Brothers of the Forest

Dragon Age OC blog for the brothers Felras and Fendral Aceren, a pair of Dalish elves who lost their clan and eventually joined up with the Bull's Chargers. Part of The World of Thedas Roleplay group.

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[sahlin-revas]

Fenris looked at the other elf when he spoke and he then looked ahead, still moving. “A plan…” he spoke, glancing behind them. “I know I don’t plan on letting them catch us,” said Fenris, shifting so that he held Felras’ arm around his neck as to support him better. The thought of leaving Felras behind crossed Fenris’ mind, but it left immediately. Fenris owed him his life, the least he could do was return it. 

Luckily for them, most of their trouble was indoors, so they had some air to breathe - literally - as they got outside. Fenris didn’t stop moving, hoping to get away as quickly as he could. “Come on, they’ll be on us soon when they find the bodies, we need to be as far away from here as possible when that happens.”

[felsbells]

The mage wheezed as their pace picked up, but the didn't ask Fenris to stop. The quicker they were out of here, the better. Though he was dreading what came after that. Best to worry about it when the time came.

There was a more immediate concern on his mind. "If it becomes necessary, I want you to drop me and run. There's no sense in us both being caught again." He chuckled ruefully. "At least if they catch me this time they'll just kill me instead of making me Tranquil."

[feredirthesmolandangry-blog]

Family Reunion||Closed RP

[felsbells]

feredirthesmolandangry

“Ah, he finally speaks!” He managed to get out without too much trouble, rubbing at his face he looked at them for what seemed like the millionth time. His gaze settling on his twin as he sniffled and tried to force his anger to stay. “F-Fel made us a promise, I have plenty of reason to be upset! Did you or did you not come back after it cleared to even check?! To put us to rest, give us peace?!” His fists clenched as he took a few steps towards them. “I waited for you, I-I was so happy you escaped! I….” He let out a sound of frustration and covered his eyes then. This was hard, staying mad was hard, and he just wanted to run.

He’d accepted his fate, that they’d forgotten about him. “Do……do you want to know what happened??” He couldn’t look at them and tell them any of this. “Do you want to know what I went through trying to f-find you two? All the pain and….disgusting, vile things I had to do just to get an idea of if you two were ok??” His voice was wavering as much as the oceans waves crashing onto and running away from the shore. “P-Part of me wants you to know…the other doubts y-you’d care”

Fel's voice was steely when he responded, though his own eyes burned. "I could never begin to understand what you've sufferred. But if you want to be angry, be angry at me. It was my choice not to go back, to keep moving forward and try to provide for Fendral when we had nothing. My choice to do what was necessary to ensure that Fendral would have food to eat, clothes to wear, and wouldn't have to sleep out in the damp and cold. If I had known you were alive, were sufferring, I would have come for you. But I didn't know. And neither did he."

[thedalishbloodmage]

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty~!" - (Fendral)

Put “Morning, Sleeping Beauty” in my askbox for my character’s reaction to waking up in bed with yours with no recollection of the night prior.

She didn’t recognize the man beside her, well that was a lie , she had seen him with the rest of The Iron Bull’s chargers, but she had never really gotten to speak to him. She groaned softly a moment looking at him.

“What happened last night?”

[felsbells]

thedalishbloodmage

“It was hard, I tried to make the passing as painless as possible for them…” She spoke softly. While she wasn’t always treated well she never thought any of them deserved that sort of fate

"At least you were able to help them, if even a little bit." On impulse, he reached out and brushed a few strands of her dark hair out of her face. "How about we talk about something a bit less painful, hmm? I can see this bothers you."

[feredirthesmolandangry-blog]

Family Reunion||Closed RP

[felsbells]

feredirthesmolandangry:

Feredir bitterly scoffed and looked away, he couldn’t keep the anger up forever and it was better to hide it then show he was losing his resolve fast. “Of course you would’ve……didn’t you even try to go back? HUH?! WE’RE TWINS! ALWAYS TOGETHER, RIGHT!? RIGHT?!” He looked between them now, then dropping his arms he pointed at Felras “And YOU! Where the hell were you HUH!? Always be there to save me my arse!” He felt his voice break a bit and he looked away again. “You said you’d always protect us, you swore it to me! You LIED! O-Or was I just the weaker one?? He had a better chance then I did??” He almost wanted to look back, but he knew he was crying now. He felt the tears hot on his face, the sting in his eyes, and the pain in his chest. God, he hadn’t cried in so long, he hated this. 

Fendral sputtered. "The area was utterly destroyed! We didn't think anyone could make it out of that!" Fendral had made his peace with it, he honestly had. Thirteen years was a long time, and he'd managed to push through it with a smile while he ignored the ache his brother had left behind. And he'd been alive all this time?

"And don't blame Fel for this! We were just children then! It was amazing that he and I were able to make it at all. We saw mother and father cut down, thought that you had sufferred the same. How were we supposed to know?!"

Felras had remained silent for the exchange, only to speak up in a soft voice. "I did say I would protect you both. And I failed in that. But don't blame Fendral for it. I told him you'd certainly died all while I kept trying to find any trace of you. It was only with Lady Cassandra's help that I was able to contact you."

[felsbells]

The small elf couldn't contain it. This deep, vast pit of rage that he felt setting eyes on two older elves that resembled him startlingly so. "YOU PAIR OF HORSES ARSES!" He yelled, storming up to the pair, hoping very much so that these two were in fact who he thought they were. "You LEFT me! And here you are!" He was beyond livid, heartbroken maybe but he'd never admit it.

Fel’s staff slipped from his numb fingers as he realized who he was looking at. “Fer…Feredir? Is that really you?”

He’d been looking for him for so long. For years, all of that endless searching, and now he was here.

Fendral was struck speechless. Felras had told him that their whole clan had been lost, including their family. But Feredir was here?

[feredirthesmolandangry-blog]

Who else would he be, he thought bitterly. His arms instantly crossed in front of him, almost as if he was hugging himself, and he scowled at his brothers. “No, I’m Fen’Harel come to destroy everything and give you nasty nightmares. Who else would I be!” Ok, so saying it out loud made him feel a pang of guilt. He’d found his brothers after all, but they still left him behind. He could vividly recall them leaving, he called so loud but nobody heard him. “W-Why didn’t you come back for me…..do you know what….no nevermind” His eyes darted over them, god he hated them. He hated them for leaving him there, he hated them for never finding him, but he hated them the most because he still loved his brothers.

[felsbells]

Fendral looked like had been struck. "We thought you dead! We saw the darkspawn catch you! I didn't know- I swear if I'd known you were alive I would have looked for you with everything I had!"

Felras couldn't meet Feredir's angry gaze. When he'd seen the darkspawn surrounding him and the rest of their clan, he had grabbed Fendral's hand and run. His mind had been full of terror and focused on nothing else but escape. It wasn't until several years had passed that he'd gotten the idea to search, to be sure one way or the other.

[thedalishbloodmage]

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty~!" - (Fendral)

Put “Morning, Sleeping Beauty” in my askbox for my character’s reaction to waking up in bed with yours with no recollection of the night prior.

She didn’t recognize the man beside her, well that was a lie , she had seen him with the rest of The Iron Bull’s chargers, but she had never really gotten to speak to him. She groaned softly a moment looking at him.

“What happened last night?”

[thedalishbloodmage]

felsbells

Fendral winced. “An artifact itself was tainted? I didn’t think that was possible. I can’t imagine how awful that would be, to think you were safe and then catch the blight from something like that….”

“I was strangely unaffected…. but it took 2 of the most important people from me…” She spoke slowly a moment her head moving to rest on her knees that were now pulled close to her. 

[felsbells]

"That must have been terrible... My clan was overrun by darkspawn, but at least their end was quick. To suffer through the taint like that... I don't think I could bear to see them suffer."

[felsbells]

"Do you want to tell me what really happened?

Felras sighed, looking at the mess around him. Papers were scattered everywhere, many of them torn and ruined beyond legibility. The desk was also on it’s side, and there were broken bits of what looked like an inkwell on the floor. “I may have gotten frustrated. And let my temper get the better of me.”

[felsbells]

divinesrighthand:

Her eyes widened in surprise. “Your brother? Do you truly think it’s him?” Cassandra asked, trying to hide the hint of doubt in her voice. She was glad that they’d found something but it still worried her what might become of this. What if… 

She shook her head, it didn’t matter. She had promised to help Felras in his search and she fully intended to assist him in reaching his goal no matter what. Crossing the space between them to stand before the chair he sat in, Cassandra placed a hand on the elf’s shoulder. “We’ll find him,” she vowed, though they still had not considered how they would do so. 

He smiled up at her, though inside he was feeling a rush of conflicted emotions. Hope that his search was over, worry that it wasn't his Feredir, anxiety over actually seeing him again. He'd been so young when he'd been lost. Where had he been? What had he gone through? Had he thought Felras and Fendral were dead or had he searched for them?

"Thank you, Cassandra. And truly, I do not know if this is really him. He's hardly the only elf with that name and I could be getting my hopes up for nothing. But I have to at least see for myself." He reached up to give the hand on his shoulder a soft squeeze. "Your support means the world to me."

