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[Avilia]

@Mel - sorry Miss! I'm awake now and shall try to do better ;-)

I counted the posts yesterday - we should be getting closer to the big moment!

@Sueno - I'm surprised to hear that. If you fill it more may be posted though.

Gah  - we did it!!! Yay us!  100 big ones!  This calls for Naked Nate:

Modifié par Avilia, 17 décembre 2010 - 08:45 .

[Zjarcal]

As well as a repeat of the Natetaur...







... sans the naked Warden riding him.

[Avilia]

This is a little bit of nonsense to celebrate our 100th page.

. . .

Absently spinning an arrow around in his hand, Nate watched the movement below. "How many?"

"One hundred ser." It was an effort not to sound nervous, but Gwyn refused to let the Commander see she was worried.

One hundred. That might be a problem. "I have fifty arrows. You?"

"I have fifty arrows." She shifted on her feet. "It might be best if you do it."

"I have faith in you girl. You won't miss."

"Ser!? I mean, yes ser." If her hands stopped shaking she might manage. "Still might be best if you do it."

"I might miss." Despite the threat of imminent death, he grinned when she shook her head. "I appreciate your confidence."

"Not confidence ser. Never seen you miss yet." The movement below changed and a moment later she heard a shout. "They've spotted us."

"Yes." Lifting his bow, Nate notched an arrow. "Ready girl?"

Gwyn did the same. "Ready." She waited until she saw Nate's first arrow fly down into the oncoming darkspawn before releasing her own.

Then it was a matter of rhythm. Notch, pull, aim, release, notch, pull, aim, release. Each arrow flew straight, taking one more darkspawn out of their number. Sheltered and up high as they were, their enemy had little chance to attack at range. They would soon though, if those emissaries managed to get within casting range. "Emissaries ser."

"I see them." His next arrow was aimed at one. "Far right."

"Ser."

Their arrows flew in unison, embedding themselves in the throats of the casters, removing them from the battle.

They seemed tireless but neither of them was immune to fatigue. Oddly, it was Nate that missed first. "Curse it." He didn't pause but notched another arrow. "Missed one."

Gwyn didn't answer but continued shooting.

When their arrows ran out, there three darkspawn still alive. Both of them dropped their bows and reached for daggers.

Nate lifted braced himself for the impact when the first one threw itself into the air. It landed hard just at his feet, a dagger in its eye. "Nicely done."

"Yes ser." Gwyn hefted her remaining dagger, wishing she could tell Zev his lessons had saved her life. Just as he'd said they would. "Two left."

Oddly the two darkspawn halted a few paces away. After a few moments of seeming indecision, they glanced at each other, grunted and turned around.

"There's luck ser. Cowardly darkspawn."

"Indeed." Nate stood still beside Gwyn watching the two survivors run away. "I've never seen darkspawn run away before."

"You ever kill this many on your own before?" His head shook. "We scared them. Reckon they might think we're demons."

"Perhaps they do." As certain as he could be they were safe, Nate jumped lightly down off the ledge and into the cave proper. "Collect your arrows Gwyn, we may need them."

"Yes ser." It was a bloody task but worth the effort. Every arrow tugged from a body sprayed blood in her face. It was thick and black and tasted as vile as she remembered. "I'll need an ale after this."

"We both will." Nate had the advantage of height and longer arms, so didn't get quite as messy as his elven companion. "You should wash that off. Its poison." She glanced at him then back at the body she was standing over. "Gwyn?"

"Its alright ser." She flinched when he swore at her. "Too late for that Commander."

"Apparently so." Abandoning the arrows he straightened to glare at her properly. "I thought we'd decided you weren't interested in becoming a warden?"

A long sentence from Nate was never good. "You decided. Alistair decided. My decision was different." And taken for good reasons. Very good reasons.

"You're a child! You can't." He stopped on a curse when she threw a darkspawn helm at him. "Don't throw things at me!"

"I am not a child! I travelled across Thedas, fought off pirates, slavers,darkspawn and Qunari! I think have the right to decide whether I want to be a Warden."

