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    Kirkwall is known as the “City of Chains”. Its jet black walls feel like an appropriate backdrop for a site whose history is filled with dark and bloody deeds. It is also where Theresa and Cullen have decided to make their new home, now that the Inquisition has been disbanded. Together with Cullen’s youngest sister, Rosalie – an apostate and now Theresa’s pupil – and their mabari Cal, they make a valiant attempt at settling down and starting fresh. But the past will not stay quiet, and unresolved hurts begin to fester, spreading their corruption into the present, and possibly poisoning any future they hope to build.

    This is part two of an ongoing series, but I’ve done my best to make each arc work as a standalone, so feel free to start here if you like! Please take careful note of the tags. I will be including CWs at the start of relevant chapters, and will do my utmost to approach these topics with sensitivity and compassion. Take care of yourselves!

    Find me on Tumblr at @warpedlegacy!

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    This is my vision of how Cullen's life has gone during all three Dragon Age games as the tortured side character. He is the main character of these stories.
    If you have not read the entire series, you will not understand what is happening. I am not that good a writer to make each story stand-alone. Too much work.

    Cullen is possessed of two demons that constantly war with each other and pull him to and fro.
    Previously, Wrath was dominant.
    Now, in his heartbroken state, it is Despair that runs things.
    His struggle is real.

    Wrath is Italics text. Despair is small text.
    Expect Updates will not be as fast as previous stories, as I am writing this one from scratch and without concrete guidelines.

    This is not the story that I originally intended to write. Cullen has gone completely off the rails. He will not go along with the flow. He will not listen. He will not conform. He is doing his own thing and, as much as I want to keep this true to the game, this is now truly AU.

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    Set during the events of DAI. Two women. One, a noble human who believes she is destined for greatness. The other, an elf who doesn't think she's anything more than a weapon. Both thrown into the Fade, both cast into the path of a danger greater than they could imagine. Both are needed to defeat a foe that is seemingly unbeatable.

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    "You shouldn’t stay here, it's not safe," the boy told her. "Let's go to the Chantry. I know a Sister who will help you find your momma."
    "I am only allowed to follow strangers if they are from the Chantry," the girl’s voice trembled with fear.
    The boy's eyes lit up, “ Then, there is no problem. I am training to become a Templar. Look, I even have a sword,” he proudly showed her the small wooden sword tied to his waist.
    “Really?” She looked up at him with hopeful eyes.
    “I swear to the Maker,” he replied, offering her a helping hand. “And if you stop crying, I will reward you with treasure”
    "Treasure?" The girl perked up, her tears slowing down.
    As the boy smiled, the radiant sun spilled its golden rays through his tousled, blond curls, and cast a luminous halo around his head. "Yes, a beautiful amulet with Andraste’s undying flames engraved upon it."
    "Oh, good sir," exclaimed the girl, her fear dissipating, "I won't cry, I promise!"
    Taking his hand, she followed the boy, eager to get the promised reward.

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    The Iron Bull finds an artifact of interest in the bowels of Suledin Keep and thinks it a good gift for Dorian. The Tevinter is less than amused by the indecent gesture, but then a brief respite from the miserable weeks trudging through snow while surrounded by red lyrium is too tempting to resist.

    It’s an innocent thing, thinking about the Commander of the Inquisition’s forces in his search for relief. It’s not as if Cullen will ever know.

    Alternatively (and Affectionately) Titled: Magical Dildo Shenanigans

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    “I was a glorified prisoner of the state, Dorian. He – all of them – are drug-addled slaves to it. I’m sure they could have become different people, long ago, but the Chantry took that future from them the moment they were dosed with lyrium," Cora says with disgust.

    “I could say the same of you, you know,” Dorian says. “Indeed I have done, of all southern mages. But we find ourselves here, now, bent toward the same end. I suppose we’ve all been given the chance to choose our better selves, haven’t we?”

    “Yes,” Cora sighs. “I suppose we have.”

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    Despite old suspicions and deep-rooted prejudice, Cullen finds himself inexplicably drawn to the mage from Tevinter. Their budding friendship is unlikely yet amiable – until Cullen’s Mark suddenly appears on Dorian’s skin, and something that should be simple only becomes more complicated.

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    The attempt on the Breach approaches with agonizing speed.
    The amplified magic of three hundred odd mages will channel through Rose Trevelyan and her marked hand.
    And in all likelihood, it will claim her life.

    Cullen finds this unacceptable.
    He recruits a crack team of Dorian, Vivienne and the dangerous Tevinter prisoner in the Chantry's cells to find a way to save her.

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    A rewrite of my oriognal story (posted on FanFiction.Net) under the same pen name…

    Cullen's evolution as a character throughout the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition as he falls in love with the mage Inquisitor Katherine Treveylan.

