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Shadow Dragon Week - Neve Gallus

Shadow Dragon Week - Lorelei

Tevinter is a complicated place, and each Shadow has their own relationship with their country and reasons for fighting for it. To Bring the Light is to create hope for a future, hold faith that Tevinter can change, find purpose in the lessons you've learned from your own past. Whatever their reason for fighting, each Shadow needs to make sure to hold onto their own light as well-- because those who fight deserve to see the brighter future they're trying to forge.

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found myself with some fun inspo for my girl Nahla Mercar for this SD Week!! Many thanks to @shadow-dragon-week for hosting!!!

She struck a match with one smooth motion, glancing away briefly as it seared to life, before leaning to guide flame from matchstick to the wick of a waiting oil lantern. It sputtered once, twice, then finally took, blooming to light and bringing the features of the room into warm relief. She did not take the time to admire the light, as much as she might have liked to bask in it. No, she moved to the next waiting oil lantern, then the next. Altogether, twelve waited to be brought to life, and she had to strike a second match to light them all. There was work to be done, even at this late hour, and her fellow Shadow Dragons would need these lanterns for patrols throughout Dock Town.

Once all of the lanterns carried their own little flames, she dunked the matches into a waiting bucket of water. The accumulation of smothered matches was building up to the point of rendering the water useless—she would come back and empty it later. Once she was satisfied the matches were still sufficiently drenched, she picked up four of the lanterns and elbowed open the door to return to the hideout.

"Nahla."

The sound of her name carried a note of both resignation and surprise. She would know Ashur's voice anywhere and, more to it, she would know that he had little room to make comments on her early presence at the hideout. The hour was early, what might be painfully early for some, and neither of them managed their time with respect to space away from the work that needed to be done. She had been staying at the hideout for several days; he hadn't been away from it for more than a handful of hours at a time. At least she knew she was getting some sleep.

Rather than engaging with the silent commentary, Nahla offered Ashur one of the lanterns in her hands and, alongside it, a wry smile.

"Ashur," she said to him, and he huffed a laugh behind the heavy fabric of his face veil. His clawed gauntlet made the softest sound, metal-on-metal made delicate, as he took a lantern from her. "You know what we say—"

"I do, but—"

"I think you might have even said it first—"

"Nahla—"

"Bring the light, Ashur," she said, her voice chipper over the exhaustion, teasing brightening her spirits as she lifted her hands a little higher. "But perhaps literally? I have eight more of these to distribute to the watch teams. Do me a favor?"

Ashur glanced at the lanterns, then up at her. They were nearly eye-to-eye in height, giving neither of them anyplace to retreat to. Their eyes glittered with the light, and the light warmed in Ashur's eyes when he smiled. She knew, even if she couldn't see the whole of his face. She wiggled the lanterns at him, and he tutted at her before taking them with all of the solemnity of a man approaching a Chantry confessional.

Nahla gave him a playful nudge, amused by the surprise he always exuded whenever a fellow Shadow touched him. What a strange man, their Viper was; maybe one day, she might learn why.

"Go on, Viper. Plenty to be done. The sun won't be up for hours, and there are many shadows for the dragons to keep at bay."

dividers by @kogarashi-art! thank you!

adding the tag list below the cut!

and it is ROUGH, let me tell you

Another booster pack, this one took a while to get enough Rooks to do a booster pack for so thank you to everyone’s patience ❤️

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