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Yes, Spite is included in this chart. I see him as ace, though, so his contributions to the ship are platonic.

Their heights always make me giggle.

Taking my best stab at Lucanis's age and height, since we don't really have canon for either. I'm a "Short King Lucanis" fan, and while 5'6" is perfectly average, given how many people in this franchise are "heroic" height, that's still short.

Saadrah's not the jealous type so much as the resigned type (she unfortunately has insecurities about being the one Lucanis chooses when he has human admirers, but she's working on that). Lucanis, meanwhile, is surprised at how jealous he feels the first time he sees someone actually flirt with Saadrah. (Spite may be ace, but he can still be super-jealous, right?)

Saadrah's love languages line up with Spite's, but not Lucanis's. Given the care Lucanis shows in buying gifts for people and in preparing food for them, and also the cheers he'll give Rook in combat regardless of romance or not, you can't tell me that man's languages aren't affirmation and service.

Lucanis is totally the one more likely to sleep in once he's convinced to start sleeping properly again. Also he's the one more likely to start a fight (at least between the two of them) by virtue of Caterina drama. He's working on that.

If the fight-starting is meant to be with others, then it'd actually probably be Saadrah, but I didn't consider that when making this.

Spite is totally the bed-hog of the trio. Luckily for Saadrah, Spite considers her part of the bed (living body pillow). He and Saadrah are totally doing blanket forts together.

Saadrah may be rather stubborn when someone else is telling her what to do (especially if she disagrees with it), but she's super-flexible when plans have to change, so I went with that.

Spite is the most punctual of the trio. One of Lucanis's logbook entries mentions Spite being able to keep time in the fade better than anyone else in the Veilguard, so I'm choosing to interpret that as an innate and perfect sense of time. Also, being on time is kind of like keeping your end of a deal, and Spite cares about that a lot.

And now for the other three. I did a hue-edit on the background layer to fit the other games, but didn't change the line colors on the scales in the bottom-right box.

Ship: Warden x Warden — Castelin/Alistair

Ages are from when they meet in DAO.

Yes, I like making my characters tall, most of the time. I'm tall too (though not as tall as Cas here).

Cas is suuuuuuper jealous of anyone hitting on Alistair. Alistair finds to his surprise the first time it finally happens that he's almost as jealous when the tables are turned. (It takes a while for someone to flirt with Castelin because most people who might are intimidated by her height, her no-nonsense noble mask, or her attachment to Alistair.)

Alistair gets three love languages because I said so.

Cas is definitely most likely to start a fight. Sometimes it's with Alistair. Most of the time it's with other people.

Cas is very stoic, closed-off, and serious, but not so serious that she won't occasionally crack jokes with Alistair.

Cas is also surprisingly snuggly with him, but mostly in private.

Ship: Partners in Crime — Aelinn/Fenris

Fenris gets a question mark on his age because not only do we not have a canon age for him, but as an ex-slave with amnesia, he probably doesn't really even know. I like to think he's a little bit younger than Hawke, but not by much. (Ages are from the start of DA2, before they meet.)

Fenris may be tall by elf standards, but I like the idea of Aelinn being just a tad taller. She's my height, which seems so short when I line up all of my OCs and their love interests in a row (it's those heroic builds, I tells ya).

Hawke's sexuality is listed as "comfortable" because she doesn't really care about labels. She leans generally toward being attracted to men but hasn't completely ruled out the possibility that she could be attracted to women too, and is pretty loose with her affections prior to falling hard for Fenris (after that she's in too deep and absolutely monogamous).

Between the two of them, Fenris turns out to be the more jealous partner. Hawke actually finds it kind of hot, and the only reason he isn't annoyed by that reaction is because of her thorough reassurance that she would never act on anyone flirting with her other than him.

Hawke is squarely in "unintentional" on the love triangle because she didn't want to fall for Fenris, it just sort of happened. She would've been happy not being in love with anyone.

The only "most likely" Hawke doesn't check off is reading conspiracies, because Fenris is totally reading those once he learns how to read. Meanwhile, the two of them can team up on burning dinner (this is part of why Hawke is happy to hire Orana), and on starting fights (sometimes with each other, often with other people).

