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[ladyhighever]

Seeing everyone excited about Dragon Age again has inspired me to draw Alistair 🌹 (and also to reinstall and start another playthrough of DAO haha)

#love of my life. #alistair theirin

[ladyhighever]

What's wrong babe? You've barely touched your Baldur's Age Origins 3

#THEMMM!!!! #dragon age origins #Baldur's Gate 3 #look at my beautiful husband with his elf ears c/o fiona #alistair theirin #morrigan #leliana #zevran arainai #sten #wynne #oghren

[ladyhighever]

Qunlat (Qunari Language)

I’m trying to move what I use most from the Dragon Age Wiki to here or somewhere else easily accessible that doesn’t lag until Tuesday due to ads.

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#reference #qunlat #qunari #qunquisitor #talan adaar

[ladyhighever]

Unofficial Consolidated Maps of Ferelden

Two maps for everyone, using all known sources I could find for locations in Ferelden throughout the games. That includes the “blank” map that I used for the base of these two (the first map available on the wikia), an alternate base that has some of the location markers (from the RPG, I believe), the quest-marker map from DA:O, Awakening’s quest-marker map, Dragon Age: Legends, World of Thedas Vol 1, and Inquisition’s war table and world maps.

Map 1: All locations, more or less canon.

Map 2: Bren’s headcanon locations.

The second map is mostly the same as the first, but there are a few changes that I had to make to reconcile some random bits on my own, to provide locations for places not otherwise been given, etc. If anyone chooses to use the second map for their own purposes, keep in mind that while I personally use Map 2, Map 1 is the closest thing to an official one for all known locations. I don’t mind others using Map 2 at all, I just want to make it clear that it’s definitely less than official. Notes for both maps below; bold headings apply to Map 1, italics to Map 2, both apply to both:

(Conflict) Haven is given multiple positions on multiple maps from the games themselves, plus other sources such as WoTv1. In spite of the base for this map having Haven pre-established just northwest of where I’ve put Rainesfere, I’m using the location from the Origins quest markers since that matches the map in World of Thedas vol 1. 

If you choose to use the older version for Haven’s location, the original marker is still present, I just haven’t bolded it. You’ll probably need the full size to see it fully, though.

No marker used for the Temple of Sacred Ashes, as at this scale this should be close enough to Haven that they would almost overlap. (Compared to marker on the quest map, which puts it down near Honnleath.)

(Headcanon) Placing Rainesfere where Redcliffe was originally marked on the maps from the first two books. There’s actually still a marker here on a few of the current maps, just without anything assigned to the location. This also matches the vague location mentioned in Teagan’s codex: “a tiny province of Redcliffe’s squeezed between the Frostback Mountains and Lake Calenhad.” Because this location is a reasonable match to information from these two sources, I’m leaving it on the Unofficial Official map as well as my headcanon one.

(Personal change) In the game’s own maps, the Dalish camp is on the west side of the ridge of the Southron Hills and no where near the forest. (See map 1.) For my own use, I’ve moved it into the forest to the east side of the hills, nestled against the hills themselves. Travel here would require using either the Brecilian Passage to the south or trekking the long way through the forest, going around Dragon’s Peak from Denerim.

(Headcanon / Conflict / Not Enough Information) Waking Sea bannorn has no true location information. Dragon Age Legends calls the islands containing Jainen “Waking Sea” but playing through that again the map refers to the area as “Waking Sea” but all dialogue refers to the area as Jainen. Without any source for its location, I’ve placed it in a spot convenient for my purposes.

(Correction from previous post) Received more information on the location of Theirinfal Redoubt since my last drafts of the map and have updated to reflect that. This should be more or less accurate, but the scale of the War Table map and this map are a bit different.

(Omissions) The Fallow Mire’s general location has been left out, since from context in Inquisition it didn’t seem like there were problems there before the plague hit the area. Without that plague and the undead, the location is little more than a settlement on the edge between the Hinterlands and the Wilds.

