"I would like to take Judith with me this time."
"Oh really? Where are you going?"
"Back to Tevinter."
"Really, now? Has it suddenly become safer?"
Fenris's mouth flattened into a thin line.
"If not, then why?" she half-demanded.
Fenris studied Merrill's face for a moment, tracing the faded lines of her Vallaslin with his eyes.
Part of him didn't want to admit it. He already felt like an awful parent. He'd abandoned his child and was now appearing out of nowhere to take her to a dangerous country on the brink of war.
"I don't want her to grow up and not know who I am…"
I've created new and up-to-date outfit references for my Inquisitor (Paya Lavellan, she/her) and her sibling (Khash Lavellan, he/they)
Images under the cut
Paya is the character on the right and Khash is the character on the left.
Paya is 33 at the start of Inquisition and Khash is 28.
Just some Vallaslin. Paya's is that of Dirthamen's. Khash wears Andruil on their face and on their chest it's in honor of Ghilan'nain
Prologue/Pre-Inq - Haven Casual - Travel/Combat 1
Prologue:
Their typical gear worn before joining the Inquisition. Khash was not present during the prologue but does show up to Haven dressed like this after the fact.
At some point between arriving at the Conclave and waking up beneath Haven, Paya was struck on the brow, creating a scar.
Haven Casual:
Paya's outfit is essentially a recoloring of the Skyhold PJs. Both siblings transition to warmer clothes that are a little atypical of what they wore previously.
Travel 1:
The gear the siblings wear throughout the time spent in the Hinterlands and before their updated outfits in Skyhold.
Skyhold Casual - Travel/Combat 2
Skyhold Casual:
The outfits worn after settling into Skyhold life. Paya's beginning to drift away from Dalish fashions. The pendant around her neck is an elfroot that was coated in resin and then enchanted. It is a gift from Sera and is worn under almost all of her gear. The scar on her shoulder is a result of an arrow that got caught in it during Corypheus's attack on Haven. Khash's outfit commissioned by Vivienne and serves function and fashion, made with warm fabrics. Care was made to keep it elvish in style per Khash's request.
Travel 2
The gear they start wearing after the move to Skyhold. Paya dons a bit of light armor and keeps a bag on her belt to store potions and herbs. Khash wears leathers and some guards but maintains an "elfy" style.
Travel/Combat 3
The left is the gear worn through the Well of Sorrows and after. Paya, who has been romancing Solas, chose to have her Vallaslin removed after finding herself completely losing faith in what the Dalish taught her. And then she got dumped. Paya's gold coat is enchanted against magical attacks and is occasionally worn around Skyhold as well. The right is the gear worn during the battle against Corypheus. They both receive a few scars during this fight.
Trespasser 'Casual' - Trespasser Gear
Casual
Two years later, the siblings meet again. Paya does wear her formal attire (not pictured) when speaking at the Council but wears this outfit outside of that. Khash comes to the Exalted Council both at their sister's request, but also as an envoy from the Dalish. The armor they wear is ceremonial but functional. At some point, Khash got another vallaslin-style tattoo, this one on the back of his neck and memorializing Paya's former vallaslin (not pictured).
Gear
Paya still has her enchanted coat! Otherwise, they've both just got additional leather guards added and coats added to their other articles of clothing. Paya's mark began to spread again about a month before the Council, and the events of Trespasser just made it much more rapid.
DA4/DA:D Casual - Combat/Travel
After returning to Skyhold to collect her things after disbanding the Inquisition, Paya came into the possession of Solas's mandible pendant, left on top of her desk in her private quarters. She has kept it this entire time and has it on her person at all times. Khash, while having lost faith in Solas a long time ago, joins Paya in her mission to save Solas, for her sake.
The weekly TIRTW* posts have been starting to feel more like a chore, rather than fun, so I think I'm going to switch to a more "standard" recommendation style posting. I've been getting better at commenting, which I think will help, and I'm not going to pressure myself to post something every week, which will definitely help.
🔸 If anyone wants to suggest themes, I'm certainly open to those and my ask box is open.
