After many playthroughs, I’m finally playing as an elf and I accidentally just got my whole clan slaughtered. Is there a correct order of advisor for these operations, like there is with the Grey Wardens? Thx!

ageofdragon:

There is! You have to be extremely careful of using Cullen and Josephine for the first few missions, as passive diplomacy and aggressive military are respectively too little or too much.

Contact Clan Lavellan: Josephine or Leliana, Cullen’s troops are seen as an impending Chantry attack on the Clan and they will attack immediately.

Protect Clan Lavellan: Leliana or Cullen, Josephine’s political maneuver comes too late to protect the Clan.

Investigate Duke Antoine of Wycome (If Leliana Protected Clan Lavellan): Josephine, Leliana’s assassination was too under the table and the Clan is blamed for it instead.
Break Venatori Hold on Wycome (If Cullen Protected Clan Lavellan): Leliana, Josephine’s contact doesn’t come through and the nobles march on Clan Lavellan

Stop Purge of Wycome’s Elves (If Josephine Investigated the Duke): Leliana, Cullen’s troops are unable to stop the city from burning.
Restore Order in Wycome (If Leliana breaks the Venatori Hold): Leliana, Cullen’s troops are unable to stop the city from burning.

Protect Clan Lavellan and Wycome: Cullen, Josephine’s contact is unable to establish an alliance between the humans and elves of Wycome, all elves including those of Clan Lavellan are killed.

So the possible line of success is:

Josephine or Leliana, Leliana, Josephine, Leliana, Cullen

Josephine or Leliana, Cullen, Leliana, Leliana, Cullen

germanottaaa:

im bored of life and everything so i decided to make a post of everything. like a ref list of workouts, studying help, writing, drawing… etc! this will literally take me hours i s2g

STUDYING;

  • a way to high marks and be on tumblr the same time.
  • science translated to english 🙂
  • collection of studying mixes
  • selfcontrol and various pomodoro method site blockers are extremely helpful when you know you need to shut down your access to distracting websites
  • simplynoise, mynoise, rainymood, coffitivity, soundrown, simplyrain,naturesoundplayer, naturesoundsforme are good background voices 
  • a site that would explain to you literally anything
  • organizing your time, studying strategies.. etc
  • study skills
  • how to google
  • learning how to revise
  • improving your revision skills
  • learn geography 
  • shop books online
  • alt. to wikipedia
  • final exams guide
  • get motivated to study
  • tips for a productive study break
  • when should I go to bed?
  • microsoft word equivalent
  • free online books
  • more free books
  • can’t do your homework?
  • “no homework” excuses
  • how to get unblocked internet in school (chrome only)
  • words to make you seem more intelligent
  • emotions vocabulary  

WRITING;

  • how to write a kickass essay
  • alternatives to “said”
  • alternatives to “whispered”
  • tip of my tongue
  • Read any book (apparently)
  • writing fantasy stories
  • character flaws
  • writers block (1) (2)
  • writing a death scene
  • bio help
  • degrees of emotions
  • writing ref
  • music to help you write

ART; 

  • painting tutorial
  • colour palette (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
  • drawing clothe folding
  • avoiding drawing the same face
  • draw ice
  • anatomy help
  • free drawing program (1) (2)
  • sai brushes (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
  • draw hair
  • drawing ref
  • dont know what to draw?
  • draw 3D room tut
  • drawing eyes
  • lip tutorial
  • how to draw jeans
  • how to draw arms
  • expression tutorial
  • drawing hair and fur
  • drawing cats
  • pose reference blog [its actually a blog full of references i-]
  • download photoshop
  • paint blood
  • color blender
  • draw hands
  • hands 2
  • photoshop help (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
  • remove backgrounds from images online
  • clouds
  • brush setting ref (SAI)
  • kissing ref 
  • how to draw curls
  • realistic woman body ref
  • draw knees
  • draw feet
  • shadow help
  • male body
  • lips ref
  • contouring and highlighting
  • draw wings
  • change images using blur (PS)
  • gray
  • hat ref
  • glowing stuff
  • pastel colors
  • draw grass
  • eyeliner ref

MAKEUP;

