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For The Scars That Bind Us by WiltedSunflowers
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
26 Nov 2025
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Illithids found themselves finding a new place after their plans in Faerûn didn't go as planned, they found Thedas across the ocean. Now they are causing havoc across Thedas, that's why the Inquisitor invited the saviors of Baldurs Gate to her aid. Illithids and blood mages are teaming up together, threatening the world as they knew it.
They must fight together to rid the world from evil, but they also grow friendships along the way. Astarion still is trying to cope with his dark past, struggling to find his own identity again. Cullen can say the same, struggling to still cope with everything that happened to him. Together through the hell of it all, they find each other.
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Truths Half Told Beget Lives Half Lived by EllenEmbee
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
25 Nov 2025
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Rylen has no illusions that his life will be spectacular in any way. He only wants to be useful instead of sitting on his hands while the world falls apart. The Inquisition offers him that opportunity, but even after months bearing the Inquisition colors, Rylen feels out of place. He can fix any problem his Commander throws at him, but he can't seem to find a way out of his own half existence... or his addiction.
Patrice has been abandoned by everyone she's ever loved, and in a moment of blind panic, she ruins her only chance at a better life. When a dear friend offers a place with the Inquisition, for the sake of her children she cannot refuse, but being truthful about her past seems... inadvisable. Trice fabricates a web of white lies to maintain her place, but a shrewd templar with piercing blue eyes could ruin everything with a few, well-placed questions. So she does what anyone would - she makes an enemy of him.
It's only a matter of time before it all comes crashing down.
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- Part 2 of Revelations
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What Vows I Kept by Happenstance_And_Algorithms
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
23 Nov 2025
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Cullen Rutherford's worst enemy and greatest asset is his own mind. Addicted to lyrium and dangerously, stupidly in love with the Herald of Andraste, it has sometimes tortured him, but it has always gotten him through. Until now. Haven is on fire, a demigod is stalking them, the Inquisition's war is about to kick off for real, and all he has to keep himself sane enough to survive is a beat up old journal.
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- Part 2 of The Lion's Words
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Cullen has had growing feelings for the inquisitor since he laid eyes on her.
cemented when he rescued her in the snow.
and now he needs to tell her the truth.
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Only Love Can Hurt Like This by Iwilluptownfunkmyfootupyourass
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
13 Nov 2025
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Ten years.
It had been ten years since Namora last set foot in Fereldan, and she immediately was reminded why when the Temple of Ashes exploded. She hardly remembers the ordeal, but it made sure to leave a physical reminder in the form of a magical mark on her left hand. The same mark that would be the world as she knew it's only hope to be saved from absolute devastation.
10 years was also when she last saw the only man she's ever loved, Cullen Rutherford, and now they'd be reunited in such dire circumstances. Two people that have simultaneously changed a lot and not at all, would their love transcend time and bring them together once again?
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Let the sword return to its sheath by IrinaPalmova
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
09 Nov 2025
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Before the young woman’s eyes, fine red lines began to etch themselves into her skin, stretching from her elbow down to her wrist. She could hardly look away, her heart pounding in her chest as the words appeared, written in blood like some sacred covenant.
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I shall see the stars and know (your light remains) by Spaceace365
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II
08 Nov 2025
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Cullen finds himself back in Kirkwall once again, and struggles with several things - how to stop Meredith's mad rampage, how to get out from under the choking grip of his lyrium leash, and how to make sure Hawke doesn't get his sodding arse caught or killed before he can become Champion again.
A sort of fix-it fic, where some things go better but most stay the same, because this is Kirkwall here.
Alternatively: Kirkwall 2, electric boogaloo
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Blessed are the Broken by DarthMama
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
06 Nov 2025
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Centuries of faith, power, and control have scarred the Trevelyans—and the world around them. Bound by blood but divided by ambition, the siblings must navigate family secrets, political intrigue, and dark forces, fighting for the choices that will define them against a legacy determined to consume them.
