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Illustration of Bann Teagan caressing Kallian Tabris' face.
Bann Teagan confessing to the Hero of Ferelden, Kallian Tabris.

‘Date Pies’ is a beloved Dragon Age project started in 2021 as a social-isolation-meets-portfolio project. It’s a Dragon Age Origins fanfiction (Ao3) coupled with illustrations for some of its characters and scenes.

Since posting this I have new batches of drawings made for this same fanfic.

I took a lot of creative liberties, but it was immensely fun to indulge in DA lore (including canon foods and dishes!!) and to fill some vague or empty spaces with my headcanons, costumes, and character designs.

The fanfic – ‘Date Pies’

Summary

The story is a lore-friendly retelling (with occasional Epistolary moments) of the Arl of Redcliffe and Landsmeet quests timeline. Kallian Tabris/City Elf warden and Bann Teagan take their flirtatious banter further and start a romantic relationship as the world is collapsing around them.

Content warnings: Typical DA violence, blood, gets smutty in chapter 17 (of course it does!)

Link to the fic (Ao3) 

Dragon Age origins art of a city elf, Morrigan and Leliana in Redcliffe.
Kallian Tabris, Leliana, and Morrigan buying toiletries in Redcliffe’s market.
Ser Perth and Bann Teagan watch them from afar.
Painting of the city elf and Bann Teagan
One of the first paintings made for this fanfiction. I ended up using it as a cover.

“Bella’s place has a new balcony upstairs,” the man said tentatively, “Good view to the woods. Quieter. The rain stopped.”
Kallian raised an eyebrow to the wall, her lips curling slightly, “Must be charming.”
“Alas, if only you could see it for yourself.”
She turned to face him, squinting and tapping nails at the table. He understood she did that when thinking and didn’t move, waiting.
“Alright. I’ll need a guide to find this balcony. Know a Bann that could help me?”

Chapter 13: Lamb Stew
Bust illustration of Howe, a Dragon Age NPC.
‘The butcher of Denerim’ — Remember this NPC? Rendon Howe is pretty much responsible for all the bad events in Dragon Age Origins.

Dragon Age Inquisition — Trespasser Teagan

So! Here is a story.

An older Bann Teagan appears (as an Arl) in Dragon Age Trespasser, and his 3D character model is a reuse of Gregory Dedrick, another NPC who is the mayor of Crestwood.

A screenshot with Arl Teagan wearing a red and yellow costume

Needles to say, the community noticed it and criticized how he lost facial features from the early games. My first contact with Trespasser was via watching gameplays, and at first I didn’t even notice him.

I think his facial features didn’t stray too far from the original Teagan, taking into account the aging of the character, and his costume has some interesting designs. Parts of it resemble a tower shape, which makes sense considering the Guerrin’s heraldry is a tower. The costume is also worn and dirty — is it because he is assuming a battle-ready, defensive role against the Inquisition?

I wish I knew what the shield designs on his collar mean. Maybe they’re symbols of other bannorns, like Rainesfere?

In any case, I sketched a version of Trespasser Teagan with his signature hair and goatee, which aren’t present in the DLC.

Painting of Bann Teagan in Trespasser.
My version of Trespasser Arl Teagan Guerrin.

My Dragon Age tag has more sketches (both for ‘Date Pies’ and other fanfiction!)

Shoutout to friends

A big big thank you to @shanaraharlyah for helping SO SO MUCH in inspiring me, motivation, AND revising the fanfiction (and being a dear friend overall!!!) She has her own fics and artworks in the DA universe — including a beautiful, compassionate and strong Surana — and I recommend her and her blog to anyone in the fandom. ♥ 🌿

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