Title: Following Fate
Characters: f!Hawke/Taarbas, Isabela, Fenris, Varric, Sebastian, the Qunari people as a whole
Rating: T
Summary: Enraged at a shattered Kirkwall, Marian Hawke flees to join the Qunari.  But her search for stability and peace is challenged at every turn.  Hunted by princes and pirates, bolstered by friends and faith, she embraces ( Read more... )

Title: Parting Gifts
Date: 26/06/2011
Fandom: DA:O
Characters: f!Brosca, Sten, Dog, light mentions of others
Genre: Drama
Rating/Warnings: T
Pairings: Sten/Brosca leanings
Summary: The night before the final battle, Warden Theramina Brosca asks her Qunari brother for a final boon.

(crossposted to the_sten and dragonage-fic)

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Title: Esaam Kadan
Date: 04/06/2011
Fandom: DA:O
Characters: f!Brosca, Sten, Wynne, Leliana
Genre: General, Drama
Rating/Warnings: PG13.
Pairings: Just a touch of implied Sten/Brosca and Leske/Brosca bromance.
Summary: Slight spoilers for Orzammar. While travelling near Lake Calenhad, the party gets ambushed. Sten gets poisoned. And Natia Brosca gets ( Read more... )

Hi all. Thanks to the machinations(?) of artists like Aimo and Coelasquid, and the curiosity of a late fandom bloomer, I am currently head over heels for DA:O. It took some hours to get the hang out of pausing every round to select moves and such, but I'm having great fun even as the game crushes my little party over and over again.

And of course, ( Read more... )

I think I've found my new OTP for this game you guys

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nehraa asala

If I am lost to the Maker for refusing to hate someone, for finding beauty in the "other..." Well, perhaps the Maker is the one who is not worthy of me.

There are other ways to see the world. The Qunari have shown me that.

( Yep, it's Qunari slash! )

It's Tuesday, and here's the final chapter of SWC. Epilogue to follow on Saturday, but then that's it for Adhara and Sten. *collapses*

Title: Strangers with Cookies
Chapter Eighteen: “We will do better next time.”
Rating: T 
Word Count: 3,200
Characters: Sten/f!Mahariel 
Summary: The hedgehog's dilemma resurfaces, and our story comes to a close.

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The next chapter marks the end of SWC, but there is a full-size epilogue that will go up on Saturday.

Title: Strangers with Cookies
Chapter Seventeen: “You have carried us this far, do not doubt that." 
Rating: T 
Word Count: 1,500
Characters: Sten/f!Mahariel, Alistair, Wynne, Urthemiel
Summary: The Wardens make their choices, and Sten is left in ( Read more... )

Posting early so I can go help one of my betas move several states away. *sobs* The good news is that SWC is drafted to completion. Two more chapters until the end!

Title: Strangers with Cookies
Chapter Sixteen: “Draw your sword. I want to see what you can do.”
Rating: T
Word Count: 1.940
Characters: Sten/f!Mahariel, Alistair, Wynne, bits and pieces of ( Read more... )

Title: Strangers with Cookies
Chapter Fifteen: “It was her ignorance we pitied, not her mistake.”
Rating: T (violence)
Word Count: 1,900
Characters: f!Mahariel, Sten, Leliana, Alistair, Wynne, Zevran, and assorted Crows.
Summary: Taliesin makes life difficult for Adhara, and Wynne comes closer to death than a dead woman has ever managed before.

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