20 Works in BAMF Anders (Dragon Age)
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Illustration of Anders (Dragon Age II) casting fire magic in battle stance.
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To Secure Our Maker-Given Rights by betagyre
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
21 Oct 2024
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An AU based on the American and French Revolutions and a late 18th Century aesthetic. FemHawke/Anders is the main ship, but all listed ones are important.
When Ferelden won its independence, rebuilding took an unexpected turn. Maric truly didn’t want to be king, so he urged the people to vote for General Loghain Mac Tir to lead a Republic. Now, as Ferelden faces a Blight, most of Thedas expects its radical experiment to fail against that threat. Ferelden faces attacks from both the outside and, unfortunately, the inside.
Meanwhile, in Kirkwall, nobles and the Chantry still oppress the people. But a group of would-be rebels have taken inspiration from Ferelden. They include a physician/apothecary who writes radical pamphlets and is secretly a mage, a fierce elven scholar trying to raise the Alienage, the son of a viscount killed by the Templars, and others. Maric, his elven wife, and their son travel there to help.
The three Hawke siblings join the fight, finding purpose, friendship, and love. But it soon becomes clear that the Revolution faces profound challenges....
Part I: The Ancien Régime
Part II: Rebellion Rising
Part III: Revolutionary Fervor
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The Eye of the Beholder by muirgen_lys for Lesetoilesfous
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
04 Oct 2024
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He knew he wasn’t much to look at any more. He’d been a vain little peacock in his youth, priding himself on his lithe body and soft hair, trading favours for little things that he could wear to feel... handsome. Attractive. Wanted. It wasn’t that he wanted Tobias to want him - Tobias could choke for all he cared. But he missed being someone people could want.
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Anders played dangerous games in the circle tower, flirting with templars and mages alike, trading favours for whatever leniency or kindness he could get. Running into someone he remembers less than fondly from those days brings some complicated feelings to the surface. Fenris intervenes, and uncovers some complicated feelings of his own. -
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Nathaniel finds Anders utterly annoying - he sleeps in Nathaniel's bed unprompted, makes terrible jokes and flirts with anything that moves. Nathaniel would never in a million years like this man. Or kiss him. Or bring him apple pie so he eats enough. Never.
(title refers to a type of storm cloud)
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A Spirited Endeavor by Fthechantry (Winterserra), Sulkyvalkyrie
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types
31 Aug 2023
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Redcliffe is the stronghold of the rebel mages, though calling it a stronghold is a bit optimistic. Tevinter has somehow infiltrated Ferelden, and Fiona is missing. The Inquisition is running amok across Thedas, and might very well have kidnapped an old friend.
Could anyone really expect Anders not to get involved?
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- Part 4 of Anders vs the Inquisition
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Blood, Steel, and Light by betagyre
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II
13 Oct 2022
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A dystopian AU influenced by the Cold War and Iron Curtain. Also, rebel mages with guns. And desperate revolutionaries in love. Enjoy!
By the Fourteenth Age, Thedas is a different place. Democracy and religious freedom reign in the Free World. But unfortunately, there's another part of Thedas that is not free: the authoritarian states in the Marcher Pact.
The secularization of the Templars did not mean the end of mage persecution there. It's just conducted by the state, and it's far worse than the Circles were. In Marcher Pact states, death squads relentlessly hunt down mages.
There was no mage rebellion in the Dragon Age, after all. Hawke and Anders wouldn't be born until 500 years later. They are doing everything they can to get Kirkwall mages to free countries, but they also intend to start a revolution. And since each day could be their last, they make every private moment count.
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Spells of Battle by betagyre
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - Various Authors, Dragon Age II
05 Sep 2022
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It is Dragon 9:37, and war has begun. For two years the mage Viscountess of Kirkwall, Caitlyn Hawke, fought violence and obstruction as she expanded mage rights. But at last she and her husband Anders assassinated Meredith Stannard and declared the Kirkwall Circle independent, inspiring more Circle rebellions. Now the chantries of the northern Free Marches have declared a schism due to Divine Justinia’s support of Hawke, with former Grand Cleric Elthina as its “Divine.” Justinia cannot help, as the Templars and Seekers who aren’t joining the schism only care about keeping the other Circles in line. Caitlyn, Anders, the rebels, and their allies must fight the war alone.
Challenges arise at home too. With an ambitious anti-war Coterie boss undermining Caitlyn from one side, mage supremacists from the other, and Grand Cleric Petrice urging Caitlyn to deal with foes ruthlessly, she is tempted more than ever to be a despot. Anders wants to help her keep to the light... but by 9:39, he has his own struggle, a dark voice that will not let him or Justice alone.
(Canon-divergent Mage-Templar War that’s still mostly compatible with Asunder. Reading Parts 1 and 2 of the Spells series is advised.)
