#morcundu

Sarovanya, dual wield Fighter

Thank you for asking @sillyliterature!

DAI Trespasser is my Dorian x Lavellan fic. Everything I've written so far is after meeting with Solas. It's filling in the blanks between scenes that we don't see and trying to expand on Kartaelin's relationship dynamic with Dorian and the others. You can read a good bit of it with the artwork here and here, but I'll add another snippet for you here! ☺️

Kartaelin smiled at the Tevinter mage as he wrapped his good arm around Dorian’s, “Lead the way, ma vhenan!” Dorian took hold of the elf’s shoulder as well as his hand and gestured to the others to begin the trek back.  “Oh, and Sera, I did use his name, just for you,” he said smugly with a wink. “Pffft.” Sera blew a raspberry as she rolled her eyes, “Arse.” Dorian sighed, again, and leaned in toward the Inquisitor, “Tell me again why you invited her along.” Kartaelin chuckled. “Because you get along so well!” he teased.  “But really, you can’t tell me that you don’t enjoy the verbal jousting.” “I think the word you’re looking for is abuse, verbal abuse,” Dorian said loudly.  “That’s not the only ‘jousting’ I enjoy,” he added under his breath and raised an eyebrow at the elf.  From behind them, Sera burst into a fit of laughter.   “I’d hit you for that if I had another arm to do it with.  Gods, you are such a dirty man sometimes,” Kartaelin mock scolded.  Dorian frowned at the mention of his arm, but didn’t let it ruin their playful banter.  “You know you love it,” he responded, with a smoldering look at the Inquisitor. The elf laughed, “I do, truly.”

An Elven Tale honestly doesn't have much written yet. This story and the characters have lived rent free in my head for 20+ years in some form, but fandom always seems to suck me in before I get very far writing wise. There's a general outline, a few notes and a couple scenes written. And a bunch of art/renders in various forms of completion. It's the story of Sarovanya and his companions, coming of age and trying to follow their hearts. Most of what I have written and finished art wise involves a love triangle between Saro, Tarwen and Morcundu, so I'll link some of those here and give you a little snip from the file.

Morcundu had spent the afternoon readying the old ruin for this evening.  The place had always been important to him, being somewhere he could escape to, but the time he'd spent there with Tarwen had made it all the more precious.  They were to meet here again this evening and he'd already built a small fire in the fire pit they'd constructed on the old stone floor.  In anticipation of the coming rain, he'd gathered dry wood to feed the fire and stacked it in the far corner.  He'd brought with him furs in case the rain turned chill and lit candles to brighten the place as the forest had already turned overcast. He stood back from their makeshift table and smiled.  Tarwen's acceptance and love in spite of the tension and hatred between their respective races filled him with hope, and he would do anything to foster this relationship and bring their people together.  A lofty goal he knew. There was so much bitterness in the hearts of his people toward the elves who had left them behind, but there were so many others suffering for the hate of the few.  And it was the actions of those in power that drove the others around them to fear and hate.  He had to believe in hope and Tarwen had been that light for him.

Love Is Colorblind

A Safe Haven

Love Will Keep You Up All Night

Top Row: Sarovanya Melinae (Warrior) and Hellendil Melinae (Magician)

Middle Row: Tarwen Rydramalyn (Ranger) and Kartaelin Nasan (Paladin)

Bottom Row: Ysmeria (Cleric) and Morcundu Galeivra (Shadow Knight)

A Life Together (Hogwarts Legacy)

DAI Trespasser for Kartaelin Lavellan/Dorian Pavus

An Elven Tale from your original fic

Thank you!!

Thank you for asking, Cat! 😘 Let me just say I really only started writing more than a couple sentences for artwork descriptions just before and during the pandemic and my first of these was the Dorian/Kartaelin Trespasser fic. I sent it to a friend who told me she thought it was really good and very in character so I continued and have a whole docs folder full of WIPs now. So I'll start with that one.

DAI Trespasser

(Kartaelin Lavellen/Dorian Pavus)

I got really attached to these two on my fourth playthrough of Inquisition. Kartaelin is one of my OCs from the Elven Tale brought over to Dragon Age and had a similar rough go regarding his attraction to men, so I really just wanted both of them to be happy. And Trespasser is rough. I really wanted to do something with the in between scenes. Things we don't see in the game. So this part takes place directly after meeting Solas, Dorian finding him passed out and missing an arm. I have actually posted most of this one along with the artworks I wrote it for here if you'd like to read it - Never Gonna Be Alone. The incomplete/unposted portion involves the trek back, being seen by a healer and the council being postponed again for him to begin to heal.

A Life Together

(Hellendil/Sebastian Sallow)

This one is partially in response to some gorgeous artwork and headcanons I've seen in the Hogwarts Legacy fandom of Sebastian growing up and growing a beard or not because of trauma triggers. It takes place 10 years after the events of the game. Their friendship and budding relationship survived everything they went through during 5th year. The two have grown up, have jobs at the ministry and are living together. The wizarding world is more accepting of same sex relationships than the Victorian muggle world so they've settled in Hogsmeade. It's softness, a little spice and a lot of hurt/comfort around a shared traumatic experience. I'll share the first two paragraphs below the cut.

WIP Whenever

I was tagged by my lovely @raflesia65 to share what I'm working on. Thank you so much sweetie! 😘

So this is a really impromptu thing from this morning, not sure if it is going anywhere, but anyway. I pulled up my dark elf Morcundu to do a couple of quick reference shots for commissions and thought, what the heck, lets pose him and see what comes of it. He's really hard to light because of his dark blue-green skin tone. I kind of like this soft lighting for him, though.

Elven Power Metal

Apparently, Sarovanya and Morcundu decided to start a metal band.  I think they'll fit right in with the common fantasy themes in the power metal genre. This was my submission to the Elven Metal Musician Challenge on Deviant Art. Sarovanya is not a stranger to being drawn as a metal front man, he's gotten the hair metal treatment quite a few times in the past, so I decided to run with the challenge.  I started out with the plan for hair metal, but it developed into power metal as I was browsing through my Edguy Monuments Collectors Album and other metal band photos online.   Setup and rendered in DAZ Studio 4.10 Public Build.  Postwork in Photoshop Elements 8.0.

Love is Colorblind

They met when she was hunting beyond the walls of the port.  He saved her from a beast when she'd lost her footing and he'd shared a meal with her.  Morcundu and Tarwen became fast friends in spite of the distrust and animosity between their races.  They spent many hours hunting and training together becoming ever closer to one another.  Morcundu shared with her his favorite and most sacred spaces, and his heart.  After a long day of training and enjoying themselves, they take a moment to watch the sunset before returning to their respective lodgings for the night.

The Magician's Trap

The dark elf made it to the central chamber of the dungeon first. Spotting the open tome and empty potion bottle on the altar, he quickly scanned the open page to find their trouble was just beginning. Before he could warn the emotional Sarovanya of the danger, the portal on the wall began to open. -- Ten years ago (what!?), I rendered this for RuntimeDNA's February Render Challenge whose theme was Red Fantasy. There are things I'd do differently now to get more atmosphere and such, but I still like it.