#cousland family

[videogame-ocs]

My DA Canon Worldstate family trees #1- The Cousland /Theirin family tree

I thought I’d share my (slightly headcanoned) family tree for my canon Worldstate, The Shattered Crown.

I plan on doing this again for my canon Hawke and inky at a later date because it was so fun making this. Anyway here’s the family tree and some explanations for some of the information:

Explanations:

In my head Bryce Cousland was younger than Eleanor by a year.

Oren can’t be more that 5 years old at the start of the game hence my headcanoned birth year of 9:25.

I headcanon Fergus to be 10 years older than my Cousland.

Maric dying in 9:38 Dragon is from the Silent Grove comic series set in biowares own canon, I treat these extended universe stuff as canon to my Worldstate but with some differences (similar to how BioWare treat canon in the games). But obviously he goes missing in 9:25 and is assumed dead, it’s actually Alistair who finds him along with Isabella and Varric (it’s a great comic series).

I couldn’t fit Eamon, Isolde, Connor and Tegan on there, but given they’re not Alistair’s biological family it doesn’t matter so much on the tree as I’m mostly looking at the direct line.

Ardal Cousland isn’t stated to be Bryce’s grandfather but going from his death defending King Vanedrin Theirin in the Battle of Lothering, we can presume he’s William Cousland’s father and therefore Bryce’s grandfather.

I forgot to add the Mac Eanraig family on there, I do have a head canon that Eleanor has at least one niece from her fathers side I mean she’s got three siblings but the Cousland children only met that side of the family once or twice and never met them on the Storm Coast due to how dangerous it can be.

Why Anora doesn’t have a updated image from DA:I unlike Alistair and Morrigan- she didn’t appear in DA:I unless you make her queen. Hence the origin image. She’s not queen in my canon because my Cousland Amelia basically was like ‘look no hard feelings and it’s not your fault but you can’t be trusted on the throne after all that’s happened with your father and you willingly trapping me in a dungeon to be killed even if you apologised for it’ and put Alistair and herself on there instead. I do have a headcanon on what happened to Anora in my Worldstate that I’ll get into at a later date (it’s not bad, because I do like Anora because she a) didn’t know the whole truth for most of the game and b) she was just doing what she needed to survive as a strong minded woman and new widow in court but I find her a bit frustrating).

Updated image note: I found out how old Anora is so I updated the image. According to Eamon’s letter to Cailan found in the royal chest in the Return to Ostagar DLC, Anora is approaching her 30th year, making her 29 when this letter was sent presumably not long before Ostagar, so she has to be at least 29 at the start of the game and 30 by the time the Landsmeet happens. Anyway this age gap actually helps explain why Anora never met my Cousland, despite attending some of Eleanor’s parties, and despite her father presumably knowing Bryce as the only other Teyrn in Ferelden, as she is 11 years older than her so Amelia wasn’t old enough to attend when Anora was attending her mothers events and Loghain canonically kept Anora at home most of the time when she was growing up anyway.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #da: inquisition #oc: amelia cousland #alistair theirin #alistair x cousland #Cousland family #the Theirin family #oc family tree #slight spoilers #i guess

[cosmic-darikano]

I can’t stop thinking about my dead parents help

#my art #dragon age #dragon age origins #dao #Cousland family #house cousland #eleanor cousland #Bryce cousland #Eleanor x Bryce #the soldier and the seawolf #literally they are the most niche characters and yet #they were the blue print

[puffy-shirt]

The Couslands of Highever

From left to right:

Fergus, Eleanor, Mason, and Bryce Cousland

A family portrait of my Warden Mason's family taken when he was little. Something that was miraculously saved after Castle Cousland was sacked, now it hangs in the Royal Palace at Denerim.

I was trying to do something a little different and out of my comfort zone with this one! I worked on it on and off over a couple months and never really felt great about it but that is OK! I also wanted to redesign the Couslands with a more historical costuming... IDK how I feel that went for poor Bryce x'D

In the future I would like to do an accompanying piece of Mason's family with Anora.

Commission info

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dao #cousland #cousland family #dragon age oc #dragon age fanart #art #fanart #bryce cousland #eleanor cousland #mason cousland #fergus cousland #digital art #painting #digital painting #reniassance #portriat #family portrait #roarts #my art #grey warden #da #da:o #historical

[daughter-of-the-prophet]

When they children, both Fergus and Ilona would sometimes go into the castle's larder while no one was looking to sneaks some sweets or two either before dinner or in the middle of the night as a midnight snack. Sometimes they would managed to succeed and sometimes they would get caught and then end up being scolded and/or punished by their parents for either eating sweets before dinner or being in the castle's larder late at night when they were supposed to be in bed.