New Stories
Dalishious Elvhen Dictionary by dalishious (@dalishious) - Elvhen Dictionary - 3,628 words - WIP
Rereads
Unwritten by UnrealRomance - Solas/MGiT - 390,434 words - WIP
TheFall of Arlathan by Psalacanthea (@psalacanthea) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 38,525 words - HSE WIP (I did read my favorite bits of Schooling Pride too, but didn't have the emotional capacity for the full angstfest 😊)
Tumblr (re)Reads
😈 Claim prompt by @rosella-writes - Solas/F!Lavellan
Subscription Updates
Love Comes Home, Wolf's Pride by jasna - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 18)
Wicked Things, What a Wicked Game to Play by Cracking Lamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 69-70)
Love's Worth Running To, Love Run by JessTalksAlot (@jessitasquirrel) - Solas/F!Lavellan, background Iron Bull/M!Lavellan (Ch. 22)
Ma Ghilana Mir Bellanaris, Dir'vhen'an by oxygenforthewicked (@oxygenforthewicked) - Solas/NB!Lavellan (Ch. 22)
Chasing Ghosts, Heirloom by WickedWitchoftheWilds (@wickedwitchofthewilds) - Solas/OFC (Ch. 11)
She's Lived a Good Life by Kinako - MCiT (Ch. 31-32)
Kintsugi, Fragile World by angelslaugh (@skyerie) - {Solas/F!Lavellan, Felassan/F!Lavellan, F!Lavellan/TBD} (Ch. 27-28)
Eunoia by RosellaWrites (@rosella-writes) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 18)
Elvhenan: Tales from the Elven Empire, The Rise & Fall of Fen'Harel, The Rebel's Ascension by InArlathan (@in-arlathan) - Solas/OFC (Ch. 25)
Dreams, In Waking Dreams by AParisianShakespearean (@a-shakespearean-in-paris) - Cullen/F!Trevelyan (Ch. 93)
Vena Eolas: The Journey of an Elvhen Spirit, Sule Tael Tasalal - Until We Meet Again by faerieavalon (@faerieavalon) - {Solas/OFC, Felassan/OFC, Solas & Felassan}, past Abelas/OFC (Ch. 70)
Into the Cosmos, Into the Chaos by Pakhet (@shiver-the-tiefling) - {MGiT~MBiT, Solas/MGiT, Solas~MBiT} (Ch. 83)
Dissonant Verses, Dread Wolf Guide Us by Alexis_Trvlyn (@itsalexistrvlyn) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 17)
A Whole New World by RogueLioness (@roguelioness) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 143)
» side note - multiple chapters may mean multiple updates; or might just be me refreshing my memory, reorienting myself in the story, or rereading some for fun.
*TIRTW & can recommend
(previous weeks & TIRTW Key/Legend)
Thanks for tagging me @noire-pandora to use the picrew to make my DA chars <3
Inquisitor Marianne Trevelyan
Valeria Hawke
Ryzel Tabris
Tagging some of my lovely followers! : @oxygenforthewicked @pansexual-bunny448 @redjennybees @jessitasquirrel @livia-arida @dreamseeker-masa @dragonagecinema
She decided to ask, “Do you prefer this style or the realistic style you did for the portrait?”
“I wouldn’t say I have a preference,” he responded casually, “I do the murals like this simply because it is better suited for the material. I do not need to fear as many mistakes.”
She moved her hand down his arm before twining her fingers with his. She heard a quiet chuckle leave him as he sat his charcoal down. He pulled out of her grip and took her face between his hands, smearing charcoal over her cheekbones as he kissed her. She giggled into the kiss, holding his wrists as she returned it.
He broke the kiss before he got too heated by it, but continued to hold her, studying her face as though he had never seen it before. The crinkles at the corners of his eyes flattened as his face became more neutral. “Ar lath ma,” he half-whispered.
“Solas?”
He let go of her face and grabbed a cloth he had nearby and turned it to her face. “I have just remembered that I promised to speak with Alexander again. We have recently found a formula that may succeed at sending him back to his own time.”