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    There had been a time where the idea of questioning the Archon’s words would have been so terrifying to Calpernia, so unattainable and fantastical - surely, she had naively once thought, he was a man of reason, and if only the slaves of Tevinter could have audience with him, things could be different.

    But alas, the throne had fallen to nothing more than a glorified ass-warmer since Darinius’s time. How he would weep to see what they’d done to his Imperium! Radonis was a snake, his pride too wounded for him to do anything more than offer baseless tidbits of coy diplomacy because he’s finally realized Calpernia’s more valuable alive to him than dead.

   ❝Spoken by the man who intended to rob me of that very future in the first place.❞

Radonis nearly snorted. Nearly. A smile did pass like a ghost over his lips, and didn’t stay but on the corners of his mouth, overshadowed by his raised eyebrows, an expression that had something positively incredulous.

« Spoken by me, indeed. And meaning it, too. » With that, he turned and moved to a chair, each of his steps emphasised by the sound of his golden staff hitting the floor. He sat, his elbows on the armrests and looking at her as he had looked at many a man and woman who had, sometimes with his approval and sometimes to his displeasure, come to talk with him in a parlour during the fifteen long years of his rule. 

His tone changed, lower, devoid of the patrician conversational streak that other times took some weight away from his voice. « Just as I meant your death. I’ve shaken the hand of people I once wished dead before, and the change of attitude depended on what they did, on their deeds or their potential. Not because my resolutions are flimsy, or whatever other misguided impression the idea of civil conversation gives you. Surely you understand the necessity of being somewhat flexible in your plans. And if you don’t, you’ll need to. » A pause. « I offered you something, Calpernia. If you ever walk into the halls of the Senate thanks to me, and, let’s not forget, against the laws of the Imperium, I will not have you waste the opportunity because your are too rigid to overlook grudges. »

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   “For what my advice may be worth, still consider it: you are a free woman now. Do not throw away your freedom and your life to fight a hopeless fight.” 

@twicebound replied to your post:         “Lady Calpernia is very nice, if one is...

you needn’t involve yourself, orana. you’re quite above all this nonsense.

a good assistant always involves herself with the affairs of her lady.

also radonis is a big mean jerk

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“I let his anger fester and infect me.”

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        There was no way for Orana to deny the statement, but it was such a relief to hear it spoken from her Lady. They’d all known it, that Corypheus had some way of fanning the worst flames of their ladies’ rebellion–but they had still supported her, with hope that she would either be strong enough to overpower the Magister or clever enough to outsmart him. Orana had pinned her hopes on the latter, for surely her Lady was the smartest person Orana has ever met.

        However, that doesn’t change the fact that the Magister had made a definitive change in their Lady--And certainly not for the better. For Calpernia to freely acknowledge that she too was aware of the change was good. It had taken an utter betrayal and a near death experience for her Lady to realize but it was better late than never. They could rise from Corypheus’ ashes just as strong as they’d been previously, but better without the interference of a mad Magister’s gambit.

        “Yes, you did.” Orana confirmed softly, her hand moving to rest upon Calpernia’s shoulder “But now he is gone, so we must rebuild.”

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“Ah, there you are, Calpernia,” Dorian greeted breezily, sauntering up to the other Tevinter for all the world as though he hadn’t been the one rather missing in action for the last several weeks. Honestly, sending him to the Wastes, of all things! Cold during the day, even colder at night, sand in his smallclothes and that dreadfully persistent, well, hissing sound? Appalling! Still, the cause and the mission had been a good one. Successful, too, and nothing to be ashamed of, that.

“Have a moment?”

posts an au starter in which Orlais is fucked and mildly insulted and the Venatori are winning

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y’all so subtle

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Hears the word necromancy...

“I will find you, and I will kill you.”

NATURE AESTHETICS.

bold the natural aesthetics that appeal to / apply to your muse. repost, do not reblog. feel free to add any natural features you see fit!

fluffy white nimbus clouds. dark grey cumulonimbus clouds.  a hurricane.  grey cumulonimbus clouds.  rainclouds.   light spring breeze.  a sherbet-colored sky at sunrise.  hazy yellow skies.   deep blue ponds of fresh water.  blankets of sparkling snow.   tornado winds.   monsoon flooding.  rich, orange sunsets.   soft, purple clouds at dusk.   heavy hail.  the rumbling of thunder.   icy sleet.   gentle snowfall.  moss-dusted tree bark.  pink sunset clouds.  grey winter skies.   navy blue skies in the daytime.  cool mist in the morning.   leaf-bare trees.   giant ocean waves.   the full moon.   a cracked, dry desert.   rolling hills of prairie grass.  sweeping waves of briny seawater.   rocky, steep ravines.  rippling canyon walls.   spindly, cave stalactites.   creeping, green ivy.   lush canopies of leafy trees.   the sunset sky reflected in the glittering sea beneath.  dense, white fog.  pebble-dashed canals.   a peaceful creek of clear water.   flowering cacti dusted with dew,  catching light in the morning sun. a bubbling,   hot pool of volcanic sulfur.   sharp, grey mountainsides.   fossils nestled in chunks of rock. shining gemstone peeking out of rock.  a white sand beach.   deep imprints of animal tracks in the dirt.   soft, squishy moss.   uniform rows of birch trees in winter.   delicate mushrooms popping up in spring from beneath the decay on the forest floor.   tumbleweeds jerking in the faintest wind across the desert landscape.   light rain.   summer wildfires.   a mixing of hot and cool air before a storm.  silent lightning in the static of summer heat.  a windy blizzard.  thick flakes of snow tumbling down from the sky.  a tree standing alone in a barren, yellow field.   afternoon sunlight casting everything in gold.   a desert of loose sand and tall, orange dunes.   a pure blue sky. where water pools in tree roots.   a river of molten rock.   a grove of flowering trees. twisting, mangled roots sticking up from the muddy ground.   bitter, cold winds.  tall, green palm trees, fronds waving in the salty ocean breeze.  tumultuous skies of stormy clouds.   branches of lightning ripping across the sky.   a foggy swamp.   the tree-bare foothills of a mountain range.   messages written on the shore and swept away with the tide. sandy brown cliffsides.   rocky coastlines.  the violent shaking of an earthquake.   the mysterious sound of ethereal trumpets in the sky.   the lights of the auroras borealis and australis.  a black sand beach.   a lone tropical island in the reef of shallow, aqua waters.  underwater volcanic vents.   a herd of migrating mammals.   tree branches growing heavy with ripe fruit.  light streaming down through the clouds.  a field of lush grain waving peacefully in the summer breeze.   the sound of insects and frogs teeming in the night.  natural diamonds nestled in coarse desert sands.   a frozen lake.

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“wow.” leaning her weight on her staff and tucking one ankle against the other, daya grins down at calpernia. “i gotta hand it to you --- the whole ‘raise tevinter from its ashes’ thing is just a little bit off-putting, but you sure as HELL know your way around a staff. i’m impressed.”

@twicebound ❤’d.

twicebound replied to your photo “sometimes i forget how uncommonly thin ximisaari is for a qunari then...”

[ in all fairness bull is also pretty uncommonly thick for a qunari when you compare him to male adaar's default char model, theyre like two ends of the spectrum here

very true!! even for a qunari, bull’s definitely pretty big. i like seeing the contrast. big buff cheeto puff and skinny string bean.

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nonono you say Tevinter can be great, is very different.