DA Lore Whore

Currently writing "By Gods Forsaken" on AO3 and that's going to be a 40+ chapter, 200k+ word retelling of Inquisiton to set up for my fix-it fic for Veilguard.

[dalorewhore]

Dalish Clans

As I further develop the Lavellan clan in my longfic, By Gods Forsaken, I'm starting to wonder about all the other clans. Sure they meet up every ten years or something to share knowledge, but due to their lifestyle they must be vastly different with their own issues. (I do really like the theory of roaming keepers I saw here before -- if I find it, I'll link it)

You've got Zathrian's clan with the nature spirit and werewolves in DAO, Merril's clan and the mirror in DA2, and we don't really get to see much detail of any clan in DAI (Hawen's clan in the Exalted Plains doesn't even have a clan name associated with it!) and DATV is so focused on the two escaped gods, only the Veil Jumpers get some sort of detail and its not much.

While my Lavellan clan keeper is following a "mission" she believes the Emerald Knight that founded their clan wanted to happen (mentioned in the most recent chapter beginning flashback), I wonder what other goals the other clans might have.

A clan that focuses on military might with the goal to retake Halamshiral (probably allied with Briala as she attempts to keep the War of the Lions raging)

A clan focused on herbs and potions to try to bring back elven immortality through other means

A clan attempting to restore an ruin in Arlathan in order to call their gods home (awakens something else?)

A clan that believes Fen'harel split himself into wolves so that he could live forever and that if they destroy all his wolf forms, the gods will be free

A clan that worships the Forgotten Ones, believing that since they are not imprisoned they may be the only hope to regain elven glory and destroy the shemlen

A clan that hides deep in the korcari wilds and refuses civilization, believing the world was never meant to be tamed with buildings and roads and politics and that the wilds will reclaim everything eventually (very pro-Veil removal)

A clan that is well-known with outerlying human villages since they are very friendly and are the only traders that run by these villages, giving them products that they don't have access to and trading skills

A clan that is heavily influenced by nearby dwarven trading and shared knowledge that they have adopted a lot of enchantment and secret lyrium techniques (perhaps Bellara's clan?)

I could keep going, but I should be writing. I want to hear other ideas! What other clans do you think would be cool to be in the game?

[dalorewhore]

Anyone else get spam like this?

They give the chatgpt bare minimum compliment and then, if you respond, mention they have "ideas" they want to share with you. Whats the purpose? Whats the end goal? I generally mark as spam before it gets too far, but will they charge me for ideas?? This isnt the usual AI fanart racket, but I've gotten this exact wording of "is it planned or do you let it evolve" so many times.

[dalorewhore]

An incident leaves the Inquisition without their Fade scholar as they charge on the final outpost of the Freemen. Will Ellana be able to harness this new rift ability with the anchor or will it tear her apart? 

The conclusion for the Exalted Plains is now posted! And yes, it includes the All New, Faded for Her quest. What happens when Solas leaves the party without Ellana fully capable of controlling the anchor? 

[dalorewhore]

I saw a post the other day with interest in Dragon Age lore and it was mainly focused on a statue that had two sets of shoulders and two sets of arms and I'm mad I didn't reblog it because now I want to be able to find it so I can look into that statue. Has anyone seen this post?

[dalorewhore]

Immediately after I hit send, I found the post: here

Because I'm a dumbass who remembers that you can go back through your likes. Anyway VERY happy to find this! yay yay yay

[dalorewhore]

I saw a post the other day with interest in Dragon Age lore and it was mainly focused on a statue that had two sets of shoulders and two sets of arms and I'm mad I didn't reblog it because now I want to be able to find it so I can look into that statue. Has anyone seen this post?

[magicvicky2]

That one banter on the war table…Leliana doesn’t comment on it but I know in my heart she was putting that nonchalant spymaster facade on hard to pretend she didn’t want to even take a peek

[the-fade]

[herald-divine-hell]

Although it is probably because BioWare didn't want to go into the hassle of adding all the magic trees of DAO, I love to imagine the only reason why the Inquisitor has primarily the School of Primal magical talents is because Quizzy just like to blow a bunch of shit up, at least the Trevelyan Quizzy.

[dalorewhore]

Shit. I should add some magic trees to the Emerald Graves! But where?

[snoh-body]

Why was Solas so vicious with Rook?

For MOST of the game Solas is rather vicious with Rook, and with reason if you take a look at his character:

You can have him warm up to you as you contineau playing the game, or make him stay the same condescending, mocker - with regards in how he racts to Rook. Rook literally did the one thing he hated most; Acted in ignorance and it nearly cost him and the entire world everything. All he sacrificed, all he betrayed and hurt rendered into NOTHING because of Rook interupting what they didnt understand and ignorantly putting themselves into his ritual.

Its why if you zoom in on his face when the Evanuris escaped, you see him cry. Everything he did: made pointless. He's crying cause he just killed Varric, he killed Mythal, he killed Fellassan, he sacrificed a host of spirits, he betrayed and abandonned his only love, and left all the friends he made in INQ behind. Im not suprised Solas was so vicious to Rook.

[maxx-the-queer]

Replaying Inquisition, doing the DLC - what do you mean the Shaperate write all of their archives using lyrium?????

I just cannot even express how much that gets to me. Knowing what we do about Orzammar and the way the kingdom operates from Origins, the Shaperate aren't so much an archive as they are a tool for the ruling class.

Orzammar changes their history to fit a politically convenient image all the time, and they do so in the blood of the titans, the origin of their entire people.

Entire houses, entire components of history, people and paragons have been struck from the records in an instant, only to have their existence rewritten and reworked to fit the agenda of whoever is on the throne.

The Shaperate preserve their propaganda in the blood of their fucking ancestors.

[stonesense]

i was just thinking about villainquisition and i was like, if i had the inquisition antagonists seek out dragons to kill them for sport, bearing in mind that these are the magical creatures who famously just recently returned to the world from extinction from being killed for sport too much, and then they also had josephine put the dragon corpses on display for nobles’ enjoyment and support, i would be like, “harker that’s too on the nose. you have to represent that these people are the enemies of not just magic but of all hope this world has of recovery from its history of violence in a more subtle way.”

[sluttyquarantinetheory]

Dragon Age Dwarven politics are so good. Just such a juicy mess and the games do barely fuckall with them. The gender politics. The castes. The ruins of the former palace becoming the slums. I would die to play a game that is just negotiating trade deals between Kal Sharok and Orzammar.

[dalorewhore]

By Gods Forsaken on AO3 just reached 1000 hits! Thank you so much to my readers! I hope you're enjoying it so far!

Don't worry about chapters for a good long while. I've almost finished the Emerald Graves (38-40) so the only reason you may not see me post on a Tuesday is because I've slept in 😅. I will need to update the total chapters since its at 50 now but with Trespasser it might go longer.

Can't wait to share the last installment of the Exalted Plains next week!

[snail-woman]

“I've had dealings with her in the past. She is ruthless and capable of anything.”

DA sapphic week day 4, prompt: reunion

[dalorewhore]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Aiding the imperial army has become a battle on its own. When they find the citadelle for Empress Celene’s soldiers, more unravels about the Freeman and the power they may possess. 

Chapter 28 is available now. A really fun chapter with more Exalted Plains but now with green lyrium! One more chapter of the Exalted Plains left and then we clean up some side quests before the Winter Palace!

[cheriboms]

theyre not ready for wicked grace yet

[ref]

[eleni-anz]

alistair ft. philomena cunk