Bloodied and Broken

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Series Begun:
2020-08-17
Series Updated:
2025-01-10
Description:

Inquisitor Ixchel Lavellan was a teenaged elf-blooded orphan taken in by the Lavellan Clan and sent to the Conclave due to her ability to pass as a human. Bare-faced and brave, she answered a fateful call for help and ended up positioned in-between Corypheus and godhood; mages and Templars; humanity and the elves; the weight of faith and the pressure of duty; the dead past, and a dead future.

Those who loved her did what they thought they could to keep the weight of the world off her shoulders, but in the end their secrets, betrayals, and expectations became too much. Believing her existence to have been entirely futile in the face of Fen'Harel's plans, Ixchel Lavellan took a potent poison and laid down her sword on her own terms.

As the Veil began to unravel and the fabric of reality tore apart at the seams, a desperate ally sacrificed everything to give her a second chance.

And though Ixchel may never forgive him, she returns to the Conclave determined to shape the world just as viciously as it shaped her the first time.

Notes:

⭐⭐Fics with stars in their summary denote mandatory reading!⭐⭐

Collection of every fic that include Ixchel, including gifts.

One Reading Order: (elaborated on tumblr)

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Bloodied and Broken is my Dragon Age series following Inquisitor Ixchel and her battle to find hope for herself, and hope for Thedas. She became Herald at 16 in her first life. The main entry is Dead Pasts, Dread Futures, which begins with Ixchel’s suicide in her twenties.

She gets better. There will be a happy ending.

Ixchel's struggles as a mixed race woman, dealing with depression and loneliness, are intensely personal to me. I'm glad they've resonated with many of you as well. DPDF is finished, but Ixchel's story is not, and I hope to see you all on the other side.

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Other Content:

- Complete Rundown of Dead Pasts and Dread Futures, leading up to the events of The Brave Guide
- Ongoing tumblr-exclusive Solas POV series that follows the events of Dead Pasts, Dread Futures.
- Drabbles on Tumblr
- All Tumblr drabbles, including AUs

Stats:
Words:
926,200
Works:
3
Complete:
No
Bookmarks:
55

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