So...Long time, no write. Well, that's not entirely true. I have been writing. Mostly because I feel like I'm going to spontaneously combust if I don't get feelings out in some way. You know? But because I don't want to work on Miya's or Lenne's or Cassandra's stories (mostly because I'm not sure I'm not going to have to restart them. All three. Again. Ugh.), I've been doing some fanfic writing. Dragon Age. Since I highly doubt that anyone on here even reading this (though you're welcome to once I get them up online) will read them, I just kinda want to get plans out and mull over what I want and my characters and why I'm making the choices I am with them. It's how things like this work for me. Just need to get thoughts in order without putting them actually in an outline since I completely and utterly despise outlines.
So.
Sister of Blood. It's the one concerning the events of Dragon Age: Origins. Protagonist is a human mage by the name of Tasha Amell. She has black hair, grey eyes, and favors ice and lightning for primal magic (mostly because she can't work with fire to save anyone's life), entropy magic (once she "learns" them because I highly doubt that that kind of magic would be around in the Circle), and shielding. She has a fierce dislike for what the Circle represents (mainly the hypocrisy of the Chantry (which may be the result of my own personal feelings toward it...)) and tends to sort of erupt around injustice of any sort whether it be around mages or elves or (eventually when I get around to it) the casteless dwarves in Orzammar. She's an empath and hates it. She's not the most sensitive person (outwardly, anyway) and a good way to describe her is angry. Very, very angry. She's angry at the Chantry for taking her from her family and locking her in the tower. She's angry at the treatment of elves. She's angry that she'll never be trusted just because of her magic. She's angry at the mages who turn to blood magic because they're the ones who screwed up everyone's lives and freedom. So, yeah. Angry is a good way to describe her. But she's fiercely loyal, though what she's loyal to isn't always what normal people would loyal to. Stubborn to a fault. She tends to wander off into her own little world and doesn't really pay attention to what other people are talking about. But she's clever and observant when she's paying attention and knows how to make connections. She's got a bit of a mouth on her but she's also just as likely to apologize afterward. And underneath all the prickles and thorns, she's caring when she thinks no one is looking and she thinks she won't get a reward for it. She wants people to be the best that they can be, to be respected, since she knows that most people will only fear her because of her magic. She wins people over because she's charismatic and charming, but also perfectly comfortably with getting down and dirty to do what needs to be done. I also have another Warden (other than Alistair). Dalish rogue by the name of Medb Mahariel. She doesn't trust humans and is not afraid of lashing out if she feels that she is being disrespected because she is an elf. She has red hair, green eyes, and you can't find a better archer by casually searching. Medb is awesome. Her rules of loyalty are a lot more black and white than Tasha's. Any injustice or prejudice against elves (though she's more hesitant with city elves until she realizes that to most humans, she's just like them and then she becomes their personal guardian) leaves her bristling at the least. She's also super closed though. Like Tasha can be but for the most part, she presents a face that people don't realize is a mask. Medb is quiet and surly around people she doesn't know, doesn't trust, and grumpy around people she doesn't like, keeping them pretty much pushed away. She loves children though, human, elf, dwarf, she doesn't care. She loves them without actually needing to know them and wants to help them in anyway she can. Medb's fiercely Dalish but she also knows that her people probably got things wrong. Word of mouth is not a good way for truth to be passed down through generations and since they don't have much by way of written language, she assumes that they got some things wrong but for the most part she figures they're right. So that's one thing she likes about city elves, the general reverence and fear of the Dalish elves. She bears the vallaslin of Dirthamen. And I'm not entirely sure what's going to happen. I mean, I know what's going to happen. But the details are a little...absent...at the moment. I do anticipate torture in Haven, dream travelling, near death by Ogres (and werewolves), one of the ladies being dragged through the Deep Roads, and a use of fire by Tasha (gasp). Plus emotional outbursts and bonding between our two Wardens. Pairings are Amell/Alistair and Mahariel/Zev.
I'm not sure what DA:A (and the other expansions...) will be called. But I also know that Tasha is going to freak out when she finds out that mages are allowed to go into the basement in the Tower, not to mention being in the Tower again in Witch Hunt. And just imagine the horror the pair of them will feel when they have to go back into the Deep Roads for Golems of Amgarrak. Holy motherless goat. Of course, I hate playing that one myself. Like intense fear. And for Tasha, who is sensitive to horrors of the past and emotions, and Medb, who really, really, really doesn't like enclosed spaces (and the Deep Roads simply because ew and darkspawn), it's going to be painful to torture them. For them and me. Ugh. I'd rather deal with the Mother twice over than deal with...the thing in Amgarrak. I can't even imagine what Tasha's reaction is going to be. Poor baby.
Next is
Sister of Magic. Meet Adralla Hawke, bigger and bolder than life. Cousin of the Hero of Fereldan, though she doesn't know it at first, the mage pulls attention toward her with very little effort. In fact, it's a bit funny how well and easily she does it, even when she's supposed to be avoiding Templars... She's got black hair, grey eyes, and about fifteen times more fire than her cousin. Mostly because she can actually use fire magic, and some ice. But she has no interest in lightning because for her, it's too uncertain whether or not she'll have the necessary energy in the air to manipulate it. She'll learn healing from Anders (since Bethany was the one who was the one with the initial interest and she feels guilty about it because she figures if she'd been able to heal her, the thing that happens with Bethany wouldn't have happened) and she manipulates her pull. But otherwise, she just wants to enjoy life. She doesn't want to be embroiled in the politics of Kirkwall. She won't withhold any help she can give, simply because she wants people to be happy. She's just as fiercely loyal as her cousin with a deeper bond to family, which is the most important thing to her. Her sister, Felina, also has black hair and grey eyes like her twin sister and cousin. She lives in the world of a rogue, blending in with shadows and striking from them as her sister draws attention. She is quiet, but comforting, much like their younger sister, but unlike Bethany (and Adralla, to some extent), she is aware of the world. No matter who she's with, she gives a sense of home. Felina is bright, charming, but hesitant to trust and frequently lets her sister takes the spotlight. She's more involved politically, recognizing that one cannot stay neutral as the political situation worsens. Pairings are Adralla/Anders and Felina/Fenris. And yes, I know. I fully anticipate Adralla to seriously tease her sister over that.
DA:I is
Sister of Fate. And I haven't decided anything yet concerning them. I know that there will be at least one elf. And she's very hands on and incredibly not tactful. And I'm starting to sort through personality of the second one.
So yeah. There we go. This was spawned from Dragon Age 2 where the game didn't have the Warden show up and then I found out that human mage origin is related to DA2 protagonist are related. When I get the first chapter or so maybe put up online, I'll post a link in here.
