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1. The Minor Fall, The Major Lift by zelarain

   Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Zevran Arainai/Male Warden
   • Zevran Arainai/Male Mahariel
   • Alistair/Female Cousland (Dragon Age)
   • Zevran Arainai
   • Warden (Dragon Age)
   • Male Warden (Dragon Age)
   • Warden's Mabari (Dragon Age)
   • Alistair (Dragon Age)
   • Original Fereldan Character(s)
   • Original Characters
   • Nathaniel Howe
   • Sigrun (Dragon Age)
   • Oghren (Dragon Age)
   • Anders (Dragon Age)
   • Justice (Dragon Age)
   • Velanna (Dragon Age)
   • Original Child Character(s)
   • Rinna (Dragon Age)
   • ballerino Zevran
   • Mutual Pining
   • Fantasy and Fictional Setting Racism
   • Rinna is dead?
   • Betrayal
   • Assassination
   • protective zevran
   • Justice
   • Feudalism
   • Nobility
   • Dalish Elves
   • Dalish Elven Culture & Customs (Dragon Age)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Nightmares
   • Dalish Mage Origin
   • Parenthood
   • Surprise Baby
   • Past Domestic Violence
   • Past Sexual Assault
   • Fake Character Death
   • Protectiveness
   • Kidnapping
   • Imprisonment
   • Medical Experimentation
   • Medical Assault
   • Cultural Differences
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • Medical Trauma
   • Threats of Rape/Non-Con
   • Sexual Assault
   • Dissociation
   • Blood and Gore
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Found Family
   • Mind Manipulation

   Summary

   Zevran had never been good at being still. The strains of music floated through his mind even in moments when the world was silent, save when Fen’dareth had led him into the Deep Roads where the silence lay thick upon the heart as well as the ears. Not moving to the near-constant symphony in his mind was a challenge even when his body was in no fit state to dance.

   A challenge that he was presently failing in a spectacular fashion.

   ~~

   This will be the 7th and final part of Pirouettes & Promises, the sweeping epic tale of Zevran and his Fen'dareth. It is likely to be long and sprawling all by itself, but as I am a dedicated discovery writer, chances are excellent we will find that out together.

   Series

   • Part 7 of Pirouettes and Promises
   • Part 7 of Dragon Age Fanwork

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   75,723

   Chapters:

   37/?

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