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[galadrieljones]

Riptide

❤️ masterpost ❤️

Dragon Age | Solavellan | Abevellan | Amerivellan | Mature ❤️

Over the past ten years, Sene Lavellan has tried to move on from Solas. First, with Abelas, an ancient elf with a fierce but gentle soul, and then with Ameridan, one of the wisest men she's ever known. But it's never enough. She finds herself forever yanked under the surface, in dreams. Like a riptide, Solas is always there. And when his ritual fails, and the shit hits the fan, she will do anything to protect him, and to pursue her destiny by his side. Slowly he will come to learn that there is no fate but the love they share. *This is a canon rewrite, beginning in the time period that Solas leaves Skyhold and extending through the canon era of Veilguard.*

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Chapters will be published every week or so!

Part I: Abelas

Chapter 1: You're Welcome (9/23/24)

Chapter 2: Inertia (9/25)

Chapter 3: The New World (9/27)

Chapter 4: Digging (9/29)

Chapter 5: Lighthouse (10/1)

Chapter 6: Paper Flowers (10/3)

Chapter 7: The Storm Coast (10/5)

Part II: Ameridan

Chapter 8: Inquisition Folklore (10/7)

Chapter 9: Last Call (10/9)

Chapter 10: Fireflies, Marshes (10/11) - NSFW

Chapter 11: Dragon Slayer (10/13)

Chapter 12: Winter's Bone (10/15)

Chapter 13: Unlocked Doors (10/17)

Chapter 14: The Dragon, the Redhead, and the Wolf (10/20)

Chapter 15: Who Are You Now? (10/22)

Chapter 16: Goodnight, Halamshiral. (10/24)

Part III: Fen'Harel

Chapter 17: What the Dread Wolf Takes (10/26)

Chapter 18: Valor (10/28)

Chapter 19: Haven (10/30)

Chapter 20: All New, Faded for Sene. (11/30)

Chapter 21: Sweet Sorrow (12/6)

Chapter 22: Wise Men (12/13)

Chapter 23: Possession (12/20)

Chapter 24: Lovers at War (1/3)

Chapter 25: The Dread Wolf's Girl (1/10)

Chapter 26: Weight (1/17)

Chapter 27: Snow (1/24)

Chapter 28: Worm Hole (1/31)

Chapter 29: Wicked Gentry with the Wolf (2/7)

Chapter 30: Here on Earth (2/14)

Part IV: Solas

Chapter 31: The Messenger (2/21)

***Chapter 32: Huckleberry Pancakes (2/28)***

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Beginning in Chapter 20, this fic contains spoilers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard ❤️

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Things I’ve Read This Week* - 2021.10.16

New Stories

Trio AU, even afraid, we build our home by apfelgranate (@notenoughdragons) & bluebeholder (@wanderingnork) - {Solas/F!Adaar/F!Adaar} - 4,635 words - complete

Salt, Flesh, Heat by hes5thlazarus (@5lazarus) - Solas/Iron Bull - 2,105 words - complete

BTV Artober 2021 by raven4138 (@drag-on-age) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 5,343 words - WIP

The Sound of Steel on Stone, ⚜️In the Wolf's Shadow, ⚜️Lost Elf by lavellan22 - Solas/F!Lavellan - 8,922 words - 1st work complete, last work & series WIP

Rereads

In Another World by fenkyuubi (@fenkyuubi) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 81,513 words - complete

The Dread Wolf's Heart, ⚜️The Dread Wolf's Heart, ️⚜️Sanctuary, ️⚜️Subtle by Feynite (@feynites) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 186,784 words - complete

All the Time Before Us by bluebeholder (@wanderingnork) & art by apfelgranate (@notenoughdragons) - {Solas/F!Adaar/F!Adaar} - 6,911 - complete

The Sound of Steel on Stone, The Fresco by lavellan22 - Solas/F!Lavellan - 1,948 words - complete

