This thread is for people who entered the Dragon Age: Asunder Writing Competition and would like their stories to be available to the public. They'll be listed here alphabetically by the story's name. Please note that being on this list is voluntary.
To be included, reply to this post with these details:
(Story Name Here) ((Link to story here))
Author: (your BSN name here)
Constructive Criticism Requested: (Yes/No)
Synopsis: (Your synopsis or abstract in 100 words or less.)
If you are unable to post due to not showing yourself as a registered game owner, then post the above information to the thread I linked to at the top of this post, and include a request to be added to the Writing Competition Entries List.
I'll do the rest.
Sandtigress has created a community at Fanfiction.Net ( here ) for all the story entries. If your story's on FF.Net or you happen to put it there later, let her know via PM!
Read her whole post here!
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The winners have been announced! I have labelled the appropriate entries accordingly (TOP 20! , TOP 5! & FIRST PLACE!) but don't have them all yet, alas. Hopefully they will pop up at some point
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A Harrowing
Author: Maria 13
Synopsis: Ferelden is different.
While the Free Marches plunge into turmoil following the incidents in Starkhaven and Kirkwall and Orlais tears itself apart in the frenzy of a civil war; Ferelden stands firm and united. The tribulations of the recent Blight have given way to a sense of solidarity among all races and classes, even, to an extent, among mages and templars, which has been further encouraged by the new monarchs.
However, some things still hold true and the Harrowing remains a turning point for mages. In Kinloch Hold the fateful day has arrived for Cormac and Niamh.
Abomination
Author: Achkas
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, send comment via my blog please.
Synopsis: An abomination stalks from fallen Lothering to corrupted Calenhad in search of dreams. As he drinks the secret waters of the lake, he remembers his childhood, how the Templar Cairn examined him for signs of magic and found him wanting. He remembers his godmother, the woman of the Wilds, and how she turned him away. He remembers many things, standing before a demon of desire, wondering if he is sane or perfect.
His fate is in your hands. Choose life or death, Warden.
ALLUVIAL SOLACE
Author: Tryynity
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: My name is Anieran. I am an elven male. Templars brought me to Ferelden’s Tower at a young age. I have no memories prior to this.
I discovered early, I was not like the others.The Dalish believe I am a Somniari, what they call a Dreamer; one who can enter the Fade at will and change things as they desire, changes that can also be brought into the natural realm, but I believe there is much more.
I am determined to find out who I am, and the reason behind my uncommon gifts.
Always There
Author: Quinnzel
Constructive Criticism Requested: If you want
Abstract: We all want for things in life. We all need for things in life. Whether it be for money, safety, drink, love, power or simply being able to see the next day anew. Our desires, our temptations, our choices, shape us, even if the end isn’t always how we want it. For a runaway Mage and an Ex-Templar, their needs bring them together. What they do with those desires, those temptation, those choices, will inevitably decide their end.
The Amulet of False Gods
Author: ConstantineCousland
Constructive CriticismRequested: Yes
Synopsis: Draconus, a scientist and mage from Tevinter is researching old scrolls found in the Deep Roads when he comes across a peculiar one telling the tale of an amulet that bestows great power. As his research in the Fade carries on, he begins to have strange dreams, and before long he finds himself in possession of that very amulet. As he tries to remove it, he begins having blackouts and waking up in strange locations. Visions of deeds committed by his hands plague his dreams, and before long word reaches Vigil's Keep as these reports begin to surface near Ferelden.
An Apostate's Lot
Author: thesnowtigress
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure
Synopsis: The desire to be free is strong in many mages. When the opportunity appears, they seize it with a death grip and won’t let go. But what happens next? An apostate’s life is not easy. It is difficult and fraught with all kinds of dangers. This is the story of one such mage, Anwen.
Architect -- TOP 20!
Author: OatsMalone1
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: The words of Aileen Westlake, apostate, explaining why she left the Ferelden Circle.
As We Are -- TOP 20!
Author: Sagacious Rage
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes!
Synopsis: Ser Thrask lost his daughter, Olivia, twice. Once to the Gallows, and once to the demons. As the situation in Kirkwall worsens, he forges an unlikely friendship with the erstwhile apostate, Grace. One quiet evening on the Wounded Coast, he tells her of his past.
