Best Short Dragon Age Fanfics
Dragon Age novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 Short Dragon Age Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Dragon Age fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
A Delicate Arrangement
by TheLadyMagician
Dorian's parents come to Skyhold to take him away based on a deal Dorian and his father made a long time ago that if Dorian was not in a relationship by a certain age, Halward could marry him to Livia Herathinos. No questions asked. Cullen only sees one way to ensure his chess partner stays in Skyho
By Any Other Name
by lullayloo
You have to wonder what people can get away with when they're speaking another language. They could be saying anything. Mutter a dirty joke, point out your terrible taste in fashion, or perhaps even declare their undying love for you. It would make no difference. You'd never know. Zevran uses this m
Can't Believe You Don't Know
by adjectivebear (HealerAriel)
Solona believes she's unattractive. Zevran vehemently disagrees. And what's more, he knows exactly how to prove it. Originally written for the Kink Meme.
A Whole Lot Of Something
by JustJasper
A collection of short ficlets originally written for tumblr (fic memes, random musing etc). Primarily Bull/Dorian, with some other Bull and Dorian related gen and ships thrown in.
Back Again With You
by dejat
Ten years after the defeat of the Archdemon, Zevran has carried his fight against the Crows back home to Antiva. He receives unexpected visitors during a lull in the carnage, including his Warden, Nora Cousland. He lost her to another long ago, partly because he couldn't acknowledge how he truly fel
The Children Are Our Future
by iggluminati
"Rook," he breathed out, barely concealing his surprise. "I—""Don't pull that shit on me," he snapped, and Solas was barely able to keep the amusement off his face. Had Rook been older, the ferocity of his words could have silenced a lesser man; but as he was, barely reaching Solas' chest, his bite
Rare Gems
by wombuttress
Send me a rarepair, I'll write your rarepair.Author's Recs:6. Sebastian/Anders - revelation10. Cole/Iron Bull - picnic13. Alistair/Morrigan - ritual16. Fenris/Krem - hand holding for tough guys18. Leliana/Josephine - late nights20. Sera/Leliana - sleep24. Fenris/Zevran - striking25. fTrevelyan/Celen
Thedosian Stories and Beyond
by biowhathaveyoudone
A collection of all the prompts I have filled over on Tumblr at the same username as well as unprompted drabbles. Various pairings and subjects occur. Explicit rating for relatively few chapters/prompts, will post warnings at beginning of whichever apply. Otherwise rating would stay around T as an a
A Man's Word is His Bond
by howlsmovinglibrary
The Antivan Crows burned away Zevran’s soulmark long before he was old enough to read it.What Zevran didn’t realise - until much later - was that the Crows did not invent this technique. It was a practice originally cultivated by the Circles. Mages had their soulmates erased, lest the connection mak
The Two Commanders: Remastered
by Katieee
Fresh off destroying the Reapers, Commander Shepard falls into a strange, medieval world where people mistake her biotics for magic. No-one knows who she is anymore; beyond her title, neither does she. Knight-Captain Cullen has been a good templar for too long; being a good man feels far beyond reac
Lion Taming
by pumpkinpatchin
After the Siege of Adamant and before the summons to the Winter Palace, the Inquisition gets a moment where Thedas isn't in active crisis. During that downtime the Inquisitor sets her sights on another daunting task: courting Cullen Rutherford, commander of the Inquisition's forces. But courting him
Give Me the Edge of a Blade and a Time and a Place
by SK_Morello
“Changes things, doesn’t it? What could he have done, Seeker, if he’d lived? I guess we’ll never know.”Hawke braced himself and pushed the door open. The words were hoarse and scratchy from his throat, his vocal chords long since damaged.“She didn’t kill me. Although most days, I wish she had.” The
Dragon Age: Battle of the Gods - Part 2
by sailormuffin
Antiva City has been saved and now, it has been proven to the world, that the elven gods can be destroyed. However chaos has arisen with Ghilan'nain taming the ancient dragon god Lusacan, with her new abilities the sixth blight begins. Casting the world into disarray, all the Grey Wardens of Thedas
Past Lives
by chalkituptofate
