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Madame de Fer
drew some viv holding some orb thing or a rly big orange, idk your call ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
If you don’t do Demands of the Qun, the Chargers live, but Bull remains loyal to the qun. If you leave him behind, he’ll arrive through a side door to fight you on Viddasala’s orders anyway.
Consider Krem.
Consider Krem, who sits in a chair on Bull’s bad side, to be his eyes, so the chief can relax when he’s off-duty. Consider Krem, who trusts Bull with his life, but knows he can get up to some truly hair-brained shenanigans when left on his own, and watches him as often as he watches the room.
Consider Krem seeing Bull slip out of the tavern, silently, without a word to anyone, with his jaw set and his eye sharp. Consider Krem feeling unease in the pit of his stomach, an unshakable feeling that something is up. Consider Krem following, quietly.
Bull is good at what he does, but he’s focused on his mission and he’s taught Krem well. Consider the Iron Bull and his shadow passing unseen, both driven by a duty and loyalty of very different kinds.
The Iron Bull arrives to join the fight, on the wrong side, on the right side, to prove himself a traitor and a loyal soldier.
Krem knows Iron Bull is a qunari, knows he is Ben Hassrath, but it’s one thing to know a fact and another thing to know. The Iron Bull does not act like a qunari. He sings dirty songs and he drinks and he laughs too loud and he fucks like it’s going out of style.
Consider Krem, for the first time, seeing Hissrad.
No hard feelings, bas.
In this version of the story, Iron Bull’s loyalty was never tested. He never had to make a sacrifice, one way or the other. This is the story where Iron Bull could have it both ways, where he could continue his knife-edge dance between Tal Vashoth and Qunari.
But in being both, he is also neither, and when Krem charges in and places himself between Hissrad and the Inquisitor, there is no certainty for the Iron Bull to lean on. The qunari sees an obstacle to be dealt with, but the tal vashoth sees Krem.
“What are you doing, Chief?“
Do the words come? I am doing my duty. Anaan esaam qun. Or do they stick in his throat, hot and raw, because without certainty, the orders made his head swim and his stomach tie into knots, made the faces of the men and women he’s fought beside flicker like nightmares in his mind. The qun has been so far and so distant for so long. To have it this close again, is it a comfort? Or a cage? Does he know the difference?
“Get out of the way, Krem.“
”No.“
Krem is loyal to the Iron Bull first and foremost, but in this world, the tal vashoth world, loyalty is not blind obedience. It’s Krem’s job to push back, to question schemes, to be the voice of something like reason.
“Don’t do this, Chief. This isn’t you.“
But it is. But it isn’t. An order was given. One that Hissrad is compelled to obey. One that the Iron Bull is incapable of obeying.
“You have to go through me first,” Krem says, angry, determined, defiant, unflinching. Consider Krem, loyal beyond death, who found a friend and a purpose and a home with the Iron Bull. Whose last thoughts, in another story, were of certainty and trust. He’ll come. He’ll call. He won’t leave us. Horns pointing up. In every story where he stands between Hissrad and Iron Bull, he is not afraid.
There is no version of this story where he dies. When the ax falls, it is from numb fingers, and it rings bloodless against the stones at their feet.
As long as Krem draws breath, Hissrad will always become Iron Bull.
God I forgot what an absolute lunatic blackwall is
Man is just out in the hinterlands cosplaying. Like replaying the game knowing Solas is the Dread Wolf adds all this cool intrigue and double meaning but replaying it knowing about Blackwall is fucking wild. He looks you in the face and lies directly out of his ass. Solas is all doublespeak and careful omission and Blackwall just fully makes shit up. What a madlad. I'm obsessed with him. he's so fake it til you make it. He would kill it on TikTok just like "oh yeah grey wardens can't get COVID it's right here in the treaties" and no one calls him on it because the treaties are old as fuck and boring. Alistair (who is supposed to be able to sense the Blight) is like oh hey blackwall haha we've definitely met I totally remember you. No you Haven't, Alistair. You've never seen this jackass ever in your life. He looks Solas, god of betrayal, in the eyes and says with full confidence "Yes, I am a Grey Warden." And Solas is like Sure. Iron Bull? Buys his bullshit completely. Leliana? Thinks he's cool. Everyone else is like "you smell like shit but I guess that's just how Wardens smell" and he's like "Damn Right It Is Have I Told You My Vietnam Stories" guy was born in '68. You can flirt with him almost immediately. Character of all time. What the fuck.
IMO this is made even funnier by the fact that Varric literally says this exact thing to him, seconds before Solas fucks up plan 3
Solas trying to use "I have a plan" at the end of trespasser to reassure the inquisitor like he didn't just admit to fucking up his last two big plans literally seconds ago is made even funnier in light of the reveal that he does indeed fuck up that plan
Been playing Dragon Age games again and got inspired to draw all my favorite companions
i hope bioware releases outfit reference kits like they did for the companions and advisors in DAI
by the way artists did you know lol
Me with Zevran sometimes Alistair, Fenris, and Iron bull XD I dont have a problem I swear
Me: I’m gonna romance someone else this time.
Me to me: Romance the same character you’ve already romanced countless times.
My friend @lullambii created this beautiful inquisitor Lavellan and I couldn't resist drawing those two together 💕
I finally painted my inquisitor Lavellan with someone special... I wonder if anyone can guess which scene from the game I'm referencing 👀
I only hope that Dragon Age The Veilguard won't keep her for far too long from Cullen 😭 They deserve a rest!
My Mahanon Lavellan! I wanted to make those inquisitor icons for some time now 🤗 Can't wait to recreate him in veilguard
"Look at this profile. Isn't it incredible? I picture it in marble."
Day 9 of #Veiltober - Harding! Looks like Harding might have something for you... 👀
Day 11 of #Veiltober - Solas! So... I'm kinda late with this one and other prompts but here it is anyway! I'll try to catch up in one way or another 😅
Day 12 of #Veiltober - Inquisitor! Can't really tell if I'm happy with how it turned out. Might redo it at some point but I really wanted portray my inquisitor Lavellan with his beloved Dorian spending time together after Tresspasser 😔
Every time I see a comic including absolutely baffled disgusted flabbergasted Solas and Dorian with a shit-eating smug little grin my lifespan is greatly extended, thank you sm OP this is so pretty and cute
one floor down, solas is making retching noises
“Everything is not going my way, everything needs to be destroyed so I’m OP again” -Solas 2015