Hawke and Fenris are never on time to anything, unless it has to do with making Meredith's or slavers' days worse.

Hawke—melee mage who specializes in fire and force magics—is 1000% the loudest person anywhere.

Ship: Checkmate — Tyria/Cullen

Ages are from DAI.

Tyria definitely wasn't intending to fall for Cullen, but also dang, look at that shemlen's face, if ever there was evidence a Maker might exist it'd be that (because if the Creators had crafted that face he'd have pointy ears).

Meanwhile, Cullen "I tend to fall for human and elven mages" Rutherford didn't intend to fall for her, but also thought she was pretty and kind, but also falls a bit slower (and then lands hard).

Neither of them are really the jealous type. Cullen probably can't be all that jealous, because that man has a chronic case of "I don't deserve nice things." (He's working on that.)

Cullen is too regimented and punctual to sleep in, ever. If he does, it's time to call a healer because he's sick with something debilitating.

Cullen gets to burn dinner because I didn't want to go 4/4 on my ladies getting that "honor." Cullen also gets the "talk too much" on a technicality; between him and Tyria, he's more likely to start rambling and talk himself out of something he wants, or blurt out something he didn't mean to, but he doesn't do it often. Same with starting fights: he doesn't do it often, but he either peeves her off by overworking himself or he leans into the "let's throw swords at the problem" meme with other people.

Tyria gets to be open and outgoing and a little bit silly because she's his sunshine.

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Castelin Cousland

1. Does your OC die before or after their lover? How old are they when they die?

Well, for starters, I have Headcanons™ for her and Alistair. I know there are theories bouncing around about Alistair not suffering the Calling because of dragon blood in the Theirin line, and I'm more than happy to roll with that as an excuse for him to live. Meanwhile, Castelin was searching for a cure during DAI, and I say she found one (limited in scope to just her until she can find someone to help engineer it into a solution for other Wardens too), so neither of them will be going because of that.

Honestly, I'm thinking they probably pass within hours of each other, around age 70 or so (somewhat shortened life due to the Joining, but definitely longer than the ~30 years they were told). Castelin would go first, and Alistair wouldn't be that far behind her because she was his anchor.

2. How did they die?

Quietly, in their sleep (for both her and Alistair). I think the two of them were reading together before bed, and she turned in early because she was extra tired. He realized she was gone, and just...went to sleep next to her and followed her.

3. What were their last words?

"Good night."

4. How are they mourned? How do all their loved ones react?

Their son arranges for a country-wide memorial to honor them, and they get a statue at the rebuilt Warden fortress at Weisshaupt. Their loved ones (any who are still around) are sad, but also comforted because it was peaceful.

Aelinn Hawke

1. Does your OC die before or after their lover? How old are they when they die?

Hawke dies after Fenris does. I expect the lyrium tattoos take a toll on him, especially later in life, so it's honestly something a relief when he passes and she carries on for her children. Maybe settles down and learns to play proper politics in Kirkwall, maybe takes up a position managing the Reformed Circle there as its First Enchanter. I think Fenris passes in his early 60s, while Hawke holds on stubbornly until she's almost 90 and is very much a firecracker the whole way (to the frustration of any Knight-Commanders she has to work with).

2. How did they die?

Heart attack in the Gallows courtyard after a meeting with the Templars.

3. What were their last words?

"Oh, thank the Maker, finally."

4. How are they mourned? How do all their loved ones react?

The mage students hold a vigil (which includes actual firecrackers, despite the protests of the senior enchanters). Of Hawke's friend group, only Merrill remains (and in my headcanon worldstate, she and Carver hooked up so she's family too), so rather than go and get roaring drunk at the Hanged Man like the friend group did for the others' passing, she instead visits Hawke's and Fenris's children and gets drunk there.

Tyria Lavellan

1. Does your OC die before or after their lover? How old are they when they die?

Cullen is surprised when he outlives his wife. He would have sworn that being a Templar was a hard enough life that he would have gone first. But she passes in her early 80s, while he hangs on for another seven years.

2. How did they die?

Nothing to do with the Anchor, thankfully. She simply catches a respiratory infection one winter and it wears away at her, and she passes right after seeing the first blooms in her garden open up for spring.

3. What were their last words?

"Cullen, look." (Pointing out the flowers.)

