For The Inquisition

she/her | mostly a dragon age blog. follows back as @thoughtful-hobbit

[vhyral]

I’ve missed my Watcher so here’s a fast sketch. Aloth is so very lucky that Eder is not romancable.

[wifihunters]

Rally drives your allies to fight harder, gaining guard, stamina, and mana build up over time, and resistance against incoming attacks.

Cass at long last! why a revenant shows for her ability, i’ll never know. 

[burritorat]

Thedas most anticipated arm wrestling match

[innocencelives]

shoutout to people with simultaneously great and terrible memories. like oh yeah i remember in perfect detail that random story you told about the banana costume from a year ago but all of novemeber? completely blank.

[lightwolf]

Editing? Oh you mean fic patching.

[lightwolf]

Protagonist now has more complex motivations.

Protagonist now remembers key facts about important people. He no longer develops convenient amnesia between cutscenes.

Protagonist now has a cooldown on certain adverbs. Adverbs have been buffed by 30% to compensate.

Developer note: Adverbs are important to writing but they are sometimes overused. This change keeps adverbs relevant while encouraging the use of adjectives and verbs.

The horse now has a name.

Deuteragonist snark power has been increased to 150, up from 75.

[lavellanlin]

[luinquesse]

First mothly giveaway art, with a theme of “dresses” because I don’t draw them much :D

Lucilia Hawke in a rather modern dress. Might not be Thedas appropriate, but hey, that wasn’t the point here. Also, I loved the fact that I could match her hair with the dress.

Lucilia belongs to @keeperscompanionsdai 

[cdhurricane]

The Lovers or Mahariel’s parents -  card from Warden Mahariel tarot deck

I like to think, that Mahariel’s mother was an dalish apostate. She was cast out by her clan after she had displayed magical ability. She had to join the muggers to survive into the wilderness. She met the Keeper of the Sabrae after she had decided to leave the group and past life behind.

Other cards:

The Devil | The Lovers | The Sun | The Tower | The World | The Star | The Moon | The Judgement | The Hanged Man | The Fool

Ace of Swords | 2 of Swords | 3 of Swords | 4 of Swords | 5 of Swords | 6 of Swords |

Ace of Cups | 4 of Cups | 7 of Cups |

10 of Pentacles |

3 of Wands |

[barking-in-the-dark]

The Dalish Messaging System.

The Dalish use small to medium sized birds of prey to send messages to distant clans. These birds include hawks, falcons, and owls. Each clan will have a colored harness and symbol specific to that clan. (Sabrae being lets say purple, plum to be exact and Lavellan being brick red. Zathrain’s clan has silver.) They use these birds communicate with one another when simply passing a note or talking is not possible. Owls are used at night, usually for secretive messages. Birds of prey are used do to their swiftness, and being predators there is usually no worry of something eating said messenger bird. Now if the bird is looking for an individual/ a place to land (circling and calling out above the camp or a traveling clan), say Jhaan and is having trouble locating him, all Jhaan needs to is whistle in the corresponding birds sounds. Such as a whistle to mimic a hawks shriek, or say it’s chirping, small calls, etc. or hums and smaller sounds to mimic the sounds of the owl that’s carrying the message, be it the deep “whoo whoo” of the Greater Horned Owl, or the haunting whistle of a Eastern Screech Owl. Once the message has been delivered the receiving party usually feeds the bird and either replies to the message right away or sends the bird on it’s way after giving it food, water and should it be needed shelter for the night/day.

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Tarot cheat sheet

Major Arcana

The Fool-Beginnings, Risks The Magician- Actions, manifestations The High Priestess- Hidden knowledge, Secrets The Empress- Resources, Abundance The Emperor- Boundaries, Order The Heirophant- Education, Lessons, Unity The Lovers- Love, decisions The Chariot- Progress, determination Strength- Managing situations, endurance The Hermit- Searching, analysis The Wheel of Fortune- Fate, Luck Justice- Decisions, Balance The Hanged Man- Waiting, sacrifice Death- Transformation, Rebirth Temperance- Negotiation, common ground The Devil-Restrictions, Indulgence The Tower-Unexpected failure, breakdowns The Star- Hope and guidance The Moon- Anxiety and deep emotions The Sun- Growth, Recovery Judgement- The past, second chances The World- Success, completion

Minor Arcana

Cups- Water Element, “I feel”- How emotions rule over and work within the meanings of the cards.