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    "Well, well, her perfect record has a spot on it." Unlike Leliana, Cullen did not find other people's secrets entertaining. "It would seem the Knight-Enchanter made an enemy of a Templar - Ser Aeron. The last entry is dated the week prior to the fall of the Ostwick Circle. The incident was reported by another Templar who witnessed it. He reports, Ser Aeron, unprovoked, publicly punished her and she submitted to it without a fight."
    "Why would that be of any consequence?" Even though it was uncharacteristic of Evelyn to submit, he wanted to know why this incident was so fascinating to her.
    "Because the rumors were that she began the uprising in the Circle after she was beaten publicly by a Templar."
    "She told us she didn't start the uprising."
    "And you are just going to take her at her word?"
    "Leliana," Josephine sounded slightly annoyed, "may I remind you that she is one of us now. Let's try to give her some benefit of the doubt."
    "Fine. Then she can also explain why the Knight-Commander was found burnt to death in her room."

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    "You're a templar. You feel older than you look. You've been changed and your body is incomplete now. The lyrium helps but you want to connect to... Something older. Bigger than you are. That's why you block magic. You reach for that other thing, and magic has no room to come in.”

     

    Conversation with Cole. Dragon Age Inquisition.

     

    There is more to being a templar than what the Chantry would have us believe. So much more. It is so much better, and so much worse than any could have ever imagined. It is duty, discipline, and devotion. It is enslavement, indoctrination, and an eventual death sentence. It is also an unconscious, hidden link to something older, bigger, and silent for millennia. Until The Breach threatened all, and that ancient thing awakened.

    Now it is reaching back.

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    Margaret Trevelyan is originally from Ostwick, Free Marches, but when she is discovered to have magical abilities, her family decides to send her to a Tevinter Circle. In 9:41, she comes home for a family visit, already an Enchanter, and her older brother Phillip persuades her to go with him to the Conclave, where our story of Tevinter superstitions, the power of family bonding, and a love that seems impossible under any circumstances begins.

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    Parhelion- a bright spot in the sky appearing on either side of the sun, formed by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals high in the earth's atmosphere.

    Finley had never been bright. She’d lived a life in death's shadow, full of loss and crime. She was supposed to have died along with the others at the Temple. She had already been on borrowed time. The Maker was cruel that way. Joining the Inquisition hadn't been her choice, but when had she ever said no to Evelyn? Her friend was persuasive. She had promised herself she would never join another army yet there she was serving under the Commander. He was her antithesis all bright and golden, a former Templar who stood for order and control. All things she hated. The longer she stayed the more overshadowed she became. She was sure she would eventually fade away into the darkness. Then why couldn’t she bring herself to leave?

    An angsty retelling of Inquisition from the perspective of someone who never wanted to be there in the first place. How do you reconcile with your past while grappling with the uncertainty of the future?

    Currently updating old chapters and writing new ones. New chapters posted at least once a month! :)

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    Connor Trevelyan is brought back to Skyhold, his condition grim after being held captive by the Red Templars of Suledin's Keep.

    Now, he spends his days riddled with nightmares of endless agony in the dark, unable to escape his past as red lyrium and guilt threaten his recovery in equal measure.

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    The sun is setting on the Inquisition as Ellinor Trevelyan knows it, and when the winds of change arrive, they will break those who cannot learn to bend with them.

    A sequel to the Inquisition-era fic A World Alone that follows Ellinor Trevelyan and Cullen Rutherford before, during, and following the events of the Trespasser DLC.

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    Picking up right where we left off in He Can Be Strong For Someone Else - Act 2.

    Kirkwall is as hard to stomach as ever even though things have calmed down some.
    All Cullen can do is the best he can. Try to uphold his duty and his conscience and straddle the gap between the two.
    The thing is...lines are beginning to blur. All kinds of lines, not just between mages and templars or demons and magic.
    He's still possessed, he still has nightmares, he still can't sleep. But maybe he's learning from all of this.

    Once again I state that I am being very fast and loose with the timeline here, so things can move and shift a bit to match up with the course of events for the story. Nothing is concrete except the scenes that have been detailed and if I come up with more scenes to add, they’ll come as new posts outside of each Act. I have thought of a few already.
    (This story has taken on a life of its own - which forced a slight change to the title of this act.)

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    In a haze of lyrium withdrawal, Cullen sends for Acacia. It doesn't work out as planned.

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    Commander Cullen Rutherford has had a shit few weeks. Headaches, tremors and memories dog him. His romantic hopes have crumbled. His blood feels empty and thin. With so many cares weighing upon him he's been wondering if he's still fit to serve, if he ever was. He should resign, shouldn't he? But perhaps it's not that complicated. Perhaps he's just one bottle of blue away from feeling right after all.

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    Cullen cheats in chess this time, but Dorian is fairly sure he'll forgive him.

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    At this stage, it's a growing collection of mostly Bisexual Cullen oneshots, paired with my Inquisitor Sorrel Lavellan. There's a bit of angst, but when I write angst fluff will always follow. There will (eventually) be oneshots of Dorian and my Inquisitor Rohannon Lavellan and potentially some Dorian/Cullen as well. Each oneshot will have the necessary notes that correspond to the tags and any warnings needed. It's very gay and mostly fluff.

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