It wouldn't have stopped their invasion, but it probably gave the clans more time to resist and resulted in more imperial casualties as a result of their ignorance and stupidity

They're both mages and kinda similar in personality so it'd be a bit like doing two of the same playthrough, except that sandra's a force mage and natasha's a spirit healer

Idk if i'll ever go back and finish sandra or natasha's playthroughs. maybe sandra's bc i never finished romancing merrill, a crime upon my soul (sorry anders i did watch all your romance cutscenes on youtube)

I still remember when i was playing through the quest where leandra died and i picked the red option, at which all kosh said was "goodbye, mother." idk how to put it poetically but there was an air of curt finality in jo wyatt's line delivery that still lives in my head

Ok i was supposed to talk about my other hawkes too LMAO they're not as fleshed out but kosh (my warrior hawke) dealt with everything by being fiercely independent and perpetually aggressive (i'm pretty sure she had rivalry or neutral approval with everyone except isabela ahskjdhaj)

He buries his first kill in every sense of the word

I picked rogue first bc hehe stabby and then fleshed him out later, but i like how it all ties together. i think he picked up those skills because hiding (literally or verbally) was how he'd kept his loved ones safe, and things just extended naturally from there

Aaron was a shy wallflower of a boy who learned to stand taller and be braver for carver and bethany's sakes, but especially little beth, because he'd watched his parents worry themselves sick after learning she was a mage. but then carver dies, and the guilt eats at him for years

The other driver behind wanting to change aksamit's ancient counterpart is that i initially typed her as ice-coded, but these days earth or lightning feels far more fitting

Also i think i have enough ocs with mommy issues LMAO

I've been stuck in the rut of all time with them for years and therefore not fleshing them out at all because i felt like i needed to fully understand the greek löre behind demeter, persephone and hades before attempting smth interesting with those dynamics. turns out i don't care enough to do that💀

Or maybe i shouldn't be thinking about this when the Demons in my brain are out and about

Idk how i feel about not knowing if anything about my ocs is cringe but free. like maybe i did but they got weeded out over time in tiny tiny bits bc my intense desire to impart a sense of reality/logic to my characters consequently shaves off the things that made them more silly and interesting

I did just remember renn from the chronicles of ancient darkness, so there's that. she and other chars like merrill & chise hatori all partialy fit the bill and also endure unfathomable levels of girl suffering...maybe it's just a combination of all of them

The bit i keep trying to dig at without success is what compels moro'a to be attracted to exarch in the first place tbh...but ultimately i think they both had very incomplete ideas of the other in their heads, and once that wasn't enough things fell apart quickly

At the center of it all was exarch's/g'raha's inability to see moro'a beyond the heroic image in his head, but i think it goes much further than that and has a heavy hand in how he molds himself for his role after the 8th calamity

Which completely backfires when it comes to shooting his shot

The fact that it takes place in a decrepit barn stays tho like idgaf about that