Tumblr (re)Reads

What happens to Dog if the Warden dies fighting the Archdemon? prompt by @blue-eyed-jenna - Falon the mabari & friends

Subscription Updates

Lingrean Rosal'sule'din, The Future Is Not Yet Set In Stone by angelslaugh (@skyerie) - Dorian & F!Lavellan, F!Lavellan/F!Warden, past?Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 63-65)

Wicked Things, What a Wicked Game to Play by Cracking Lamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 51-52)

Unwritten by UnrealRomance - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 226-227)

Emerald Eyes Amidst Golden Vows - Bound Brighter by Elysia45 (@emerald-amidst-gold) - Solas/M!Lavellan (Ch. 13)

The Well by SerialChillr (@serial-chillr) - Abelas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 5)

Love, Delivered by beaubashley (@beaubartley) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 8)

Scars of Light by Kallypso (@kallypsowrites) - The Darkling|Kirigan/Alina (Ch. 55-56)

beware the forest at night, when there are miles left to go, the forest is dark and deep and i've seen you here before by victoriousscarf (@victoriousscarf) - Solas/M!Lavellan (Ch. 171-172)

Vena Eolas: The Journey of an Elvhen Spirit, Sule Tael Tasalal - Until We Meet Again by faerieavalon (@faerieavalon) - {Solas/OFC, Felassan/OFC} (Ch. 69)

She's Lived a Good Life by Kinako - MCiT (Ch. 20)

Dreams, In Waking Dreams by AParisianShakespearean (@a-shakespearean-in-paris) - Cullen/F!Trevelyan (Ch. 88)

Into the Cosmos, Into the Chaos by Pakhet (@shiver-the-tiefling) - {MGiT~MBiT, Solas/MGiT, Solas~MBiT} (Ch. 82)

Til It Squeaks: A Modern Girl's Take on Thedas, Twist Some More by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 33)

The DA Alternate Universe Chronicles, Vir'vhen'an by RogueLioness (@roguelioness) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 3)

✔️ All the Time Before Us by bluebeholder (@wanderingnork) & art by apfelgranate (@notenoughdragons) - {Solas/F!Adaar/F!Adaar} (Ch. 2), complete

Bloodied & Broken World State, Bloodied and Broken, Rogasha'ghi'lan (The Brave Guide) by youworeblue (@dreadfutures) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 13)

lover, your back is bruised from what you carry, In the face of your light by noverture (@noverturemusings) - Solas/M!Lavellan, past Dirthamen/M!Lavellan (Ch. 101)

Just Like Fire by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 16)

Echoes Across Time by JLHall (@jlhallares) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 235)

Shameless With a Side of Egg and Noodles by Cease_Sphire (@csphire​) - Varric/MGiT (the slowest of burns), also Solas/MGiT, M!Hawke/MGiT (Ch. 8-9)

The Guardian by HumblePeasant (@mogwaei) - Solas/OFC, Dorian/M!Lavellan (Ch. 149)

Coiling Time by Enceladus (EspressoComfort) (@espressocomfort) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 28)

» side note - multiple chapters may mean multiple updates; or might just be me refreshing my memory, reorienting myself in the story, or rereading some for fun.

*TIRTW & can recommend (previous weeks & TIRTW Key/Legend)

[gala-art]

Abelas makes Sene paper cranes in the evenings. They fly around the tent, and they get tangled in her hair. They are beautiful, and they make her laugh, and this makes them both happy.

But sometimes, outside, where the world is mean, and the light is too bright, she gets lost. Solas made butterflies, not paper cranes. Where is the line between nature and the thing you wish you could love? Sene asks herself that, sometimes.

[galadrieljones]

Riptide: Chapter 33

❤️ Dragon Age | Solavellan | Abevellan | Amerivellan | Mature ❤️

Chapter 33: Promise Me.

Cullen and Ameridan find themselves high and dry back at Skyhold. In Haven, Sene and Solas discuss the future, prompting Solas to make a choice.

