#nonbinary lavellan

looking up at gilded statues

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition

Pairing: Inquisitor Lavellan/Solas

Summary: They watched as the Iron Bull noticed his approach first, his hand lifting in a wave. He said something that Donal couldn't hear and then Laleal turned, a huge smile spreading across her face at the sight of Solas.

She lifted her arms above her head and cheered loud enough to be heard halfway across the tavern.

"Lethal'lin!"

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Solavellentine2026 Day Two: Skyhold Gossip

Companion/Mirror piece to Splintered written by my friend Astro.

A study of Niamh Lavellan's POV during In Hushed Whispers. That's... that's the summary. A Preview:

She wasn’t sure, before this, if she could ever get used to killing- since the Conclave, she has killed many - and she wonders how awful it is that she cannot remember the first person she killed anymore. Here, in this future that is nothing but death, she finds it’s easy to kill. If there is hope that anyone is alive (Solas) she would kill anyone who’d stand in her way. That feeling scares her more than the feeling of watching the bodies fall, mouths lolling open in their death - wondering if perhaps the Clan always sensed in her some sort of evil that they knew would one day make her a killer with no remorse. Perhaps this is how Fen’harel felt, forced to kill, wondering if killing in the name of a just cause makes you any less a sinner against life itself.

I've been writing it since like, end of January, got stuck on the ending, and randomly got the spurt of energy and creative juices to finish it finally. I'm pretty happy with it. (a note about neem and being nonbinary beneath cut)

I wrote this snippet of dialogue a while back, of Niamh's Arlathan self, Persephone speaking with Solas. Persephone was a spirit of Curiosity that was given body & form by Mythal and named her "sister" (agreeing to do so because well, brand new world - so exciting! so many things to learn about!)

The context of this is that Mythal was keeping her hidden to "adjust" to having a body, and she snuck out and ran into Solas and immediately began barraging him with the million and one questions that had been building up (which he both enjoys but was a little taken aback/exasperated by just the sheer multitude of questions and train of thought being given.)

I also think it's interesting that, if the Inquisitor romances Blackwall, Solas tells him that he's glad he's found some happiness despite everything. And when Blackwall asks him if he has found someone, Solas says 'no, I find my peace elsewhere'... he's really not all that romantically inclined. One of the reasons I hate most solavellan fic is that people tend to write him as this super experienced fuckboy when the text tells us over and over again that he doesn't form bonds with living people very easily. I get that some people find the idea of being with someone who has thousands of years of experience sexy, but the text tells us repeatedly that he isn't especially invested in relationships with non-spirits, who are non-sexual, so he probably isn't as experienced as people think. I won't get into it too much bc I've already spoken about it, but he never properly learned to bond as a person and not as a spirit. So prior to DAI, he simply doesn't, and we can infer--especially given that he's described as never having been in love before--that he hasn't pursued romance a great deal in his life.

This is probably fed by my own bullshit (it's definitely fed by my own bullshit), but I think I had a hard time figuring out how to romance him bc they would only allow you to romance him with a female elf due to time constraints. This is despite him saying repeatedly that he loves Lavellan's spirit. When you're trans or nonbinary, it's hard to explain how exciting that is; to have characters who say explicitly that they do not define others by their bodies. It's very cool on its own, but for nb players in particular it's especially important. If you struggle with how you're perceived physically, it's nice to be able to make a character who is loved for who they actually are and not for what they look like. To have someone who sees them for who they are and not for what others want them to be. It's something people like me crave and I think this is why I'm so pro-queer Solas, pro-Solas doesn't give a shit about how on fleek your Lavellan's eyebrows are, etc. The physical doesn't factor in to why he loves. He simply loves others for their character, and although he often lets his first impressions colour his views of entire people, he is still willing to listen and learn if you give him a chance to be Wisdom and not Pride. We literally see him begin to question his own convictions re: the Dalish during the balcony scene. Contrary to popular fandom belief, he actually admits to being wrong all the time.

Rating: T Relationships: Nonbinary Lavellan/Solas Word Count: 3464/7303

An ancient amulet Taleani Lavellan found in a Tevinter ruin as a child is all that stands between freeing her friend from a powerful enchanted prison and consigning him to languish there for eternity. Luckily, this 'Inquisition' she's finding herself an increasingly important member of has a Fade expert. If only she could stop going moon-eyed over him every time he spoke to her, she might be able to help her friend.

Set in the early days of the Inquisition. A companion quest type fic for my Lavellan :)

Taleani Lavellan

For my birthday I commissioned Iander (Ian) Lavellan and his fiddle from @catebees and he turned out so beautifully! Thank you so much for sketching him