The hero of Ferelden had a simple origin. Long before gaining the love of a nation she gained the admiration of her group. Balancing the skills of hated magic, diplomacy and arse kicking she gathers the army that will save the land she calls home. Along the way she might even find a little joy in her humble mission.

Age 9:43: As I gaze upon the last few months of my life, I am writing this memoir of my journies and my friends. My name is Tobias, I was a Templar, Grey Warden, friend, and companion to two great people.

Ren Brosca and Alistair Theirin, the last Grey Wardens in Fereldan, have a romantic moment in Al's tent.. (cross-posting from AO3, written 2012-12-05)

A prompting for a story from a friend, led to a challenge where we both took the same characters and the same scene and came up with completely different stories. This one is mine. (from 2013, cross-posting from AO3)

Everyone seemed incomprehensibly eager to have the rebel mages close the Breach. Never mind that it made her a funnel in some magical experiment, one they didn't know would even work. No, much better if they found the templars instead - for herself and for Myca. Yet it was only the suspicious commander who shared this view. Suddenly, she had a reason to get on his good side.

The realisation of Felix's death fully sinks in when the party is in Crestwood. Leas does his best to help Dorian through it.

A modern-day historian tries to survive Thedas by wit, chance, and the skin of her teeth at the questionable edges of the Inquisition. Updates: once every 10 days or so.

I should start this by saying, I really should have known better. As if reincarnating into a game could ever be a coincidence. It sounds so foolish, now that I think about it. I was so foolish. Just please, understand. So here it is, a compendium of my life's memories, jumbled together in the hope that someone, anyone, finds it in themselves to understand. Realistic OC

Thedas after the Blight. Old rivalries, threats & dangers resurface in Thedas. Lys & Alistair, separated & believing the other dead, hide from Tevinters, Orlesians, & ill, brief moments of joy surface as this divergent story tracks them through the years before Haven explodes. maeves-child created the art.

Viscount of Kirkwall and renowned author, Varric Tethras, meets the newest noble in town and he likes what he sees. Post-Inquisition, ignores Trespasser, companions from all over with make cameo appearances or become characters as the story progresses. MODERN A/U

She has finally managed to escape from the Crows, traveling all the way to Ferelden in hopes of finding her old companion alive. In a twist of Fate, Lumina Arainai chances upon the sole survivor of the House of Cousland. Will she give up her hard-earned freedom and fight for his cause? Deadly and fierce, Lumina finds herself butting heads with Aedan Cousland.

Leandra Hawke invites Grand Enchanter Fiona to join her for a cup of tea. — templar!au coda; Leandra, Fiona.

Sometimes you can't help it. Sometimes you want to forget. But sometimes you just need someone who you can call home.

warning mature content in this story. also don't know how good it will be. massive curve stomping possible. don't know if i will continue with it. don't own anything of dragon age origins or their characters. gamer main character

Another answer to a Cheeky Monkeys challenge. A collection of one-shots and drabbles where Tara Amell tries to make Zevran happy, with mixed results.

Dorian isn't expecting the so-called Herald to Andraste to be so vain. Or confident. Or charming. Or so compassionate and sympathetic to a man who tried to erase him from time.

Andraste gets dropped into the middle of the DA:I plot. The inquisitor stays to fight in the Fade. The Inquisitor is a blood mage/knight-enchanter.

AU in which Cullen Rutherford finds himself in our world and not his own. He meets Lili Catanach, who takes him in and helps him adjust to a life in her world, teaching him everything from how to use a shower and a stove to running a cash register and using a computer. They become close, but will it become something more? Will Cullen find his way back home or choose to stay?

"The Blight ended, the Archdemon destroyed. Time for peace and quiet, and maybe a nap in the shade with my favourite Human while sleeping off lunch, right? Somebody didn't tell those stupid Darkspawn... " When the Thaw doesn't go according to plan, the Grey Wardens are needed once more. Lord Maxwell rides again, as treachery and fate make rude gestures behind his back.

When Solas awakes to a world much changed from the one he knew, he struggles to regain composure of himself. In his grief he decides upon what must be done. When his plans are set into motion, however, he is met unexpectedly by a human woman. A woman who claims to know him. He sees his plans unravel before him as she appears to have the gift of foresight.

Prompt: Mindless Since Leandra's death, Dulci de Launcet has taken it upon herself to mother Marian.

Scarlet Himura Amell was a lost girl who belonged to a poor fisher family, though previously she belonged to a well known noble house in Kirkwall when her mother stilled lived there. It wasn't something she knew, the circle became a place of safety, keeping her sealed away from the people who hated her and cursed her like the Darkspawn itself.

When Leas' attempt to tell his very traditionally Dalish brother about their relationship ends in a terrible argument between the pair, Dorian is forced to deal with the emotional fallout and grapple with his own, seemingly confirmed, insecurities.

She would fight hard, she would fight swift for no one could strike down the Queen, the last of the dragonling. What if Inquisition had a different outcome? What if things were already in place but no one knew? What if Lavellan already had Skyhold and her army? A different take on the events of Inquisition, because really, who didn't want to be Queen of Skyhold? *Later pairing.

After the Conclave blows up, throwing the world into chaos, our beloved leaders of Inquisition finds the Mark that can close fade rifts on one Jocelyn Trevelyan, who is just like every other noble; whiny and incompetent. Thus, our favorite Warden Solona Amell must sweep in and save the world from the evil darkspawn magister from dawn of time. Alternate Universe.