Something I hadn't considered until now is how brutal the mission to kill Jarvia and most of the Carta in Orzammar is for Brosca. I'll never forget the emotional gut punch that was having to fight and kill Leske, who is probably only true friend Brosca has ever had in all their life (I remember desperately searching if there was a dialogue option or something to let him live but there is none), but I also just thought that Brosca must have known most, if not all of those Carta members that we fight through the mission.

And knowing how the casteless are pretty much cut off from the rest of Orzammar's society and most are forced into a life of crime, Brosca must have known and possibly have been friends or at least care for for a lot of the Carta members, and also possibly have worked with them often under orders from Beraht and Jarvia.

Then after becoming a Warden, returning to Orzammar and under orders from either Harrowmont or Bhlen, they have to go to their old home in Dust Town and kill Jarvia (who was alledgely planning to use her growing power in Orzammar to force the Assembly to recognize the rights of the casteless), Leske and pretty much everyone else they knew during their many years growing up and while being a part of the Carta.

Just another bit of tragedy for Brosca's story.

Portraits of some lady dwarves!

✨✨ Brosca ✨✨

I have a lot of feelings for the dwarf commoner origin rn so i might post a lot about my warden

they couldn't have rica as an ambassador at the winter palace because she would have took one look at cadash glancing at those stupid garden lattices and she would have Known. there's simply no polite enough way to have her say Hey. i understand you. i understand what life has been like for you and i understand the kind of position you're in now more than you'll ever know but jesus fucking christ isn't my job hard enough without the ever constant sense of déjà-vu? and i would have felt instantly guilty and put down the game forever

"Vharen

Don't listen to what Harrowmont is telling you. His men haven't visited Dust Town in weeks- why should they? It's not like they're going to find anything new. Everybody who's been questioned had a different answer for where Rica was supposedly headed so either she's given them false information to cover her tracks or the brands are just making shit up in the hopes that they'll get a reward.

Face the facts, cousin: she's gone. Took what's left of the Brosca family and disappeared to the surface. They probably started going by new names. You're not gonna find her unless she decides to make contact someday. I know things haven't been easy between us since Bhelen's death, but I'm not telling you this to cause grief. I don't want you wasting the rest of your life in a hopeless search for someone who doesn't want to be found.

Be safe, Piotin Aeducan"

-A letter found in the Warden-Commander's chambers at Vigil's Keep, tucked away in a desk drawer. The paper is creased and worn, like someone has been constantly re-reading it over the past several years.

Confession: Rica Brosca deserves the most mind bending, earth shattering, stone quaking head known to dwarf kind and by the Ancestors, I’m gonna give it to her.

im obsessed with this pic so here’s fiona and her nephew because same energy

so between the low dwarven fertility and the noble hunters and offspring inheriting the caste of their same-gender parent, would orzammar's noble caste be becoming increasingly male over time?

For reallll though: Rica Brosca should have been more.

Like I get it. She’s connected to a Origin for the Warden and BioWare didn’t want to make a bunch of stuff that you can’t see in every game BUT I think it would have worked.

If you aren’t playing as Brosca you pretty much don’t see her at all and that’s a damn shame. You can hear Harrowmont’s people being upset about Bhelen trying to move forward but it’s hard to believe him and there is very little to show that he cares about the cast-less at all. Giving Rica more character other than just being there would have been amazing to show that Bhelen was serious.

But I personally think Rica and Bhelen should have been actually and fully in love. Like Rica had the ambition and drive to seduce a prince and Bhelen recognized and admired it. I mean Bhelen was the 3rd child, after the heir and the favorite child, and he would admire the strength and cunning Rica had to not only survive but grow beyond what others believed she could ever be. 

I love how if he is King he continues to side with the warden and if the Warden is his in-law he rubs it into everyone’s face that his wife is a noble. Rica is implied to have pretty much raised the warden too so she can take credit for raising a Paragon, giving birth to a prince and marrying a king.

Give me more Queen Brosca taking a larger role in politics right now BioWare 

"keep dreaming, Rica"

"until I'm dead, little sister"

GIF REQUEST MEME: Dragon Age + Favorite Familial Relationship (9): RICA BROSCA AND BROSCA

"Look at you! My little sister, a battle-scarred veteran"

Requested by: @meganmoonlight

Rica and Endrin

Sixth illustration in my own fanart-tober! This time it is Rica Brosca with her son Endrin Aeducan. Dragon Age is one of the fandoms I have been in the longest, and I really dig dwarves. Their culture is really facinating, and the conflict of holding on in constant threat of annihilation is such a good set up.