"MY AGENTS have seen no sign of Sene," said Leliana, standing tall by the war room door, hands clasped firstly behind her back, chin high. "Abelas is scouting the Crossroads, but he fears we may be too late. I agree. If she does not wish to be found, we both know how that goes, Commander."

"Yes, we do." Cullen sighed, leaning into the war table with his head hanging over the map. "Maker's fucking breath, Sene. Why now."

"Perhaps we should reprioritize. Have you sent word to Ameridan?"

"I have. I am hoping she's there."

"If she was going back to Halamshiral, don't you think she'd have mentioned it in her note?"

"Not necessarily."

The door opened then. Two scouts rushed inside, looking exasperated, both of them Dalish elves. "The Inquisitor is here," said the first, a young woman with very blond hair.

"Which one?" said Cullen, annoyed.

"Inquisitor Ameridan," she said. "He's on his way to the War Room."

Leliana smiled. "This ought to be interesting. I'll let you handle it, Commander, as you are the expert, after all."

"The expert at what?" said Cullen. "Subduing the temperaments of manic Inquisitors? Or simply dealing with unpredictable bullshit on a daily basis?"

"Both," said Leliana. 

"Well, I can't wait."

She slipped out, taking her scouts with her, and not another moment passed before Ameridan practically kicked in the door.

Cullen felt a massive headache coming on.

"What the fuck is going on?" said Ameridan. He leaned over the table, forcing Cullen to look him in the eye. "You lost Sene?"

"I did not lose Sene," said Cullen. "She ran off."

"When?"

"Must have been late last night. There's no sign of her. Except for this note."

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Things I’ve Read This Week* - 2021.09.11

New Stories

😈 A Beneficial Arrangement by woodwind - Solas/Iron Bull - 2,747 words - complete

😈 Filling the Void by Destiny_Apocalypse (@destinyapocalypse) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 2,083 words - complete

😈 Dirty by Destiny_Apocalypse (@destinyapocalypse) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 1,832 words - complete

😈 Heads and Tails by woodwind - Solas/Iron Bull - 1,971 words - complete

😈 Solas Just Needs to Duck, Okay?, King's Gambit by RosellaWrites (@rosella-writes) - Solas/Iron Bull - 6,877 words, complete

Rereads

Thick as Thieves by blarfkey (@blarfkey) - Solas/F!Cadash - 88,148 words - WIP

Abelas and Lavellan at Skyhold, ⚜️The Grump's Way to Smile, ⚜️A Kiss With A Fist, ⚜️You, Me, and Paperwork Makes Three, ⚜️Fragile Heart, ⚜️Len’alas Lath’din by ObsidianMichi (@obsidianmichi) - Abelas/F!Lavellan - 11,635 words - each work complete, HSE WIP

😈 Enamoured by playwithdinos (@playwithdinos) - Solas/F!Lavellan - 1,377 words - complete

Tumblr (re)Reads

Anathema by @roguelioness - Solas/(if you squint)!Lavellan

The Farthest Fuelling Station by @dycefic - Original Work

Subscription Updates

The Breakers and the Broken by Eluvianness - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 69)

Wicked Things, What a Wicked Game to Play by Cracking Lamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 41-43)

Unwritten by UnrealRomance - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 216-217)

beware the forest at night, when there are miles left to go, the forest is dark and deep and i've seen you here before by victoriousscarf (@victoriousscarf) - Solas/M!Lavellan (Ch. 163-165)

Inevitable by HIMluv (@himluv) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 38-44)

The Well by SerialChillr (@serial-chillr) - Abelas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 3)

There Is Only Forward, There Is Only Forward by Nerdanel (@nerdanel01) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 45)

Scars of Light by Kallypso (@kallypsowrites) - The Darkling|Kirigan/Alina (Ch. 45-46)

Never Again by angelslaugh (@skyerie) - Solas/F!Lavellan, minor Iron Bull/F!Lavellan (Ch. 137-142)

