Details (an AU Dragon Age tale)

[jenova]

My actual entry for last week's prompt, again, AU role reversal with Zevran as the Warden and the PC as the would-be assassin; a follow-on to RecruitmentEveryone loves the gift system for stories, right? Right. XD I'll be the first to admit this is a weak plot gift, but one plot gift for Alessar is almost certainly Fang, and my other idea, listed

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[aelfrics_cat]

So lovely! :) Great seeing the small sexuality crisis from this side of the taint. It's also charming to read Alessar's self-doubt without the mantle of the Wardens to protect his confidence. His deprecating thought processes are sad, but still beautiful to read. Glad he has a feisty Antivan to mess that all up! ;)

And Zevran and Morrigan - now that's an image I never thought to have! x

[jenova]

Thank ya! :3 While doing this AU, I realized that aside from some serious guts, the City Elf origin just doesn't have a lot of glamour to it, compared with some of the other origins, or some of the companions' backgrounds! I suppose the Dwarf Commoner suffers from the same complaint. And while gutsiness is a great quality for a Grey Warden candidate, it's not so special in a (more or less) mercenary. XD I figure Alessar would have some serious concerns about being of use in such a company ;) But I think he'd be providing more than just offensive power -- I imagine a city elf has pretty good common sense, and I don't think he'd be any less of a peaceful negotiator as a companion than as a Warden :3

(And wow that was a novella! Sorry!)

Hah, I figured that while Morrigan may be occasionally (frequently?) annoyed by Zevran's behavior, she'd still want to try to bind a male Warden to herself, and Zevran would be the more preferable of the two options... ;D They probably can have a good time when they're not talking

[aelfrics_cat]

Novella much appreciated! And yes, I think that the lack of glamour is what draws me back to city elf characters over and over again - my first and favourite playthrough was a city elf, and he's the one I write fic about. It's all about the Alienage for me. I think Dust Town has its own special flavour of squalor and desperation, but there's something so twistingly empty about alienage life. Although, like the dwarves, they're separated from the more successful reaches of society, there's also a nostalgic longing for a past and culture that's forever lost to them; they're not Dalish, and that part of their racial history is ever-increasingly slipping away from them. They only have their human-allotted cage..

And yes, she certainly would! (Must remember to put my manipulation hat on more often...) :)