signed, "all yours."

MURDEROF : an independent and selective roleplay blog for ZEVRAN ARAINAI from bioware's DRAGON AGE. ༒︎ highly headcanon based & divergent from sequel ( da2 & inquisition ) canon ༒︎ crossovers welcomed & oc / hero of ferelden friendly ༒︎ written by mel / unicorn ( she / her, 21+, queer ), with much inspiration from HIGH FANTASY LITERATURE / WORKS ༒︎ activity sporadic because of medical situations.

༒︎ a study in the hand one is given ... and how to outplay it.

CARRD LINK / rules, verses, character info.

don't get me wrong i love strong woman and/or queer zevran/hof content as much as the next but idk..... smth abt zev and delicate woman (who can actually beat ur ass worse than he can) hits right

interaction prompt / @reapcrbunny

"i am so very glad you have asked. see, i have failed to kill you — and thus, you now find me detained." he speaks so seriously, it is almost difficult to detect the note of sarcastic irony in his voice. that is, until his posturing drops and he finds himself with brows furrowed, sardonic smile in place of lackluster frown. it was bound to happen, truly! even he could have foretold the crows this would be the case. so it goes. "you, of course, are likely relieved of this fact. as you should be! i, however, have sore wrists from such tight restraints. not that i am complaining."

MURDEROF : headcanon heavy & lightly canon divergent, crossovers encouraged, oc & hero of ferelden friendly ༒︎ written by mel ( she / her, 21+ ), with much inspiration from various HIGH FANTASY LITERATURE / WORKS ...

while i'm here bc i haven't been able to SCREAM INTO THE VOID ABT ZEVRAN FOR SO LONG, i'd just like to take a moment to talk about how supportive zevran is of mages fr. i don't think there's another non-mage companion or even npc in the entire franchise who is as understanding and just ... normal about them tbqh. everyone has an opinion being what i mean, but zevran honestly and truly, with all my heart, does not give a shit about mages and magic.

that's to say he 100% supports the rebellion in general, but absolutely could not care less if someone personally is a mage, blood mage, cohorting with demons, spirits, etc, whatever. he does not understand and bestie does not NEED to understand. oh you're doing whack blood rituals during battle? girlboss. slay. you took a whole ass spirit into your body? that's probably really hot in bed or something.

he's not stupid, he knows WHY the chantry and templars and etc think the way they do, like he knows the history and is shockingly well-learned on the subjects and politics regarding the people who inhabit thedas as was required for a crow to navigate the landscape, but in the grand scheme of things he just simply does not give a shit. this means he ofc inherently disagrees with the chantry and templars, but like... of course he does, having been effectively a slave trapped under the crow's thumbs his entire life. if anything, he can relate MORE to someone who's a blood mage out of desperation than he can any of the collateral damage that might get hurt from those people.

interaction prompt / @shadovan

Ironic, truly. Zevran finds his social circle consists almost entirely of, if not entirely, individuals who have murdered, whether by choice or out of of necessity. There's certainly no moral high ground he can offer to combat such a sentiment, at least. Not that he would. In the end, he throws his shoulders up in dramatic shrug.

"Truly! Our world is quite cruel. Mage eat templar, human eat elf, mabari eat mutt and all those lovely little things that Fereldens like to say." He lets his arms fall back to his sides, unmoved. "Ah, but perhaps you should re-examine these best friends of yours. Someone certainly has put a bounty on your head."

and you see this narrative with the warden giving him his freedom that he's NEVER had before throughout all his interactions with them, particularly through his romance w them : ie / backing off when he says talking about his past before he knows them well enough makes him uncomfortable, or respecting him when he suddenly declares he doesn't want to sleep with them anymore because he's confused when all he's ever known is using sex as a tool to seduce and kill his marks. vs the present, how he genuinely sees them as a friend / potentially someone he's falling in love with & how scared that makes him.

or like moments b/t zevran and the party where they try to pry stuff out of him and he starts getting overtly sexual bc that's just ... what he falls back to when he gets too uncomfortable being honest / talking about himself and the party backs off or at the very least understands that he's putting up a front.

interaction prompt / @kaaras-adaar

One would think he'd notice! The rate at which he parades himself around as if he is the Maker's gift to all mankind would give the impression he is exceedingly aware of the attention potential paramours afford him ... but that is not quite so. Not when he is shockingly dedicated to his own missions, anyhow.

" — oh, what a shame! If only I'd known." He laughs, arms thrown up with palms facing outwards. "Well, it's understandable, all the same. Look at me. For the best, however. I believe your spymaster would hang my ankles from the rafters, if you caught me slacking on the job. Perish the thought."

I hereby pledge my oath of loyalty to you, until such a time as you choose to release me from it. I am your man, without reservation… this, I swear.