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[Tellervo]

He is Ignacio's brother, but the question seemed to be asking how other people use in him fic/comic/etc. And yes, the appearance of the Crow assassins in Awakening is a point of great annoyance, especially if you did that quest line in Origins.

[EccentricSage]

ICevoL wrote...

ejoslin wrote...

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

I'm tentatively hoping for Isabela to invite Zevran for another romp, and romanced Zevran to smile wickedly while saying he has 'other arrangements', but will be sure to pass along the invitation for consideration.

That would...  make my fangirl heart love DA2 completely.

Seconded!

@Sarah -- Wynne's meddling conversation was definitely the motivation for the story.  Since she bugs the warden about the LI, I figured the reverse would likely be true as well.  Thanks for reading!

Off topic a bit here:  Since yesterday was Halloween, I thought about the occurrences/cutscenes in DAO that wigged me out the first time I played.  The ogre having a snack at the top of the Tower of Ishal was the first one, though not the scariest.  The worst for me... that section of the Dead Trenches where Hespith's disembodied voice started chanting in rhyme.  So. Freakin' Creepy. *shudder*

Anyone else have creepy moments to share in honor of Halloween?

To be honest, I rarely got freeked out in DA:O.  But for me the one rediculous panick inducing moment was Redcliff castle.  The battle in front of the Chantry had been relentless and with heavy casualties my first playthrough, so I was a bit anxious and shaken up when we entered the tunnel to the castle dungeon.  We crept along, scouting, and the first possessed dead come into view, and the music hit that screeching note... so I was on edge... then the Zombies spotted us, and the music!!!  OMG the music!!!  There were four of us and only three of them... a piece of cake... but the music nearly made me jump out of my skin!!! 

Why was this battle music only used for that one mission?!  Most of the other battle music in DA:O sounds like it came out of the Inu Yasha anime or is just plain typical and bland.  That score in Redcliff Castle was unlike anything I've ever heard before.  Everything about it made my heart jump and put me on edge.  It would have been awesome at the Tower during Broken Circle, for fighting possessed Templars, Demons, and Blood Mages to, what with the creepy deep chanting vocals and the sheer frantic pace of the violine vollies...  I was so sad that I only got to experience it for that one fairly short part of the game.  Broken Circle could have been better, for how long it took to get through.

I also was really unnerved by the Joining mission at the beginning of the game the first time.  Even still a bit put off the second time.  You just reach Ostogar and you're already being thrown to the wolves... both literaly and figuratively.  Creeping along through the wastes, in stealth, trying to position my brand new comrades, creeping past all the slaughtered soldiers, looking for these monsters I had never encountered before.  There's really a strong fear of the unknown, and they fully exploited it by having rogue stealth attacks that you couldn't even sence because they came out of the ground...  And the trap the Emissary sets towards the end... That was realy a stressful mission the first two times.  When we got to the ruins where the documents are supposed to be, I had myself and Daveth in stealth.  We were hearing weird sounds, and trying to creep closer, and I totaly though there was going to be a dragon there or something.  It was one of those cases where one's own imagination is the scarriest part.

I wish the Darkspawn in the Deep Roads and caves had AI tactics as advanced as in that first mission.  It would have made the Darkspawn parts of the Deep Roads much more interesting.  I mean, really, here you are, so close to the heart of their hive, treading land where countless Wardens before you went to die, and you get no sence of that.  And the Darkspawn are dumber and less organized than ever.  I really wish it had been more like in The Calling.  If the Deep Roads and abandoned Thaigs were anything like in the book, that long slog wouldn't have been such a repetative chore.  There could have been some really chilling moments if you found identifiable remnants of the Wardens who died there, and if Orton Thaig still had the armor clad skellitons of the Dwarven last stand, still gathered around a fountain in the center like in the book.  Being able to see first hand the epic loss that occued there, still relatively undisturbed after all those years, most of their identities lost to this thai that became a mass tomb.