4. How are they mourned? How do all their loved ones react?

The family holds a Dalish-style memorial with her clan, and then a small Andrastian memorial at home. (There's a big Andrastian memorial in Orlais as well; no one from the family attends.)

Cullen then spends the next seven years organizing her notes with the help of his oldest grandchild, and publishes his own memoir about the Inquisition with her notes mixed in. He and his grandchild know that the Chantry will probably do what the Chantry does with "uncomfortable" history and portray the second Inquisitor as something more acceptable than a Dalish mage, but they can at least share their side of things. And maybe being Commander Rutherford will hold some weight.

Saadrah Mercar

1. Does your OC die before or after their lover? How old are they when they die?

Saadrah survives Lucanis by a couple of years. Both of them live to their 90s, a most impressive feat for a Crow in Lucanis's case.

2. How did they die?

Lucanis passes in his sleep. No one knows what happened to Spite after that. Once it's clear that Spite isn't puppeting his body after his death, Lucanis is cremated, as per general Thedosian custom.

As for Saadrah? Well, that's the bigger mystery. Saadrah spent those couple of years after Lucanis's death telling stories to her grandchildren and providing instruction as needed, but mostly wandering and taking on odd jobs here and there (for both the Shadow Dragons and the Antivan Crows) and apparently searching for something. All her family knows is that one day, she left a note and all of her weapons behind, walked through the eluvian into the Crossroads, and has not been seen since. More than a few suspect Spite might have been involved.

3. What were their last words?

Spoken? Probably something related to wishing her family a good night. The note told her family not to worry, that she'd found what she needed and everything would be fine, and reminded them all to look after each other, because her Shadows should stand together. The note also asks them not to make a big deal of things, and to carry on with their lives.

4. How are they mourned? How do all their loved ones react?

No, her family doesn't go prowling through the Crossroads for her. A few might try to retrace her steps, just in case she was showing signs of wandering senility in her advanced age, but they only got so far as the outskirts of the Converged City before the trail disappeared, and the only people who could ever find her when she didn't want to be found were her older brother and Lucanis/Spite, and both are gone.

Instead, they have a small, family-only memorial that includes any surviving family of the rest of the Veilguard as well (found family is still family), sharing drinks and stories long into the night, and then they place an empty jar in the same alcove as the one that holds Lucanis's ashes and say nothing more of it, per her wishes.

Challenge level: write out my happy endings but try to make them all at least a little different from each other (rather than four iterations of "they lived to a ripe old age and died peacefully in their sleep").

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Aelinn and Fenris

I'll just...let this one speak for itself.

Tyria and Cullen

You know Cullen is a consummate workaholic in every universe, and you know Tyria can weaponize his sister against him if she needs to.

Saadrah and Lucanis

Lighthouse breakroom fridge, anyone?

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Castelin gets to dress like I do at the beach. Racer-back tank (yes, it's Warden-themed, though mine IRL is just striped) and board shorts, because then that's less skin you have to slather with sunblock, and then a hat to keep the sun off her face and and a flowy cover-up for a touch of girliness. Practical sandals that won't fall off, though. She probably burns easier than I do, though.

Hawke, meanwhile, went the bikini route, but with a practical sport style rather than something meant more for fashion. While I do wear a big hat like Cas does for just existing on the beach, a visor like Hawke has is what I wear when out on the water (more secure, dries easier, probably won't fall apart if it gets wet). In Hawke's case, it's mostly for keeping the sun out of her eyes while she ropes the other ladies into beach volleyball. (Not pictured: shorts and an oversized beach shirt for her cover-up.)

Tyria's sense of beach style trends more toward the fashionable but not too revealing type, so she's got a one-piece swimsuit and a sarong. Barefoot sandals because Dalish, other coordinating jewelry and a big flower for her hair, sunglasses because sometimes it's just too bright. Cullen's coin as a necklace.

Saadrah, of all people, has the smallest swimsuit because she likes showing off her wing tattoos. Her cover-up is a lace wrap for the same reason, which she ties around her hips when she has to hit the shops, and she adds some beachy jewelry to coordinate. She prefers basic flip-flops, easy to kick off as needed, and because she's my knife nut, she gets a diving knife strapped to one calf.