Vishanti

Outfit: N7 Leather Jacket - Look, leather jackets are cool! Alex wasted no time getting a sick N7 one 😎

Interest: Ships - This is her special interest. She loves to build model ships, yap about ships, watch ships fly in and out of the docks. She used to hang out by the loading docks a lot as a kid. She picked up a thing or two.

Animal: Wolverine - These guys punch way above their weight class in a fight. It suits my scrappy soldier/vanguard well.

Object: Vintage Mechanical Field Watch - A gift from Captain Anderson 🥹 Something-something running under your own power, making time count, and how it can take take a lickin' but keep on tickin' or whatever

Shepard: My beloved Alex! My first and canon Shep, and the Shepard I used in my insanity run of the series 💪

Weapon: M-96 Mattock Rifle - I think I liked this one for Alex... It's been a hot minute since I've played the game!

Love Interest: Liara T'soni - Liara has been on Alex's side in the fight every step of the way. What can I say? That's her girl!

Aesthetic: Nebula - IDK it just looks cool! It's star dust (well, a space cloud of dust and gas, but tomato-tomahto)

Favorite Food/Drink: Bourbon - Sharp, sweet, and packs a punch.

Dallas Shepard

Colonist | Ruthless | Renegon | Infiltrator

Outfit: Cowboy Boots & Jeans - You can take the boy out of the colony, but not the colony outta the boy.

Interest: Running - He's got a fair bit of nervous energy to burn off. Running helps. It's that or punching people, which is apparently frowned upon nowadays 🙄

Animal: Peregrine Falcon - The fastest animal on the planet (well, when they dive). Crazy precise targeting. A little distant. More fragile than they look.

Object: Aviator Sunglasses - Classic, no AR or any other tech. He likes to brag about this whenever he makes his shots unaided (it's not at all because he's jealous of Garrus' targeting-visor...mhmm...)

Shepard: My grumpy cowboy, Dallas! I made him to try out some different choices (because I"m attached to Alex's run) and he started to grow on me 🙂‍↕️

Weapon: M-98 Widow Rifle - It's a nice sniper rifle. He was very excited to get it. Probably the closest you'd see to a real smile on his face.

Love Interest: Tali Zorah - IDK I think Tali could get past Dallas' considerably high guard without him even realizing it. A friends-to-lovers type of thing.

Aesthetic: Heart Monitor - Snipers regulating their heart rate for the perfect shot. Dallas trying to keep an icy grip on his emotions that always feel too wild. His heart jumping without his say so when a certain Quarian stops by to chat...

Favorite Food/Drink: BBQ Ribs - The real stuff. None of that synthetic meat crap. Don't try and trick him - he'll know! 😤

Not sure how many of you play Mass Effect, so consider this an invitation to share your Shepard OR make a moodboard for one of your Dragon Age OCs instead! 💜

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A 15 year age gap isn't bad. Though Emmrich still thinks he's too old and Zea will roll her eyes and bite down her frustration at it. He is the oldest she have ever dated too.

Zea isn't jealous presa...very territorial though. Same difference? For Emmrich, it's the same and kinda became worst after Zea returned from the fade. (that was a whole thing) She won't notice if someone tires to flirt with her but will definitely notice if someone flirted with him or took his attention away for too long or for no reason.

Both of them had no intention of falling for anyone, let alone each other. It wasn't love at first sight, more like a spark was certainly lit. Zea fell hard and fought it the whole the time. He was out of her league, her social sphere, way to smart. She wasn't trying to be flirty with him, just kinda happened and it threw her off a bit when her reciprocated.

Emmrich more so had no intention of falling for anyone. Especially someone younger than he. He tried to keep Zea at arms length but something about her pulled him.

Love language, Zea loves gifts, at least giving them when she can. It had been a few years since she had given a gift to anyone or spent time with a partner. With Emm, she wants to give him all the things but he is much more wealthy than she is and feels there's nothing she can give him, he doesn't already have. So spending time and doing things.

Emmrich is the same but with more touch needs (which for Zea is something she had to get use to) He always showers her with pretty words of love and admiration.

