#indess tabris

[louminx]

| ZEVRAN + INDESS | Dragon Age: Origins |

“You’re so much stronger than you know.”

[jawsandbones]

for @louminx

She wonders how much it cost. A thing of white, now stained red. Soft underneath her fingertips, tight around her ribs. The finest fabric to burden her, tangle between her legs. A flag that will not surrender, running still. If she lives, she’ll burn it. Feet beat against ground, grass and gravel, the panic bleeding in her veins, pounding in her skull. Under it, she thinks she hears laughter. The guards casually chat to one another as an arrow is pulled from a quiver. Notched, let loose. He cries out as he falls, a single strangled thing of pain. Reaching for her, hand fisting in her dress.

She turns, hair in her face, caught in her mouth. An arrow, just there, embedded in his back. Nelaros is struggling to hands and knees, and she hesitates. She hears the next one clearly. Whistling in air, the sickening thud. Blood on the grass, and she is pulling at his arm, trying to force him to stand. There isn’t time. His hand shakes, and she watches as an arrow lands in the ground beside her. That laughter again. Playing with their food, meaning to capture.

His eyes are wide, teeth gritted in pain. They must run but the arrow slices through his leg, and Nelaros is on his knees again, and he will not be fast enough. They will come, they will take. She lets go of his arm. “Indess,” he says. She stands, begins to pull herself free. A rip, a tear, and he is left with naught but a scrap of her dress in his hand. More arrows at her feet, flying past her head. Wings of macabre making, lining his spine. “Indess!” Turning, and she does not look back.

“Indess!” It rips ragged from his throat, arrows of his own making, landing, wounding, drawing blood. “Please don’t leave me,” strangled on his tongue, a choked sob follows. “Don’t leave me!” Hands clenched tightly, knuckles white, nails digging into the palm of her hands. Another yell, a furious scream. Curses that fall from his lips and she squeezes her eyes closed. In the alienage, she can still him screaming. In her dreams he calls her name.  

[herssian]

@louminx’s beautiful warden i used for quick practice :j

[ellstersmash]

Happy birthday, @louminx! Have a happy (or at least mildly pleased) Indess because she deserves good things, dammit. I know your birthday is nearly over, but I am   p a i n f u l l y   s l o w   at drawing.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, thanks for being around, and for sharing your luminous, ethereal, utterly beautiful art with us. I hope you feel loved and appreciated today. <3

[louminx]

| INDESS TABRIS | Dragon Age Origins |

The Process for this will be available in my January SCHOLAR Pack on Patreon!

[louminx]

WAIT INDESS IS DEAD????? Louminx why !!!!

And a few other reasons.

[louminx]

| CHANT OF LIGHT | TAG |

Which verse of the Chant of Light is most representative of your Dragon Age OC and/or your OC’s relationship with their love interest?

I was tagged by @sharp-sparks 1000 years ago to assign verses from the Chant of Light to my Dragon Age characters. I must say, this has been my favorite tag to date and I spent way too much time on it. It’s such a wonderful idea!

Indess Tabris:

The one who repents, who has faith, Unshaken by the darkness of the world, She shall know true peace.

- Canticle of Transfigurations, Transfigurations 10:1

Indess and Zevran:

In the long hours of the night When hope has abandoned me, I will see the stars and know Your Light remains.

- Canticle of Trials, Trials 1:1-1:16

Manon Hawke:

I cannot see the path.  Perhaps there is only abyss. Trembling, I step forward, In darkness enveloped.

-Canticle of Trials, Trials 1:1-1:16

Manon and Anders:

Magic could not undo What evil had done.

-Canticle of Silence, Silence 3:1-3:19

Tagging @jawsandbones, @eveninglottie, @nelmdraws, @nipuni, @niklisson, @aspiring-to-be-a-cat, @destinyapostasy, @ventures-through-thedas, @cometeclipsewriting, @youriinquisitorialness, @herssian, @junie-junette, @kauriart, @lonyn, @ofgamersandgeeks, @katriadraws, @theherocomplex, @ellstersmash, @thelionandthelight, @fairithilien, @hansaera, @denerim, @maliro-t, @andrew-blackthorn, @the-tale-of-the-champions, @danceny...

As well as anyone else who wants to do this! Take this as a tag from me ♥

[louminx]

Tagged by @curiousstrawberry to do the OC Dancing Tag! Thank you for thinking of me!! I love my children, they are all terrible.

Tagging @overboss, @sharp-sparks, @vorchagirl, @nelmdraws, @maxcaulficlds, @katriadraws, @ellstersmash, @jawsandbones, @ilesii, @lonyn, @star-marty, @vilemie, @ventures-through-thedas, @lavellanlove (sorry if you’ve done it already)

Indess “My friends call me Knife Baby” Tabris

Manon “My two left feet and I are desperate for attention” Hawke

Samcen “I would rather be anywhere else the Winter Palace sucks” Lavellan (ft.Cole, probably)