#variel tag

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Variel Lavellan: Ean’tusahnelan, Herald of Daybreak

I was so lucky to snatch this commission from @deeplord of my canon Inquisitor!!! I looove how this turned out and it’s magical to be able to see her captured so well. 🥺 Thank you again!!

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A story in GIFs: Vallen, part 1

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I was tagged by the lovely @isayashai and @phoenixsoul13 for WIP Wednesday! (Do I have any concept of time? Nope, so consider this a WIP Whenever!) Tagging @greenteabtch, @theflamesbeyond, @metzlishepard, @mxssrelay @urzfanclub, and anyone else who feels like hopping on!

Today we bring you a snippet of a Vallen WIP that I wrote during a work break because illicit fic writing is best fic writing. <3

His smile drew two lines that curved from the corner of his eye down to his cheekbone. They were well-defined on his sun kissed face – a testament that he’d had little rest from the outdoors lately. Variel imagined what it would be like to reach out and touch them. To rest her hand on his skin, feel his breath against the pulse of her wrist. To linger. He glanced up at her, and she pulled her thoughts back abruptly, like janking on a leash.

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Unusual OC Associations: Variel Lavellan Edition

Tagged by no one, but I liked this too much to miss it! Tagging @isayashai , @ghoulsbeard , @antivantalon , and anyone else who feels like doing this. Answers under the cut :)

Seasoning: Saffron. The plant itself is easy to grow with a little care and yields a violet flower. The spice comes from the plant’s crimson stigmas and has a subtle earthy-sweet flavor. It takes time and dedication to gather saffron, as it does to get to know Variel in her guardedness and depth — proof that many good things take time. Saffron also represents love, healing, and mental strength.

Weather: A warm afternoon just after a heavy rainfall. Sunlight makes the wet streets glitter and the earth bloom with the scent of petrichor. The memory of a storm is fading away and would feel like little more like a dream, if not for the last rumbles of thunder in the distance. The air feels new, refreshed, and the day begs to go play in puddles.

Color: Plum, indigo, pale gold.

Sky: The hazy, diluted, dark blue of the night sky, still peppered with glittering stars, as it begins turning lighter and lighter into dawn.

Magic Power: Aura reading. The ability to sense the "energy" of another, including their emotions, health status, or moral alignment.

House Plants: Moth orchid. Often lonesome, but brings the symbology of beauty and joy to a room.

Weapon: Meteor hammer. A soft weapon that can take opponents by surprise, as it gathers inertia by swinging in various directions before striking. Long-range and dual-ended, it allows to perform defense and offense at the same time. Alternatively, a book thrown at someone’s head.

Subject: Translation. Variel is fascinated by the language and its trappings, the prospect of breaching gaps in understanding by bringing sources of meaning together. Knowledge is lovely by itself, but even better when used to foster connectedness.

Social Media: Wordpress. She has a dozen abandoned blogs from different periods of her life, full of poems, reflections, and unfinished stories.

Make Up Product: Mascara. Variel’s eyes are one feature she likes about herself and play a significant role in her communication style, earnest and moving. Doesn’t hurt to have a little extra oomph when she stares into your soul or resolves conflict with some strategic eyelash batting.

Candy: Fruit confections (aka gummies). A burst of flavor that is almost natural except enhanced for an unbridled sugar rush.

Fear: Becoming untethered. This includes losing the people she cares about, naturally, but also losing herself; to oppression, to expectations, to the confusion of existing. She is caught between wanting to be free and fearing that she will fly into the sun if allowed.

Ice Cube Shape: Ice chips. Delicate, simple, and yet great for staying hydrated + sensory stimulation to bring the mind back to reality.

Method of Long Distance Travel: Caravan. Sitting in the back of a supply cart, journaling anonymously, watching the scenery pass by.

Art Style: Expressionism. Based on subjective perspectives of the world, uses radical distortion and vibrant hues to evoke moods or ideas.

Mythological Creature: Feathered Serpent. In Mesoamerican mythologies, examples include Quetzalcoatl, which represented the duality of body and spirit, life, light, and knowledge.

Piece of Stationery: That one pen that writes with just the right texture to be soothing. Not too thin or scratchy, not so full of ink that it splotches.

3 Emojis: 🕊️🌩️📚

Celestial Body : Supermoon. A celestial body already known for its mysticism becomes even more striking when it is closest to us; but even then, it remains at an unbreachable distance. Associated with the enhancing and deepening of emotions.

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Last Line Challenge!

I was tagged by @theflamesbeyond to participate in a last line challenge! Thank you for tagging me, ILY!!! You can read Steph's submission here. I think several of our friends have already been tagged, so if anyone feels like participating, consider this your tag! <3

"Science, Inquisitor. The world can be falling apart and people will keep looking for ways to poke at the unknown, chasing our big questions. I guess the same is true for art."

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Variel Lavellan ft. getting progressively more expressive around humans

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No listen she is my sun moon and stars

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Just a tiny bit late, but @ghoulsbeard tagged me to pick 5 songs that remind me of my wip or characters! Passing this to @isayashai @metzlishepard and anyone else who feels like it. <3

I'm in a Variel mood so these are for her! I also cheated because I couldn't decide between these 6 songs, whoops.

Get Up by Mother Mother [x]

Pilgrims by New Dialogue [x]

Which Witch by Florence + The Machine [x]

Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance [x]

Gold by MILCK [x]

Nine by Sleeping At Last [x]