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Greetings, fellow curiosity seeker in the Black Emporium! It's that time of year again, when we all come together and make more fanworks for some truly rare Dragon Age pairings. I've tried to think of a bunch of things l'd like to read about, and I hope I can give you plenty to work with to make something for me! Below are some prompts for each request, to give you some idea of the sort of thing I’d like, though of course they are optional details.
Feel free to use the default first names for all Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors listed, or to use your own character’s name and background.
I do have some themes and elements I’d prefer left out of my gift, unless specifically requested for that pairing. These include: rape/non-con, a/b/o dynamics, character bashing, bathroom stuff, torture, mundane or modern AUs, character death.
And now for the pairings & prompts:
Female Cadash/Crassius Servis or Crassius Servis/Female Trevelyan
Servis is not a good guy, let's get that out of the way. He's definitely a greedy, power-hungry crumb of a man who helped oversee and manage the Venatori and the Red Templars. He also has gorgeous handwriting, was never particularly loyal to Corypheus, and has a number of useful contacts in Tevinter, having attended the Circle of Magi in Minrathous, has great attention to detail, and is really quite handsome (no, he didn't write this description, lmao).
I would love a fic with him getting in way too deep with a pragmatic Inquisitor who figures out how to use him to her best advantage, finds him amusing enough to flirt or even have a one night stand with, and doesn't expect to catch feelings (surprise, they both do).
Calpernia/Female Trevelyan
For this pairing, perhaps a story where Trevelyan has gone to Tevinter and is desperate need of allies other than Dorian, and Calpernia turns out to be one of her first contacts.
Perhaps they hit it off right away, and Calpernia shows her the sights and explains the political situation, and asks her to stay at her villa, where romance blooms between them. Or perhaps Trevelyan is savvy enough to know what's going on already, and simply seduces her. (the where and how are up to you, though a bathhouse might be fun).
Cole/Solas
I love these two, and in-game they are very close, and comfort each other frequently while they are both going through some very difficult transitions - Solas waking from a 4,000 year nap and being unable to accept the world he made by creating the Veil, and Cole still traumatized that he couldn't save the real Cole from a horrible, painful death, ultimately taking his form.
Cole has seen everything Solas was and is and is capable of, and still cares about him and wants to help him, even knowing his plans could destroy Thedas. Solas is terrified of Cole being twisted against his nature into a demon and losing himself, and values him as a person when most people think he's a monster. They both just care so much about each other. T_T
If Cole stays more spirit, how does Solas help him, how does he keep Cole from pursuing him once Cole remembers he tried to steal his memories of him, just how much can Cole forgive? Or perhaps the theory that Solas was also once a spirit comes into play. If Cole becomes more human, does he ask Solas about his choice of becoming permanently physical, or did Solas really have a choice?
Really just looking for something where the two of them look out for each other when the other isn't aware, and the small affectionate moments they have like this:
For a considerably lighter story, perhaps have them watching a show or a movie in the Fade together, on a Fade Date where Solas shows Cole a dream he thinks he would cherish.
Cole/Cullen Rutherford
Cullen has been through a lot in the past ten years, and I'd like a story where spirit Cole comes to him in his worst moments of withdrawal and PSTD to offer what comfort he can. Sometimes it involves sex but Cullen doesn't usually remember, but it's what he needs in the moment. Eventually, Cullen starts remembering him, and waking up in bed with him. Alternately, Cole becomes fully human, and looks to Cullen to try to understand what that means.
Dorian Pavus/Solas
Bringing this back because I adore this pairing.
They both run hot and cold (though Solas is more prone to hot), give me conflicted Solas who is besotted and counting the moments until he has to walk away, and Dorian who finds his new lover in turns both enlightening and infuriating. Perhaps a story while they're still in the Inquisition and have to solve a unique problem together with some truly esoteric magic, which one cannot believe the other knows how to do (this instigates some playful teasing). Maybe a tale set Post-Trespasser, where they meet again, alone, after some fraught negotiations between Tevinter and a faction of rebel elves, both of their plans unraveling under some greater threat. I like angst, but I'd prefer both of them to survive and not hate each other, so please keep it to a scenario where both of these things is possible.
Florianne de Chalons/Leliana/Marjolaine
While training Leliana, Marjolaine holds a small soiree at her estate in Val Royeaux, to which Florianne is invited, and therein a closet full of nothing but shoes is explored. Later, the three of them most certainly end up somewhere sans masks.