This story contains violence, blood, death, and depictions of battle. It includes themes of abuse, assault, PTSD, trauma, and emotional manipulation, as well as substance addiction (duh) and the psychological effects of demonic influence (also duh). Sensitive content also includes family conflict, scarring, and intense emotional distress. More than likely other things the writer might not have thought of. Consider this a public service announcement to have tissues, teddies, weighted blankets, therapists, and recovery animals on standby. Reader discretion is advised.
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Freshly scarred and adrift from Kinloch hold, Cullen and sister-in-arms Lux step into their new life in the Gallows, a sea of new Templars who only know them from the stories that followed them from their circle, the whispers of demons and possession, of being broken.
Cullen had always found Lux unnerving and difficult to talk to. But here, she is the only one who will speak to him, and so they cling to each other.
At least there's Samson, who's the only one who extends a hand to show them the ins and outs of their new world. And if he breaks a few rules or steals a few extra vials of lyrium, that's a small price for no longer being lonely.
An uneasy friendship, unsure if they're truly friends or simply lonely together, builds into friendly spars and late nights after nightmares, and maybe they can make something of it. But Kirkwall is Kirkwall, and it's ready to swallow them whole if they let it. -
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Anorean Radonis (Lavellan) was an unwanted mage in her clan, sold into Tevinter slavery to House Radonis as a young child. She was tortured in every way possible, broken to be a (perfectly) loyal spy in their espionage division once she came of age. She was sent to the Conclave to gather information on the important dealings in Ferelden, when she walked into something she shouldn't have. In a world suddenly torn asunder by magic, corrupted godhood and war, Anorean becomes the Inquisitor, a leader of a stabilizing force throughout the world of Thedas. Her newfound friends and a mysterious elven mage aid her as she tries to escape her past- and maybe, just maybe, save the world.STORY STYLE:
*This will soon be made into an audiobook.*
This is written true to most Dragon Age events and lore, in a novel style.
This story is NOT fast paced. It tells the story of the Inquisitor with a slow unfolding plot, and even slower burns, with sweeter payouts.ALL RIGHTS AND DIALOGUE FROM THE GAME BELONGS TO BIOWARE INC. I CLAIM NONE OF THAT.
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- Part 1 of Dragon Age
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The Blade by Dovahkiir2015
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
04 Nov 2025
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Set during the events of DAI. Two women. One, a noble human who believes she is destined for greatness. The other, an elf who doesn't think she's anything more than a weapon. Both thrown into the Fade, both cast into the path of a danger greater than they could imagine. Both are needed to defeat a foe that is seemingly unbeatable.
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- Part 1 of The Blood, The Bow, The Blade
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To Be a Templar by LMSharp
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
04 Nov 2025
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9:27 Dragon.
Cullen arrives at his first assignment to the Kinloch Hold Circle Tower on Lake Calenhad, in his home arling of Redcliffe and just a few days and a ferry ride from the village of Honnleath. But his whole life is different. Cullen begins to learn to operate in a world where Fereldans must cooperate with Orlesians and humans with elves, where mages usually speak about Templars rather than to them, and Cullen's entire experience of reality is filtered through the lens of a lyrium dust.
In the first few weeks' of his time at Kinloch Hold, Cullen is still making an impression on the inmates of the Tower, mages and Templars alike, when he observes something after the rest day service that pulls him into a series of events that will make him unforgettable to them all, as well as show him exactly what he has signed up for with the Templar Knights.
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- Part 7 of Subjects and Singers: Cullen
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Well.
He looked like Dorian.
Older, yes. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes when he peered up at Cullen were proof enough of that. Ten years ago, when they had met for the first time, Dorian would have been appalled by the mere idea of such a thing.
But beneath that, beneath the aged hair and skin and the clean, elegant robes that he wore so naturally, it was still clear that this was the man he had known.
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After the events of the Exalted Council, Cullen left his life as an advisor and commander of the Inquisition's forces behind. He spent eight years in relative peace, the past lying dormant, until he found himself being called upon for one more mission. When he agreed, he never expected it to lead him to an old friend or a new beginning.