Ariwyn and Solas, The Hunt by bubble_bones (@bubble-bones) - Fen'harel|Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 65)

Love's Worth Running To, Love Run by JessTalksAlot (@jessitasquirrel) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 11-12)

Running With The Halla by InArlathan (@in-arlathan) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 1 & 12-13)

Love Comes Home, Wolf's Pride by jasna - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 13)

She's Lived a Good Life by Kinako - MCiT (Ch. 14)

Soladaar Drabbles by Shaykai (@shaykai) - Solas/M!Adaar (Ch. 2)

The Rise & Fall of Fen'Harel, The Rebel's Ascension by InArlathan (@in-arlathan) - Solas/OFC (Ch. 22)

Dreams, In Waking Dreams by AParisianShakespearean (@a-shakespearean-in-paris) - Cullen/F!Trevelyan (Ch. 84)

Bloodied & Broken World State, Bloodied and Broken, Rogasha'ghi'lan (The Brave Guide) by youworeblue (@dreadfutures) - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 10)

Into the Cosmos, Into the Chaos by Pakhet (@shiver-the-tiefling) - {MBiT~MGiT, Solas/MGiT} (Ch. 77)

Til It Squeaks: A Modern Girl's Take on Thedas, Twist Some More by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGiT (Ch. 28)

Ma Ghilana Mir Bellanaris, Dir'vhen'an (The Promise) by oxygenforthewicked (@oxygenforthewicked) - Solas/M!Lavellan (Ch. 18)

Yours & Mine by Yours_Truly_Commander_Shepard - Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 15)

Do Not Abandon Me by MermaidWhispers - Solas/M!Lavellan, Dorian/M!Lavellan (Ch. 11)

Dovetail by ByJoveWhatASpend (@inquisitorbasil) - {MBiT/everyone} (Ch. 12)

Smoke and Mirrors, The Lost Temple by oxygenforthewicked (@oxygenforthewicked) - Fen'harel|Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 23)

When the World Fell by Psalacanthea (@psalacanthea) - Fen'harel|Solas/F!Lavellan (Ch. 32)

» side note - multiple chapters may mean multiple updates; or might just be me refreshing my memory, reorienting myself in the story, or rereading some for fun.

*TIRTW & can recommend (previous weeks)

[galadrieljones]

I would love “first snow” for Lavellan + Abelas (maybe the first snow in a long time for abelas? 🥺)

Thank you so much!! This prompt spoke to me. This is Sene Lavellan x Abelas, probably some months before the Exalted Council when they were at their happiest. Also maybe worth noting that I don’t picture Abelas much like he appears in game. My face claim for Abelas is pretty much Chris Hemsworth in Thor lol.

A Festive Sort of Place

Sene never brought Abelas back to her clan, but she got close. They camped in Highever once, never made it across the Waking Sea.

“I have never seen this part of Thedas in winter,” he said to her. They were on a cliff on a mountain overlooking the rapturous waters below. The sky was gray and sharp like metal. He had his hair knotted off his face, his eyes soft. 

“Solas used to make it snow,” said Sene. 

Abelas looked at her. She was tall, but he was much taller. Her red hair was wild in the advancing storm. “You have never mentioned him,” he said. “Never till now. Why?”

She held Abelas around his waist and put her head against his heartbeat. He was warm and good. He sometimes told her stories of his homeland which was not Arlathan, but near Arlathan. A big colony of farms on what had now become the Boeric Ocean. They called it the Backwater. He said the sand there was full of magic, and that this was the only way he knew to explain it. It was full of magic, so pure, that it blended right in with the soil. As Mythal had used to say, when she walked its verdant plains: The farms of the Backwater, they were so ferocious. They grow right up to the lip of the sea.

