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Never Free by leggywillow
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
12 Mar 2023
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Warden-Commander Surana deals with the responsibilities and dangers of a powerful position she never expected to have, plus the consequences of her decisions during the Blight returning to haunt her. Warden Carver Hawke is finally finding his purpose now that he’s out of his older sister’s shadow, and he’s surprised to find it at the side of the Hero of Ferelden.
Takes place in 34 Dragon. Aims to be at least mostly canon-compatible.
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- Part 1 of The Mistakes of Men and Monsters
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When Kotallo lost his arm, it was more than just a limb that he had lost. It was his prowess with a bow. It was his utility as a Marshal. His arm was gone, his life a ruin, and nothing would ever be the same.
It did not occur to him that this could be a good thing.
It did not occur to him that he could find new purpose in his life. It did not occur to him that an outlander with hair like blood and a spirit as fierce as blazefire would help him find that purpose.
With Aloy as his witness, Kotallo would find himself again, and nothing would ever be the same.
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In other words: a wish fulfillment fic where Aloy and Kotallo fall in love over the course of the game. Canon scenes and dialogue blended and padded out with introspection, cozy conversations, smut, and all the GAIA Gang bonding that we deserved. ❤Series
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09 Apr 2023
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A Mass Effect 'First Contact' AU set in or about 2157. Shepard and Garrus meet under extremely different and trying circumstances. Thematically inspired in part by The Shape of Water (2017).
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- 31/31
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03 Apr 2023
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When The Sun Sets On The Dune, You Know Where To Find Me by WonderAss
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy
29 Jul 2021
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"No, he just didn't have much of an opinion on humans...which made it all the more interesting when one of the most famous humans in the galaxy drops by and asks if he wants to join the Normandy."
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03 Apr 2023
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"Mordin is the most celebrated geneticist and doctor in the galaxy, and Miranda brought me back to life from scraps. What makes you think there's any good reason that you have to die?"
"Celebrated? Perhaps. Krogan would argue notorious," Mordin interjects. Miranda crosses her arms, looking Thane dead in the eye.
When they put it like that, it's difficult to argue.
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thane doesn't have to die, so shepard doesn't let him.
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- Part 1 of may death find you alive
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on the empty sky by gentiansaint
Fandoms: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
03 Dec 2022
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Only in silence the word,
only in dark the light,
only in dying life:
bright the hawk's flight
on the empty sky.
--Ursula LeGuin, A Wizard of EarthseaIn the time period after her part in the Kirkwall Rebellion, Margaux Hawke heads back to Ferelden for the first time since fleeing the Blight, to take refuge briefly with a friend, Nathaniel Howe... and with a cousin she never knew, who just happens to be the Hero of Ferelden. Hurting from everything she's been through, she begins to struggle toward healing -- and maybe, new love.
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Just another elf come to serve the Inquisition... That's what you hope to be, anyway. But you're an elf with a secret, and a little bit too much pride to just blend in peacefully.
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Temporal Arrangements by Viking_woman
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
22 May 2020
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A strange object sends Solas and Iwyn Lavellan back in time, right into a situation neither can control. Raw and emotional from their recent breakup, they have to pretend to date to avoid raising suspicion, and work together to find a way back home.
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- Part 1 of Iwyn Lavellan & Solas: Timetravel AU
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- 29,121
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- 11/11
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24 Mar 2023
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Are We Having Fun Yet? by CES3725
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
06 Feb 2016
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In which Katria Trevelyan, whose only combat specialization is sarcasm, has to learn to get along with the more serious members of the Inquisition. She even begins to tolerate Cullen. Until she's in love with him.
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- 59/59
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15 Mar 2023
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a young man in possession of notable ambition must be in want of a crisis. The society novel of hearts and challenges never ages, and lots of places have an era of muskets and manners. When Havenvale’s society season is interrupted by a scourge of nightmares from the Fade, it falls to the local gentry to take up arms against the Breach – and learn to rely upon one another. This alt-U Regency Inquisition retelling features Miss Cousland and Mr. Trevelyan amidst the Inquisition cast.
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10 Mar 2023
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In good times and in bad by PookatheCat for Notevensorry
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games)
20 Dec 2015
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"My name is Alistair. I'm an almost-templar, a full-time Grey Warden and a royal bastard... but, shush, this is actually a secret. This is my story... although it's not alone about me... It's more like my version of how the most unlikely bunch of losers accidentally saves the world. And no, I'm not exaggerating. It's a tale worth being told and worth reading. It's pretty tragic, mind you, with lots of villains, treacherous bastards, dragons and more darkspawn than I can count. But also kinda funny... we laugh more than you would expect. And you're going to meet the most ravishing, beautiful and cunning young woman ever... my woman. Maker's Breath, she's amazing! And she's the reason why this story contains a whole lot of... lamppost licking... err... Now, why don't you just read it while I stand over there until the blushing stops, yes?"
Alistair's POV of the events during the Fifth Blight and his love for the Cousland Warden. The story follows the game with lots of extras.
Rated explicit for what happens after chapter 28. Before, oh, well, you know this is about adorably woo-less Alistair, so what else to expect?
Fan Art Collections Chapters 99 and 100.
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- Part 1 of Roristair
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- 101/101
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04 Mar 2023
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Ten years after the defeat of the Archdemon, Zevran has carried his fight against the Crows back home to Antiva. He receives unexpected visitors during a lull in the carnage, including his Warden, Nora Cousland. He lost her to another long ago, partly because he couldn't acknowledge how he truly felt. It's tempting for him to see this as a second chance, but he suspects that she may need her old friend more than her old lover.
Zevran isn't quite sure if her presence is a blessing or a curse, but he's grateful for it either way.
