Oh No

pov you are a new recruit in the inquisition tasked with the nightly patrol for the most recently established camp in the hinterlands

the hearthkeeper

5 Strawberries for 5 sisters 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓

Cherokee Double Wall Baskets

When I went up to one of the reservations up north I made a few friends, one of them asked me to make five strawberries for her and her four sisters. None of them are exactly the same, I set out to make each one just a little bit different from the other.

Sylaise, Keeper of Fire and Home

Sylaise's design is based on a gorgeous model I saw while scrolling pinterest whose body was just screaming "goddess" to me.

I was also inspired by some ancient frescoes I was able to see recently on exhibit showing different queenly/noble fashions. The rope/see through shawl was inspired by that, as well as the waist wrap.

Sylaise's crown is the sunbeams and you can't tell me otherwise

The feathers in her crown pale in comparison to traditional regalia but I am not that good at feathers; also they're coming out of a lotus because I think it's pretty

Sylaise's pet snake is to represent her side as a prolific Healer

She wears shells on her shoulders to tie her to her sister (who wears abalone shells in her hair)

The bracelet is also made out of shells - saw a gorgeous set of a collar, a shawl, and cuffs made out of these thin white shells that were once used as currency by the Chumash people and other groups.

Rings given to her by June

Her war paint represents the curling smoke of burnt offerings of petitioners seeking her aid; she was one of the few to still honor those requests, even as the rest of her family turned their backs

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its not like i dislike the canon design! i just... can't help myself ;;;

Rose-bellied Bunting (Passerina rositae), family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to a small area of southern Mexico

Ode to dandelions + details

A tribute to the misunderstood, under-appreciated, beautiful, edible, tough, wonderful dandelion!

The Brave Guide, Ch 92 - Seeing Ghosts

Ixchel's party is stopped on the road by Briala's agents - who have horrifying news to share.

“It’d be a whole operation you’re proposing,” Ixchel said. “Cassandra can’t stand this kind of subterfuge.” “It’s not subterfuge,” Charter said with a surprisingly unmasked annoyance. “It is the heart of my faith. Whether the Maker’s will is distorted by a puppet, or stewarded by someone who came to her beliefs genuinely? The subterfuge is not on our part.” Ixchel tried not to seem taken aback. She remembered Charter in Wycome, with a large paper lantern warming her face, and unknown names written inside. She remembered how much she did not know about the spy. They were of the same people, and yet.

The Brave Guide is a canon-divergent Dragon Age longfic. It continues the story of Dead Pasts and Dread Futures, in which Lavellan was sent back in time against her will after the Dread Wolf’s plans destroyed the world.

The series follows Inquisitor Ixchel Lavellan and her battle to find hope for herself, and hope for Thedas. As the world ends, Ixchel is resurrected under mysterious circumstances and is sent back in time to the Conclave. Ixchel is furious, convinced of her own futility, and yet she cannot give up again. These are the stories of how she gets better.