The Hanged Man

We’re a creator‑friendly community tucked into the corner of the Dragon Age fandom. Inside, you’ll find deep‑dive meta, lore debates, fanworks of all kinds, collaborative events, and good‑faith conversation that makes a fandom feel like home. Whether you’re here to share your latest fic, scream about your blorbo, join an exchange, or simply lurk with a mug of something warm, you’re welcome at our table.

[arlathanxchange]

🌘 Sign‑Ups Are Open

Sign Ups Close: Sunday, April 12, 2026 12:00p ET

The moons have aligned and the gates of the Arlathan eXchange stand open. Nominations have passed; now the People step forward to choose the stories they will carry into this year’s Arlathvhen. Whether your heart belongs to a single elf, a ship that won’t leave you alone, or an OC who deserves their moment in the light, the path is open. Add your voice to the gathering and claim your place in the exchange.

👉🏻 SIGN-UP HERE 👈🏻

The People are assembling, and the Fade stirs with possibility. What kind of magic will you shape this year?

Requests ⤷ how to filter autoao3app Nominated Tags: gSheets | ao3 | autoao3app

Note: Some nominations were re-ordered when they were approved. Non-canonical tags are ordered alphabetically by character last name - if you don't see your nomination, try reversing the name order!

If you have questions before signing up, you can:

check out our sign-up tutorial

learn about exchange letters

peruse our FAQs

🖊️ CONTACT

🌐 website 📬 asks* 💬 discord 📧 [email protected] *If Tumblr eats your ask (it will), email us anytime.

[dacreateathon]

Sign-ups are live!

Signups for the 2024 Dragon Age Create-a-Thon are officially live! If you're looking for a low key, low pressure event that supports creators through a friendly competition, the Create-a-Thon might be for you! You can sign up as a writer, artist, other creator, or an appreciator (someone who doesn't create any pieces but leaves comments during the second half of the event) here! Signups will remain open until September 8th.

Check out our FAQ post here or our announcement post here!

Have fun, share widely, and let us know if you have any questions!

When will the event be?

Sign-ups open: August 25 - September 8, 2024

Team creation: September 9 - 14, 2024

Creation period: September 15 - October 15, 2024

Appreciation period: October 16 - 31, 2024

Results tallied: November 1 - 4, 2024

[dapolyshipping]

‼️Potential Schedule Changes‼️

With the Veilguard release date officially announced as October 31st, we'd like your input about potential adjustments to the previously announced schedule. Please vote in the poll below to let us know which, if any, change you would prefer for this year's exchange!

Which adjustment to the exchange due date would you prefer?

No Change (works due November 3rd at 12p ET)

Extend 1 Week (works due November 10th at 12p ET)

Extend 2 Weeks (works due November 17th at 12p ET)

Voting ended onAug 30, 2024

[dragonageannual]

Dragon Age Annual 2025: Legacies

The mod team is excited to announce the official name for Dragon Age Annual 2025: Legacies! Join us as we celebrate the characters we've always loved and look forward to new legends to come.

✨Apply Now to join our 2025 creative team!✨

Applications are open for both Artists **and** Writers! This year's production will also feature additional slots for writers to participate on a mini zine.

If you'd like to know more about our theme, Myths & Legends, before you apply, you can check out our theme ideas and suggestions document here!

Here's a brief idea of where you should draw inspiration for this theme:

Legendary characters that have a canon appearance (for example: Flemeth, Ameridan)

Legendary characters that do not have a canon appearance, represented by characters that we know and love (for example: Cullen as Dane, Fenris as Shartan)

Characters from the Dragon Age that have already become Legends - these will be our Bonus pages (for example: Cassandra Pentaghast, Solas)

Dragon Age 4 companions who have appeared in supplemental material (Neve Gallus, Lucanis Dellamorte, & Emmrich Valkorin) are allowed for this year's project!

Please see the full suggestion list for guidelines on which alterations to canon & appearance are/are not allowed

Don't be afraid to think outside the box for inspiration! As always, our suggestions are not restrictive or exhaustive, and you are welcome to propose ideas outside of our list for consideration!