In the aftermath of the Fifth Blight, two children of northern Ferelden are called back to the Coastlands. Elissa Cousland, the newly married queen and Warden-Commander, tries to rally what remains of the Grey Wardens to stamp out the evil still stalking the countryside. Nathaniel Howe, suddenly wit
Dutifully Loved
by LoreOfThedas
BOOK TWO OF THE "DUTY. LOVE. SACRIFICE" SERIES Multiple Origins AU, where Tabris is a mage and the other origins are companions. Haljra Tabris and Alistair Theirin were once fresh faced junior Wardens. Now deep in duty and even deeper in love, they must navigate being the only two Wardens left alive
The demon inside him
by Glosisroian
After Anders destroyed Kirkwall's Chantry and started a war between templars and mages, Hawke had to choose a side. His love for the mage forced him to swallow his anger for the moment and focus on the fight before him. Once the battle's done, his feelings about his partner's actions turn up again,
Amongst the Gathered
by Frankiesoup
When the lack of an heir causes a breakdown in her marriage, Stevaine Cousland throws herself into the search for a cure to the taint.But the coming Exalted Council to decide the fate of the Inquisition forces her to confront her past. And royal husband. AU where the Couslands grew up knowing Cailan
I Made Loving You a Blood Sport I Can't Win
by SK_Morello
Hawke swayed. “A Tevinter Supremist Cult, you said?” “Hmm,” Dorian said, “Following the wishes of some Elder One, who has rather grand plans for ensuring that they succeed in subjugating the whole world to Tevinter. The rebels here in Redcliffe are just the start.” Kirkwall had never been kind to Ha
At the Eleventh Hour
by Missjlh
Solas watches, helpless, as Elgar’nan murders his beloved Iris during the fight at the Archon’s Palace. Left without his heart, Solas spends centuries in his prison mourning and doing what he can to atone for his crimes. Upon earning his release, he returns to Thedas, settling in Wycome so he can be
How to Stay Conscious When You Drown
by SK_Morello
The woman paused, looking at him. Looking at the staff.“You ain’t one of those -”“No,” Garrett lied, “Just travelling through.”Garrett Hawke survived Kirkwall and Knight-Commander Meredith by the skin of his teeth. Hiding in Ferelden in the aftermath, he tried to remember the person he had been befo
What am I gonna do as Inquisitor of Thedas?
by PennyforyourThots_247
It's not often you get shot in your own apartment, play twenty questions with a mysterious glowing lady, and wake up in a fictional world, but what are you gonna do about it? After waking up in Thedas one month before the events of the Conclave, Pellena is dealing with new body features, racism, mag
Honnleath
by Happenstance_And_Algorithms
Cullen Rutherford fell in love with Inquisitor Lavellan, even though such selfish and undisciplined lapses in judgement go against everything he thought he knew about himself. That was bad enough. After the Inquisitor and Solas spent two straight nights together in an all-too-public tryst in Skyhold
The Letter
by HojiOfTheSixthHouse
Mercenary work always suited Fenris. Traveling, earning good coin, what more could one want? Naturally, after Kirkwall, it seemed like the only step forward. And with Hawke at his side, it finally felt like the life of freedom he always longed for could become reality. With their last job successful
Too Many Hawkes Ruin Kirkwall
by SK_Morello
“Nox - do everyone a favour and shut up?” Freya responded, before switching her attention back to Cullen. “I apologise for my brother, Knight-Captain, he likes to pick fights to make himself feel taller.” Malcolm and Leandra Hawke loved each other dearly and didn’t know when to quit. Their oldest, F
You Kill Me Any Way But Softly
by SK_Morello
“Get the fuck out of my city, Lord Seeker.” Hawke would come to regret those words when Lord Seeker Lambert turned his gaze to Kirkwall in the wake of the revolt at the White Spire. There was an old grudge to settle, and a rogue apostate to make an example of. For the third time in seven years, Kirk
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This list of 25short Dragon Age fanfics spans 726,482 total words. Kudos range from 40 on the newest entries to 1,796 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Explicit (9 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Angst · Mutual Pining · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Romance.
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