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The Shadow of Flames by Nydelia
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
30 Sep 2026
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Summary
Nydelia came to the Conclave searching for her missing brother.
She left it marked by the Fade, accused of murder, and named Herald by people desperate enough to turn a prisoner into a symbol.
An elven mage with a blade at her hip and secrets under her skin, Nydelia has no desire to become anyone’s holy answer. All she wants is to survive long enough to find Torric. But the Breach in the sky does not care about her plans, and neither do the people who now look to her for hope.
Among them is Commander Cullen Rutherford, a man bound by duty, restraint, and the ghosts of everything he has survived. He should be nothing more than another soldier watching her closely.
Instead, he notices too much.
As the Inquisition rises from ash and fear, Nydelia is pulled deeper into a war she never asked for, a faith she does not share, and a slow, dangerous tenderness with a man who keeps choosing distance even when his eyes say otherwise.
But the mark on her hand is not the only thing reaching for her.
And somewhere beyond the chaos, her brother is still missing.Series
- Part 1 of Veil of Flames