Ellana always thought the dreadwolf never cared about her after everything that happened 10 years ago, but she actually was far from his truth…
This is what I had in mind for the solavellan reunion in veilguard, hope you like it !

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Ellana always thought the dreadwolf never cared about her after everything that happened 10 years ago, but she actually was far from his truth…
This is what I had in mind for the solavellan reunion in veilguard, hope you like it !
watch you sleep. keep you safe.
we're given a specific date (2850 ancient) for when elves first noticed the "quickening" and began to try to avoid humans to prevent it. this is supposedly about 250 years after the first humans settled on mainland thedas, and about 50 years before the old gods began whispering to the "Dreamers" of the neromenian tribes, teaching them magic and making them powerful priest-kings of their people
i already said i'm not going to get into ancient elf lore because this is not my field, so i’m just, sort of, gesturing at the creation of the veil implications so we have a sense of time. that happened around then, theoretically. or a little before and this was when the impact was felt? the dalish seem to believe fen’harel locked away the other gods before humans showed up... ANYWAY i’m not talking about it.
the first of the dreamers is believed to be a specific guy called thalsian, who theoretically encountered the old god dumat in the fade and learned blood magic from him. apparently, the neromenian tribes had already worshipped dragons (they “had worshipped fallen heroes reborn as dragons”, which sounds SO interesting) but as the dreamers came to power—and there’s some accounts that they were the first humans to ever learn magic at all, not just blood magic? i’m not quite clear on that, but if true, you can imagine the kind of power they might have held—the neromenians came around to worshipping their 7 old gods specifically
WAIT. the previous paragraph was all incorrect jsgsjsks. BEAR WITH ME. okay bafflingly, even though thalsian is described as the first dreamer, he’s also supposed to have been around learning blood magic from dumat way, way later, like over a thousand years later from the date we’re now talking about which is described as when the first dreamers, plural, learned magic in general. we should not be talking about him yet at all. Mystifying. Why’d They Call Him That Then.
okay okay so let’s work this one out. thalsian in ~1595 learns blood magic from dumat and converts the neromenians to worshipping the old gods. but we’re also told that way back in ~2800, the old gods taught the neromenian dreamers magic. which is, uh, as far as i can tell before anyone had heard of or was worshipping the old gods. my initial guess for how we’re stapling this together is that this was the retroactive spin on what happened, from thalsian or generally from a post-thalsian, old god worshipping society. more realistically, if the neromenians did learn magic as a whole from anyone it was probably from, like, the elves, right? and then they later Didn’t Want To Talk About That for obvious reasons. so don’t worry it was the old gods guiding us all along 🙏 or maybe it was other spirits instead of elves or whoever but suffice it to say that this is the faith of the old gods snatching the credit later on.
so we’re not worshipping the old gods “yet” at all, thalsian can wait his turn. the neromenians are still for centuries yet going to have this “fallen heroes reborn as dragons” faith. and this is while arlathan still exists next door and more human tribes are moving south. fascinating time period!!
when humans arrived in thedas, they didn't come in one cultural group but as a variety of tribes. it's going to take a long post but let's try to just talk our way through them here
the dragon-worshipping neromenians settled on the coast of the nocen sea, the heart of modern day tevinter. in abt 1700 ancient they would split into four distinct kingdoms: neromenian, tevinter (seems to have been based in minrathous), qarinus, and barindur. less than a hundred years later, barindur would disappear under mysterious circumstances. yeah, the whole place. the story goes that barindur was a wondrous city containing fountains that granted eternal youth, but one day the high priest of dumat asked his god that the high king of barindur be punished for a slight, and dumat eradicated the entire city, turning it into a plain of barren rock overnight. solas talks about the lost city of barindur as if it were actually destroyed by a volcanic eruption, implying the above is merely a mythical explanation for a natural disaster
the west and centre of thedas was settled by tribes including the ciriane, the inghirsh, and the planasene. "ciriane" is a broad, loosely defined category for people who lived prosperously in the fertile lands we now recognise as central orlais. (we're told that ciriane culture has 'mostly disappeared', but also that they're the primary ancestors of modern orlesians, so my assumption is that the founding of orlais involved efforts to sort of consolidate them and stamp out diversity of culture as well as whatever their pre-chantry religious practices were.)
