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✨ Ed | She/her | banner art by alienturnipp | lover of Dragon Age and D&D | artist | writer✨I really like designing characters and thirsting over OCs 😂💖

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Dark Horse Direct @darkhorsedirect.bsky.social · 22h
We're celebrating #InternationalCoffeeDay with our favorite coffee loving assassin! The Dragon Age The Veilguard: Lucanis Dellamorte Statuette is now shipping & ready to join your collection! Limited to 750, get yours now bit.ly/4zbhFJ7 @DarkHorseComics #BioWare #DragonAge
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Avis Alternata Zine @avisalternata.bsky.social · 23h
#AvisAlternata Writer & Mod Spotlight: Exalted Dawn @exalted-dawn.bsky.social is an artist, writer, & OC enthusiast! She loves #DragonAge, D&D, & subsisting on 80% fruit. She's excited to join this #zine, so that once her angst is published, she may revel in the readers' tears. 🔗 tumblr | ao3
Fanfic excerpt by Exalted Dawn, zine writer & mod:
For the unpracticed, lies were like boots. When new, they were stiff and uncomfortable. They changed a person's gait, and gave their words an unmistakable limp. Only after they were broken in and well-used did lies soften, until eventually they could be laced on and worn without even a thought.
Rook wore hers like it was a personally tailored shoe she'd been walking in for twelve years.
The sheer perfection of it was like a wake-up slap. Rook spoke neither too quickly nor hesitated over it for too long. The pause of time to consider, compose, and answer was flawless. Aside from himself, of course, Calien could count on two hands the amount of Crows he knew who could tell a lie like that.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 07/09/2026
#DragonAgeAnnual 2027 pre-orders are open until September 30th - get your copy in our shop here! Compare packages and order yours today to secure your copy of this Dragon Locales of Thedas sticker sheet 👀💜 All proceeds go to support MSF Sweden! #DragonAge #zine #dao #da2 #dai #datv
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burnoul @burnoul.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Alistair Week Day 1: Diverging Paths | Identity #alistairweek #alistairweek2026
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Jura @alienturnipp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"They call me the Dread Wolf. What will they call you when this is over?" A commission for @exalted-dawn.bsky.social :'3
Digital portrait of an elven figure (Dragon Age) in red and gold armor, holding the lyrium dagger aligned vertically with her face, left hand obscuring half her face. The dagger casts harsh blue-teal light on her brown skin, yet unable to cover the golden shade of her angry eye. Behind her is the glowing figure of Solas, who covers up half her face with one hand and gently steers the lyrium dagger with the other.
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Exalted_Dawn @exalted-dawn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Character sheet comm for @inquisimer.bsky.social #dragonage #datv #rook
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Exalted_Dawn @exalted-dawn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A couple of previews of the stickers im doing for @dragonageannual.art !!! Enjoy some dragons :>
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 01/08/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @meripoika.bsky.social is a hobbyist artist from Finland with a graphic design background. She's been a #DragonAge fan since Origins and is excited to work alongside other amazing artists. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · cara
square cropped fanart of Lucanis Dellamorte from Dragon Age: The Veilguard by Meri, merch artist. He is wearing his starting armor and landing from a jump in a three-point stance. Spite's wings are extended behind him, and the background has black-purple crystals protruding from the ground.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 10/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @yolebrat.bsky.social is a professional artist, illustrator, & DFA inspired by fantasy worlds. #DragonAge holds a special place in her heart and growing up with the games totally had nothing to do with the direction of her career #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · instagram
A square cropped fanart of an elven character holding a lamb with golden horns, by Yolebrat, calendar artist. The elf has long white hair and red eyes, and both they and the lamb are glaring directly at the camera.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 10/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @zazrichor.bsky.social is an illustrator with a penchant for portraits and character art, as well as a budding love for landscapes. Anything with dragons in it has their attention. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · cara
a square cropped fanart of Sten from Dragon Age Origins, by zazrichor, calendar artist. Sten is depicted inthe Dragon Age Tarot style, with Dog the mabari, the wild's flower, Sten's sword, and many geometric elements depicted symbolically around him.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 11/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝️ @exhaustedarchivist.bsky.social is far too invested in exploring lore of fauna, flora, food, & maps in Thedas & elsewhere, along w/how it interplays with the environments & cultures. They're excited for another year of people's thoughts on the world of Thedas! 🔗 tumblr
An excerpt of fanfiction by Archi, calendar writer:
Whether they are domestic or wild stock, on the surface or in the Deep Roads or thaigs like Kal-Sharok, Kal'Hirol, or Orzammar. Brontos are known for a few things: their utility and unique dietary adaptability. Due to their low sustenance requirements, it allows them to live on as little as water, fungus, and rocks. It is astounding that brontos are capable of extracting nutrients from even the barest of edible organic material and still be capable of such strength. It is that strength and hardiness that makes them prized beasts of burden with a fierceness rivaled only by the druffalo.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 11/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 When not languishing in the pit of angst headcanons, gl1tch can be frequently found either writing or gaming, with a cup of forgotten tea nearby and a sleeping dog curled up beside him. #DragonAgeAnnual #DragonAge #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by gl1tch, calendar writer:
"How could you let her charge off like that?" It was less of a question, more of a dagger in the gut. And then, "My daughter, my sweet angel..." And Hawke bites back her sorrow and her anger, keeping herself form bitterling swiping back. Instead she only thinks it, thinks, I'm your daughter, too...
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 12/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 juniper-and-dragonthorn has been part of the #DragonAge fandom since the end of 2024, writing fic and participating in fan events. She loves this world so much and is so excited to be participating in #DragonAgeAnnual for the first time! #zine 🔗 tumblr
An excerpt of fanfiction by juniper-and-dragonthorn, calendar writer:
No. The refusal is vicious, plenetic, rooted deep in some near-forgotten place. To the feeble creature you inhabit, however, the offer is tempting. desperate now, you try to shake the temptation loose, kick it away. The creature has little strength, you realize, it yearns to acquiesce. To be free. To be free as you want to be free.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 12/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Writer, editor, lore nerd. Hinterlands fan. Elfroot collector. Person with a normal number of hours invested in every #DragonAge game. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · @isatunoll.bsky.social · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Mick, calendar writer & beta reader:
"Hey, Formless One," Emmrich said, his tone as casual as he could make it. "Do you want to come to the Fall Out Wisp concert in the Crescent Fane with me tonight?"

