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I mean... we need those whips & chains, yo! 😈

No more apologizing for being horny on main. No more horny jail. We’re horny prison abolitionists. No gods, no masters! Wait. Okay maybe a few masters. Alright but no bars will hold us! No whips and chains will — fuck, hang on, let me start again.

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YES, Lucanis. YES. Right in front of your coffee.

I love this scene because Neve and Rook are just SHAMELESSLY flirting there, with low voices and such a ridiculous amount of sexual tension, it could be cut with a knife.

I‘d not even have been surprised if the scene would cut off with Neve pushing Rook onto her desk because what‘s going ON there-

And then there‘s Lucanis, just standing there in the background, looking back and forth between them like „…should I maybe leave?? Am I even here right now?“

Like they aren‘t even LOOKING at him, poor guy just wants out of there at this point.

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Real Rook Reaction:

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I'd burn the midnight oil for her

Late night for the ambassador

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Olivia Cousland. Marian Hawke. Serena Trevelyan. Regina Thorne.

Ladies, I salute you. Each and every one of you. You are my creations, and you fight in-game for the same reason I fight IRL.

To make things better, even as they get worse.

🫡

you are the hero of ferelden. no matter your origin you watch those you love most be ripped from you. death becomes an endless cycle which seems to follow you wherever you go. the fate of the world rests on your shoulders as you know you can never return home. home is gone now. home is buried with your family, jailed with your closest ally, cradled by the ancestors, forgotten like your beloved, lost to time in the murky glass of the eluvian- dead in your arms, killed at your hand. you are the hero of ferelden and it is your destiny to die. when next the world falls apart, you do not come. this world does not deserve your pity.

you are the champion of kirkwall. you are a refugee, cold and hungry and sold into labour. your mother hates you, though she will never say it. it's your fault the ogre killed your sibling, your fault the taint took the other. but you are happy. you have everything, friends and family and status and riches. you defeat the people plaguing your glorious city, you are the people's hero. you will always know even as she came back, isabela left you to die. you are happy but you are alone. you have everything and then you are rocking back and forth begging please please please do not take my mother as well. you have nothing, but you for a single second, you had everything. you are the champion of kirkwall, and your ally has blown up the chantry. where is your home now that everything is your fault?

you are the herald of andraste. and you are so, so scared. these people do not trust you, do not like you, would feed you to the fade if they could. they do not care if you follow another religion, you are their herald. you can never return home because heroes do not have homes. they say home is the people you choose, but you didn't choose these people, did you? every step you take aches. thousands reach out to touch you, for safety. for comfort. you are a black hole close to destruction, and you cannot do this. you are the herald of andraste and you have not been yourself for so long now.

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- to celebrate the ecstacy of smut around the world.

Let us get on our knees. 😁

#dirty minds worldwide

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World Heritage Post: CONFIRMED.

@worldheritagepost @worldheritagepostorganization

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

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My Trevelyan is smiling... 😁

Trying to draw Josephine a more intimate romance scene :p

Patreon version available here

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Healing in your hands. The Veilguard brought forth.

the veilguard ( ˘ ³˘)♥

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Josephine, the woman you are...

JOSEPHINE MONTILYET the ambassador

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Accurate.

Seeing Neve inside that ice dome

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Preach to the choir, and the chorus will resound. 🫡

Neve's romance

Neve is (by some margin) my favorite Veilguard romance, and I'm just mulling over what exactly makes her romance so good for me. 

First, you see a very different side of her. I love romances with reserved characters who only fully open up in the context of a romance. Outside of the romance Neve is very careful and put-together, even with friends, but the romance shows you so much vulnerability (wonderfully conveyed in the voice acting) and it's very appealing. It makes her more nuanced, and it makes the romance feel much more intimate. Although Neve's romance doesn't actually have more content than the others, to me it felt like it did, because I really had this sense of getting something very different and new on the romance path. 

It also has some fantastic lines. 'Kiss me so I know it's real.' 'I knew you were trouble.' 'Aren't we a pair.' Not only is she gorgeous, she has such a way with words!

In addition, it has a well-defined arc. The central issue threading through the relationship is Neve's anxiety around allowing herself to develop these feelings. This note is present the whole time, and it's intertwined well with all her loyalty missions, because every time you come through for her you're giving her reasons to let her walls down. And it reaches a natural culmination before Tearstone island, where she's still hesitant to say she loves you, followed by a lovely resolution when she realises she almost missed the chance to say it forever, and so finally she does. So there's a clear emotional trajectory which runs through the whole romance and fits well with the structure of the game. 