Because of this whenever Nan and the kitchen servants made cookies, she would put the cookie jar on the highest shelf in the larder so neither of the Cousland children could reach it, which would never worked as Fergus and Ilona would then work together by having Fergus stand on a stool with Ilona on his shoulders so she could reach into the jar. If there was only one cookie left in the jar, Ilona would always be willing to let her big brother have it and Fergus would always be willing to share the last cookie by breaking it in half and giving the biggest half to his little sister.

#dragon age: origins #dao #Cousland #castle cousland #Cousland origin #human noble origin #fergus cousland #Ilona Cousland #cousland warden #female cousland #headcanon #dragon age #cousland family

[vigilskeep]

it’s extremely standard drama but i’ve always really enjoyed the idea of a cousland who was in love with oriana. for any level between courtly love doomed admiration from afar or the full soap opera gambit of an m!cousland who is oren’s father

#sorry for saying that fergus #i just think its fun to find ways to complicate that family dynamic #like thats why i like mage cousland for example

[brennacedria]

Dragon Age players, especially players who marry a Cousland to Alistair:

Do you think your Warden's status strengthens or weakens Alistair's claim to the throne? I ask because of how high Cousland's status would influence much of the Landsmeet. Many of the nobles might see it as a strong family supporting the royal family... but many others, I feel, would see it as a way to seize power from that Theirin lineage.

Oh, before I forget: We are not discussing any other characters potentially weakening/"stealing" the throne for their own family here. I do not want to see comments in the notes about similar arguments with other characters even though male Couslands could easily face a similar argument as female Couslands. This is about bastard princes only.

ANYWAY, I repeat my question, because thoughts and headcanons about this are something I really am curious about:

(If you haven't played Origins, please use the "non-Cousland player" options the same way someone who primarily plays another origin would.)

All reblogs are appreciated, especially with ideas and headcanons about Alistair and the Cousland Warden. Reblogs with commentary as tags or in the body of a post are both great in this situation, I think.

#dragon age #alistair theirin #my polls #Cousland #fem!Cousland #King Alistair #for my hc I think it splits fairly evenly #but also in my hc Fergus has already been found and is also involved #and weaker/lesser/whatever nobles fall behind him personally #rather than eamon having the most influence #but anyway my vote is that it helps BECAUSE of Fergus's involvement #since the coulsand name means more with him running things rather than the Warden running what's left of the family #and also Fergus supports Alistair in that hc

[nanowatzophina]

Sooo. I mayyy have made another AU in order to bully my friend into joining the Dragon Age fandom—

Is exciting and I really wanna share all the lil details but involves SO much explaining.

So just take some doodles for now.

#dragon age au #swtor ocs #mage #elf #tashani surana #nerma cousland #anders #zanco the mabari #sketches #doodles #I should draw some Katona #I’m currently doing the plot through a rp with her #she doesn’t know that her whole family gonna die— #cuz Katona is the Cousland Warden and Nerma will one day be the Inquistor #(they’re fraternal twins) #im so evil… #she only knows vague things I’ve infodumped to her about dragon age— #im very excited to give her all the angst

[rosykims]

honestly im so glad bioware nerfed the cousland origin by not making them as socially & politically powerful as they technically ought to be. bc i think if i had to confront the whole cousland/mac tir situation in canon as opposed to just my own unsalvageable deep fried thoughts i think i would contract some sort of brain eating bacterial infection and die :/

#tay plays dao #oc: elspeth #of COURSE elspeth Knows these people! ofc she knows eamon !and teagan ! she and cailan were friends and maric held her as a baby !!!!!!! #and of COURSE. of COURSE she knows the mac tirs. the only other teyrnir family. inherent allies AND rivals to the kings favor. ok. okokokok #but thinking abt the post occupation solidarity between all of ferelden. bryce and loghain letting their daughters be friends #elspeth and anora being the BEST of friends growing up. each one spending months at highever or gwaren respectively #god. thinking about loghain as a godfather figure to elspeth makes me insane. thinking of anora being a sister to elspeth makes me insaner #the girls later growing up and recognising that the kingdom was beginning to set the two of them up against one another as they + cailan #came of age. realizing one of them would likely be chosen as queen and the other would Not. #and its not so much the jealous/competitiveness that drove them apart but the fear that the other one thought less of them for it #idk. idk idk idk. #i just love making things complicated. i love the idea that when alistair kills loghain its like... 1) elspeth is horrified bc he was at on #point like family to her. #and then 2) grateful ! bc what sort of family would do all of this to her !!!!!!!!! #and then his death also being the final nail in the coffin for anora and elspeth's friendship. H. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #I CANT. I CANT EVEN THINK OF THIS IM GOING TO GO SOAK MY HEAD OR WHATEVER COUSLAND SAYS TO DAIRREN IDEK.

