Love these two fiends!
Great chapter!
Glad you enjoyed it! I put their ages at around 40, give or take a few years, so imagine them as fairly direct and relaxed about the whole thing.
I should have proofread more closely, I've had to fix a couple of minor errors that got past me. 
(Taunting Varric)Corypheus: "A beardless stone-worshipper? Run as fast as your little legs can take you!"
Varric: "So you're reduced to dwarf jokes now?"
Varric, my sweet prince, never change...The Stone has a will that surrounds and directs; she guides even when we are willfully blind to her influence. But she is not pure. The Stone bears a corruption as old as balance. For the dwarves to prosper, the gangue--the waste and unstable rock-- must be cut away. But like the Stone, the gangue also has an influence. Each of us must face this, must carve the worst of ourselves away, but theLegion of the Dead bears a unique responsibility. Only the fully adorned of the Legion can face the gangue, can cut into darkness that afflicts the raw Stone. She encircles us, and we must protect her, here where darkness meets light.
--A Legion of the Dead inscription, undated
The "Dwarves forgot the dwarves" is correct. Seems like Ancient Dwarves had a sacred duty to The Stone that they eventually forgot.
Is it just me, of is the middle statue a dwarven-stylized depiction of a dragon? Namely the way Flemeth's dragon statues look like.
Lastly, why do I get the feeling that those statues are actually Titans? Or at least contain something inside? We know Titans can somehow "transform" into looking like those Tevinter statues(whose form were inspired by a wandering Titan). It kinda takes imagination, but I can kinda see some resemblance.
Question: how does the nightmare know what a dwarf quizzie and Varric are afraid of, when dwarves don't go to the Fade to dream?
Posted something new on Ao3: http://archiveofouro...g/works/4013578
...well, new is maybe a big term - I had posted an older version in that thread some months ago, but I've been tweaking the story ever since, so yeah! 
Long hair mod by Skaramoosh available for dwarf males. More screenshots/info available at the link: http://skara888.tumb...e-its-available
Now I REALLY wish I knew how to mod my copy of DAI. The one mod I REALLY need if I was to try and make Xanthos Aeducan in Inquisition's engine, and I don't have any idea how to do it.
Corypheus: "You have been most successful in foiling my plans, but let us not forget what you are."
Corypheus: "A thief, in the wrong place at the wrong time. An interloper. A gnat."
Corypheus: "We shall prove here, once and for all, which of us is worthy of godhood."
Cadash: "I don't believe in gods."
Corypheus: "You dare."
(While fighting)
Corypheus: "You think to best me? A runted dirt-worshipper?"
Corypheus: "Your people have ever been the sand beneath Tevinter heels!"
(Taunting Varric)
Corypheus: "A beardless stone-worshipper? Run as fast as your little legs can take you!"
Varric: "So you're reduced to dwarf jokes now?"
I kinda feel Cory making anti-Dwarf comments is a bit OOC given he seemed to display a rather opposite stance in Legacy and Tevinter society held the Dwarves in high regard historically in canon.
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I honestly don't know. As much as I like Harding, I'm not a fan of her potential romance being patched on in fragments like this. This is the first game that qunari have been introduced as a playable race and they already have a full qunari romance ready to go while dwarves continue to remain confined to flirts or one-night stands. I get waiting for the right story or the right character. I just want the dwarf romance to be treated with respect, not as an afterthought.
Does anyone think bioware will make Scout Harding a romance this time around? Or will it be saved for the next game? (here is hoping i can roll a dwarf berserker
My dwarf champ....i feel sorry for him
I honestly don't know. As much as I like Harding, I'm not a fan of her potential romance being patched on in fragments like this. This is the first game that qunari have been introduced as a playable race and they already have a full qunari romance ready to go while dwarves continue to remain confined to flirts or one-night stands. I get waiting for the right story or the right character. I just want the dwarf romance to treated with respect, not as an afterthought.