[felsbells]

The small elf couldn't contain it. This deep, vast pit of rage that he felt setting eyes on two older elves that resembled him startlingly so. "YOU PAIR OF HORSES ARSES!" He yelled, storming up to the pair, hoping very much so that these two were in fact who he thought they were. "You LEFT me! And here you are!" He was beyond livid, heartbroken maybe but he'd never admit it.

Fel's staff slipped from his numb fingers as he realized who he was looking at. "Fer...Feredir? Is that really you?"

He'd been looking for him for so long. For years, all of that endless searching, and now he was here.

Fendral was struck speechless. Felras had told him that their whole clan had been lost, including their family. But Feredir was here?

[thedalishbloodmage]

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty~!" - (Fendral)

Put “Morning, Sleeping Beauty” in my askbox for my character’s reaction to waking up in bed with yours with no recollection of the night prior.

She didn’t recognize the man beside her, well that was a lie , she had seen him with the rest of The Iron Bull’s chargers, but she had never really gotten to speak to him. She groaned softly a moment looking at him.

“What happened last night?”

[thedalishbloodmage]

“….Not for the things I’ve done…” She spoke softly hearing him talk about his own clan a moment.

“We ran into problems with the blight ourselves, barely managed to get the healthy out in time for it.”

[felsbells]

He caught the tone of sadness in her voice when she mentioned what she might have done, but he didn’t want to pry. There was history there, he knew, but it wasn’t his business unless she wanted to share it.

“Fleeing the Blight too… So did your clan come from Fereldan originally?”

[thedalishbloodmage]

“Yes, we were also at the edge of the forest for a time…. there were ruins their from so long ago… but an artifact was tainted with the blight, it caused the sickness to spread…. we left shortly after.” She spoke a moment.

[felsbells]

Fendral winced. "An artifact itself was tainted? I didn't think that was possible. I can't imagine how awful that would be, to think you were safe and then catch the blight from something like that...."

[felsbells]

"Can you hear me?" ((Either of them, I don't mind. Also, hi!))

Felras groaned, pushing himself up from where his face had been pressed to the dirt. “Yes…I can hear you. I don’t suppose you saw what hit me.”

He was sure he’d been out here with his brother and a few of the other Chargers, but he couldn’t remember just how he’d gotten separated. Or where he was, exactly.

[bloodmagicandstring-blog]

Noticing his small hiss of pain, she slowly reached out and tapped into her magic, healing the bruise and checking he wasn’t concussed. Deeming him to be fine, she gave a small nod to herself before continuing. “So you were looking for slavers and then you got hit and now they’re gone. Oh dear, that’s not good.” 

A concerned frown creased her brow as she continued. “Do you know where they might’ve gone? Would you like help trying to find them? I wouldn’t want you wandering off on your own with slavers about!”

[felsbells]

The relief from the healing magic was a blessing and he smiled at her in thanks. "I suppose a bit of help would be appreciated. I'm not too familiar with the area and I'm not sure I'd even know where to start. And it would be nice to have an extra pair of eyes to keep watch."

He pushed himself to his feet, thankful that the disorientation from the knock to the head was also gone. He extended his hand toward Merrill. "Shall we go?"

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[felsbells]

sahlin-revas:

Fenris simply watched Felras as he worked to heal himself, and a thousand thoughts ran through his head. He couldn’t believe it, even when the proof constantly rose up in front of him, he couldn’t believe it that Felras was a blood mage. Still, he was going to die, and there was no point in making a decision on what to do with a dead man, so Fenris was going to get him out of there first. He had it in his mind to kill the man where he stood, but after everything he had seen Felras do, every moment they fought together, every moment they shared, it was hard not to see all that while thinking about killing him.

Fenris took hold of Felras’ arm and began making his way down the hallway and through the door, finding an exit nearby. He walked quietly so that they could make a shaded escape, but when he heard men approaching, he quickened his steps and held onto Felras tightly.

Fel's breaths still came up short as they moved. It hurt to draw a full breath, or to move in general. Everything seemed to tug on that spot. But he didn't speak on it. He'd seen the looks Fenris was giving him. It seemed that the small bit of progress he'd made with the other elf was forever ruined now that Fenris knew about the blood magic. And he really couldn't find it in him to fault him for that.

The sound of approaching men caused him to break the tense silence. He laughed weakly, feeling the sparse bit of mana that was flowing through him. "I hope...you have a plan. I don't know how m-much more I can take before I'm of no use."

[dragonageconfessions]

CONFESSION:

Unless a personal headcanon dictates otherwise, I always give my Inquisitors bright green eyes, in the sense that it was caused by the same thing that caused the Anchor

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[sahlin-revas]

Fenris didn’t do much in the way of work towards the other man when he saw Felras getting to it, so he paid attention to his target. Once he killed the man, he took a deep breath, and that was when the sound of Felras’ voice wrung in his ear. 

