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    - “Does freedom lie in the absence of shackles, or in the strength to break them?”

    - “Perhaps, true freedom lies in the wisdom to build a world where shackles are obsolete.”

    Before he was the Dread Wolf, he was Solas.
    Before she was reborn as Inquisitor Lavellan, she was Harillena.

    Rivals. Allies. Soulmates. But above all destined to shape the fate of an empire, ruled by tyrannical, self-proclaimed, gods.

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    Empires dissolve and peoples disappear: song passes not away.

    The rain has rendered the trees and low flower bushes in diamond-studded outlines; they are beautiful, but not so beautiful that Solas can be tempted outside. He is old enough now that he takes very little pleasure in dragging his hems through muddy grass - some things, he thinks, are better experienced from a position of relative comfort, as art might be. 

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    Lunar eclipse party at Mythal's temple. One of Dirthamen's and Mythal's servants have a chance meeting.

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    When the Inquisitor gets catapulted into the past, her only chance to return home is via someone she thought she'd never see again.

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    Dirthamen and Falon'Din shared everything, even some of Dirthamen's most well kept secrets, as Alerion, one of the temple servants, had very quickly found out.

    Content Warning: explicit sexual content, edging, threesome, disturbing themes, self-harm, suicidal ideation, suicide, near death experience.

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    When Rook slips uninvited into one of Solas’s memories—a decadent masquerade in ancient Arlathan—he thinks the fox mask will keep him safe.

    He’s wrong.

    A Dreadtober 2025 Oneshot

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    The Great War has ended. The blood of the Titans is now free for the taking, and the Evanuris rise to power. Among them stands Solas, newly ascended and already drowning in the consequences of his actions.

    Elvhenan is not at peace. Beneath the glittering cities and rising towers, unrest festers. Solas uncovers evidence of a horrifying truth: the spread of slavery in Elvhenan. His warnings are met with political caution and willful ignorance. As he fights to uproot the rot, his path crosses with a woman who embodies everything he claims to despise.

    Ellana Lavellan is a gladiator, a killer for hire… and a survivor. When she is brought to Mythal’s palace, Ellana’s task is simple: serve as Mythal’s new Second, learn the identity of the Dread Wolf—and kill him.

    If only she could understand why Mythal’s lap dog seems to hate her on sight. And why, when their magic touches, it feels like lightning in her blood.

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    She should see fire and go towards Light.
    The Veil holds no uncertainty for her,
    And she will know no fear of death, for the Maker
    Shall be her beacon and her shield, her foundation and her sword.

    —Transfigurations 10:1

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    Evune Lavellan, servant of the goddess Sylaise, is summoned to Mythal’s glittering and perilous court to demonstrate her work on the Eluvians. But her beauty and unique skill draw the gaze of the sun god Elgar’nan, Mythal’s husband, and the quiet attention of Mythal’s most loyal servant, Solas. In a court where every glance is a weapon and every touch a claim, Evune must survive the desires of gods. She must survive the dangerous pull of the one man she should never want.

    A self-indulgant ancient arlathan AU fic.

    Explicit chapters will be marked with *

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    Personal account of a scribe on his experience in Dirthamen's rad crib.
    Based on the documents found within the Lost Temple of Dirthamen (Inquisition). It never left my mind and I had to document my ideas yesyesyes.
    He is my fav Evanuris and I really enjoy thinking that he's an extremely eerie motherfucker.

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    Rook has failed, and everything is in ruins. Everyone is dead, and she stands amid the destruction, knowing that nothing can be done or undone.

    Against all odds, she used to say, no matter what, she used to believe, never look back, she would repeat to herself. None of that mattered or made sense now when the future was crushed.

    At the moment she was ready to surrender her life, Fate itself shifted. Mythal intervened, casting her millennia into the past — to the gleaming gates of Ancient Arlathan. Changing the will of gods is a burden no mortal should bear. But Rook carries the dying words of those who fell for her: Whatever it takes. And she will see it through, even if it costs her everything.

     

    Rook, whose og name is Idunn, is my original DnD character, and the story will blend Dragon Age lore with D&D-inspired elements for a time-twisting story that has been in my mind and heart for almost a year.

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    Just some stuff that's been gnawing at my snail brain for days now! Reading Gilgamesh in detail has inspired me so I wanted to try my hand at creating lost documents and transcripts :3
    While I do use what's established in canon, a lot of it is left unsaid. So most of what I will write here (both work and collection) will be headcanons.
    I'm drawn to the mystery of the ancient elvhen empire, and I seek to write about it in detail :3

    (P.S. You don't have to agree with me in headcanons! I just ask that you're nice if you decide to comment ^^)

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    Wisdom. Was the use of the name also Elgar'nan's doing? A petty attempt to add insult to injury?


    Solavellan Week 2025

    Day 2: Ancient Arlathan

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    Solavellan Week 2025 - Prompt: Ancient Arlathan

    Where do our stories come from? What truths or lies survive time? Should we believe everything we read about history? This Ancient Arlathan prompt hints at a different story of Andruil's messenger and that what we read may not be the full truth.

    "... while in an ancient riddle the owl sees the hunter, the halla flees from it, the dragon hunts it in turn, while the wolf outwits them all." (Andruil - Dragon Age Wiki)

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    Ancient Arlathan, a world state where no Veil exists. Magic that sings, unrelenting and free. Kings and Queens intending to rise as Gods in mortal skin. A woman, a former spirit, now bound in flesh, bearing something older slumbering inside, stirring as the world around does.
    In a world shifting beneath her feet, two paths cross — and begin, slowly, to merge.

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    Charred Note:
    This note is preserved by some innate magic. It is charred beyond comprehension in some places, as though someone tried to burn it from existence.

    . . . They sought to maim the Wolf, but in their folly, they murdered the only one who could have stopped him. These new elves say Fen’Harel laughed for ages beyond counting after the Gods were sealed away. But I knew him. He did not chuckle madly as the world fell to ruin. He wept in silence, clutching his bloodied heart in his palm.
    -F

    In the midst of a war they are losing, the Evanuris do the unthinkable: forcing spirits from the Fade into lyrium bodies to serve as warriors against the Children of the Stone.

    In the ever-shifting political landscape of fragile Elvhenan, Ellana finds herself at the heart of the turmoil, and wondering why Elgar’nan has become so intensely fixated on her power. Terrified and overwhelmed, she seeks wisdom from Mythal’s Second, a man she has felt connected to since the moment she was pulled into a body.

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    There was not much innocence and happiness afforded to Mythal throughout her lifetime. It will take thousands of years for her to acknowledge that she had a chance for it long ago and did not take it.

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    Or Mythal finds someone who loves her and makes her feel safe and cherished. She does not know what to do with that.

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    Or Mythal looking back on her situationship.

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    Rook is sent back in time to Ancient Arlathan, and tries to change the future by changing Elgar'nan's mind.

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    It is Elgar'nan's annual festival of the Sun, where every territory in the kingdom sends tribute to the Evanuris in the form of devotees to celebrate their victory over the Forgotten Ones.

    This year, it is made clear that Solas is not only expected to attend the festival but participate and take a devotee of his own.

    She is not what he expected.

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    In a world where the Titans still dream and the Veil never fell, Taash is one of the rare Qunari gifted with the ability to transform into a dragon. Serving in the court of Mythal, Riven is their beloved protector, vassal, and possible bondmate. But then, on the eve of Taash's twenty-third birthday, the world of the Elves and Qunari erupts into War.

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