First Warden

And I'll use you as a focal point so I don't lose sight of what I want. and I've moved further than I thought I could, but I missed you more than I thought I would. And I'll use you as a warning sign, that if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind. And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be, right in front of me. Talk some sense to me. Warden T'hy'la Lenssonlie Male | Dalish | Rogue

[iwrite-sinsandtragedies]

DA Kiss Week 2026 Day 2 — Injury

[Prompt by @dragonagekissweek be sure to check them out!]

Okay! So there's more of a story to this one.

First of all - this is my Mahariel, who (at this time) went by the name Lenssonlie. Or Len, for short. But we will be calling him Thy, as that's the name I most often refer to him by (if you want to know why, check out the lore).

His character blog is @first-warden

So, Thy is my problem child Warden. He hated becoming one, felt betrayed by his clan and isolated amongst his peers. He frequently makes terrible decisions and choices to get the job done and frequently faces the criticism from the party because of this, even though they were the ones that threw him into a command he didn't want in the first place.

The only people in his whole party to ever truly have his back were Zevran and Sten (and later Loghain). While everyone else turned on him? They stayed true—but not without conflict!

This is one such situation: The aftermath of Sten's challenge at the gates of Haven. Sten lost, of course, but it was the aftermath were I like to think he really felt the regret of confronting his Kadan.

After all, the kid barely had anyone at his back—and though Sten's attempt to strong arm his way into leadership likely came from a good place (taking off the weight that was clearly crushing him) he knew it must have looked more like a betrayal in the beginning for someone who was so used to having everyone telling him he was wrong.

So he dresses Thy's wounds. A silent apology for his mistake. His Kadan's methods may not be the most conventional, but they always seem to give them the edge they need. And at the end of the day? His Kadan was still strong enough to take down Sten, that had to be enough, right?

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[dragonagenostalgiamonth]

We are happy to finally reveal our prompts!

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS

1. Older blood, older oaths / Origins

2. For the good of Ferelden / Duty

3. In death, sacrifice / Grey Wardens

4. Gates once bright golden forever shut / The Blight

5. A rare thing to find amidst the darkness / Gift

6. The precipice of change / Witches of the Wilds

7. Our children, orphaned. light and song, stolen / Orzammar

DRAGON AGE II

1. All that remains / Family

2. The city of chains / Rivalry

3. The Hanged man / Friendship

4. Magic exists to serve man / Mage rebellion

5. The one bright light in Kirkwall / Hawke’s favor

6. The last straw / Choosing sides

7. Demands of the Qun / The Champion

DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION

1. Questioning beliefs / Faith

2. Here lies the abyss / The Fade

3. Those who will stand against the chaos / Inner circle

4. I have seen the throne of the gods and it was empty / The Magisterium

5. Amatus, kadan, vhenan / Companionship

6. An old pain from before / Trickery

7. Embrace us with arms and dress us with swords / Halamshiral

DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD

1. Fools rush in / Fractions

2. Would be gods / Eluvians

3. Those of flesh and those of Fade / The Lighthouse

4. Memories of a duet / Frescoes

5. I will always follow where you go / Bond

6. It’s not a good story unless the hero dies / Prison of regrets

7. Never again shall we submit / Elvhenan

ADDITIONAL DAYS

1. Signs and portents / Tarot

2. The ninth age / Annals of history

3. When he rises, everyone will see / Post-canon

[bishicat]

"Would you be offended if I said I fancied you?"

[ayesopod]

the hero of ferelden

[crunchyncrumbly]

finally done with this

[lycanr0t]

comic about determination and hope

[thatwavephenomenon]

It's SO funny that the Inquisition was, essentially, mostly a bunch of liars.

Varric is an unreliable narrator who according to Bianca tends to make up stories about what he wished would have happened. The Iron Bull is a Ben-Hassrath who will mostly act the same whether you've sacrificed the Chargers or not until *that moment* in Trespasser. Vivienne, while always frank in her opinion of you, is also absolutely a master of The Game. Sera runs with the Friends of Jenny, appears immature and pulls pranks on people, yet she does it with such skills that she is rarely caught. Solas is Solas. Blackwall/Thom Rainier? NO ONE does it like him. The advisors are not exempt either. While Leliana is obviously a spymaster, Josephine can and will destroy someone's reputation with nothing but a glove planted somewhere compromising. And Cullen? Is really cagey about his time as a templar. Even the Inquisitor is a fraud. Willingly or not, you gain an army because people believe that you are the Herald of Andraste. Which is patently false.

Then there's Cassandra Allegra Portia Calogera Filomena Pentaghast, Seeker of TRUTH. Cole, whose job is to blurt everyone's secrets aloud. And Dorian, who left the nest of backstabbing vipers that is Tevinter, only to traipse through sand and snow and mud with this organization of lying liars.

10/10 team no notes

[foxbirdy]

every winter solstice I am consumed with thoughts of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost...

[foxbirdy]

[landsccape]

[inkxlenses]

Coral Peonies | by nicamille

[crunchyncrumbly]

Last zevran post blew up so a follow up glove gifting scene that's a another beloved of mine

[crunchyncrumbly]

zevran first meeting my beloved

[sailermoon]

sometimes when I’m being especially self deprecating and convinced no one likes me I have to tell myself “you’re being goob. you are being goob right now”

[sailermoon]

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[sha-brytols]

she is so cute.

[sha-brytols]

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