Mmmm... oh... the Shreik atack at camp freeked me out a bit when it happened the first time.  Zevran and Lel were the only two left standing, and Lel was only left Standing because I'd set her to ranged and she was so poorly equiped at the moment that none of them atacked her untill it was almost over.  XD  Zevran was in the thick of it though.  I don't understand how anyone could say he sucks in battle.

[EccentricSage]

Bruddajakka wrote...

I think I remember hearing he's Ignacio's brother....or was it cousin. Otherwise you don't see much of him outside of the game. Though speaking of Ignacio it always bugged me that Crow assassin's end up being sent after you in Awakening despite the fact he said that none of the Crows would be accepting contracts on you any more.

It's occured to me that Ignacio may have played our Warden for a fool, and then left Ferelden sometime after the Blight.  He seemed like the type.

Or maybe it was a promise he had no business making.  For a Master, he seemed pretty unimpressive and cowardly.  He does his business in a poor country that doesn't have as much assassination, so he probably is not very well off financialy nor very powerful in the House of Crows.  He strikes me as the sort who would be merely tolerated by his piers, and only so long as he pays his dues and does not step on other's toes.  Someone well conected, being the slimeball that he seems, but lacking much influence compared to his piers in Antiva.

[wildannie]

@EccentricSage I'd completely forgotten about the music at Redcliffe, it's quite frantic sounding! I turned down the background music ages ago (I pretty much always do this in games) and I know when I did it in DAO... it was during the redcliffe battle - that music WAS freakin' me out!

On the darkspawn in the deeproads - I guess they are pretty weak by the time we get there... I guess all the best and brightest have headed topside



I recently found Limbo to be quite freaky & creepy (and funny) - I've not finished it yet... but the death sequences are so well done.

[Corker]

wildannie wrote...

 

Prompt: 'reunion'  any take on a Zev reunion - who (or what) he's reunited with is up to you... 

Sadfic is sad.

Homecoming
24 minutes

She lay sprawled indolently on the sand, still waiting for him.  It had been... four years? Five?  She was as he remembered: beautiful and corrupted, dangerous and welcoming, a fleshy courtesan with a dagger hidden in her bosom.  He stood still for a long moment and just watched, waiting to feel anticipation or relief, disgust or longing, anger or gladness.

Nothing.

Even the sight of fair Antiva City, long-absent, her familiar gleaming towers and putrid canals, the orange-scented gardens, the bustling markets and the dingy quays, moved him not at all.

He was not surprised.

He had remained too long at the Denerim court.  He had needed to blame someone, and Alistair had needed to be blamed, and so they had circled each other in guilt, anger and grief.  And word had reached the Crows that Taliesen's task was left undone, that the traitor still drew breath, and so men had been sent.

The fight had been brief but thrilling.  For the first time since Fort Drakon, he felt alive, perhaps because death was so close.

They would send more, and more.  There was no need to risk anyone at the court, he told them.  He would go, take the battle to them.  And that road led here, to the glittering gem on the bay.

Just... don't go back to the Crows, okay?

She'd known.

But she'd left him anyway.

He stepped forward into the city's cold embrace.


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Edit: Fixed 'they' (was 'the')

Modifié par Corker, 02 novembre 2010 - 01:44 .

[Sarah1281]

Bruddajakka wrote...
I think I remember hearing he's Ignacio's brother....or was it cousin. Otherwise you don't see much of him outside of the game. Though speaking of Ignacio it always bugged me that Crow assassin's end up being sent after you in Awakening despite the fact he said that none of the Crows would be accepting contracts on you any more. 

Even if he says he's Ignacio's brother, are we necessarily supposed to trust that? It could just be his cover.
@Corker: Zevran...

[Corker]

I figured I owed him some some sort of on-screen wrap-up after ending Birthright with Lorelai's death. But yeah - the US is brutal on him and Leliana both.

[ejoslin]

Corker... ugh. Beautifully written, but still...

[ICevoL]

wildannie wrote...

