #definitelynotpie

[dirtybiowareconfessions]

Confession: Cullen has become a challenging wank for me. Thanks Greg >:(

#cullen rutherford #dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #bioware #dirty confession #dirty confessions #I have no source for this #but II think he might've been the reason why they wrote off Cullen #lol #also: if we could keep the political talk to a minimum that would be honestly great

[ohnoitshappening]

The way there are ways to learn to weild magic and magic-like abilities in the universe (Templars, Berserkers, Spirit warriors or whatever that subclass was called) with Templars originally not even needing lyrium to have their skills, and how that could affect the story is ignored especially after it got retconned to lift responsibility from the chantry and fit in the "both sides equally bad" bullshit in...

#dragon age #dragon age critical #dragon age origins #alistair theirin #tagging him bc he's the source for the templar info #mages #chantry #templars #anti chantry #anti templars #pro mages

[herearedragons]

Hello! :)

From the love your fandoms asks… What about numbers 3, 11, 17 and 20? The first three for each or both of your fandoms!

love your fandom asks

3. a character that fandom has helped you appreciate

Dragon Age: that's going to be a weird answer, but Cullen. I know about The Problems but just from playing the games, I didn't really care about him, but seeing art from people who do made me go "okay, well, I see why one would like this guy". Also, that's going to be an even weirder answer, but almost the exact same thing happened with Solas.

Pillars of Eternity: so in PoE reincarnation exists and throughout the first game you remember flashes of your past life, and it never occurred to me that that past life is also free OC real estate until I saw that other people were fleshing out their PC's past life as a separate character. The potential.

11. if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

Dragon Age: okay I have to say something that isn't Homecoming for this one: I'm still pretty proud of this fic about the Arishok fight and this eldritch horror Solas fic.

Pillars of Eternity: the watercolor sketch for this one was more popular, but I'm really proud of this digital painting of my second Watcher. So proud, in fact, that I actually printed it out and it's on my wall now.

17. the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

Dragon Age: The party banters. The Wardens. The tarot cards. Technically not everyone likes every LI, but I'm going to include them also.

Pillars of Eternity: we are all united by our love for two (2) special guys (and one secret special gal), all of whom are voiced by Matthew Mercer. (for the record, I appreciate the rest of the companions also, but I feel like there's an overwhelming consensus about these two specifically)

20. your very first fandom!

...I'm pretty sure that it was Hetalia, and, as I later found out was pretty common, at no point have I actually interacted with any of the source material. I just happened into an online space where people were really excited about a bunch of guys who were apparently also countries but the country stuff also wasn't really the point??? and then I read a lot of fanfiction about it, in which the country guys were really just a vessel through which people told literally whatever story they wanted to because there were no rules. in hindsight, this probably explains a lot about my current approach to fanfiction

#thanks for the ask! #my early fandoms were a lot of this “the source material is nothing but lego blocks for the story we actually want to tell” stuff #hetalia. homestuck also (I did read about half ??? of the original comic but I mostly read AU fics anyway). I think vocaloids also #then there was skyrim which was kind of halfway between the chaos of everything before that and the more consistent content of dragon age #...and then dragon age #which is more... consistent I guess because it's less of a sandbox and more of an Established Story. even if a branching one #and I didn't really write fic before dragon age but I think the spirit of the Sandbox Fandom is still present in what I write #like. The Breach is just that. turning the opening of DAI into lego blocks #herearedragons speaks

[ramonadecember]

i’m gonna be home alone all night, and i wanna take oc questions 👀

looking for a good list, but also just. shoot anything my way?

#dragon age. red dead. elder scrolls. #the original originals without source material #peep the oc tag #oc tag

[korekiyofangirl]

Alistor: Literally name ONE thing that's better than a dog.

Zevran: Two dogs.

Alistor: SHIT YOU RIGHT.

