TruthfulTheDuck
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Whose Voice Unrolls Paper by TruthfulTheDuck
Fandoms: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games)
10 Sep 2025
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“He could kiss Hawke once. Just this once. He wouldn’t have to think about it anymore—the whole question of it would be answered. The proverbial cat: killed, revived, and slinking away after, satisfied.
It almost seemed tidy, put that way. It almost seemed rational.
Varric didn’t feel rational.
He felt like he was standing at the edge of a cliff.”
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Varric has a one-night stand with his best pal Hawke right before embarking on an expedition to the Deep Roads together to make their fortunes. But it’ll be fine! Varric isn’t going to make it weird.
(Varric makes it weird.)
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This fic can be read standalone, or as an AU of 'A Poem and a Mistake'Series
- Part 1 of Brosca-Hawke-Adaar World State
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A Poem and a Mistake by TruthfulTheDuck
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games)
30 Oct 2024
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"The people of the Inquisition pressed in further. Hawke glanced at Varric, and Varric saw—in the subtle movements of his eyes, brow, and mouth—that Hawke could read his desperate terror.
And Hawke—
The finest man Varric had ever known— The best friend Varric had ever had— The person Varric loved most in the world— The absolute bastard—
Hawke winked at him."
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The Champion of Kirkwall arrives at Skyhold, and Varric can't let him leave again. Not without telling him how he feels.
Featuring a sly Iron Bull, a suspicious Vivienne, a star-struck Seeker of Truth, the first time Varric and Cole meet, and other cameos.
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- Part 2 of Brosca-Hawke-Adaar World State
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**Currently abandoned.**
A story of three strands:
In the three years since his most audacious act, Asra keeps a journal. In it, he records everything the apprentice ever told him about their past, in the desperate hope that they'll one day be well enough to read it.
When the ache is too much to bear, Asra travels alone. It's only when he's put enough physical distance between him and his apprentice that he lets himself remember what he's lost, to feel the depth of his longing.
And Muriel? Muriel never learned how to deny Asra anything in his power to give, no matter how much it costs him. Whenever Asra needs him, Muriel's there. Whenever Asra leaves the city, Muriel enters and, slowly, gets to know someone he's spent the last six years resenting.
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Wide-Eyed Awake, and Watchful by TruthfulTheDuck
Fandoms: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Video Game)
22 Jun 2022
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**Currently abandoned.**
'Merula couldn’t say how long they sat there, looking at each other. All she knew was that she felt the world narrowing, narrowing down, until the only thing that existed in the whole of the world was a pair of dark eyes that seemed to open and give way under her own—'
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When Bill invited Merula to spend her entire Christmas break with his family at the behest of his parents, he failed to mention that her biggest rival would be joining them for Christmas and Boxing Day. It was only two days--they've had to train together for months, already--what could possibly happen?
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Brosca-Hawke-Adaar World State by TruthfulTheDuck
Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition
10 Sep 2025
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A collection of fics in the same world state, arranged in a loose chronological order from DAO onward.
Daru Brosca, the Hero of Ferelden. Ovide Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall. Gem Adaar, the Inquisitor. Rook, a former Agent of Fen'Harel who defects to bring him down.
Some other origins have parts to play:
Mahariel, lost in the eluvian. Aeducan and Tabris, doomed in Denerim. Cadash, handler of red lyrium. Trevelyan, Tranquil soldier. Lavellan, grieving spy.
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(Events post-Trespasser will be canon divergent, largely taken from and inspired by the amazing art-book The Art of Dragon Age: the Veilguard, plus a few things from Veilguard.)
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Hans knows that Henry is too busy and too dumb to court any lady properly, so what does that mill maid Theresa see in him?
Bookmarked by TruthfulTheDuck
08 Apr 2026
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It is Henry’s first winterhunt, and wolves are howling in the fields. Hans cannot understand why everyone is so afraid.
A KCD1-era deep dive into the issue of class and what it means for Hans & Henry's present as well as their future. Hansry, established relationship. Implied Bianca/Theresa.
Bookmarked by TruthfulTheDuck
20 Apr 2026
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Winter hunt for wolves harrying Neuhof, excellent nuanced character-driven conflicts between Henry & Theresa and Henry/Hans
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Hans repeats it to himself, waiting for the thought to sink. Waiting for something to spring from the quiet of his heart. But it sits, it settles. His child, his baby, his son.
Nothing.
The birth of Hans's first son is not all he imagined it to be.
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- Part 15 of dearer than worldly honour
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[Comic] Inquisitor Maddox by Albossharu
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
03 May 2026
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A comic retelling of Inquisition but with Maddox as the herald. I did this to explore the cure of tranquility and tranquility in general, and also because I love Maddox and Samson.
I will edit the tags when I add more chapters! It's gonna be long
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- Part 1 of Inquisitor Maddox
Bookmarked by TruthfulTheDuck
12 Apr 2026
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Absolute cinema (comic) about Maddox as the Inquisitior -- in love with Samson -- who's working for Coryphallus
Writes Sera, Cassandra, and Vivienne exceptionally well. Reckons with Cullen, and Maddox's disdain / hatred for him; reckons with the betrayal the Inner Circle feels over Maddox's past working with Samson; it's just amazing in every conceivable way
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Hans is rapidly starting to hate Ruthard Palace. He’s sick of staring at nothing but the Ruthard’s dour decorative choices, the same miserable colours and motifs in Kuttenberg that he’d had plenty of time to grow weary of in Maleshov. He’s sick of not being able to say this with the would-be scion of the Ruthards somehow always within earshot, lest he cause offence. He's sick of Brabant, who he’s now spent far too much time with and has heard every one of his stories at least twice. He’s sick of Žižka and Hynek cutting him out of conversations, out of decisions, out of his rightful place at the table.
He’s been here for barely three days, but if he has to remain within these four walls for even ten minutes more, he’s going to lose his mind.
Henry co-ordinates a jailbreak to give Hans a small reprieve from his effective house arrest, and Hans gets a glimpse into what Henry was doing in Kuttenberg while he was being held in Maleshov.
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- Part 2 of you did not light me