#danaia

[sharonrb]

Happy Birthday Danai Gurira

[october-rosehip]

For @darkspawntaxcollectors​, her Warden OC Danaia Amoura, on a nice spring day while there are not darkspawn.

Watercolor, 8x10

[darkspawntaxcollectors]

Number 20 for that OC question thing pretty please because I've never seen you talk about the beloved so much and I am loving every minute. 😚

LMAO thank u darling

20. If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

To Danaia, the lines of these types of love are very blurred. She would describe romantic love is the feeling of warmth on a summers day, or sitting by a campfire as you watch a vibrant sunset as the day kisses you goodbye and the stars welcome you into the night. It's important to her that she be with someone who she can trust at her back, but it is harder for her to describe. What she looks for in a lover is someone who can be her friend, above all else. She can't quite make sense of the romantic part, but she knows it when she feels it.

Familial and platonic love are very similar to her. She places extremely high value on her friendships with people, and lives by the saying that "friends are the family you choose". The most meaningful distinction for her with platonic love is the choice behind it. When King Alistair hit a low point again (re:his family), she let him know that she sees him as the brother she chose to have, and let him know that every day she chooses him again and again.

Thanx darling I'm kissing u

[darkspawntaxcollectors]

027. What is their idea of perfect happiness? (From the 100 Random Character Development Questions, for Danaia?)

I would say that Danaia struggles with defining what happiness really means to her, and so she doesn't have an idea of "perfect happiness". She often finds herself dissatisfied with the way her life turned out, but she just cannot imagine it any other way. She is very stressed out all the time, but in that time between the end of the blight and her assuming the role of Warden-Commander of Ferelden, she went back to her slower day-to-day life in Antiva and she just couldn't readjust. She found herself agitated and miserable.

She finds herself at her happiest in her day to day life when she is surrounded by good people who can take the edge off of her. For her, she would probably be at her happiest if she found some form of inner peace. Defining these things is the hardest part for her, so she doesn't know just how to get there.

[darkspawntaxcollectors]

danaia what's your most heart aching desire 👁

At present what I yearn for the most is an entire tray of Shepherd's Pie all to myself and one month where Zevran and I are left the fuck alone.

In all seriousness, now that you ask me that, I realize that I haven't given it much thought.

Lately I dream of a quiet life in the Antivan country side with Zevran. And yet when I awaken, I can't help but feel wrong. I am not certain either of us know how to just sit on our hands, though I've certainly tried.

Perhaps what I want more than anything is a cure for the taint. I probably should not say such a thing as Warden-Commander, I am probably supposed to spew some shit about "sacrifice" and solemnly keep my vigil. Perhaps it is the answer you expected?

When I was conscripted, I thought my family would never know what became of me after my sudden disappearance. Against all odds, my twin brother, Hajel, ran away from home and braved the wilds of Ferelden to find me. When I told him of the fate that was to befall me when I slayed the archdemon, he gently cradled my face in his hands and told me "Danaia, we came into this world together, I won't let you leave alone." His voice quivered as he said it, and I could see in his eyes what he was trying to hold back. He never strayed from my side come darkspawn or demon. I'm told that when I slayed the archdemon he clutched at my body while crying like a wounded animal.

My family never recovered from losing me. When I returned to Antiva, I had to look my mother and father in their eyes and let them know that one day they will lose me again. I would sometimes hear my father quietly weeping in his study late into the night. My younger sister was loathe to let me out of her sight. As for Zevran, he cherishes every moment that we have together, and yet sometimes I catch him looking at me with that same pained expression I'd see in the final days of the blight.

I don't want to put my loved ones through that again. I've sacrificed enough for this world, but so have they. I hope that answers your question, my friend.

[darkspawntaxcollectors]

For the Bullying OCs Day thing: Danaia, do you ever miss home? What or who do you miss the most?

If you're asking me about Antiva, then I suppose I do find myself missing some things every now and again. I miss the sunlight and the seasoned food. I miss having a beach close to home where I could sulk for hours. I miss the children I used to teach. I wish I could have been there to watch them all grow. I miss not being called a "knife-ear" or having people put me on a pedestal because I saved their hides from an archdemon. I miss being no one. I miss when Antivan Crows were not trying to kill me and my family. I miss not having these damned tattoos that pain me every second of every day and night. I miss the days when my problems were so simple as Maliah borrowing my favourite dress without asking, or Hajel putting geckos in my bed, or my elders lecturing me about tidiness and telling me for the thousandth time to take my time when I do things.

You know what I miss most of all? I miss the person I was before I was kidnapped. Everyone back in Antiva remembers a timid, sweet, patient girl who wouldn't so much as lift a hand at a fly. They couldn't accept the woman who returned. She was blunt, abrasive, and so very angry all the time. I don't know how to stop feeling like this, I wish I knew how.

My entire family has come to the keep for the time being, and yet it is hard for some of them to understand the woman I must be in this country. As an elven mage who is also a foreigner, I must be a force of nature to be taken seriously. My position did not come without a great deal of struggle.

I suppose Vigils Keep is my home now, and the Wardens my family. Despite all of my struggles in this country, I've grown fond of Ferelden and her people, and I've no intention of leaving any time soon. I hope I've thoroughly answered your question, Ser Mocha. I think I will enjoy a cup of coffee in your honor.

[atreane]

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Derrick Jaxn & Wife Da’Naia Jackson Do A Lil’ NC-17 Flirting On The Gram Under Her Father’s Day Post

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