#incorrect quotes #dragon age origins #zeveran #Alistor #marabi #dragon age #incorrect dragon age quotes #sourced

[missrosiewolf]

That’s...an interesting contradiction. (Is anybody on that team keeping track of established lore? It is very important to have something to keep track of lore to avoid contradictions). 

if DA:O is taking place in 9:30-9:31 Dragon, then 8:82 Blessed would be about 48-49 years ago. 

I have two ideas to try to reconcile this particular bit of contradictory canon:

1. Mahariel (for those who might not know, that is the surname of the Dalish Elf Warden) is the grandchild, not the child, of the previous keeper. 

2. give the keeper a younger brother and Mahariel could be the child of that younger brother, therefore making them the niece or nephew of the previous keeper. 

#dragon age #dragon age origins #source: dragon age fandom wiki

[incorrectsoulcaliburquotes]

Ivy: You seem so deep in thought, my dear Aeon. Thinking of me, perhaps? The two of us, together at last?

Lizardman: Yes.

Ivy: I... what did you say?

Lizardman: You will need armor, I think. And a helmet. And something to bite down on. How strong are human teeth?

Ivy: How strong are my teeth?

Lizardman: My teeth can bite through leather, wood, even metal given time. Which reminds me, I may try to nuzzle.

Ivy: Nuzzle?!

Lizardman: If that happens, you'll need an iron pry bar. Heat it in a fire, first, or it may not get my attention.

#if ya know ya know #soulcalibur #soul calibur #ivy valentine #lizardman #source: dragon age: origins

[telleskyggene]

Lyrium

More than half the wealth of Orzammar comes from a single, extremely rare substance: Lyrium. The Chantry believes it to be the "Waters of the Fade" mentioned in the Canticle of Threnodies, the very stuff of creation itself, from whence the Maker fashioned the world. Only a handful of Mining Caste families hazard extracting the ore, finding veins in the Stone quite literally by ear. For in its raw form, lyrium sings, and the discerning can hear the sound even through solid rock. Even though dwarves have a natural resistance, raw lyrium is dangerous for all but the most experienced of the Mining Caste to handle. Even for dwarves, exposure to the unprocessed mineral can cause deafness or memory loss. For humans and elves, direct contact with lyrium ore produces nausea, blistering of the skin, and dementia. Mages cannot even approach unprocessed lyrium. Doing so is invariably fatal. Despite its dangers, lyrium is the single most valuable mineral currently known. In the Tevinter Imperium, it has been known to command a higher price than diamond. The dwarves sell very little of the processed mineral to the surface, giving the greater portion of what they mine to their own smiths, who use it in the forging of all truly superior dwarven weapons and armor. What processed lyrium is sold on the surface goes only to the Chantry, who strictly control the supply. From the Chantry, it is dispensed both to the templars, who make use of it in tracking and fighting maleficarum, and to the Circle. In the hands of the Circle, lyrium reaches its fullest potential. Their Formari craftsmen transform it into an array of useful items from the practical, such as magically hardened stone for construction, to the legendary silver armor of King Calenhad. When mixed into liquid and ingested, lyrium allows mages to enter the Fade when fully aware, unlike all others who reach it only when dreaming. Such potions can also be used to aid in the casting of especially taxing spells, for a short time granting a mage far greater power than he normally wields. Lyrium has its costs, however. Prolonged use becomes addictive, the cravings unbearable. Over time, templars grow disoriented, incapable of distinguishing memory from present, or dream from waking. They frequently become paranoid, as their worst memories and nightmares haunt their waking hours. Mages have additionally been known to suffer physical mutation: The magister lords of the Tevinter Imperium were widely reputed to have been so affected by their years of lyrium use that they could not be recognized by their own kin, nor even as creatures that had once been human.

—From In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of a Chantry Scholar, by Brother Genitivi.

#vg: dragon age: origins #codex: magic and religion #source: ferdinand genitivi #lore: chantry #lore: dwarven #lore: lyrium