I SHALL ENDURE

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• I Shall Endure Book 1: Brief Shining Moments by Melysande

  Fandoms: Dragon Age, Dragon Age: Origins  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  22 May 2014

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Alistair/Female Cousland
  • Anora Mac Tir/Cailan Theirin
  • Alistair (Dragon Age)
  • Loghain Mac Tir
  • Bryce Cousland
  • Eleanor Cousland
  • Fergus Cousland
  • Nathaniel Howe
  • Rendon Howe
  • Cailan Theirin
  • Maric Theirin
  • Isolde Guerrin
  • Teagan Guerrin
  • Eamon Guerrin
  • Female Cousland
  • Anora Mac Tir
  • Celene (Dragon Age)
  • Briala (Dragon Age)
  • Delilah Howe
  • f/Cousland childhood
  • f/Cousland Alistair childhood friends
  • Alistair Childhood

  Summary

  Ruled by King Maric Ferelden thrived after Rebellion's end, while Highever flourished under the Couslands. Melysande Cousland grew up in happy times, but after King Maric's disappearance, Ferelden changed. This canon divergent growing up story takes Lys to the brink of Blight and Civil war. Loghain, Alistair, Anora, Cailan, the Couslands, the Howes, my OC characters and many others grow along with Lys during these less turbulent times.

  Series

  • Part 1 of I SHALL ENDURE

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  447,812

  Chapters:

  69/69

  Comments:

  167

  Kudos:

  99

  Bookmarks:

  20

  Hits:

  4,954

• I Shall Endure Book 2: In Plain Sight by Melysande

  Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  10 Apr 2017

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Alistair/Female Cousland
  • Male Amell / Morrigan
  • Daveth / Female Brosca
  • Nathaniel Howe / OC Pippa Broughten
  • Zevran / female Tabris
  • f/Cousland
  • Melysande Cousland
  • Loghain Mac Tir
  • Alistair Theirin
  • f/Brosca
  • Taina Brosca
  • Daveth
  • Eleanor Cousland
  • Fergus Cousland
  • Anora Mac Tir
  • Female Tabris
  • Kailian Tabris
  • Nathaniel Howe
  • Anders (Dragon Age)

  Summary

  Escaping Howe's attack, Lys Cousland leaves Highever burning behind her to travel south to find Fergus. Disguised as Mel, a mercenary, she will need all her intelligence & strength to survive the coming year as she joins friends, old & new, to battle Blight, Civil War & continuing Orlesian threats. A canon divergent view of the Fifth Blight.

  Series

  • Part 2 of I SHALL ENDURE

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  550,763

  Chapters:

  78/78

  Comments:

  127

  Kudos:

  95

  Bookmarks:

  13

  Hits:

  3,747

• I Shall Endure Book 3: A Song in the Stillness by Melysande

  Fandoms: Dragon Age Awakening, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age Books and Comics  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  24 Nov 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Alistair/Melysande Cousland
  • Zevran/Kailian Tabris
  • Anora/Fergus Cousland
  • Female Cousland/Nathaniel Howe/Leliana/Loghain Mac Tir
  • Nathaniel Howe/Philippa Broughten
  • Alistair
  • Melysande Cousland
  • Fergus Cousland
  • Eleanor Cousland
  • Anora
  • Loghain
  • Nathaniel Howe
  • Varric
  • Hawke
  • Fenris (Dragon Age)
  • Merrill
  • Isabela (Dragon Age)
  • brief M/M interlude
  • Canon Divergent
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

  Summary

  Thedas after the Blight. Old rivalries, threats and dangers resurface in Ferelden, the Marches, Nevarra and Orlais. Lys and Alistair, separated and believing the other dead, hide from Tevinters, Orlesians and their friends and family, who struggle to rebuild Ferelden. Still, brief moments of joy surface as the canon divergent story tracks them through the years before the explosion in Haven.

  Series

  • Part 3 of I SHALL ENDURE

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  163,459

  Chapters:

  24/?

  Comments:

  59

  Kudos:

  36

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  796

• Extras and Appendices for the Series I SHALL ENDURE and Part 1. Brief Shining Moments by Melysande

  Fandoms: Dragon Age, Dragon Age: Origins  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  09 May 2014

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

  Summary

  Maker, though the darkness comes upon me,
  I shall embrace the light.
  I shall weather the storm.
  I shall endure.
  Canticle of Trials 1:10

  APPENDICES which provide background data and assumptions for the I Shall Endure series including Brief Shining Moments.

  Series

  • Part 4 of I SHALL ENDURE

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,094

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Kudos:

  9

  Hits:

  491

• Dribs and Drabs for I Shall Endure Universe and Book 1: Brief Shining Moments by Melysande

  Fandoms: Dragon Age, Dragon Age: Origins  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  23 Dec 2014

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Eleanor Cousland
  • Bryce Cousland
  • Female Cousland
  • Melysande Cousland
  • Alistair Theirin
  • Alistair Childhood
  • f/Cousland childhood

  Summary

  Some scenes don't make it into the stories or they lead down alternative paths not taken. I've begun to turn a few from the I Shall Endure universe of Melysande Cousland and friends into alphabet one shots. They are 1000 words or less and won't be done in order. Most assume familiarity with Book 1: Brief Shining Moments; all assume familiarity with Dragon Age and Thedas.

  Series

  • Part 5 of I SHALL ENDURE

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,309

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Kudos:

  4

  Hits:

  470