#ghilin'da

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to be clear this is a sketch for a real piece but felt the need to go crazy with it first

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not a fan of the colored version anymore so have b&w. may redo in the near future

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Happy September 19 everyone! Finally finished this solavellan piece.

If you’re wondering what the necklace is, nothing like a hare coded Lavellan gifting Fen’Harel a rabbit foot for luck.

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Inquisitor “Ghilin’da” Lavellan

The “lucky little rabbit” who escaped Fen’Harel’s trap.

Finally started playing Dragon Age: Inquisition—I’m only 10 years late! I'm not done with the game yet but I'm getting there, and piecing together Lavellan's name and story as I go along. More below the cut.

As it stands, I got her name from the elvhen words ghilanas (to guide; create luck), oin (rabbit), and da (little). Ghilin'da, or Ghil'da, for short. Prior to the Conclave, she lived as a city elf and owned the human slur for elves: "rabbit". She rarely went by any another name until the Conclave.

Once she became Inquisitor, the nickname would have fallen away if not for Solas's use of it. Solas latched onto the name and called her Ghilin'da, claiming that she was lucky for surviving the Anchor.

When Solas's identity is revealed, the name is forever marked in elvhen folklore, and Inquisitor Lavellan becomes Ghilin'da, the foil to Fen'harel.

In the years that follow, elves wait with bated breath for the ending to the tale of the Lucky Rabbit and the Dread Wolf.

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The things Trespasser does to a woman.

9:41 - 9:51 Dragon, Inquisition to Veilguard.

I imagine the Anchor and/or Wells of Sorrows would leave something of a green light in the Inquisitor’s eyes. And of course Lavellan blames Solas for the gray hairs.