  • eyeliner
  • punk rock makeup
  • disney eye makeup
  • coverup tattooes
  • how to apply blush
  • 6 makeup tips
  • ombre eyeliner
  • what makeup complements my complexion?
  • what makeup suits you?
  • lipstick tricks
  • how to do your makeup with a spoon

HAIR;

  • messy bun tutorial
  • different ways to braid
  • three-braid updo
  • waterfall braid
  • how to fishtail
  • romantic curls
  • braid + bun updo
  • how to do pastel hair
  • 8 ways to wear a bow
  • 4-strand braid
  • braided bun
  • braided headband
  • dutch braid crown
  • pin curls!
  • how to contour
  • everyday makeup routine
  • lipstick using crayons
  • eyeliner ref wow
  • filling in eyebrows
  • banana facial mask (moisturizes)
  • strawberry facial mask (acne prone skin)
  • avocado facial mask (dry skin)
  • yogurt facial mask (sensitive skin)
  • list of oils to add to your face masks
  • already made masterpost :*

FOOD;

  • hot chocolate using nutella -gasp-
  • 4 different smoothies
  • chocolate chip cookies
  • tastiest starbucks drinks
  • best grilled cheese
  • winter sore throat tea
  • best chocolate cake
  • apple pies (mini aw-)
  • extra fancy garlic bread
  • french bread pizza
  • pIE
  • muffin in a mug
  • how to make nutella fudge
  • lavender lemonade wow
  • 15 pound homemade snickers bar
  • make candy crystal meth
  • Macaroni and cheese in a mug
  • cheap & healthy snacks
  • Every Starbucks drink and pasty
  • deliciousfood
  • vegans

MOVIES/TV-SHOWS;

  • tv shows masterpost hola
  • movie masterpost
  • scary movies
  • movies to watch when you’re sad
  • when to pee during a movie
  • jennifer lawrence movies master list
  • glee season 1,2,3,4 + 5
  • ja’mie private school girl
  • adventure time master list
  • supernatural
  • doctor who
  • pirates of the carriben series
  • walking dead season 1,2,3 + 4
  • american horror story season 1 + 2
  • a list of over 900 movies with links

MUSIC/AUDIO; 

  • white noise
  • coffee shop
  • all the music you’ve reblogged
  • stay happy
  • concentrate
  • listen to the rain
  • GET HYPED
  • fireplace
  • play piano

FREE BOOKS;

  • textbooknova
  • reddit
  • bookboon
  • textbookrevolution
  • math textbooks
  • ebookee
  • freebookspot
  • free-ebooks
  • getfreeebooks
  • bookfinder
  • oerconsortium
  • gutenberg project
  • ebook3000
  • readanybook
  • free audio books
  • masterpost of books wow

BORED?;

  • answer trivia questions and give people rice
  • make a a giant squid pillow!
  • make your own acapella band
  • live ocean
  • pokemon secret base
  • read creepy wikipedia articles
  • read more creepy wikipedia articles 
  • disney lies/ urban legends (probs not real like-)
  • this will take you to a cool place
  • your online garden
  • sand art online
  • wow just open it omg
  • cool websites for wasting time (1, 2, 3 )
  • how to help someone who is suicidal
  • make a blanket nest
  • click daily to give free food to an animal shelter
  • 2500 Japanese emoticons 
  • homemade wax
  • gift ideas for cat lovers
  • moss graffiti
  • make a flower crown
  • night vale monopoly
  • learn how to survive a zombie apocalypse
  • how to play ‘sherlock’
  • supernatural workout
  • learn a new language!
  • learn london slang
  • take personality tests
  • watch this video
  • make gifs
  • see what its like to live on minimum wage
  • watch great vines
  • make glitter out of salt
  • make dip-dyed shoes
  • learn to read korean in 15 minutes
  • how to make origami
  • color matching game
  • fun sites masterpost
  • how to be an adult
  • check your postlimit
  • make a wand
  • find out if a website is safe
  • make a font from your handwriting

SELF-HELP;