"You. Fine! Its too late to reason with you I suppose." He hadn't wanted this for her. This, death sentence. Not when it wasn't necessary, not when there wasn't a Blight. "What was Alistair thinking!? I knew he was an idiot. I shouldn't have let you go with him."

Gwyn swore, then threw another helmet at him. "Don't call Alistair an idiot!"

"He obviously is an idiot or he would have stopped you!" He dodged another missile, this time a shield.

"And you didn't let me do anything! I wanted to go and I went." The sound of his disbelieving snort sent her across the cave to glare up into his face. "Don't you dare!"

"Don't yell at me!" She growled instead. "I. Oh for the Maker's sake." When she growled again Nate lost control of himself and laughed. "You sound like a mabari."

"Funny ser." Watching him laugh, Gwyn felt her own humour surface. "I scared an assassin off by growling at him. In the Free Marches. Zev said he must have been afraid I was rabid." Now her anger was gone, she thought about why he was annoyed. "I know you want to protect me, Nate. You can't."

That killed his good humour. "That doesn't stop me wanting to." He'd managed to avoid looking at her since she'd come back. Really looking at her. "You've grown up Gwyn."

"Yes ser." She let him lift her chin, reminded of when she had been young and he'd spent a good amount of time protecting her. From herself usually. "I'm old now."

"Hardly that. You were only gone four years." Her face might have changed, a little, but those eyes were the same. Sombre and bottomless, they'd tugged at him since the first time he'd looked into them. "No wrinkles yet."

"No ser." Gwyn didn't blink, couldn't, when he slowly bent towards her. He couldn't possibly be going to kiss her, could he?

Yes, he could.

Modifié par Avilia, 18 décembre 2010 - 05:52 .

[Zjarcal]

Awesome!



Is Gwynn supposed to be an Orlesian Warden? Or just a random warden to be who happened to be with Nate?

[Avilia]

Thanks Gwyn is a character from my fanfics. I should have explained. She was a scout at the Vigil that Nate sent off to help Alistair when he was escaping from Ferelden. They found out his mother is an elf you see. Anyway - Gwyn had a bit of a crush on Nate but when she went off with Ali they became involved. So, now she's back and a Warden and her and Nate seem to have given into temptation. Good gravy it sounds like Peyton Place doesn't it?

I wanted to give Nate something angsty as a gift for his 100th page.

Modifié par Avilia, 19 décembre 2010 - 07:14 .

[Zjarcal]

Ah, now I understand. I suppose I wouldn't have been lost if I actually read your fanfics...



I think Nate appreciates the angsty gift. In return he'll put on his groucho mask one more time...

[Avilia]

lol - I love that pic.



Its all good Zjarcal - no one reads them but me ;-) I should have put an explanation up with the snippet. I'm going to blame the time of the year and the fact that I have a cold...

[MelRedux]

 Holy maker above!




by chronicdoodler

Modifié par Mel_Redux, 22 décembre 2010 - 01:14 .

[Avilia]

Ooh I like that!

[ladyames]

Oh WOW!! And congratulations on 100 pages!!!!!

[Sarah1281]

We finally made it!

[Sarah1281]

Modifié par Sarah1281, 22 décembre 2010 - 02:37 .

[Avilia]

I've decide Nate is definitely in DA2 and will be both a companion and LI. By the power of positive thinking I deem it so ;-)

[Wedger]

Gratz on 100 pages!!

[Miss Greyjoy]

Avilia wrote...

I've decide Nate is definitely in DA2 and will be both a companion and LI. By the power of positive thinking I deem it so ;-)

From your lips to Bioware's ears. *crosses fingers*

My Warden was just so...UNFULFILLED after Awakening. Hopefully, Hawke will be luckier. Maybe Hawke will get that Nate/Anders sandwich- oh wait.

Nothing...I didn't say anything. 

[Avilia]

@Miss Greyjoy - no harm in asking I always say....