The silence hung in the still air of the chamber and Emmrich could see Johanna's face twist into a mocking expression, ready to laugh at his attempt.

Then, a faint vibration trembled the ground beneath their feet.

"Oh. My. Fucking. Maker," said the Formless One.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 13/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Middy, aka midnightprelude, loves writing complex characters in #DragonAge, with her two favorites being Dorian and Anders. She's especially excited for the theme of this calendar because of how beautiful so many Dragon Age settings are! #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Middy, calendar writer:
Time barely made an imprint this deep in Darktown, so Anders found the best clock to be the shaking of his own hands. If they were steady, still, calm, as they should be, then dawn was far away. The first tremors he would only notice during detail work- stitching wounds that would heal well enough without magic, for example. Just a little hesitation. A little unsteadiness, as the night burned away like the wick of a candle.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 13/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Mo has been telling stories since she could talk and writing in the #DragonAge fandom for about three years. She's excited to be participating in #DragonAgeAnnual for the 2nd year and looks forward to the amazing creations that will be part of it! #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfiction excerpt by mortonsspoon, calendar writer:
Tucked behind a tree and a thousand years worth of vines, a mosaic gleamed golden whenever the sunlight touched it. Bellara stepped toward it, spell-swathed hand lifting automatically to search for any hint of lingering magic. As she di so, she took in the sweep of color: green-blue tiles in the background, pale outlines, gold details. She would have to brush away the leaves and clean the tiles to see all of it. It would be revealed one little piece at a time or not at all, as so many things were.

It would be worth the work it took to find.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 14/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Rosella is a writer of fanfic by day and a chronic replayer of video games by night. When not pondering ancient elves, dwarven castes, and the Chant of Light, you can find them making soup and sourdough. #DragonAgeAnnual #DragonAge #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfiction excerpt by Rosella, calendar writer:
Heir sees the way she unsettles others reflected in their eyes, and for a moment, she is reminded of the glassy, oblong pupils of dumb sheep. These people are instruments in a grander scheme, notes of a song that thrums relentlessly to a harmonious end. It is Heir's honour to be one of the musicians suited to pluck the bowstrings.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 14/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 A #DragonAge fan for well over a decade, Sinope has been reading and writing fanfic since the early 90s. She loves found family, overthinks everything, and spends too much time playing with yeast and yarn (separately). #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfiction excerpt by Sinope, calendar writer: 
The spirits trapped in Johanna's lantern weighed on his heart. He had no lack of good intentions; what he needed was the words. What incantation could open floodgates so sturdy? What force could he call upon that would have sufficient authority, without draining his own stores dry? The answers eluded him, and Emmrich did not appreciate being eluded.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 15/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 wishforhome has been playing #DragonAge games since they came out in 2009, but only joined the DA fandom with the release of Veilguard. When they're not writing or moderating events, you'll generally find them watching, talking, or thinking about hockey. 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by wishforhome, calendar writer & beta reader: 
The Grand Cleric of Antiva has ideas about power. She believes - or at least, she says she believes - that he is the Maker's chosen, that it was divine providence that struck down his half-siblings and cleared the path to his throne. She proclaims he will rule by divine right, with the Maker's most sacred blessing.