Emmrich is the bed hog, the talker and gets more embarrassed than Zea does. Sleeping on a thin mattress as a child and whatever she could sleep on as a warden, Zea doesn't care much for where she sleeps, as long as she can get sleep. Zea will also take advantage of sleeping when she can.

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Don't pay too much attention to their height. They're BOTH shorter than they’re claiming. Ember, because she lies about her height and puffs up when anyone questions her on it. Neve, because she's always wearing heels and still counts that as part of her height. But no matter what, Neve is always (smugly) 1-2in taller than Ember, much to Ember's annoyance lmao.

Same deal with their ages. I'd put Neve in her mid-late 30's. She doesn't tell people her birthday - not because she's trying to hide her age or anything... she just likes to keep 'em guessing. And avoid surprise parties. Meanwhile, Ember's age is based on whatever shoddy records were kept back when she was enslaved on the Mercar estate. Whatever the case, Neve is always a couple of years older than Ember!

I'm a Jealous!Neve truther 🙂‍↕️ Because, yeah, I do think she's gonna get a lil territorial and possessive over her loved ones the same way she does over her city. It's not so much insecurity as it is the fact that they're hers. 😤

Ember, on the other hand, can be jealous for Neve’s attention but she’s not particularly threatened by other admirers - ok, except for Rana early on lmao. But for everyone else? It's more like, yes, Neve IS amazing and a gift to this world! Ty for noticing!! Now move along.

As for the triangle, I put Neve down in “Unintentional” because she was really in the “oh no no no” camp when she started crushing on Ember and tried to fight/ignore the feelings ("Wow, thaaaaanks 😒" Ember would mutter, but quickly accept Neve's fumbling explanation on how she didn't mean it like that lmao). Ember had no such crisis 😂 Well, other than trying to suss out if Neve liked her without outright asking and spooking the woman, I suppose.

I knooow Rook gives everyone gifts in-game but I don’t think that’s Ember’s actual love language. She’s more of a quality time and words of affirmation girl. Just look at how she's always going on outings with the companions and encouraging them when they're feeling down or out of their depth. 🥹💜

Neve is also a quality time gal - just look at how often she invites Rook out to have the company! She's someone who shows affection through acts of service, too. Actions speak louder than words for Neve! Showing up, the small wins - they all count. I do imagine that subtlety may be lost on Ember early in the romance, tho, which is part of her confusion on whether Neve even likes her back since the detective hasn't said anything of the sort 😅 Meanwhile Neve is trying not to be too obvious - in her eyes - by doing these things and thus revealing that she likes Ember.

Neve is absolutely a bed and blanket hog. She tosses and turns too much to not have everything (including Big Spoon!Ember who followed the warmth and blankets) bunched up on her side of the bed come morning.

Fun fact: Ember actually can cook some simple meals! She can’t bake or do anything that requires strict adherence to a recipe (she’s more of a “vibes” chef) but it’s serviceable. She just doesn’t cook very often because she’s also usually out and about on a job lmao. RIP Neve and Ember’s poor neglected kitchen.

Are we surprised that Ember is more likely to start a fight? No, no we are not. UNLESS we’re counting Neve playfully ragebaiting Ember 🤔 because that is absolutely a thing that happens and Ember falls for it too easily lmao.

Of COURSE Neve reads conspiracies. It’s part of the job (but tbh she also gets a kick out of the batshit crazy ones). Ember won't read the papers, but she enjoys when Neve shares the highlights. It's like their version of keeping up with a trashy soap opera or realty tv show lol.

You might think, based on how Neve dresses, that she's more dramatic but ☝️'tis not so. Ember (an ex-gladiator) is no stranger to hamming it up, putting on a show, and adding some flair. Sometimes looking cool is half the battle! Sun Tzu said that.

Neve and Ember are both very silly and very stubborn. A dangerous combo. But they commit to the bit!

They’re also both confident, but it shows up differently. Neve is more of a quiet professional (and tbh she’s often quite humble about what she can do) while Ember can come across as downright cocky despite having the skills to back it up.

