female city elf origin is peak. you have no idea how much I want HoF to be in the new game and how sad I am that it's probably not going to happen
Rough Day
Zevran Arainai - Dragon Age
Ofcourse it’s at the end of the year I get off my lazy ass and get around to drawing Zev. Seems I can’t create something without a good ref source for poses or else I’m never satisfied with my own fumbling at positions/poses.
Anyways, tadaaaah!
you ever think about a tabris that does the ultimate sacrifice
how their family and fellow elves fighting so fiercely to defend their home (just as they did when they passed through only mere hours before) see the retreating darkspawn and cheer so loudly surely their elven savior could hear them all the way at the top of fort drakkon
how shianni soris and cyrion all break away from the celebrations and shouts go retrieve tabris because there's no possible way a shem party could even come close to the one they'll have in the alienage (they can bring their friends too if they want, they did help tabris after all)
how joy so quickly turns to despair when they see those doors slowly creak open at the bottom with an unmoving tabris held in the arms of another, perhaps a friend, or a lover, with unrestrained tears flowing down their face (maybe with one witch absent, long gone before this even took place)
how shianni and soris cannot begin to believe that the savior, their savior, their cousin, is no longer with them, they were so alive before, and now they are not (their hero is something they will make the shems remember, they are gone so they could live)
how this is now the last time their father has to hold a funeral for his child, and only this time does he have a body to weep over (it's not any better than the first one)
do you ever just think
Part of the Alienage Soundscapes series, created for @cityelfweek
“If I was strong, I would just hit them back!” “That's the point of this song, dummy. You can hit them back as much as you like, they'll always hit back harder, until you're dead.” “Oh… What's it the one who gets away does?” “Fly? I don't know. It's just an old song.”
—Conversation of three elven children playing, overheard by hahren Sarethia of the Highever alienage
(Lyrics and song without sound effects under the cut)
Who will your lover be? Marry me! Marry me! With whom will you bind the knot underneath the tree?
I am strong and not afraid! I am fast and slight! I am smart and know my trade! I am beautiful and great! I will teach you flight!
Who will your lover be? Marry me! Marry me! With whom will you bind the knot underneath the tree?
Strong gets cracked over the head, Strong is strong but strong is dead. Fast is caught and cannot bite, Fast is fast but cannot fight. Smart does not last very long, Smart is smart but smart is wrong. Beautiful will draw a look, they won’t let them off their hook. Only Flight can get away, get away but cannot stay.
Who will your lover be? Marry me! Marry me! With whom will you bind the knot underneath the tree?
Day 7: Free Day
While the Battle of Denerim overwhelms the city, the families of her elven smugglers wait in the tunnels beneath their alienage for either death or salvation, and in their midst, Soris keeps a dangerous secret from the rest that may put his standing among them in jeopardy. 1513 words.
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A fan event to show your love and appreciation for all things City Elf. Beginning the first Monday of August.
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