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what dorf wardens/inquisitors do you have?

quite a few!

Wardens

Magna Brosca is a big ole lesbian with a huge taste of the dramatic. Her card is The World. She wears the lose flippy leather dress armor the whole game, swinging around a Huge Sword, because she feels it contributes to her aesthetic. when she gets out of Orzammar, and realizes upon what precipice she stands, she becomes more and more preoccupied with her legacy. she wants to be a hero celebrated for all eternity; impermanence troubles her. In her main timeline, she romances Leliana. They have an adorable Xena/Gabrielle dynamic. In an AU, she romances Morrigan--unlike Tabris, she is very forthright in her intentions. Her relationship with Morrigan is rather more belligerent and contentious. In another set of AUs, her story is intricately tied to that of...

Igraine Aeducan. Her card is The Tower. I wrote a bit about her canon timeline here. If both she and Magna are recruited, Magna takes charge of their adventure, preventing Igraine from making any of the awful choices she does in her canon, but still forcing her through the character development she would experience anyway. Igraine leaves the experience changed for the better, but in this timeline, gets to live, as Magna chooses to complete the ritual. The two engage in a rather contentious but ultimately sweet relationship as surfacers. (Magna has...a bit of a type.)

But if neither of them are recruited, they run into each other in the Deep Roads following Igraine’s exile and Magna’s re-escape from jail. Igraine manages to convince Magna to join her in a bid to regain the throne of Orzammar, promising her glory and power in return for help. Magna’s desire to stick it to the nobility overcomes her good sense, and she agrees. They embark on a long adventure of twisting skulduggery, blackmail, the Carta, the nobility, growing closer and closer as they do, leading Igraine to feel the first stirrings of real desire in her life. Ultimately, they are successful. Igraine is crowned queen of Orzammar...and immediately reneges on her promise and has Magna thrown in prison again, though she doesn’t have the heart to kill her, choosing instead to visit her often in her cell to feverishly justify her choices. Later, Magna predictably escapes once more...but not before stopping by the queen’s bedchambers to slit her throat.

(I’m planning to eventually write a story about the 4 possibile timelines for these two.)

Petra Aeducan is a sweet middle aged lady who romances Wynne. Her card is the Queen of Pentacles. She is endlessly forgiving of her shitty brothers, and of everyone in general. If she could deal with darkspawn by giving them a talking-to and ordering them into time-out, she would. She is a lesbian; hence her long bachelorhood. Meeting and having the opportunity to love Wynne is a joy to her, though at their ages and in their circumstances, it is an unusually difficult thing to make work.

Brunhilde Aeducan is more or less a typical bubbly beautiful idealized Mary Sue type Aeducan who romances Sigrun. Her card is the Queen of Wands. She’s into opera, activism, and blackmail. We made her up because we felt Sigrun deserved to be shipped with a Mary Sue. Brunhilde takes wooing Sigrun extremely seriously, to absolute excess. Sigrun is initially flattered, but quickly becomes uncomfortable with this level of romantic attention from someone as high as a Paragon and a princess. Brunhilde doesn’t understand why she possibly would be. It takes them a while to settle into something more genuine, where Brunhilde is not performing quite so much.

There is an AU where Petra, Brunhilde and Igraine are sisters, in a kind of Maiden/Mother/Crone situation. This complicates the family dynamics quite a bit.

Igor Aeducan is honestly a bit of a bastard. His card is the King of Pentacles He’s in his forties and he’s more or less an ideal dwarf noble. He is conniving and prideful, convinced of his own eminent worth. He doesn’t do actively terrible things the way Igraine does, but is not particularly invested in the well being of others. He’s here to Win. Despite his amorality, he is a boisterous, energetic person that many enjoy being around. He prefers men, particularly older, larger men with some meat on their bones and hair on their chests. Alistair was never viewed as anything but an irrelevant child; Zevran was a one-time lay out of boredom; Sten was an enduring sexual fixation but one that ultimately did not come to any fruition. However, his obsession with Loghain lasts longer than any passing sexual interest. He views Loghain as a true equal and a worthy opponent, as a kindred spirit. His interest in defeating the Blight is eclipsed by his interest in defeating Loghain--which he would view as an elaborate manner of flirting. Loghain doesn’t take particularly well to being romanced at first, but Igor is extremely persistent.

Also, he speaks with a thick Russian accent for some reason. All my dwarves are at least a little Russian.

Inquisitors:

Red Cadash is an atrocious greedy beastly child, who has no problem thugging her way to power as Inquisitor. Her card is the Devil. She likes gold, rough sex, and having people bow down to her. She’s not really a bad person--she cares about people, especially the downtrodden, though she would never allow that to affect her image--but her materialism and thirst for the validation she was denied her whole life tends to overcome her decision making process. She is particularly young and brash. She romances Iron Bull, but it does not...end well.

Vanka Cadash is Red’s adoptive mother and mob boss. She is a trans lady in her late forties. She wants to change, she really does. She doesn’t want to keep being ruthless now that she no longer strictly has to be. But old habits die hard. She romances Blackwall. It’s an interesting dynamic. Both of them are attempting to leave behind criminal pasts--but unlike Blackwall, Vanka feels little guilt for her actions, and is a lot worse at leaving them behind. But, honest, she’s doing her best to be good this time! Unless you threaten her ‘family’. Then it’s murder time.

Don Cadash is Vanka’s adoptive mob brother. She looks out for him, because he’s family, but he’s not really much of a smuggler. A lyrium accident in his youth left him convinced of his identity as the lost heir to the throne of Orzammmar, prone to bouts of giddiness, and an inclination to tilt at windmills. (Yes, he is an extended Don Quixote joke.) His card is the Knight of Swords. If Inquisitor, he is delighted by Finally getting the recognition due to him as royalty, and flirts persistently with Scout Harding, a Beauteous Maiden in need of Rescue. (She finds it pretty cute. He’s just so harmless and ridiculous.) He is fond of large hats and of challenging people to duels.

Please do ask more about them!!

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