 

Prompt: 'reunion'  any take on a Zev reunion - who (or what) he's reunited with is up to you... 

time - 1hour

Deadline 7th Nov, 2pm GMT

Prize: A drawing/painting of your choice

Total time: 45 minutes


Choices
 
As Zevran made his way toward the Denerim city gates, his thoughts remained in turmoil. He’d made the only choice he could live with when Taliesin had accosted the party. Leaving the Warden to face the Crows without him pinched at his long-dormant conscience, but he had no doubts that she would prevail in the end. So certain was he that Zevran doubted his own ears when he heard a familiar voice calling to him.
 
Zevran turned, and his eyes confirmed what his ears had already told him. Taliesin jogged up to him and clasped a hand on his shoulder. “You look surprised, Zevran. You should have more faith in me than that.”
 
“It was no insult to your skills, Taliesin -- I know firsthand how skilled the Warden and her companions are in battle, after all.” The victorious, sly smile on Taliesin’s face was answer enough, but Zevran had to ask anyway. “It is done, then?”
 
Taliesin smiled even wider, if that were possible. “The contract is complete. I left the others to do the clean up so I could catch you before you returned to her camp.”
 
A cold feeling settled into Zevran’s stomach, but he forced a smile to his lips. He could keep up appearances with the best of them. “Afraid I would summon assistance?”
 
“Hardly,” Taliesin scoffed dismissively. “Just didn’t want any further delays to our proper reunion.” A possessive hand skated along Zevran’s shoulder and down his back to the base of his spine. Taliesin’s eyes sparked with amorous intent. “It’s been far too long since I’ve had you in my bed, friend. We should remedy that as soon as possible, don’t you agree?”
 
At that moment, Zevran realized that by choosing to not fight Taliesin, he’d unknowingly been making another choice. Escape and freedom were no longer available options. His sense of loss was fleeting, and Zevran mentally resigned himself to the path his future now had to take. Regrets would change nothing. He returned Taliesin’s perusal with interest and replied, “Of course. Lead the way.”
 
A short time later, they entered the room Taliesin had rented at a nearby tavern. Taliesin explained that he’d booked passage back to Antiva for the following day and that the others from the cell would rendezvous with them in the morning. Taliesin had given the other Crows leave to enjoy the night in Denerim at their leisure, once they had dealt with any evidence left behind in the alley.
 
Taliesin’s hands moved to Zevran’s armor, undoing buckles with nimble fingers as he murmured wicked words in Zevran’s ear. This felt… familiar -- comfortable in a way that Zevran both hated and reveled in as he settled back into Taliesin’s arms. Armor and clothing fell away, and they sank onto the thin, lumpy mattress on the room’s large bed.
 
Taliesin spoke words of need and lust as he feasted on Zevran’s body, stirring old memories and heat within Zevran’s skin. Zevran fell back into their customary pattern with ease, his mouth taking Taliesin in and drinking from his flesh greedily. Knowing that he’d make a different decision in that alley if given another chance was beside the point and fruitless to consider, now that it was done. As Taliesin sank into him at last, Zevran released his last lingering doubt and let his thoughts float away on a wave of resigned acceptance.
 
-End-
 
This little AU scenario was inspired by jenovan’s comment:
  
“It makes me wonder what they might have done if Zevran had turned on the Warden (or left the fight) and the Crows had won.”
 
Thanks for the inspiration to both wildannie for the prompt and to jenovan for the comment!

Edit: formatting

Modifié par ICevoL, 02 novembre 2010 - 05:49 .

[Sarah1281]

@ICevoL:  Poor Zevran. He walked away and left the Warden to her fate and she lost and now he's trapped again.

[Corker]

That's so very pre-Love Zevran to just sort of... go with it. Hope too young to survive a frost.

[ICevoL]

@Bruddajakka – I’ve never had that Wynne-Morrigan banter before; very cool! I tend to take only one mage with the party, so I’ve never heard any of their paired banters in-game.
 
@EccentricSage – Great point about the music in Redcliffe Castle! Music can definitely intensify reactions when used well. The shriek attack in camp also wigged me out the first time, particularly since I had selected on the map to travel to camp and wondered what the loading screen was about… The sense of violation of the previously “safe place” stayed with me until the end of the game; I kept expecting it to happen again!
 
