#paramortality

[paramortality]

Laird's eternal curse is just that he's so fucking meme-able...

[svanha]

So May happened and with that Mermay swept me away from my regularly scheduled Emmrook sketches🫣

However I was still busy with some commissions from the loveliest people from the Fade server🥰

Some of these have been already posted here, and I also have some *heavily* nsfw pieces that I’m planning to post to my Patreon (free), but without full disclosure, enjoy this batch💖

These Rooks belong to:

@redheadsramblings ✨ @paramortality ✨ @thequeenofthewinter ✨ @lenkalost ✨ @bionicgrapejuice ✨ @kirain ✨ @toonybrin ✨ @farore05 ✨

[sofiemystique]

Emmrich Volkarin Fandom

End of 2024, I was crying to my man, telling him that I am lacking community in the worst way. And it's not an insult to my friends or family, but community is just a little different and you don't realize how much you *need* it until you don't have it.

In January he bought me Dragon Age the Veilgaurd, even though he said he heard it was terrible and everyone hated it, he bought it at full price for me. And I absolutely fell in love with this game. I fell in love with the story, the characters, the mechanics, the play style, and so many other things.

And somehow I stumbled into this beautiful Emmrich Volkarin fandom and found the most incredible fandom I have ever been honored to be a part of. That is saying something considering I have been in fandoms since the way early days of the internet (read 1997 in the Animorphs message boards).

The people who love this dapper necromancer are some of the best humans in the world. You cannot change my mind. And I would be absolutely remiss for not standing here today and telling you all THANK YOU for being you. Thank you for being a place that so many can celebrate, explore, and find freedom not just in a fandom space, but as human beings. Thank you for becoming some of my dearest friends. Thank you for sharing your creativity, your joy, your laughter, and you with me.

I have found such a beautiful space here on tumblr, on tiktok, on AO3, and on one of the most amazing discord servers called The Fade.

Just tagging people I feel beyond honored to have met @paramortality @deny-the-issue @holdingontojupiter @milothatxh @thelilidiot @razildor @ermagerdperpehs @junejems @soeasilyswayed @falesiastuff @ollypopwrites @themournfulwatcher @svanha @redheadsramblings @hedwigoprah @zeaadlwir @thequeenofthewinter @jessica2193 @omabell-illustriert @bionicgrapejuice @farore05 @danyrics @queenmuzz @toonybrin and and I'm sure I'm missing so many more. It isn't on purpose, my heart is just full!!!

And those who aren't on tumblr : Lunette, Jenn, Xak, and so many others!!

If you read all that thank you! I love you! I'm glad we all share a love for Professor Emmrich Volkarin!

[falesiastuff]

Finally finished these! This was an idea that changed a little during the week. I know, nothing new or extraordinary, but it was for celebrating this wonderful community and all the people who are part of it! ❤️❤️

It was also an idea for celebrating reaching 300 followers. It means a lot to me, cause all these people like my work, support me, and love me. And this is lifting me up to the sky! 💖💖

So, thank you very much for following me in this journey @sofiemystique @clodicious @svanha @bankabb @paramortality @kirain @queenmuzz @xakryn @holdingontojupiter @jessica2193 @omabell-illustriert @emmathefanficgal @thequeenofthewinter @ele-millennial-weirdo @kawaiiusagichansan @xiomara42 @farore05 @thepalehorsevictoria @leninkoff @toonybrin @gumiho77 @silshinobii @quill-pen-and-the-fictional-men @zeaadlwir @jenn2d2 @razildor @scuttlingcrab @deny-the-issue and many others ( I don't put all of you cause I don't remember all the names associated to Discord, but you know who you are) 💖

[redheadsramblings]

WIP Wednesday

Le gasp, is this me actually doing this on a Wednesday? Don't get used to it, is all I'm saying 😅

I was tagged by the ever lovely @thequeenofthewinter @hedwigoprah @officialnostradamus @notyourmamasdeerbat @razildor and @holdingontojupiter

Sorry to those of you that tagged me a week ago, I am a disaster of a human being 😆

Here I present to you a snippet from my currently untitled kind of but not really secret fic

"It's a magnificent storm, Manfred. I suspect there will be all sorts of treasure to find on the beach once it clears"

The happy hisses that statement drew forth warmed Emmrich to his soul, and he knew Manfred forgave him. The gentle Wisp was not one to hold a grudge. Except unfathomably against one particular feline that resided in the Necropolis. Any and all queries were met with hissing and the only word the Wisp had ever said on it was 'Bad' which told him precisely nothing.

It seemed harmless enough, all they ever did when the two met was hiss at each other and one memorable occasion when the cat had tried to bite Manfred. It had taken every ounce of his self-control not to laugh at the look on the cat's face as it had realised the futility of such actions. The day was conceded in Manfred's favour, and the cat had retreated in high affront.

Do not ask me what drove me to give Manfred beef with one singular cat within the Necropolis. But I'd like some more of it please because that shit has me giggling like a loon whenever it crosses my mind. Which is a lot 🤣

Yes, I'm laughing at my own joke. Someone has to 😉

Tagging with no pressure @the-font-bandit @blightedcrow @libdibs @serbarris @ferocious-notes @emmg @themontess @mosoderbergh @randomnonsensedragonage @galacticsparkles @sunny374940 @tinygameralec @mistressandry @scottysketches @draco-illius-noctis @theroseunblown @jukkaricity @danyrics @crimsen-khalessi @pseudospaceship @jochiemgrace @crystalinn @curiouswisp @guacamolleee @queenmuzz @sunny374940 @andthekitchensinkao3 @lavenderprose @caughtnyact @gomezwrinkles @tacoteddy22 @sofiemystique @crystallpistol @shootingstar7123 @omabell-illustriert @aiyestel @babydinosaur930 @soeasilyswayed @paramortality @novaobscurity @ermagerdperpehs @kirain and anyone who sees this and fancies a go tag you're it 😁

