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this blog has moved! it’s now no longer a sideblog and also merrill’s been added.

i’ll be moving my threads so if we have anything here it won’t be dropped.

#( ooc )#( mod notes )

dalishious

So I was using the flycam to take some screenshots of Vivienne’s space at Skyhold when I realized…

Vivienne has two potted viola plants.

Vivienne sapphic icon confirmed.

#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#the dawn will come ( queue )

ja3spir3

Vivienne with Bantu knots, inspired by elfyourmother

#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#the dawn will come ( queue )

insomnova

canon trevelyan lore as presented in the game:

your family is based out of ostwick, one of the port cities along the southern coast of the free marches

ur great-aunt lucille has the most POPPIN parties and everyone who’s got standing in the free marches shows up like it’s the afterparty to the oscars

fuck it UP lucille you absolute ledge

the montilyets also attend for some reason? anyways ur family and josie’s family know each other which is cool

you’re related to house pavus but are separated by at least three ages worth of generations

dorian mind dropping that family tree in my inbox real quick thanks babe

wait doesn’t this technically make a mage trevelyan an altus

nice

ur entire family is dedicated to the andrastian faith and are present in nearly all branches of the chantry heirarchy

templars in the order, mages in the circle, and brothers and sisters in chantries in ostwick

damn trevelyan family reunions must be awkward as hell

you’ve got family in nevarra who are high enough on the totem pole that they can literally show up to king markus like “hey maybe we don’t go to war with tevinter probably” and have him actually listen???

literally what why is this never mentioned ever again

who are these mysterious trevelyans

the trevelyans are the 7th (or 8th) most important family in ostwick

seriously if the trevelyans have members in nevarra who can advise their king why are they only 7th (or 8th) you’d think this would make them a little more influential

you’re related to philliam, a bard! who’s got the balls to tell brother genitivi to pay him for the free advertisement of his works in a letter written for public consumption like what kind of bullshit hamilton level confidence

philliam (a bard!) also doesn’t give a rat’s ass about politics and is far enough removed from the main trevelyan branch that any association is minimal at best

so for all the politically-inclined trevelyans out there ur good fam

i’m still hung up on the 7th (or 8th) thing like really what’s the deal with that

house motto is: “modest in temper, bold in deed”

family crest is also apparently the bees fuckin knees but we aren’t shown it at all??? i’m assuming it’s got a horse on it though… maybe some ocean iconography since we’re by the waking sea and all

aside from this i don’t think there’s any other trevelyan lore??? there’s mage-trevelyan stuff ofc but that’s mostly defined via dialogue choices you make and isn’t actually defined by outside information 🤔🤔🤔

#in her heart shall burn an unquenchable flame ( ruth )#( headcanons )#[ or u kno... canon... ]#v; blessed are the righteous; the lights in the shadow #the dawn will come ( queue )

steelbloom

I’ll answer what I can, but my policy is not to sell things that don’t belong to me.

Gorim Saelac (via steelbloom)

#vital as ore ( gorim | ic )#fine dwarven crafts ( gorim )#( quotes )#the dawn will come ( queue )

♔ veilpierced | inquisitor rhiall

@theharellan @ourdawncomes liked for a starter !!

“Madame de Fer.” Polite. Formal. Though with her back turned to the First Enchanter, the taut draw of her shoulders betrays that she has been caught wrong-footed, wandering into the upstairs library currently occupied by a woman she has spoken to little since Haven burned, and not accidentally.

She rests with a finger hooked in the binding of a tome by Massache, tugged part-way from the shelf. She exhales sharply through her nose, eyes slipping shut for just a moment. This silent treatment accomplishes nothing for anyone, she knows, and if the First Enchanter is to attend the Inquisition, at least the Inquisitor ought to speak with her.

“Perhaps you’ll indulge me for a moment. Commander Helaine and I have been running drills with a blade in the yard all morning, and I admit I…struggle with the form. I’m not accustomed to wielding any weapon left-handed very often, much less a blade,” she ventures, and she laughs wryly. “I fear the Commander’s losing patience with me. What would you suggest?”

The Inquisitor hesitates when their eyes meet, tensing visibly in the candlelight. Vivienne hums under her breath, a simpering smile quirks the corners of her lips as she nods in Rhiall’s direction. “Inquisitor,” she greets before she returns to the book open in her lap.

In truth, they have both been caught somewhat off-guard. Engrossed as she was in her reading, she had not noticed how her feet tucked up onto her seat. A dreadful habit, not appropriate outside of her home-- and this place hardly feels like one. At least her slippers are clean, she thinks as she unfolds them. In fact, they have never so much as touched a blade of grass.

She looks up again, chin perched upon her knuckles, regarding her leader with polite interest. Despite her words, it feels as if she is the one being indulged, but she will not deny herself the opportunity to offer advice. “You would have to be perfection personified not to try her patience, and even then I’m sure she would find something,” she says, laughing softly at the Commander’s expense. “Can you use your left hand to sign a letter? Tie a knot? Practising finer motor skills may prepare you for the broad strokes of a sword.”

#veilpierced #i'm never truly out of my element ( vivienne | ic )#v; great things are beginning my dear #the dawn will come ( queue )

queenaeducan

may i have this dance, my lady?

#the dawn will come ( queue )#v; in her blood the Maker's will is written #feels like quiet ( cullen )#in her heart shall burn an unquenchable flame ( ruth )

coolgeth

someone said it’s vivienne month? well either way here’s young circle viv looking like some kinda magic princess!

