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1. The Noble Art Of Lying by Luminark

   Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Varric Tethras/Original Female Character(s)
   • Post-Dragon Age: Inquisition
   • Viscount of Kirkwall Varric Tethras
   • Protective Varric Tethras
   • Varric Tethras Being Varric Tethras
   • Nevarra (Dragon Age)
   • Noble Background OC
   • On the Run
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Nobility
   • Old school romance novel trope
   • journey to orlais
   • Slow Burn
   • Kinda
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • fake identity
   • Runaway Noble
   • Found Family
   • Mutual Pining
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Action/Adventure
   • Political Intrigue
   • minor angst with a happy ending
   • smut to be determined but definitely spice
   • Varric Tethras' Chest Hair
   • POV Alternating
   • Don't be caught alone with Varric if you don't want to be adopted

   Summary

   Varric Tethras knows trouble when he sees it, and the so-called commoner who just tripped into his life is practically wearing a sign that says I Have Made Very Poor Choices. She’s too clean, too well-spoken to be anything but nobility on the run. Worse, she’s dragging a storm of trouble behind her, and now it’s his problem.

   She should be keeping a low profile, not swapping barbs with a charming, infuriating dwarf who sees right through her. But Varric is quick with a joke, quicker with a crossbow, and far too easy to trust. Which is exactly why she should leave before this whole thing gets any worse.

   She should run. He should walk away. Neither of them do.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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