The Assignment
Author: RagingCyclone
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes by all means
Synopsis: A teaser story for a character, Reginald Molare, that is a main character in a broader story I am writing. The story, Jacen Throne: The Discovery, is linked in my sig. The Assignment shows when Reginald, as a Templar, is given his last assignment to find a rogue mage in Kirkwall that was slated for tranquility. No one was aware that the mage was in fact Reginald's lover. The twist...Reginald is blind...sort of. In the Jacen Thorne story I have already revealed that his vision was actually reversed in an accident while hunting a blood mage.
Atonement -- TOP 20!
Author: bunny_girl1022 / suilven (FF Net)
Constructive Criticim Requested: Yes (via PM/review on FF Net preferred)
Synopsis: Cara had done something very bad, he knew this much. Everyone was talking about it… the templars had come. Her bed was empty now, except for the doll that lay forgotten on her pillow. From his hiding place beneath the table, Cullen could hear the adults talking, completely unaware of how his sister’s fate was about to change his own.
Beyond These Pages -- TOP 20!
Author: Cerelinde
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure - be gentle!
Synopsis: Senior Enchanter Marielle understands books and words better than anything else. Learning drives her, feeds her passion for magic. Her hunger to understand makes her an anomaly: she chose to enter the Tower
as a child, and her only loyalty is to the Circle. When she must investigate a threat within the Tower that endangers what she holds most dear, what will she discover?
Blood Of The Pure
Author: BlazePT
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, send me a private message
Synopsis:
"Guyn fears the Harrowing like the world fears the Darkspawn, but the hand of Enchanter Egret calms her fears.
He promises her to guide her overcome her fears; he promises her success and greatness.
The Harrowing, said Enchanter Egret, is like a trial of love. If you pass, then love isn’t just a word and a mage isn’t just a jester doing tricks for fools.
But the Fade, the Fade isn’t a place for neither pretty words nor promises."
Blood of the Tranquil
Author: wangxiuming
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please!
Synopsis: In the tumult of a city on the brink of war, an apprentice desperately tries to escape Tranquility.
Blood to Ashes
Author: soozling
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes.
Synopsis: As the hunt for an errant blood mage begins, a templar discovers his quarry is a close friend from his past. Driven by honor and fueled by rage, he vows he will be the one to free her from her demons—even if it means ending her life with his bare hands.
Bloodshot
Author: Faerloch
Constructive criticism: yes please
Synopsis: Cyrico awaits his execution, and doesn't really care about it. He's danced his way out of tougher situations.
Chaff in the Wind -- TOP 20!
Author: Brynna1998
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Magic can heal, or it can destroy. The story of one family's choice.
The Chance
Author: Zondergrod
Constructive Criticism Requested: Speak if you've the desire.
Synopsis:
From a grievous wrong came something right.
All Straya ever wanted was a family,
but when that dream was within her grasp
she remembered the chantry's stance.
Would they cow her, or would she fight?
This was Straya's chance...
Choice
Author: Felene
Constructive Criticism Requested: (Yes, send comment via my blog please.)
Synopsis: Magic exists to serve man, and never to rule over him.
She put her finger over those words and studies them for a while, these words display themselves elegantly with faded black ink written on a piece of an old parchment that smells like dust and decay.
These words are familiar; she can almost see the old senior Mage standing over her and repeat those lines to her again and again when she was first brought to the Circle.
Back then these words mean little to her, so little in fact she never really give it much thought.
How does something like magic rule over man?
Conspiracy Theory -- TOP 20!
Author: jenovan
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis:
The Circle Tower at Kinloch Hold has finally been cleared of blood mages, abominations, and demons with the help of new Grey Warden Devin Amell. In accomplishing this, however, Devin has uncovered a secret that makes him question the true safety — past, present and future — of the Tower, and the wisdom of those meant to guard and guide the mages there...
Count to Five
Author: LazyDaisy
Constructive Criticism Requested: Blog comments welcome.
Synopsis: He was a sword. His mind and body hardened with discipline, he found and used the shadows. He controlled the field of battle as completely as he controlled himself. An instrument of justice, his one conceit that death came so quickly that his target never felt pain. Today would be no different. Today the price of betrayal would be paid.
The Circle of Hatred
Author: Anchor5
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Having witnessed the death of a promising young apprentice at the hands of a templar, Lara Silvertome’s faith in the circle begins to wane. Fearing her own life might also be at an end, she writes a letter to her childhood sweetheart to confess her feelings and confront her guilt before taking justice into her own hands.
Darkspawn Emissary Abomination
Author: Dreamnegative
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: "What has this maleficar done ? Does it have any relevance to why these other templars disappeared?"
