VIR BANAL’RAS

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[cumbiazevran]

✨❤️‍🔥About CumbiaZevran❤️‍🔥✨

→ 30+; they/them; latin-american & slavic; non-white; still not over the gothic horror elements in Origins, and most likely will never be; nonbinary elves central. Mutuals feel free to ask for my discord!

→ Other blogs: @vampiresuns (main); @thebitchkingofangmar (tolkien)

→ This only requires saying because it is important for me to say it: I will not be playing Veilguard, and this blog will not contain anything regarding Veilguard from now on. This is not an “anti” statement, I am not telling you what to do, I am simply letting people know not to expect anything regarding Veilguard to be around here, nor to expect me to acknowledge its storyline.

[cumbiazevran]

were I a braver person I'd restart Arviraven's play-through in Inquisition again, because I miss them so badly I have resorted to staring at his picrews like its my dead wife at the beginning of a romcom.

[pillow-princeps]

I wish there was a narratively satisfying way to justify picking Sten to fight Loghain over the Warden and Alistair because the way he responds to getting chosen for the duel by actually smiling a little, saying "Finally" like his sole goal in life has been to beat Loghain to death in front of a live studio audience and then heading off for that standoff/quickdraw cutscene is very cool

[general-sleepy]

[ID: An edited screenshot of a headline: "My Kadan's Enemies Are Now My Enemies, Too" END ID]

[thevaelguard]

Could Sebastian Vael from Dragon Age 2 survive prison?

Yes

No

Voting ended onSep 14, 2025

in a theoretical universe where he tries to invade, fails, and then gets arrested for trying to annex Kirkwall <3

[swordbisexual-deactivated202601]

Enid Trevelyan

1 cask Sun Blonde Vint-1 2 casks Serault cider 2 bottles Legacy White Shear 1 pound dried elfroot Randy Dowager Quarterly - latest issue plus last five published

– from a recovered Skyhold shipping manifest, listed for delivery to the Inquisitor’s quarters

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Take care when dealing with the Inquisition, and especially when dealing with their Inquisitor. You haven’t dealt with the Chantry directly much before all of this, but I have, and I can tell you: Enid Trevelyan is a shrewd, shifty bitch. You can hear and see most humans coming a mile away, and she’s no different, but you won’t see her coming when she robs you blind with just a few strokes of a pen. And do not - do not - join her at the Wicked Grace table, no matter how much she and Tethras try to sweet-talk you into it. She’ll rob you blind there, too.

– Rehan, of the Ostwick Carta, in correspondence with Daryn, an underling sent to Skyhold

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A special edition in high demand:

The Randy Dowager welcomes this age of innovation with An Artificer’s Quiver, a tale of flame-haired ingenues and the inventions they devise to lance the heart of even the most pious and stoic of the cloth.

The Randy Dowager: Exhibitions for the noble of thought, but spry of step.

The Lady herself says: “Never before have I considered such titillation in oscillation, but this tale of a skilled machinist and the toys she’s devised can wind one up into a tizzy. Five scarves fluttered out of five.”

—

…but other than your nephews and niece wanting to know when you’ll be back home - and little Mari is quite put out that you’ve not yet sent her anymore flowers from your hold’s gardens, while the twins are still pestering me for full-sized swords from your smith - there is little of import going on in Ostwick. And why should there be? Gareth is still in fits that you’ve become the most important Trevelyan, outclassing even he despite his three tourney wins and the title of the Bann writ into his inheritance. I, personally, am glad to see it, and have never been prouder of you, Enid Mathilde. I only ask that you write more often, and in greater detail. Osher just sent us word that you were seen dancing at the Winter Palace, and with your own commander to boot. If you don’t set the record straight, she’ll have all of Ostwick believing that you’re about to elope with a Fereldan, and that might be what finally silences Lady Buttlefort’s endless prattling about being close friends with your ambassador once and for all.

On second thought, perhaps a little mystery is warranted. I shall be happy to hear from you in whatever capacity you are able.

– a letter sent from Rhian Trevelyan, elder sister of Enid Trevelyan, shortly after the Inquisitor’s return from Halamshiral

[swordbisexual-deactivated202601]

Vissenta Hawke

For a good time call on Hawke First door past Viscount’s Way

– graffiti scratched on the side wall of The Hanged Man, supposedly by Vissenta Hawke herself

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Offense: noise complaint, repeated

Fine: Five sovereigns

Scribbled at the bottom of the notice:

Hawke, please. If you lot can’t keep it to Lowtown, I’ll have to enforce curfew, and the Seneschal is tightening the purse strings as it is. -A

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…the Champion of Kirkwall was a charming woman, and not nearly as fearsome as the stories out of Kirkwall would have you believe. Granted, they are none too charitable towards Ferelden in the Free Marches, so it is not surprising that every tale makes her out to be some ill-bred, snarling beast who staked her claim through brute force. At Chateau Haine, she was possessed of sparkling wit, if a little coarse around the edges, and well-mannered enough to toss a caprice or two in the garden fountain. I myself found her to be refreshing after days spent mincing words surrounded by nothing but Orlesians, and even your good lady wife conceded that she was far better at holding conversation than Bann Perrin. Should her duties allow her to travel back to her homeland, she will always be welcome in Redcliffe as a guest of honor.

