“ ━━ ❧ ⧼ KEEPSLORE. ⧽ ⠀ ⠀ ╱⠀ ⠀a private, selective, & dash-only rp blog for inquisitor dhavihal / dhavi'fen lavellan, first keeper of clan lavellan, an elf mage protagonist from dragon age: inquisition. previously found on @fatesown.
does tend to not follow first unless i know you — this blog is intentionally very self-indulgent, and i prefer to keep my dash mutuals-only, so i only follow if i think you are interested in my self-indulgence
as developed, explored, and interpreted by lou. 30+. white. they/them.
not spoiler free - all veilguard spoilers, including threads based in veilguard timeline regardless of spoiler content, will be tagged as #datv spoilers, #dav spoilers, #da4 spoilers, and #veilguard spoilers until 1/1/2025 at least
a study in; the struggle of maintaining your identity, refusing power, doing the right thing even when it hurts, and righting someone else's wrongs.
memes. / headcanons. / pinterest. / default world state. / veilguard verse info. / wishlist. / rp thread tracker (archived-only, non-archived only)
psd credit: haunted by stephysource
important posts: general choices. / companion choices. / advisor choices. / judgments. / interpretation masterpost. / drabble masterpost. / name pronunciation.
guidelines
shipping. this blog is multiship/multiverse unless otherwise specified. i ship chemistry, first and foremost. just because i ship a thing in general or with someone else does not mean i'll expect it with you. if we discuss something and someone backs out, i ask that both sides stop sending shippy memes unless one-sided feelings are discussed.
interaction. as i am 30+ i would prefer not to interact with anyone under 21. starter/plotting/shipping calls are for mutuals only, ask memes are for anyone. please tag our threads and any responses with my url so i can more easily find our stuff later. if you want to turn an ask meme into a thread, go for it! ims are always open to mutuals.
triggers/nsfw. this blog is likely, if not guaranteed, to have triggering/nsfw content. to the best of my abilities, all relevant triggers will be tagged as "#[trigger] cw" and nsfw (literally anything that could be considered not suitable for work) will be tagged as "#nsfw" — if you do see something untagged that you need tagged, please ask. i will not be rping smut with anyone i'm not thoroughly comfortable with. scenes i think are getting close to that will fade to black. i will not be rping rape/noncon/dubcon, pedophilia, or ships that otherwise involve an adult and a minor, or incest (including adopted incest or stepcest).
exclusivity/mains. i tend to rp and even ship with multiples of various canon characters. if you're interested in being mains/exclusives with me, please talk to me! i do require/expect some level of writing together/plotting together/talking ooc first. unless otherwise stated, i am not exclusive with anyone.
breaking mutuals. of course anyone is welcome to break mutuals at any time, and nobody owes any explanations. there's no hard feelings for curating your space. i only ask if you're going to do so, please block or at least soft-block me. i prefer to keep my dash to mutuals-only and not inadvertently insert myself into a space where i'm not wanted.
disclaimers. i am not associated with any source material. i am not associated with my character's faceclaim(s). all writing is done by me, all headcanons are my own. all art tagged as "my art" is done 100% by my own hand. all graphics are edited by me. any independently-made art (fanart) will only be used if i can credit back to the original creator, and will always be posted alongside that credit.
non-inquisitor aus. at this time, i do not have an au available where dhavi is not inquisitor, nor do i have an au available where she is first/keeper. i'm also not especially interested in writing dhavi as a companion, as i have not yet come up with an au for that that is satisfying to me. if your inquisitor also doesn't have a companion au, that's okay! i'm more than happy to just share headcanon q's and the like.
other. i do not engage in petty fandom drama and will generally avoid callouts that seem to be interpersonal in nature, however i feel very strongly about keeping fandom a safe space for everyone. callouts that address genuine abuse or bigotry of any kind will be taken very seriously and shared in an attempt to keep everyone as safe as possible in my space. while i will try to do my best to make sure any accusations i share are accurate, the nature of false accusations does tend to make this difficult at times. please always educate yourself.
i do not support the use of genAI and will block liberally if i see its use/support. please do not interact if you support/use genAI.
reminder. just because someone seems happy on the dash doesn’t mean they are also happy off of it. just because someone seems to have many people to talk to that they don’t feel lonely. just because someone seems a certain way from the outside on their blog doesn’t mean any of it is true for them in reality. please don’t judge a person based on what you see from afar. be kind, be considerate, be open-minded. remember things aren’t always what they seem and everyone is human behind the screen. ♡♡♡
every time i think i'm doing better and i can write again on the reg the depression hits again harder than before so i suppose just consider all my blogs on hiatus for the time being
nodding. dhavi's fingers tracing details of her vallaslin when she's thinking, esp wrt Big Leadership Decisions(TM), because her vallaslin serves as a reminder for her that she was deemed ready to be keeper, ready to make these decisions
Ned smiled. "Did you make a falcon helm for Lord Arryn?"
Tobho Mott paused a long moment and set aside his wine. "The hand did call upon me, with Lord Stannis, the king's brother. I regret to say, they did not honor me with their patronage."
Ned looked at the man evenly, saying nothing, waiting. He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.
"They asked to see the boy," the armorer said, "so I took them back to the forge."
at this point i need to put ned stark on dhavi's inspo board.
sunny reminds me i did want to look at the origins arcane warrior tree for dhavi bc she is supposed to be an arcane warrior and not actually a knight-enchanter
also not relevant here at all except i know we're all diving into asoiaf at the same time, but i'm highlighting and putting sticky tabs whenever i come across any passing mention of house dayne. i am actively choosing to make an ill-advised and inconvenient oc from that house.
i mean the answer that works best for me is that what knight-enchanter appropriated was dales-era arcane warriors, so manipulating the veil is still reclamation for dhavi, but that doesn't resolve the fact that evidently cillian learned """"proper""""" ancient elvhen arcane warrior training, and that's who dhavi learns from, not a dales-era arcane warrior.
previous post thought process trips me up every few months because i really like all three of the following things, but the last one doesn't play nice with the other two if i think abt them too hard:
dhavi reclaiming arcane warrior
dhavi specifically learning ancient arcane warrior techniques from cillian, who is a canon character who learned them as directly as anyone in the dragon age could
dhavi being something of a 'veil' warrior because of the knight-enchanter tree but also because of pitting her against solas
takes a drag off a candy cigarette. if knight-enchanters manipulate the veil so much (according to their abilities' tooltips), and knight-enchanters are culturally appropriated from arcane warriors, but arcane warriors date back to elvhenan... what were arcane warriors manipulating before the veil
They shouldn't. She knows. But for once, Dhavi simply doesn't care. Pieces of her have been carved away for a decade—she has given everything short of her very life in the name of this world, and when this is over it will take that, too. Or him. Either way, if the only thing she can claim is this single, selfish moment, she will have it. She will take it.
dhavi 🤝 solas
being very very certain they are emotionally capable of killing the other but then when they're alone together all bets (and clothes) are off
