Dragon Age Origins - Blog Posts

"I think you're royally tough to kill...and utterly gorgeous."

I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that they're both beat to hell and back when Zev decides to turn on the charm and by god I love him for it.

Revisiting DAO and my original Feral Short King™, Tamaris. I'm too broke for new PC

Amell, a decade or so before the rather catastrophic events of 9:31 Dragon

Playlist for Adaar Amell. Listen here

Making a playlist for Amell but I haven’t actually managed to decide which version of the cover to go with so  ╮(´▿`)╭

Emoji challenge 1/2

I should be studying but life is fleeting and full on failures anyway so I might as well be doodling my casteless kids

That one jacket made of Antivan leather you blatantly steal from your warden’s closet because Fereldan winters are goddamn cold and they don’t know how to appreciate it enough anyway

Though is wearing a low-cut dress underneath the smartest idea I mean come on really

I feel like I’ve been neglecting the original DA otp so a quick thing from Antiva, 9:39 Dragon, as the whole systemically destroying all opposition within the upper tiers of the Crows thing is going very well for them

(+ an ankle brace for Theo bc I really don’t trust that boy to keep all his limbs properly functional until age 34)

Pure self-indulgence pretty much

*sweats profusely* These have been laying around my art folder for the good part of a year now, but I figured I’d post them in honor of Zevran week.

//I’m still taking prompts for the drawing challenge by the way, if you want to request something, please do it asap

I like to think that Cousland and Zevran ended up being together and happy somewhere along the Antivan coast, but in the meantime they assumably also scandalized a great number of random maids.

On a separate note, I never want to draw armor again.

b/g: x

I realised I've never properly drawn my Amell.

Trying to start up a small sketch-a-day project, since it's exactly the kind of thing you should be doing during finals week.

WIPS because yo I'm actually not dead yet, just super busy and lazy.

another mspaint mouse drawing bc i miss my drawing tablet

our da origins trio; noah, hannah and aster commissioned by @indecisive-goblin

thank you so much! <3

Okay I need to talk about Dragon Age.

Specifically, I need to talk about Cailan and Loghain.

So Cailan is presented to us as, well, a glory-seeking dumbass who refuses to listen to the advice of those around him. And that's how he's seen and treated by fans. I'm going to say that's wrong, but I do think it's incomplete.

There's some crucial information that we're given at Ostagar that tends to be overlooked. Ostagar is the fourth battle against the darkspawn. So Cailan has already fought three battles against them by the time we meet him. And nothing in those battles suggested any actual intent or tactics from the darkspawn. No signs of organization. Nothing to suggest an archdemon.

So to me, it does make sense that Cailan isn't taking the idea of a Blight too seriously at this point. All he has to suggest a Blight is Duncan's word. And Grey Wardens have been shown repeatedly to be secretive almost to the point of self sabotage. No one outside of the Wardens knows how they are connected to the darkspawn and can literally hear the archdemon.

We also see that Cailan's other advisors are telling him that it isn't a Blight. There's also the fact that the Wardens were banished from Fereldan for years for revolting against the king. It's only relatively recently that they've been allowed back.

So, while yeah, Cailan's kind of a dumbass, it makes perfect sense that he isn't buying into the idea of a Blight. If you remember that he is operating without the information the audience likely has at this point, he doesn't really have a reason to think it's anything more than an unusually large hoard. And he is taking the perceived threat seriously. He has only seen evidence of a large hoard, and he is responding appropriately to the threat of a large hoard.

It was not his fault that the Wardens won't tell anyone anything.

Now, onto Loghain. First off, fuck this guy. I hate this character so much. He's so fucking boring and I couldn't stand it.

With that out of the way, he fully and intentionally betrayed Cailan at Ostagar.

I will agree that retreating was the most tactical choice and that sending in his troops would not have swung the battle. It would have just been even more slaughter.

But I don't think that's why he retreated. He retreated to ensure that Cailan would die, and that he would be the one who got to control the narrative of what happened. It also made sure that he would still have all of his troops, giving him the advantage in the civil war since the other nobles lost so many troops at Ostagar.

He was also pretty fucking stupid. I mean, the guy went and found the one noble that absolutely everyone else hated and fully allied himself with him. Dumb. Just fucking dumb. Literally everyone other than Cousland hates Howe, and Loghain chooses him to be his right hand man. Honestly, dude probably would have won over a lot more nobles if he hadn't done that.

I don't really know how to end this. But, yeah, Cailan isn't as stupid as he's treated, and Loghain sucked so hard.

Just finished replaying Dragon Age Origins and uh I forgot to deal with the dragon at the Temple of Sacred Ashes

Didn't realize it until I saw the slide at the end about all the failed attempts to deal with it so they could actually get to the urn

Um.....oops?

Come join me on twitch for more talk of mage rights with Dragon Age: Origins

I'm back! Finally! Let's play Dragon Age: Origins together and not be mad at me for being gone for so long https://www.twitch.tv/therobichaud

Made a reference for myself maybe more dao to come

You might be cool but you're not my canon da protagonists type of cool

Listening to Maric with this face and "mhm, yeah" until Duncan kicks her in the ankle

I threw together a few sketches of my canon warden I love her so much you have no idea

He's just a little guy

Character design for @themightiestpotato 's dragon age gal Seilla. I'm pretty happy with how her hair turned out uwu

Hello everyone, new writer here!!

I have some writing ideas in mind but I thought it'd be wiser to start off by writing what you guys want to read first then I might elaborate the projects I already have in mind.

GENERAL INFOS:

English isn't my first language so please be bear with me if I make any mistakes (which will happen for sure)

I probably won't write for a male!reader. Nothing against male readers, of course, but I feel that I don't have enough writing skills to write as well for a man as I would for a woman. That being said, I still might try it out in the future if it's something that many of you want. Gender neutral is also totally fine to me!

Keep in mind that I'm still studying so I might not be always able to post the same day someone sends a request, but I'll try to write my fics in no more than 3 days after the commission

If any fic I write contains spoilers from the book/series/movie THERE WILL BE A WARNING so that I don't ruin anything to anyone🤗

FANDOMS I WRITE FOR:

The Arcana

Dragon Age, all four games

Game of Thrones, all series and books

Kingdom of Heaven

Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion and other book characters included

Baldur's Gate 3

Death Note

My Hero Academia

If you want fics from other fandoms you can still ask me and I'll do some research on it so that I can make something, but it will take more time ofc.

THINGS I WON'T DO (smut related):

Anything revolving a lack of consent so no noncon, dubcon, cnc,...

Pedophilia and zoophilia (ew)

Any naughty actions related to any sort of bodily discharge (period excluded)

Any butt stuff related activities, no shame in who likes it at all but it's something that I just don't like personally and wouldn't be comfortable writing

I think that is all you guys need to know for now, once I'll get enough fics done I'll add the masterlist in this post too so you guys can see if my writing is of your liking.

Byeeee hope I'll see you in the requests!!!!

Part 1 of my DA OCs! I love my wardens so much so I made a character reference sheet for myself. 

Part 2

Commissions open!

(The background is free🤫)

My price lists get out of date so quickly that I'm tired of making more and more new ones T_T

Examples: