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I love playing around with the idea of Ember Mercar succumbing to blood magic 😈 The Dark!Ember timeline, if you will.
It's all of her worst fears come to life - recaptured by the Venatori, trapped under their control, and set against her loved ones. She had a taste of freedom only to be dragged back, broken down, and reforged into a living weapon.
Lots of rock and metal for Ember's dark timeline, of course. Full list of songs at the end, too, for those who don't have Spotify!
Song Highlights
God of Greed - Jonathan Young, Lauren Babic, RichaadEB
Spotify | YouTube
Hands that build, now they kill
You're always justified - why would I lie?
All this hurt, it's deserved
You cannot just decide who lives and who dies
You'll behave as you are meant to
Find salvation only when you
Obey!
Endless debts you'll pay
But we've all got mouths to feed
Close your eyes and pray
And worship the god of greed
This just seems like such a Venatori song to me. And the mentality floods Ember, too. Her usual altruism is suppressed. She's a fighter, a hunter, a competitor. It's do-or-die and survival of the fittest. No half-measures. No rebellion unless you're certain you can succeed at a coup and keep the crown.
This greed corrupts the entire Venatori hierarchy. They want more, more, more. More power. More loyalty. More recognition. There are no friends here, only masters and subjects.
You Call Me Reckless - F.O.O.L., Essenger, Life Awaits, VALORANT
Spotify | YouTube
The ground is shifting, you raise the scope
Your crosshairs tremble on swirling smoke
No turning back now, my line is drawn
I am your reckoning, your rubicon
You try to face me, I forged ahead
Your plot unravels, I pull the thread
I've torn up the pages I knew by heart
You call me reckless, I call it art
In a strange way, Ember's ability to take down opponents is her one creative and independent outlet. She can't choose her targets or choose when to be merciful, but she can choose how to attack. How to kill. And she's as reckless with her life as ever - no fear, no self-preservation. She's a living weapon, after all.
I just love the "No turning back now, my line is drawn / I am your reckoning, your rubicon" line. Honestly, it'd be pretty intimidating to see Dark!Ember standing at a threshold just waiting for you to pass into her domain. Her arena. She's a gladiator primed for a fight to the death. If her orders are to not let you cross, you have a fucking battle ahead of you.
Reckless? Maybe. But underestimating her will cost you.
imperium - STIM
Spotify | YouTube
So can you feel the rage through the visor
Feel the fire
Fight for Imperium
If you never wanna bow, better rise up
Start a riot
Charge through the weariness
I feel every bone I'm breaking
Soul I'm taking
If I die, we already won
Put my life on the line for Imperium
For extra angst, I love the idea of Ember being entirely cognizant of what she's doing while controlled by Venatori blood magic. She sees and feels everything she's doing in the name of the glory for the Tevinter Imperium.
She's a super soldier, stronger than she's ever been. But she can't stop herself.
Popular Monster - Falling In Reverse
Spotify | YouTube
It obliterates me, disintegrates me, annihilates me
'Cause I'm about to break down, I'm searching for a way out
I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a non-believer
I'm a popular, popular monster
I break down, falling into love now with falling apart
I'm a popular, popular fucking monster
Yeah (oh shit) here we go again, motherfucker
We're sick and tired of wondering
Praying to a god that you don't believe
We're searching for the truth in the lost and found
So the question I ask is
Oh, where the fuck is your god now?
Ember is a gladiator. Half of her job was putting on a show, getting the crowd amped up. It wasn't enough to be a monster, she had to be a popular monster. Someone that these bloodthirsty fanatics could cheer for. A fighter they would bet on.
Her belief in the old gods, in the "glory of Tevinter", doesn't matter. That won't keep her alive. (Privately, she thinks: Fuck the gods. None of them - not the Maker, the Elvhen gods, or the dwarven ancestors - helped her or any of those around her. They have no power in the arena. She believes in the living. In flesh, sweat, and blood).
The Emptiness Machine - Linkin Park
Spotify | YouTube
I let you cut me open just to watch me bleed
Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be
Don't know why I'm hoping for what I won't receive
Falling for the promise of the emptiness machine
I only wanted to be part of something
I only wanted to be part of, part of
I only wanted to be part of something
Oughhh the "I only wanted to be part of something" is Ember at her core 😭 If nothing else, the Venatori - even in her altered state - give her a purpose to latch onto. A cause, a community to fight for. And she'll sacrifice whatever parts of herself she needs to make sure her side wins. She'll bleed for anything.
Unfortunately, the Venatori will never do the same for her. And Ember knows it.
Gasoline - I Prevail
Spotify | YouTube
Tell 'em all that I made my name
Tell 'em all that I paved my way
Found the fear then went face to face
Now it's mine to send up in flames
'Cause this right here is as far as you go
This right here is where I lose control
This right here is as far as you go
Burn it all down, burn it all down, I don't give a fuck
Burn it all down, burn it to the ground
Canon!Ember knows Tevinter is fucked up, but that doesn't stop her from trying to build a sense of community, make things better. It's her home! There are good people there! She's not about to give up on it.
Dark!Ember has no such compulsions. She's ready to burn it all to the fucking ground if it gets the job done. Doesn't matter who her enemy is. Collateral damage? Who the fuck cares? It's scorched earth and salted fields.
I also like the difference of Canon!Ember's "bring the light" warmth and this violent "burn it all down" kamikaze approach. She stays on brand either way 🙂↕️🔥(we love a fire motif for Ember lol I never said I was all that original)
Misc Notes
Venator means hunter, and that's what the Venatori have trained Ember to be - in and out of the gladiator arena. She's PREDATOR and will Hunt You Down. Only One King also fits with this whole theme. She's a force to be reckoned with and all the more ruthless under the influence of Venatori blood magic.
Rip & Tear and Blood Code are songs I could see playing in the background as Ember just slaughters her way through a fortress of mercenaries, John Wick style. (Let's hope she's not set loose on the Shadow Dragon HQ with the same energy 💀)
Playing With the Big Boys is definitely Ember being thrown in with the S-tier gladiators who've been drinking the Venatori Kool-Aid when it comes to the power ups of blood magic, red lyrium, etc. They are stronger. Even she can see that.
Adrenalize captures Ember's only way of coping (or really feeling anything) under the influence of this blood magic. Fear is stomped out of her. Emotions are smothered. So what does she have left? Adrenaline. Hedonism. Competition.
My Will Be Done is the Venatori control over Ember (and other fighters like her). The Latin adds a nice Old Tevene element to it (just pretend it's Venatori chanting.)
Duel of the Fates just seems like good ambiance for one of the few fights where Dark!Ember has to face off with the companions 👀 She's fighting full force, but alone. And they're trying to subdue her without killing her. I imagine Ember does have moments of clarity in the fight - not enough to break free, but enough to adjust her strike a few inches and make it a nonlethal blow against one of the companions. Or let them go. The Venatori blood magic is strong, but it's laid on top of who Ember is. With immense effort (and a heavy physical cost), she can surface in her own consciousness for a moment.
Cocktail Molatov is basically Ember's reaction if she has even an inkling of clarity into how dangerous she is to the companions. She would NOT want to be let loose among them. She's a time bomb, and she knows it.
Fight Fire With Gasoline is honestly a very Dark!Ember mindset 😅 She can stand the heat - can you?
Blood for the Blood God, like Imperium, might be a Warhammer 40k song but I think it works well for the Venatori and their blood magic (and fanaticism) too 🙂↕️
In The End (Black Veil Brides, not Linkin Park tho that's also on this playlist lol) and the whole "I'm not afraid to die" chorus? Oof. Unfortunately that fits both Ember under Venatori control AND Ember under her own power. Whatever it takes, right?
The Tevinter Soldier: Full Playlist
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Godly - Tommee Profitt, Vo Williams
Used to the Darkness - Des Rocs
PREDATOR - YONAKA
Adrenalize - In This Moment
God of Greed - Jonathan Young, Lauren Babic, RichaadEB
You Call Me Reckless - F.O.O.L., Essenger, Life Awaits, VALORANT
Appetite for Destruction - Vo Williams
Imperium - STIM
weapon - Against The Current
Playing With the Big Boys - Caleb Hyles, Jonathan Young
Death Diviner - Soilwork
My Will Be Done - Powerwolf
Rip & Tear - Mick Gordon
Blood Code - Le Castle Vania
Hell to Pay - Miracle Of Sound
Popular Monster - Falling In Reverse
Enemy - Tommee Profitt, Beacon Light, Sam Tinnesz
The Summoning - Sleep Token
Duel of the Fates (Epic Version) - Samuel Kim
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Don't Get in My Way - Zack Hemsey
Keep Sweet - Spiritbox
Control - Halsey
Blood City - Sam Tinnesz
What's Up Danger - Blackway, Black Caviar
Voices In My Head - Falling In Reverse
Heavy Is the Crown - Linkin Park
Natural - Imagine Dragons
Let Me Live / Let Me Die - Des Rocs
Hellfire - FEVER 333
Cocktail Molotov - ZAND
The Winter Soldier - Henry Jackman
A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES - Linkin Park, Steve Aoki
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"I don't recruit Sera because she has problematic views on mages" Sera is the representative of the average Thedosian in a cast full of people who cannot relate to that experience of just being A Normal Guy. The average Southern Thedas peasant doesn't hate mages, they are scared of magic itself like I hate to rain on your Mage Rights parade but that is the reality of the games' world. And Sera handles being surrounded by magic and mages a lot better than most people of her background (aka your average commoner) would. Do you have this level of vitriol towards the various actually anti-mage male characters or is it just the woman who gets singled out for not being a perfect #ally.
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... Trespasser/Dread Wolf murals in the Dock Town catacombs???
In the little room unlocked during 'A Hidden Hoard.' All the notes laying around are from the person who was trapped in there, slowly going mad. So... were they influenced by... someone, something... to draw this here? or has it been there all along?