But Viago knows better.

He will rule, instead, by the right of blood.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 15/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @chevalierlogan.bsky.social is a storyboard artist working in the animation industry with a love for dramatic storylines and morally grey characters. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · twitter
square cropped fanart by ChevalierLogan, Zine Artist, of Zevran Arainai, Dorian Pavus, and Isabela from Dragon Age. They are standing around a map and Dorian has his palms spread across it. Both Dorian and Isabela are looking at Zevran, and all three are smirking. The artwork is desaturated sepia, with gold highlights on Isabela and Dorian's jewelry.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 16/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Keeley is also known as OokeyKukey (or just Kuke) on other platforms around the world wide web. This is her first time contributing to #DragonAgeAnnual, but she's super excited to be part of the project! #DragonAge #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram · website
square cropped fanart by Keeley W, zine artist. A redheaded woman is flying a futuristic red car over an apartment complex. There is a small, tan dog on the seat behind her, and a man playing a guitar and looking up at her from the roof below.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 16/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 This is LadyHedi's first time being part of a project like this, so she's very excited! #DragonAge has inspired her like no other and she is forever grateful for it. She hopes her love shines through her art and does it justice! #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 instagram · tiktok
square cropped fanart by LadyHedi, zine artist, of Solas and Lavellan from Dragon Age: Inquisition. It is styled as a formal portrait, with Solas and Lavellan wearing formal clothing in green, gold, and white. Lavellan is holding a golden staff and wearing a sun-spike tiara.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 17/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Myth makes maps and art for books and is mentally often somewhere in the depths of the Fade or the Necropolis halls. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · tumblr · website
a square cropped painting by mythrender, zine artist. The perspective is underwater, looking up toward the sun. A thin character with long, dark hair is clutching a glass bottle to their chest and sinking toward the bottom. They are wrapped in shreds of seaweed. Another indistinct character is watching them from above the surface.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 17/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @paragonraptors.bsky.social is a pro illustrator & #DragonAge enthusiast. He has a scholarly interest in the impact of imperialism & economics on mage liberation, specifically pre-9:30 Kirkwall. He also really likes the characters & story & stuff. 🔗 tumblr · website
square cropped fanart by paragonraptors, zine artist, of an elven mage warden from Dragon Age. They are wearing the mage warden armor from Dragon Age II and holding a silver staff with a hook at the top and blade at the bottom. A goose with its wings spread is standing behind the warden, and the background is textured black and red stripes.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 18/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @pineflowerart.bsky.social's best friend got them into #DragonAge & the rabbit hole they've fallen into because of it has been one hell of a creative outburst! They've fallen in love with Thedas & are excited to explore its beauty #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · tiktok
square cropped fanart by Pineflower Art, zine artist. The artwork depicts Lavellan and the Dread Wolf from Dragon Age: Inquisition in the mural style from the same game. Lavellan is sitting below the wolf's neck, with their left hand extended toward its body, surrounded in a green glowing circle and pattern denoting the Anchor.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 18/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Painting has been a lifelong hobby for RedRune and she's happy to do it as a full-time job. She's an old-timer who discovered #DragonAge in 2011. Being part of #DragonAgeAnnual and celebrating her love for the franchise is magical. 🔗 tumblr · instagram · website
square cropped fanart by RedRune, zine artst, of an elven character from the chest up with sharp features and dark red hair. They are wearing a fur over their left shoulder and holding a small, dark-colored dog.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 19/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @rowanartist.bsky.social rolled into #DragonAge fandom with Inquisition, fell in love with the characters, then worked their way through the earlier games. With Veilguard, the hyperfixation returned full swing & hasn't left since #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · instagram