  • materpost
  • emergency compliment
  • cute yahoo answers
  • calming manatee
  • calming gif
  • coping skills and distractions
  • draw a stickman
  • daily puppy
  • guided relaxation
  • the thoughts room
  • go to a quiet place
  • cut something instead of yourself
  • let it out
  • self injury recovery masterpost
  • free hugs
  • coping skills & distractions
  • make a comfort box

CLOTHING;

  • 1000+ reference

BACKGROUNDS;

  • nature/scenery
  • literally everything
  • a little from everything
  • tile/repeating/pattern background
  • gradient
  • halloween

PIXELS;

  • cool pixel blogs (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
  • christmas
  • halloween

HTML;

  • make a theme tutorial

Dragon Age 100 Challenge

mxcatterbug:

I’m sure everyone has seen these 100 Challenge thingies on the Interwebs before.  I’ve decided to do a Dragon Age-themed one, and thought I’d share the prompts I’m using.

If anyone wants to do this, the instructions are pretty simple: Just draw a picture or write a
one-shot, poem, short story, etc. for each prompt, interpreting it
however you wish. They don’t have to be in order and the drawings can be
as sketchy or finished as you like.

I’m sure that these prompts could be applied to other fandoms as well (only a couple are really Dragon Age-specific).

Prompts are posted under the break.

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lothlenan:

Another thing from the BSN! Special thanks to Caddius for previously having the dates listed, it made for easy reference.

I present: A visually constructed timeline of Bioware’s  Dragon Age universe!

I put up a disclaimer right now that some stuff might be incorrect or missing, but I did the best I could. Not everything is noted, obviously, but a heck of a lot is. This information is current as of the release of DA: I and Jaws of Hakkon. You can find a full 2500×2000 pixel version here. 

 All three calendars are present, so it should be easy to thumb through when you are trying to pinpoint dates! The coloured section is when ‘ages’ started to be recorded, and the huge section with the doodles within it is all that came before. Notice the Pre-Andrastian period, the Ancient Age, is pretty empty.

It is also very…very…very long. So again:

  • Top is an entire timeline, giving a broad scope of it all
  • Bottom is a zoomed up view of the past 1000 years
  • Yellowish part is pre-Andrastian
  • Coloured part is post-Andrastian
  • Red signifies a Blight

Origins: Inner Circle biographic details

valerie1972:

Note: this is just the stuff in each character’s dedicated section in WoT V2. Things that we’ve learned through the previous WoT and in-game is omitted. This is just biographical stuff like ages and family names and places they’ve been, not any of the stories about them.

Includes DLC companions who were mentioned in WoT V2.

Alistair Theirin

  • Sent to the monastery at Bournshire in 9:20.
  • Recruited by the Grey Wardens in 9:29.
  • There was a Royal Inquest in 9:31 into who his parents are; the results were inconclusive.
  • Goldanna apparently survived the Blight because she testified at the Inquest.

Morrigan

  • First reports of Morrigan were when she appeared in the village of Merinwood on the outskirts of the Korcari Wilds.
  • A templar reports her turning into a bird when she was 12.
  • In 9:20 (”a number of years later”) she was observed watching a group of Avvar hunters.
  • At some point after that she was reported by a villager as having turned into a bear.
  • Appeared in the Orlesian court around the time of the beginning of the mage rebellion.
  • Based on all of the numbers and dates, I’d guess Morrigan to have been born around 9:02 to 9:05. This makes her roughly 25-28 in Origins and 36-38 in Inquisition.

Leliana (this info is the same as the Inquisition bio)

  • Her mother’s name was Oisine. She died just after Leliana turned four.
  • Lady Cecilie’s surname is Vasseur.
  • Leliana first went to Val Royeaux when she was 16, and met Marjolaine at the ball there.
  • Beatrix III died in 9:34, and Dorothea became Justinia V and Leliana her Left Hand.

Wynne

  • Named for the village where she was captured by Templars, Langwynne.
  • Harrowed just before she turned 17.
  • Aneirin was assigned to her as apprentice when she was 19.
  • She became pregnant with Rhys one year after Aneirin’s (assumed) death.
  • Rhys was born in 9:02 according to his section, which makes Wynne born in 8:82. She was thus 48 in Origins and roughly 58 at the time of her death in Asunder.

