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[alwayshungry]

http://artsyneurotic...-id-fuck-around

 

http://rae-mell.tumb...ve-been-wanting

 

http://eleonorpiteir...d-a-mighty-need

 

http://mellorianjart...-i-did-here-o-o

 

http://yamaorce.devi...ullen-519504509

 

http://lilyrutherfor...oom-i-would-let

[Ryriena]

I just came up with more backstory for my canon inquisitor. She is the proud daughter of a loving family that adored her even while as a mage she became quite skilled in fire spells and even creating her own style of Firestorm which is a huge twister of Fire Of course, at around the age of sixteen she meets a young man named Alex who is a Templar recurit from town and they fall in love with one another.

At age eighteen, she has her Harrowing with Alex being the Templar that would take the killing blow, if anything went wrong. Which he later tells her was nerve racking for him to think about in the end.


However, around age 26 she kills the First enchanter to get Ostwick into the war, since she believes being netural is not working.

Sadly, during Ostwick uprising she watched in horror as the man she loved Alex is killed by some of his fellow templars while protecting a group of Mages and her from Templars in the circle.

He dies in her arms, and somewhat lessen her resolve to fight. So they send her to the conclave supposedly, as a netual observer and from their stuff kind of happens.

[skylark]

I was just talking with a friend and do we know 100% that Cullen isn’t of noble birth? We were talking about what the orlesian nobles in the great hall say when your quizzie is romancing him. Now what they say makes sense if your quizzie is a Trevelyan, not so much if they’re a Lavellan. Unless of course Cullen is nobility.
I know he says that he holds no land or titles outside the inquisition but in theory he could come from a noble family but had to give up all claims and titles when he joined the templar order. Mages have to give it all up for obvious reasons and given that in some war table missions in DAI, sending a noble off to become a chantry sister/brother seemingly ends any political disputes tied to them, which makes me think that you give up everything when you swear yourself to the chantry.

I don't think its specifically mentioned. I've never thought of him as a nobody in terms of birthright. He might not be from a famous noble family but I don't think he's backwater either. Maybe he's like a branch off of a semi noble line somewhere? I think it's implied through his dialogue that he isn't used to balls n' such so if he does have a semblance of noble blood it's certainly below the Trevelyan house. Plus if he has noble blood it's a possible explanation as to how he rose in rank so quickly but then again that sort of thing might not have any bearing on Chantry/ Templar affairs. That's just my headcanon though.

[Ryriena]

However, even as a noble you could be not use too balls, since, some Noble familes did not attend balls a lot, due to things like sickness or having business else where at the time. I do think if he is from a noble line it is probably that his family has the title of lady or lord, which is mostly a off shoot of the higher chains. They normly did not have balls all the time, and only on certain occasions.

[Ryriena]

I just came up with more backstory for my canon inquisitor. She is the proud daughter of a loving family that adored her even while as a mage she became quite skilled in fire spells and even creating her own style of Firestorm which is a huge twister of Fire Of course, at around the age of sixteen she meets a young man named Alex who is a Templar recurit from town and they fall in love with one another.

At age eighteen, she has her Harrowing with Alex being the Templar that would take the killing blow, if anything went wrong. Which he later tells her was nerve racking for him to think about in the end.


However, around age 26 she kills the First enchanter to get Ostwick into the war, since she believes being netural is not working.

Sadly, during Ostwick uprising she watched in horror as the man she loved Alex is killed by some of his fellow templars while protecting a group of Mages and her from Templars in the circle.

He dies in her arms, and somewhat lessen her resolve to fight. So they send her to the conclave supposedly, as a netual observer and from their stuff kind of happens.

So what do people think?

[QweenBeen]

I think it's only explicitly said that he's from outside Honnleath, so perhaps he could have been hiding the truth of it from Quizzy...being from "outside" of it could imply that you're a little noble family ruling the place...maybe he wouldn't want his noble origins known since he doesn't seem to be the type of man who wants to be classified among them. He's a respect is earned kinda guy....

Anyway, personally I'll stick with my head cannon that he's from a little farmhold, grew up a plain 'ol country boy, and duty, destiny and greatness were thurst upon him!!

[R2s Muse]

I was just talking with a friend and do we know 100% that Cullen isn’t of noble birth? We were talking about what the orlesian nobles in the great hall say when your quizzie is romancing him. Now what they say makes sense if your quizzie is a Trevelyan, not so much if they’re a Lavellan. Unless of course Cullen is nobility.