Knight Commander Earik explained, "The maleficar in question is a blood mage named Zyrea. She has been known to have demons forcibly possess people and become abominations. Recently she has started experimenting on darkspawn , and if she has had a success this would be disastrous. Especially since it can only be speculated about how powerful an abomination that carries the taint can be. I fear that the previous templars I have sent are either dead or enslaved to this blood mage."
Death of a Templar
Author: katiebour
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure!
Synopsis: Ser Roderick has served the Templars in Kirkwall for nigh on forty years. Fighting apostasy and carrying out the dictates of the Order leave their marks, and the craving for lyrium grows ever stronger. His mind moving in and out of clarity, Roderick reflects on his life, his past, and his achievements.
Defection
Author: Liedral
Criticism: Sure? All is welcome.
Synopsis: The Templar Order had become a stranger to him. The violence that erupted throughout the spire had devastated his beliefs, destroyed the trust he held in the order's conformity.
Dragon Age classifications (Extended FF.Net Version)
Author: Aang001
Constructive Criticism: Yes
Synopsis: This is a story about discovering new warrior classes and lines beginning to blur on what is acceptable in the minds of the current generation. After the fall of The Circle in Kirkwall, new alliances are formed as the threats of abused power runs rampant in Thedas. Follow Mcalaster Knox, a mage that became a knight in order to form his own style of fighting. The Arcane Warrior! As his town is being destroyed by blood mages, he forms an alliance with a beautiful templar not knowing what they got themselves into.
Dragon Age: Deception
Author: biomar
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Ever since a mage killed his father, Knight-Commander Gilles Rodigeaux has hated mages more than the average Templar. But Gilles is about to find out that his hatred is powerful enough to unearth deceptions old and new. Secrets will be revealed, lives will be lost and the price of justice will be questioned in Dragon Age: Deception.
Dragon Age: Dissension
Author: Inyri_Ascending
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please!
Synopsis: To keep the world safe from magic, we Templars do terrible things in the name of the Maker- but perhaps some rules are not as clear as I once believed, and the unrest born of the ashes of Kirkwall’s chantry threatens to burn us all.
Dragon Age Staff of the Dragon's Flame
Author: pidi
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Edwin a young mage whose powers were discovered as a child after he and his cousin were attacked by a mysterious blood mage. Now years later after being captured by templars the mysterious blood mage returns and attacks them on there way to the Circle tower. Edwin, Artemis a templar with a lyrium addiction and his own reason for catching the blood mage. and Denmir a unique Dwarven templar, must track down this blood mage before he destroys Ferelden.
Dragon age Templars wish/Hopes
Author: Dalira Montanti
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis:
We are the genuine bringers of peace beware the wraths of the Templar. The aged man, laid on the blood stained floor, wrapping his tattered blanket around his frail body, his eyes shallow full of despair and madness, his cracked lips curled as he started to mutter and moan, about the mages who trapped him.
"It is lost, the beacon of hope... of order, gone, all that remains now, is a shallow, broken, scattered, bunch of men and women wearing. shiny...shinnies".
The man laughed, as he began to bang his head on the wall, in a repetitive motion...
Eyes on Me -- TOP 20!
Author: Sandtigress
Constructive Criticism Requested:Yes
Synopsis: There are many observers here at the Circle. Most of them seem harmless enough. Many are distant, aloof. Some appear almost benevolent - kind, protective, compassionate, quick to intervene when trouble arises. With others, the malevolence is unmistakable. There is a cruelty, an evilness that emanates so thickly that even the most naïve child would not be fooled. These, strangely enough, are the safest. It's easy to avoid the obvious trap. More perilous are the ones you can't see. The ones you suspect but aren't entirely sure about.
My watcher is one of these.
The Fall of Kinloch Hold
Author: TehVGG
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please.
Synopsis: This tells my perspective on the final events of Uldred's takeover of the Fereldan Circle, just before the timeline of DA:O. It follows Eltha (in third person), a female elf who unwillingly witnesses horrible things.
The Fisherman Mage
Author: RickF7666
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure (All comments are welcome on my Deviant Art page)
Synopsis: Most stories are about the hero, powerful and victorious. But what about someone caught up in the same events who isn't so powerful. What happens to them and how would they have survived. This is a story of one such mage. Born to a family of fishermen he was found to be a mage if only barely. He did have a talent for being near pivotal events, but just missing them. What do you do when major events swirl around you, but all you want to do is fish.