Zevran Araini

  • Zevran’s father was executed in 9:04.
  • Purchased by the Crows in 9:12 at the age of seven.
  • Taliesin was purchased from a Tevinter wreck at Llomerryn the same year.
  • House Araini was First Talon of the Crows in 9:12, Second Talon in 9:16.
  • Rinnala (Rinna) became part of their House in 9:16, “another of Prince Estefan’s bastards.”
  • Rinna, Taliesin, and Zevran were apprenticed by Master Eoman Araini as a single unit, and Zevran had completed seventeen missions by 9:24.
  • In 9:28, Rinna’s death was part of an agreement with House Valisti to put forth Claudio Valisti as heir to King Natale instead of Rinna. House Araini became Eighth Talon with Master Eoman raised to Grandmaster in exchange for this.
  • Grandmaster Eoman was killed four months after the end of the Fifth Blight. Other Crow murders followed.
  • It appears from all of this that Zevran was born in 9:04 or early 9:05. This makes him 25 at the time of Origins and 36 at the time of Inquisition.

Oghren Kondrat

  • House Kondrat was a minor Warrior Caste house.
  • His marriage to Branka was arranged.
  • Branka became a Paragon a year after they married.
  • House Kondrat voted to be absorbed into the new Smith Caste House Branka.
  • He and Felsi had been interested in each other before he married Branka; when she left for the Anvil of the Void they rekindled things.
  • Felsi belonged to a Merchant Caste family.
  • The noble that Oghren killed in a duel (leading to Oghren being forbidden weapons) was Lord Meino’s youngest son.
  • He became a Warden after he dropped his and Felsi’s baby twice due to his drinking.
  • Branka became a Paragon in 9:10, so I’d guess that Oghren was born in roughly 8:90, making him roughly 40 in Origins.

Shale

  • She volunteered to become a golem in -255 Ancient.
  • Wilhelm found Shale in the Deep Roads in 8:93.
  • Shale killed Wilhelm in 9:04.
  • Last seen bound for the Circle of Montsimmard and hasn’t been seen since.

Sten of the Beresaad

  • In 9:03 he was assigned to guarding the port of Seheron, a job given to young warriors, and was assigned there for three years.
  • He learned languages by asking foreigners at the port.
  • In 9:12 he was a karasaad leading the beresaad in a naval attack on Qarinus.
  • He has a reputation for being curious which is really unusual for qunari.
  • Based on these numbers and dates, I’d guess Sten was born somewhere around 8:90 – kids get their job assignments when they’re 12, so him being at the port in 9:03 means he was likely around that age then. This puts him at roughly 40 in Origins.

Loghain

  • Met his wife, Maeve, when she confronted him about his refusal to live in the broken-down Gwaren castle. He hired her to supervise its refitting.
    (In Origins her name is given as Celia, so who knows WTF).
  • In 9:10 Anora started traveling to Denerim with Loghain.
  • Loghain is awesome at braiding hair and turning bloody battles into bedtime stories.
  • Maeve died in 9:28, after which Loghain never returned to Gwaren.

Nathaniel Howe

  • Mother is Eliane Bryland, an herbalist and physician, also sister of Arl Leonas Bryland of South Reach.
  • He squired in the Free Marches under Eliane’s cousin Ser Rudolphe Varley, an Orlesian-born chevalier who was part of the Vael court in Starkhaven.
  • Nathaniel learned archery from one of Ser Rudolphe’s archers despite Rudolphe’s disapproval.
  • Spent eight years with Ser Rudolphe, leaving only to remove the embarrassment of the Howe name from the household after the Fifth Blight.

Velanna

  • Seranni is two years younger.
  • She was nine when she discovered her magic.
  • She became First to Keeper Ilshae almost immediately.
  • She left her clan when given a choice by the Keeper: to not get vengeance or to leave. Some others, including Seranni, joined her when she left.
  • The Seeker was acting on the orders of the Architect when he killed Velanna’s clan offshoot and framed humans.
  • Faladhin became First after Velanna left, and became Keeper after Ilshae.