I know he says that he holds no land or titles outside the inquisition but in theory he could come from a noble family but had to give up all claims and titles when he joined the templar order. Mages have to give it all up for obvious reasons and given that in some war table missions in DAI, sending a noble off to become a chantry sister/brother seemingly ends any political disputes tied to them, which makes me think that you give up everything when you swear yourself to the chantry.
 

It hasn't been addressed explicitly outside of his comments to Trev about not being as highborn as she is. So that, personally, says to me not noble, along with the other things folks have mentioned. The fact that he has a last name is also not definitive, since although it's more common for nobles to have last names than for others... even DG has acknowledged that this is not a hard and fast rule in Thedas and so doesn't really tell you anything. 

 

As far as his advancement in the templars, according to Evangeline in Asunder, rank is left at the door when you join the templars (and she almost implied that it would be more of an impediment than a help). So I would really doubt that has anything to do with his standing in the Order one way or another. 

[Owlfruit Potion]

I was just talking with a friend and do we know 100% that Cullen isn’t of noble birth? We were talking about what the orlesian nobles in the great hall say when your quizzie is romancing him. Now what they say makes sense if your quizzie is a Trevelyan, not so much if they’re a Lavellan. Unless of course Cullen is nobility.

I don't want to quote it exactly or screencap it because her Twitter account seems to be private now, but yes, Brianne has explicitly said that he is not and never was noble. I imagine since he was a late addition to the romances they had to shoehorn him into one of the existing two lines for the Orlesians and decided he was important enough for them to be excited about despite not being nobility.

EDIT: Also, I think all the Winter Palace / aftermath attention suggests that a lot of the sort of people those two probably hang out with have been engaging in some serious wishful thinking about Cullen's backstory.

[timebean]

OK you lore-wise folks, got a question for ya....

 

The Litany of Adrala...is this a verse than one says, like a spell?  Or is is a physical thing like a stone than channels energy?

 

Also, since it blocks mind control....is it something that the templars had or something that mages had?  Ie, is it a piece of magical information from the Ciricle library or something that the templar high command would have stored away to help battle blood mages? 

 

Anyone who knows anything, could you PM me (so we don't derail the thread)?  I need it for writing purposes!! 

 

THANKS!!!!!

[Hellion Rex]

OK you lore-wise folks, got a question for ya....

 

The Litany of Adrala...is this a verse than one says, like a spell?  Or is is a physical thing like a stone than channels energy?

 

Also, since it blocks mind control....is it something that the templars had or something that mages had?  Ie, is it a piece of magical information from the Ciricle library or something that the templar high command would have stored away to help battle blood mages? 

 

Anyone who knows anything, could you PM me (so we don't derail the thread)?  I need it for writing purposes!! 

 

THANKS!!!!!

No need for PM.

 

It is a chant, usable by anyone. The power is in the bindings of the book as well as the words. You need to hold the book and read aloud the words for the power to take effect.

 

As for its origins, it was written by an ex-Tevinter mage who came south due to her ability to counter a crap ton of blood magic spells. Basically, the Litany is a piece of magic that she created, and the Templars have held onto it as valuable magical information. I would imagine that most Circle Towers have a copy. Lambert also had his own pocket sized version as well.

[Cerulione]

Not Cullen but OMG HAVE YOU GUYS SEE THIS???

 

http://therealmcgee....-to-see-more-of

 

NSFW

[Tishina]

I was just talking with a friend and do we know 100% that Cullen isn’t of noble birth? We were talking about what the orlesian nobles in the great hall say when your quizzie is romancing him. Now what they say makes sense if your quizzie is a Trevelyan, not so much if they’re a Lavellan. Unless of course Cullen is nobility.

I know he says that he holds no land or titles outside the inquisition but in theory he could come from a noble family but had to give up all claims and titles when he joined the templar order. Mages have to give it all up for obvious reasons and given that in some war table missions in DAI, sending a noble off to become a chantry sister/brother seemingly ends any political disputes tied to them, which makes me think that you give up everything when you swear yourself to the chantry.
 

