[The Joining Exchange] Creator Letter
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lady_mabHello this is a holding spot until I have the opportunity to compile references and world state notes, I just need something to drop into AO3 right now!
last update: 11/4! (added appearance notes for canon warden + mentioned that both appearance docs have sketch on personality details, but I might do more detailed notes later? Might not though, sorry :( )
Where else you can find me:
lady_mab on ao3 || littleladymab on tumblr (I do have anons turned on, so if you absolutely need to know anything, feel free to send an ask :')
General Do Not Wants:
General AU ideas/aesthetic suggestions:
Video Game/TV show/movie/etc crossover/AUs are also welcome. If you're curious if I know a specific game/series/movie/etc, check the tags on my tumblr! I tag things pretty consistently for titles/series.
Here's just some quick facts about the two world states I have, but of course you are MORE than welcome to use your own! I find half the fun of reading DA fic is just seeing how everyone sees their HoF/Hawke/Inquisitor!
Some details for my first playthrough of the series!
Warden: Jocelyn Tabris (nickname: Joss)
Appearance: Here is the gdoc break-down with some screenshots!
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Hawke: Garret Hawke
Appearance: Quite literally the default male Hawke lmao
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Inquisitor: Cassia Trevelyan (just in case as I can't remember if I left in the prompt "Alistair and Cullen talking about their very powerful wives" or not, but this isn't really about her)
These are details from my second playthrough that I did with some friends, affectionately called "Thedas Thursdays" (because we played on Thursdays) I am sorry because they all have VERY funny names, so this is like, only if you want to write very silly names every time, otherwise they're perfect for art purposes LMAO
Warden: Kviiilynn Cousland (It is pronounced Kaitlyn)
Appearance: I do have art and screenshots!
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Hawke: Abcde Hawke
Appearance: She's pretty close to the canon Marian but i gave her bright teal eyes
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I don't think we need details on Ghoti the Inquisitor here, considering the only Inquisition prompts I had would have fit better with my original world state
last update: 11/4! (added appearance notes for canon warden + mentioned that both appearance docs have sketch on personality details, but I might do more detailed notes later? Might not though, sorry :( )
Where else you can find me:
lady_mab on ao3 || littleladymab on tumblr (I do have anons turned on, so if you absolutely need to know anything, feel free to send an ask :')
General Do Not Wants:
- No Veilguard specific characters/plots sorry I haven't played it yet :')
- No whump, no straight angst, no hurt without comfort.
- No unasked for kinks, no straight up smut/pwp. I'd prefer it to cap at a spicy M with a fade to black
General AU ideas/aesthetic suggestions:
- Modern AUs!
- Regency AUs (it's about the YEARNING)
- I'm also a sucker for masquerades. Would love to see them interacting more with Orlesian culture/the game/in the winter palace etc
- bodyguard AUs!!
- Fairytale retellings
- Noire
- 1920s/Gatsby/art nouveau aesthetic
- Tarot card designs (like, separate from their DA romance/character card designs, but those too)
Video Game/TV show/movie/etc crossover/AUs are also welcome. If you're curious if I know a specific game/series/movie/etc, check the tags on my tumblr! I tag things pretty consistently for titles/series.
Here's just some quick facts about the two world states I have, but of course you are MORE than welcome to use your own! I find half the fun of reading DA fic is just seeing how everyone sees their HoF/Hawke/Inquisitor!
Some details for my first playthrough of the series!
Warden: Jocelyn Tabris (nickname: Joss)
- Origin: City Elf
- Class: Warrior (dual wield + bow/arrow)
- Romance: Alistair
- Dog name: Abban
- Alistair remained a Warden (after I found out that they wouldn't let an elf be queen u_u) and fought the duel with Loghain
- Anora rules on her own
- Jocelyn landed the killing blow on the arch demon but we did the dark ritual so it's fiiiiine
- Awakening: Recruited everyone! Saved the Keep and Amaranthine
- Here's a small playlist for her
Appearance: Here is the gdoc break-down with some screenshots!
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Hawke: Garret Hawke
- Class: Rogue (dual wield + bow/arrow)
- Surviving twin: Bethany, became a Warden
- Romance: Anders (I DO have an anders playlist, just for fun)
- Dog named: Bear
- Did not have the DLC so Sebastian isn't here
- Sided with the mages and didn't kick Anders out!! I will defend him with my life!!!!
Appearance: Quite literally the default male Hawke lmao
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Inquisitor: Cassia Trevelyan (just in case as I can't remember if I left in the prompt "Alistair and Cullen talking about their very powerful wives" or not, but this isn't really about her)
- Knight Enchanter who also really loved ice magic
- Romance: Cullen
- Hawke left in the Fade
- My headcanon was that she was running away from her circle to join the wardens when the conclave happened
- Because of this, I played her as a huge Warden fan, which was kind of Detrimental to the fate of the wardens. We rebuilt the Wardens but if I remember the war table operations, they eventually went up against forces too big for them and they died.
These are details from my second playthrough that I did with some friends, affectionately called "Thedas Thursdays" (because we played on Thursdays) I am sorry because they all have VERY funny names, so this is like, only if you want to write very silly names every time, otherwise they're perfect for art purposes LMAO
Warden: Kviiilynn Cousland (It is pronounced Kaitlyn)
- Origin: Human Noble
- Class: Rogue (dual wield two swords)
- Romance: Zevran (and I didn't install a Bi!Alistair mod, but in our hearts he was our other husband)
- Dog named: Fonzie Scheme
(i'm so sorry) - Alistair remained a Warden
- Anora rules on her own
- Awakening: Recruited everyone! Saved the Keep and Amaranthine
- I have one song for him
Appearance: I do have art and screenshots!
- Some screenshots on my tumblr
- A reference sheet I made for a commission (sorry for making it a gdoc)
- Said commission, by bipolyjack on tumblr!
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Hawke: Abcde Hawke
- Class: Warrior (two handed weapons)
- Surviving twin: Bethany, became a Warden
- Romance: Isabela
- Dog: Zzyzx
- Had the DLC, so Sebastian is here!
- Same as before, sided with the mages and didn't kick out Anders.
Appearance: She's pretty close to the canon Marian but i gave her bright teal eyes
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I don't think we need details on Ghoti the Inquisitor here, considering the only Inquisition prompts I had would have fit better with my original world state
