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  1. Public Bookmark 3

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    Cleo is the frost queen, an odd ally for Oro, king of the Sunling lands. But perhaps their friendship makes a kind of sense.

    This scene takes place after Oro reveals Isla's secret and allies himself with Cleo. (VERY mild spoilers for the end of the book.) Oro just desperately needed some characterization and I wanted to build a bit on the thin scaffolding that Alex gave us. So I, as a character writer, took it on myself to write this little scene.

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    02 Jun 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 59

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    (Per request, this is a meta post series from my tumblr, archived here.)

    Challenged to romance Cullen Rutherford as a mage with the prediction that it would completely change my opinion on him, this is an over-analysis of Cullen’s writing in DA:I, specifically with his romance.
    It is not a personal attack on anyone who likes him. Be my guest. But I still hope you are willing to read this with an open mind, because then maybe if you don’t already, you’ll get a better understanding of why there are so many people who dislike him. And stop issuing challenges to “get to know him better.”

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    05 Dec 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    The prisoner came to the bars to greet them. As he stepped into the light, the shadows never left his face, hollow cheeks disguised only by an unkempt beard. When describing him, Varric would always return to his eyes, and how ferociously they burned. Solas saw the cinders of that fire between the bars, amber gaze fixed upon him, though its flames were all but spent.


    When Anders is brought to the Inquisition in chains, his days are numbered. Though time is short for them, Solas is determined to make sense of him before it is up.

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    15 Nov 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 21

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    When Anders loses control on a mission to the Gallows and endangers the life of an innocent girl, Fenris rips his heart out.
    It’s not a very satisfying a turn of events, especially when Anders breaks into his mansion in the middle of the night a week later to have some kind of existential crisis.

    “No! Not no harm done!” Anders hisses. “Humans don’t stay alive for however long it takes for them to regrow their own heart!”
    “Eight days,” Fenris supplies blandly.

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    15 Nov 2024

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    "Magic exists to serve man, and never to rule over him. Foul and corrupt are they who have taken His gift, and turned it against His children. They shall be named Maleficar, accursed ones. They shall find no rest in this world, or Beyond." Anders knew the verse. Every mage did. But Anders was a runner. He ran from the Circle. He ran from the Templars. He ran from relationships. So what did he care? He was never going to rest anyway.

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    12 Nov 2024