messy messy ✌️💕

.Ambush Ahead ⚔️.

CW blood and rendon howes head

Roses have Thorns

Romance with Alistair was something

Brought to you by @butter-and-too-much-bread, who shared to me this idea in... 2020... Warden Cousland, Allison, Sten, Darkspawn 1 and 2 / Dragon Age Origins (c) Bioware

I think the worst part of Cousland's whole arc and them eventually getting revenge on Howe is how completely fucking empty it is.

They can kill this man and it still means absolutely nothing.

Their family is still dead. The world is still falling apart.

They didn't kill Howe and then wake up to everything back to the way it was.

And I think for a young, potentially spoiled Cousland that would be the most heart wrenching and bitter betrayal and I always imagine my Cousland basically collapsing on the spot and ugly crying because the idea of getting revenge kept them alive and now it's gone.

And later when Riordan tells them that killing the Archdemon will kill the Warden that strikes the killing blow, that's why they volunteer.

Queen Elyse Cousland-Theirin for her coronation with Sir

Lyassandra Cousland

Duncan seeing a random dwarf / human / elf having the worst day of their lives

ye olde classic messy dao sketch dump which is how you know life is kicking my ass

.A trip to Orlais.

I play one dynamic.

Also hawke being cousins with both warden and inquisitor makes me happy.

(Some of) My Wardens!

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Broken circle is obviously very emotional for our Amells and Suranas, but you know what other warden I love walking through Kinoch Hold? A Cousland. A Cousland who maybe did believe mages needed to be watched over by templars, who did believe magic was too dangerous, who politically and vocally supported the circles when it came up in discussions because of course mages need circles.

That Cousland seeing what a circle is really like. Seeing the packed in quarters. Seeing the terrified kids that the templars are willingly trying to kill. Seeing the desperation behind the eyes of those blood mages. Seeing how small it all feels. Putting together the amount of apprentice beds and how many there are compared to how few beds there are for those who pass their harrowing. "Wynne, how many people pass their harrowing?"

I just love the idea of a Cousland who didn't think much about it before beyond; yeah, that probably is fine being completely radicalised into a mage rights activist by Broken Circle.