the inghirsh lived further north within modern orlais. they seem to have been nomadic and to have ultimately been on the losing end of multiple conflicts with the neromenians, with those that survived either taken into slavery or absorbed into the ciriane and planasene. (there's an account in the chant of light that the neromenians turned away from the maker and towards the old gods, under the orders of a king antoridus and on the advice of our old pal thalsian, specifically in order to gain victory over the inghirsh.)
the planasene were an agricultural people, settled in modern day nevarra and the free marches, with "a surprisingly long written history and a strong culture of animist worship", an insane thing to throw into world of thedas and then never elaborate on. where is the written history. i want it. anyway the aforementioned chant of light story goes on to say that having defeated the inghirsh, king antoridus of neromenian set his sights on the planasene. in desperation, the planasene's leader, king damertes, turned to "pagan soothsayers" looking for a demon as strong as neromenian's new old god. they found one, a demon with she/her pronouns who would turn the tide in exchange for damertes and his people forsaking the maker. they did so, and the neromenians were struck by some kind of plague of boils and forced to turn back.
(in regard to this story from the chant of light: well, it doesn't quite make sense, does it, because we were told the neromenians didn't worship the maker in the first place, they were always into some kind of dragons. but maybe the planasene could have? on top of the "animist worship"? when i get to andraste i'll try to find some hard information on whether worship of the maker even predates her because i've often been confused by that, but clearly at least the chantry is claiming it did.)
on the topic of andraste: the alamarri were a loose coalition of tribes that settled in modern day ferelden. theoretically they arrived there in 2415 ancient, some 800 years after the neromenians first settled in the north. according to their legends, they needed to find a new home because they were fleeing from a "shadow goddess". scholars claim this was probably a natural disaster. solas, because he is solas, claims to have actually met this spirit and that she still exists and really did all that. it's claimed that it was in about 1815 ancient that the avvar broke away from the alamarri and in 1415 ancient that the chasind broke away. why they all only did things in the fifteenth year of a century i simply cannot tell you.
it’s possible that tyrdda bright-axe was the one in 1815 to lead the avvar away and in so doing found them and this is the story described in her hinterlands saga, because she is theoretically the founder of the avvar, but there’s a lot i find iffy about that. like, if the avvar were only “founded” when tyrdda brought her clan away into the frostbacks, then why are there avvar fortresses on lake calenhad and as far east as amaranthine, suggesting the avvar existed as a major power throughout ferelden? and how was she around in 1815 ancient when she’s supposedly also the mother of morrighan’nan who was around in the 300s ancient? and why are the avvar only being “founded” when they leave if they are already their own one of what is clearly described as a coalition of tribes? and what about how world of thedas says it was actually calenhad’s united ferelden that pushed the avvar into the frostbacks? possibly the avvar moved west with tyrdda and then in later better times spread eastwards again, to be forced back much later by calenhad. and there were multiple women named morrighan’nan or the legends were simply tied together incorrectly by later storytellers
we don’t know as much about the human tribes in this era within other parts of thedas, such as rivain, the anderfels, and antiva. there’s some mention of the “orth” people as an existing anderfels culture in the tabletop rpg, with “orthland” having been the original name for the anderfels in early development, so you could make an argument for them as at least one group, but there’s nothing hard canon about that at all that i can find
i have been thinking for a long time about how i would love to do some kind of event or like project on here where i study up through thedas history and make posts as i’m going so we can all Experience The Journey together (attendance is mandatory and i will make it your dashboard’s problem) but i don’t really know how to formulate/order that. like go age by age... or region by region...? maybe just start from the beginning and do whatever seems natural
I know it's both impolite and highly unlikely but the conspiracy theorist in me does wonder if humans have a darker origin than the elves. there is such mystery surrounding them, even more now that we know they existed during Elvhenan, and yet elven history (beyond the aging thing) never mentions them. if elves can come from spirits then why can't humans come from, idk, the undead?
first - they supposedly came from across the Nocen (which isn't verifiable either). all we know about the Evanuris and anything "across the sea" pertains to Those Across the Sea, a weird enemy repelled by life force magic. who is to say humans weren't crafted from some sorcery over there? furthermore (this is treading on territory™) who knows if humans were even connected to the Fade? what if they weren't, and that's why there are no ancient memories of humans (as opposed to memories of Elvhenan)?
