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  1. Rec 14

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    After Tarquin offers to be Ashur's first kiss, Ashur can't resist asking for more, and the two stumble towards something new.

    A 5+1 inspired by @fadesense's The Offer.

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    08 Feb 2026

  2. Rec 62

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    Duty calls, and Dorian must answer: when a letter arrives from an old acquaintance asking for Dorian’s aid in securing crucial alliances within the Magisterium, Dorian’s hopes for what Tevinter might yet become outweigh any trepidation about leaving the Inquisition – and the Inquisitor – for the time it would take to remedy Tevinter’s most obvious ills. Still, Inquisitor Lavellan will not be turned aside. Despite the mage’s protests, he insists on accompanying Dorian, although it will be as his companion, not as the Inquisitor.

    But the powers at play in the Imperium are greater and more convoluted than Dorian had anticipated: while he navigates secret alliances, unknown motives, and the effects of a series of brutal assassinations, Lavellan discovers that someone has been promising escaped slaves freedom… only to slaughter them for sinister purposes. Trying to uncover the truth of who is making a wild grab for power, and who is putting both Dorian and Lavellan in grave danger, is made harder as they struggle with how to be together in a world so bent on tearing them apart.

    NOTE: The final act is comprised of author’s notes/outline only — but the arc of the story is complete.

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    06 Feb 2026

  3. Rec 32

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    He wants to hurt you, Spite had crowed in his ear. Just like everyone else does!

    Lucanis would be inclined to believe him… if it weren’t for those few brief moments that had stuck in his mind. Gentle fingers rubbing salves onto his burns and bruises, so lightly that the pain never overtook the relief. The cloak being draped over him, shielding him from the night’s chill, its fabric thick and still infused with another body’s warmth. The most warmth Lucanis had had since he’d woken up in the Ossuary…Mierda, he must have spent far too much time in Venatori hands, if such small gestures were affecting him this much.

    (Or: Lucanis and Rook don't start off on the right foot. Only, Rook might not despise Lucanis as much as he suspected, and the Crow might be taking a fancy to the surly Shadow Dragon, too…)

    CHAPTER 13: A duel leads to a conversation, a promise — and an invitation.

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    01 Feb 2026

  4. Rec 2

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    Five times the Thedas cat distribution system worked as intended… and one time it did not.

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    27 Jan 2026

  5. Rec 23

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    “So you'd be the Viper then, yeah?” Tarquin asks, one eyebrow raised.

    “Ser Templar,” the Viper greets, as calm and pleasant as if they'd bumped into each other at the market. “Good evening.”

    Tarquin stares at him for a moment, then makes a pointed glance over his shoulder where it's still fucking pouring. A small river has started gushing in the divets where the walkway's been worn down over time. “Oh, piss off, it's a wretched night and you know it.”

    There's a couple of sounds like muffled laughter from the gaggle of kids, and the Viper's eyes crinkle just a little bit in a way that Tarquin is going to assume is a smile.

    “I was being polite,” the Viper protests.

    “Polite would've been picking any other back alley to corral your little flock and interrupting someone else's way home at the end of a shite day,” Tarquin grouses.

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    Or, how Tarquin joins the Shadow Dragons and somehow manages to fall in love with his boss.

    One of his bosses. Good thing he has two, right?

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    05 Jan 2026