(Omissions) Hinterlands points-of-interest, other than the crossroads. Hinterlands map can’t be properly translated to overall Ferelden map at this time (something true for most all location-specific maps for Inquisition areas).

Updated black and white versions of each map, hopefully for better contrast! The text for the Basin and for Honnleath are still a little paler than ideal, but it’s a bit more readable than the color version (and having the other colors flattened down into B&W probably helps for colorblindness, too).

Map 1 (Unofficial-Official)

Map 2 (Bren’s Map)

#dragon age #ferelden #reference #ferelden map #map

[ladyhighever]

oopsie! You got a bit too manic about a creative project too close to bedtime and now your brain is too awake to sleep. One million dead 10 morbillion injured

#sighs. yeah #dragon age origins #i havent even titled it but it's eating my brain.

[ladyhighever]

do you ever like a character so much that just looking at pictures of them is a bit embarrassing.

#sighs dreamily and stares at my Alistair tag #am i cringe? yes. but i am free

[ladyhighever]

i know that aveline's condolences scene is supposed to be about understanding of other's grief but oh boy does it feel completely utterly wrong when you remember how she has treated the white lillies killer situation at the beginning of act 2 and how she just. never mentiones it if hawke doesn't call her out. and if they do her only response is "well people always blame the guard".

i believe she's genuine when she tries to comfort hawke by relating to their pain and telling about her father and how he died and how she'll miss leandra too but. the thing is. she knew about these murders as the captain of the guard and even asked hawke to help her with this. by shutting the guy who tried to investigate it up. because he talked nonsense. or did he.

hawke feels like shit and is consumed by guilt because they couldn't save their mother but aveline kinda should share the sentiment. there was a serial killer in the city and she did absolutely nothing to stop him and gave up on investigation because all of it seemed random and therefore couldn't be solved. it was literally her job but she decided not to act on it. consciously. so people died and if that wasn't enough, her friend's mother died, horribly too. is there really nothing to be said besides "well my father died too you know. it's okay to grieve. take your time" or "well the guard can't save everyone. blame the killer not me"

#aveline vallen critical #yeah. yeah....... #aveline why didn't you blame yourself even a little. #dragon age 2 #aveline vallen

[ladyhighever]

You’ve heard of one shots, now get ready for none shots! It’s when you think of an idea for a fic and then don’t write it

#oh i wrote out the whole all origins are true fic timeline the other day #will i ever write it? unlikely!! #dragon age origins

[ladyhighever]

i think money is underestimated as the driving force of da2, beyond just hawke in the first act. “why do all these people still hang out when they are sometimes so awful to each other” well, horrifyingly, hawke consistently finding work to do together is the most stable source of income a lot of them have right now

#dragon age 2 #indeed indeed i do think about this

[ladyhighever]

It never occurred to me until recently just how different Orlais and Fereldan are.

The left is the market district in Denerim, capital of Fereldan. The right is the market district of Val Royeaux, capital of Orlais. See the difference?

One is made of dirt, wood, and brick while the other is almost entirely marble (I'm guessing). Orlais must be far wealthier than Fereldan as a country which kind of makes it understandable why everyone refers to Fereldans as barbarians.

#as someone from a colonized country. well. it be like that! orlais bled ferelden DRY #orlais is imperialist and gluts itself on the blood of its conquered lands #don't think I've forgotten they stole the dales #i will forever believe that the exalted march on the dales wasnt just religiously motivated. it was also politics. they wanted the riches. #anyway yes ferelden is poor. u know why? because all its wealth was stolen!!!!! #dragon age origins #fuck orlais truly. orlais and orzammar need to be torn down

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da:o fans tell me in the tags or replies what your warden named their doggie <3

#cousland calls hers calenhad! #brosca's is named salroka #mahariel's is enasalin #dragon age origins

[ladyhighever]

Your Honor

Inspired by this post about Carver Hawke taking off his shirt to fight fools. I made a joke in the tags about Merrill backing him up, and it turns out it wasn’t a joke.

“She can’t sleep here.”

