#commendured

ser barris,  first and foremost.  i was doing my leanne playthrough recently and she was pretty quiet about things until she met him in val royeaux,  at which point she popped up and went  ‘YES,  that one.’ 

otherwise,  it’s a toss-up between cullen and blackwall,  with a lean towards cullen.  also,  maybe varric,  now that i think about it ?   i’d be interested to see if anything sparks.

One such occasion had her waiting for Cullen’s return from a briefing with his men, her legs tucked up underneath herself and a book open and draped over one of her arms whilst she waited. It was not quite sundown, though she knew by the birdsongs in the trees that nightfall approached.  She looked up when she heard the hinges of the door creak, a little smile tugging at the corner of her lips and her response being to automatically fold the piece of ribbon she was using to keep her place in the book into position. ❝ Do you have some time to spare? ❞ He had quickly become a confidante for the Dalish elf. He had rejected his prior title to join the Inquisition and had stood up against the Templars when they had waged war upon the mages. 

Whilst she and the soldier didn’t always see exactly eye-to-eye, they tended to agree on the core values of rights and that meant more to her than whether or not he believed that mages should be able to walk totally free. She had struggled for a few nights with terrors, waking her from her sleep to things she had never been frightened of prior. So she came to him, hoping he might offer some form of answer to her confusion and fears. ❝ Unless you have some private visitor coming to join you that I might be interrupting? ❞ It wouldn’t be Ellana if she didn’t offer him at least the slightest tease.

     bearing in mind that sahar only spent about four years in ferelden ( from about 9:27 to 9:31 dragon ),  and three of those years were spent either trapped in the circle and/or dealing with the blight and amaranthine,  it’s safe to say she doesn’t have a lot of fond memories of her time there.   she is not spiteful or vengeful,  so she would communicate her findings to the wardens in southern thedas,  but  ...  she wants to stay in her own country. 

i’m childfree so i tend to write my women as also childfree.  she’d be happy to find a partner and build a life with them in beit nefesh.  but she has no desire to bear or raise children,  though she enjoys being an aunt to her nieces and nephews  --  at least one of her brothers has children.  in fact,  the only verses i have where sahar is in ferelden again after the blight are when she’s called to the inquisition for some reason or another.  her mindset towards ferelden is that she recognizes there are good,  honest people there  --  but it’s not the right place for her,  as she cannot live a valid and fulfilling life in a place where she and those like her are hunted and persecuted for the gift of magic. 

@commendured​ prompted: peony and poppy

What would a ‘ happy life ’ look like in your muse’s eyes?  

Initially, Ellana thought a happy life would be returning to the Lavellan clan and resuming her position as First. She didn’t want to be the Inquisitor or have the Anchor, but the more she grew to know people outside of it, the more she realised that a happy life would contain the people she had come to care for the most. To play chess (and lose) with Cullen, to attend terribly boring parties with Josephine (and laugh and dance none-the-less), to plan pranks with Sera and spend time with the Chargers. Every little moment she spends with her found family is what a happy life looks like. And into the future? Perhaps she settles down, perhaps she finds love. If she doesn’t though, it’s okay. 

What comforts your muse?