#dirthavellan

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Ghosts of another life

Watercolour piece by Evo (@evonik-k)

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I had to draw my OT3 after @noverturemusings ruined my heart

a bed for three that would never feel empty

If you haven’t read In The Face Of Your Light go do it now go go go

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Nkt sure if you remember me, sorry it has taken so long, and for how much longer it will take, I haven't painted in a very long time so it took a while to doodle anything worth showing. (do let me know if you have any looks notes, i did it without reference like a fool so this dirthavellan attempt may be very off from what yoy imagined)

I'll be sure to tag you or send it to you or something when i finish it. It may take a while as i don't have much free time. Hope you have been enjoying all the DA4 news in recent days.

Be safe and well! Thank you for giving me some of my creativity back.

Holy SHIT that already looks SO GOOD!!! I think you’ve nailed it. Dirthamen’s hair is straight but I’m loving that slightly wavy look on him (it does turn a little wavy when it’s shorter because less weight, so you know what, it works).

Thank you very much for showing me this, it’s so stunning. I’m glad I was able to give you back some of your creativity ❤️

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The God, the Guide, and the Guardian

Click for better resolution, it got murked :’)

This thing took me almost a month good god. Anyway, been wanting to do a triptych for a while because how could I not with these three?

List of symbolisms under the cut because a lot of thought went into this piece. (spoilers for ITFOYL)

Solas and Dirthamen are facing Lavellan’s panel, but their eyes are hidden. Since Lavellan is meant to stand as a guide in this piece, it shows that they’re unable to fully see and follow his guidance. Solas is blinded by his duties as Fen’Harel (the wolf head) and Dirth is blinded by his duty to his family (the crown) and later, blinded by his grief (the funeral veil).

Since Lavellan is often referred to as Dirthamen’s raven, having a raven skull in Dirth’s hand symbolises his death at Dirth’s hand. Also, the key items the three are holding are in the same colour and haloed to show their connection to each other. Both the orb and the raven skull are omens of death, symbolising the hurt they’ve inflicted on Lavellan (his heart).

The raven skull is crying blood to mirror Lavellan crying gold in his panel, and also because it’s crying for Dirth since he wasn’t able to grieve properly. Also, it’s hella cool.

Speaking of crying, why is Lavellan crying gold? Well I was inspired by religious triptychs and the depictions of the Virgin Mary crying. Also, he’s got quite a few things to cry about, we’ll give him a pass pffhaha.

Lavellan has a halo to establish him as the guide, the light. The daggers pointed at him also shows how being worshipped is hurting him. (the entire thing looks sort of like a compass -- “compass of my heart” anyone?)

The fire design at the bottom of Lavellan’s robes is a nod to his trial. Also, Andraste’s death by fire.

Lavellan has no vallaslin. Mostly because I didn’t want the gold of his vallaslin to clash with the gold tears but let’s pretend I did it for symbolic purposes. Freedom! Huzzah!!

The stars! As some of u know I’m a sucker for celestial imagery and both Dirth and Solas have a star-related nickname for Lavellan. (The corvus and lupus constellations are also hidden in Lavellan’s cloak btw. They’re on the side respective of where Dirth and Solas are)

And to end on a happier note, there’s also the wisteria and dogwood that were present in the story! Both have a ton of symbolic meanings that are very varied, but I noticed that a meaning they had in common was love and renewal! Which I thought was pretty neat.

Yeah, there’s quite a bit. I may have overthought this.