#crocmonth

The Basics

Name: Celyse Lavellan

Nicknames/Aliases/Titles: None that she's fond of, other than Varric's (Freckles)

Age: in DAI, 27. In Veilguard 37.

Class/Specialization (if applicable): Warrior, Champion

Gender Identity: Doesn't really care about gender, probably more nonbinary adjacent than anything. Celyse gendered XD

Sexuality: Bisexual (Cassandra, sob sob)

Accent (add voice claim, if you have one): Canon, Alix Wilton Regan

Positive Character Traits: Diplomatic in the right situations, Ride or die for friends, Endlessly patient with the ppl she cares for

Neutral Character Traits: Calm, bakes when nervous or anxious, has a hard time reading ppl when it comes to stuff about her

Negative Character Traits: Cannot sing but tries and just can't hear how bad she is ^_^;;, Ride or die for friends (will literally die for friends), when she takes someone down it's cold, calculated, and never mind the blood.

Likes: helping people, nature, hikes in the Emerald graves, eating tasty food, moments alone, moments with friends, activity & adventures, leathercraft

Dislikes: when her friends are hurt, bigots, chantry propaganda, when her friends are sad, when she can't smash a jerk in the face because "politics", BEING CALLED THE HERALD OF ANDRASTE

Appearance

Skin Tone: warm brown

Hair Colour/Texture/Length: white/pink, soft and fluffy, chin-length

Eye Colour: magenta (look, I based my DA OCs on webcomic OCs, and it's fantasy, I'm going to have fun here XD)

Height: 5' 3'' / 160cm

Body Type: lean and muscley, appears slight, but concealing clothing and amor obscures the absolutely RIPPED arms XD

Freckles?: yes! so many XD

Scars?: actually, yes! Full body scars, from the upper chest down. She was mauled by a bear when she was young, trying to protect another kid from her clan (they were both young hunters). She somehow survived, but has extreme scarring from the attack.

Tattoos/Piercings?: Just the vallaslin

Top Three Significant Relationships for Cordelia:

Kiara, Second of Clan Lavellan

(Screenshots of her in the AU where she is the Inquisitor. She romances Solas, hence her lack of vallaslin in VG. Canonically, her Mythal vallaslin remain inked into her face.)

As mentioned in Cordelia's backstory, Kiara is Second to Keeper Deshanna. She and Cordelia grow very close as First and Second, as close as sisters. The plan, before the Conclave, was that when Cordelia became the Keeper, Kiara would be her second-in-command and oversee the warriors and hunters, so her training is more combat-oriented. Cordelia's time with the Inquisition, understandably, puts a strain on their relationship. It is never quite the same, seeing as Kiara becomes First and Cordelia's life is on a far different path than anyone anticipated, but they are able to reconnect.

2. Solas

This mf... Cordelia is immediately drawn to him when they first meet. He's intriguing and sometimes infuriating--they spend much of their early travels together debating matters of the Dalish and magic and the Fade. She develops a crush on him (she had two crushes at the time, yes), which leads to a kiss in the Fade. But she knows her worth and she doesn't want to waste her time with someone less than committed to pursuing a romantic entanglement with her, so she ends things. After some ✨space ✨, they remain friends and grow extremely close. He trains her in rift magic and helps her hone her intrinsic Dreamer abilities. Cordelia loves hard, and she loves him very much. Their bond is very strong. So strong that she allows Morrigan to drink from the Well because he is insistent that she not drink. So strong that he tells her the truth about her vallaslin. That hurts, but she would rather hurt than live in ignorance. It hurts more when he disappears with no word and no trace. I'll save any further discussion for my post about the future, but... yeah.

3. Dorian Pavus

The Basics 🖤

Name: Vherevin (ver-ehv-een) Lavellan

Name meaning: cat + moon + blood

Nicknames/Aliases/Titles: Vherevin Storm-Crow (to the Avvar), Inquisitor Lavellan, Comtesse Lavellan of Kirkwall, Evin (from Dorian), V (from Sera), Boss (from Bull), Lethallen (from Solas, Cullen and clan mates), Tempest (from Varric), Vher, vhen'an, vher'lin, sweetheart, pet (all from Cullen), da'evune (Stolen Child AU Cullen only), hahren (from Fawn Ingellvar), linalin, lili (from their daughter)

Age: 27, born 30 Drakonis 9:14, Dragon

Class/Specialization: Mage/Knight-enchanter

Gender Identity: Non-binary

Sexuality: Omnisexual

Accent: Since the Dalish are presented with Welsh and Irish accents, I went with a blend of Saoirse Ronan’s cadence and Ruth Negga’s deeper vocal range. Vher’s is low in pitch and tenor, and their speech pattern rhythmical, with a quick beat. When what they have to say carries weight, they slow down and speak with careful consideration - something I think Ruth does beautifully when she speaks in interviews. When Vher is forced to do vocal training and elocution lessons, I imagine Alix Wilton Regan’s voice as their “courtly voice,” to hide their Dalish upbringing - per Josephine’s advice.