square cropped fanart by RowanArtist, zine artist, of Zevran Arainai and Warden Cousland from Dragon Age: Origins. Zevran is sitting against a tree with Cousland's head in his lap, playing with Cousland's hair. Cousland has short, curly brown hair with a white streak in it, and his eyes are closed. A long sword and a short dagger are driven into the ground beside them.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 19/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @storvacker.bsky.social enjoys creating art & world-building with her writer husband. She fell in love with the rich lore of the Frostback Basin & the Avvar who live there. He's excited to share that love in this year's #DragonAgeAnnual #zine! 🔗 tumblr · website
square cropped fanart by Sage-Crown, zine artist, of Sera, Lavellan, and Dagna in Stone-Bear Hold from Dragon Age: Inquisition. Sera and Lavellan are embracing in the foreground; Sera has a dialogue bubble that reads "So stupid...". In the background, Dagna is smiling at a large Avvar character, who is leaning on the fence of a goat's paddock.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 20/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 @unseelieash.kawaii.social crashed headlong into #DragonAge fandom in 2021 and never escaped. She remains stubbornly enamored of Grey Wardens, griffons, and Ferelden, ships Handers, and has thoughts about Elvhen linguistics nobody asked for #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 ao3
A fanfic excerpt by Ashura, zine writer:
A prayer for Ferelden: for Lothering's blighted soil and Redcliffe's bloodied walls, the dirty alleys of Denerim and the empty crater of Haven. For the girl she once was, and the heroes she helped to shape. One for Orlais: cascades of shattered glass on the palace floor, riots in the alienage and weary armies marching over battle fields barely overgrown. For the news from the north, and old friends who once believed they could lay down their arms.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 20/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 beyondthesea has been in and out of the #DragonAge fandom since 2017, after being hooked by DA2. Her interest has been primarily writing f/f rarepairs, but for #DragonAgeAnnual she's really excited to explore the idea of location as a character #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfic excerpt by beyondthesea, zine writer:
Sometimes, when the night was clear, before [Shianni's] parents locked up the house, her mother would carry her outside, just past the threshold, to look up at the sky. She doesn’t remember any of the stories she’d told her, but she does remember that she’d loved them. You have as much right to this as anyone else, her mother had repeated. The stars look down on all of us the same. Shianni can hear her saying those words when she looks up at them from the alienage, more obscured from the narrow streets by the apartments stacked on top of each other and the fort and castle in the distance, but still looking down on her just as they had in the fields of her parents’ freehold.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 21/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 cravingcoconutredbull is overjoyed to have the opportunity to connect with others who share her love for this franchise, one that has brought so many amazing people into her life that she's grateful to call friends! #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfic excerpt by cravingcoconutredbull, zine writer:
It felt like everything—the end of the world, the start of a new one, a hundred missed mornings and every whisper between their bodies, in the Lighthouse, in Antiva, on rooftops and battlefields and all the places where they'd dared to survive. The crowd roared at the next firework—massive, bright as a dawn that shouldn’t exist, and still, her heart was louder.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 21/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 floricolous is a writer who has been in the throes of #DragonAge brainrot for the last decade. Probably has a concerning amount of fondness for avocados, old men with magic, and cannibalism as a metaphor for everything. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfic excerpt by floricolous, zine writer:
“Are you alright, dearest?” Emmrich reached for her, cupping her cheek, turning her face toward his, and searching her eyes. He was warm and Rook hoarded it — the heat, the affection — like pieces of grave gold that she could bury with her. Something that would go on while she became food for the earth.

