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Okay big Dushan (he/him) lore dump before I move on with my wips (1/?)

He's my main Inquisitor oc and comes and goes in my art. So if you like him or DA content specifically, stick around, it pops up every few weeks

He's in his mid 30s/early 40s, House Trevelyan is technically on its last breath by the time their only acceptable heir (Dushan) is born. Him being afab opens an opportunity for arranged marriage with another noble family, with an ultimatum that the contract will only sets in motion if the marriage successfully brings a child to join their names and blood. With that nuance Trevelyans (as a bit too fanatically religious house) can't send him off to grow up into a templar or a chantry initiate. It leads to him being brought up in a cult-ish environment to become his family's sacrificial lamb (or foal. Bc get it, Trevelyans) Homeschooled church kid, if you will. Sometime before the marriage his younger sister is born and sent off to the Circle as soon as she walks. At 17-18 the marriage goes through but doesn't last long

Dushan is terrified of both his now-husband and the idea of carrying a child. The years of pent up fear and abuse make the generally quiet kid go off the RAILS in one night, killing his husband, beheading his father and declaring himself the only son and the new head of the house. There's not much anyone can do about it with his mother being long gone, the family being in shambles and him indeed being the next in line

He's heavily pro-mage not even because of mortality of the question but because his sister in the circle is his closest and only beloved family left. He spends years clearing and building up their family name through dirtiest play so his sister can have proper noble privileges. In the process of it, through revenge, assassinations and more dirty play, the house ends up almost completely wiped out. Including the sister herself

By the time of the conclave he's broken. He has the name, the power, the skills, the flourishing land but noone left by his side. He serves and sponsors the Ostwick chantry his family was affiliated with, attending the conclave under its name

He himself lost his faith years ago and being forced back into it by the whole herald thing makes him gasp for air anywhere he can. Between living in the goddamn Haven, being trapped between soldiers of the chantry that don't really give a fuck about him at that point, he clings to Solas and his talk of fade and spirits and wonders that are so hated by the chantry he fears. They bond frankly inseparable in the first act

They're my favourite telenova honestly

"what if a god falls for you" no, what if a man who walked the earth and heavens with you turns out to be god soon to destroy your world and he marvels you enough to shed tears for you and wish you peace and gently kiss you goodbye but not enough to love you like equal

And all things end

All that we intend is

Scrawled in sand

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your art is beautiful and i love it

(at the risk of sounding like a weirdo, i must ask-) do you use medibang paint? i was scrolling through your tumblr and thought i recognised the interface and got very excited for being able to (potentially) identify it xD

but your art really just is doing things to my brain. it's very pretty. i love the simplicity of it. it's so <3 i dont have enough words to explain how i feel but yeah :3

thank you for posting and i hope you have a good day!

Thank you so much and I DO!! That app has done irreversible damage to my art abilities, I have a proper work setup but at this point I'm unable to switch to anything other than finger painting on my tiny phone screen jcjjfkkgk

A mimir

When a siren calls

Every few days I think about them

Remember when they showed him in Absolution me neither

get his ass merlin

He's just a little guy

Thinking about my Dragon Age art tonight

smoking merlin in modern AUs? boring, uninventive, has been done before

smoking merlin in the canon timeline? now this is what i’m talking about

(i can’t decide what’s funnier - merlin not having magic & his huge secret being SMOKING or merlin having magic but using his smoking (after arthur busts him & finds out) as a cover up for his magic?? thoughts??

jedi knight merlin on a diplomatic mission?

Portrait of the prince and the princess

new commission post with expanded options! if interested, please DM me on twitter or email at geneslovee@gmail.com 🫶💖

thread of art examples

Some other characters from my Avalon12 au

i am Very Normal about Merlin BBC (2008), why'd you ask?

