Keep to the Shadows

Cryllian Tumblr: Thief, Dragon Age, Assassins Creed, Labyrinth, other Sneeky Gits and RP stuff... and the occassional fluffy kitty.

[doughtier]

it took us some time on otw-slack to figure out that we could still have more than 1 name displayed once they took away our pipe-of-disambiguation and ever since late march I’ve been abusing the unintended result regularly

⬆ because I was running around the entire day and was exhausted by 2pm

⬆ because someone brought up chocolate hummus.

I have also been (in roughly chronological order):

doughnald (doughnald dweebly at your service)

Noble Zombie Pancake (medical recovery period)

Noble Zombie Matzo Ball (medical recovery period: the Passover edition)

Honorary Cookie (the Translation committee adopted me)

Danger Doodle (it’s an alliterative version of danger noodles, aka snakes)

Chaotic Muppet (someone was looking for an adultier adult. not a one was found)

The Three Nos (all the ways I learnt to negate in Ancient Greek without knowing how to say even a single ‘yes’)

Pengling (after Breadcrumb Cucumberpatch’s inability to say ‘penguin’)

Super Quack (someone brought out some rubber duckies)

It’s entirely possible I’m forgetting a few.

[doughtier]

@cryllia‘s kidlet has spoken:

[cryllia]

INDEED <3

[actualdragonageconfessions]

solas. sole ass. one (1) ass. one ass to rule them all

[my-hogwarts-letter-is-just--blog]

I want to know everything there is to know about Solas’s hat in Wicked Eyes, Wicked Hearts. I want a cutscene of Solas just explaining his outfit. I want Patrick Weekes to just sit down with me for a few hours to answer all of my questions.

Is he just wearing it to conceal his baldness? Or is it traditional Elven formal wear? Did he pick it out himself? Or did Josephine pull him aside before the ball and explain how baldness is offensive in Orlesian culture? Why does it come with a random metal thing attached to his nose? Why is it shaped like a Hersey’s Kiss? Does Vivienne approve of his fashion choices, or did she pretend she’s never met him? Is a metal hat comfortable? If it’s armored, why isn’t he wearing it during the fight scenes?

[fairymelt-blog1]

Solas is trolling the fuck out of the Orlesians. It’s the Helm of Drasca, and basically Solas is showing sympathy with the Anders rebellion against Orlesian rule that happened after the Second Blight. 

[galadrieljones]

God I love him when he’s trolling.

[cryllia]

Hell, for all we know, he was a part of it!  And generally speaking, anything that says ‘fuck the Tevinter scum that stole everything from the Elvhen’ is gonna be cool with Solas.  

[the-emerald-halla]

“You like my side benefits?” - Class Differences in Flirting

Mage

Solas: You train your will to control magic and withstand possession. Your indomitable focus is an enjoyable side benefit.

Lavellan: Indomitable focus?

Solas: Presumably. I have yet to see it dominated. I imagine that the sight would be… Fascinating.

Rogue

Solas: You train to flick a dagger or an arrow to its target. The grace with which you move is a pleasing side benefit.

Lavellan: So you’re suggesting I’m graceful?

Solas: No. I am declaring it. It was not a subject for debate.

Warrior

Solas: You strengthen your body to deliver and withstand punishment. The muscles are an enjoyable side benefit.

Lavellan: You find the muscles enjoyable?

Solas: I meant that you enjoyed having them, presumably.

Lavellan: Oh.

Solas: But… Yes. Since you asked.

[the-emerald-halla]

So the general consensus from the fandom is that Solas is SMOOTH AF

[cryllia]

Egg shells are smoooooottthhhh

[the-emerald-halla]

PSA: Remove Armour Class Restrictions

Hey friends! Some (most?) of you may already know this, but just in case you don’t, here is how to remove class restrictions on crafted armour in Dragon Age: Inquisition. If you do this, you’ll be able to craft any type of armour for any type of combat style!

To remove Light Armour restriction: Craft armour with Dales Loden Wool in the primary slot

To remove Medium Armour restriction: Craft armour with Snoufleur Skin in the primary slot

To remove Heavy Armour restriction: Craft armour with Silverite in the primary slot

Dales Loden Wool is dropped by Red Templars in the Hissing Wastes, Emprise du Lion, and the Arbor Wilds

Snoufleur Skin can be hunted on the frozen river of Emprise du Lion near the village, and in the wheat fields near the second camp of the Exalted Plains

Silverite is found in Emprise du Lion, the Arbor Wilds, and the Frostback Basin

Happy crafting!

[cryllia]

O.O

Need to test this ASAP

[juliannablake]

So I decided to try out flycam and naturally that turned out as well as anything else I’ve ever done.

[cryllia]

pfft!

[the-emerald-halla]

Low-Approval Solas: “You Have Abandoned the Elves”

Lavellan: Ma banal las halamshir var vhen. (“You do nothing to further our people” or “Your empty ambition abandons our people”)

Solas: I have done no such thing. I simply see no way to help the elves, oppressed as they are now.

Lavellan: Ma halani! Lasa ghilan! (“You could help us! You could guide us!”)

Solas: How many Dalish would listen? Most care little about improving their lives. They already consider themselves perfect, the sole keepers of elven lore. I might reach a few, at most.

Solas: But… You are right. That is more than I reach doing nothing. I suppose I am just tired of fighting.

Lavellan: What do you mean, you’re tired of fighting? Fighting what?

Solas: Did you think I honed my magical skills to impress spirits? I have joined my share of causes. But when I offered lessons learned in the Fade, I was derided by my enemies - and sometimes my allies. Liar. Fool. Madman. There are endless ways to say someone isn’t worth listening to. Over time, it grinds away at you.

Lavellan: If you stop fighting, they win.

Solas: You do not win a war by fighting to the death in every battle. Pick the fights you can win, remember your goals, and do nothing that does not further them.

(This is not intended to be a Solas-critical post. This is just to show a side of him that many ride or die Solas fans won’t see in their playthroughs.)

[cryllia]

Good Reference for if (when) Solas and Vena fight!

[cryllia]

Thedas Travel Map

Travel Times in Thedas

Hey Guys! So I promised this eight-thousand years ago, and it’s finally done!  A map with the miles between all the different places across Thedas.  From here, you can calculate your character’s travel times from place to place!  Here’s how it works: Figure out your route - Point A to Point B Add up all the numbers between A and B. Figure how your character/party is travelling:  - On foot?  20 Miles a Day  - By Horse?  40 Miles a Day  - An Entire Army?  10 Miles a Day  - By Sea? 100 Miles a Day Divide your total by the travel time.

Keep in mind these are averages - nasty conditions, Ventatori, rogue bandits, exploration, and bears will all slow you down.  The camps on each map seem to be 5-10 miles apart. To field a couple of questions I know will come up:

Keep reading

[cryllia]

Reblog for the Morning!

[destinyapostasy]

ok my lair is getting waaaaay too crowded so i’m giving away any of the dragons here to mutuals that wanna take them off my hands. Just let me know who you want/your FR user name and I’ll send them over!

[cryllia]

I just started playing FR!  I’m Cryllia there too 😄  If, onyx isn’t taken, they’re gorgeous!

[cryllia]

Thedas Travel Map

Travel Times in Thedas

Hey Guys! So I promised this eight-thousand years ago, and it’s finally done!  A map with the miles between all the different places across Thedas.  From here, you can calculate your character’s travel times from place to place!  Here’s how it works: Figure out your route - Point A to Point B Add up all the numbers between A and B. Figure how your character/party is travelling:  - On foot?  20 Miles a Day  - By Horse?  40 Miles a Day  - An Entire Army?  10 Miles a Day  - By Sea? 100 Miles a Day Divide your total by the travel time.

Keep in mind these are averages - nasty conditions, Ventatori, rogue bandits, exploration, and bears will all slow you down.  The camps on each map seem to be 5-10 miles apart. To field a couple of questions I know will come up:

1) Yes.  I moved Crestwood and the Stormcoast from their ‘location’ in  DAI.  This was on purpose and everything - the actual DAI Map (the one that doesn’t have the location logos on it) actually shows these two places as being elsewhere - Crestwood as a town to the east of Lake Calenhad and the Storm Coast on the west side of Jader.  About half the in-game lore actually relates to this as well, and the local maps make infinitely more sense when you put them at their originally intended locations.  Now, I know some people will want to go for what the game says, and not what it meant, so for y’all I have this advice:

If calculating for Crestwood, Go to West Hill instead - they’re literally overlain on each other. If calculating for The Storm Coast add/subtract about 20 miles to Highever (to the west - it depends on the direction you’re coming from).

1a) I know there’s no path to the Basin.  I have absolutely no idea how we get there.  Is it a cave system or a mountain path?  Is it from the Orlesian or Ferelden side?  No clue!  So I figured to be better safe than sorry and simply include it with no route, than to speculate.

2) The Imperial Highway is the lighter brown road - that’s the only ‘official’ road we have.  The darker brown roads are presumed.  The sea routes, while not ‘official’ are taken from the lore about how you can get where.

3) This is a map I made, carefully constructed from all the other maps published by Bioware.  That includes the scale from RPG map - to which this map is.  The numbers are as accurate as they can be, given the information we have... as more information becomes available (c’mon Bioware!  Announce the next game already!) I can update this map if there’s interest in it.