Flight of Ice
Author: Ryuu814
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Karin Silvers was a Circle Mage. Unknowingly assisting in the escape of a friend, she flee's the Templars that are pursuing her. This is her tale of her flight.
For Dead Is Dead
Author: Arkady Rose
Summary:Anders is oblivious to the changes he has wrought in a young refugee woman who discovers she too is an apostate mage, as she is caught up in the events leading up to the destruction of the Chantry and the beginning of the Mage/Templar War.
Freedom of Choice
Author: Jackkel Dragon
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Owen was trained from a young age to hunt down blood mages, but he is no templar. A mage himself, Owen is the executioner of those who would threaten Ferelden with blood magic. But does he have the freedom to choose his own path?
Full Many a Rose
Author: motomotogirl
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Ren is a 17 year old elf who lives in the alienage. He is also a mage whose parents have forbidden him from leaving the alienage and exposing himself to the templars. Ren and his friend Rissa, whose mother has a penchant for human men, try to find excitement and adventure outside the confines of their small world. But just how far will Ren go to escape who and what he is?
Halamshiral
Author: Corker
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: The past is still trying to catch up with Merrill. This is its journey’s end.
Harrowing -- TOP 20!
Author: Greer
Constructive Criticism: Yes, please!
Summary: A Harrowing gone terribly wrong leads Templar Carver to examine the differences between how the Circle instructs mages and how his father taught his sisters.
Horses, and the Smell of Snow -- TOP 5!
Author: Ghanima9
Synopsis:
The Hunt
Author: Krissinter
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please with sugar in top. =)
Synopsis: Young Ser Yann and his squad are out for a routine mission nowadays- in these days of rebellion. Their mission is twofold- apprehending 2 deadly mages as well as recovering 2 templars who have deserted the Chantry. But when they are discovered in the same vicinity, Yann must put his faith in the Maker-- -or something- with bitter fervor and hope to rescue the templars, and get him through this darkest of nights....
In Another Life ( alt link)
Author: Mande Gray
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: With her Harrowing quickly approaching, a young mage finds herself falling for a templar and she begins to question what she wants and what she’s willing to risk to get it. The line between love and duty is blurred when time runs out and Faelyn must make her choice or risk losing everything.
Inevitable Fate
Author: Saqqara/Rebe1Queen
Constructive Criticism Requested: Review on FF.net please
Synopsis: The flame raged all around her. The heat licked the faces of the terrified villagers as they watched in horror at the scene unfolding before them. The woman's body was contorting and twisting as she cried in rage.
Binding her soul to a demon was her only chance for survival. She would take every advantage she could, even if it was slim at best.
Jinx -- TOP 20!
Author: Bethadots
Constructive Criticism: always welcome
Synopsis: Jacob "Jinx" Caldwell is a circle apprentice in Kirkwall who just happens to be doomed. Since the day he was brought to the Gallows he has never successfully cast a spell, and everyone knows that his future has little in store but the rite of tranquility. The inevitable is coming, and Jinx is going to make the best of the time he has. For him that means making mischief and stealing what pleasures he can. There is nothing to lose.
Lackluster
Author: Mpskydog
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: It isn’t every day a committed, but talentless and lackluster mage has a chance to do something heroic. But can he even manage to do it right?
The Last Meal
Author: Thargorichiban
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Grinon is a chef that just happens to be an apostate mage. For years he has used his magical abilities in secret to create fantastic dishes and recipes the likes none have seen in Kirkwall. Now he has been roped last minute into cooking a meal for the local Templars and a friend from his past will soon reveal his secret. He must decide what is important: remaining true to his dreams or staying free.
Last Strands of Childhood -- FIRST PLACE!
Author: Kilyra
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure
Synopsis: A young child's first step into magehood.
Liberation
Author: Crystanci
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes!
Synopsis: A Templar is charged with escorting two apostates back to Kirkwall after they fled Ferelden.
The Lost Circle
Author: Perivayne
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: The Templars split from the Chantry; adherents follow their leaders commands and others find slaughter unacceptable. Senior Enchanter Petra must face the knowledge that the Templars will kill the mages. When Tavish forces the issues and demands the circle be annulled, Hadley makes a choice and Petra’s fate hangs in the balance.
Maker Be My Guide
Author: R2s Muse
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure?, pref via PM or FFnet review
Synopsis:
Though all before me is shadow,
Yet shall the Maker be my guide
– Trials 1:14
New Templar recruit Tamsin Leland becomes hopelessly lost in the woods during her first assignment to apprehend an apostate. Yet, it seems the Maker may have His own plan for her, when a touching encounter gives her new direction and changes her path forever.
