Summoner's Sketchbook

Figured it was about time I create a masterpost to pin on my blog.

Name: Kogarashi, Amanda, "hey you"

Editor, (fandom) writer, freelance artist

Multifandom geek and generally crafty jack-of-all-trades (master of none)

~ I Draw ~ I Write ~ I Craft ~

Outside links here, but the most relevant is probably my Archive of our Own page.

You can buy me a cocoa (Ko-fi) if you want to throw a tip my way, and you can buy things with my art on Redbubble (slowly adding to inventory).

I also have a side blog for reblogging art I like, and now a side blog for reblogging other people's fiction.

I have a tag list for things like tag games. Want on (or off) the list? Just leave a comment on the linked post.

Fandoms, collected posts, commission info, etc. below the cut to keep this shorter on my page.

Quick links to my OCs: Castelin Cousland | Aelinn Hawke | Tyria Lavellan | Saadrah Mercar

Thanks for sending me asks for Hawke! 💙

#17: Does Hawke like the Arishok?

Hawke...respects the Arishok. She respects that he's a powerful person, that he's clearly skilled in combat, and that when she's in his camp she's functionally at his mercy. She also respects that he offers safe haven to downtrodden people who want to convert, but at the same time, she doesn't like his disdain for Kirkwall or the rest of its people. Since she's predominantly diplomatic, she still tries to keep the peace—and even ends up earning his respect in turn—but it doesn't stop her from challenging him when he attacks her city, and fighting him when he won't reason (and she refuses to give up Isabela; see below).

#24: Is Bartrand dead or alive? Did Hawke let Varric keep the red lyrium?

Bartrand is dead. Hawke let Varric put him out of his misery, and Varric admitted afterward that it doesn't make him feel any better. Hawke definitely didn't let Varric keep the red lyrium, since it seemed dangerous and she didn't want him to end up like his brother. They set it on fire with her using magic to make sure it was completely destroyed.

#26: How did Hawke feel about learning the truth of Isabela's artifact? Did they feel betrayed or did they understand her?

Hawke was definitely hurt. I have the timing of things in my fic plans such that Hawke hooks up with (and then breaks up with) Fenris, which is the first emotional blow, followed by the murder of her mother as an awful second. Her emotional state is fragile, and she is more than ready to write off Isabela when Isabela leaves with the Tome.

But then Isabela returns. Hurt as she is, Hawke is ready to latch onto any semblance of hope, and finds it within her to defend Isabela when the Arishok demands the pirate in addition to the tome. Betrayal is what others do, not Hawke.

21. Did Hawke help Merrill fix the Eluvian? And did Merrill break the Eluvian, or is it intact?

2. What is Hawke's personality and does it change during the years?

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#21: Did Hawke help Merrill fix the eluvian? And did Merrill break the eluvian, or is it intact?

Hawke did actually help fix it, and encourage Merrill to keep it intact. She definitely cautioned trying to find non-blood-magic ways of doing so wherever possible, even if it was more difficult and took longer, because Hawke was quite anit-blood-magic, but she also respected Merrill's desire to restore some of her history. Yes, this meant helping to get the arulin'holm (Marethari handed it to Hawke out of spite and Hawke immediately handed it to Merrill), among other things.

(If curious: no, Hawke didn't have to fight the Dalish clan. I'd locked in Merrill's friendship at maximum before then, so I could "take responsibility" for her use of blood magic without losing approval with her, and thus keep the clan alive.)

#2: What is Hawke's personality and does it change during the years?

Aelinn Hawke is predominantly diplomatic (blue personality), as part of trying to keep the templars' attention off of her family. She'll crack jokes on occasion, especially once she starts building a circle of friends in Kirkwall, but when situations call for the diplomatic approach she will try to take it.

10. What's their first impression of Varric?

42. Do they try to keep contact with the other companions?

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#10. What's their first impression of Varric?

Oh, probably a mixture of impressed and relieved. I mean, a cutpurse just tried to steal all the money she had to her name, and her options were either to lose the money or out herself as a mage in the streets of Minrathous to stop the guy (because I don't think she and Carver were going to catch up on foot for melee purposes). And then here's this dwarf who just casually pins the guy to a wall with a crossbow bolt and recovers her money for her, and he happens to be the brother of the guy who just turned her down for a job.

She's impressed at his skills, and relieved at getting her money back without inciting an incident with the city's templars. When he turns out to have a sense of humor similar to hers? And a fairly good heart? They are fast friends.

#42. Do they try to keep contact with the other companions?

Most of them, yes. First, family...

