#andruil

vallaslin inspired brushes 🌿

47 pattern brushes inspired by vallaslin designs from all dragon age games + 9 stamp brushes (8 evanuris symbol stamps + 1 halla horns stamp) for clip studio paint!

keep in mind: these brushes are merely inspired by vallaslin designs and are intended to be used for patterns or borders. they are not designed as a 1:1 replication of the in-game tattoos!

> available for free on my ko-fi! <

But I keep thinking on the idea after seeing solas spirit form how it looked like a Vallaslin, so playing around with the idea the designs (I got heavily inspired by the inquisition variant) were based off the Evanuris original spirit forms.

So I HC that when the first elves became corporal they tattooed vallaslin on themselves to remember their once spirit selfs (I made a mistake with Ghilan’nain, apologies 😓). However when the Evanuris rose to power after the war, they removed theirs and replaced others to “claim” them under their patronage,The markings of course lost their meaning something that was honoring ones old self was turned into something horrendous

like. there's something about the dalish elf with andruil's vallaslin, a grey warden, a monster hunter, hunting down the mother of all monsters, who creates monstrosities with the blight, who was once andruil's beloved.

ghilan'nain created the halla. she still cares for the halla, despite what she's become, despite being unable to create them anymore. davrin cared for the halla under his uncle's tutelage. assan cares for and nurses a sick and dying halla. assan, who's name means arrow in elven, when andruil's weapon was a bow, who's hunting instincts give way to something more protective.

davrin was taught the way of the three trees. it was created by andruil. andruil, the goddess of the hunt, also known as the goddess of sacrifice. davrin feels like a weapon sharpened to make that final sacrifice against the blight, a tool that once drove andruil mad, and has twisted ghilan'nain into something unrecognisable. andruil, blood and force, who loved a mortal for her creations and raised her to godhood.

would ghilan'nain see andruil in him? would that offer something more to her character than just oh she's evil?

The Firstborn: Andruil, Mythal's Ambition

In her build and her coloration, she takes after her father. But what many attribute as Elgar'nan's bloodlust, is truly the ambition of Mythal, aimed at increasingly greater targets.

Evoking her title of "sister of the moon" with her hair adornments - probably abalone

Her leg armor is fabric reinforced with not grommets but triangles of metal to deflect blows

Body modifications of lyrium in her chest to give her greater stamina

Lyrium bands in her arm, wrist, and leg cuffs to give her greater strength

Shark earrings as trophies from hunting Ghilan'nain's sea monsters

The skin of a giant snake as her robe, evoking her fight with Mythal

Red kicks and black leg warmers to evoke modern runners lol

And of course, war paint that evokes the motion of both dragons and bows and arrows, as well as the stripes and spots of great predators.

I was looking at a pose from @reds-references for this one, just the perfect body type for the Huntress herself.