Mercutio Meresti is Not a Clever Man
Author: t3hTwinky
Constructive Criticism Requested: Please don't shatter my illusion of competence.
Synopsis: Wifeless, homeless, and broke, professional peasant Mercutio Meresti is accused of a terrible crime. He uses his wits and cunning to weasel out of one punishment only to stumble into another, but fooling the Templars and the Circle of Magi should prove no trouble for a clever man. There's just one problem:
Mercutio Meresti is not a clever man.
Na Mortius Lerno Libertas
Author: Shadow of Light Dragon
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: "You were a magister, you knife-eared traitor!”
It was too much. Tathera’s paws skidded on the grass as he rounded, claws scoring lines in the dirt. He sprang back up into elvhen form and hissed, “Was. I was a magister, and never again, shem! There is no place in your world for mages with a scrap of conscience. Beyond the Imperium we are slaves and criminals, within we must vie with one another for dominance and become monsters to survive! I didn’t leave Minrathous with the intent of joining the Dalish, I did it to be free.”
No Regrets
Author: tklivory
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, via comment or PM
Synopsis: He has served the Templar Order with faith and dedication his entire life, content to serve in the Tower of the Circle of Magi in Fereldan. Yet, in one long night of chaos, destruction, and pain, one templar is forced to come face to face with the demons of his past, present, and future. Only time will tell if he will be able to conquer them, or succumb to their poisonous whispers...
Normal -- TOP 5!
Author: deek eh
Constructive Criticism Requested: Always!
Synopsis: An apprentice has been haunted her whole life. She hopes the Rite will ease her suffering. The story of Isla the Bloody, who thought the voices were Fade demons. Set before the Fifth Blight.
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Author: Camenae
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes.
I've set the access so that anyone with the link can comment. You can also comment on a particular section by highlighting the passage and right-clicking.
Synopsis: "So I became a templar. Who better to find a mage, than a mage-hunter? For years, I prayed that she would turn apostate, and that I would be the one sent with her phylactery. No one would tell me where or even who she was. All I knew, was that she was not training at the White Spire. Many times, I asked a templar named Evangeline who always drew guard duty with me. She looked like she felt sorry for me but said she didn’t know. I’ll never know if that was the truth."
The Order of The Halfstaff
Author: Hakurou
Constructive Criticism Requested: Please.
Synopsis: My name is Eobert Braegat. There's an apostate loose in Ansburg, and he's taken hostages. Templars have died at this man's hands, and if I'm not careful, I could join them. But I come from...unusual circumstances. Circumstances that intersect in just the right way to maybe, just maybe, give me an advantage against this blood mage. One thing's for sure: long story short, I will not be what he expects.
The Orlesian Girls
Author: Nickerson
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes please!
Synopsis: Orlesian by birth, the apprentice mage Corinne and the young templar Adele both stand out in the Circle of Tantervale. Their shared heritage draws them together, and they become unlikely friends. But when a new Knight Commander arrives from Kirkwall, will changes to the Circle tear them apart?
The Palimpsest
Author: Muirin
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: It's funny how fate can lead a person from a night of drunken misadventure to a discovery of phenomenal proportions. The palimpsest -- hiding the secrets of the greatest magisters beneath the trappings of a Chantry prayer book. That this should come into his hands at such a propitious point in time, why, it could almost make Aengus believe in Andraste!
Past Entombed in the Present
Author: BrennaCeDria
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A brash young mage returns to Kirkwall one year after the destruction of the city's Chantry.
Penitence -- TOP 5!
Author: ColorMeSuprised
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Abstract:
You first noticed when you were patrolling the Gallows. There was something you couldn't define. Something surging through your body, making your fingertips tingle, making your pace more forceful, making your lips widen in a cold smile.
It happened when the mages averted their gazes, shied away and every step of you made them retreat, pressing themselves even closer to the wall.
Like an animal on the prowl. Like a beast on the hunt.
Wasn't it mind blowing?
This overwhelming sense of power?
You noticed, right?
You were becoming like them.
Pinch's Fascinations -- TOP 20!
Author: Firky
Synopsis: A man, once wrongly mourned by the Templar Order, recounts an erstwhile experience of Pinch, Tranquil of Denerim’s Dossiers, from the brief time before the Battle of Ostagar.
