#dabb

[tiiracotta]

I participated in Dragon Age Big Bang 2024 as an artist for a lovely modern AU Adoribull fic 'time will change you' by @slothpoe!

[dragonagebigbang]

Hi everyone! Apologies for the delay, as Life™️ has been Life™️-ing a lot recently, but we're very excited to announce that it's time for the fourth annual Dragon Age Big Bang! (No, really, where has all the time gone???) We'd like to issue a warm welcome back to those who have been with us before, and a very warm welcome to those who will be participating for the first time! We're glad to have you all 🙂 Dates will be announced on this blog tomorrow, but if you want to be in the know early, they've already been announced on our Discord server. Feel free to join and get in the know sooner! But if Discord's not your thing, that's okay, too. All relevant information for the event will be shared here! We hope you're as excited as we are for this year's Dragon Age Big Bang, and we can't wait to get started!

[keriweird]

DABB 2026

Here's the art I did for the wonderful fic Strange Configuration by @justjasper

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/dragonagebigbang2026/works/85655531

**Rating:** Explicit

**Summary:**

While exploring a ruin, a strange ancient artifact explodes, and Dorian and the Iron Bull wake up to find themselves in each other's bodies. They'll have to navigate a very literal walk in someone else's shoes, as they discover new things and recontextualise their understanding of each other along the way. Also, naturally, they make it a sex thing.

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It was great working with you this year!

[elfyroot]

IF MY HEART WAS STILL MINE After Corypheus' defeat and Solas' sudden departure, Lethe Lavellan is left broken, bruised and slowly being consumed by the anchor - a corruption feeding on her very spirit. Desperate to save her and with nowhere else to turn, Dorian looks to Nevarra for help. Calling on his former teacher, and Fade Expert, Emmrich Volkarin. In the candlelit, shadowed halls of Skyhold, haunted murals begin to stir and Emmrich must discover a way to stave off the anchor's endless hunger. Can he save her before she is devoured completely - and survive falling in love along the way?

I can finally yap about this now! I participated in the @dragonagebigbang for 2026, and was paired with the amazingly talented and skilled @michichi69. Please go look at the full art (it is in chapter 2!)

You ever wanted to read something like Penny Dreadful in a Victorian Skyhold? I got you.

Rating: Mature Total Word Count: 22,389 Setting: Canon Divergence / Victorian Skyhold, Dragon Age: Inquisition Pairing: Emmrich Volkarin x Inquisitor Lavellan Tags: Major Character Death, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Victorian, Victorian Skyhold, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Regret, Strangers to Lovers, First Kiss, Sex, Religion, Anxiety, Introspection, Demons, Bugs & Insects, Occultism, Gothic Romance, Gothic Horror, Body Horror, Implied/Referenced Suicidal Thoughts, Unreliable Narrator, Post-Dragon Age: Inquisition, Past Lavellan/Solas, Solas Haunts This Narrative Like a Cockroach, Listen I Love Solas But This Ain't That Kind of Story, Betas Are a Writers Best Friend

[seasnares]

Excited to finally be able to post the project I've been working on, my piece for the @dragonagebigbang to accompany @aereona's fic, Under Your Crimson Brush!

This was a blast to work on and I'm so lucky to have gotten the opportunity. The fic is so well written and fun and I hope I did it justice!

You can go read it here!

[tumblchorraden]

One of the projects I have been working in during this month has been a collaboration with the amazing @ladyamesindy / @theoriginalladya to bring to life a scene of her beautiful story for the @dragonagebigbang challenge.

Today is the day in which her story is going to be revealed (so please rush and read it, it is so touching!) and I am allowed to show here the art I did for it.

It's been a pleasure, both for having the chance to draw my beloved Morrigan and her family, and for working with lady, who is such a charming person to work with!

This has been a great experience and I hope to do it again next year!

[aereona]

Under Your Crimson Brush

Solas has been stuck as a painting since he created the Veil over three thousand years ago. Rook de Riva enjoys liberating objects from their current whereabouts (definitely not pretty paintings that catch his eye on his way to assassinate a target). Can one assist the other without unleashing something irreversible?

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Written for the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026 @dragonagebigbang and accompanied by marvellously detailed artwork from Psyche @seasnares 🔥💜

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A snippet of Rook and Solas' dynamic

Returning to the room as swiftly as possible, he walked inside with the dish in hand and a mabari-shaped, carved bone hairpin tucked snugly in his back pocket. With a delighted smile, he stopped in front of Solas.

“That was not soon.”

Rook shrugged, as if he would prepare this dish without taking the time to make it perfect. “It is very sad you cannot enjoy the taste nor the scent of these succulent, roasted tomatoes. Not to mention my mouthwatering tortelloni cacio e pepe,” Rook said before he held the dish out in front of the canvas, manually wafting the scent towards it. “Perfetto. Hmm. Yes, very sad for you,” he smirked and settled down to eat slowly, even turned the frame to the side so Solas could see every single mouthful.

“Fen'Harel ma halam.”

Rook tilted his head at the melodic words. The sweetest of tones, but something rude, judging by the harsh glare that accompanied it. He ate a large bite of his stuffed pasta before he responded. “Adorable.”

Read it on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85336956

[merimeik]

Ahhhhh I finally get to post this! My contribution to the Dragon Age Big Bang 2026! Companion illustration for the fantastic fic The Princess & The Rook, by @fiberpunk027. It's a really lovely piece that reads like a comfy fairytale (especially if you want some closure on Alistair as a king and father), and reading the draft made it so easy to stay motivated throughout the entire drawing process.

Fic synopsis and close-ups under the cut!

"Marillia "Lia" Theirin is the imaginative child of Alistair and Anora Mac Tir. The heir to a kingdom, she spends more of her days daydreaming and pretending her life were a fairy tale than focusing on becoming a great future queen, much to her mother's disappointment. All of that changes when a mysterious black bird comes to her window seeking refuge. "Rook" is a strangely intelligent bird intent on finding the King of Ferelden and delivering an important message only meant for his ears. These two unlikely friends navigate the uncomfortable spaces between childhood and adulthood, as they discover that the parents they had idealized may be fallible humans after all."