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Amara Savani is the disgraced eldest daughter of a Tevinter magister who has spent the past fifteen years in the Necropolis after an incident in Minrathous made her a political liability. She's carved out a life in exile - throwing herself into her research, she's come to enjoy her time in Nevarra, even with the ever-present shadow of her family never far from her mind. When her younger half-sister Ursa finds a love match in the youngest son of a prominent Altus family, Amara's unmarried status is the only remaining barrier to their engagement in the eyes of the prospective groom's traditionalist family. Unwilling to submit to a life with the political candidates her father has procured, she strikes a deal with Emmrich - come to Tevinter to marry her, and receive her dowry as funding for his research.
Unable to see his friend trapped in a loveless marriage, he agrees - and the two of them embark on a journey to Tevinter, determined to keep up the ruse long enough to make it back to Nevarra... but Minrathous has other ideas.
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- Part 1 of harmonics
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“How is the wedding planning faring, Mrs. Dekarios?” asked Tara, paws primly crossed on the tablecloth.
“Quite well, considering the short notice,” responded Morena, pouring herself another cup of tea. “Octavia is being a dear about it - I think she finds it all very overwhelming.”
“And Gale?”
“Oh, as opinionated as always.” She waved a hand dismissively. “Being busy with his new position at Blackstaff leaves him with much less time to argue. And besides, I raised him to have good taste.”
Tara recalled a recent afternoon spent hunched over Gale’s kitchen table, mother and son debating the merits of different kinds of lilies for so long that Octavia had decamped to the library, only re-emerging when Gale had Sent her for dinner.
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Gale is getting married. Tara has Opinions.
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Capacity by tiger_shrike
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
27 Jun 2025
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Emmrich and Amara perform a small exercise in restraint.
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- Part 2 of harmonics
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She wants this, truly. The thought of Gale spread out beneath her, flushed and writhing as she takes him the way that he does her sends a bolt of heat between her legs. It is a desire she would be more than content to keep filed away in the archive of her fantasies, but Gale is both an open book when it comes to his pleasure and a voracious student when it comes to hers, and she tries to match his enthusiasm. After so many years spent in the service of others, asking does not come easily for her. But she tries.
Or: Octavia pegs Gale for the first time
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Sometimes your lover's family is the inhabitants of a temple and 15-20,000 bees.
Or: Octavia was raised in a temple to Ilmater south of Baldur's Gate. After the events of the game, she and Gale make a detour to collect her things to bring to Waterdeep - and meet her family, such as they are.
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you shine into my soul/like the sun against gold by tiger_shrike
Fandom Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
13 Sep 2025
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harmonics by tiger_shrike
Fandom Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
15 Apr 2026
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Gale thoughts the night after declaring his love to Tav (unnamed) and getting together physically.
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- Part 3 of During the Journey – Drabbles
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26 Jan 2024
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Nick Valentine's got his right-hand woman back, but absence has made the clockwork heart grow too fond for his liking.
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- Part 23 of The Great Fire
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07 Aug 2022
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Jealousy wasn't an attractive trait, he'd remind himself.
Though it does look good on him, you'd remind him in bed.Bookmarked by tiger_shrike
07 Aug 2022
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Song wasn't built for the apocalypse. Strength, endurance, survival skills, the ability to shoot at a barn door and actually hit it - she had none of that. What she did have was an engineering degree, an endless supply of salvage, and a world full of broken things that needed fixing.
She just never expected to fall in love with one of them.
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07 Aug 2022
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"A pang of an uncertain emotion rang through him, but he explained it away as maybe an old friend you knew, similar to Mjoll or Mercurio. When he looked again, though, his blood began to boil like a dragon was burning him alive from the inside."
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29 Jul 2022