“It’s not about Solas.” Sene shrugged as she looked at the sky, which swirled in anger and reprieve. She loved the winter. She loved its bones. “I just thought it was something to say, because it’s true. He used to make it snow, on the rooftops of Haven, before I was the Inquisitor. Though it was hard for him. He really had to try, which was fun, considering.”

“You were lucky then,” said Abelas. “I’m not sure Solas was really ever much good with weather, despite his power. That was always Mythal’s domain.”

“So he told me,” said Sene. The air was getting crisp and bitter. She closed her eyes, breathed him. He wore a heavy fur coat, and so did she, both cut from the bears of the Dales. “Anyway. What do you think? Of the snow.”

He held out his hand as the snow began to fall, finally, from the freezing sky. He had not seen it snow, really snow, in thousands of years. It did not snow in the Arbor Wilds, where it was always hot, and the colorful birds roosted all year long. The cold felt new. The cold felt different. “It’s lovely,” he said. That’s all he said.

They stood and watched the weather until they could not take it anymore. Then they hiked back down to the city and found a tavern, a festive sort of place full of gregarious miners and the sounds of the bards and the bartenders who fed them mead from giant flasks. 

As they sat together at the bar, talking and laughing and listening to the bards as they sang old fashioned songs, Sene wondered why it had felt okay to talk about Solas for the first time in almost two years.

Perhaps I am simply done with him, she wondered as Abelas smiled in his lazy way and put the hair behind her ear. They drank their mead. Perhaps this is the end.

***

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Things I’ve Read This Week* - 2020.10.03

New Stories

The Breach by Arista_Holmes (@kita-lavellan) - Solas/Female Lavellan - 497 words, complete

Rosa and Tal Stories, ⚜️Solas the Circle Mage, ⚜️Rosa Stands Tall, ⚜️Two-Hundred Arrows by Shilyn18 - Solas/Female Lavellan, Dorian/OMC - 909,905 words, WIP

Rereads

Til It Squeaks: A Modern Girl's Take on Thedas, Twist by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGIT - 111,990 words, WIP (one of my comfort rereads, you'll see this a bunch)

pressure point by 17734 - Solas/Female Lavellan - 169,647 words, WIP (I can't help it, every update, I end up rereading the whole thing)

Tumblr Reads

Revealing by @sillyleaf - Silvi Hale

Awkward by @mothergayselle - Solas/Female Lavellan

Named for Fire by @sillyleaf - Silvi Hale

28 from the kiss meme prompt by @rivainisomniari - Solas/Female Lavellan

Morning kisses that are exchanged before either person opens their eyes prompt by @5lazarus - Solas/Female Lavellan

Dreamer by @noire-pandora - Solas/Female Lavellan

Subscription Updates

nothing on my tongue by EllsterSMASH (@ellstersmash) - Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 5 & 20-24), complete

The Hunt by bubble_bones (@bubble-bones) - Fen'harel|Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 46)

Unwritten by UnrealRomance - (@unrealromance) - Solas/MGIT (Ch. 133-134)

the forest is dark and deep and i've seen you here before by victoriousscarf (@victoriousscarf) - Solas/Male Lavellan (Ch. 72-73)

Lines in the Sand, Lines that Shattered by RachielDen (@rachieldenrabi) - Solas/MGIT (Ch. 4)

Borderland Sorrows by SerialChillr (@serial-chillr) - Abelas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 27)

Ruins, Ruins - Prompts, etc. by luzial (@luzial) - Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 2 & 4)

Just Like Fire - Prompt Fills for La'vise Lavellan, Raindrops by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 1), complete, series sub

Sky Touched by Celtic_Lass (@thecelticlass) & AntlersandFangs (@thededfa) - OMC/Female Lavellan, MGIT (Ch. 19-20)

Lingrean Rosal'sule'din, It's Not Lost Until You Give Up by angelslaugh (@skyerie) - Gaspard de Chalons & Female Lavellan, Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 153-157)

Til It Squeaks: A Modern Girl's Take on Thedas, Twist by CrackingLamb (@crackinglamb) - Solas/MGIT (Ch. 57-58)

pressure point by 17734 - Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 22)

