good morning!! <3

If you're still taking OC asks, maybe 4, 33, 37 for Mhairi and/or Fane? 👀

This. THIS. Is a breath of fresh air that I really needed with the way my week has been going, so guess what? You get BOTH of my children! 😭😭

4. how did they feel about being called “the herald of andraste”? 

Fane detests the title from the moment it’s uttered. No matter where he goes, or who he’s speaking with, if he hears it fall from their lips he usually shuts it down immediately. Fane is not a man of faith, and he never has been. He trusts in his sword, the world around him, and the will to think freely. Religion to him is like another form of slavery, and as a dragon, he saw what happened to those that followed those who proclaimed to be gods. So, to be referenced as a herald of a prophet of one? Ohhh, no, no, nooo. Fane’s more a herald of doom when that title is uttered. Also, while it angers him, it also frightens him because it is pushing the temptation of power into his hands, which Fane, throughout the course of my fic, has a hard time resisting. He also has issues with identity (especially after he learns his heritage), so constantly being no more than an icon pushes Fane closer and closer to the edge of that is his crumbling mind. 

Mhairi, while far more gentile than Fane, hates the title just as much, if not more. She’s simply more subdued about it. Whereas Fane has no religious faith, Mhairi has tons, but only with the Creators. Mhairi more or less believes everything that the Dalish have taught, so when that is threatened or treated as just ‘stories’, she becomes similiar to Fane. She snaps, she bites, but she does it in a more tactful way. She’ll throw vague information about the Maker and the Chantry’s history back at whoever called her people’s faith ‘meaningless’. She’ll poke where it hurts the most as retribution, but usually feels awful for it later. Even so, Mhairi does eventually relent a bit, but she will never address herself as the Herald of Andraste. She simply becomes numb to it from other people.

33. are they afraid of anything specifically? 

Contrary to popular belief, Fane is afraid of things--many, in fact. However, the one thing he is absolutely terrified of is losing himself--through insanity or who is he. This kind of pieces together with the last question, but the more Fane is referred to as something different, or something that reacts adversely to his nature as a dragon, then he gets closer and closer and closer to losing himself in insanity. He’s terrified he’ll lose himself so completely that he’ll end up killing someone he loves, or that person having to kill him. Solas already had to do that once, and the pain it inflicted was great, so Fane does not want it to happen again. So, he keeps the fear close, keeps it at the forefront, all so he can fight off what or who is attempting to change him.

I’m just gonna say it: Mhairi is fragile with a capital F. She’s twenty-one. She knows next to nothing about the outside world. And she had a very, very traumatic incident with a templar when she just came into her magic. The memory haunts Fane to do this day as well; more or less a failure in his life. However, Mhairi walked away with a scar, as well as how it felt to be silenced that day. To be helpless, to be seen as worthless, and no more than a pest, to not have a voice. Mhairi is terrified, terrified, terrified of not having a voice to shout with, to laugh with, to debate with, to defend herself with. It’s one of the reasons, in the few stories I’ve popped her in, that Mhairi’s so talkative and energetic. She’s compensating, hiding the fear with a smile and a loud tone. She wants to be heard, even if its annoying, and any time there at templars on the field, she nearly crumbles until Fane--ohhh, yeah--until Fane closes in on them. It’s another reason why Fane is so protective with Mhairi when she and Cullen begin a relationship. He’s watching, he’s observing, and hang any kind of acceptance if Cullen were to ever do anything to harm her.

37. do they like their skyhold pajamas? 

Plain and simple: Fane hates them. While Fane does wear constricting leather bindings to hide his scars, he doesn’t like restrictive clothing. Also, he’s a 6 foot product of love and devotion that made him have a build like an Elvhen (I always like to think the ancient elves were taller if not larger in some regards), and a fucking dragon that was almost as tall as half a mountain! Even if tailored, those things would not work for Fane. He’s a slender muscled type, but not lithe, by any means. He doesn’t like his body being pointed out either, so the pajamas would make him feel self conscious. (I mean, this boy bashes his head into a stone wall every time Solas smiles at him, so you think he’d be able to handle Solas smoothly commenting about his body? Fane would fucking dissolve, and then attempt to put on far too many layers to hide.) Fane’s more into wearing leather armor that seals his body, and doesn’t draw attention to his leather wrappings. With Solas, he’s a little more open, but only in private. 

Mhairi, however, doesn’t mind them! She just opts out the boots, and even adds her own personal flair at times! (stitching to represent her people, a different, lighter color, or adding accessories to make it pop). Mhairi likes to be comfortable while still staying stylish, so as long as she can adapt things, then she’ll wear whatever! (except Orlesian fashion. No one wants to wear Orlesian fashion. I mean, seriously.)

Thank you for the ask! ❤️❤️❤️ (*will take this ounce of serotonin with her to work because she needs it*)