It's likely pro-Evanuris propaganda that convinced the elves the humans took their immortality. But, what if it was based on some small truth, like humans being tied to the Abyss?
Then of course there's thematic irony, my beloved. Humans oppressed the world spreading the Chant of Light but consider: humans originally were born of something outside the Light. something something... there might be a primeval deep subconscious hole in them... (or I'm just crazy). I mean, if ancient elves can be the tevinter old gods by another name, then who's to say humans didn't originate from something that would totally wreck their minds and everything they stand for?
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Anyways back to Evil HawkeVarric. It's canon that for Varric "devotion to Hawke" supercedes his own internal moral compass. So it perfectly tracks for me that he'll stick with Hawke if they choose to side with the templars during the last straw, at least in the moment. But I think that as time goes on that decision would really start to eat at him.
I just really love the idea of Varric watching the Inquisitor's face while they're talking to Hawke about what happened in Kirkwall and what "had to" happen to Merrill & Anders and suddenly getting the sharp sinking feeling that maybe he's the bad guy in this story.
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my mass effect brainrot was killing me so i created these chibi designs to print some personal charms. i've decided to open-source the high-res files for anyone who wants to print their own fan-merch! (if there is anyone wants it....TT)
you can get the files here!→ 🍣🍣🍣
terms of use:
✅ allowed: printing for personal use (charms, stickers, prints, etc.)
❌ strictly prohibited: commercial use, reselling, editing or reposting the artwork anywhere else
enjoy! if you ever make something, please share a pic with me, it would make my day! 🥺🖤✨
no boobplate pls💀
Queen Anora’s full armor from my last drawing
Based on Loghain’s armor here and Anora’s dress with the ferelden sigil on the chest
they are going to ask for discounts on the citadel even tho they have enough money to buy everything….
from time to time i have a challenger mood and im doing something completely out of my comfort zone and its this artwork: weird angle, lineart, multiple characters combo. I struggled so much with shepard’s face but it turned out to be acceptable
Dragon Age Create-a-Thon 2026 Announcement
What is the DA Create-a-Thon?
The Create-a-Thon is an event where DA fandom creators and DA fandom appreciators will be put into teams to try and win the most points for their team! Winning points has two phases:
Fanwork creation period. Creators make their art, fics, renders, music, food, fiber art, or whatever else they like and post to the Collection on Ao3. Physical works such as recipes/food, crochet, knitting, and embroidery will be accepted (pending mod approval). Works will remain hidden until the end of the creation period and teams can win points for each work, with extra points for things like longest fic or most characters in an art piece.
Fanwork appreciation period: Interim points will be tallied and then teams can earn extra points for commenting on fics in the collection (limit 1 point per user per fic), writing and posting recommendation lists (1 point per user), or creating works inspired by others in the collection.
The winning team will be announced with all members and will get a custom banner for their team (and bragging rights).
What kind of works can be posted?
Any DA fanworks that were created during the creation period and can be posted to Ao3. Crossovers or AUs will be accepted as long as there is at least 1 DA character. Please try to tag works as accurately as possible, so that others can seek out works they’re interested in during the appreciation period or avoid those that they may not wish to engage with for whatever reason.
Who can participate?
Anyone in the DA fandom who is 18+ and has Ao3 and discord accounts, creators or otherwise! Commenting on fics also earns points for teams, so producing something isn’t necessary to participate! We’ll try and keep the teams even between creators and appreciators.
Unfortunately, this event will be 18+ only.
When will the event be?
Interest form opens: May 15, 2026
Sign-ups open: August 1-23, 2026
Team creation: August 24-31, 2026
Creation period: September 1 - October 18, 2026
Appreciation period: October 19-31, 2026
Results tallied: November 1-7, 2026