Positive Character Traits: Adaptable, amiable, brave, clever, conscientious, disciplined, empathic, honorable, independent, passionate, protective, vivacious

Neutral Character Traits: Ambitious, dry, melancholic, proud, restless, strong-willed, whimsical

Negative Character Traits: Abrupt, (dangerously) altruistic, arrogant (Stolen Child AU exclusive trait), fiery, impulsive, reckless, stubborn

Loves: Studying magic, herbalism and alchemy, foraging, collecting things like rocks and bones for jewelry, charms or talismans, animals, exploring, hikes, swimming, dancing, music, puzzle games, reading fiction, hot environments, sparring and training, Ghestlin (cat) and Eiraia (halla), riding Alhani (hart), riding Cullen, pumpkins (not necessarily eating them, just having them around and looking at them), learning from spirits

Hates: The cold, liars, being worshipped (particularly by elves), being called “the Herald of Andraste, Your Worship, Your Grace,” elvhen fetishization, corrupting spirits, feckless, weak-willed and spineless people, the royal courts, food waste, cruel and indifferent rulers, Orlais, Tevinter, the Chantry, the Circles, the Evanuris (after Trespasser)

Appearance 🖤

Skin Tone: Olive brown

Hair Colour/Texture/Length: Wavy white hair that goes down to their thighs. I headcanon that each Dalish clan holds different traditions, much like irl indigenous people do, so my version of Clan Lavellan keeps their hair long, for that’s where they believe the spirit is. When Vher’s hair is cut, as I’ve shown in some of my art, it’s because something has happened and they are grieving, or it’s symbolic of a great change in their life, so they have a few different hairstyles throughout the years.

Eye Colour: Pale violet, the center ring almost glows. As elves and dwarves see well at night (though for different reasons), only elves’ eyes reflect light back in low lighting and at night. Vher’s reflect back seafoam green.

Height: 5 foot nothing

Body Type: Athletic like a gymnast’s

Freckles? Everywhere. They also have a birthmark in the shape of a heart at the nape of their neck!

Scars? Several. The first four they acquired from the blast at the Conclave: left side of their jaw, left shoulder, chipped ear, and the underside of their right forearm. The next two were from the Battle of Haven, when the red lyrium dragon attacked, Vher was blasted back and landed on their head, getting that iconic Gay Eyebrow Scar, and when Corypheus threw them against the trebuchet, their armor broke and bit into their skin, creating a large gash across their shoulder blades. Next scar is a little arrow wound that just missed their lungs, on the right side of their mid-torso. They got that one from a Red Templar on the way to the Shrine of Dumat with Cullen. The left side of Vher’s torso got torn up from the battle with the Saarebas during Trespasser - the blast from the Anchor weakened their armor. And finally there’s the scars from the Anchor as it was killing them - it connects to their left shoulder scar.

Tattoos/Piercings? Vallaslin in the same color as their eyes. Their patron Evanuris was Ghilan’nain, who they were once proud to worship. I designed a full-body vallaslin for Vherevin - it covers their chest, arms, thighs and upper back. Another headcanon is that some clans denote Keeper, First and Second status with spools, or what we call plugs/gauges today. When Vher was an apprentice, they wore black obsidian spools, and later, Deshanna sends them white jade spools - that which a Keeper wears - for their 27th birthday, a few weeks after being declared Inquisitor. Vher’s ears are later pierced a few more times - conches and flats. They have a septum piercing, and two years before the events of Veilguard, acquire two more additional nose rings, for a total of thirteen piercings on their body.

What kind of clothing do they wear? What's their style?

The Basics

Name: Esfir (birth name Siofra)

Name meaning: Esfir means star "a light that guides" (a name given to her by De'shanna when she found her as a small child) and Siofra was given to her by her mother, it means "fairy".

Nicknames/Aliases/Titles: Esfee (Vaelan/Sera), Fir (Cullen), Sprite (Varric), Mothlady (Sera)

Age: 29 at the Conclave

Class/Specialization (if applicable): Mage, Inferno Necromancer, a death doula.

Gender Identity: she/her

Sexuality: bisexual (newly minted)

Accent (add voice claim, if you have one): Jodie Comer

Positive Character Traits: deeply compassionate, resilient, loyal, introspective, protective, charming.

Neutral Character Traits: morally unconventional, private, confrontational.

Negative Character Traits: escapism, emotionally withdrawn in crisis, prone to guilt and doubt, overextends herself, struggles with control.

Likes: making jewelry and salves, gardening, rivers, her moths, anything fade related, loves exploring and sitting in trees, keeping fire, old texts,

Dislikes: close-mindedness, chantry rhetoric, unclean deaths, treating necromancy as malefic or a spectacle, gilded nobles, snake oil salesmen, bright lights (her eyes are violet and sensitive, while it doesn't affect her vision, it does induce migraines, she wears cloaks/head wrappings while out on missions)

Appearance:

Skin Tone: shade 360 in Fenty

Hair Colour/Texture/Length: 3b/3c textured hair, very dark brown, almost black with violet undertones. Long, down to her back (she cuts it all off to a short pixie during the break up era)

Eye Colour: Like an open amethyst

Height: 164 cm or 5'4

Body Type: a thicc baddie :>

Freckles?: no but has many beauty marks

Scars?: a few but none visible or too deep (until she loses her arm ofc)

Tattoos/Piercings?: Many ear piercings and when she was younger, adorned some on her face. Her vallaslin was made simple because she felt as First, she had to earn the rest.

What kind of clothing do they wear? What's their style?:

Lots of loose fabric pieces held up by belts or scarves, easy to move in or take off. White is worn when she’s performing rites. Sunset color palette, lots of gold jewelry and trinkets, but most are mismatched.

Bonus if you made it this far:

Esfir by Fati @/fatimaaart

Chibi Esfir by @/oddrenaissance