Relatedly, it doesn't feel easy. The whole time she's letting you in and then pulling away, even after the romance lock-in. It feels like you had to work slowly and persistently at getting her to trust you, so it feels very satisfying when she finally does. It's not transactional, you don't just press the flirt button a few times and get 'romance' as an output, it really feels natural and organic.

Finally, romancing her as a woman felt like a very believable sapphic dynamic to me. There's an equality of initiative from both sides, and a specific kind of heartfeltness. There are some cases where I've romanced bisexual women in games and had the feeling that the romance was written under the assumption that you're playing a man and so the dynamic is sort of implicitly gendered, but with Neve it felt very natural and right to romance her as a woman.

Anyway: I love her. Beautifully done. Definitely a highlight of the game for me.

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One brain cell. All for Neve. 😈

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Here’s the other one

Out of lust

Neve sat and watched, twirling the pen in her fingers as Rook drew back on the string of her bow. There was a lot to be said about the skill and precision involved in marksmanship, but Neve wasn’t really interested in all that. She was interested in the hardened muscle that flexed and rippled each time Rook knocked an arrow and let it fly.

“Do you think she knows?” Bellara said breaking Neve out of her trance.

“Knows what?” Neve asked, slightly confused.

“That we all sit out here just to stare at her while she’s training.”

Harding let out a loud laugh, which caused Rook to glance their way. Intense silver eyes locked onto Neve. Neve gazed back. The exchange sent a shiver up Neve’s spine.

“Rook is a lot of things, but stupid isn’t one of them.” Harding scoffed.

“I’m not so sure about that.” Neve smirked.

Rook was all practiced precision. Neve memorized her movements, the cadence at which she did everything. Rooks magic felt wild and unrelenting, but her fighting was a dance. Graceful and nuanced. Even now Neve could feel the chaos in Rooks ambient magic.

“I mean maybe around you she’s reduced to one brain cell, but I think that’s a two way street.” Harding teased.

“Wow Harding. Thanks.” Neve chuckled.

“It’s just an observation.” The Dwarf shrugged.

Neve watched as Rook yanked the arrows out of the target and stuffed them into the quiver. She made several quick glances Neve’s way, before dropping both the bow and the quiver full of arrows onto the ground.

Neve was suddenly aware that Rook was walking toward her, and with a purpose. She looked absolutely feral—which Neve attributed to her unique eye color. She always looked like that, and it did things to Neve.

Neve felt her heart racing as Rook practically yanked her into a searing kiss. It was absolutely filthy and all fire and want. Heat spread through Neve’s entire being as Rook ravished her with full demanding lips.

As quickly as it began, it was over. Neve stood there chest heaving, trying to catch her breath as the Crow stalked away.

“She knows.” Harding fake whispered.

Bellara sat in silence and started scribbling notes furiously.

Neve thought maybe Harding was right, one brain cell.

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OC Tag Game

Didn't get tagged, but saw @rook-laidir take this on and decided to do somethin' for my Rook in Veilguard...

Thanks, @rook-laidir !

Tagging all Nevemancers, where you at?

General

Name: Regina "Reggie" Thorne

Alias: Rook

Race: Human

Gender: She/her

Age: 30

Birthplace: Ferelden

Spoken Languages: Trade tongue, a bit of Alamarri

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Occupation: Grey Warden, later Veilguard

Favorites

Color: Black, Blue, Purple

Entertainment: Anything that catches her interest...

Pasttime: Fighting, drinking, traveling, um...

Food: Chocolate, but will eat anything just to try it.

Drink: Ale, but will drink most things just to try it.

Books: Yes.

Have They...

Passed Univerity: Weissaupt

Had Sex: Yes

Had Sex In Public: Yes, as several dares. Most thrilling way to do it.

Gotten Tattoos: Quite a few

Gotten Piercings: Just a couple

Gotten Scars: Quite a few

Had a Broken Heart: Broke a few, been broken by a few

Been In Love: Never...until...

Are They...

A cuddler: Yup. And a kisser, too!

Easily scared: No

Jealous: Normally, no. Until...

Trustworthy: Tiil death, and beyond.

Family

Siblings: None

Parents: None (Parents were killed during the events of Dragon Age Inquisition)

Children: None

Pets: A mabari hound, Cujo. Named after the Hero of Ferelden's hound. Died at Weissaupt.

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Perfection. 🥰

Neve Gallus - Hero of the Veilguard

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Raw. Next question.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) dev. BioWare Neve Gallus + Executioner's Plume