Captain-Lavellan

My lavellan inky has a really stupid pet husky that she jokingly named fen’harel. Solas has undying beef with him, which is exacerbated by the fact that the dog won’t leave him alone.

Inspired by the scene in the DA2 quest Dissent in which Anders/Justice (almost) murder Ella. AO3 link here.

Solas/Dread Wolf from Dragon Age Origins

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“The elves believe their gods remain trapped in the prison to this day, as Fen'Harel, the Dread Wolf, gleefully patrols the Beyond to feast upon the souls of the dead.”

And they all disapprove. 🤣

from the dalish's (accurately cautious) perspective, if their campsites or common migration routes get discovered, they're doomed, and will immediately get cornered by the chantry or the nearest noble who dislikes elves. so they're incredibly hard to find to begin with, and if they do get found, it's in their best interest to leave zero survivors and then vanish immediately.

plus, they have slightly better night vision on a physical level, as well as being well versed in outdoor stealth from a very young age. plus they have mages. plus they're very frugal and don't have any real material goods. and they would be very averse to anything like a "fair fight" bc it's not like they have... soldiers who are actually expendable. anyone who gets hurt or killed is meant to be doing another job as well to keep the clan running, and is a beloved small community member as well.

so i think a lot of their Terrifying Reputation is bc they do (seemingly) completely unprovoked attacks that can look like this:

some human expedition goes out into the wilderness for logging/hunting/fishing/herb gathering/bald/nuance, sees zero sign of any dalish around

suddenly, they all get completely massacred, at night, with no warning or mercy shown, and with half the dead creepily strangled by tree roots or smth, and their entire campsite picked over for valuables. which looks like theft was the motive, but in an extremely ruthless and unnecessarily cruel way.

when a revenge party is sent out, there's still no sign of the dalish, aside from an abandoned campsite and no clear tracks leading anywhere