Here were his hands, fashioned to fit in hers and in the curve of her cheeks.

Here was his smile, trapped in amber, preserved for all the ages to come.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 22/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Jacs is a writer, anthropologist, and notable elf enthusiast. However, their true love is giving readers emotions (frequently the sad and/or tragic ones). #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfic excerpt by Jacs, zine writer:
She nodded, and stood. Part of her still wanted to beg for her name from his lips, to be loved as her grief-clouded memories told her she had been. It was painful to leave, she would probably always grieve from what could have been. But she would remember that grief, and whether she would grow from it or with it… she would decide in time.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 22/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 laufehson has been a #DragonAge fan for almost fifteen years (her longest fandom). It's her second year with #DragonAgeAnnual and she's so excited to be back— she can't wait to see how everyone interprets this year's theme :) #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
A fanfic excerpt by laufehson, zine writer:
She wondered if his attention was dependent on a misunderstanding of her character; that eventually, he would see her for what she really was: something forged of stone, hardened and sharp and impossible to bend.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 23/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 A lover of storytelling and haunted landscapes, moss is endlessly infatuated with the world of #DragonAge and its characters. She is so excited that this project is the perfect intersection of those things. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An fanfiction excerpt by moss, zine writer:
Fire polishing might be another alternative. Let the worst parts of herself melt down to nothing, and whatever is left behind be smoothed, hardened, cleared, purified. Maybe that’s what they tried to do to Andraste, but they had the temperature wrong, and she burned down to ash with nothing to show for their efforts.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 23/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 @handsignals.bsky.social is a writer, despite the dangers, and has found so much inspiration in #DragonAge. They hold a particular passion for language and worldbuilding, and collect the little glimmers of lore that enrich Thedas. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Mouse, zine writer:
The voice, both present and distant, made a promise in turn. The Necropolis rumbled, not a groan nor a roar, but a chorus. Goosebumps rushed over Nona's body as she found herself leaning closer still to the flames, wanting to see more clearly. It did not seem, at first, that one spirit in particular spoke, but that the words came from something older, something deeper still, something unknowable—but it spoke to her and another, somewhere, in the crowd of those watching.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 24/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 Periwin is a writer, artist, & plant nerd. She started with Inquisition and took years to get around to playing DAO & DA2, but she's so glad she finally did! She's excited to bring some of her favorite locations to life for the #zine. #DragonAgeAnnual #DragonAge 🔗 ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Periwin, zine writer:
Flame erupts before his feet and forces him to stagger back. The blaze is towering, scorching hot even through his armor, consuming the land in an instant. When it dissipates, the enemies are nothing more than charred husks upon the blackened ground. And in the center of the smoking battlefield, there's Dorian: back straight and staff raised, glaring at him in challenge.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 24/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 SoA is a traveling stitcher, writer, singer, and international affairs researcher who currently lives in Japan. She is also probably an elf. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Song of Amazon, zine writer:
“We can't yet prove for certain that what Gallus witnessed was in fact the spirit of a cat, a spirit manifesting in the shape of a cat, or an enchantment cast by one of those spirits because they thought they ought to have cats like we of the material world—but this is going to reopen that whole metaphysical and theological debate on whether or not animals have souls again. Please don't go telling your children that the spirit of their beloved deceased kitten is living in the Crossroads just yet. We don't need that kind of chaos!”
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 25/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 took is a writer and dog lover with a passion for game design. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by took, zine writer:
Standing in the only section of the floor not soaked in blood, Dirthamen studied the heart in his hand. It still beat, throbbed, in his hand, encouraged by the threads of crimson magic that originated in a slash of his wrist staining white robes red. “He failed me,” he said with a tilt of his head. “They all failed me. I cannot accept failure.” 

One remained alive. One whose heartbeat remained steady, slow despite her skin painted in blood. Dirthamen turned and looked at her with ice-cold eyes. “Go,” he intoned, “or join your brethren.”
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 25/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 📝 @lorethinker.bsky.social has loved #DragonAge for over a decade, w/DAI holding a special place in her heart. A lore nerd at heart, she enjoys writing, creating gifs & screenshots as mediums for storytelling, & is a devout Solavellan #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · ao3
An excerpt of fanfiction by Vhen'Harel, zine writer:
Lavellan's hands trembled. “Thank you,” was all she could manage. 