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25 Jan 2023
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Weekend by EverythingIsAlreadyTaken
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
10 Oct 2022
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If Kaidan and Shepard got to meet up once before the suicide mission...
“You have to know, Shepard,” he said finally looking up, “It’s not because I can’t let go. It’s because I won’t.”
Any resistance she still had was gone, “I miss you so much.”
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16 Oct 2022
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After the events of Torfan leave her grounded pending clearance of a mental health evaluation, Commander Jane Shepard is offered a chance to serve as the first human C-Sec Detective. Though many questions are raised regarding the offer, she accepts the opportunity as an alternative to the desk work she's been doing while grounded. Once on the Citadel, she meets the newly minted Detective Vakarian. Working with the impulsive detective proves a challenge Shepard hadn't expected.
Tasked with solving a double homicide, they get swept up in scenarios that challenge them to find common ground. Both are pushed to their limits as the investigation leads them closer to the elusive Dr. Heart. Once Garrus comes to realize his feelings are changing, he learns things about Shepard that make him question whether it's fair to stand in her way. During a pivotal point where one decision sets them on a trajectory that might thrust them apart for good, they find out just how far they are willing to go to come together again.
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- Part 1 of Across the Stars
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- 150,483
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- 30/30
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26 Sep 2022
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“There we go,” the mage said, pulling back to inspect her handy work. Only a thin pink line remained, “All knit together again. And not much left by way of scars. You’ll be back to fighting form in no time, ser…?”
“Just Dorian is fine, darling. Might I know the name of my lovely saviour?” Dorian asked with a smile.
“You can call me Saheila."
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Inquisitor Lavellan sides with the mages, and Enchanter Saheila saves the one he will eventually love. When the Inquisition eventually reaches Skyhold, that mage nudges her towards finding love of her own. (Alternate perspective on the events of Inquisition from someone who is almost never in the midst of the action, but to whom everyone turns when they need a helping hand.)Bookmarked by thefirstpage
23 Sep 2022
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port in the storm by kvella
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
26 Jul 2022
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“It is not that I do not want this. In fact, I have thought of it...quite often. But…” She paused, dropped her voice to a whisper as if she was not certain that what she was about to say was a good choice. “I do not want just one night. And to become entangled right now with so much at stake...it is a fool’s errand, is it not?”
A mead fueled tryst almost brings the Inquisition’s Ambassador and Commander together one night. When they’re assigned to build a memorial for Haven, will they find their way through the chaos or turn away from each other forever?
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23 Sep 2022
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Dead Pasts and Dread Futures by youworeblue
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age: The Last Court, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age - Various Authors
02 Aug 2021
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The Inquisitor's heart broke after the Exalted Council when her family of friends scattered to the winds. She was emptied of hope as Solas's power and reach grew. Left with a dead past and dreading the future, Ixchel Lavellan lay down and chose not to wake up.
As the Veil began to unravel, and the fabric of reality tore apart at the seams, a desperate ally sacrificed everything to give her a second chance.
And Ixchel will never forgive him.
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⭐New readers start here!@dreadfutures on tumblr for more writing and art.
**Rewrite Update: As of November 2024, I have edited through Ch 58 with the help of @BECAndCall.
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- Part 2 of Bloodied and Broken
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22 Sep 2022
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What if Thane knew he was going to meet another Siha, but did not know when? Thane has a vision on the night he kills the final one responsible for Irikah's murder. Arashu comes to him and tells him he has another chance. There will be another Siha. He must not fail.
After two years, he has waited long enough to go to the sea. On the night he believes he will go to Kalahira's shores, a beautiful warrior finds him and offers him a gift. Arashu has given him a new path. We all must walk the paths we are given.
A slow burn where Thane and Shepard have a unique connection over a secret she has kept hidden from everyone in her life.
This is the first of three, they will go through an interpretation the events of Mass Effect 2 & 3 (more faithful to canon, timeline wise, especially, in 2, with some bigger changes in 3 (Thane lives).
(Any Explicit chapters - I'll note in this summary, otherwise it's generally T to slight M)
Explicit Chapters: 22-29,37,42-44,56,62,65,71
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- Part 1 of Swear by the Oceans
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19 Sep 2022
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A Whole New World by RogueLioness
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition
17 Aug 2022
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Samarra Bayart is a researcher, albeit one with a small Dragon Age obsession. So when she finds herself in Thedas, she's convinced she's in a dream... till she realizes she's not.
Given the title of Oracle, she must carefully walk the line between using her knowledge of the game to guide the Inquisition, while protecting herself and her secrets.
Can she put what she knows to get the best ending for the ones she cares for? Or will she crash and burn in the wolf's jaws?
[Note: NSFW chapters will be marked with a *]
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- Part 1 of Written in Starlit Ink
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- 568,395
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- 156/156
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04 Sep 2022
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Mine Eyes Have Seen by NeedAMuse
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
06 Dec 2024
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Inana Lavellan can't see most things - not in the waking world, anyway. The Fade is another matter, shining like a beacon just beyond the Veil. She loves the Fade, where everything is clear. Most clear of all is the spirit-teacher she has had for as long as she can remember. He taught her when she was still a child how to interact with spirits without fear. He shows her ancient dreams and memories. He talks with her about magic and philosophy. She has learned so much from him that it hardly even matters that their timelines seem to meet at random, and he doesn't always - or even often - remember who she is.
Imagine her surprise when her dreams lead her to the Conclave, compassion leads her to the burned-out temple in the wake of the explosion, necessity leads her to begin attempting to close the Breach - and she discovers that the spirit she has known all her life exists in the waking world as a man calling himself Solas.
Currently updates about once a week, or more often when my editors have time.
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- Part 1 of None So Blind