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📝 Zine Writer: laufehson

laufehson has been a Dragon Age fan for almost fifteen years (her longest fandom). It's her second year with DAA and she's so excited to be back— she can't wait to see how everyone interprets this year's theme :)

📝 Zine Writer: Jacs

Jacs is a writer, anthropologist, and notable elf enthusiast. However, their true love is giving readers emotions (frequently the sad and/or tragic ones).

📝 Zine Writer: floricolous

floricolous is a writer who has been in the throes of Dragon Age brainrot for the last decade. Probably has a concerning amount of fondness for avocados, old men with magic, and cannibalism as a metaphor for everything.

📝 Zine Writer: cravingcoconutredbull

cravingcoconutredbull is overjoyed to have the opportunity to connect with others who share her love for this franchise, one that has brought so many amazing people into her life that she's grateful to now call friends!

📝 Zine Writer: beyondthesea

beyondthesea has been in and out of the Dragon Age fandom since 2017, after being hooked by Dragon Age 2. Her interest has been primarily in writing f/f rarepairs, but for this project she's really excited to explore the idea of location as a character.

📝 Zine Writer: Ashura

Ashura crashed headlong into DA fandom in 2021 and never escaped. She remains stubbornly enamoured of Grey Wardens, griffons, and Ferelden, ships Hawke/Anders, and has thoughts about Elvhen linguistics that nobody asked for.

🎨 Zine Artist: Sage-Crown

Sage-Crown enjoys creating art and world-building with her writer husband. She fell in love with the Frostback Basin, the rich lore it gave us, and especially the Avvar who live there. He's excited to share that love in this year's zine!

🎨 Zine Artist: RowanArtist

An artist and writer, Rowan rolled into the Dragon Age fandom with Inquisition, fell in love with the characters, then worked their way through the earlier games as well. With Veilguard, the hyperfixation returned full swing and hasn't left since.

🎨 Zine Artist: RedRune

Painting has been a life-long hobby for RedRune, and years later she's so happy to do it as a full-time job. She's an old-timer who discovered Dragon Age way back in 2011. Being part of DAA and celebrating her love for this franchise feels truly magical.

🎨 Zine Artist: Pineflower Art

Pineflower Art's best friend got them into Dragon Age and the rabbit hole they've fallen into because of it has been one hell of a creative outburst! They've fallen in love with Thedas and are excited to explore its beauty.

🎨 Zine Artist: paragonraptors

paragonraptors is a pro illustrator and terminal Dragon Age enthusiast. He has a scholarly interest in the impact imperialism and economics has on mage liberation, specifically pre-9:30 Kirkwall. He also really likes the characters and story and stuff.

🎨 Zine Artist: Mythrender

Myth makes maps and art for books and is mentally often somewhere in the depths of the Fade or the Necropolis halls.