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1. Let the sword return to its sheath by IrinaPalmova

   Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   11 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Cullen Rutherford/Original Female Character(s)
   • Female Trevelyan/Original Templar Character(s) (Dragon Age)
   • Fenris/Male Hawke (Dragon Age)
   • Cullen Rutherford/Templar(s)
   • Cullen Rutherford
   • Original Characters
   • Fenris (Dragon Age)
   • Male Hawke (Dragon Age)
   • Meredith Stannard
   • Cassandra Pentaghast
   • Leliana (Dragon Age)
   • Female Trevelyan (Dragon Age)
   • Josephine Montilyet
   • Fade Spirit(s) (Dragon Age)
   • Bethany Hawke
   • Original Templar Character(s) (Dragon Age)
   • Cullen Rutherford's Mabari
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Blood and Gore
   • Violence
   • One-Sided Attraction
   • One-Sided Relationship
   • Feelings Realization
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Major Character Injury
   • Action & Romance
   • Awkward Flirting
   • Awkward Romance
   • Awkward Sexual Situations
   • Explicit Language
   • Cullen Rutherford has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
   • Cullen Rutherford has a Mabari
   • Male-Female Friendship
   • Lyrium Addiction
   • Lyrium Withdrawal
   • Lyrium Abuse
   • Child Abandonment
   • Everyone Has Issues
   • Cullen has his Mabari with him from the very beginning
   • Emotional Roller Coaster
   • POV Multiple
   • Everyone Needs A Hug

   Summary

   Before the young woman’s eyes, fine red lines began to etch themselves into her skin, stretching from her elbow down to her wrist. She could hardly look away, her heart pounding in her chest as the words appeared, written in blood like some sacred covenant.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   31/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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