This is a winding tale of love and of loss. It is a story that raises questions about the unexpected ways a mother’s gifts might be received.
Please also find within, a BioWare-style cameo and a BioWare-style easter egg. Thank you for the opportunity to submit a story.
Powerless -- TOP 5!
Author: Scary Lady
Synopsis: For six generations the Laurentius family bred true; mage marrying mage to create a line of powerful Magisters. In Tevinter high society, if one is not a mage, then one is a liability, at the mercy of predatory Magisters
and their… pets.
At fifteen, Livia Laurentius - daughter of Magister Lucretius and his powerful wife Cornelia - has
demonstrated not a single spark of magic. Her future hangs in the balance; her parents are a hairsbreadth from
sending her to Orlais for her own safety.
Lucretius sees no alternative, but Cornelia has an audacious idea.
It’s time for drastic measures.
Prelation
Author: Momiji.mii
Constructive Criticism Requested: Comments welcome!
Synopsis: In hindsight, I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't what I'm facing right now. This was supposed to be my first, real assignment as a Templar, tracking and killing a dangerous apostate, but once we defeated him, as I lifted my sword for the final blow, something happened that changed everything. All of a sudden I'm faced with an impossible choice. My whole life has led up to this moment, but how could I possibly have prepared for anything like this?
Prison of Light
Author: JessJones
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure
Synopsis: Amelia is an Orlesian apprentice recently arrived in Ferelden. She misses her home and yearns for her freedom, but the Circle exists for a reason, and freedom comes with a price.
Purpose
Author: Ardinal
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A man is being pursued along the Wounded Coast. Mortally wounded, he reflects upon his time in the Gallows. and learns of his true purpose under the Maker in a final confrontation. Also available on Deviantart
Remembering
Author: AmbraAlhambra
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, via comment or PM
Synopsis: Bend but never break. This is the way of the bow. Natani remembered it through a fog, a dream that slipped through her fingers in the morning light. It had once meant so much more to her than it did now. The Tower tried to make her forget. For so long she held on to what little she had left, hoarding it like a starving man does his last meal. Her mother had begged her not to forget. But she had. Perhaps all she had left was a prayer for home. Perhaps home needed to find her.
Remnants
Author: Fortlowe
Constructive criticism Requested: welcomed
Synopsis: A Mage of the Circle of Fereldon has fled the Tower, kidnapping his young son in the process, in an attempt to protect his charge from the outbreak of Blood magic that is unfolding there. Now Apostate, he and his son trek across the Blighted wilds with their every step dogged by a single silent Templar and his dreams haunted by the woman he loved.
Resolve
Author: Cohesion
Constructive Criticism Required: Yes, please
Synopsis: There comes a time in every person's life that tests the limits of their resolve, a collision of ideology and circumstance. The world falls away and, for a moment, their true character can be gleaned. An act of extremism, born from centuries of dogmatic persecution, ignites an entire city, and, against this backdrop, the oppressed draw lines in the sand, ready to stand and face their future with uncertainty. Faith against will; desire against reason; temptation against resolve. These moments mirror the soul's truest nature, and one man is poised to face the revelation that such clarity brings with it.
The Right
Author: OdanUrr
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes (comment on the blog, PM, or request .docx to comment there)
Synopsis: In the 84th year of the Glory Age, Divine Galatea granted all the grand clerics of the Chantry the power to purge a Circle entirely should they deem it irredeemable. This power would comprise the most skilled warriors of the Templar Order, and they would become known as "The Right of Annulment." This is one of their stories.
Rites
Author: Sad Dragon
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Set in Kinloch hold, home not only to the circle of mages in Fereldan but also to those tasked with guarding the world against them. This story follows three templars on their journey leading up to the Harrowing of the young mage apprentice Alina Fairchild, and the events that follows.
Safe Haven
Author: darkrose
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A knock on the door in the dead of night never bodes well, especially in a house full of apostate mages. But for Malcolm Hawke, a desperate late-night summons might just grant him what he's sought for so long: a place where his beloved Leandra and their children--even his magically gifted daughter and eldest son--can live in peace and safety, free from the Circle.
The Seeker's Dream
Author: DiBerns
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A grizzled Seeker of Truth comes face to face with a phantom of his past at Val Royeaux's White Spire. There, he will confront the demon that changed his life forever and set him on the path of service to the Chantry of Light.