He turned around quick as lightning to see what was happening, and was going to help until the man burned to death. The elf froze, realizing what was going on. There he stood, and there was Felras, bleeding and on the fast road to death. In the short moment Fenris took to think about it, he thought for a moment that it would be the kinder alternative to him turning into an abomination, or remaining a blood mage. 

Fenris moved over to Felras to see the damage, and he thought about the fact that the elf was his friend. A friend that had helped, that had been hurt for him, that had fought for him, that came all the way out to the middle of nowhere and was bleeding out - all for him. But he was a blood mage. The internal struggle was eating away at Fenris, and he didn’t have time.

[felsbells]

Felras pressed his hand hard to the wound to stem the flow of blood. He could taste blood on his teeth, and his breath came short and fast. "I-I'm alright. I'll be alright. Just...let me..."

He took as deep a breath as he could and held out his hand, closing his eyes and concentrating. He drew from the blood spilled by their enemies and closed the wound in his side. He wasn't able to do much more than close the wound on the surface, but it was enough to keep him from bleeding out until they could take proper care of it. When he opened his eyes again they were bloodshot, some of the vessels having burst from the effort. It certainly didn't make him seem less threatening.

"T-that will do for now. We should go."

[felsbells]

ME: *takes a deep breath*

ME: i lo-

ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN AROUND ME: yes, you love Merrill, i know, you love Merrill so much, she's your precious baby, you love her so much, you just love Merrill, i KNOW, you love Merrill you fucking love Merrill ok i know, i get it, YOU LOVE MERRILL. I. GET. IT.

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[felsbells]

sahlin-revas:

Fenris took one glance over at Felras once more, before the men came in. There were two of them, and so as soon as one came through, Fenris waited for the right chance to jump them, blindly hoping he’d have help from Felras. If not, he had to deal with it somehow. Still, the weakness did nothing to help him. 

He had been so distracted with trying to come to terms with what Felras did, that he did not think about the consequences. Fenris used his blade to quickly hurt the man he held, trying to work through the struggle that he put up.

Fenris jumping into action broke Felras out of his stupor and he lunged for the second man. He didn't have the strength that the other elf had, but if he could just get his hands around the other man's throat-

Felras cried out in pain as he felt the burn of a blade biting into his side. He let go of the man in shock and before he realized it he had once again drawn on the power of the blood to set the man ablaze.

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[felsbells]

sahlin-revas:

Fenris kept his pace steady and was almost ready to just let his guard down, until he heard sounds coming from down the hall. His grip on the blade tightened and he rushed his way to the side of a doorway, keeping cover to wait for whoever it was. It was the first time he looked at Felras, and he wanted to make sure that he followed or at least wasn’t just out in the open. 

Fenris wanted to say something, anything, but nothing came out. No words could come out. The situation had genuinely hurt him, and Fenris wasn’t sure if he could see Felras in the same eye as before. For now, they were in the escape together at least, and so he waited for the men to come through the door.

Felras stayed out of sight behind Fenris, blinking away the sudden red haze that had fallen over his vision. He was starting to feel dizzy from the loss of blood that came with the use of blood magic, and he was starting to hear whispers. Soft voices, tempting him, promising him things he so painfully wished for. They needed to get out of here so that he could take care of his wounds and strenghthen his defenses. He knew it would only get worse the longer he relied on the blood.

So distracted, he almost missed the moment that two men stepped through the dooryway.

[felsbells]

"No matter where they take me, death I will survive."

Felras struggled against his bonds, trying to reach the other elf as he was dragged away by their captors. Magebane swam through his veins and prevented the use of his magic and the situation looked hopeless.

“Promise me that! Promise me that you’ll survive and get out of here!”

[felsbells]

sahlin-revas:

Fenris heard Felras asking him, and he closed his eyes, tilting his head down. A moment later, his markings calmed down and Fenris took a deep breath. With a raspy voice, he spoke, “You’ve done enough.”

Fenris still didn’t look at Felras, and he pushed himself off the wall, but his muscles felt weaker than usual. It didn’t stop him from walking ahead again and on their way out. He followed the hall to see if he could find a clear cut way right out of the place. Maybe then he could figure out just what he needed to do about Felras. He cared about him, but now… He didn’t know how he felt.

The dismissal stung, but it wasn't unexpected. He supposed he should be thankful that Fenris was speaking to him at all. He'd also noticed how Fenris refused to look at him and it left a sinking feeling in his gut.

He kept his distance as Fenris lead them out, several paces back. It was dawning on him that they hadn't seen anyone else yet, slaver or slave, and it was making him feel anxious on top of everything else. He wasn't sure Fenris was up for a fight after whatever they'd done to him, and he didn't want to resort to more blood magic where he would see.