Ayden Hawke

A collection of black & white pen doodles for @shadow-dragon-week done in my A5 sketchbook!

🌓 Day 1 — Shadow & Light: feat. Maevaris Tilani Standing against the other magisters in the Magisterium.

🌓 Day 2 — Freedom & Chains: feat. Verene Mercar (OC/Not a Rook) The freedom of writing newspapers, hiding secret codes, and working for the Threads (and later, the Shadow Dragons) VS their past as a slave, trained to become a Siccari in Vyrantium.

🌓 Day 3 — Hope & Despair: feat. Ashur "The Viper" Vesperian The Viper, one of the leaders of the Shadow Dragons... And The Imperial Divine, Aequitas II. Bringing hope to defeat despair.

🌓 Day 4 — Friends & Enemies: feat. Briar Tabris (OC/Not a Rook) A city elf from Denerim's alienage once sold to Tevinter, turned into a Venatori. After decades fighting by their side, her memory — locked by blood magic — was revealed to her. She decided to unite with her past enemies to defeat the rest of the cultists.

🌓Day 5 — Hightown & Undercity: feat. Tarquin Working in Hightown as a Templar by day, only to better protect the undercity by night.

🌓 Day 6 — Rebellion & Reform: feat. Dorian Pavus From his Inquisition days to his Veilguard era, turning his youthful rebellion act into a reform.

🌓Day 7 — Free Day (The Cobbled Swan): feat. Cida Ciconia Singing on stage at the Cobbled Swan, only to better hide in the shadows off stage. Working with the Threads, but lending a helping hand to the Shadow Dragons whenever the occasion arise.

Shadow Dragon Week - Day 4: Friends | Enemies

Dawes and some familiar Shadows playing Wicked Grace in the Cobbled Swan. Gee, Tarquin, I wonder why you're losing... Thank you for hosting, @shadow-dragon-week!

The sad ending for Maru 💚

watercolour + white gouache

I thought that Taash would have the worst handwriting out of all the Veilguard members but then I reconsidered, because. Taash' mom is a scholar and she has a high standards for her child; there's no way that she would allow Taash to write illegibly (no matter Taash' actual opinion on this).

So, in fact, Taash has amazing handwriting. Probably on par with Emmrich (a scholar who worked very hard to fit among Nevarran elites) and Lucanis (rich as fuck guy from important Antivan family and with Caterina for a grandmother).

But then, what about the rest?

Well, Davrin is a Grey Warden. He probably had to write reports of the shit he has seen and done. Reports that need to be read by people later. Same with Harding, she spent years with Inquisition, so even if her writing wasn't that great at the beginning, it definitely was legible by the time of the Veilguard.

Bellara? Well, she's a scientist and we know the stereotypes about their handwriting. But the thing is, Bellara obviously publishes stuff, both scientific and her novels. She also regularly corresponded with other scientists, including Emmrich. Ergo, her writing is legible. Maybe not fancy calligraphy but it looks nice. Granted, her notes might be kind of haphazard and written in shorthand, but she absolutely cleans them up before showing to anyone.

Which leaves Neve. The detective of Dock Town, who lives on fish sticks and bad coffee. The quintessential crime noir character.