virshiral

2026 / 202?

not a progress nor a regress, just a secret third thing

I was tagged by @mythals-whore so I guess I’ll share my still very much a wip

Thanks for the tag @broodwoof!

Putting some more rivets in chainmail, but I do also have a bit of a thing for @queersolasweek I'm working on. Am I going to post a lot of it because I'm really happy with how it's going? I am!

He felt pity for this poor creature who had been so unwittingly caught in these events, as he might have for any such animal unwittingly caught in a snare. He remembered the soldier who had called him rabbit. It seemed fitting now, the survivor’s heartbeat throbbing fast and thready under his fingertips like a rabbit's in a snare as he took the survivor’s hand in his.

The hand was slender, the bones of the wrist fine, like that of a bird, fingers long and tapered. It seemed a gentle hand to him, though it had the callouses of use. He felt the magic of the Anchor, though it had changed somewhat, become unfamiliar. There was no way that he could remove it without the Orb. And he could feel the tingle of no other magic. The survivor was an elf, but not even a mage, the face marked with the sweep of what seemed to be a fragment of Mythal’s vallaslin over the cheekbones and across the temples. Familiar, and yet not, inked in green like the spreading branches of a tree instead of gold. The eyes snapped open as the Anchor crackled, and for a moment he thought the survivor had woken, but they were vacant, staring blindly, the gray of the irises almost swallowed by the black of the pupils, and he thought he saw a flicker of green in the blackness of them.

There was little time to waste, the survivor would have no natural reserves of magic for the Anchor to draw on instead. He placed his palm over the Anchor, sent a gentle wash of magic through to soothe it and the survivor clutched at his hand in fitful slumber with a clammy, marked hand as if grasping desperately at a hand while being swept away in a great flood. As the survivor was in truth being swept away in the torrent of the Fade that poured from the mark seared through the palm of the hand.

He was minded suddenly of the desperate clutch of his own new hand, as yet tender and un-calloused, in Mythal’s rougher one, flailing blindly for some purchase to the familiar in his new body, remembered the aching loneliness of the absence of that touch when he had woken from uthenera. To change had been his choice, and the survivor had not chosen this, however they had acquired the Anchor, lay here in all likelihood never to wake, caught up in a current of events that he had set in motion as Mythal had clasped his hand in comfort when she had helped to pull him free of the shining stone. Could he do less than to try to give comfort in his own feeble measure?

“Ir abelas,” he murmured, as he squeezed the hand back gently. This survivor had been the first one to touch him since he had woken and perhaps he felt some small bit of comfort of his own at this clinging touch that seemed to trust him to help.

> new codex obtained <

a mural with a supposed lady inquisitor lavellan found in the ruins of the temple of arlatan. the authorship is unknown.

thank you so much for tagging me @vhen-harel , @kcwriter-blog! hug I've had a few hectic weeks, but I'm back here now 🩷

🔹 WHAT’S A SMALL GAME DETAIL THAT YOU ALWAYS NOTICE AND LOVE?

I really love the dynamic between Solas and Blackwall. Early in the game, Solas compares their experiences and finds a certain understanding in it. I even feel like Solas sympathizes with him. And later in the game, the dialogue between them changes if the Inquisitor saves Blackwall. Solas's disappointment and Blackwall's embarrassment are palpable even when they're silent, just walking side by side. It's something you could think about for ages. I love it.

🔹 WHAT’S ONE PIECE OF REFERENCE MATERIAL YOU’RE CURRENTLY OBSESSED WITH?

Ugh, I've developed this weird obsession with romanticized fan art of Mobile Legends heroes. I've found a ton of pictures on Pinterest on this theme and it's been really inspiring me lately!

🔹 WHAT’S SOMETHING YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING OR FINISHING SOON?

Ma vhenan and I are working on a Russian-language dub of the Dragon Age: Vows & Vengeance podcast. I posted the first episode a month ago on YouTube, but I was really unhappy with the sound quality. So I bought some mic accessories. They arrived a couple of days ago, so I'm currently translating the script for the second episode, and I really want to release it with better sound within the next couple of weeks. I'll admit, Nadia is very emotional, and that's definitely a challenge in itself. After the podcast, I'm planning to create an audio version of the DA books. I love reading aloud. These are my two new hyperfixations!

🔹 WHAT’S A FUN OR SILLY TRADITION YOU HAVE WITH YOUR OCs?

All of my OCs have younger siblings or sisters.

🔹 WHAT’S AN NPC YOU’D LOVE TO SEE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OUTFIT OR SETTING?

I'd love to transport Inquisitor and all the companions into the world of Where Winds Meet. That would be so beautiful :)

🔹 WHAT IS A COLLAB PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO?

There isn't a specific project I'd love to take part in. But I'd love to try anything related to DA that requires me to write :)

🔹 WHAT’S A TINY HEADCANON OR DETAIL YOU’VE ADDED TO YOUR OC THAT BRINGS YOU JOY?

I love Aelin's willingness to take risks and her openness in expressing her feelings, thoughts, and desires. It really inspires me when it comes to my own OC.

🔹 WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT YOUR FOLLOWERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOU?

I'm a very hyperfixated kind of person, and I attach myself immediately to anything I really love. Because of my attachment to DA, it's hard for me to pay attention to other games. But over the past couple of years, I've sincerely been impressed by BG3, Banished, BDO, and Where Wind Meet. I love writing. But since I work so much with texts and translations already, I'm usually exhausted for most of my free time :)

And the flowers play rock. Another flower is a musician.

I'm very much worried about whether it's okay to forgive pictures on other topics that aren't related to DA.