 
RE: prompt entries
 
@Hilde -- *sniffles* so very sweet! I could really feel Keiran’s panic and relief, here. Excellent job!
 
@Corker – Oh no… poor Zev! *weeps* Very powerful entry about his future after the LI does the US. Kudos to you!
 
@Sarah and Corker  – Thanks for reading! I couldn’t see Zevran being happy with that outcome, even if he couldn't be a party to killing Taliesin directly. Good thing for everyone involved that this scenario is completely AU *nods*

[Bruddajakka]

ICevoL wrote...

@Bruddajakka – I’ve never had that Wynne-Morrigan banter before; very cool! I tend to take only one mage with the party, so I’ve never heard any of their paired banters in-game.

I nearly always run with the both of them. Two Mages in incredible handy, and since I usually play a Warrior, Two Mages, and Leliana ends up being fairly balanced. Though lately I've been running Three Mages plus Leliana set up as an archer. Things usually die before they get to you. Especially if you make Morrigan a Diblitator since she's already built along those lines.

Though I've also tried three Rogues plus a Mage recently, and that's fun as well. Have Leliana set up as an archer/full bard, Zevran as an Assassin Dualist, and my character as a Stealth Assassin/Dualist. Things die so fast it's stupid. Especially if you make sure Zevran is using quiet death on his weapons.

[Hilde]

@ Corker ~  Great wrap up for the US. Very vivid and deeply heart wrenching. And ending with thoughts of her...

@ ICevol ~  Zevran's quiet acceptance of his new fate... breaks my heart. His supression of emotion is striking and very well written.

[Sarah1281]

 So, like ICevol I did a Taliesin reunion but instead of Taliesin succeeding in killing the Warden, I have Taliesin meeting up with Zevran after he's been hiding in the Denerim Alienage in DSC (please keep in mind I didn't actually play that DLC).


Ferelden had not been at all what Zevran had been expecting, to put it mildly. He had volunteered for the contract on the Grey Warden so that he could see if he could find a way out of the Crow-dominated rut he’d found himself in. Maybe he’d wind up dead, maybe succeeding at a task everyone else had shied away from would give him some validation at last – validation he desperately need ever since Rinna had just stared up at him while….
 
One outcome that he had never expected because it was so far beyond anything he’d ever experienced was that the Grey Warden would have woken him up, questioned him more or less civilly, and – upon learning that he would not go after Loghain – decide to simply let him go. Sure, Zevran could attempt to kill the Warden again but he thought that that might be pushing his luck and all of his men were dead, anyway. He was just going to have to try to live with his failure…something that would be a lot easier far from Antiva. It would also be a lot easier if the Blight engulfing the land really had been a myth like that man Howe had said.
 
Still, Zevran would rather face darkspawn than the Crows and he doubted very much that the monsters of legend could make him regret ever having been born as much as the Crows did. Could. He meant could. Since Zevran was going to be hiding in Ferelden for the foreseeable future, he had decided to seek out another group of elves to blend in with. He had never fit in with the Dalish and so he’d come to an Alienage. He had been roughly halfway between the Denerim Alienage and the one in Highever when he’d decided this but he had heard all about the chaos going on in Highever since the new Teyrn had taken over and wanted no part in it.
 
The Denerim Alienage had been no better. He had been there for only a few short hours and quickly realized that he should get out of there. The elves were rioting and that wouldn’t end well no matter how many people had been abducted for what purpose. Unfortunately, before he had time to leave, that Teyrn from Highever – Howe, it turned out – had claimed the mantle of the Arl of Denerim as well and sent troops into the Alienage. It was…horrible and it was months before the gates to the Alienage had been open again.
 
He had just learned of his newfound freedom (there didn’t seem to be much of it even here in Ferelden) and started towards the gates before they could change their minds and keep him trapped in here. To his great surprise, Taliesin of all people stood, arms crossed and smirking, framed in the gateway.

Zevran had stood there staring stupidly for a moment before he caught himself. He hadn’t been away from the Crows for that long. “Taliesin? What are you doing here?”
 