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- Part 3 of Spells
- Part 4 of A History Not of Heroes
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Hard to Silence by DontTellJim
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
26 Apr 2022
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Anders gets separated from the group during the Qunari invasion and finds himself facing off against a group of Qun soldiers, including an Arvaarad who thinks he needs Saarebasing. But, he isn't going down without a fight, and neither is Justice.
This fic is part Anders getting to do fun action and make sarcy, barby, pro-freedom quips, and part him experiencing peril and encountering some triggering implied Circle memories. Please read the tags for content warnings.
Written for Angstpril 2022 Day 24, 'Left Behind'
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A Kick to the Teeth is Good for Some by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
30 Apr 2021
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Anders flees Kirkwall in the middle of the night with the Templars on his heels, ready to face the end of the road on his own. He finds something different.
Based on the song lyrics by Florence + the Machine:
A kick to the teeth is good for some.
A kiss with a fist is better than none.Series
- Part 12 of Manka Writes Friend Fiction
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Anders is tasked with killing Prince Fenris. Unfortunately for all parties involved, however, Anders makes for a spectacularly terrible assassin.
Fenris is beginning to think some things might actually be worse than death.
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- Part 10 of Tumblr Prompt Fills
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Loser Takes All by lumienyx for Rainsong
Fandoms: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age - All Media Types
20 Feb 2021
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"Ready to give up, love?" Anders taunted him, fire coiling atop his staff. His preferred element and a menace to deal with.
Hawke mirrored his smirk. "Ready to see you lose, sweetheart."
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Spells of Power by betagyre
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games)
09 Dec 2019
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Caitlyn Hawke and Anders have big plans. With noble support and a useful, if corrupt, ally in Mother Petrice, Hawke intends to use the Qunari crisis to get Grand Cleric Elthina replaced with her own ally. She also has a certain big ambition of her own and a list of goals: limit Meredith Stannard’s influence, reform Kirkwall’s Circle, spark reform everywhere, and get the backing of Divine Justinia to safeguard her position as a mage ruler and protect her and Anders’ mage son from being taken away. But Meredith also has allies and is not ceding power without a fight—a very dirty and bloody one if necessary, one that challenges Caitlyn not to become a tyrant too.
Meanwhile, Anders doesn’t think Caitlyn goes far enough with her reforms, and he—or perhaps Justice—also thinks she risks failure by playing by traditional political rules against a foe who thinks she is above rules. Meredith had a previous Viscount killed, after all....
(Canon-divergent. Reading Part 1, Spells of Healing, is recommended but not strictly necessary. Edited & illustrated!)
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- Part 2 of Spells
- Part 3 of A History Not of Heroes
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Anders and Fenris come across different kinds of people in their travels.
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- Part 5 of Emotions Challenge
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The Precipice of Change by inukagome15
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
22 Sep 2018
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When Hawke attended the Conclave, he hadn't intended on waking up with a glowing hand and people thinking he was Andraste's Herald. He also hadn't intended on somehow becoming the figurehead of the Inquisition. But intentions mean little in the face of action, and Hawke has never been one to back down from a challenge. When the world stands on the edge of change…what else can he do but leap?
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Finally Free by tatteredspider
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
06 Oct 2017
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His former master comes for his little wolf, but Fenris is no longer alone.
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Aggressive Warrior Hawke is a hard man to say no to.
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- Part 1 of Sympathy for the Devil
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Anders loses his staff in a fight, and is forced to defend himself with a sword, which he does quite competently thank you very much. why is everyone staring?
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Freedom's Dream by HeroMaggie
Fandoms: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
10 Aug 2015
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A Warden expedition is missing in the Deep Roads - in an area last explored by the Tethras Expedition.
Delilah Howe comes to Kirkwall to find help for her brother - lost in the Deep Roads with the Hero of Ferelden.
Anders finds himself pulled back into the world of the Wardens, back to the side of a woman who had thought him dead for the last seven years.
Kirkwall teeters on the edge of violence once again, and into this maelstrom comes Eavan Tabris and her Wardens. Will they be the catalyst of change the city needs? Or will her very presence cause the violence to explode into something greater than any one person could ever imagine?
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- Part 7 of Dreams
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Ferret Courting Always Starts Small by HeroMaggie
Fandoms: Dragon Age II, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types
24 Jul 2015
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For several weeks, Fenris has been courting Anders - leaving little trinkets and food for the mage to find.
But it takes a trip outside of Kirkwall to spur them both past simply tiptoeing around each other.
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- Part 4 of Ser Chompy brings people together
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Kirkwall is a wonky city. It's built on old Magister ruins. It's an old slave pit. It's covered in stairs. And when the wind blows just right, the Haze thickens and magic sparks dangerously calling out demons and abominations.
Catherine "Rinnie" Hawke is a mage merc working for Tethras Detective Services to save up money to join the Tethras Expedition into the Spawn-Filled Depths. Gifted with the ability call forth Fire and Ice, Rinnie has the rare ability to see the Haze.
She's spent the last year staying under the radar. But one job during a strong Haze-filled night leads to new friends, new opportunities, and perhaps more.