Separation
Author: slyborg
Constructive Criticism Requested:Yes
Synopsis: It was definitely the Fade they'd been transported to. The farm they'd awoken on looked real, but there was no sun. The world was draped in sickly yellow light and mist. TheBlack City could be seen in the distance, never getting any closer. Both theWarden Commander and the Champion on Kirkwall looked at each other and nodded.They'd come to free their friend from the spirit who had nearly taken complete control of him.
Somniari's Sleep
Author: Kat Tiki
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Somniari. A dreamer. The words themselves are almost myths, lost from knowledge to all but the Dalish. Dreamers are thought to be extinct, as one hasn’t been discovered for two ages. But the templar hunter Evaine knows better. She had dealings with one over a decade ago, and now she pursues this rogue apostate for revenge. There’s just one hitch that might cause a problem with her plans: the Somniari happens to be her twin sister.
Song of Brummagem
Author: LoquaciousQuark
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: "O mortals, you quick-hearted children, you bright-eyed children, come to us." The keepers of the Fade meet their dream-shaper; the voiceless free their song. The Maker's first children in five aspects.
Sounds and Silence
Author: Miri1984
Constructive Criticism: ALWAYS WELCOME.
Synopsis: A templar must watch over all aspects of mage life — and must be trained to deal with every eventuality. Some believe their duty is to care and protect, others believe it is to watch and wait. Yet however any one templar might define her duty, the order dictates that a mage is always unknown. Always.
Sowing and Reaping
Author: Talaith_900
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A young mage is imprisoned in a Chantry cell. To keep the demons at bay, she immerses herself in memories of her life with her parents and older sister (who was also a mage) and of her capture by the templars, and dreams of what she will do once she has her freedom again.
Spirit of Compassion
Author: Ashman1986
Constructive Criticism: Yes, please
Synopsis: Knight-Commander Presten's return from the Circle Tower is delayed by a meeting with Ser Kellin on the roads outside of Gwaren. An unsavory informant has teased knowledge of an apostate living near town. The man shows at last, and the templars are spurred to action as they learn that Presten's elven wife may be in danger.
Stained Glass
Author: Combination NC
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes (Please keep in mind that I am not a native English speaker!)
Synopsis: The tower has stained glass windows that does not let in much natural light. They are placed so far up that she cannot look outside, and she wonders if they have built it so in the hopes that if she cannot see the outside world, she will forget about it and let all dreams of a life outside the tower go. She traces secret patterns on the stone walls and paints pictures of memories on the back of her eyelids. She creates a tiny winter in the palm of her hand, and carry an unknown longing within her heart. The thought that there is no way out is a heavy one.
The Templar's Price
Author: Serawyn Fletcher
Criticism: Bring it!
Synopsis: Ser Ladrimore, a Templar returning to Ferelden after helping to quell the Qu'nari Insurrection in Kirkwall, awakens to find that his camp has been destroyed by a rogue band of darkspawn, and himself mortally wounded. Ladrimore, offered a choice between death and salvation by the Apostate, Flemeth, values his survival enough to incur a life debt. The price seems simple: deliver the elf mage Ladrimore was pursuing before the darkspawn attack to Flemeth, instead of to the Circle. However, as Ferelden’s legends have long forewarned, no bargain with a Witch of the Wilds is ever truly as it first seems.
There Goes the Neighborhood
Author: diablosflame
Synopsis: He holds his hands up wearing the vestments of the town guard, inept swine herders. No doubt he had never seen anything like this before. "Real mess in here, eh?" I hadn't noticed. "Yes, blood magic. There appear to be no identifying marks on the body." “Yes, sir. Thought that was a bit odd myself. Yet not odd enough to mention it in the report? “Do we know who it is?” “No sir, we haven't a clue. We're going through records now to see who occupied this building last.” By that time, this bastard could strike again.
Three Days Prior
Author: Aenne
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please!
Abstract: I sat there all alone, the cold midnight air chilling me to the bone. My back leaned against the unforgiving wall of the Chantry as I fought hard to not topple over. My blonde hair was matted to my cheek with my own blood. More blood soaked my armor and my sword, it pooled frantically beneath me. I looked towards the nightmare sky, the moon sneered down at me. The Maker, Andraste, not even the stars in the sky could help me. I was in utter shock of what I had done. I closed my eyes tightly and I wept.
To Believe As We Have Sinned
Author: ShadowCatJen
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: There comes a time in every man's life where they're forced to question their path. Ser Dylan always believed he'd been right to join the Templar Order. With his brother unable to choose his own destiny, he thought it only fair that this would become his. However, fate had other ideas and now Dylan needs to solidify his direction. Will betrayal jade him or will he hold on to hope?