“I think the better question is what are you doing here in an Alienage,” Taliesin returned.
 
“I had only just stopped by when the gates were closed and I had no way of getting out for months,” Zevran explained. “The soldiers were too on the look-out for rioters. Now, what brings you to Ferelden?”
 
“You know that Grey Warden you were hired to assassinate?” Taliesin asked rhetorically. “It turns out that he’s not quite dead yet and professionalism requires him to be so I volunteered to go investigate the matter. Opinion’s pretty divided on whether you died or tried to run away and I really don’t think anyone would have expected this.”
 
Zevran had been trying to run away but, much like with the Dalish, he actually found life with the Crows preferable than remaining here. “So what are you going to do now that you found me?”
 
Taliesin eyed him suggestively. Really, Zevran might have known he’d take it that way. “I was thinking that we could just go and assassinate the Warden together and then hurry back to Antiva before the darkspawn kill everyone. I’m not sure how you’ll explain being unreachable for so long – because the truth is really embarrassing – but I’m sure that between the two of us we can think of something.”
 
Taliesin was always trying to find ways to save Zevran from his own choices. It was rather un-Crow-like and that was why it meant so much to him. “I’m sure we will,” he agreed. “But until we actually kill the Warden then neither of us can go back so there’s little point in thinking of a cover story until the job is actually done.”
 
“True enough,” Taliesin nodded. “So you’re in luck. The Warden is actually in town right now which is how I was able to find you.”
 
“He is?” Zevran asked curiously. “That sounds reckless. Is he still an outlaw or did that change while I was…busy?”
 
“He’s still an outlaw,” Taliesin confirmed. “But another noble has called one of those quaint Ferelden ‘Landsmeets’ to challenge the regent’s right to the throne and aims to put the Warden on it instead.”
 
“We’ll need to hurry then,” Zevran remarked. “How long do we have?”
 
“The Landsmeet is to take place two days from today,” Taliesin revealed. “Technically, I suppose we could do this anytime before the coronation which will likely take place after the Blight but I don’t want to stay in a Blighted country any longer than I have to and there’s every chance that the Warden will die in the Blight which I’m not sure we could take credit for.”
 
“And should he manage to become king then he’ll likely be far harder to kill,” Zevran added.
 
“I have it on good authority that the Warden is on his way to our client’s Denerim estate right now in order to meet up with the current queen,” Taliesin announced. “We can ambush him there and then we can go home. Both of us.”
 
This wasn’t exactly the way that Zevran had expected his trip to Ferelden to end or, if he was being honest with himself, the way he wanted it to but it seemed that, once again, the Crows proved to be the only place he belonged.“Let’s go then.”

[Remmirath]

I spent a lot of the last week with my computer in various states of disrepair, and now it's tech week, so I seem to have gotten a bit behind here. I'll just sort of ... try to catch up in order.

@Everyone who did something for the last thing - Awesome stuff! I really like all the different takes on it.

@wildannie - Congratulations! Interesting new prompt. Also, thanks! 

@Hilde - Thanks! I'm glad to hear that. I'm always worried I'll get people looking all wrong.

@Kornichon - Thanks! I'm afraid pencil is the only thing I'm any good with, though. I'm pretty bad at colour.  

@ICevoL - Thanks! I really like the non-entry. That's one of those conversations I can easily picture happening.

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

I'm tentatively hoping
for Isabela to invite Zevran for another romp, and romanced Zevran to
smile wickedly while saying he has 'other arrangements', but will be
sure to pass along the invitation for consideration.

Something like that would be great! My greatest worries about a possible Zevran cameo would be that they completely ignore the romance and/or go the 'let's focus on only one aspect of the character!' route and that the elves end up looking weird in DAII. Although, honestly, the elves looking weird is more a general fear (which I'm hoping will be assuaged soon).
When I'm feeling less cynical I think that the first one of those isn't likely, but unfortunately I'm typically cynical.

