Dragon Age Fic: Harmonic Convergence

Title: Harmonic Convergence
Fandom: Dragon Age (DAO, DAI)
Rating: Teen I guess
Wordcount: 13,604
Characters: Alistair, Fergus, Stroud, f!Hawke, Leliana, Fiona; past Alistair/f!Cousland
Spoilers: For the Grey Warden quest line in DAI and the Redeemer ending of DAO
Notes: This is a sequel to Face the Music, which is my "what might Redeemer ending Alistair be up to during the time of Inquisition?" story. Although I hadn't specifically planned to write a sequel at the time, the possibility was always in my mind; at some point, I started it, then set it aside; when I was setting my writing goals for 2021, I decided I would pick it back up as my entry for this year's wipbigbang. And so here we are! purpleyin was my artist, and they created a lovely series of moodboards that I've embedded in the fic on AO3.

The other thing that helped me finish this story was a realization that I wasn't going to wrap up the entire series just yet. I was trying to cram in too much plot and character growth, and the beat that'd I'd planned as the midpoint was actually the end of this story and the jumping-off point for the next. So yes, this will be a trilogy. I haven't decided whether I'm going to forge straight ahead with part three or give myself a bit of a break (I can make arguments for either way).

Summary: Feeling the effects of the false Calling, Alistair leaves his home in Redcliffe (where he landed after Teagan rescued him from his lonely life in Kirkwall) to tell the Grey Wardens of the red lyrium he discovered in the Hinterlands. Instead, he discovers Stroud, who draws him into a much deeper web of conspiracy and drama. Along the way, he discovers some dark secrets about the Wardens -- and some surprising truths about himself.

On AO3