‼️Applications Close this FRIDAY, June 14th, 2024‼️

Contact the Mods: ask | email: [email protected]

Follow Us: bluesky | twitter | instagram | website/newsletter

[dragonageannual]

Contributor Applications Are Open!

We are looking for a team of artists, writers, and beta readers to help produce our 2025 charity calendar! This year's theme is Thedas' Myths & Legends.

🚨 Applications will be open until Friday, June 14th, 2024.🚨

Please Note:

All contributors are expected to adhere to our Code of Conduct DAA is a not-for-profit project and all contributions are done on a voluntary basis. There is no monetary or product compensation for contributors Contributors will need to complete works in 2 - 4 months to meet production deadlines. We ask that you only apply if you are confident in your ability to deliver your assigned piece(s) on that timeline. We do not accept any applications of AI-generated works or where others' creations have been traced or used as "bases". All works should be your own.

Review Our Guidelines & Apply Now On Our Website!

Have questions? Contact the mods: ask | email: [email protected]

Thank you and Good Luck!

[arlathanxchange]

✨ WORKS HAVE BEEN REVEALED✨

There are currently 49 works featuring elves in the collection! Thank you to everyone who participated this year - we are so impressed with all of your hard work and excited to check out everyone's creations!

Read the Works Here!

Reminders:

☆ CREATORS ARE STILL ANONYMOUS! Please do not share your work as your own publicly or claim it until creator reveals on Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 at 12p ET. ☆ You are allowed to publicly guess who your creator might be, share recs, or link people to any of the works in the collection! ☆ Creators, don't forget to update your publication date to today so that it will show in Recently Updated searches! To do so: Edit Work → under Associations check "Set a Different Publications date" → enter today's date) ☆ Don't forget to comment on your gift!

Treats:

The collection will remain open for treats, so there's still time to post an extra gift if you'd like to! You can treat specific people by checking out the requests list and you can see who has not received a treat yet by checking the Treatless List. You can also treat the exchange as a whole by creating for ANY PAIRING on the Nominations List. For more information and a detailed how-to, check out our Treats & Treatless FAQ!

☆ Contact the Mods: ask | discord | email: [email protected]

[dragonageannual]

2025 Theme & Charity Announcement!

2025 Charity

The mod team is excited to announce that the 2025 Dragon Age Annual will once again be supporting War Child UK! We wholeheartedly support their beliefs, mission, and the work they are doing.

"We believe no child should be part of war. Ever. And we won't stop until this belief becomes reality."

2025 Theme

We are also thrilled to announce that based on responses to our interest check, the 2025 theme will be Thedas Myths & Legends!

Thedas' age old tales, re-imaginations of beloved characters, and celebrating as your favorites become legends in their own right. Get ready to enjoy this festival of fables!

Keep an eye out for our contributor applications, opening soon!

[dragonageannual]

🌟 Interest Check is Now Live 🌟

Share your opinion on our theme and content for the 2025 Dragon Age Annual. Available till the 3rd of May.

[sevrinve]

Sokka studies :D

[legend-markzine]

MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR COPY BEFORE THE STORE CLOSES!

There are three more days until the Legend Mark Zine store closes! Get your copy for a minimum of 10 USD and support a great cause! Find out more by following the link: https://legendmarkzine.itch.io/legend-mark

Legend Mark by LegendMarkZine

A Dragon Age Charity Zine

[dragonageannual]

Soon...

[arlathanxchange]

Sign-Ups Are Open & Nominations Have Closed!

✨ CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP! ✨

▸ Sign-Ups Close: Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 12pm ET

Visit our website to see the schedule in your local time.

Requests ⤷ how to filter autoao3app ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ Nominated Tags: gSheets | ao3 | autoao3app

If you have questions before signing up, you can:

check out our sign-up tutorial

learn about exchange letters

peruse our FAQs

☆ MORE INFORMATION

rules & info | faq | about exchange letters | how to sign up

☆ CONTACT

ask | discord | email: [email protected]

Tumblr’s asks are famously unreliable. If you don’t see a response within 72 hours please feel free to resend the ask or send an email.

[arlathanxchange]

Arlathan eXchange is returning!

