F Yeah, Qunari

The arguments would be legendary. Here you have someone who has actively chosen to convert to the Qun despite being born outside of it, and I think for the tastiest conflict would have to believe in it with their full chest. And then someone who was born into it and left.

"Why would you ever LEAVE the Qun! I spent my whole life searching for purpose and didn't find it until I met a Tamassran, no one gave me ANY respect until I found the Qun."

"Why would you CHOOSE to submit yourself to that dogmatic bullshit? Dont you have any self respect, you were FREE"

Happy DA Day! 💜

kulo adaar, the inquisitor

“how do you see me?” “it’s strong and pure. and loud. you ripple like water when the stone is dropped.”

Herah Adaar, the Qunari Knight Enchanter 💜

Today it’s one and only Sten, or should I say The Sten? Or is he Arishok now? In my games he is. But he’s no longer Sten - he’s Arishok - not to confuse with the Arishok from DA2.

After an entire life time of being literally branded as an outsider and as lesser, it must be quite the culture shock for the Warden to meet somebody from a people where the circumstances of your birth don’t matter

My art from the fic “A Cat’s Tenth Life,” a collaboration between me and @asparklethatisblue. A misfired necromancy spell leads to the surprise adoption of a previously-deceased kitty, and pet shenanigans ensue. Bull takes…a while to adjust. 

Sten is one of the characters with a whole piece, yeah! A lot of it is nothing that isn’t stated in WoTv2, but here’s a couple points:

Sten was always immediately recognizable among the qunari people for not having any horns, something that often indicates someone who is Tal-Vashoth, as apparently that is something they frequently do after escaping from the Qun.

Sten joined the Beresaad after gaining the favour of the Arishok, who the Beresaad report directly to, and are his personal representatives.

Sten of course becomes Arishok after Hawke kills the one in Kirkwall, and is “a good ruler, albeit a traditional one.”

The reason Sten loves cookies is because they were never discovered by the qunari, since they’re often made using excess dough, and there is no such thing as excess anything under the Qun.

There’s a big piece all about the Qun in Chapter 2. I don’t want to just copy and paste the entire thing though, so again, here are just some points of interest:

The #1 theme of the Qun is “Asit tal-eb,” which translates as “It is to be;” meaning duty comes before everything else.

There is no actual recorded way of telling one Arishok from another throughout history, as the minute one dies, another sheds their old self and assumes the role as the previous one did. This is in contrast to the rest of Thedas, where historical periods are divided by rulers.

The Battle of the Nocen Sea between Tevinter and the Qunari that led to the treaty between them was the largest battle ever fought in Thedas.

The role of Arigena–overseer of merchants and craftsmen and the treasury–is considered a sacred one, as every member of the Qun has a tool that contains their soul for eternity. She is permanently on Seheron as a tactical decision to allow her to deploy weapons to the front lines.

Children under the Qun receive their new title/role by the Tamassrans who raise them at age twelve.

Various tarot-style artwork I made a few months back that I never uploaded. Anxiety’s a bitch and now I’m using the bit of energy I’ve worked up to release these into the world.