Ember is also the more punctual of the two. IDK if that surprises anyone lol but I figure her highly regimented (and usually unforgiving) upbringing stuck with her, making her actually quite disciplined in her lifestyle and daily routine.

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Any who deny or delay the discharge of their emancipation, or who testify falsely of its records, shall be considered as debtor to the Imperium, and subject to all punishments as put forth in the law.

Tarquin sighed to himself as he began to write, the only other sound in the room the scratch of his pen across enchanted paper. His hand was already cramped partway through, but the work could not wait for him to rest. Each name flowed forth in his hand, the letters containing lifetimes of change. A few caught his eye, but most were simply letters, copied onto the page. As each one was completed, it would flash briefly, showing that it had been prepared properly for whatever magic would do with it later on. 

Telvus, Minrathous, Messenger Aschan, Marnus Pell, Shop Assistant Eddard Smithson, Marnus Pell, Laborer Felicis Tak, Minrathous, Laborer

Ready to be sent tomorrow to every Chantry in the Imperium. Posted to the boards for the faithful and faithless alike to read. Unchangeable, immutable. And, at least for the list of names Tarquin had to commit to the rolls, an absolute fabrication. Each name someone the Shadow Dragons had freed, rescued, or or assisted in escape. No debts had been cleared, because they owed no one for the dignity of a free life. They were owed everything by those who had stolen their freedom, or denied it at birth. This was the only way he knew to pay even some of that debt.

"Have you finished?" 

Tarquin looked up, letting the rich voice pass over him as a tall man emerged from the shadows at the edge of the room. Next to the large shelves full of scrolls, he still stood taller and prouder than most. He considered that a feat in a city full of the high and mighty, all fighting to claw further up than the rest. 

"I hear you go by 'The Viper?" Tarquin snorted, dispelling his brief unease at being observed before he noticed the man was there. There was no way he was going to let someone looking like that know how startled he had been to hear his voice.

"Yes."

"Mae said you could make sure this was official," he flicked his eyes to the paper, and back to the man who had moved far enough into the candle light that he could see more of their form. Large, in a dramatic leather coat bedecked with Shadow Dragon imagery, complete with the face mask mimicking the fangs of a snake and a tricorn hat pulled snugly down on is head.

"Yes," the man repeated simply, infuriatingly, and held out a gauntleted hand to take the sheets as Tarquin passed them over. "They will be read out by the Divine tomorrow as a part of the Chant of the First Day, with the names already submitted. A charm ensures that the Archon's decree will be replicated with the others in every large chantry in the Imperium. All will know."

"And he'll read them then? No problem getting them in the right hands?" Tarquin snorted as he began to methodically burn each of the flimsy paper sheets he had brought with him, destroying the only evidence of what he had done aside from the paper in the the other man's hands.

"He will, Templar Tarquin," The Viper gave a short nod as he stashed the paper somewhere inside his coat, blue eyes catching Tarquin's from under the brim of the his hat. Naked sincerity, entirely disarming. Not something in large supply in Minrathous on the best days, much less doing business in the dark, even for the Shadows.

"Just Tarquin," he looked away, busying his hands with cleaning up the ash, ink and blotting paper. It wasn't unusual for him to work late, but he didn't need too many people wondering why he had been using this kind of ink and paper, as opposed to the low quality paperwork he was usually stuck filling out.

As The Viper turned to go, he paused at the edge of the light, half concealed in shadow already. "The Chant begins at sunrise with the calling of the Liberati by the Divine, if you are inclined to attend."

He disappeared before Tarquin could respond, melting into the dark recesses of the archives as if he had never been there. Officially, of course, no one had been here tonight, not even him. His superiors were more than happy to let him work after hours as long as he didn't expect to get paid for it. At least this time someone would benefit from what he'd done. 

"Sunrise, eh?" Tarquin muttered to himself as he stood and stretched, supplies carefully returned to their place, candles extinguished. He looked around the cramped archives room where he spent most of his time, day and and day out in the dark, now illuminated only by the low magical lights along the walls. "Might be nice to watch somebody else bring the light for a change, even if it is one of the Maker's only jobs he still does."

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