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I just think shes neat<3

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gay activities happening on rook's couch !!

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Collab with @darkfire1177 for DA kiss week! Taash getting kisses from our Rook Mercars, Sylvain and Arcadia. This was so much fun to work on together!

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Cutting it close with the final day but we got there!!

Enrich your workouts by stealing kisses in between sets 😘

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I drew a deck of Dragon Age II themed playing cards! Each suit represents one of Kirkwall’s factions: the Templars, the Mages, the Law, and the Mercenaries

Now I finally hope to send them off to print, and soon you'll be able to find them in my little ko-fi shop!

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tie the knot

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soft Bellarook morning smooches!!

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Sera, in your face

Yes this is connected to me playing Cyberpunk and making dope fits in it

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Envy demons are equal parts arrogance and cowardice. They isolate their victims to study them at length, seeking to become them. Once the demon is satisfied it knows its chosen subject, it takes on their form, leaving the poor soul to rot. Envy is never satisfied, however. The demon’s bottomless cravings to be more—more powerful, more skilled, more inspired—cause it to seek fresh prey, leaving a trail of stolen identities behind.

—Scroll found on the body of “Scholar Esmar Treviento,” by the templars who hunted him down.

Whenever the Envy Demon shows up in Inquisition, my gut reaction (after ‘wtf are you doing’) always seems to be ‘aw, you and Mahre would be such terrible, awful, wonderful companions’. They’re like two peas in a pod and would absolutely try cannibalize each other for personal gain. ✨

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If your Rook also has additional backstory elements i.e. child of HOF or like related to your Inquisitor puhLEASE add those in the notes I love that stuff

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Speedpaint #3: The Iron Bull

Solas | Dorian | The Iron Bull

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Just losing my mind at the implications that the companions have all been trying to help Rook grieve Varric, and Rook doesn’t know

Emmrich, wise and long-familiar with grief, being told by Neve and Harding what happened; understanding why sometimes he overhears Rook’s muffled voice in the Infirmary, talking to no one. He takes Rook to the Memorial Gardens and mentions he talks to his parents, thinking Rook might be comfortable with the same. Rook lights candles and rings bells but Emmrich watches, sorrowed, to see Rook still seems in deep denial.

Neve takes Rook to the Wall of Light; a Shadow Dragon Rook knows just what this means but any Rook can understand the solemnity, the power of remembrance. Neve reenergizes Brom’s light and looks to Rook, hoping Rook will mention wanting to make one for Varric. Rook is kind and comforting to Neve, but Neve is lost in wondering why Rook doesn’t take the chance to open up. She can’t figure it. Maybe Rook just can’t face it, not yet. Maybe Rook does something privately. She isn’t sure but it nags at her.

Davrin’s not big on talking about feelings. He’d rather just move on. But he sees the way Rook seems a little hollow sometimes, a little distant; he sees how Rook takes so quickly to Assan. “Hey Rook,” he says, and invites them to come with him and Assan to safe places in Arlathan, where the woods are clean and green and growing, where real sunlight dapples through the trees. Rook always seems to love these outings, seems lighter afterwards. But Davrin feels a little confused in that Rook never seems to realize the outings are mostly for them.

Taash is another person not big on feelings. But they know how much feelings can twist you up and mess with your head. When Lace tells them about Varric they feel badly for Rook, and think to how they feel when they’re struggling. Epic fights, dragon fights, drinks with the Lords. Taash is perfectly capable of doing all that on their own. But maybe bringing Rook along will help get them out of their head a little bit. Does it help? Taash isn’t sure.

Bellara’s double-versed in grief after what happens to Cyrian. Rook helped her through trying to reach him, and Bellara wonders, in her own pain, if she can help Rook a little bit too. Especially if Rook is elven, teaching Rook about the braziers and the challenges is another tool she can share about her or their people, another way that might help Rook with their grief. Neve’s told her that the Wall of Light didn’t seem to help Rook much, but maybe a different funeral tradition could help them instead. Rook helps her light the braziers and Bellara feels her heart lightening, though she wonders at Rook, who seems more moved by Bellara’s reactions than anything else.

Lucanis is nearly as allergic to dealing with feelings as Davrin is, but he immediately clocks how Neve and Harding are acting, and asks what happened before he joined them. They tell him about Varric and that they’re worried about Rook, that Rook seems to just be shoving those feelings down without dealing with them. Lucanis is no stranger to that, but while it’s fine for him, he doesn’t want to see someone who risked their life to save him share that struggle. He brings Rook to Caterina’s funeral planning to show Rook it’s okay to admit the loss and honor it. When that doesn’t seem to make a dent, he falls back to his standard - lavish meals, small gifts, coffee. He knows it would help him. He just wishes it helped Rook too.

