#casteless dwarf

[lavared]

⚔️ BRÆNRYN BROSCA ⚔️

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Race: Commoner Dwarf, Casteless

Class: Rogue (Dual Weapon)

Specialization: Duelist

Affiliations: the Carta, Grey Wardens, Orzammar Royal Family, Ferelden Royal Court

Titles: Brænryn the Duster, The Warden, Hero of Ferelden, Paragon Brænryn

Personality: Wary, Brusque, Quick-Witted, Protective, Non-judgemental

Memorable Quotes: “Can I get you a ladder, so you can get off my back?!”

(Details under the cut)

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Three styles, three different life stages. 

First one: The Warrior Traveller’s ‘Fit 

Key Words: practical, medium weight, no-fuss, dark tones 

This is what I imagine Brosca looking like after the Joining ritual and for a good part of the game. The beginning of her journey is all slashing, crippling, and traveling on foot, so I needed to get her a look that is functional (allegedly) and with no frills. I needed to make a mishmash of in-game armor parts to get something I could picture her wearing for real. 

It could have been worse, 3/5 stars.

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Second one: The Fereldian Court Jester 

Key Words: cheap elegance, military influences, brighter colors, poofy

The special occasions look. You can see her wearing this on a diplomatic encounter with the Arl or during a war council with her allies on a cold winter day in Ferelden. I needed to elevate a basic tunic + pants + boots combo by adding more details and faking a more refined fabric for the blouse. I wanted to play on the contrast between modest and expensive, but it was my greatest goal to make her look a bit on the gaudy and tacky side. Being classy is not her forte. 

2/5 stars, but bonus points for trying to look the part. A generous 3/5 stars score.

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Third one: The Seasoned Veteran 

Key Words: subtle patterns, better fit, souvenirs, mismatched armor

She’s a grown-up now. She’s a Commander, she’s a Paragon, she’s an Icon, she’s a Legend, she’s the Moment (not really, but still). Instead of letting her go full-blown diva, I let her crawl back to her roots. The tunic + pants + boots combo is her uniform, and you won’t catch her wearing anything else, but this time you can find new and old elements added to it. I picture her collecting and looting trinkets, materials, fabrics, and pieces of armor around Thedas, and combining them with what she already owns. She doesn’t fight that much at this point compared to her Blight days, so she skips on the medium armor. 

It’s nice, it’s cute, but it could have been better. 3/5 stars.

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I wrote a post narrating in detail why I chose to dress her like this, but it’s so long it’s basically an essay. I’m not bothering you with that, you have a life to care about lol All you need to know is that I needed to recreate the Grey Warden Armour/Uniform color scheme to be consistent with the lore and display her unhealthy obsession for the color blue

[abearbutch]

thinking about casteless dwarf warden like. you’re told your whole life that your existence is so meaningless that you won’t even be recorded in the memories. you and your ancestors are unworthy of being remembered. and then you become the commander of the grey. the hero of ferelden.

also i love thinking about what their relationship to dwarven culture must be like. again, treated like shit on their shoe but then once you kill the archdemon you get invited back to Orzammar and made paragon. they don’t change the way they treat casteless in general, but they suddenly want to claim a relationship with you once you make something of your life.

you couldn’t go home once you left. and even after you’re invited back you can’t go home to the place that abused you and branded your face. just. dwarf warden….

[hairdressersdoitwithstyle]

So it’d been a while since I’d played the casteless dwarf backstory in Origins and I had totally forgotten that Duncan basically extends both middle fingers to Orzammar after recruiting you.

“Oh? This person isn’t even a person to you? And their crime is daring to act like an actual person with rights? Well, you can’t try them because I’m invoking the Grey Warden’s Right of Conscription. Here, friend, have this weapon that belonged to a Warden who was related to Orzammar’s king and therefore also related to a Paragon. Anyway, bye nobles!”

[rennybu]

warden, hawke and inquisitor

i finally had time to draw all my protags in the same post :’-) detailing all the little things i can’t give em in the vanilla cc!

bryony: possibly the fluffiest girl alive

orson: red birthmark instead of a bloodswipe

mahon: SNAGGLETOOTH!!!

[kpluscraft]

Surly punk dwarf for pcc day 2! Who can recognize the face design?

[fadekhat-blog]

Warden Feran Brosca, at your service... for the right price.

I’ll never forget the way my first Warden avenged her wedding day in the Alienage, but I’ve got plans for Morrigan’s spawn, hence, Feran. Plus it’s pretty fun to genuinely give No Shits(tm) about all of this surfacer nonsense.

[dragonageconfessions]

CONFESSION:

I just adore the Dwarven style tattoos, meant to mark someone as caste-less. I feel weird when I see it on non-dwarves though, they aren't caste-less obviously... Caste-less are based on the "untouchables" in hindu society, forbidden from meaningful livings based on who they were born to.

[lavared]

⚔️ BRÆNRYN the DUSTER ⚔️

-”From dust she came as a Nobody, and to dust she shall return as a Hero”-

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The lines sucked by themselves, so I tried to embellish the sketch a little