#exhausted-archivist

SHJFKSFHA ARCHI PLS U HONOR ME *cracks fingers* I will do my best to answer!

Amal LOVES fruits and all sorts of cheeses and dried meats - the charcuterie boards she sets up in her temple might as well be the work of the gods with how much detail and thought she puts into them.

Fave flowers are definitely irises (what she has braided into her hair in the artwork!)

Preferred type of dress? anything that makes her feel fancy!

Likes hot weather because she can swim in the stream with the other priestesses and they get to do splashfights and sunbathing <3

Fave season is spring! It's a time for rebirth and new opportunities

And you absolutely could talk her into it! she loves shopping trips <3

single as a pringle and ready to mingle since she left her would-be husband at the altar and never looked back. fuck that guy

Cole: I like traveling with Dwarves. Varric: Glad to hear it, Kid. Cole: You're quiet, but the old song still echoes inside, almost like Templars.

Also I missed some lines for a dwarf Inquisitor when asking Cole about templars:

Inquisitor: Can you tell me more about how the templars feel to you? Cole: They feel older than they look. They've been changed, and their bodies are incomplete now. The lyrium helps, but their bodies always want to connect to... something older. Bigger than they are. That's why they block magic. They reach for that other thing, and magic has no room to come in. Cole: Varric feels like that. So do you, except your mark pulls you up. Inquisitor: Can you tell me more about how the red templars are different? Cole: The red lyrium is different, darker. Daggers under the skin. It eats you inside until you're nothing. They hear a different song. The song behind the door old whispers want opened. They are dead and dark and done.

I think the red templars have a lot closer connection to grey wardens and blue lyrium templars are closer to dwarves which is interesting. Thought these might be something you'd like, hope its not a bother!

I love talking about dragon age and dwarves so this is the opposite of a bother <3 thank youuuuu

But uuuuuhhmmmm that dwarves are more quiet to Cole it's very interesting... does that mean he feels their pain less or it's harder to connect with them? And it's fun to see that he finds that to be more peaceful kinda deal...

Honestly crazy that they do all this and they don't give us a relevant templar dwarf to talk about all this stuff... it's so interesting. I know there is one in some book I think? But I would had liked them in the main game... I don't know if they talk about difference lyrium experiences or something.

hello! ◕‿◕ not at all!! so for this I couldn't think of anywhere else that I'd seen it nor turn anything up either e.g. from the artbook, game files etc (this sock has haunted me for weeks now hhhhh), but the lovely @exhausted-archivist and Blue Sky user Kiranox kindly highlighted to me that while it's not the same, it is similar to the Assan Shield/Assan's Fury shield and a piece of Warden iconography from the game files:

Assan Shield.

Game files Warden iconography.

would a scan of the sock's sigil help you draw it? ☺️

Hi Archi!!! You're the absolute sweetest omg thank you so much 😭 I hope you know I always think about your comments and check back at them all the time because they're so nice. And dw abt it! I'm kind of used to it (it honestly used to be a lot worse) but its very nice of you

As for the cooking! I think on the OC introduction game I put Asma's favorite food down as Mansaf (it's also my favorite food), but Mansaf is definitely more served during special occasions so she wouldn't be making it regularly. So if she does it's absolutely a labor of love and she wanted her kids to be excited about it - I think Cullen would like it too because it's lamb and yogurt sauce, you can't really go wrong. Molokhiyya gets served a lot as well, just because it's pretty simple to make.

I can imagine she probably makes dreaded childhood foods for the kids like kousa mahshi (stuffed zucchini) and *shivers* bamiya (okra stew). It's part of the character development of any Palestinian child, so it's only fair. The kids walk in and see a huge pot on the counter and know they're going to be eating bamiya for three weeks. pain

I think Cullen would learn a lot of the recipes from Asma's nan to make for her and the kids, so even if they aren't at the clan, he can still make her foods that remind her of home. He's actually who I imagine doing most of the cooking. I have a specific headcanon where Cullen learns how to make Maqlubeh (upside-down rice) specifically due to the flipping of the pot over, and he gets really good at it. I don't know if you've seen the maqlubeh flip videos but cullen would put those warrior arms to work. And when they are at the clan, Cullen always gets conscripted to lift things or fold grape leaves.

for your imagination, cullen doing this to impress her family:

Anyways, amazing art as always. I love them so much

hello! thanku for the nice message (❁´◡`❁) I'm lookin forward to the cookbook and I hope you enjoy it! (Serault Enthusiasts 🤝)

the extra bits and pieces are from the Google preview snippets of the book ^^

I'll answer them for all three, why not ^^

Fennec

🚲 : Does your OC enjoy playing the field? Or are they more monogamy-minded? For casual hookups, he doesn't care. In fact, the less attachment the better. If he were to actually form a deeper relationship with someone he would lean towards monogamy, but I think there would be potential for him to be open to polyamory under the right circumstances

🔥 : What’s a surefire way to make your OC get flustered? People he finds hot being near him/touching him, or flirting with him. Also anyone doing anything very selfless and kind for him, especially giving him gifts

🧸 : Into public displays of affection or are they more reserved? Generally more reserved, but if he's in a place where he feels safe he's more okay with open affection

Faron

🚲 : Does your OC enjoy playing the field? Or are they more monogamy-minded? Definitely more monogamous, he tends to only have a crush/be in love with one person at a time

🔥 : What’s a surefire way to make your OC get flustered? Dirty talk, touching his ears, lustful looks, flirting that's either unexpected or layered on thick

🧸 : Into public displays of affection or are they more reserved? He's fine with anything up to chaste kisses, anything more erotic in nature he prefers to find a private space for

Nicodemus

🚲 : Does your OC enjoy playing the field? Or are they more monogamy-minded? Doesn't really do romantic/sexual relationships at all, so not really applicable to him. He has a hard time forming and keeping up with multiple deeper relationships at a time as well, so even in QPR kind of situations it would be more likely for him to be monogamous, but not because he wouldn't necessarily be open to a poly situation

🔥 : What’s a surefire way to make your OC get flustered? Any kind of flirting or direct expression of affection tbh, he's very easily flustered xD