Ace- Love, Beginnings Two- Partnerships Three- Celebration Four- Boredom, longing Five- Loss, sadness Six- Peace, reconciliation Seven- confusion, possibilities Eight- Departure, leaving behind Nine- A wish coming true, contentment Ten- Happiness, family Page- Opportunities, Chances Knights- Emotional and dreamy influence Queen- Intelligent and intuitive influence King- Charismatic and Wise influence

Pentacles- Earth Element, “I have”- How possessions rule over and work within the meanings of the cards.

Ace- Money, success, beginnings Two- Decisions, balancing finances Three- Showing talents, chances Four- Stability, hiding Five- Financial loss, chasing Six- Generosity, supporting Seven- Potential with work Eight- Money coming, building success Nine- Comfort, success Ten- Inheritance, something lost Page- An offer Knight- A dependable influence Queen- A genorous influence King- A prosperous influence

Swords- Air Element, “I think”- How thoughts rule over and work within the  meanings of the cards.

Ace-  Success Two- Stalemate Three- Heartbreak Four- Rest, overwhelmed Five- Conflict Six- Leaving conflict behind Seven- Theft of positivity Eight- Restriction Nine- Anxiety Ten- Endings Page- Intelligence, alertness Knight- A opposing influence Queen- An independent influence King- A strong willed influence

Wands- Fire Element, “I desire”- How desires rule over and work within the meanings of the cards.

Ace- News, beginnings, fertility Two- Making plans Three- Travel Four- Freedom, rest Five- Stong opinions, fights Six- Victory Seven- Work, effort Eight- News, attack Nine- Stress, suspicion, strength Ten- Burdened, work Page- A message, understanding Knight- A motivational influence Queen- A creative influence King- An expressive influence

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Tabris, who screamed at his father weeks before the wedding took place, who feared getting married because he didn’t know what he wanted. He still doesn’t know.

Tabris, who after he’s done fuming, gets drunk with his buddies. They’ve been ‘children’ much longer then he has, they egg him on and urge him to reconsider. Tabris ducks underneath the wooden fence separating the run down alienage from the outside world. He goes for a walk to cool his head, then returns to his father and apologizes. His anger wrestled and subdued not because it’s genuine, but because Cyrion is all he has left, and obligation far outweighs any personal feelings he has about this. He’ll play his part and fallow through with the wedding for the sake of family and stability.

Tabris, who awakens to find his betrothed is here early, lies to his cousin, his father, and even himself. Thinking all the while that maybe getting married won’t be so bad. He only tells Gethon and his wife the truth, there momentary, fleeting. The lid keeping his rage from boiling over slides off when he agrees to let Nessa stay with his family. “She’s not too bad looking, think of the possibilities.” His father fed him the same line weeks ago when they were fighting over his bride. He’s not doing this out of kindness, he’s doing it out of spite. Cyrion looks disappointed, his voice gets low, quiet, and Tabris feels fear pluck at his heart strings, “I thought we raised you better then that.”

Tabris the disappointment.

[howelldaniel]

There’s a fic on fanfiction(.)net that I’ve kept tabs on for years to see if it’s been updated or not. While I’m no longer even in the fandom it’s written for, it just has one of the greatest storylines I’ve ever read. Last time it was updated was 2011.

The other day, I decided to reread the entire thing and leave a very in-depth review of what I thought of each chapter. I also mentioned how I started reading it when I was 13 and am now 21, but always came back to see if it was ever finished because I loved it so dearly.

Today, said author sent me a private message saying that her analytics showed that the story was still getting views even after all these years, but no one ever bothered to leave reviews other than “update soon!!!”, so she never felt motivated enough to finish it. She said that me reviewing every single chapter with lengthy paragraphs made her cry and meant the world to her. She also mentioned that she felt encouraged to write the two remaining chapters needed to complete the story and that she would send me a message the night before she updates the fic.

I’m literally sobbing. I’m so excited :’)

Please always remember to leave a review when reading fanfiction!!! It means a lot to a writer.

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Seriously, this is what keeps us going; YOUR COMMENTS. 

[jawlipops]

mergays for mermay

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tag yourself I’m crushed party

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everybody else: has fully-written and detailed backstories of their characters, knows everything about their likes and dislikes, has specific face claims for each one, and has fully thought-out personalities and flaws

me:

[tessa1972]

[storybookhawke]

DA4 Wishlist #5402817

bring back mages using staff blades for close-combat like in DA2