What R2 said, but keep in mind that he's also Ferelden. It's implied in DAO that they have a class of substantial non-noble landowners who have the right to decide which bann they're under and can and do change. That gives them some power without being noble themselves, but they're constrained by practicality - if you swear to a distant bann, will he or she be able to reach you in time to help in an attack.

 

I've been imagining his family (because the hints are that they weren't poor) were from this class of freeholders.

[Teshayel]

I just came up with more backstory for my canon inquisitor. She is the proud daughter of a loving family that adored her even while as a mage she became quite skilled in fire spells and even creating her own style of Firestorm which is a huge twister of Fire Of course, at around the age of sixteen she meets a young man named Alex who is a Templar recurit from town and they fall in love with one another.

At age eighteen, she has her Harrowing with Alex being the Templar that would take the killing blow, if anything went wrong. Which he later tells her was nerve racking for him to think about in the end.


However, around age 26 she kills the First enchanter to get Ostwick into the war, since she believes being netural is not working.

Sadly, during Ostwick uprising she watched in horror as the man she loved Alex is killed by some of his fellow templars while protecting a group of Mages and her from Templars in the circle.

He dies in her arms, and somewhat lessen her resolve to fight. So they send her to the conclave supposedly, as a netual observer and from their stuff kind of happens.

 

Quite a few similarities to my Quizzie's background story, except that her Templar is from Tevinter (O_o) Things go wrong when the war starts as well, and she loses him. Not because he tries to protect her, though. There's an issue with securing a stable source of lyrium for a large number of Templars - the Trevelyans' estate becomes a base of operations for the knights. The main difference is that she doesn't kill anyone, and is definitely not with the rebels

 

I like how the characters lend themselves to so many variations Your Quizzie sounds like she got kicked in the teeth by life - nothing better to create an interesting personality Make sure to share the story with us when you are done writing  

[Tishina]

Not Cullen but OMG HAVE YOU GUYS SEE THIS???

 

http://therealmcgee....-to-see-more-of

 

NSFW

Oh, my... wouldn't that be a sight to wake up to?

[Teshayel]

Not Cullen but OMG HAVE YOU GUYS SEE THIS???

 

http://therealmcgee....-to-see-more-of

 

NSFW

 

I love a cute little tushy on a man And when he likes to stroll around the house naked, I love it even better

[Cerulione]

Oh, my... wouldn't that be a sight to wake up to?

 

It's afternoon here... and I'm half asleep after lunch... that wokes me up. OMG. McGee's going to be the death of me... It's funny to say this but I really feel that piece of her manage to present a kind of innoncence feeling despite... being quite NSFW. Somehow she managed to draw naked/half naked subjects while preserving the feeling of gentleness & softness really. Some other rendition of Cullen or Alistair managed to be more "arousing" even when the subject is a bit more clothed.

 

The Force is with her.

 

One of my favourite artists really.

 

*Ceru tips her hat*

(oups I'm not wearing one...)

 

I love a cute little tushy on a man And when he likes to stroll around the house naked, I love it even better

 

 

[Tishina]

It's afternoon here... and I'm half asleep after lunch... that wokes me up. OMG. McGee's going to be the death of me... It's funny to say this but I really feel that piece of her manage to present a kind of innoncence feeling despite... being quite NSFW. Somehow she managed to draw naked/half naked subjects while preserving the feeling of gentleness & softness really. Some other rendition of Cullen or Alistair managed to be more "arousing" even when the subject is a bit more clothed.

 

The Force is with her.

 

One of my favourite artists really.

 

*Ceru tips her hat*

(oups I'm not wearing one...)

 

 

 

Hmm, I would say loving as opposed to passionate/erotic?

[Hellion Rex]

Hmm, I would say loving as opposed to passionate/erotic?

Quite. While Ali's booty is divine, the tone of the artwork is very tender.

[Cerulione]

Hmm, I would say loving as opposed to passionate/erotic?

 

Hmm possibly, English is not my native language so well... I don't know how to say that actually.

 

Alright, since Elu said it here too... I feel that despite the nakedness of the subject, which render it NSFW, the colour choice & tone & expressions of the characters there are very very soft, describing love. Many of us (I guess) might have seen several paintings of Alistair or Cullen which, despite the subject being more clothed, depicting a more erotic touch (normally the painted character's eyes & choice of colour & pose). One that I've seen (and so do you all) only show Cullen shoulder up but with an amazingly cold background colour contrasted to the clear touch of erotical passion on his eyes. All of them are amazing, but the messages, the story of each are not the same. McGee's all about tenderness.

 

EDIT (again): whew... all these artists drawing Cullen... we are very very lucky indeed, I don't see that many painting of other LIs for example...

[Tishina]

Hmm possibly, English is not my native language so well... I don't know how to say that actually.

 

Alright, since Elu said it here too... I feel that despite the nakedness of the subject, which render it NSFW, the colour choice & tone & expressions of the characters there are very very soft, describing love. Many of us (I guess) might have seen several paintings of Alistair or Cullen which, despite the subject being more clothed, depicting a more erotic touch (normally the painted character's eyes & choice of colour & pose). One that I've seen (and so do you all) only show Cullen shoulder up but with an amazingly cold background colour contrasted to the clear touch of erotical passion on his eyes. All of them are amazing, but the messages, the story of each are not the same. McGee's all about tenderness.

 

EDIT (again): whew... all these artists drawing Cullen... we are very very lucky indeed, I don't see that many painting of other LIs for example...

Oh, there's nothing wrong with the way you described it, but unfortunately "innocent" has been saddled with a lot of baggage because of how it's often used. But I'm hyper-aware of the baggage words like that can carry, and I thought loving or tender (good word choice, Elu!) was closer to the exact meaning you wanted.

[Cerulione]

Oh, there's nothing wrong with the way you described it, but unfortunately "innocent" has been saddled with a lot of baggage because of how it's often used. But I'm hyper-aware of the baggage words like that can carry, and I thought loving or tender (good word choice, Elu!) was closer to the exact meaning you wanted.

 

Hehe, I'm just afraid that my interpretation of the piece is not the same with the artists', that I captured the wrong messages. It might be unpleasant for an artist to see their pieces depicted wrongly... And some artists might not want their pieces being compared to another artists' publicly... Idk about the two artists I mentionned, (the other piece being the subject of our PM discussion once), whether it's OK to "analyze" someone's work like that or not. I know that many writers don't like it, not sure about artworks...

 

Personally I always do those kind of analyze of the works of my RL friends (writing, artwork) & they always do the same with mine. But that's a circle of close friends & we trust each other for years already. Not sure whether these kind of things can be said here so if it can't please tell me & I'll stop.

[MelissaGT]

Hmm possibly, English is not my native language so well... I don't know how to say that actually.

 

Alright, since Elu said it here too... I feel that despite the nakedness of the subject, which render it NSFW, the colour choice & tone & expressions of the characters there are very very soft, describing love. Many of us (I guess) might have seen several paintings of Alistair or Cullen which, despite the subject being more clothed, depicting a more erotic touch (normally the painted character's eyes & choice of colour & pose). One that I've seen (and so do you all) only show Cullen shoulder up but with an amazingly cold background colour contrasted to the clear touch of erotical passion on his eyes. All of them are amazing, but the messages, the story of each are not the same. McGee's all about tenderness.

 

EDIT (again): whew... all these artists drawing Cullen... we are very very lucky indeed, I don't see that many painting of other LIs for example...

 

I'd say a lot of it boils down to body language as well. To me there's nothing erotic about the pose. Naked doesn't have to mean erotic. And as you said, you can have an erotic image that is fully clothed.

 

I also wouldn't say that love has to be soft either. 

[Cerulione]

I'd say a lot of it boils down to body language as well. To me there's nothing erotic about the pose. Naked doesn't have to mean erotic. And as you said, you can have an erotic image that is fully clothed.

 

I also wouldn't say that love has to be soft either. 

 

This one's not erotic IMO... but it's about tenderness.

 

And yup, agree with you, love does not have to be soft...

[Teshayel]

I'd say a lot of it boils down to body language as well. To me there's nothing erotic about the pose. Naked doesn't have to mean erotic. And as you said, you can have an erotic image that is fully clothed.

 

I also wouldn't say that love has to be soft either. 

 

How does the song go? When it's love, if it's not rough, it isn't fun? ......... seconded

[Tishina]

I'd say a lot of it boils down to body language as well. To me there's nothing erotic about the pose. Naked doesn't have to mean erotic. And as you said, you can have an erotic image that is fully clothed.

 

I also wouldn't say that love has to be soft either. 

lol, agreed, though I like variety

 

I was using loving in the sense of affectionate. English is so imprecise...