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After respawning following the Big Dogs' brief and unfortunate trip to the End, Jimmy discovers that he doesn't know where or when he is, and he's not entirely sure who he's just spawned in next to.
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Secret Life Jimmy amnesia AU (i.e. forgetting your ex is your ex)
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Gem was sent by her Keeper to join the Grey Wardens and put her newly-learned Arcane Warrior skills to productive use. The Warden group she found may not be the most orthodox, but they gladly take her in, and Cleo shares stories about how the rest of them came to be Wardens. As per might be expected, Gem's route of volunteering is highly unusual; she quickly discovers that most of her new colleagues entered this lifestyle under significant duress.
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Wise Enough Not To by aphreal
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
23 Aug 2017
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In a Thedas where elven blood is dominant, Alistair is sent away from Redcliffe not to train as a Templar but to work in the kitchens at Highever, where he becomes a friend (or possibly pet project) to the teyrn's daughter. When Highever is attacked, Duncan recruits both the Cousland daughter and the elven servant who trains her mabari. Moved outside of the bounds they've known, the two new Grey Wardens come to terms with grief for the loss of their home, a sudden responsibility for saving the world, and what it means to be equals.
A remix of Celeritassagittae's Shem-blooded.
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an ocean away by aphreal for TrulyCertain
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
19 Aug 2017
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Chancellor Cousland unexpectedly encounters Alistair at a royal gala, several years after the Blight. Surely it shouldn't be too hard to get through one evening without confessing all of the things she's spent those years not saying...
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- Part 1 of Fundamental Truths
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Living is Harder by aphreal for TrulyCertain
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
18 Aug 2017
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When Alexia Cousland and Lisbet Amell get word that Alistair has been left in the Fade, they go to Skyhold to convince the Inquisitor to get him back.
A remix of TrulyCertain's From the Underworld (and thus a fix-it fic for Here Lies the Abyss)
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- Part 2 of Fundamental Truths
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A Dragon Age fairy tale, complete with masked ball.
A meeting between strangers behind masks, neither quite sure they want to be there. Dancing, sparring, and perhaps the start of something more.
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In a British-flavored modern Thedas, there exists The Knight Shop, a place where clients can hire knights for quests of all sorts: home or automotive repair, gardening, being a plus-one for an event, standing around looking intimidating, or (in one particular case) fencing practice.
After hiring Alistair for regular sparring sessions to prepare for a fencing tournament, Alexia Cousland asked to take him out to dinner to thank him for his help. At his insistence, it's not a job on the Shop books. But that doesn't mean it's a date. It's just... dinner.
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The attack on Mars leaves Kaidan with retrograde amnesia: no memory of his past, his family, his career, or his relationship with Shepard. She decides it would be better not to tell him about their complicated history. When he rejoins the Normandy's crew and begins putting his life back together, he runs into a lot of gaps and no one willing to piss off the volatile commander by filling them in for him.
ME3 AU.
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Several years in, the royal marriage is beginning to crack under the strain of too many obligations and too much time apart. After one too many caustic jokes and one too many evenings with an old friend, the rifts can no longer be ignored.
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A queen seeks magical aid from a witch to have the child she has always longed for. But magical solutions are rarely as simple as hoped for.
A Dragon Age retelling of the Scandinavian folktale Prince Lindworm.
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Into the Rose-Garden by aphreal for chenria
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
17 Apr 2016
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The Hero of Ferelden wed the newly-crowned king, prepared to live happily ever after. A decade later, Meriana and Alistair are forced to admit things aren't looking so bright. Perhaps it's time to look elsewhere for happily ever afters.
A fix-it apology fic following after Missed Opportunities, in which I put the otps back into the proper pairings.
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- Part 2 of Opportunities, Lost and Regained
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Parallel Lives is a fusion AU translating Dragon Age characters into a Mass Effect Setting. It follows six Wardens, one from each origin, along with various Origins and Awakenings companions.
This is a collection of (mostly) prompted scenes that follow up on the characters' introductions in "Six Glimpses". Including things like Morrigan meeting Theron's unusual VI and Zevran's continuing attempts to make a good impression on Gwen.
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- Part 3 of Parallel Lives
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A sidequal to SignCherie's fic Teagan's Chance.
Now that Meriana Cousland and Teagan are happily married and Anora has declared the royal marriage only for show, Alistair’s pretty sure he’d like love and happiness of his own, in the form of a royal mistress. He even sort of has one picked out, in the form of Meriana's cousin, Alexia. Now how does he make that a reality? -
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She's been a nurse at Huerta Memorial for a long time, but this patient - and the woman who comes to visit him - stand out.
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The Shepherd's Lost by aphreal
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age
17 May 2015
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When the Mark is received by a young Templar guarding the Divine who is utterly unprepared to lead, the Inquisition fails. Badly. With no one to stop it, the apocalyptic future glimpsed in Redcliffe comes to pass.
After the Herald’s death, the remnants of the Inquisition, led by Cullen and Cassandra, join forces with the rebel Grey Wardens at Vigil’s Keep, led by Nathaniel and the Warden-Queen of Ferelden. Their combined search for a way to seal the Breach and stop Corypheus leads them to Redcliffe and a solution no one expected.
But when the world has gone this far wrong, how many sacrifices will it take to set things right?
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Missed Opportunities by aphreal for chenria
Fandoms: Dragon Age, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types
03 May 2015
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When Teagan breaks things off with Meriana Cousland, Alistair discovers that he might have an unexpected chance at love he'd given up on. But not everyone sees a royal wedding as a happily ever after.
(written for a prompt to destroy two otps with a wedding)Series
- Part 1 of Opportunities, Lost and Regained
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Once More with Feeling by aphreal
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age
11 Mar 2015
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Alexia Cousland is reliving the Blight with the memories of what happened the first time around. Changing the world is surprisingly easy. What's harder is getting back the one thing she wants to keep: Alistair.
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- Part 2 of Take Two
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If Morrigan and Alistair keep acting like children, Nat is going to treat them like it.
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Remembrance and Oblivion by aphreal
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types
23 Sep 2014
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Teagan walks through a place out of his childhood and struggles with memories from his past.
Written for the 2014 Dragon Age Reverse Big Bang flash round.
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15 kisses in 15 AUs by aphreal
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age
17 Aug 2014
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15 ficlets featuring Alistair and my Alexia Cousland, each set in a different AU and each written to a specific kiss location prompt.