CleverBlackCat
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Like A Violin's Bow by CleverBlackCat
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
29 Feb 2024
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"Yet everything that touches us, me and you, takes us together like a violin's bow, which draws one voice out of two separate strings." -Rainer Maria Rilke-Welcome to my version of a mage Trevelyan/Cullen pairing. This story will be based mostly during the events of the Inquisition, without touching too much on in-game quests and as such, it will not quite be a literal retelling of the game story line.
Expect a generous sprinkling of world-building, in particular the Ostwick Circle, and a cast of well-developed characters.
Told from the POV of my Inquisitor Loryen, a musician whose soft and kind nature is at odds with the demands of the Inquisition, and of our beloved Commander Cullen - without a doubt my favorite DA character to write - who discovers he doesn't have to punish himself forever for the errors of his past.
This fic was on a hiatus for a while but if you enjoyed it before, I hope you will join me again as I continue Loryen's journey. I cannot begin to tell you how grateful I would be to know there are still readers out there interested in this work!
As always, thank you for reading <3
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- Part 1 of For There Is Music In All This
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A fic in which I tell my version of Cullen's backstory. Follow his journey as we revisit some of his childhood days before we explore his time as Knight-Commander in Kirkwall all the way to the start of his new life in the Inquisition (all set within my Inquisitor's world state).
This fic came about from my love of Cullen as a protagonist, and also my need to develop his character and my HCs for him, in order to write a rich, nuanced version of him in my f!Trevelyan's longfic.
If you love Cullen, and enjoy deep characterisation, this is the perfect fic for you!
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- Part 2 of For There Is Music In All This
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A Collection of DA Stories: Inquisitor Trevelyan edition by CleverBlackCat
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
15 Feb 2023
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A collection of oneshots, based on prompts, about my Inquisitor Loryen Trevelyan, who is the main character of my ongoing multi-chaptered fic 'Like A Violin's Bow' .
The stories included here are my way of expanding on headcanons I have created as part of her character development/my world building for her. They can be read as standalone fics, or as companion stories to the longform (please note they most likely will contain spoilers).
For ease of reference, the notes at the start of each chapter will explain when it takes place within Loryen's timeline.
The stories will often feature other NPCs, as the prompts dictate, and I will update the tags accordingly - but expect a lot of Cullen as he is by far my favorite to write!
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- Part 3 of For There Is Music In All This
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Stolen moment in the garden by CleverBlackCat for Raflesia65
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games)
26 Sep 2022
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Diana Trevelyan is a great many things to a great many people.
But to Cullen, she is everything.
A sweet little gift fic for my dear friend Raflesia, whose beautiful drawing (you can view it here) of her Inquisitor Diana and Cullen inspired me to write this story.
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Honnleath Furlough by CleverBlackCat
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types
22 Feb 2022
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A little break in Honnleath.
Cullen Rutherford and Loryen Trevelyan are in a loving relationship, but they find it hard to spend time together, their lives dictated by the demands of the Inquisition.When the Inquisitor is finally given a few weeks of leave, Cullen decides to surprise her with a trip away from Skyhold, bringing her to his native Honnleath where they can sample a more peaceful, domestic life.
And get to know one another better.
Please note some chapters might be NSFW and will be marked as such * in the chapter index - nothing too explicit as such but worth tagging.
Like this pairing? Why not check out the ongoing longform about them hereSeries
- Part 4 of For There Is Music In All This
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For There Is Music In All This by CleverBlackCat
Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
29 Feb 2024
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This series takes place in my mage world state, and will contain stories about my Inquisitor Loryen Trevelyan (with the exception of "I'll Be Good" - see notes -), mostly from 9:37 Dragon to Trespasser and beyond.
The title of this series is a line from a beautiful poem, Typewriter Series #2518, by Tyler Knott Gregson. If you want to see the full poem, which is such a great description of my Inquisitor's outlook on life, you can find it here.
See Series Notes below for a breakdown of the projects it comprises.
- Words:
- 125,576
- Works:
- 6
- Bookmarks:
- 4
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starlight and entropy by Ejunkiet
Fandoms: The Wayhaven Chronicles (Interactive Fiction)
21 Aug 2020
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Nate’s love letter (poem), written for Emma (unsent).
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(my mind is consumed by earthly desires -
I want to kiss you,
And learn the shape of your lips,
And the way your cheeks flush, after -)Series
- Part 4 of soft, unspoken sounds
Bookmarked by CleverBlackCat
31 Dec 2021
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One for Sorrow by tejaswrites
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition
19 Mar 2021
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Persephone Hawke was a born a tragedy, destined for a life of duty and sacrifice. Instead of fearing her fate, she welcomed it, giving everything for the greater good and for Kirkwall no matter the personal cost. To protect Kirkwall, she heads south to confront the Inquisition, where she finds the only person who’d almost convinced her there was more to life than her duty.
When Rylen left Kirkwall, all he had was a broken heart and the memories. With the world in chaos, he leaves the Templars and Starkhaven to join the Inquisition in their mission to set it right again. When Persephone arrives, he refuses to walk away again, even as their future seems to be slipping from his grasp once more.
The youngest son of a minor Marcher noble, Inquisitor Maxton Trevelyan knows of Viscountess Hawke, everyone does, but meeting her shifts his world in ways he never saw coming. She is everything he never knew he wanted and he will stop at nothing to have her.
Even as the bonds of her duty grow tighter and the hour for her to leap ever nearer, Persephone sees an opportunity to right the mistakes she made in Kirkwall and fulfill her duty to Thedas, no matter the cost.
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Bookmarked by CleverBlackCat
20 Apr 2021
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Bad Decisions By Marian Hawke- A Unofficial Compendium by Veil_of_Smog (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Comics)
23 Jul 2021
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Also known as: “What the fuck, Hawke?”
This is a non-linear group of short fics about my canon F! Mage Hawke, Marian.
Be warned, some heavy stuff, some light stuff, some drunk stuff and definitely some dumb stuff. Marian is doing her best trying to survive in a world which makes simple life challenges an extraordinary struggle. It’s a good thing she has friends. They help, when they aren’t making things more complicated.
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- Part 1 of The People's Champion
Bookmarked by CleverBlackCat
01 Mar 2021