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datober day 3 - faith

@elfroot-and-laurels

the uncontrollable dragon age brainrot this month made me make Skyhold in Tiny Glade!

Seen a few of these prompt lists and I wanted to give it a go myself! Aimed for a range of prompts that will work for both artists and writers, and for all sorts of OCs as well as the Warden, Hawke, and the Inquisitor.

If you use, give me a tag! I'd love to see what you create.

Prompts listed under the cut 💚

DAtober day 6: loneliness

Another fun piece for @dacreateathon, it's an illustration for my Anders/ex-Templar fic which I am quite proud of and you COULD read here if you were so inclined:

Fire races through his veins and Fenris grits his teeth against the pain. A constant reminder of what was done to him in order to make him into the weapon he is today. The lyrium under his skin has its uses, but the cost is great. 

Fenris flexes his fingers, hissing through clenched teeth. All day he was on the coast, chasing a group of slavers to their cave before taking care of them all. He overdid it, but despite the pain, he can’t find it in himself to regret it. 

Each and every one of the slavers died at his hands. 

He tries to adjust himself in his bed but just the sheets brushing against his skin is too much. His nerves are completely shot, frayed and burned until Fenris can do nothing but close his eyes and exist, hoping the pain will pass. 

This is the first time this has happened. He’ll spend the entire night miserable in bed, unable to move without feeling pain and in the morning, he’ll get himself out of bed and into a cool path to soak in until he’s feeling good enough to walk again. 

It’s going to be a long, tortuous night. 

Fenris closes his eyes, breathing through his nose, trying to keep as still as possible. It still hurts despite his best efforts. 

“Fenris?”

A groan leaves his throat as his body tenses in surprise. It hurts. It hurts so much. 

“Fenris? Where are you? I know you used your markings a lot today and I just wanted to check in and make sure you’re okay.”

Fenris closes his eyes, tracking Anders’ progress by the sound of his footsteps. After a moment, Anders steps into his room. He turns his head, glaring at the mage but that’s as much of a fight as he has. 

“Fenris?” Anders steps inside, his brows furrowed. He hurries over to him, staring down at him. His hands hover over Fenris’ body but he doesn’t touch. “I can see you’re not okay. Can I help? Please?”

Fenris thinks about trying to speak but he’s out of energy, too drained from the pain. He manages a nod that turns into a pained whimper. 

Anders’ hands light up with blue magic. There’s a moment of panic when past instinct takes over, but the feel of Anders’ magic sinking into his skin quickly chases the panic away. 

If Fenris’ veins are fire, then Anders’ magic is ice. Everything rapidly cools. Anders starts at his center and slowly moves his magic out to his extremities. His muscles all unclench and the pain slowly fades. 

The relief is so sweet that tears gather behind his lids. He was expecting to be in pain for so long and with a gentle thought, Anders has soothed the pain away. 

I have gathered all of the 2024 DA prompts I could find. So if one doesn't strike your fancy, try another.

Credit to (and original posts):

@alexchawke - Dragon Age October

@nurabelmax - DAtober

@harkonnin - Veiltober

@pavus - Veilguard30

@pavus - Rook Development Prompts

@thievinghippo - 31 Days of Dragon Age

@elfroot-and-laurels - OC-tober Dragon Age Edition