Creepy moments for me were... well, it took me several hours to stop cringing and flinching whenever there was a Mabari around (I have a phobia of dogs on par with many people's phobias of spiders, which is really annoying - but at least spiders don't bother me), but I'm not sure that counts.
The whole Hespith/Broodmother thing was really creepy. I was also pretty on edge during the whole City Elf origin, because I knew just enough to suspect some of what was happening but not enough to know how bad it was going to be or not be.
I'm not sure anything really scared me outright, but that's just fine with me. I don't scare too easily, and I don't really like  being scared.

@Hilde - That was really nice. I like it!

@Corker - It is sad, but I really like it! Very descriptive.

@ICevoL - That certainly makes sense as an alternate possibility to me. I like it!

@Sarah1281 - I like it! I haven't played DSC either, so I don't know how well it fits up with that, but it seems plausible to me from what I know of it.

[ICevoL]

@Bruddajakka -- I haven't played with "party mechanics" as much as you have.  This sounds like fun!  I'll need to try out the configurations you mentioned at some point.  Thanks for sharing the info!

@Sarah -- I haven't played DSC either, but I love how you mingled its reality with the "normal game" reality of Taliesin showing up at the start of the Landsmeet. Very cool!

@Hilde and Halae Dral -- Thanks for reading!  Poor Zev... I hated that scenario for him, but the idea wouldn't go away

@Halae Dral -- Oh man... having a dog phobia while playing this game must be rough! *hugs* Did you recruit Dog anyway?

Modifié par ICevoL, 03 novembre 2010 - 02:30 .

[beggargirl]

I think I am going to have a playthrough where Alistair is wandering drunk and Zevran is kicked out of the party, for transfer to DA2. Being Crow Leader isn't the only way we might bump into wandering Zevran.

[Tellervo]

After realizing I won't have time to write anything else, I've decided this is my entry for this week's contest: Reunion.

[tankgirly]

My, this page haven't have any Zevran doodle at all, this just won't do.



by Sarquindi

[Giggles_Manically]

Ok time for some Zevran squee.



I finnaly got up to the part with Taliesin.

My mage said :"I guess I would have to be dead"



Then Zevran assumed full awesome form.

His reply was awesome: "And I am not about to let that happen" in such a firm manner too.

Then Oghren ,Shale, Zev and my bloodmage proceded to wipe out the Crows, with Oghren giving old Taliesin a flying farewell off of Ageless.



I just have to say, Zevran was so well voiced, and then kicked so much ass, all the time to get through to this point was well worth it just for Zev's GTFO to Talisen.

[Sarah1281]

I've yet to actually use any of the other lines because of just how amazing Zevran's response to that line is.

[Giggles_Manically]

Sarah1281 wrote...

I've yet to actually use any of the other lines because of just how amazing Zevran's response to that line is.

I laughed at how shocked Taliesin sounded when Zev told him off.
Now I just got the earing and am listening to him stuttering and sounding very concerned.

Plus Wynne apologizing(actually sounded sincere and her line "maybe he only let you see it" was profound), and gossiping with Morrigan about him.

[Hilde]

@ Sarah ~ I really like your entry.  

@giggles ~ That line is so awesome! Cannot wait to get back there myself with my new warden!

[Asepsis]

Giggles_Manically wrote...

Ok time for some Zevran squee.

I finnaly got up to the part with Taliesin.
My mage said :"I guess I would have to be dead"

Then Zevran assumed full awesome form.
His reply was awesome: "And I am not about to let that happen" in such a firm manner too.
Then Oghren ,Shale, Zev and my bloodmage proceded to wipe out the Crows, with Oghren giving old Taliesin a flying farewell off of Ageless.

I just have to say, Zevran was so well voiced, and then kicked so much ass, all the time to get through to this point was well worth it just for Zev's GTFO to Talisen.

Agreed, I always use that line. I've got to say that's one of the most satisfying parts in the whole game for me.

@Tank: I LOVE that!

Also might I just add that i've been reading the fics off this thread for the past couple of days, all of them are so freaking epic I can't even explain.

Modifié par Asepsis, 04 novembre 2010 - 03:31 .