#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#v; the jewel of the high court of Orlais #the dawn will come ( queue )

♔ aniente | ser evangeline

Evangeline folds her hands in her lap, shoulder blades resting lightly against the back of the chair in what she thinks is a passable attempt at a relaxed position. Admittedly she isn’t very good at relaxing. Not in situations like this. It’s for off days, as is being out of her armour — something that still feels wrong when dealing with…

…important matters, she corrects herself before she can even think mages. No, she can relax around mages. Rhys is a mage. Vivienne is Court Enchanter and she clearly means business, not smalltalk. That is the difference.

She clears her throat. “ Nothing compared to your friends, I’m sure, First Enchanter. “ Not a compliment, not from her. Evangeline has never cared for nobility. “ But yes. I have kept in touch with some friends outside the templar order, as much as my duties allowed. “ The thought of her family’s old estate stings, and she has to wonder if it’s meant to. “ Brassard-manot is no longer in the family, I’m afraid. I haven’t been to it in many years either — I’m not acquainted with the new owners. “

She’s tense, poor thing, Vivienne muses as Evangeline moves in her chair before she settles somewhat stiffly. It’s hardly new, even from Templars. Who, they aren’t a touch intimidated, then often she is the one who ought to be worried.

And that simply won’t do.

She lounges back in her chaise, examining her nailbeds a moment before her gaze fixes upon her companion. “A pity, but fortunately land is not everything. Our ambassador believes you-- or, you by way of your connections-- may fill our coffers, and I’m inclined to agree. After the Templars abandoned duty for madness, those who still have a modicum of honour are all but idolised.” Even ones the likes of their Commander. “We may have luck beginning with the minor nobility, those that turned in your family’s circle, but where do you believe we ought to start?”

#i'm never truly out of my element ( vivienne | ic )#v; great things are beginning my dear #aniente:evangeline #aniente #the dawn will come ( queue )

feeshies

mini dorianxvekel comic

i’m done drawing dorian now. i’ll leave that to those who are actually good at it lol

#the dawn will come ( queue )

inklie

i saw this dress and i had to draw her in it 8)

#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#the dawn will come ( queue )

While Vivienne tells the Inquisitor that Duchess Nicoline was approving of the affair, she was not telling the whole truth of the matter.

She was as much involved with Nicoline as Duke Bastien, as a friend and more. Duke Bastien had not married for love, nor had Nicoline, but between the three of them they found content in companionship they had not in monogamy.

Nicoline died a few years before the Inquisition began, having passed away from a fever. Vivienne was not there when she died, something she regrets to this day, and as Bastien’s health continues to ail throughout the events of Inquisition, something that pressed heavier upon her mind. She was determined to be there for him as she couldn’t be for Nicoline, and in the event the Inquisitor does not receive her quest to retrieve the heart of the snowy wyvern, she has someone else do it in their stead.

When the time comes, she takes a leave of absence to be with him in his final days. Although without a warm approval Inquisitor there, it is a lonelier affair after his passing. If they are there, the two do not return immediately to Skyhold, but spend a few days together at his estate, getting his affairs in order and taking some much-needed time to themselves.

#( vivienne headcanons )#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#the dawn will come ( queue )#v; the jewel of the high court of Orlais #v; great things are beginning my dear #[ i'll prob write more about this eventually??? but i wanted to have it out there ]

new law: every youtube video or comment that calls vivienne the b-word has to give a dollar to charity

#( ooc )#slur cw #[ me just trying to remind myself about some lore but also ready to set some ppl on fire ]

❝ I'm never truly out of my element. ❞

board & template

#sentimentality is not an option ( vivienne )#( aesthetic )

♢ -- Tetrak and the Iron Bull

party banter meme | accepting

Tetrak: So the Ariqun is just letting you give the Inquisition intel?Iron Bull: It’s not like it’s free. They’ve got an eye on us, too. Three eyes, now.Tetrak: If you weren’t here they’d send someone else, someone that doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb.Iron Bull: It’s better this way. We have more to gain off each other, if it was a qunari report that stood between our success and failure here, the Qun’d bear some of the blame for what happens.Tetrak: Sounds like you had to convince them, too.Iron Bull: Took a few pages, but I got the job done.

Iron Bull: How’s it feel, being back after all these years?Tetrak: Honestly? Terrifying. Spent seven years studying and now I’m here trying my damndest not to forget everything.Iron Bull: I’m guessing they kept you close before all this.Tetrak: Mostly. If I ever went out scouting there was always someone a stone’s throw away.Iron Bull: Good thing I’m here, then.Tetrak: I didn’t want to ask. You’re more of a spy than a priest, aren’t you?Iron Bull: I know what it looks like when people start drifting. I’ll keep you straight.Tetrak: Thanks. I mean it.

(after Demands of the Qun, when the Chargers were saved)

Tetrak: Playing a few rounds of chess with that elf won’t erase what you did.Iron Bull: Never thought it would.Tetrak: How many Chargers were on that hill, compared to the number of qunari on that ship, you think?Iron Bull: If word got ‘round that the Inquisitor put some qunari before her own men, what d’you think that’d do to morale?Tetrak: So they died so the Inquisition could save face.Iron Bull: They died because that’s what happens when you send soldiers to war.

#theshirallen #( asks )#( banter )#the dawn will come ( queue )#v; the tide falls #existence is a choice ( tetrak | ic )