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auska.esq
Ok that's it, Schiaparelli 2026 collections are just Antiva. La Città, of course, the north is still slightly more traditional.

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4 models on the runway. All are wearing fitted jackets with looser trousers that bunch up over the shin like a soft boot. While one outfit, in black and gold, features no undershirt, the other three have a vest with subtle contrast to the jacket, and a raised collar angled around the chin. The hardware is gold, with two outfits featuring a golden bird above the belt line, and the fourth has a feathery trim that descends with its longer coattails. Schiaparelli fall/winter 26
March 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
auska.esq
It is an awful few NPCs pre-DATV, isn't it, especially if we also consider the cultural intersection. These two are an integral part of my stories still:

Ser Barris of the Twelve, who took over as Commander-General from Cullen.

Mme De Fer, a truly worthy rival power.

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A late-twenties man with dark skin and greenish-hazel eyes. His head is shaven except for the very short-cropped top, and he usually leaves his still growing-in beard at a neat stubble. He seems to be wearing heavy armor with high shoulder guards just visible in the image. Vivienne looking out over the Skyhold courtyard from the balcony of her quarters. Even in profile we can see the definition of the high cheekbones and full lips. The very close-cut hair defies Orlesian custom but manages to only accentuate her more. The outfit, on the other hand, is very much en vogue, though instead of the more common bright colors of the season, she has chosen silver and white silks to complement her rich, deep brown skin.
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
auska.esq
Edited the map a bit more, trying to unify the spellings more toward an Occitan-Catalan compromise spelling of various origins.

The POI are just the key Montilyet holdings, and the assembly located halfway between the crown and merchants.

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An edited map of Antiva City based on a wood-carving-like map of Marseille. The city is situated on the left ie west of the map, with water opening to the north and to the east. There are further labels in the ocean, one toward the west says to Seleny, ie the river, northeast says to Treviso, and southeast says to Rialto. The map is labeled Città dell’Antiva 9:50. There’s a silly crest with an anchor as well as a crow. The city is meant to have a population of a bit over 200,000 (only counting the urban area) Most of the city shown in the map is pretty dense urban area, with a vast hilly area with some native estates and vineyards along the northern coast, and the city slowly turning pastoral inland toward the west. The northern hills are under the commune or county of Venza, the nearest western commune is Vesubie. Larger islands are also named. There are about 20 districts visible in the map, with names pulled from several large Mediterranean cities to signify the cosmopolitan nature of the city. There are markers for the key places: Villa Montilyet, the vineyard Eyry, Josie and Cass live on is in the Venza hills (or more specifically the vineyard estate is referred as Els Montilyet, the Villa is just the main building), Palazzo Otranto, Josie’s sister Yvette’s family’s city home close to the hills but in the Cap Ferrat district in the northern part of the city proper. The last one is Palazzo Montilyet, the city home where Josie’s parents (and in 9:50 also Eyry’s parents) live right in the heart of the city. As Antiva is a huge maritime city, its commercial harbor stretches out for a good 3-4 miles from the small harbor that comes all the way to the heart of the city, which is reserved mainly for passenger vessels. The original map is by cuttingbrothers.ca
April 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
auska.esq
Josie and Leliana carried her in Halamshiral.

But Marquise d'Émeraude has learned to play: like a criminal code, the rules are whatever those with power need them to be.

She's cultivated a view of hers as a soft power; one the Divine, the Empress, the elves and the Merchant Princes all listen to.
Eyry years later, dressed in an impeccably tailored and fashionable Antivan riding suit with a leather coat hanging off her shoulders. Not only does she greatly prefer keeping to her own fashion, it also serves to play up her current affiliation: she IS the marquise of the Emerald Graves and the southern wilds, but that's clearly just a tidy little ungovernable political gift, and all her ambitions lie in the Bay. Tags: #DragonAge #DAI #DATV #DA:TCoL #Eyry
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
auska.esq
I like that Thedas map (and there's so much good stuff on the blog) but I think the scale is still off even if it is math fudged by the DA team. I'm using something closer to this, with shipping times from Hanseatic and Mediterranean operators.

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An upside down map of Europe, Near East and Northern Africa, with a line from the northwestern tip of Portugal (here 'southeast') to the Baltic, which comes out to around 1,600 miles. This would be comparable to Llomerryn to the base of the Waking Sea in Orlais. The same map with a line from Gibraltar to Lebanon, with the width of the Mediterranean coming up to around 2,100 miles. This would be comparable to northern Rivain to the Donarks.
February 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
auska.esq
Southmarch (Kirkwall, Ostwick, Hercinia) is the Hanseatic League
Centervale (Starkhaven, Markham) is Belgium and Rheinlandish
Rivervale (Ansburg, Wycome) is Rhône and Provence
Heartvale (Tantervale) is, I dunno, Bavaria?
Nevarra is Alsace and southern Rhine Valley

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auska.esq Ɐuska @auska.esq · Jul 10
F - We know our potatoes!

Caption: Fi learns some people put tomato sauce on frites
Fi with an absolutely distraught look
July 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
auska.esq
Schiaparelli literally just did a Dragon Age collection. Here's Inky Hathavellan

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Anne Hathaway in a Schiaparelli dress that features a large golden eye shape with more bulbous rays.
March 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Marchers speak Valen (Daaler) along Minanter including Wycome delta; the diverged dialect south of the Vimmarks is called Southmarch (Zuidmark) and is the same mostly differs in spelling and pronunciation.

Llomerrois (Meroïça) is the Rivaini-Alamarri creole of Llomerryn.

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March 14, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Southmarch and Valen being the two main languages used in the Free Marches. Valen is inland north of the Vimmarks, Southmarch the coast. They're mostly mutually intelligible, think Dutch and Danish.

Llomerrois is the Rivaini Alamarri creole of Llomerryn.

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January 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Not me spending a half hour thinking of a suitable formal sobriquet for Antiva City.

And this after already having decided that Antivans typically call it La Città or, in a political context/undertones, Il Trono.

Anyway, I settled on L'Amenissima (= the most welcoming).

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December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Dragon Age: Inquisition: Awakening

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Eyry, still reeling from the devastating news about the Conclave, looks on worriedly as Cassandra kneels down to undo the shackles. Cassandra’s face only half visible in the light, but distraught in an entirely new way when the kossith, who has thus far been only distractingly big kneeling down on the stone floor, stands up in front of her. A wider shot of Cassandra suddenly realizing just how massive her prisoner is.
August 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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“Wh…

“Unhand me. Now.”

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A fem kossith in heavy-looking armor kneels in a torchlit dungeon. Her face is lit up by the fires, but the whole world seems a little out of focus.
August 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM