History Fanfic / TwiceUponAnAge

* HeroesWantRedheads: Averted by Mahanon, who, when clarifying his actual relationship with the auburn-haired Victoria, assures Cassandra that "I prefer brunettes." Cullen plays it straight; Bull's appreciation for redheads from the game is also present.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Solas, according to Varric in ''The Skyhold Runner's Guide to Survival''.

* InnocentCohabitation: At Haven, the Heralds are housed in the same building with a divider built between their beds, so that the healer can look after both at the same time. When they make the move to Skyhold, they request that the stonemasons put a similar divider between their beds in the tower so they can continue to do this, rather than try to find equally lavish dwellings for both Inquisitors. Victoria admits [[HatesBeingAlone she sleeps better knowing Mahanon is nearby]].

* TheyFightCrime: Invoked by Felix when giving Dorian information about the Heralds of Andraste. "She's a human noble from Ostwick; he’s a Dalish elf from the Free Marches forests. They fight crime."

* TheyFightCrime: Varric jokingly invokes it in his opening NoteFromEd.
-->My esteemed human colleague here is a woman I call Scholar. Together, we fight crime.
-->No, wait, together we write history. Fighting crime is Aveline's job.

* FilkSong: Most of ''If Non Can Learn to Do It'' is comprised of one of these.

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* UnexpectedCharacter: Apparently, to judge by the reviews, not too many people actually thought [[spoiler:Bethany]] would turn up in person.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** Chapter 19, in which Inquisition scout Jim has a variety of mishaps, is presented as being this. Most of the document claims to be "Adapted from the historical record" by the author, but the "editor's note" at the beginning of this chapter states that it was told to Varric directly by one of the scouts who was present at the time, and he felt it was "too good not to include."
** Later, chapter 27 is handled in a similar manner; Varric explains in another "editor's note" that the Chantry record contained very few details about what happened [[spoiler:in the Fade]], so he wheedled a few bits from both Victoria and Cole and pieced the chapter together from that.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The side volumes could be described this way. The 'musical' one-shot is even explicitly tagged as such on [=AO3=].

* CreatorInJoke: A couple times in ''All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird,'' it's mentioned that Hawke's mabari is named Rikki. This is the name Lady Norbert always gives the mabari when playing ''Dragon Age: Origins'' or ''Dragon Age II'' - it's the name of her parents' dog.

* GirlsHaveCooties: Playfully invoked in the Frostback Basin, as the two companion teams are saying farewell. Victoria gives Mahanon a smooch on the cheek, to which he laughs and cheerfully remarks, "Ew." They're both trying to cover up how uneasy they are about separating.

* SecretKeeper: Victoria ultimately becomes this for Cullen regarding what he endured as a young Templar in the Fereldan circle, and how it made the ball in Halamshiral so difficult for him. The other Inquisition leaders know he was uncomfortable with the Orlesian attention, but she's the only one who knows ''why.'' (It's implied that [[TheEmpath Cole]] also knows, but he doesn't speak of it to anyone but her.)

* BuffySpeak: Somewhat invoked; Varric says that Sera was deliberately chosen as the point-of-view character for chapter four because the author (who is a history writer in real life) was starting to worry that she sounded too much like Brother Genitivi in her storytelling, and "Nobody in Thedas could ever possibly sound less like Brother Genitivi than Sera."

* HerBoyfriendsJacket: Implied in ''Across the Waking Sea,'' when Varric tells Bethany [[spoiler:to keep something for him. The 'something' is the signet ring of House Tethras, and when she later shows up at Skyhold, she has it on a chain around her neck.]] However, it's unclear exactly how the gift is intended; the pair themselves don't seem entirely sure.

* NotSoDifferent: Cassandra thinks this about herself and Varric, on the night before they enter the Arbor Wilds, noting that they're both sort of studying their friends as though trying to memorize faces in case some of them don't survive.

* ConfirmedBachelor: In ''Across the Waking Sea'', Bethany shuts down Varric's suppositions about her and Sebastian by saying that he's this, owing to the prince's determination to uphold his vows of chastity.

-->'''NoteFromEd:''' "...and unless I misjudge our readers (who are so clearly shrewd, discerning, and intelligent consumers of media), it'll make sense."

* DoesNotLikeMagic: Sera, as in canon. It leads her to somewhat avoid [[spoiler:Bethany]] when she joins the crew, although she eventually decides that she's more or less tolerable.

* NamedWeapon: Mahanon eventually constructs a pair of twin daggers for himself which he names "Andruil's Blessing" and "Gift of Sylaise." It's also mentioned that Bull carries the "Gift of the Mountain-Father" after they defeat the Hand of Korth; this is the actual weapon looted from that character after he's killed in-game. The Sulevin Blade appears later as well, and of course, Bianca is along for the ride the entire time.

* MetaGuy: In addition to this being Varric's usual role, Dorian gets a turn when he suggests the creation of an entirely new school of magic - ''Storyspeller'' - able to cast spells which can [[TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot speed up the plot]]. According to Varric's NoteFromEd, the project is actually happening "from time to time."

* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: Bull gets the companions to play "I Spy" in the Hissing Wastes, picking something that starts with S. Mahanon warns him that if the answer is "sand," it will not end well for him.

-->My esteemed human colleague here is a woman I call Scholar. Together, we fight crime. No, wait, together we write history. Fighting crime is Aveline's job.

* FlowerInHerHair: Everyone is rather amused by Victoria wearing the Ardent Blossom[[note]]an EasterEgg helmet in the game which looks like a flower crown[[/note]] - she jokes that Dagna thought it would look better on her than on Mahanon.