Dorian Pavus Thread "He's More Handsome Than A Cockroach"

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I like the Satinalia idea .^^ I'm sure your text is good ,you're skilled at writing and you're articulate , you can pull it off .

You didn't publish anything from your Inquisitor fanfiction?(I'm feeling curious these days, sorry.)
The non steamy bits I mean?
Because I remember you talking about your Dalish Inqui dealing with the aftermath of Trespasser and dealing with the Lavallan clan , etc...

I am writing an entire novel concerning my Lavellan's exploits post Trespasser but it is not yet finished. As I reflect on things and come up with new revelations, I sometimes realise that may not fit with what I originally wrote, so I go back an edit accordingly. (Unlike Bioware I like consistency in my stories).

For example, my novel originally started with Dorian leaving from Kirkwall on an overland caravan to Vyrantium and onwards to Minrathous, so he never got to meet my clan. Later on I wasn't happy with this, so I went back and had him visit my clan and then take ship to Antiva (Keeper Deshanna supplying him with a special potion to help with sea sickness), taking a caravan from there to Qarinus. This then altered what my Lavellan did between Dorian leaving and then attending the Arlathven in the spring. So involving a lot of additional material and then editing of the original. Which is why I haven't actually published any of my fan fiction on-line, as it is still a work in progress. If I ever do, I'll let you know.

Read the Wrong Sort of Whatever and left a Kudos. Sorry but having to divulge name and email address prevented me from leaving a comment there. I will say that I did enjoy it, though. It is interesting to see what other people do with the characters. I also like the way you dealt with the emotional impact on the Inquisitor. That is something that has preoccupied me as well. On to the novel now!

How I loved Dorian. He was always in my party. His banter and sassiness is too great to miss. I do feel like his romance was kind of shallow (either with the Inqui or Iron Bull). I guess because he was dancing trough life and being a rebel heart. I do love him as a character and hope to see more of him in DA4. I can't wait to get an older ever sassier Dorian. My bet is he'll be the wiser, older companion.

Thanks! I appreciate the inclusion of the links. Glad you've been enjoying it and hope you continue to.

Hi there Verfallen. I'm now about half way through your novel and I am loving it. I don't read a lot of other fan fiction but your writing is very good. I've a question that seems pertinent to Dorian so thought I would post it here. You had description of the Silent Plains that intrigued me. Was this your own invention or did you get it from somewhere? When in the Western Approach, Dorian comments how he thinks it must be very similar to the Silent Plains, having been rendered largely sterile desert by the Blight, although he has never visited the Silent Plains personally. However, whilst the entry for the Anderfels also confirms that landscapes that have endured prolonged Blights are barren wastelands, I can't find anything that suggests they may have peculiar magical emanations as you suggest in your novel. So was that entirely your imagination?

Another thing that strikes me as odd about Dorian, in the main game, claiming never to have seen the Silent Plains is how he travelled to southern Thedas? The most logical route from Minrathous would be straight down the Imperial Highway to Cumberland and then by ship to Jader, or alternatively branching off just north of Cumberland and travelling to Val Royeaux, although I can't really see any logic for doing this. Either way the Imperial Highway would have taken him straight through the middle of the Silent Plains. I can only think that he must have started his journey in Qarinus, travelled overland to Antiva City and then taken ship round to Amaranthine, Highever or West Hill. In Trespasser he mentions how at that time of the year the overland route would not be possible (there are heavy snows in Nevarra in the winter, so I assume that would be the reason), so his return journey would have to be by ship, so I can definitely see him using the eastern seaboard route then (which is why it seemed logical for him to visit my clan in Wycome on the way back), but his previous journey south following Alexius would have been largely during the summer months, so the landward route would surely have been the more likely one. I know he mentions travelling on a ship but that could easily have been the crossing of the Waking Sea.

The other thing that I wonder about is distances. Verfallen seems to have got them about right in his novel. In Trespasser the amount of time that Dorian was said to have been away was just too short for him to have travelled all the way to Minrathous (or Qarinus) and then back again and done something meaningful with the Lucerni in between. The Inquisitor says he has been gone a month.   I reckon it could have taken as much as a month to travel all the way from Skyhold to Minrathous, certainly not less than 3 weeks.  Even if you shortened it down to 2 weeks, that means he would have got there and had to have turned round almost immediately to have got back to Halamshiral within a month  So it may simply be that the discrepancy in Dorian's claim about the Silent Plains, compared with his likely route south, is just another of those annoying inconsistencies in the writing.

I realise this is trivia but it is related to Dorian and Tevinter.

I did the main story quest where you go to Adamant and end up in the Fade (can't think of the quest's name). I took Solas with me instead of Dorian, because the fade. I'm pretty sure there should be a cutscene with Dorian (romanced) when you return to Skyhold, but when I go to talk to him he just greets me like I didn't just disappear into the fade and almost died. Does that cutscene only happen if you take him with you in your party?

Reloading fixed it

I plan with Meravas Adaar. Sometime. I like my new qunari, so: maybe I will bring forward. (I have too much started project...) 

Hah, I feel you. Sometimes I have too many Inquisitors started already that I completely forget about others.
I'd love to see your Adaar with Dorian! I think Dorian works nice with a qunari, who takes charge!
Though I remember you saying that you think Dorian is a bit whiny haha, but I think if you commit to roleplaying a character, the romance can be great!

I had two older gentlemen, a qunari and a human, who worked really well with Dorian.
The qunari was more aggressive and called Dorian out on his bullshit, but still understood that Dorian is Dorian, and he'll do what he wants, and that's sort of why he is so attracted to him.
The human was more passive and basically let Dorian do his thing, and had no interest in being in the way of his ambitions and goals. In truth, I think Dorian was a bit upset that he was so reasonable, and so fine with everything Dorian would do. 

Any idea how you are going to roleplay/headcanon Meravas?





Definitely send pics! Some qunari (and dwarf) x Dorian positivity would be good around here, since most of the Dorian romancers are elves or humans.
There are so many problems with the qunari model but I'm fine with it since I love being able to play as a qunari.

Dorian likes 'em big and tall, that is a fact, and that's why it feels pretty damn nice romancing Dorian with a qunari Inquisitor. 

Oh my goodness, in the first screencap he looks so young and adorable! I didn't realize you could make a qunari looks so young in this game, mine all turn out very masculine and old-looking (though partially because I want them to look like that lol). They look very cute together!

Oh, definitely make a new qunari run! It's worth it!

TV-series personal quest hahaah. But I agree, it's almost cringey to me. It almost felt like mockery to Dorian's character. 

See, I'm the same. All my Inquisitors somehow resemble me or what I'd like to be. Or rather, they are like extensions of me. Roleplaying something that I'm not, or someone I don't agree with, is incredibly hard and really breaks the immersion. This is why I have a hard time romancing Dorian, because in real life, I would never be in a relationship with such a person, and he makes me totally frustrated. That's why, if I ever want to romance Dorian, I have to really concentrate on the roleplaying aspect, and make those decisions I don't necessarily agree with. That's why most of my Dorian romance playthroughs end shortly after I've exhausted all the romance content. I just see no reason to go back because Dorian is just going to piss me off rest of the game.

But I've had two pretty successful runs, like for instance with this qunari that I mentioned.
Though his save is completely deleted ahahah...



I think it helps to make a character who is more independent, and who makes Dorian uncomfortable on how willing he is letting Dorian do what he wants.
That's the only way I can romance Dorian, if the Inquisitor has all the power in the relationship, so to speak, and Dorian is the one a bit uncomfortable on how accepting his partner is.