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After surviving the run through the Omega 4 Relay, Elise Shepard returns to the Alliance to try and minimise the fallout from her involvement in the destruction of Alpha Relay and the Bahak System. Her subsequent imprisonment leaves certain crew members at somewhat of a loss as to what to do with themselves.
Zaeed Massani, spending his days doing his best to piss off Cerberus, receives an anonymous message one evening with a collection of rather interesting and deeply personal video recordings. What he does with them is of course up to him.
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Elise Shepard has her share of demons kicking around in her head, and normally she's got a fairly good lid on them. But on an asteroid in the skies above Terra Nova, they get the better of her, and the first human Spectre has to wonder if she's up for the job at all.
Luckily, she has friends to pick up the slack for her, and sometimes support comes from the strangest of places.
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A challenge thrown out by combination-nc over on Tumblr, to explore a single character or theme in the Dragon Age universe through 26 drabbles, each one named after a letter of the alphabet. Irresistible challenge was irresistible, and I (to the surprise of no one) started writing about Justice.
Will try to update daily, but we'll see how dedicated I actually am.
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[Set during For Your Eyes Only]
Elise Shepard risked a lot when Admiral Hackett asked a personal favour of her- and she ended up in custody as a result of it, a wanted criminal accused of genocide. She's got half the galaxy calling for her head, and the other half thinking she's mad for her tales about the reapers- and Hackett isn't saying a damn thing in her defence. A Spectre has her limits, after all, and Steven Hackett crossed them months ago.
Of course, she considers herself a forgiving woman, and when the Admiral invites her to dinner to make amends, she's not so foolish as to turn such an offer down.
Even when the offer turns out to be much more tempting than she initially realised...
(With apologies to asariboyfriend for borrowing Danny)
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It's Dragon Age, but not as we know it.
Kristoff Havener, FBI Special Agent, is dead- or at least, that's the story. Deep undercover investigating the violent underworld of Amaranthine and the shadowy mob boss known only as The Mother, the heat gets a little too much, and he vanishes... only to re-emerge on the backstreets of the city, following cold trails and doing his best to uncover the darkness stalking the night.
Enter Elissa Cousland, disgraced heiress and femme fatale, playing the game by her own rules. The daughter of a murdered Senator, Elissa is used to getting her own way, and she is no stranger to the dirty workings of Amaranthine. And she wants Kristoff to play with her.
But Amaranthine is a dirty old town, and there are more players than either of them could have imagined. As the City of Jazz begins to collapse under the weight of its own decadence, it's up to two unlikely heroes- a dead man and a vixen heiress- to save the city from The Mother. Before it's too late for all of them.
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[Set immediately after Keeping Up Appearances]
Badly injured on a routine mission, Sith Lord Tahrin Dara knows that she owes her life to Lieutenant Pierce, an intriguing soldier who has come to occupy her thoughts more and more in the months since he joined her crew. She doesn't believe in fraternisation, nor does she believe in complicating her life by taking a lover. That doesn't mean that she can't draw on daydreams of Pierce when she seeks her own pleasure in the dark of night.
But her resolve is sorely tested when the Lieutenant takes an active role in making sure she recovers from her injuries, and when they find themselves alone together one stormy morning on Dromund Kaas, it may be more than her much lauded self control can take...
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- Part 7 of In Her Shadows
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Zaeed is pissed off at Shepard after Vido gets away. Shepard wants to apologise. Things get a little complicated.
Written from Zaeed's perspective, so some of the language is a little crass.
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Set during Awakening, Elissa Cousland is hardly the most inspiring of commanders. A foul-mouthed, bad-tempered, spoiled little rich girl who at least has the good grace to recognise she's far from a sterling role model. And ever since Alistair stopped talking to her for the debacle at the Landsmeet and Zevran vanished for northern shores, her bed has been a little too empty for her tastes. After an investigation in the Black Marsh doesn't go according to plan, she ends up with a Fade Spirit amongst the ranks who intrigues her far too much.
But being intrigued is all well and good, as long as it stays in her head... until a combination of alcohol and bad timing lead to a most bizarre encounter late at night in the Commander's quarters...
WARNING: This is an erotic story involving Justice in his Awakening form aka possessing Kristoff's dead body. Not for everyone. But it is funny and meltingly hot. Read at your discretion.
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Ashley comes from a big and boisterous family, whereas Shepard was raised as an only child. Ashley helped to take care of all three of her sisters while they were growing up, but Shepard can't even keep her fish alive for any significant length of time.
What's a Spectre to do when she doesn't know how to have The Baby Talk with her girlfriend?
Written for the Femslash February/Fembruary Challenge on Tumblr
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Ella is an old hand at life in the Gallows. Alain is new, and that makes him fair game for fun. She's ten, he's thirteen, you can't really expect much better from them.
Squishy babby mage fic for Rabbit because she put the idea for the ship in my head in the first place. The first of several pieces, probably, and the evolving nature of their relationship as they grow from children to adults under the watchful eyes of the templars.
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When a mission goes badly wrong and her master is left fighting for her life, Jaesa is forced to face some uncomfortable truths. Her position in the cutthroat world of the Sith is tenuous at best, and without the protection of a powerful master, who knows what might become of her- or of her beloved Vette, once a slave and now a free woman thanks to the Sith Lord they both serve. Slavery is just one of a myriad of awful fates that could await them.