[elvhentrash]

Look, I really do have a dry sense of humor so things like this don’t normally bother me. I tend to not get involved in fandom drama because wow holy shit why would I do that? But if I see any of that Solas/Trump bullshit on my dash you’re getting unfollowed. It’s not funny for so many reasons.

[cryllia]

YES.  True here as well.

[solas-an]

[swoopingisrad-deactivated202007]

Sometimes I think about how after the joining Duncan and Alistair make you a friendship necklace.

[daintymageflower-blog]

@cryllia ppft look at your Warden commander boyfriend

[cryllia]

<3  omgggggg  It’s amazing!

[painted-bees]

Character solidifying!

[rockinrpmemes]

1. How does your character think of their father? What do they hate and love about him? What influence - literal or imagined - did the father have? 2. Their mother? How do they think of her? What do they hate? Love? What influence - literal or imagined - did the mother have? 3. Brothers, sisters? Who do they like? Why? What do they despise about their siblings? 4. What type of discipline was your character subjected to at home? Strict? Lenient? 5. Were they overprotected as a child? Sheltered? 6. Did they feel rejection or affection as a child? 7. What was the economic status of their family? 8. How does your character feel about religion? 9. What about political beliefs? 10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted? 11. How do they see themselves: as smart, as intelligent, uneducated? 12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations? 13. Did they like school? Teachers? Schoolmates? 14. Were they involved at school? Sports? Clubs? Debate? Were they unconnected? 15. Did they graduate? High-School? College? Do they have a PHD? A GED? 16. What does your character do for a living? How do they see their profession? What do they like about it? Dislike? 17. Did they travel? Where? Why? When? 18. What did they find abroad, and what did they remember? 19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now? 20. What were the most deeply impressive political or social, national or international, events that they experienced? 21. What are your character’s manners like? What is their type of hero? Whom do they hate? 22. Who are their friends? Lovers? ‘Type’ or ‘ideal’ partner? 23. What do they want from a partner? What do they think and feel of sex? 24. What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually? 25. What are their hobbies and interests? 26. What does your character’s home look like? Personal taste? Clothing? Hair? Appearance? 27. How do they relate to their appearance? How do they wear their clothing? Style? Quality? 28. Who is your character’s mate? How do they relate to him or her? How did they make their choice? 29. What is your character’s weaknesses? Hubris? Pride? Controlling? 30. Are they holding on to something in the past? Can he or she forgive? 31. Does your character have children? How do they feel about their parental role? About the children? How do the children relate? 32. How does your character react to stress situations? Defensively? Aggressively? Evasively? 33. Do they drink? Take drugs? What about their health?  34. Does your character feel self-righteous? Revengeful? Contemptuous? 35. Do they always rationalize errors? How do they accept disasters and failures? 36. Do they like to suffer? Like to see other people suffering? 37. How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories? 38. Are they basically negative when facing new things? Suspicious? Hostile? Scared? Enthusiastic? 39. What do they like to ridicule? What do they find stupid? 40. How is their sense of humor? Do they have one? 41. Is your character aware of who they are? Strengths? Weaknesses? Idiosyncrasies? Capable of self-irony? 42. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain? 43. Does your character have any secrets? If so, are they holding them back? 44. How badly do they want to obtain their life objectives? How do they pursue them? 45. Is your character pragmatic? Think first? Responsible? All action? A visionary? Passionate? Quixotic? 46. Is your character tall? Short? What about size? Weight? Posture? How do they feel about their physical body? 47. Do they want to project an image of a younger, older, more important person? Does they want to be visible or invisible? 48. How are your character’s gestures? Vigorous? Weak? Controlled? Compulsive? Energetic? Sluggish? 49. What about voice? Pitch? Strength? Tempo and rhythm of speech? Pronunciation? Accent? 50. What are the prevailing facial expressions? Sour? Cheerful? Dominating?

[mindtrove]

send!

[cryllia]

oooh.  Hit me up! (Lavellan, Hawke, or Cousland!)

[iliadeleart]

All the while drawing this I pictured Anders being like “ bye bby ima kick some Templar ass *kissu*”. I mean like in those old movies were the husband kisses the wifey goodbye before heading out to work.

I didn’t know this ship was everything I needed.

[cryllia]

For you @daintymageflower and @alamerysl

[eggsquisitedreadwolf-deactivate]

Going through my old old album, finding old shots, just thinkin how funny Solas looks with his hands on his hips like this. Work it baby

[cryllia]

Mmmm, yes.  also can we talk about how the first pic is literally asking you to climb Solas like a tree?  LOLOL

[fashion-runways]

BASIL SODA Couture Fall/Winter 2017

[cryllia]

Morrigan?