[sylvanaerie]

I'm currently working on an AU fic, (it's some ways from finished and the muse is being a cantankerous stubborn **** with me in a terrible writing block) but it's going to be a Nathaniel/Cousland pairing.  Reese is quite a handful for any man but Nathaniel will be able to handle her.  There isn't that "your daddy killed my daddy" angst *yet* but there will be many a battle of wills before (and after) they get around to dealing with their feelings for each other.
And, I guess the Holidays really buggered up this thread...4 days without a single post?
This pic maybe will revive it some.  It's not my work, it's the work of my daughter's BFF.  She did a Teagan/Neria one for me, Zevran/Gin (my daughter's mage) and now this one of Reese and Nate.  I really like the way she does expressions.  And hands.  Hands are hard as hell for me to draw and she makes it seem so damn easy

[Sueno]

@Sylvanaerie, I really like the drawing. I love the way Cousland is so focused as if she's giving it her all and Nathaniel looks so nonchalant.

I'm going to take a moment to pimp this story. It's a sweet and simple Fergus/Nathaniel short. The way the author portrays Nathaniel in the story is very similar to my perception of the character. Her story also made me wonder about the level of interaction between the Howe family and the Cousland's. I like to think the family was relatively close until the time Nathaniel gets sent away to the Free Marches. So how about you guys, do you think the Howe's and the Cousland's were common visitors to each others estates or did their paths only converge for events such as weddings?

Modifié par Sueno, 28 décembre 2010 - 12:27 .

[sylvanaerie]

@Sueno yes, in my AU they are very close (at least as far as the Cousland's and Howe's younguns go). Howe himself is quite the two faced liar (as he is in the game). And Nate returns from the Free Marches sooner than in the game since Howe has plans...
So yes, I always imagined them as being close, the Howes are vassals of the Couslands and I imagined their kids interacting a lot on trips to and from Highever to Amaranthine and vice versa.
I'm curious what happened to Nate's mom. I've only ever found that one convo he has in front of his pic and I get the feeling he wasn't very fond of her.
Also, I rarely read fanfic and never read anti-lore slash fanfic.  Not that I dislike gays or anything (my bff is a gay man) but because of the OOCness of such stories (which I consider the number one no no to my enjoyment in fics).  Fortunately for me I read the heading and saw what it was before wasting my time on it.

Modifié par sylvanaerie, 28 décembre 2010 - 04:33 .

[Sueno]

sylvanaerie wrote...

@Sueno yes, in my AU they are very close (at least as far as the Cousland's and Howe's younguns go). Howe himself is quite the two faced liar (as he is in the game). And Nate returns from the Free Marches sooner than in the game since Howe has plans...
So yes, I always imagined them as being close, the Howes are vassals of the Couslands and I imagined their kids interacting a lot on trips to and from Highever to Amaranthine and vice versa.
I'm curious what happened to Nate's mom. I've only ever found that one convo he has in front of his pic and I get the feeling he wasn't very fond of her.
Also, I rarely read fanfic and never read anti-lore slash fanfic.  Not that I dislike gays or anything (my bff is a gay man) but because of the OOCness of such stories (which I consider the number one no no to my enjoyment in fics).  Fortunately for me I read the heading and saw what it was before wasting my time on it.

I understand some people don't have a penchant for slash but I don't think it's OOC because it's slash. When something is OOC it's because it's written poorly.

About Nate's mom, was it that he didn't care much for his mother or his mother's family?

[sylvanaerie]

I'm not sure. I know he didn't like his Grandmother, but the way he acted I think that also extended to her (I remember the convo ending with him saying someone should remove that painting).

[AlastairsQuEeN]

Omg...I had no idea what Simon Chadwick looked like until..Now..And..wow is right. I love Nathaniel..Even if he is brooding alot. Makes him sexier that way! -Winks-

[Margaret_TheElf]

Hmmm Joining bandwagons late seems to be my specialty. I only got Awakening this month, and I love Nathaniel.
What makes him so enjoyable is his voice:wub:

[Miss Greyjoy]

He DOES have a wonderful voice. I am so disappointed that I could only romance him in my imagination...*sigh*

[Margaret_TheElf]

I made a Nathaniel doll very hastily yesterday, but it came out alright I suppose. I will be doing some art, though.

Does Nate have a specific theme song? One that screams "Nathaniel" whenever you hear it?

Modifié par Margaret_TheElf, 02 janvier 2011 - 06:25 .