A Drum Sounds (18853 words) by
Wolfling,
omphalosChapters: 3/12
Fandom:
Dragon Age - All Media Types,
Dragon Age: Inquisition,
Dragon Age II,
Dragon Age: Origins,
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening,
Dragon Age (Comics),
Dragon Age (Novels)Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Anders/Male Hawke, Fenris/unspecified
Characters: Male Hawke, Anders (Dragon Age), Fenris (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Varric Tethras
Additional Tags: Alternate Canon, Epic, Canon-Typical Violence, What-If, Fix-It of Sorts
Series: Part 1 of
Inquisitor HawkeSummary:
For a moment Hawke was completely still; then his shoulders slumped, his entire body bowing as if under immense weight. Later on, Varric thought, he would look back and remember this as the moment that Hawke took on the responsibility of saving the entire world, and how in those first few seconds, he couldn't hide the cost to himself.
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This came about from me idly thinking one day "what if Hawke became the Inquisitor?" and casually mentioning the idea to
omphalos. Roughly a year and close to 400,000 words (and still counting!) later, we finally ready to share the first part of the results.
Writing with Omphalos is always a joy. This story has consumed so much of my creative energy in the past year and I've been having so much fun with this 'verse (and am continuing to do so -- we are only roughly maybe halfway through the full story we want to tell), I can't even begin to tell you. Hopefully you'll get as much enjoyment out of reading it as I am getting out of writing it.