charamei:

I’ve seen a couple of Warden or Alistair at Halamshiral headcanons floating around but let’s raise the bar and talk about the entire Origins party at Halamshiral

Leliana’s almost-inaudible moan of, “They brought Oghren,” as she waits in the receiving line with the Inquisition

Alistair and the Warden arguing furiously over whether the mabari head or the griffon head is the sillier mask and taking bets on who gets the most snide comments over the course of the evening

Zevran flirting relentlessly with every single individual present and complimenting Florianne, quite seriously, on her excellent bosoms

Oghren being introduced as ‘Widower/Husband to the Paragon Branka’ and snorting so loudly that the next bit, ‘Hero of the Fifth Blight’, is all but drowned out

Alistair making a beeline for the buffet table because ooh, cheese and running straight into the Arishok, who is filling his plate with cookies

Leliana and the Warden making eye contact across the room and beginning a quiet competition to see who can rescue Alistair the fastest when people try to talk to him

Leliana winning said competition despite the fact that she is babysitting the Inquisition on the side

Shale disappearing into the gardens and returning ten minutes later covered in what looks suspiciously like the feathers of the ornamental peacocks

Zevran and Oghren retreating into a corner and playing a game of I Spy: “Something beginning with… P.” / “Heheheheh. Ponce.”

Wynne pretending she doesn’t know these people

Oghren showing everyone engravings of the nugget and telling them loudly about Felsi, possibly in overcompensation for the ‘Widower to the Paragon Branka’ bit

The Iron Bull and the Arishok dropping into Qunlat so they can discuss the utter ridiculousness of this entire undertaking in peace

Oghren demonstrating exactly how he once lost a fight with a roast, to general horror

The Warden and the Inquisitor commiserating over Redcliffe, why is it always Redcliffe

Morrigan trying her best to avoid all of them but getting gradually sucked into a snark competition with Shale and then Alistair turns up and they spend the next half hour happily insulting one another

Morrigan refusing to admit she has missed any of them

Alistair nearly getting into a duel because of an offhand comment about the inferior nature of Orlesian cheese

The Inquisitor opening a cupboard to find the Warden snuggling with their LI and swearing to high heaven because damn it, that cost me three halla statues

(If said LI is Leliana, the Inquisitor staring in amazement because they literally just saw her upstairs and how, how did she get down here so fast)

The Warden opening a cupboard to find the Inquisitor snuggling with their LI, rolling their eyes and announcing over their shoulder, “We’ll have to find another cupboard, this one’s taken”

~The Origins party~