[speakergame]

How do you feel about people headcanon-erasing the part in the beginning that describes you having your father's hair and your mother's skin? as a biracial person who is specifically black, I found it difficult to match the disparate hair/skin colors, even when I tried to race-swap my own parents (I like a self-insert baseline for my first MC) I'm not far in, though, so I understand it could be important, and I'd hate to be disrespectful in any case!

you are welcome to headcanon whatever you'd like, my dear 💙

genetics are a tricky thing. some people heavily favor one parent over the other, some end up looking like an even mix of the two, and some end up with traits from neither parent (my sister and I both have blue eyes, for example, despite having no blue-eyed relatives for a few generations back on either side). it can be hard to implement in a medium like interactive fiction

from a coding perspective, A) I wanted Speaker and Seer to mirror each other, and B) I wanted to make it so their parents weren't just some amorphous unseen entity. their presence is still felt in the story, even while they're not there

Mom and Dad will be showing up in later books, and I wanted the twins to have some visible connection to both parents while also having something unique to the two of them. it made since for their eyes to be the thing that was different, considering the role that visions play and the way Speaker and Seer have an approach to them unlike anyone else in their family.

so it may be a little jarring for you in book 2 or 3 when Mom and Dad show up and their appearance differs from the way you've been imagining them, but there's nothing saying you can't ignore those descriptor words entirely and see them the way you want to 😁

I love headcanons and encourage them*. I'm just building the sandbox, you get to decide how you play in it

*as long as no one is using headcanons to erase a character's identity

#speaker game #the speaker #the seer #speaker's family #I haven't decided yet if mom and dad will ever have any physical descriptions beyond the ones they've already been given #but if there are I'll probably make those customizable #I don't want it to be like dragon age origins where cousland still has Very White Parents regardless of how you customize your warden #(you will DEFINITELY be able to choose their first names if those names are ever used. but they'll probably just be called Mom and Dad)

[demigoddessqueens]

Cause Alistair and Warden give me Phil and Claire vibes

Alistair: Marry someone who looks sexy while disappointed

Y/n: *looks over side-eyed

Alistair: See?? 😍

#dragon age #alistair #warden alistair #alistair/warden #alistair x warden #alistair theirin #alistair theirin x reader #dragon age orgins #Alistair x reader #dragon age warden #Alistair x you #incorrect quotes modern family #Alistair x y/n #alistair x brosca #alistair x cousland #headcanons #dragon age imagine #dragon age x reader

[bisexualmultifandommess]

I’ve started playing Dragon Age Origins and I named my human character Wynn without realising there’s already a character called Wynne so when she introduced herself like “I am Wynne” Wynn is like “omg same” lmaoo

#I get too invested in these games #but i love it so far #I keep giving her little backstories with her family and the people she knows #dragon age #dragon age origins #female cousland #wynne dragon age

[crunchbuttsteak]

I know that the Human Commoner and Avvar origins were cut from DAO (Human Commoner because it was a generic and boring Luke Skywalker story, Avvar because it would have necessitated far too many unique assets that wouldn’t have a use outside the origin mission), but it’s weird that all the human PCs in dragon age have ended up being members of the nobility.

Cousland: Second child of a major Teryn, practically one step below the king.

Amell: Originally unknown, later retconned into Kirkwall nobility as of DA2

Hawke: Temporarily embarrassed noble family in Lothering, moves back to Kirkwall.

Trevelyan: another noble family, this time from Ostwick in the free marches.

I love dragon age but I’d love to see more perspectives than that of yet another human noble.

#dragon age #dragon age origins #dragon age 2 #dragon age inquisition #hawke family #warden cousland #warden amell #inquisitor trevelyan

[mxanigel]

Happy Pride Month!

Please tell me one or more things about your queer OCs~

#happy pride 🌈 #OC things #including the labels they use is great! but please babble about all sorts of characteristics that you love about them <3 #Neri Surana: they/them | pansexual | demiromantic Warden who builds a found family with the queer af Vigil's Keep crew #Heather Cousland: she/her | bisexual | biromantic non-Warden who becomes Denerim's Dark Wolf and whose OTP is with Queen Anora Mac Tir #Shion Miller: she/her | grayace | biromantic | reluctant leader | seeks joy wherever possible | forms an OT3 with Hange Zoë + Levi Ackerman

[ndostairlyrium]

MA BUONGIORGIO!

