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vashothari headcanons

notenoughdragons:

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  • vashothari very often have two names: one their
    parents/caretakers give them, and one they choose for themselves. given
    names tend to be either descriptive, or aspirational, like words that
    mean/have connotations of strong, enduring, etc. children very, very
    rarely get names that are (similar to) job descriptions, as they would
    have under the qun.
  • forehead-touching (both the gentle
    and the more headbutt-y variant) is the vashothari equivalent to
    hugging. of course they also hug each other, but with the horns it can
    often be p difficult to arrange everyone’s head right.
  • VITAAR.
    they have a metric fuckton of patterns, often unique to different
    groups or even individuals, for festivals, rituals, for weddings and
    burials and coming-of-ages, for good luck when you go off mercenary-ing,
    for when you choose your own name, for looking pretty and for looking
    intimidating (both of those tend to feature dragon skulls), and a
    million other things. there is also a key difference in composition
    between combat vitaar and other vitaar: combat vitaar is made of the
    stuff all the in-game vitaar is made of, meaning it hardens their skin
    and grants them +5% crit. chance. i’m kidding, but still, my point is
    the magic/biochemical components of vitaar important for combat are
    fucking expensive and hard to get, and so only get used when they’re
    needed. otherwise, it’s simply very durable bodypaint.
  • one version of burial customs is to burn
    the remains, and then scatter the ashes from a high, preferably very
    windy, place – so that whatever remains of the dead can fly with dragons
    again. i suspect burial customs vary a lot, and the degree of involved
    spirituality, if you will, varies even more, but i think one red thread
    that runs through all of them is the importance of those left behind, of
    those who have to carry the loss and grief, and move forward.
  • SPEAKING OF DRAGONS, i’m 100% here for the vashothari identifying hugely with
    dragons. the qunari already sort-of-rever dragons, but they still
    consider them/their power to be untamed, chaotic, savage, and thus in
    need of killing. but here’s the thing: dragons aren’t really aggressive,
    they’re just territorial. they’re fiercely protective of their own, they’re really fucking strong,
    they came back in force after everyone thought they’d been wiped out,
    and they live and die free. tell me that’s not something the vashothari would feel kinship with / aspirations towards.

Just a Few Happy Qunari/Vashoth Headcanons

teyla-adaar:

Young Qunari having headaches/growing pains as their horns mature. Qunari horns grow all their life, but during puberty is when they really come in nicely, taking on the shape they’ll have for the rest of their lives.

Qunari baby teeth being tiny, sharp, shark-like teeth. Their adult teeth that come in later are the blunt, human looking teeth, save for their pointy canines, that we see most of them with.

Qunari having a really good sense of smell, and having to snort to get the smell out of their nose, like horses, dogs, and other mammals do.

Qunari or Vashoth getting vitaar in their eyes and it stinging like a bitch.

Vashoth getting their horns tangled in a low hanging chandelier and having to wait patiently as their friend untangles them.

Vashoth parents continuously telling their children to be gentle when playing with humans or elves their age.

Vashoth secretly thinking rounded human ears are pretty cute.

Big beefy Qunari or Vashoth braiding their long hair.

Big beefy Qunari or Vashoth braiding one another’s long hair.

A Few More Qunari/Vashoth Headcanons

teyla-adaar:

Many Tal-Vashoth and Vashoth are known for having ‘chicken-scratch’ handwriting since most of their peers are mercenaries who put little importance on such things.

Vashoth or Tal-Vashoth who want to be a scholar or an academic being told they’re wasting their time.

Vashoth and Tal-Vashoth being envious of other races for having such detailed histories and vast ruins to explore.

Qunari being told they can’t come in certain establishments because they make other patrons feel uncomfortable.

Vashoth watching at a distance along with the other humans in detached fascination at the Qunari who pass through their village. Careful, as always, to not draw attention to themselves.

Tal-Vashoth and Vashoth making most of their own clothing and having to wear lots of hand-me downs, covered in patches and mended tears since clothing and boots their size are hard to come by. If they ever want anything new, from a tailor, it has to be custom ordered, which tends to be expensive.

Qunari being unable to get tattoos like other races because their hide is too thick.

Qunari and Vashoth often mistaking humans for elves and elves for humans.

Vashoth Circle mages being told they’re one of the lucky ones, and that they should be thankful to be under Chantry rule as opposed to the Qun who would make them Saarabas.

Pregnant Tal-Vashoth woman being overwhelmed at the idea that they will be this child’s mother. Their only mother. A vastly different experience than their own; being raised by a community of caregivers.

Tal-Vashoth fathers not understanding as to why their pregnant lovers are so nervous until they hold their child for the first time and feel the same weight of responsibility fall onto their shoulders.