– correspondence from Arl Teagan Guerrin to his brother Eamon

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They say that behind the Blue Wraith, there is a shadow cloaked in crimson.

Throughout the Imperium, few inspire such fear as the Wraith. His talent for death is second to none, and at his side is a woman whose blades cut as deep as his gauntleted fist. The Champion, she was once called, she who slew the Arishok and struck fear into the heart of every blood mage in Kirkwall. Now, she is only the Shadow, and if the Wraith somehow passes you by, you have only moments before his Shadow cuts your throat.

–from a broadsheet sold in Minrathous’ Dock Town streets

[shelternmberone]

Hes beating depression allegations one smile at a time

[swordbisexual-deactivated202601]

Heloise Amell

Amell: girl, born 30 Kingsway 9:11 Dragon, named Heloise Nanette

– single page from the Kirkwall Chantry infant baptismal record, moved to Denerim in 9:32 Dragon

"Heloise Amell. Her arrival at Kinloch Hold will not soon be forgotten. A quiet and unassuming child, who has grown to a studious and circumspect young woman, affected all within ten metres with an air of miasma that required three Templars and two senior enchanters, including myself, to dispel. Since that day, she has largely been taught alone, as both a cautionary measure and an academic necessity. She possesses a talent far beyond her peers, with a particular inclination towards the schools of entropy and primal force. She might be an excellent candidate for the next First Enchanter were she not lacking in the magnanimity and social grace required of the post. As it is, she is more than ready for her Harrowing, and shows great promise as a mage who might represent the Circle most laudably when its power is called upon in times of war."

– First Enchanter Irving’s recommendation to Knight-Commander Greagoir in support of Heloise’s proposed Harrowing

"…I am left with nothing but respect for the young Warden Amell, but it is a respect hard-won. As an apprentice at Kinloch, her presence was unnerving. I remember more than one of my Templars, may the Maker guide them now in the wake of the maleficars’ siege, requesting a transfer of post anytime they were to be in the same room as Mistress Amell. I myself could not bear to speak to her for any length of time beyond formalities, but that had little to do with her aptitude for the magics of negation. No, I have always found her to simply be intolerable in most conversation. She is much like her mentor, Irving, though without his talent for masking disdain or condescension. She speaks as though she thinks herself above most in intellect, often forgetting her place as a mage. Should you encounter her in the coming days, you have my condolences."

– personal correspondence of Knight-Commander Greagoir to the Knight-Captain of Denerim

Heloise Amell Savior of Redcliffe "Magic exists to serve man, and never to rule over him."

– inscription upon the carved likeness of the Hero of Ferelden in Redcliffe Village

(Many thanks to @cumbiazevran for inspiring me to put together codex entries for these biography posts!)

[swordbisexual-deactivated202601]

Oh you know just gals being pals.

[kokoko-sir]

his skirts and t h i g h s………………unghhhhh

[fenrinnn]

[thedragonagelesbian]

Actually these tags need to be their own post bc i thought about it for too long and i made myself sick

[thedragonagelesbian]

Peer reviewing @thewardenisonthecase 's tags!!

[ayesopod]

long haired sebastian on my mind.... oughhh

[felderwin]

mylfal. is that anything

[apostatefeverdream]

personally i think veilguard is the best game in the series solely because it let me make dorian pavus the magic president

[fuckyeahmhawkefenris]

It's no wonder gifs are made so rarely these days! That tumblr update that messed up the fundamental settings made everything blurry and killed the beauty D:

Still, it occured to me that there are some of Fenris's lines that not everyone knows of because he gets overriden by pretty much everyone in most situations.

You'll have to take him along alone and nobody else to hear some of them.

[stonesense]

amell crest on the hip is such an insane move i’m not even that much of a fenhawke person but i think about this all the time

[stonesense]

i can’t get into a relationship with the person i’m in love with right now even after we slept together, because of my backstory trauma: understandable

i can’t get into a relationship with the person i’m in love with right now even after we slept together, because of my backstory trauma, so instead i’ve decided to unannounced show up wearing their family crest like a badge and then continue wearing it constantly and publicly, as if to tell everyone i belong to their household (of which otherwise nobody is left but them), for the next THREE YEARS of NOT BEING TOGETHER: what could possibly be this wrong with you

[fuckyeahmhawkefenris]

Sorry, i'm stealing these :3