For the OC Outfits… evil laughter

Ela: ❌ OC in something they would absolutely never wear Kerry: 🎨 OC in a cartoon character’s outfit  (I was about to ask him in a maid outfit, but I thought the world wasn't ready) Ankh: 🐰 OC in a kigurumi of their favourite animal And. I'm her fan, so.

Adra: 📷 OC in a stereotypical tourist getup (either dying inside because she hates it, or the one tourist who still refuses to change her stiletto heels on cobblestones, as you wish.) ✨✨✨

These were so much fun you have no idea :'D

❌ OC in something they would absolutely never wear

Omg give her a pair of pants, quickly! Or a full heavy armor, that's way more practical <<

🎨 OC in a cartoon character’s outfit & 🐰 OC in a kigurumi of their favourite animal

I merged them because they'd be totally up for a sleepover party with cute jammies and lots of activities! Lav loves goats, especially in a stew, and Hawke's everybody's favorite vending machine magician so I thought Doraemon was someone he could relate to 😂

📷 OC in a stereotypical tourist getup

She's that kind of tourist, of course. Always on a business call, buying from every shop she finds the least kitsch, and being an overall nuisance for engineers. Lav told her to relax, but Adra managed to sketch at least 20 outfits during the plane ride and now she's turning her hotel room into a sewing lab. Someone stop her D:

The Ask Meme

#ask meme #oc outfit doodle asks #elanor cousland #ankh #kerry #hawke #dragon age oc #adra #I was not kidding when I mentioned stew she doesn't have a favorite animal #she loves bonbon because he's family but like #her relationship with animals is that they're either food or just bundles of fur (or scales) that walk around #and bundles that walk around can be hunted #jk she's not that cruel #or is she? #also look at that 60yo running on pavé like a green fiat panda 4x4 #wait for the inquisition bank account to vanish #io conosco un grosso gatto sempre allegro e soddisfatto con la testa rotondissima 🎵 #he'd love that show

[clavicuss-vile]

just a couple heraldries i whipped together on coat of arms maker,,,,

the noble family of Mac Tir, sigil only created after Celia insisted Loghain stop living in a tent and actually fix his keep. A red rose on a backing of green for the "land" of their name, and black for Gwaren.

Followed by the Royal Family of Mac Tir, the same rose and green backing combined with the yellow mabari of Ferelden.

#because when i was making surana's i realised that we only had heraldry for Gwaren not the actual Mac Tirs #like highever is the spears and tear(?)drop but the *Couslands* are the laurels #da #headcanons #da headcanons #mac tir #anora mac tir #loghain mac tir #mac tir family #ferelden #my headcanons

[recitedemise]

A hall of curiosities, isn't it? a perfumed dowager says.

Most certainly, hums another in a white laced ensemble. A half-dead gentleman, and a half-dead girl.

Gale's legs, restless, long madly to bolt. 

For a whole of a year he has been a phantom, a well-rumored one, drearily isolated and viciously scarred. His chest still aches, his high-collared outfit by that pulsating wound, but evidently, humoring his sorrows made for miserable company. Go, his mother ordered. And attend that dance. He's still polite and mannered, has yet four springs worth of charm to glow the room, but in fearsome measures that he has never once felt, the need for books, for quiet, settles in thick. God. Gale lies with a grin, leaving a lord for what he says is the washroom. When he slips instead into a too-shadowed study, its the shimmer of her gown that makes him stop. "Ah. Apologies. I--" Was hiding? Fleeing? Am a most ill-mannered man to wander this home? Gale leans against the door, scouring for answers. He rightens, straightens, starlight scant in his hair. "Was feeling difficult, I suppose." Ha! "As rousing as tonight's conversation is, I was yearning for a debate with one Sir Elameth. A great mind, his. Perhaps you've met." / @highevar, liked.

#HIGHEVAR #REGENCY VERSE. #I read off your Bridgerton Verse! #I just plopped them in some unnamed party for the social elites. For Gale he HUST had his secret fallout with Mystra and #is finally out after isolating as he recovered in heartache. #idk if Elethea just lost her family or if it came some years before but I figure people still talk about the lady cousland who lost her #house and family. just as ppl now talk about Gale like he should be dead. #It's a lot for him. He just wants to escape and hey! they both like studies and books and academia! so! #elameth is just a spellcaster/author in dnd that i namedropped here. hooe it works. (((: #maybe this is HER home? thoughts..