Lace hurts the worst after losing Varric and Lace is where Solas’ magic comes the closest to faltering. Rook can see Lace is down, she’s quiet, she’s afraid after what happens with the gods escaping; but Solas’ magic holds and Rook can still never see quite why. Lace would love to sit over drinks one night and share stories about Varric, but she sees that Rook doesn’t seem ready, and she doesn’t want to push. Instead she writes letters to Ma, to the Inquisitor, to Cassandra, to Aveline, maybe even to Hawke. She writes out her stories with Varric’s old quill and she carries a bolt of Bianca with her. A dozen times she goes to talk to Rook about him, and when she tries Rook turns away or changes the subject. It hurts, but Lace knows she can’t make Rook talk about him, and she hopes in time it will get better.

This just absolutely crushes me the more I think about it 😭

Edit: Varric’s death is Rook’s personal companion quest every other single companion tries to help them with, and can’t 😭😭😭

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OC Tag Game

Thanks for the tag @verymuchwowperson 🧡

I really loved this one and am ecstatic to do another run for another OC! Valya and Alex [here]! And now for Rook!

Rules: cross out anything your OC hasn't done

Killed Someone Under Orders

Had Someone Killed On Their Orders

Killed Someone In Self-Defence

Spared Someone’s Life

Invented Something

Been Hungover

Kissed Someone

Slow-Danced

Been In A Long-Term Relationship [yet...]

Had Sex

Had Sex And Regretted It

Had A One-Night Stand

Had A Threesome

Experimented With Their Sexuality [not really, shes just running with it]

Had A Kid

Adopted A Kid

Wanted To Have A Family With Someone

Done Something On Impulse They Regretted [oh you know, like once a week of some calibre at least]

Gone Traveling

Had A Bounty Put On Them [The Magistrate hated that]

Eaten An Insect

Been Groped By A Stranger

Been Groped By Someone They Know

Been Dumped [Taash right before Tearstone]

Dumped Someone [Taash right before Tearstone. It was. It was confusing and unclear but she laid her heart out for once and they called her a distraction and they were not together for a while after all that]

Smoked

Gotten High [thanks for the weird tea Davrin]

Flirted With Someone To Get Free Drinks

Put Someone In A Headlock

Won a Bet [so good at cards]

Lost a Bet [until she isn't]

Forgiven Someone Who Wronged Them [yayyy parents]

Indulged In Petty Revenge

Hallucinated

Has A Noticeable Physical Defect [the tip of her nose is twisted slightly down and very to the left]

Gotten A Noticeable Scar [dozens]

Been Permanently Disfigured Through Injury

Kneed Someone In The Groin

Had An Unattainable Crush [no crushes till Taash, never felt unobtainable]

Laughed Themselves To The Point Of Tears

Been Kidnapped

Been Sexually Assaulted

Been Brainwashed/Hypnotised

Had A Recurring Nightmare [boy has she!]

Been Bullied

Bullied Someone

Experienced Survivor’s Guilt [ha...]

Been Tied/Chained Up

Given Someone A Massage

Received A Massage [but fuck she needs one]

Been Backed Up Against A Wall

Shot Someone

Stabbed Someone

Saved Someone’s Life

Cheated On Someone

Been Cheated On

Been In An Open Relationship

Had A Friendship With Benefits [staring at Taamlok what are we???]

Been In A Queerplatonic Relationship

Had A Stalker

Been Betrayed

Been A Traitor

Been Possessed

Been In A Bar Fight

Been Thrown Out Of A Bar [I mean you can try]

Been Arrested [unfortunate side effect of the job]

Broken Out Of Jail [but never really an issue]

Been To A Funeral

Been To A Brothel

Had Surgery

Broken Someone’s Trust

Broken Someone’s Heart [to be fair, world ending heroism really isnt the best time to start dating. She took Shathann's words to heart :'( ]

Had Their Heart Broken [aforementioned Tearstone Island thing]

Broken/Damaged Something Out Of Anger

Broken/Damaged Something Out Of Spite

Gotten A Piercing [doesn't have it anymore, get one ripped out once and not eager to replace]

Gotten A Tattoo [many!]

Used A Fake Name [Rook, technically because her names Sylvain. But she prefers Rook]

Been Beaten Up

Been Tortured/Tortured Others

Been Abused

Been Blackmailed

Gotten Away With A Crime [that's like her whole thing]

Framed Someone Else For A Crime They Committed

Shared A Bed Platonically

Been In Love

Suffered From Sleep Paralysis

Been Forced To Flee Their Home

Learned A New Language [working on learning more Qunlot]

Joined A Rebellion [a few at this point!]

Fought On The Losing Side Of A War [hey hey Solas]

Fought On The Winning Side Of A War [FUCK you]

Become A Godparent

Become An Aunt/ Uncle

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new brush test

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No social mediaing means I haven't posted Rook here and that's a shame cause I fucking love her. Here's some screenshots ~ She's a Qunari Shadow Dragon warrior, she's 8'2" and romancing Taash 🧡

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Bellara + 2G!!

thanks for the prompt!! I went with a simpler style this time, I think this shot at bellara turned out better lol

[challenge : send me a veilguard character + an expression from this list!]

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Death's loosened its hold on this place.