Written for the 2025 Dragon Age Reverse Bang alongside the incredible Maagpie!
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Neither By Chance Nor Fate by deathmallow
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
30 Oct 2025
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Clerra Trevelyan just wants to go lend aid to the war-torn Hinterlands. Cullen Rutherford just wants to try help bring peace and atone for past failings. But sometimes when you head to a Divine Conclave to do your part to heal the wounds, you get a lot more than you bargained for: a calling that'll push you to the brink, but that you can't ignore.
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😗Dark Dumble😗 by Babblecat3000
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, X-Men - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
28 Oct 2025
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♡ Some punk gatecrashes the Death Eater Family dinner, Frankenstein's Incel shows up in unsuitable attire, and the local crack addict attempts to sit in Bellatrix's chair. ♡
Harry Potter Crossover Halloween: Dinner Date
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- Part 12 of Grim Ginger
- Language:
- English
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- 615
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
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Following Haven’s fall, Skyhold was meant to be a refuge.
Instead, it became a reflection.In the quiet between battles, Arya Trevelyan learns what it means to lead—to be both the symbol they need and the person she still is. The walls she rebuilds around herself are stronger than stone, but cracks form all the same: in trust, in faith, in the fragile peace she’s built among friends and ghosts.
Act II: Skyhold traces the weight of becoming—how mercy turns to strategy, and how even salvation begins to look like surrender.
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- Part 2 of In the Eye of the Beholder
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,364
- Chapters:
- 4/?
- Hits:
- 13
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Welcome to Thedas, I'm Tiaa and I'll be your savior today. by DarthMama
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
27 Oct 2025
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Tiaa Trevelyan is the last person anyone wants to be their savior. A suspected criminal with talents more suited for wild destruction and links to an event during the Mage-Templar War that has even other rebels looking at her with suspicion; she was not on the docket of people allowed to speak at the Conclave...or be at it.
So what was she doing tumbling out of a rift after the Conclave exploded?
According to many, including the Commander of the Inquisition, probably nothing good. Tiaa is there though and the only one that can handle the rifts spawning in the wake of the Breach now. So she'll save the damn world, even if she has to drag it kicking and screaming along behind her.
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Kill It Away/Remember Everything by Happenstance_And_Algorithms
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age - All Media Types
27 Oct 2025
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It's been two and a half years since the events of Broken Circle, and Knight-Corporal Cullen Rutherford has reintegrated in the Gallows of Kirkwall. His roommate, Raleigh Samson, is a welcome change from the rowdy and often judgemental general corps of Free Marcher Knights. You see, Cullen can't sleep without screaming. With no relief and no refuge but his job, he has had little choice but to pick up as much work as possible to keep intrusive thoughts and unwanted rest from getting in. That is, until a fateful day in the senior mage wing. Cullen is about to find out that more is going on in the Gallows--and within himself--than anyone has yet guessed.
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Fallen by Lihran
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
26 Oct 2025
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Content Warnings: Drug addiction, suicidal ideation, frank discussion of all the emotional baggage that comes with those; NO drug use explicitly described.
Lihra has fallen. He didn't want to believe it at first, but at the mercy of his addiction, continuing seems to be his only option. Emmrich refuses to let him believe as such.
A cathartic piece about my own struggle through the lens of Rook and Emmrich. Includes open communication and comfort in the second chapter.
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Lihra looks directly into the older man’s eyes, voice cracking in pain. “I have nothing to show I ever existed, Emmrich. Everything I have done has been because of what I consume. The Rook you know is a doll puppeteered by rocks and plants. I am unable to fight, have fun, paint, study, eat, sleep, anything without them.”
“It should have been me, Emmrich. Not Varric."
“No.”
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“Will we ever be a part of something that doesn’t break?” Leliana and Cullen dealing with how they break as it breaks around them.
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- Part 2 of Breaking