Charter/Leliana
Charter cannot begin to express her relief that Leliana still trusts her after all the reveals and betrayals during the Exalted Council. Now together they have to figure out if there are any other double agents and how to cut off any more leaks. Alternately: Charter is a double agent, but not for who you might expect - and Leliana just can't let her go.
Shale/Sten
I love these two curmudgeons and how they have a mutual attraction based on battle prowess, their dislike of human society, and how small and squishy most people are. Sten calls Shale kadan, and Shale openly admires his muscles, so there is some fondness between them. For a story, perhaps something set in the Deep Roads before they meet Caradin, with Sten comforting Shale for being nervous, or, perhaps, set much later after Shale has gone to Tevinter, and they meet again there after he is Arishok - maybe he is interested in bringing them into the Qun as a warrior and companion.
Female Surana/Sten
After a Warden gets his approval high enough, Sten starts to call them kadan, which denotes caring about someone, though not the depth of that affection. What I want is something where Sten is head over heels with Surana, and is extremely confused by it. She is the antithesis of everything he believes about women (cannot be warriors), mages (cannot control themselves or their power), and elves (frail and disorganized). His admiration of her is related most to her control of her abilities and battle prowess, but also he loves how practical and dutiful she is. She might find his alien point of view fascinating, enjoy carefully drawing out of him more about himself and his people, and learning to understand him better... she's also just generally be into how tall and muscular he is.
Sex in Qunari society is supposed to be divorced from love, and when the topic comes up (with Morrigan) Sten seems disenchanted with the act, as well as certain he would harm a non-Qunari partner. So it's not important to me if the relationship is sexual (if you can make it work, of course, I would not complain), I'm more interested in displays of mutual caring and affection with this pairing, whether it be defending each other in battle, or sharing some cookies.
Cassandra Pentaghast/Male Hawke (or) Cassandra Pentaghast/Female Hawke
With this set, what I'm really interested in is how Cassandra feels about Hawke, and what they mean to her once they're in the Inquisition. What is it like for her finally meeting someone whose heroics she thought were worthy of naming them Inquisitor over? Is Cassandra's fangirling of a larger-than-life Hawke justified, or is Hawke someone a bit less impressive than Varric built them up to be? Is Hawke put off by Cassandra's admiration, or do they take advantage of it? Does Cassandra comfort Hawke about the things they didn't have the power to stop?
Any color Hawke is fine, though I'm fond of Diplomatic Hawke, any gender is fine, and as far as class goes force mage is the one I'm most familiar with.
Lysas/Lysette
Honestly, I just thought it was cute that they had very similar names, but one of them is a mage and one is a templar, with all the tension that that configuration can provide. They're both devout Andrastians, Lysette has stated that she wants to protect mages as well as protect everyone from the dangers of magic, while Lysas wants more freedom, but not at all costs. All I'm looking for is some fluff with this skinny elf and his buff knight gf, whether it's a meet cute, or the two of them fighting crime together.
Lysette/Minaeve
Same as the above prompt, though perhaps you could explore Minaeve's severe abandonment issues and how Lysette helps her deal with them.
Maevaris Tilani & Dorian Pavus
Magister Friends in Minrathous Go to Parties, Get Drunk, Save Tevinter.
Mind the "&", I do not want romance with these two.
Maevaris Tilani/Male Trevelyan
She's a beautiful widow heading up a new political movement in a country full of slavers, blood mages, and rampaging Qunari. He's a one-handed former cult leader who has zero chill, a world to save, and spies for his spies. Together they'd make for quite a team. Tell me how these two meet and fall in love, and how they both help each other fight for what they believe in, in a time of turmoil. Alternately, how their soppy romance annoys the piss out of their mutual friend Dorian.
On the off chance none of my prompts are working for you, here’s a list of some tropes and elements I like:
Thanks for having a look at my prompts (I might add some more pairings later), good luck, and I hope you have a great exchange! :D
Feel free to use the default first names for all Wardens/Hawkes/Inquisitors listed, or to use your own character’s name and background.
I do have some themes and elements I’d prefer left out of my gift, unless specifically requested for that pairing. These include: rape/non-con, a/b/o dynamics, character bashing, bathroom stuff, torture, mundane or modern AUs, character death.