Rica is one of my favorites of the minor characters. She goes from being a indebted sex worker to a crime boss to being married to a potential King of Orzammar. Bioware doesn’t always do great with subjects that need to be handled with care, but Rica’s story is handled alright. She makes it out of Dust Town and Bhelen really does love her (he calls her his Amber Rose!)

Usually fanart of her is with her sibling or Bhelen, but I don’t think I have seen her with her son. And with that in mind I also wanted her to have her hair loose because man, she can’t have her hair in that bun all the time, especially not if her kid decides to keep her up at night, lol.

a megacut of (mostly) all of Trian and Bhelen Aeducan’s dialogues and dialogue related to them

He's an artist Rica 🙄

I need to start drawing what he actually did as a warden and his relationship with the crew but i love this origin so much it's a problem really

*barbie voice* you guys ever think about brosca being forced to join the wardens in order to save their own life and having to leave all they know forever and travelling to the surface where they don't know what they'll find and being sure they're going to die so young anyway no matter what and still the last thing they can do before the gates close behind them is asking rica if she's going to be okay? 💃🏼

Oooo for npc opinions, how about some Aeducan-Brosca family dynamics?

Does Sulri have any opinions about Rica, and does Khêd have any about Bhelen? And though we never meet him in-game, do either of them have anything to say about their mutual nephew?

Ohohohohohoho, complex family dynamics, count me in!!! 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 Bit of a disclaimer tho, I'm not so solid on Brosca and Aeducan canon and gameplay experiences, as I've never done a gameplay as either other than of their origins. If I got something wrong about the canon, that's why, and I apologize. But I can give a general anwer ^^

So, first, Khêd, because I know more about the guy. Khêd doesn't trust people. Khêd especially doesn't trust rich people. Khêd very so much expecially does not trust Bhelen, not as far as he can throw him (which is far. This scrawny dwarf packs a punch and gravity does the rest for him if he were to throw Bhelen over the ramparts of the diamond quarter). Khêd's heard Sulri's story by the point they hit the diamond quarter I think, and whatever his opinion of Sulri might be at that point, Bhelen's power grab is just... ugh. And this guy's got Rica. Khêd is telling Rica she can leave with him and live a good life if she wants to as soon as he sees her. It's good Khêd trusts his sister to handle her own problems, otherwise Bhelen might be in for a nasty surprise. His attitude towards the Casteless doesn't really help Bhelen; Khêd is neither an optimist nor a forgiving person, and Bhelen's idea to let the Casteless in on "normal" society after they've served a time in the Deep Roads sounds just like a ploy to get a personal army. No thanks. Unkindly fuck off (@Bhelen)

The nephew however is Rica's little boy, as far as Khêd's concerned. He knows a thing or two about shitty family, and it's not this boy's fault who his father is. Khêd's gonna love that little feller like he was his own son, because he does not trust nor want Bhelen to step up and play father. It's a bit difficult to be present in the boy's life, what with being a Grey Warden and all that. But he tries; every leave he gets, he visits Rica, and the offer to leave Orzammar and live at Amaranthine is never taken off the table. Khêd does hope he can at least be to the boy what the stories Rica told him of his father were to him: an example to look up to and a push to do better.

As for Sulri (and here we're veering into maybe headcanon territory as I've never done a playthrough as either Aeducan or Brosca): as she is wont to do, I think she wouldn't have paid much attention to Rica. Sure, Rica would command some respect from her from the first moment on for trying to catch Bhelen and managing it! Some of that is personal pride; it can't have been just any woman who was able to seduce an Aeducan. She does, however, severely underestimate Rica and continues to do so during the Orzammar questline. She's got a lot of prejudices and biases to work through, which is what allowed Bhelen to betray her in the first place. But as the years go by, Sulri has to acknowledge Rica's strength as she not only survives among the noble caste she wasn't born into, but thrives. I think Rica has a good head on her shoulder, and plenty of practice navigating big egos and bigger coin pouches to her advantage, so I really think she'd do very well for herself and her new noble house.

As for her nephew, I don't know how fond Sulri is of children in general XD XD XD XD I can definitely see her running calculations in the back of her mind for when that kid is going to be a threat, only to then remember that she is no longer heir to house Aeducan. Old habits die hard. But I think the kid will grow on her as he... grows XD XD XD They never have as much of a relationship as he does with Khêd, but she makes absolutely sure this kid doesn't fall prey to any sort of power machinations like she did. He is her nephew, after all.

Thanks for the ask!!!This was a fun bit to think about, and I love these kinds of asks bc I get to develope both characters and take them for a spin through my brain. Fun times XD XD XD XD Hope you're having a lovely day!!