To Represent an Order -- TOP 20!
Author: Ninebits
Constructive Criticism Requested: Either way's fine.
Synopsis: In the years following the Fifth Blight, the growing animosity between templars and mages has not been overlooked by the Circle at Nevarra City -- along with the need to reinforce trust between the Order and the common people of Thedas. Tasked with a patrol of Nevarra's smaller villages, a young templar named Jakob makes a trip to visit his mother and ailing sister, only to be confronted by a decision he never wanted to make.
Trace
Author: Dasque
Constructive Criticism Requested: Sure, why not?
Synopsis: And so she pretended not to see the menace and sullen hatred that slinked silently around the experience of seeing childhood friends robbed of their emotion, left as mindless servants, no longer a danger to those around them and as obedient as any puppet on a string can be. She recognized no reason to protest or even dare to mourn—not unless she wanted the shadow of accusation to blacken the quiet corner where she sat with her head lowered, reading her books and doing exactly as she was told.
Tranquil Whispers
Author: Mahati
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: When Hawke sides with the mages, frail and young Nimue tastes freedom for the first time. But the exhilaration of independence quickly turns to weariness and despair – for freedom brings with it its own heavy price. Nimue discovers a world that she could not have imagined. Soon, her misery turns to a deep longing for reprieve…at any cost.
Unbound Wings
Author: Will Shred
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: Without Maurevar Carver, Malcolm Hawke never fathers the Champion. The story of what led a templar to aid a mage's escape, a decision that would have far reaching consequences a generation later.
Vagary
Author: ElvishPenguin
Constructive Criticism Requested: Always welcome.
Synopsis: "We have to get out of here." Ezra cradled Lara's sobbing form in his arms. The flayed and desecrated Knight-Lieutenant lay in a pool of blood in front of them, and it was all Ezra could do not to look at it. The man had deserved his fate, but he needed to concentrate on getting his friend help.
"Kill me," she whispered.
"What?!" he cried, astounded.
"Kill me. I'm not--"
"No," he cut her off. "We're going to get out of here and go somewhere safe."
"Safety, for a mage, is a fallacy."
Vengeance
Author: Croc484
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: A zealous Templar struggles in his faith after a blood mage kills his wife and sons, while attempting to stay focused on his mission.
Vigilance (edited entry)
Author: Izana
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Synopsis: With the thirst for blood and sense of obligation driving them, the Templars that once only scrutinized the mages now hunts them down. The Mages, who only wished the freedom of choice and acts, were now far more dangerous with fear oppressing them. As a result, a grand Mage-Hunt has been let loose on Thedas.
The story is told from the perspective of an apprentice mage named Lea Vance. After being taken into custody by a group of fugitive mages in Ostwick, she experiences the immoral ways of Mages and Templars alike with her own two eyes.
Whispers
Author: jillyfae
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes
Abstract: The voices that hover on the edges of hearing whisper to us in the night. In that instant between day and night, between sleep and wakefulness, we are vulnerable. Thoughts of temptation and duty, conscience and fear. And underneath, a boiling, bubbling, yearning desire to be free.
Withdraw
Author: Nenalata
Constructive Criticism Requested: Yes, please! 'Twould be much appreciated!
Synopsis: The old one cups his face with a too-tight hand and talons sinking
into his chin. "Now do you realize you shouldn't have mocked us?" she rasps, spittle flying into his eyes. "Now do you realize you should have feared us?"
He never did. He always had.
"Nod," she tells him. His muscles are too weak to fight against her vicelike grip. "Nod!" she shouts again, slapping him with a palm sizzling with lightning.
His fear of pain overrides his fear of death, need for lyrium, need for food, desire for death.
Maker damn him, he nods.
Wounded Iris
Author: The Grey Nayr
Synopsis: Iris is a talented mage haunted by the death of her father, an event that brought her to the Circle of Magi. On the eve of her Harrowing, she contemplates the Rite of Tranquility as a release from her emotional suffering. By her side is her mentor Gilroy, her friends Angela and Francois, and Nolan, the love of her life from the Templar Order. Can they persuade her away from his drastic course of action and convince her to face her demons?
Wrath
Author: thats1evildude
Synopsis: When a boy wakes to find his house in flames and a squad of templars standing at his door with torches in hand, who else could he blame for the destruction of his home? But even as he makes his escape while swearing bloody revenge, things are not quite as they seem, and the night still holds a few surprises.
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