Luckily, Tahrin is one step ahead of them, and proposes a trial by fire intended to harden Jaesa to the more ruthless aspects of Imperial high society- Jaesa will attend a political dinner in Tahrin's stead, the apprentice speaking on behalf of the master while Tahrin is indisposed from her injuries. It seems like a logical decision, and Jaesa did spend a number of years as a handmaiden on Alderaan after all, so she's hardly a stranger to prestigious gatherings. One would think that nothing could possibly go wrong.
Fluff and angst written for Femslash February/the Fembruary Challenge on Tumblr
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- Part 6 of In Her Shadows
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Written for the Dragon Age Big Band: Round Two. Art by epsifawnshawn.
The world is at war. The Circles have declared their independence, the Templars have rebelled from the Chantry and Orlais- the most powerful nation in Thedas- is teetering on the brink of civil war. The interrogation of Varric Tethras has proved interesting, but with no concrete leads on the location of Marian Hawke, Cassandra Penteghast and Leliana agree to part ways- Cassandra will seek out Marian, and Leliana will pursue Solona Amell, Hero of Ferelden.
Her journey takes her back to where it all began, back to Ferelden, and rumours of a dark sorceress in the mountains preying on travellers lead her deep into the Frostbacks. There she finds not Solona, but her younger cousin Bethany, a woman from Leliana's past. Bethany has been a Grey Warden for the better part of a decade, and the brutal work has dimmed the light in the sunny young girl she once knew.
They stand on opposite sides of a conflict engulfing the world, both determined to see their faction led to victory. But a heart is a fragile thing, and sometimes it will not listen to reason- even when the fate of all is at stake.
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Elizabeth Swann- now Elizabeth Turner- has lived a relatively quiet life since her husband vanished beneath the waves. By rights, she is still a Captain, and still King of the Brethren Court, but her duties have been few. But duty cannot be cast aside so easily, and Calypso has sworn vengeance on the Brethren Court. She will have the king as her most loyal servant- or she will take the blood owed to her.
PWP written for Femslash February/the Fembruary Challenge on Tumblr
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After Emma and Mary Margaret return to Storybrooke, Mulan and Aurora are left with the very real possibility that they might be the last two people in the Enchanted Realm. While they are agreed on their commitment to rescue Phillip's soul from the clutches of the wraith, they still have a lot to learn about each other, and humility is a necessity when your travelling companion is the only other person in the whole world.
Love is not always a lightning bolt moment- sometimes it blooms from the smallest of seeds. Sometimes friendship can grow into something more. And sometimes, the princesses might be too busy with each other to remember to rescue the prince.
Fluff and the beginnings of love, written for Femslash February/the Fembruary Challenge on Tumblr
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Set immediately after Control
Tahrin Dara has trained for as long as she can remember in the ways of the Force. It is her destiny to be a Sith Lord- of that she is certain. But her expectations do not quite match up with reality, and life beyond the insular world of her training complex can be very overwhelming at times. And her anger, her greatest passion and weapon, may not be as useful as it first proved.
She has much to learn if she is to rise above the other acolytes and prove herself worthy.
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- Part 2 of In Her Shadows
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Side story to my canon Warden-Commander Lenore Aeducan. This takes place from the point of view of Rhian Amell, not the mage candidate for the Wardens for the 5th Blight, but a Warden recruit for the aftermath of the Assault on Amaranthine/Vigil's Keep. This is my first fic, and heavily beta'd by the most incredible Defira.
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A brief drabble sitting in my head that I decided to write for Dragon Age Fan Week: Minor Characters. Based on a prompt given to me several centuries ago by Flutiebear. Minor spoilers for Dragon Age 2: Act 3
Nyssa lost her husband to the Gallows ten years ago. It still feels like yesterday.
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In which a light side Sith master and her fallen Jedi apprentice debate the problematic elements of the Sith and Jedi codes respectively.
Tahrin had not planned on taking an apprentice this soon, but opportunity came knocking in the form of Jaesa Willsaam, a Jedi padawan quite willing to cast aside her beliefs and follow her blindly. How does a woman with her own questions on morality and power impart her understanding of the universe on a girl who has essentially come to her from the opposite end of the moral compass?
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- Part 5 of In Her Shadows
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Jaesa Willsaam still struggles with the knowledge that she has defected to the Empire, even after being betrayed by her Jedi Master. Luckily, Vette is around to take her under her wing and teach her the finer points about surviving under the watchful eyes of the Sith without sacrificing hope- or a sense of humour.
But being a Sith does not mean giving up your heart- or standing by silently in the face of oppression and violence. For Jaesa, being a Sith might mean having the courage to take what she desires.
Set on Nar Shaddaa after Vette's personal mission. Mild spoilers for the Sith Warrior storyline.
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- Part 4 of In Her Shadows
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[The archive warning applies for inferred sexual grooming of a thirteen year old in a flashback]
A few weeks after accepting Lieutenant Pierce onto her crew, Tahrin begins to doubt that the soldier is adapting to life in the employ of a Sith all that well.
Or perhaps the problem is more that she is not adapting all that well to the presence of such a challenging man.
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- Part 3 of In Her Shadows