I'd just as soon see the romance wait for the next game myself. As Gilsa says, I want them to do a serious job of it since they've made us wait so long. And while I like Harding's sense of humor, I just hope they don't turn her into comic relief like Ohgren and Varric.
Now I REALLY wish I knew how to mod my copy of DAI. The one mod I REALLY need if I was to try and make Xanthos Aeducan in Inquisition's engine, and I don't have any idea how to do it.
You need to download Mod Manager. This is the program that will merge your patch files with the modded files together. (It is important that you make a copy of your default patch folder elsewhere as you will need to swap it back in and remerge if you add or remove other mods.) There are instructions on the link. They will be overwhelming, but once you run it, you will get the hang of it and it will become much easier after that.
In a nutshell, just make a folder anywhere on your desktop or hard drive to store the mods you want to use. Keep a back-up copy of your latest patch in there as well. Run the program, tell it where to find the game and where to find the mod you want to use, and let it merge. It won't be perfect. The new patches break the programming every time and the modders have to work to find a way to fix it. It's worth it though!
You need to download Mod Manager. This is the program that will merge your patch files with the modded files together. (It is important that you make a copy of your default patch folder elsewhere as you will need to swap it back in and remerge if you add or remove other mods.) There are instructions on the link. They will be overwhelming, but once you run it, you will get the hang of it and it will become much easier after that.
In a nutshell, just make a folder anywhere on your desktop or hard drive to store the mods you want to use. Keep a back-up copy of your latest patch in there as well. Run the program, tell it where to find the game and where to find the mod you want to use, and let it merge. It won't be perfect. The new patches break the programming every time and the modders have to work to find a way to fix it. It's worth it though!
Gilsa, the mod manager notes show that it's still having some problems with BE as of a few weeks ago? Any idea if that's still the case?
I honestly don't know. As much as I like Harding, I'm not a fan of her potential romance being patched on in fragments like this. This is the first game that qunari have been introduced as a playable race and they already have a full qunari romance ready to go while dwarves continue to remain confined to flirts or one-night stands. I get waiting for the right story or the right character. I just want the dwarf romance to be treated with respect, not as an afterthought.
Gilsa, the mod manager notes show that it's still having some problems with BE as of a few weeks ago? Any idea if that's still the case?
I checked and there's a newer version out now (no idea why it's not updated on the Nexus link): http://daimodder.tum...ble-v0-52-alpha
From reading that post, I think what they mean is that some mods won't work in the Black Emporium. For example, if you modded in the longer ponytail hairstyle, you will still see the default ponytail at the CC, but once you leave Black Emporium, the modded hairstyle shows up properly. Does that make sense? I downloaded .52 alpha version just now to make sure it works and it works fine for me. No issues entering/leaving Black Emporium. None of the mods I use are directly affected by the Black Emporium so I don't think it's as big of a deal as it might seem.
Posted new Cadash/Bull fics on AO3:
Road Trip to Nowhere (modern AU Cadash/Bull)
DAI Missives (this one is a compilation of fics but some f!Cadash/Bull and m!Cadash/Josephine will be included)
Very nice! I like the photo she has on her page on the right, she looks very much like Harding there.
OK, another one that's somewhat NSFW. The wording is slightly different on the AO3 version, and slightly less NSFW. Sorry, I'd planned a longer chapter, but I've haven't been able to spend much time at the computer due to a strain.
https://www.fanficti...Acerbic-Alchemy
http://archiveofouro...hapters/9065704
OK, another one that's somewhat NSFW. The wording is slightly different on the AO3 version, and slightly less NSFW. Sorry, I'd planned a longer chapter, but I've haven't been able to spend much time at the computer due to a strain.
Have a !
I'm really enjoying how the intimacy is unfolding between them.
Hope you feel better soon!
I wish Bioware would publish some short stories about multiplayer characters, like Luka. I thought her background in multiplayer demanded some story where she talks to Varric, or says something about Hawke.
The playful interaction/dialogue between the two flows very well. Fun read, thanks! Feel better soon!
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