Sigrun

  • Her mother’s name was Jana
  • They lived with Jana’s brother Boro, his wife, and their four children in a shack in Dust Town.
  • Mischa was a shop owner who caught Sigrun stealing food but paid for it instead of turning her in to the other shopkeeper. She offered Sigrun a job running errands. Sigrun framed her for stealing a statue of Paragon Bemot, which got Mischa exiled to the surface.
  • She joined the legion after a Warrior Caste guard died chasing her after she stole Damira Helmi’s purse.
  • Varlan Vollney taught her to read and write.

Anders (this info is the same as the DA2 bio) 

  • His father was from the Anderfels, but came to Ferelden as a boy.
  • Anders was born in a small farming village in Ferelden.
  • He accidentally set the family’s farm on fire when he was twelve.
  • He was called Anders because he refused to speak when he arrived at Kinloch Hold so no one knew his name.
  • Made his first escape attempt less than six months after he arrived at Kinloch Hold. Each time he escaped it took them longer to find him.
  • While Karl and Anders were involved as apprentices, Anders made no escape attempts.
  • Anders and Karl were both harrowed around the same time, after which Karl was sent to Kirkwall.
  • It took him “almost two decades” to get free of the Circle.
  • Based on that, I’d guess Anders was born right around the transition from Blessed to Dragon Age. This would make him roughly 32 in Awakening, roughly 38 at the time of Chantrypalooza, and roughly 42 during Inquisition.

Florian Phineas Horatio Aldebrant, Esquire

  • Parents are Magistrate Kingston and Florence of West Hill.
  • His parents spent a huge amount of money to try to get him to go back to the tower instead of following the Warden-Commander.
  • After Witch Hunt, he and Ariane go to his parents’ house and he leaves his robes and hat there in favor of “something leather.”

Ariane

  • Likes shemlen pickles.

A guide to swearing in Thedas

valerie1972:

These are all taken from the toolset (mostly under “cuss” in the soundsets, but also from various bits of dialogue), organized for your convenience.

These are Dragon Age: Origins ONLY. There are no files that are human-readable for DA:A, DA2, or any DLC or expansions.

Not English the King’s Tongue

  • Brasca! (Zevran)
  • Vashedan! (Sten)

Pretty normal

  • Alas!
  • Blast it all, anyhow!
  • Blasted bastards!
  • Blech. (Sandal)
  • Blood and ashes.
  • Blood and honor!
  • Bloody blast it!
  • Bollocks.
  • Cripes.
  • Crud!
  • Curse me for a fool!
  • Cursed for a fool!
  • Curses!
  • Confound it! (Flemeth, of all people)
  • Damnation!
  • Drat!
  • Fiddlesticks!
  • Blast and blazes!
  • Blast and damnation! (Morrigan)
  • Blasted curses of a thousand misfortunes!
  • Blood and damnation! (Leliana)
  • Burn it all!
  • Fire and death!
  • Dirt and spit!
  • Flaming bastard.
  • Garbage!
  • Lazy, slack-jawed louts.
  • Miserable wretch.
  • Of all the blasted–!
  • Of all the cursed–!
  • Of all the infernal–! (Riordan)
  • Of all the–! (Leliana)
  • Oh dear.
  • Oh, bother!
  • Oh, for pity’s sake!
  • Oh, poppycock.
  • Oh… blast it! (Alistair)
  • Phooey!
  • Shoddy piece of crap!
  • Sod it all!
  • Son of a bitch!
  • Son of an inbred!
  • Tarnation!
  • That’s a stinker! (fade!Cailan)
  • That’s swill!
  • Those bloody whoresons.
  • Thrice-cursed whorespawn.
  • Two-faced bastards.

Elves

  • Bleeding thorns!
  • By the lost Dales!
  • Fenharel’s teeth!
  • Mythal’enaste!
  • Slap me around and call me a wild sylvan! (Shianni)
  • Well punch me in the teeth and call me a wild sylvan…

Invocations of Andraste

  • By the Lady!
  • Andraste’s ashes!
  • Andraste’s breath!
  • For the love of Andraste!
  • For the love of Lady Andraste!
  • Lady’s breath!
  • Merciful Andraste!
  • Oh, Andraste, help me…
  • Oh, for Andraste’s sake.
  • Oh, for the love of Blessed Andraste!
  • Oh, for the love of the Maker’s Bride.
  • Well, throw me in a fire and call me Andraste!