“Tarasyl'an Te'las thanks you,” Valour said. “You helped it remember itself. That is why the Din’anshiral cannot touch you here. So long as you remain within these walls, you are beyond its reach. Tarasyl'an Te'las was beloved of Fen’Harel, and so it has named you beloved as well - its lethallan."
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 26/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Buzzbeez is a 3D & 2D artist who's been busy with nursing school these last 2 years, but always finds time for #DragonAge; Thedas is her escape place. She loves painting backgrounds most, especially anything with lots of green #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram
square cropped fanart of a landscape by Buzzbeez, merch artist. The painting is a landscape with rolling mountainous hills in the background and evergreen trees in the foreground. The closest mountain is a statue of Korth the Mountain-Father from Dragon Age, holding up a hill. There is a small herd of druffalo in Korth's shadow, and two dragons flying in the distance.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 26/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @chenkingart.bsky.social is a non-binary & queer artist with a love for detailed lineart, bright colours, nature, and anything medieval inspired! #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram · tumblr
fanart by Chên King, merch artist, of a three card tarot spread featuring Zevran Arainai from Dragon Age Origins. The left card is Zevran in his Crow armor against an Antivan cityscape. The middle card is Zevran in casual clothes with sunflowers and a sun in the background. The right card is Zevran in his Crow armor without the mask, the silhouette of the Warden behind him, and daggers pointed at them both from the bottom. The cards are laid out on a table with scrolls, books, and gold coins.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 27/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @dzanabananas.bsky.social is a painter and digital artist. Her favourite things to paint are animals and creatures, and she is particularly inspired by fantasy settings. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 instagram
A landscape painting by Dzana, merch artist. There are snowy mountains in the background, separated from the foreground by a layer of fog. In the foreground, a corgi is curled up against the belly of a whiteish tiger, both sleeping in a field of grass.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 27/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @evelasco.bsky.social is a book cover illustrator focused on fantasy, sci-fi, & horror. They have a soft spot for symbolism, as well as themes of identity & connection. Thedas has been their second home since 2010. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram
A square cropped painting by Elsa, merch artist. A masculine person with dark, curly hair from the shoulders-up is facing right and looking at the camera from the corner of their eye. Flames cover the frame from the bottom left, up over the person's face; butterflies and dragonflies the same color as the fire are flying in front of the flames.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 28/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 It is FiadoesArt's second year in #DragonAgeAnnual and she's so happy to be able to bring some awesome art to you all, alongside all the other amazing people here! She's been a looong time #DragonAge fan now, and it basically shaped her art. #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram
square cropped fanart of Illario Dellamorte and Rook from Dragon Age: The Veilguard by FiadoesArt, merch artist. Illario is laying on a pile of pillows with his arms around Rook, who is laying on his chest. Rook has brown skin, blonde hair, and June's vallaslin in a bright blue-purple color.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 28/07/2026
🎨 @exalted-dawn.bsky.social is an artist, writer, and avid lover of all #DragonAge OCs. She loves to explore the far corners of Dragon Age lore and breathe life into them, and is super excited for the chance to do so with this #zine! #DragonAgeAnnual 🔗 tumblr · ao3
Square cropped fanart of an elf in the Dragon Age Tarot style by Exalted Dawn, merch artist & zine writer. The elf has brown skin and long, dark brown hair, and has Mythal's purple branching vallaslin on her cheeks, collar, and upper thigh. She is wearing a sleeveless white shirt that exposes her sternum and breasts, and a red skirt that flows to the right out of frame. She is holding a staff in her right hand, and raising her left hand over the head of a black and gold wolf dog.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 09/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @sockie.bsky.social began their quest in Thedas in 2017 with Inquisition, pulled into the world by the rich storytelling, characters, and lore. They haven't escaped yet. Nor have they tried. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 website
A square cropped fanart of Josephine Montilyet and Inquisitor Adaar from Dragon Age Inquisition. Josephine is seated on a stone bench with her arms around the Inquisitor's neck. The Inquisitor is kneeling, holding a flower in Josephine's lap.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 09/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 Saturn is an illustrator and concept artist based in Colorado. Outside of fandom, they help design visual stories for fantasy and sci-fi narratives. #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram · website
a square cropped fanart of a masked character in metal armor by Saturn, calendar artist. The character is pictured in a zoomed-in profile, with silver and purple armor, and a hand pressed to their chest that is glowing gold.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 03/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @2b-aris.bsky.social is a traditional and digital illustrator and a long-time #DragonAge fan. He enjoys creating fantasy and looks forward to the challenge of portraying the world that was such an inspiration to his art journey. #DragonAgeAnnual #zine 🔗 tumblr · instagram
square cropped fanart of Solas and a custom Lavellan from Dragon Age by 2b.aris, calendar artist. Solas is depicted with his long hair from Veilguard and is standing behind Lavellan on a Lighthouse balcony, kissing the back of her hand. Lavellan has blonde hair in a side braid and Mythal's vallaslin on her forehead.
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Dragon Age Annual | Digital Pre-Orders Open! @dragonageannual.art · 03/07/2026
📍CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT📍 🎨 @cyrilnihil.bsky.social is participating in this project for the second year in a row and he is immensely happy about it! #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine #fanfic #fanart 🔗 tumblr · twitter
a square cropped image of Cullen Rutherford from Dragon Age Inquisition by CyrilNihil, calendar artist. Cullen is wearing a stylized version of his Inquisition armor. The background and his sword are drawn in the Dragon Age Tarot style.
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