Fenris: See another ask from this list for a bit more detail, but Fenris is Hawke's love interest and they're still holding on after the game, so the only time they're not in contact is when they're (extremely rarely) separated for things like Hawke helping the Inquisition (and Fenris is not happy because she leaves without telling him, and he follows her after dropping their daughter off with Aveline).

Carver: Hawke doesn't want to risk losing her last living family member again, so she swears him to keep in contact after the end of DA2. They do Legacy together (post-game in my canon worldstate). They check in regularly. Carver is with Aelinn's family when Corypheus's false Calling is hitting the Wardens hard. Carver keeps dodging scrutiny from Weisshaupt by making sure he's doing good, helpful Warden things while also sticking close to his family when he can, or getting back to them as soon as possible afterward.

So that's easy. Then, for continuing friendships...

Varric: Varric is the only person who always knows where Hawke is at any time, because she writes to him regularly. In code, so that if their missives are intercepted (by Leliana), she can't be tracked down. When Hawke's back in Kirkwall, she checks in with him.

Aveline: Aveline also stays in Kirkwall, but Hawke checks in with her less often and doesn't write to her because she doesn't trust expect Aveline to lie on her behalf. But she's still Hawke's honorary older sister, and the godmother of Hawke's children.

Merrill: Hawke wouldn't know how to keep in touch with Merrill, unfortunately, as Merrill goes about traveling on her own since her clan kicked her out. Except that Merrill does keep in touch with two other people who can then put her back in touch with Hawke. If they're ever in the same area (and it happens more often after the events of DAI), they absolutely meet up. One of the two people is Isabela, who functionally takes Merrill under her wing (though Merrill doesn't join the Lords officially). The other is Carver. 😏

Isabela: Hawke definitely keeps in touch in case she ever needs a pirate captain on her side, or just a ship she can book discounted passage on. They meet up for drinks whenever they're in the same harbor.

But then we have...

Anders: I'm sorry, but after he blew up the Chantry, Hawke told him to leave and never let her see his face again. She didn't want to kill him, for whatever good he'd done over the years and because she'd hoped they could have eventually become friends instead of rivals, but she couldn't abide by the mess he caused for other mages. (She's definitely in the camp of "blowing up the Chantry is not how you help mages.") By the time of DAtV, if he were to show up again, I think enough time would have passed that she'd be willing to reconcile if he was too, because that's who she is deep down, but I don't think they ever do run into each other again (at least not in my canon worldstate; you know how Chaos Hawkes stuff goes 😉).

Sebastian: wasn't in my original runthrough of the game because I wasn't going to buy his DLC, but since he's in the Keep and could be in an Aelinn replay on Steam now, I'm going to pretend he's been in the worldstate this whole time. And, since I didn't kill Anders and I don't think I'm going to change that just for Sebastian, I think this is a second friend/almost-friend Hawke is going to have a falling-out with. Because I do think she would have 100% befriended (not berivaled) him, but when he throws a fit about her not killing Anders, that's it, they're done. She'd probably still write to him occasionally, trying to reason with him, but from the sound of things in DAI's War Table, that's probably not going to be successful. Like Anders, she'd reconcile later on if he was amenable, but in this case it would be entirely up to him to meet her where she is.

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43. How does Hawke react when Varric publishes the Tale of the Champion? Have they read it? And 33. How is Hawke's relationship with their love interest after 3 years?

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#43: How does Hawke react when Varric publishes the Tale of the Champion? Have they read it?

Hawke knew he was writing it (at least by the end of Act II) and demanded veto privileges on anything Varric included before he was allowed to send it off to his publisher, with threats that his publisher wasn't nearly so scary as she would be if he didn't. What commenced was literally twelve hours of drinking, arguing, and negotiations over what could be included and what as absolutely, without a doubt, 100% no bueno. (Yes, this means she read it.)

Both of them ended up too drunk to see straight after the fact, but it was fine because Aveline was on hand (and sober) to mediate and Sebastian (also sober) to take notes (since they were also likely going to be too drunk to remember anything they agreed on).

Also Varric owes Hawke a cut of the royalties. Neither is happy with the final amount (too low for Hawke's tastes, too high for Varric's), but as Aveline told them after, it had to be a good compromise because they were both upset. (This did not impact their friendship in any way.)

#33: How is Hawke's relationship with their love interest after three years?

I'm assuming this is three years after the end of the game (there's also a three-year gap between the Act II breakup and the Act III reconciliation). Three years post-game would put it right around the time of DAI, so...

Their relationship is good. Not perfect. They're working on communication and temper issues, but they both agreed to try to work through things even if it seemed difficult, because being apart was worse, and because both really need the other to remind them that they're worth it.