And now for the pairings & prompts:
Female Cadash/Crassius Servis or Crassius Servis/Female Trevelyan
Servis is not a good guy, let's get that out of the way. He's definitely a greedy, power-hungry crumb of a man who helped oversee and manage the Venatori and the Red Templars. He also has gorgeous handwriting, was never particularly loyal to Corypheus, and has a number of useful contacts in Tevinter, having attended the Circle of Magi in Minrathous, has great attention to detail, and is really quite handsome (no, he didn't write this description, lmao).
I would love a fic with him getting in way too deep with a pragmatic Inquisitor who figures out how to use him to her best advantage, finds him amusing enough to flirt or even have a one night stand with, and doesn't expect to catch feelings (surprise, they both do).
Calpernia/Female Trevelyan
For this pairing, perhaps a story where Trevelyan has gone to Tevinter and is desperate need of allies other than Dorian, and Calpernia turns out to be one of her first contacts.
Perhaps they hit it off right away, and Calpernia shows her the sights and explains the political situation, and asks her to stay at her villa, where romance blooms between them. Or perhaps Trevelyan is savvy enough to know what's going on already, and simply seduces her. (the where and how are up to you, though a bathhouse might be fun).
Cole/Solas
I love these two, and in-game they are very close, and comfort each other frequently while they are both going through some very difficult transitions - Solas waking from a 4,000 year nap and being unable to accept the world he made by creating the Veil, and Cole still traumatized that he couldn't save the real Cole from a horrible, painful death, ultimately taking his form.
Cole has seen everything Solas was and is and is capable of, and still cares about him and wants to help him, even knowing his plans could destroy Thedas. Solas is terrified of Cole being twisted against his nature into a demon and losing himself, and values him as a person when most people think he's a monster. They both just care so much about each other. T_T
If Cole stays more spirit, how does Solas help him, how does he keep Cole from pursuing him once Cole remembers he tried to steal his memories of him, just how much can Cole forgive? Or perhaps the theory that Solas was also once a spirit comes into play. If Cole becomes more human, does he ask Solas about his choice of becoming permanently physical, or did Solas really have a choice?
Really just looking for something where the two of them look out for each other when the other isn't aware, and the small affectionate moments they have like this:
Cole: It's brighter here. Glittering. Glaring. Glinting. I can't...
Solas: It's a mild tremor in the Veil. Nothing to worry about. Focus on what is here, in this world.
Cole: But... what is here?
Solas: Feel the ground, the breath in your lungs, fabric rustling against your skin.
Cole: (Breathes.) Thank you.
Solas: It's nothing. It can be overwhelming for anyone.
For a considerably lighter story, perhaps have them watching a show or a movie in the Fade together, on a Fade Date where Solas shows Cole a dream he thinks he would cherish.
Cullen has been through a lot in the past ten years, and I'd like a story where spirit Cole comes to him in his worst moments of withdrawal and PSTD to offer what comfort he can. Sometimes it involves sex but Cullen doesn't usually remember, but it's what he needs in the moment. Eventually, Cullen starts remembering him, and waking up in bed with him. Alternately, Cole becomes fully human, and looks to Cullen to try to understand what that means.
Dorian Pavus/Solas
Bringing this back because I adore this pairing.
They both run hot and cold (though Solas is more prone to hot), give me conflicted Solas who is besotted and counting the moments until he has to walk away, and Dorian who finds his new lover in turns both enlightening and infuriating. Perhaps a story while they're still in the Inquisition and have to solve a unique problem together with some truly esoteric magic, which one cannot believe the other knows how to do (this instigates some playful teasing). Maybe a tale set Post-Trespasser, where they meet again, alone, after some fraught negotiations between Tevinter and a faction of rebel elves, both of their plans unraveling under some greater threat. I like angst, but I'd prefer both of them to survive and not hate each other, so please keep it to a scenario where both of these things is possible.
Florianne de Chalons/Leliana/Marjolaine
While training Leliana, Marjolaine holds a small soiree at her estate in Val Royeaux, to which Florianne is invited, and therein a closet full of nothing but shoes is explored. Later, the three of them most certainly end up somewhere sans masks.
Charter/Leliana
Charter cannot begin to express her relief that Leliana still trusts her after all the reveals and betrayals during the Exalted Council. Now together they have to figure out if there are any other double agents and how to cut off any more leaks. Alternately: Charter is a double agent, but not for who you might expect - and Leliana just can't let her go.