“Why not?” Merrill asks, and the barkeep grumbles as if she’s given him cheek.

“They don’t want people drooling and pissing themselves at the bar, do they, Sister?” Carver nudges Marian hard, and she swats at him without opening her eyes.

She won’t get up on her own. Carver swears, grabs her around the middle and throws her over his shoulder, then carries her to Varric’s room and dumps her in his bed.

Merrill follows and wonders what it must feel like to be able to pick someone up just like that. “Won’t Varric be cross when he gets back?” she says.

“Not my problem,” Carver replies. He straightens up and they look at each other without speaking. “Come on. I’ll walk you home.”

She breathes easier. Carver speaks so harshly sometimes, and she wonders if she’s said or done something wrong. But she hasn’t. Even if she had, Carver would still insist on accompanying her through Lowtown in the dark.

“You don’t have to,” she assures him, as she always does, knowing what he’ll say.

“Yes I do.”

There’s still a decent crowd for this time of night, people Merrill’s never seen before. Edwina mutters to herself as she sweeps up broken glass; some men chugging pints earlier smashed their mugs on the floor. Merrill catches her eye, waves a goodbye and a good luck.

“Ready?” Carver places a hand on her shoulder, guiding her ahead of him, and there’s a spike of laughter from the table beside them.

It’s not nice laughter. There’s something mean about it, something cruel. The kind of laughter she’s learned to avoid. And they were looking at them earlier, from across the room. Silly of her, probably, to think every little thing is about her, but those men do make her nervous. She’s glad to be leaving.

Except they aren’t leaving. She’s almost reached the door when she notices Carver isn’t behind her.

“Something funny?”

By the Dread Wolf. He’s got his hands on the table, leaning in, and - three, four, five faces leering up at him.

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#blushing truly #carver x merrill #carver hawke #merrill

[ladyhighever]

kisses: Hawke/Varric

#dragon age #dragon age 2 #varric tethras #hawke #this is the only da2 ship ever #hawke x varric

[ladyhighever]

i love when tragedies are like “the love was there. it didnt change anything. it didnt save anyone. there were just too many forces against it. but it still matters that the love was there”

#okay but. #dragon age 2 #hawke x kirkwall is a greek tragedy.

[ladyhighever]

‘you have a good heart.’

#merrill #dragon age 2

[ladyhighever]

You know, I was replaying DA:O and I noticed: most of the broodmothers we encounter all look the same.

Except for The Mother in Awakening.

But then I realized that's because the other broodmothers we see were made from dwarves. Which means The Mother's unique appearance isn't actually unique, that's just what human broodmothers look like.

Also makes me wonder what a Qunari or Elf broodmother would look like.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age awakening #i mean i agree but also out of universe it's because the Mother supposed to be Grotesque Sexy. for the Appeal. #but legit i didn't think of that! good catch #maybe also has something to do with her being awakened?

[ladyhighever]

If we can do the connections game with characters from different games: Elf inquisitor + Zevran

ja of course!!

the lavellans moved south from antiva in the last thirty years or so; zevran’s mother was once one of them, and a relative of the inquisitor’s. never hearing of her again is what makes lavellan so fearful of becoming lost to the dalish in their new role

the lavellans moved south from antiva in the last twenty years or so; iirc zevran talks about once having run away or considered running away to join the dalish, and lavellan has never forgotten the crow boy they couldn’t keep

lavellan is an ex-crow themself. they’ve long forgotten as much as they can of those days and committed themself to living among the dalish, but they still can’t help but take notice of the rumours that a black shadow is swiftly and silently taking their old order down

lavellan has nothing to do with the crows or antiva, but is a massive fan of zevran arainai, hero of the fifth blight. in fact, they once loudly argued with a strange, strongly-accented, fair-haired city elf traveller about how important the hero of ferelden’s one and only elven companion must have been, and came very close to challenging the man to combat when the idea only seemed to make him laugh

#that last one GOD BLESS!!!! #elfquisitor #zevran arainai