Disenchantress
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A Thread of Fate by Disenchantress
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
21 Feb 2026
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Alistair Theirin never wanted to be king, but he wasn’t exactly able to say no when Sereda Aeducan won the Landsmeet in his favor. Then she died slaying the archdemon, leaving him to run a country with no idea how that was supposed to work. So far it feels like he’s mostly made a lot of educated guesses and leaned heavily on his regent, but Eamon’s latest scheme involves a marriage contract and it might be the craziest thing Alistair has ever, however reluctantly, agreed to. Or maybe it will be the best.
Nalissa Cousland barely escaped the sacking of Highever with her life, and after months trying to destabilize Howe’s hold on her people, spent the rest of the Blight as a prisoner of war in Fort Drakon. She still hasn’t come to terms with the scars on her body or the ones in her mind and she doesn’t know that she ever will. But when she receives a proposition from the one man in Ferelden more powerful than her brother, she may have little choice but to try. And hope her past is done trying to kill her, even if it isn’t.
First person POV, alternating between Alistair and Nalissa. Arranged marriage AU, canon if you squint. Rating for language, PTSD symptoms, violence, NSFW content. Mind the tags!
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Cassandra Warrick has exactly two modes of operation—serious as a heart attack or charming enough to give someone a heart attack—and Sam Coe isn't convinced he knows how to deal with either of them. So when two of the loneliest people in the Settled Systems get thrown together on an Artifact hunt, it could turn out to be a cosmic-sized disaster or a once in a lifetime chance to learn what it means to be both seen and understood. The real question is whether they'll be willing to take that risk.
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Until the End by Disenchantress
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
29 Dec 2020
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There was no cure to be found for the darkspawn taint, no matter where Warden-Commander Cousland searched. The Calling came for her as it had all the others, and even though Alistair’s hadn’t yet, he would not see her go into the Deep Roads alone. They were in this together. They always had been.
No cure for the Calling AU. This is the worst ending.
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From the Outside by Disenchantress
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
13 Jan 2019
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When Naeva Surana made Alistair King of Ferelden, she didn't expect that to mean what they had between them would end. Or never thought of it, perhaps. And she makes it nearly ten years trying to think of it as little as possible, until every Warden in Vigil's Keep begins to hear the Calling and she can't ignore the possibility that the King of Ferelden might be, too.
Alistair, on the other hand, has always been one to wallow in his mistakes, and sending away the love of his life is certainly no exception. When he begins to hear the Calling nearly a decade before he expected to, he assumes it's his penance for what he's done to Naeva and the dark ritual that spared their lives. But before he goes to the Deep Roads, there's one last apology he has to make.
AKA my version of why King Alistair isn't even remotely worried about the darkspawn magister singing in his head in Inquisition.
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Running the Gauntlet by Disenchantress
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
10 Aug 2018
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The real story of the Fifth Blight? I don't know, it's not all as dramatic as the bards sing, at least not the way I tell it. The best parts of it they leave out, anyway - probably because Nalissa and I never told them everything...
Abandoned with my apologies; I've tried to edit this up to current standards but it isn't happening. Someday I'll write a new and better version when I finish current WIPs.
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I Write Origins, Not Tragedies by Disenchantress
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
20 Mar 2016
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First loves, first losses, and first lives torn apart by the Fifth Blight - the origin stories of the various Wardens and those that were once closer to them than any other.
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The Respite Hollow (or, The Ice Was Cold and So Were Their Hearts Until They Fell in Love) by loquaciousquark
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games)
02 Feb 2020
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He was one of the premier men's figure skaters in the world before he disappeared from the professional scene, leaving only a mystery behind. She and her pairs partner were rising national stars until rink-side sabotage left her so injured she'd never skate again.
Three years later, chance and opportunity drag them both back into that world...whether they're ready for it or not.
Bookmarked by Disenchantress
11 Feb 2026
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Sans Voir by CeleritasSagittae for skogr
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins
10 Dec 2018
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Cullen didn’t think worse of Alistair because he was a bastard. He thought worse of him because he was bloody annoying--and also, currently, screaming as if on fire.
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08 Feb 2026
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After defeating Corypheus, Lavellan thought the worst was behind them. When Cullen is captured and exposed to red lyrium, the Inquisition loses its Commander and Lavellan loses the man she loves.
The two face diverging paths forward: Lavellan attempts to find purpose in life after the end of the organization they built together, and Cullen must find a way to come to terms with the darkness he's faced for a decade before he loses his memories of her forever.
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- Part 1 of Nothing Wrought Shall Be Lost
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07 Feb 2026
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Lucanis Dellamorte was never supposed to feel anything for the woman he kidnapped. Brooklyn de Riva was just leverage - a way to force her father, Viago de Riva, CEO of De Riva Pharmaceuticals - into cooperating with the Dellamorte crime family. But the longer she’s in his world, the harder it becomes to keep his distance. His obsession with Brooklyn isn't just unprofessional, it's dangerous. And when a rival crime syndicate sets their sights on Brooklyn, Lucanis must decide if he’s her captor, her protector, or the only thing standing between her and torture at the hands of the Antaam family. (A modern Rookanis kidnapping/gangster dark romance AU)
Bookmarked by Disenchantress
19 Dec 2025
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In Death, Sacrifice (and i grow old without the best of you) by ArchmagisterAssassin
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins
10 Mar 2025
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The city burns. The archdemon’s roar shakes the earth. At the heart of the battle, Genevieve Cousland stands at the edge of fate, knowing there is only one path left to take. The Calling whispers in her blood, in her bones. There is no future beyond this moment - only the choice to make her death mean something. As the battle rages, she moves with quiet resolve, carving her way toward the end she always knew was waiting for her. And when the time comes, when steel and fire and destiny collide, she does not hesitate.
Far behind her, King Alistair watches as the woman he loves disappears into the storm. By the time he reaches her, it is too late.
Soil in the dirt, blood to feed it, bones to build it, flame to purge it. In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, sacrifice.
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- Part 1 of Genevieve Cousland
Bookmarked by Disenchantress
10 Mar 2025