Shadowed Moon by Heartfelt_Memories (@evuna) - Fen'Harel|Solas/MGIT (Ch. 18)

Behind the Masks We Wear by AntlersandFangs (@thededfa) - MGIT, Iron Bull PoV (Ch. 7)

Vena Eolas: The Journey of an Elvhen Spirit, Sule Tael Tasalal - Until We Meet Again by faerieavalon (@faerieavalon) - Solas/OFC, Felassan/OFC (Ch. 62)

A Study in Scarlet by lecherysweet (@lecherysweet)- Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 17)

In the face of your light, In the face of your light by noverture (@noverturemusings) - Solas/Male Lavellan (Ch. 38)

Modern Circus AU, Soaring by bearlytolerable - Solas/Female Lavellan (Ch. 3)

» side note - multiple chapters may mean multiple updates; or might just be me refreshing my memory, reorienting myself in the story, or rereading some for fun. 😊

*TIRTW & can recommend

I do a quick search for author tumblrs (if they're not posted on their fic, or AO3 profile); then assume they either don't have one, or don't want it linked to their fic, if it's hard to find. So if you are a writer who has a tumblr they want linked to their rec, or know someone who is, just let me know and I'll fix it.

[galadrieljones]

Same anon as last night--if you're done with this old fic of yours that's obviously fine and ignore me! but another q: in the various post-trespasser AUs ft Abelas and Ameridan, where is Solas? Does he know? What's he doing? Does he keep tabs on Sene? Does he regret his choices? Is he successfully finding a way to tear down the veil? Is he doing it for Mythal?

Hello, anon! I'm so sorry I missed this.

I haven't planned out these fics in-depth, but part of that is because I don't know where Solas is. They're based on a "canon" universe, so in all honesty, I'm sort of waiting for DA4! I don't know exactly what Solas is *doing* at this time; however, the following things are safe to say about his closeness to Sene:

Solas does keep tabs on Sene after DAI. He is extremely jealous of Abelas, even though he knows he has no right to be, and he would bring this up during their confrontation at the end of Trespasser. He would see Sene's relationship with Abelas as fulfilling all the things he has ever wanted for himself and for her: physical and emotional closeness, and an escape from the expectations of power and back to the freedoms of the natural world. After Sene breaks up with Abelas, I picture Solas approaching Abelas, as a friend, but Abelas wanting nothing to do with him. This harms Solas deeply, as in my universe, they were very close friends when they lived with Mythal.

Solas is taken by surprised when Ameridan returns. He is not sure how it worked, and he could not predict it or explain it. This threatens him a little bit, but more than anything, he is intrigued. Ameridan working with Sene causes him to question a great deal, as he is convinced that Ameridan must have a very strong, ancient magic to be able to resurrect the way that he did. Solas thinks of him as a kind of modern day evanuris and he's not sure how to deal with that. Of course, Ameridan has no ambitions beyond fulfilling his personal needs and desires. He has no want to influence the world, but I think that this would change when he learns who Solas is. He might have stories about Fen'Harel from Telana, who was a Dreamer, and might have met Solas in the Fade. Ameridan might meet Solas's mother at some point and admire her deeply. He and Sene would want to be separate from the struggles and strains of war, but inevitably, they would get sucked in.

Ameridan has major hang-ups about self-sacrifice as it ofc cost him so much. He would not want Sene to ruin her life or her youth simply trying to stop Solas. He would try to convince her to leave the problem for someone else to solve. Maybe he's wrong or right, but ultimately he just wants her NOT to blame herself so much when it comes to Solas and his plans. Sene has never been power-hungry or ambitious. Being with Ameridan allows her a quiet life, and even to move back to her farm, which Ameridan, who is basically "old order" Dalish, would love a great deal (and ofc Sene's clan would love him).

Thanks, anon for giving me the chance to think and write about these characters again!!