Andraste’s clothing

  • Andraste’s holy knickers!
  • By Andraste’s burning under-drawers!
  • By Andraste’s dirty socks!
  • By Andraste’s holy knickers!
  • By Andraste’s sword!

Andraste’s ass

  • Andraste’s ass!
  • Andraste’s fat ass!
  • Andraste’s lily-white ass!
  • Maferath’s hairy arse!
    (bonus Andraste’s husband’s ass due to not having another category in which to put it)

The Maker

  • Great Maker!
  • Holy Maker!
  • Maker damn you for a fool!
  • Maker-forsaken piece of–
  • Maker’s beard!
  • Maker’s Blood.
  • Maker’s breath! (by far the most common Thedas-specific curse)
  • Tears of the Maker!

Paragons

  • Aeducan’s beard!
  • Beards of the Paragons!
  • Bemot’s beard!
  • Blood of the Paragons!
  • By the beards of the Paragons!
  • Caridin’s teeth!
  • Ortan’s teeth!
  • Paragon’s teeth!
  • Paragons have mercy!

Ancestors

  • Ancestors have mercy!
  • By the hairs of my ancestors!
  • By the stones of the Ancestors!
  • By the teats of my ancestors!
  • By the tits of my ancestors!

Dwarf culture

  • Bronto piss!
  • By the Stone!
  • For the love of nugs and idiot children!
  • Nug-dung!
  • Nug-humper!
  • Nugs and dolts!
  • Stonecursed duster!
  • Stones!
  • What the nug!

 The Blight

  • Ah, Blight!
  • Blight and destruction!
  • Blighted wretch!
  • Darkspawn blood!
  • Fire and Blight!
  • Griffon’s buttocks! (fade!Duncan)

 The Fade

  • Blasted fade monkeys!
  • By the Black City!
  • By the walls of the golden city! (Desire demon)
  • Fade monkeys! 

Racial epithets

  • Bare-skinned shem!
  • Filthy elf-lover!
  • Bloody elf guts!
  • Son of a Fereldan bitch! (Tevinter guard)

Pee and poop

  • Ah, piss and vinegar.
  • Crap!
  • Dog piss!
  • Flaming rat turds.
  • Oh, piss on it!
  • Piss and blood!
  • Piss and spittle!
  • Piss on a stick.
  • Piss on it!
  • Shit.
  • Shite.
  • Stinking road apples!
  • Turd!

Dogs

  • Base-born jackal.
  • Bloody kibble!
  • Flea-bitten whelps.
  • Hound’s arse!
  • Miserable cur!
  • Of all the motherless mongrels.
  • Scurvy dogs! (Isabela)

 Food

  • Applesauce!
  • Beans and spuds!
  • Milk and cookies! (Perpetua)
  • Pickles! (Paivel)
  • Ugh! That’s bean-rot!

Fereldan culture and history

  • By the giant stones of the Dwarfson.
  • Great Dane’s bitch.
  • Calenhad’s crown! (fade!Maric)

 Animals and insects

  • Dung beetles!
  • Flies and bother!
  • For the love of little fish.
  • Hind of a jackrabbit!
  • Hog wash!
  • Horse feathers! (Wynne)
  • Motherless son of a goat.
  • Oh, donkey bum!
  • Oh… f-frogs! (Daveth)
  • Oh… rats.
  • Ox dung!
  • Pigeon crap! (Shale)
  • Rats!
  • Rotten maggot-spawn!
  • Skunk breath! (Sloth)
  • Shave a horse and punch me in the teeth.
  • Spawn of motherless goat.
  • Sod-eating rodents!
  • Well, wax my head and call me a pug!

what is this i dont even

  • Dust bugger!
  • Oh, fuddle-knuckles.
  • Stab me with a fork and call me Susan! (Carroll)
  • Thunder humper! (Oghren)
  • Whiplash and Crow sauce!
  • You dung-brained goat herder.