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City Elf Appreciation Week will take place between the 5th of August and the 11th of August 2024!

Optional prompts soon to follow <3

Day 2: Folklore

Written for @cityelfweek day 2!

An excerpt from a correspondence between Lady Aalis of Montford and Professor Rolant, lecturer at the University of Orlais.

Indeed, it is reductive even to refer to the elves of Thedas’s city as a collective. Would one categorise Orlais and Ferelden as one? Some, perhaps, but only if one wished to sound Tevinter. Even the Dalish, disparate as they are, will convene in what is known as an arlathvhen every ten years. The elves of the Alienages are connected by a line of merchants and travelers, and the occasional blending of families through arranged marriages, but little else.

Thus, you will not hear the same stories told in Kirkwall’s Alienage as opposed to Val Royeaux’s.

(...)

I think know just what you mean, Professor.

Do you remember my visit to Edgehall in Kingsway? Dreadful place, I would steer clear were I you, but while I lay in afternoon repose I could not help but overhear my servants whispering outside my door. The Alienage there is outside the city proper, you see (I can see the vision in the idea, though I cannot attest to its success). The elves of Edgehall are quite particular about mushrooms. When they grow in a circle, they say the gods will whisk you away.

I overheard Cateline wish the gods would intercede on her behalf, and whisk her away, but they needn’t bother. I have done it on their behalf.

some little dragon age doodles and words from these prompts :3

left is kallian and alistair's handprints, middle is the intended wedding party favour for kall's wedding to nelaros (little pots of tea, entirely made by cyrion), and right is welsh and translates to "in this house kallian tabris was born, hero of ferelden and the alienage".

Briala! Illustration I did for Ukrainian Dragon Age zine :)

i think about this item description a lot

Lil retro pixel fanart of my fave partying party: Sera, Dorian and The Iron Bull

I wish we could have gotten some cutscenes with Hawke teaching Fenris how to read — there’s like that offer in act 2 after giving him the Book of Shartan and the thought makes my heart soft <3

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Alienage slice of life

For day 3 of City Elf Appreciation Week (organized by @cityelfweek thank you so much for organizing this btw I am loving all of the entries) I am posting an old piece of writing I never posted on Tumblr. It's the day before her wedding, and Astala Tabris is enjoying an evening off with her friends and coworkers. Everything is going well for her: she's having fun, she has people she can rely on, she's got everything figured out job-wise... or does she? A slice-of-life story centered around the necessity and frustrations of holding a job, and the friends at your side as you walk through life. Enjoy!

“There he is!” Tehriel called and jumped up.

Astala threw her cards aside and followed suit. It had been a bad hand, nothing worth holding on to. The five of them sprinted over to Ilmanis, who had just stepped through the gates to the Denerim alienage. Blond mane flaring out behind him like a knight from a story book, Doher led the charge and stopped a mere heartbeat before colliding with their long-awaited friend.

“How did it go?”

“Did you get the job?” Astala threw herself over Doher to get a look at Ilmanis, who was short enough to disappear entirely behind any reasonably sized elf. “If you didn’t, they’re fools, because you’re the most competent person they could’ve hoped to hire.”

“Tell us, what does it feel like to walk around in a shem palace?” Tehriel asked. “Was it full of dogs?”

“The dogs stay in the kennels,” Astala said. “I want to know if the chamberlain treated you right. Or was he too good to interview you? Is it still that guy with the weird haircut who hired my father?”

Ilmanis mumbled something unintelligible and Doher aggressively shushed them.

“You’re asking the man too many questions at once.”

“That’s right,” Elnasran nodded. “Come, we saved you some food."

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SERA WEEK

October 13 - 19

Prompts (use one or both) Oct 13 - Denerim / Lady Emmald Oct 14 - Cookies / Fiberworks Oct 15 - Alienage / Dalish Oct 16 - Andraste / Magic Oct 17 - Inquisition / Winter Palace Oct 18 - Archery / Bees Oct 19 - Pranks / Halloween

Alt Prompts 1 - Journal 2 - Sera Was Never... 3 - The Breach

Rules No shipping with men (including trans men like Krem) No generative AI submissions (confirmed cases will not be reblogged/will be deleted from this blog) Explorations of homophobia must be tagged #homophobia cw; explorations of compulsory heternormativity must be tagged #hetcomp cw Explorations of other heavy themes - such as abuse, rape, etc. - must be tagged appropriately as well ALL forms of human-made art will be accepted