How to Win a Losing Hand: One-Shots from the Love Story of Varric Tethras and Maria Cadash (Canon Dragon Age Setting)
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Your Reputation Proceeds You, Varric Tethras by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games)
27 Aug 2020
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A series of letters between Maria Cadash, back when she was just a lyrium smuggler in Ostwick, and Varric Tethras, back when he thought the worst thing that could happen was a Qunari invasion. A peak at the biggest near-miss in their canon story.
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It'll be a Hell of a Story by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka), TightAssets
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
28 Oct 2020
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Varric Tethras would walk away from the Inquisition, the hole in the sky, demons, mages, templars, and the whole thing to go back to Kirkwall. Except, of course, for the Red Lyrium he's sort of responsible for.
Maria Cadash has always been Carta, it's the only thing she expected to be the rest of her life. When a job turns sour and the world goes to hell, everything could be different.
And what happens when two people unmoored from everything they know meet at the end of the world?
...sexual tension, mostly.
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Into the Abyss by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
07 Sep 2020
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In an alternate universe, Athena Adaar gets the glory of Inquisitor, but Maria Cadash sticks around and gets in trouble while driving Varric Tethras the best kind of insane.
What happens when Hawke realizes her best friend has caught feelings?
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Catch and Chase by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka), TightAssets
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
13 Oct 2020
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Varric Tethras may have gotten Maria Cadash into bed, but that doesn't mean she's developed feelings.
It's just a fling, right?
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An Apology for the Remaining Warden by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
26 Aug 2020
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Gordon Blackwall thinks Varric Tethras doesn't deserve Maria Cadash. But, of course, neither does Thom Rainier.
Prompt fill from Tumblr now on AO3!
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Wicked Grace is for Liars by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
26 Aug 2020
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Varric Tethras organizes the infamous Wicked Grace game because Maria Cadash gets an interesting wrinkle in her forehead every time someone calls her Lady Cadash. Originally posted as a prompt fill on Tumblr for Fluffuary!
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The Carta Will Kill Me Yet by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
30 Aug 2020
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It happens like clockwork. First - Bianca Davri visits.
Second - Carta assassins.
This time, the rhythm feels a little different.
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Appeasing the Inquisitor by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
15 Feb 2020
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Inquisitor Maria Cadash is famous for her fiery temper (it goes with the red hair, after all.) She's also known for being less than enthusiastic about Orlesian social events. When her advisers attempt to get her into a gown, Maria's temper sparks to life. There's only one dwarf who can solve the problem.
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The Inquisitor's Sweet Tooth by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
11 Mar 2020
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Maria Cadash's sweet tooth is well known. Varric finally gets a taste when The Iron Bull gifts him a container of honey and some sturdy ribbons.
Now with an unplanned chapter two where Maria Cadash makes use of some scarves, smuggler's knots, and a bowl of ice cream to turn the tables.Series
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Breathless Revenge by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka), TightAssets
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
22 Oct 2020
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Varric Tethras is thrown to the Orlesians as a distraction so his fiery girlfriend can sneak around the palace in a sinfully ridiculous gown.
He has a lot of opinions about the fairness of that.
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Avoiding the Merchant's Guild by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
21 Feb 2020
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Maria Cadash knows one way to help Varric avoid his Merchant Guild problems.
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Spoils of the Avaar by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
29 Jun 2020
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Varric Tethras loves his girlfriend, the irrepressible Inquisitor Maria Cadash, even though she drags him to the worst places in Thedas. On a trip to the Frostback Basin, Varric's armor is ruined by one of the myriad disgusting creatures lurking in the wilderness.
Luckily, there's a gift of Avaar armor waiting back at camp, and it looks damn fine on the Inquisitor's favorite Dwarven storyteller.
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The Merchant's Guild Mess by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
30 Aug 2020
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Varric has quite a mess with the Merchant's Guild. Maria helps him relax.
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Climbing to the Throne by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
24 Sep 2020
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In an Alternate Universe where Maria Cadash and Athena Adaar converge in Kirkwall in time to stop Anders from making a devastating mistake and there are two sets of Hawke twins, Varric is handed the Viscount's Throne far before the Mage War consumes the south.
He'll only be climbing to the throne if one spectacularly curvy redhead gets to come with him.
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Convoluted Disguises It Is by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
30 Aug 2020
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Varric and Maria sneak into the kitchens for a late night snack, even if doing so scandalizes the staff.
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Offending the Ghosts of Viscounts Past by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka), TightAssets
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
08 Oct 2020
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Maria Cadash wakes up in the middle of the night to discover her husband missing and finds him working on his newest novel in the Viscount's office. She teases him for his work ethic and he teases her mercilessly in return.
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The Viscount's Muse by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
25 Feb 2020
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Maria Cadash meant to proofread Varric's latest chapter of his newest serial. She finds something much more interesting stuffed in his desk drawer and decides to make him squirm publicly by reading his smut back to him at a Merchant's Guild Dinner.
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Nugs as Big as Horses and Other Tall Tales by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
07 Sep 2020
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Varric Tethras loves his precocious daughter, who believes absolutely none of his bullshit. Even when he IS telling the truth about the crazy shit her mother got up to.
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The Perks of Being the Viscount by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
28 Apr 2020
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Being the Viscount of Kirkwall usually means boring meetings. But sometimes, Varric's precocious daughter manages to make it interesting.
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The Flower of Kirkwall by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
07 Sep 2020
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Marguerite Cadash-Tethras is known as the Flower of Kirkwall.
Some nights, that nickname grates a little more than she wants to admit.
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