Shale/Sten
I love these two curmudgeons and how they have a mutual attraction based on battle prowess, their dislike of human society, and how small and squishy most people are. Sten calls Shale kadan, and Shale openly admires his muscles, so there is some fondness between them. For a story, perhaps something set in the Deep Roads before they meet Caradin, with Sten comforting Shale for being nervous, or, perhaps, set much later after Shale has gone to Tevinter, and they meet again there after he is Arishok - maybe he is interested in bringing them into the Qun as a warrior and companion.
Female Surana/Sten
After a Warden gets his approval high enough, Sten starts to call them kadan, which denotes caring about someone, though not the depth of that affection. What I want is something where Sten is head over heels with Surana, and is extremely confused by it. She is the antithesis of everything he believes about women (cannot be warriors), mages (cannot control themselves or their power), and elves (frail and disorganized). His admiration of her is related most to her control of her abilities and battle prowess, but also he loves how practical and dutiful she is. She might find his alien point of view fascinating, enjoy carefully drawing out of him more about himself and his people, and learning to understand him better... she's also just generally be into how tall and muscular he is.
Sex in Qunari society is supposed to be divorced from love, and when the topic comes up (with Morrigan) Sten seems disenchanted with the act, as well as certain he would harm a non-Qunari partner. So it's not important to me if the relationship is sexual (if you can make it work, of course, I would not complain), I'm more interested in displays of mutual caring and affection with this pairing, whether it be defending each other in battle, or sharing some cookies.
Cassandra Pentaghast/Male Hawke (or) Cassandra Pentaghast/Female Hawke
With this set, what I'm really interested in is how Cassandra feels about Hawke, and what they mean to her once they're in the Inquisition. What is it like for her finally meeting someone whose heroics she thought were worthy of naming them Inquisitor over? Is Cassandra's fangirling of a larger-than-life Hawke justified, or is Hawke someone a bit less impressive than Varric built them up to be? Is Hawke put off by Cassandra's admiration, or do they take advantage of it? Does Cassandra comfort Hawke about the things they didn't have the power to stop?
Any color Hawke is fine, though I'm fond of Diplomatic Hawke, any gender is fine, and as far as class goes force mage is the one I'm most familiar with.
Lysas/Lysette
Honestly, I just thought it was cute that they had very similar names, but one of them is a mage and one is a templar, with all the tension that that configuration can provide. They're both devout Andrastians, Lysette has stated that she wants to protect mages as well as protect everyone from the dangers of magic, while Lysas wants more freedom, but not at all costs. All I'm looking for is some fluff with this skinny elf and his buff knight gf, whether it's a meet cute, or the two of them fighting crime together.
Lysette/Minaeve
Same as the above prompt, though perhaps you could explore Minaeve's severe abandonment issues and how Lysette helps her deal with them.
Maevaris Tilani & Dorian Pavus
Magister Friends in Minrathous Go to Parties, Get Drunk, Save Tevinter.
Mind the "&", I do not want romance with these two.
Maevaris Tilani/Male Trevelyan
She's a beautiful widow heading up a new political movement in a country full of slavers, blood mages, and rampaging Qunari. He's a one-handed former cult leader who has zero chill, a world to save, and spies for his spies. Together they'd make for quite a team. Tell me how these two meet and fall in love, and how they both help each other fight for what they believe in, in a time of turmoil. Alternately, how their soppy romance annoys the piss out of their mutual friend Dorian.
On the off chance none of my prompts are working for you, here’s a list of some tropes and elements I like:
- mission fic/case fic where they solve a problem together
- battle couples and/or battlefield romance
- friends to lovers, enemies/rivals to lovers
- age-difference or mentor/student romance
- loyalty kink, kneeling
- ust, resolved ust
- angst and hurt/comfort
- dubious consent
- slice-of-life, humor & general shenanigans
- growing old together, fondness, matured relationships
- fluff, smut, fluffy smut, plotty smut, sexy smut
- wild escapes, daring rescues
- making camp together, cuddling up for warmth
- exploring or expanding on existing canon and lore; worldbuilding
Thanks for having a look at my prompts (I might add some more pairings later), good luck, and I hope you have a great exchange! :D