IMPORTANT DATES

▸ Nominations Open: Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Nominations Close: Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Sign-Ups Open: Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Sign-Ups Close: Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Assignments Received: by Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:00 PM EST (or earlier!) ▸ Works Due: Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Works Revealed: Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 12pm ET ▸ Creators Revealed: Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 12pm ET

Visit our website to see the above schedule in your local time.

NOMINATIONS OPEN IN 3 WEEKS

Changes and Updates

→ Please welcome our new moderators! @Dirthenera @Inquisimer @Plisuu @Thedaselcor

→ Our rules and FAQs are undergoing some changes - stay tuned for more information and updates!

→ The event's use of Twitter/X will be phased out this year. Please make sure to follow us on other social media for announcements as we make this transition.

→ This event is officially affiliated with The Hanged Man! The Hanged Man is an unofficial collective of Dragon Age fans who try to make a positive difference in the fandom community by giving fans a place to chat, share and create content, and interact. You can read more on our website.

[arlathanxchange]

We're Looking For Co-Mods

For 2024, we'd like to add co-mods to our events (currently Arlathan eXchange and DA Poly Exchange).

Last year it became obvious to us that continuing to run two exchanges a year (as well as mod Dragon Age Annual) would make it impossible for us to continue the events long-term without serious detriment to ourselves. Although there's no plans to stop either exchange yet we wanted to ask for help before it got that bad.

We're looking for social media and advertising help, in particular, but if you're interested in other aspects of modding (like managing tag sets, AO3 collections, our website, etc) we'd love to have help with that too. We're willing to teach you anything you don't currently know about running exchanges.

Anyone who joins the team will be an equal moderator with the current moderators.

Requirements

18+

Dragon Age Fan

No history of harassment of other fans or Bioware personnel

Willingness to adhere to the guidelines in the Mod Info

Not Required

Participation in events

Moderating both/all events

Prior mod experience

Coding experience

AO3 exchange experience

Interested?

Apply Here Now!

Application Deadline: January 21, 2024

[dapolyshipping]

DA Poly Exchange 2023 Nominations Are Open!

To Nominate Ships for the Exchange:

Visit the tag set.

Click the Nominate button.

Enter your ships one line at a time.

Hit the Submit button.

Detailed Instructions Here: How to Nominate

Questions?

CONTACT US

ask | discord | email: [email protected]

[arlathanxchange]

Arlathan eXchange is returning!

IMPORTANT DATES

▸ Nominations Open: Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Nominations Close: Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Sign-Ups Open: Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Sign-Ups Closed: Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Assignments Received: by Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 8pm ET ▸ Works Due: Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Works Revealed: Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 12pm ET ▸ Creators Revealed: Sunday, June 6, 2023 at 12pm ET

Please visit our website to see the above times in your local time.

Nominations Open in under 2 weeks!

c h a n g e s

→ Collections for the exchange will remain open at all times for additional treats. If you have a prompt you still want to write from last year, feel free to do so!

→ Nominations have one change. Solo characters will be requested as “Character (Solo)” this year to ensure they remain alphabetical in the spreadsheet rather than “Solo: Character”.

→ The rules have been updated to clarify that previously posted works cannot be added to the collection. An exception to this might be a transformational work of a work already in the collection (for example, if someone makes a podfic for a fic in the collection and doesn’t add it to the collection initially, it could be added later.)

→ FAQ has been updated to explain our review process for sign-ups and works. Please note that since the exchange is moderated you may receive emails from the mods with questions or clarifications throughout the process. We ask that you have an up-to-date email on AO3. Thank you!

→ Website has been updated with all new info above. The tumblr pinned post has all updated info, as well.

→ The AO3 collection now features a short version of the FAQ to save space. Please refer to the website for the in depth FAQ.

→ An extension form was added to the website so you can request an extension if contacting a mod directly makes you nervous.

→ The countdown was removed from the tumblr layout. The website homepage still has a countdown!

→ Although we are still posting updates on twitter, please note that we will not be accepting twitter DMs for official communication. We recommend Discord or email for the most reliable communication, but will also answer asks and DMs on tumblr.

[thehangedmanpub]

December 2021 - Progress Update

You can start posting your monthly fandom resolutions progress updates today!