Siblings

I've been trying to design Kilgharrah and no matter what I sketch he comes out looking like either Price or Benoit Blanc I can't I might just embrace it at this point

The series is done

But he lies

And some random here and there facts

This is a Merthur au but the build up is slow. Merlin and Arthur spend majority of the plot forming a friendship and only then falling for each other. In fact, in the beginning of the plot Merlin is kinda of fresh out of a unsuccessful fling with Edwin (which definitely doesn't have any major consequences) and at some point him and Lance have something forming between them. So, if I'm going to continue, I might sketch both

Morgana was trained almost on the same combat level as Arthur and keeps it up. Gwen has a degree in mechanical engineering specifically but still does blacksmithing for a hobby

Freya has her goddamn teahouse somewhere around where Gaius lives and she's Merlin's close friend I'm tired of her being an unhappy character kbkkhhknt

Leon has a long-term partner he refused to disclose any personal information about, including gender, for a long time and eventually it turned out they're just non-binary and a published writer

Avalon12 au

And here are the plot thoughts so far

Like I said, Kilgharrah is magical, well-informed and well-connected. The concern towards magic grows, the incidents get bigger, so a major counteroperation begins under top secrecy. Along with it, the army signs their so far longest contract with Avalon12 — they get constant assignments to seemingly random missions that have an underlying motive; to eliminate and destroy the magical threat without disclosing information. The squad gets new efficient training and the most important weapon — Merlin

Their dynamic is similar to the show. Kilgharrah reveals himself to Merlin and explains his transfer. Now, Merlin has to, somehow, lead 12 killing machines of soldiers to clean up sites of magical experiments gone wrong (this is where the horror creatures come in) and eliminate sorcerers that are preparing a magical war and armageddon, all that without exactly letting them know what's happening before shit absolutely hits the fan and no other way is left. (Which doesn't really work out for long)

I'm also thinking about keeping Morgana as a sort of antagonist/antihero, who discovers her own magic, in her desire to ruin Uther's business, makes a deal with the magicals. That comes back, biting her in the ass and she ends up having to choose between ensuring Gwen's or Arthur's safety. She chooses Gwen

Avalon12 au

Okay I thought a lot of thoughts about the lore so here's a bit of a summary. Small disclaimer none of this is realistic I'm pulling this out of my ass and thin air

Avalon is the name of one of the biggest military suppliers founded by Uther and several other ex-soldiers (Olaf and others). Tech, ammunition, research, they do it all. Currently the majority of the company is legally owned and run by Morgana

Avalon12 isn't only 12 people. It's a network of independent, international contractors funded, trained and sustained by Uther and co themselves. That's the part of Avalon's business Morgana has no say or hand in. The hirable squad usually contains 12 troops, 6 of them rotating after each mission to ensure safety and anonymity, and 6 being permanent members (bravo team). They are mostly hired for high-risk political missions that could spark international conflicts if executed by any of the national armed forces

Bravo team is the knights under Arthur's command. They're ghosts, people who don't exist in the eye of government — officially, Uther Pendragon lost his son to an accident years ago. Arthur was raised as a war weapon and is the only one on the team who still goes by his birth name to keep up the arthurian morale and bravado. Lancelot, Gwaine, Percival, Elyan and Leon initially lived their lives under different names but those personas got consensually wiped out once they replaced the original bravo team (Leon is the only one who didn't start under Arthur's command)

Morgana fucking hates Uther. She bonds with Gwen after her dad dies and Elyan, driven by grief, accepts the offer to join Arthur's team and almost gets permanently separated from his sister due circumstances. Morgana makes Gwen her assistant, goes against Uther for the first time and gives Gwen and Elyan means of regular, stable contact. She wants to take over Avalon12 and end it for both Gwen and Arthur. At the start of plot, her and Gwen are engaged

Magic is a completely unknown force. It only starts being explored at the time this au starts unfolding, leading to a slow uprising of magicals as well as unofficial/undocumented experiments the governments are aware of but, so far, too uninformed and powerless to make the matter public

Merlin and his family have magic in their lineage. Merlin serves in Intelligence corps, being an interpreter, researcher and field scientist. Kilgharrah is a major general and a sorcerer himself, although Merlin, who works almost directly under him, doesn't know it. Kilgharrah knows about Merlin's power and keeps him close for that reason

Merlin and Gaius research magic here too

Night patrols

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