Dividers are by @flowersforthemachines and can be found here

If you would like to go on my tag list, I have a post here where you can sign up

[yappacadaver]

Shhh it's a rare peaceful moment, and they're enjoying each others' company ♥ Flat color commission for @paramortality, tysm for your support and i really enjoyed making this with you!!! :D

Commissions always open ♥

[thequeenofthewinter]

I want to give a huge shoutout and hug to the amazing Emmrook community here. I have been so immensely blessed by all of you around here, and I thought I should show my appreciation even if it is in just a few words. I came here from another fandom and was very scared and nervous about joining the DA community here, "what if they don't like me" or "what if I am not good enough" (you know, the creator brainworms which infect us all at times). I had heard from others that there was discourse, and it was problematic here--No. Not here. Not in our house. This is genuinely one of the most wholesome, beautiful spaces I have had the privilege of being a part of--and I do say privilege because all of you are SO amazingly talented. I am in awe of all of you. You inspire me every day. Your creativity and kindness keep me moving forward. There is so much beautiful art and writing that I could only dream of here. I am home. <3 If it were not for you all, I wouldn't be creating anything at all.

You are wonderful.

Just tagging a few particular people, but this applies to ALL of you. If you're circulating in the Emmrich tags, I have seen you. (And/or I am probably too shy to tag you.) @redheadsramblings @starfleetteddybear @the-bear-and-his-sunbird @holdingontojupiter @razildor @paramortality @draco-illius-noctis @theyearningghoul @caughtnyact @pseudospaceship @aldisobey

[nostalgiaclown]

probably a better way to take these than trying to snap my neck in two tilting my head but I'd do it for him any day...

@paramortality thank you for the requests teehee ✨ I'm going to do a few more when I can (oh no how awful I have to reload the scene over and over)

[theyearningghoul]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by the wonderful and cool and rad and talented @thequeenofthewinter Thanks bestie! 🥰 Also I already posted this in the Emmrich server, but I liked it a whole lot so y'all get it too 😈💕

Featuring: sad Emmrich reminiscing while Rook is in Fade jail :(

Dinners in the Lighthouse used to be a merry, communal affair. The large table would be heavy with food—various dishes from all over Thedas found their home there, lovingly curated and prepared by this eclectic group of such differing cultures—and the air would be heavy with laughter, stories, and good-natured teasing. Their shared dinners now held no such mirth. The atmosphere was cold, quiet, and bleak; and instead of a representation of connection and nourishment, the food was nothing but necessary fuel to power their impractical endeavors. It was difficult to believe that the tense silence of that dining hall used to be filled with anything other than nervous dread. But Emmrich remembered. He remembered how his Magdalena and young Davrin used to liven up the dining hall with their bawdy barroom limericks, smiling and slurring and slinging their arms around each other as everyone giggled over their drinks at the show. Though, as the night would wane so would her energy, and Emmrich had to coax her away from the revelry with a gentle yet insistent hand at her back as she whined and pouted up at him. Once they’d leave the dining room, his Maggie would quickly forget her pouting and instead focus her attention onto him. She would always end up throwing her arms around his neck, or grabbing his hand in a fierce and possessive interdigitation, and would then pull him downward to press wet, enthusiastic kisses to his cheek and neck as he walked her back to their quarters.  “Hey, handsome—you single?” She’d giggle into his neck while he held up the brunt of her weight, making him smile.  “Most decidedly not,” he would tut. “I have a charming, devastatingly beautiful woman to call my own.”  “That’s a shame.” She’d sigh and roll her head against his shoulder dramatically. “Because I would climb you like a fucking tree.” Heat would flood his cheeks, and he’d smirk. “I’m sure you wouldn’t get very far in your current inebriation.”  “Wanna bet?” She’d whisper, breath hot, with a nip at his ear.   Now, Emmrich often forwent dining in the kitchen entirely and took his meals alone, under the guise of continued research and experimentation. He wondered if all of his meals were resigned to once again be this lonely.

I wrote like 2k words today instead of working 🤫 lol yay! so... that means a new chapter of Immortally Yours tomorrow 😏

Low pressure tags, just sayin' hi 🥰<3

@guacamolleee @velvet-apricots @redheadsramblings @caughtnyact @paramortality @pseudospaceship @silshinobii @the-bear-and-his-sunbird @spare-coffin @holdingontojupiter

[paramortality]

Laird Ingellvar being the most meme-able goblin ever... Part 2

[queenmuzz]

WIP WEDNESDAY (30 minutes too late)

Tagged by the talented @paramortality !

Probably going to publish this today, but here we go! ‘A Marriage of Convenience’

"My condolences," he offered lamely. "I wish there was a way that I could help-"

"There is," Myrna interrupted him, murmuring thanks to Manfred for the tea that he set down before her. "The issue is that I wish I did not have to ask this of you, but we are out of options." She waited until the skeleton had left the room and had politely closed the door. (The fact Manfred, a spirit of Curiosity, was beginning to understand the concept of privacy warmed Emmrich's heart). After she was certain he could not hear their conversation she continued. "Professor, you have connections that transcend the High Council."

"The Lich Lords."

"Yes."

He sat back in his chair, frowning. While it was true that in a few short years he would attempt to join their ranks, (he ought to have done it years ago, but he kept finding excuses to not take that final step), and while the Lords would probably disapprove of a young woman being executed for, to them, a minor infraction in the grand scheme of things, he knew they were loath to get involved into the matters of mortals. They would occasionally mingle with people of the Necropolis, of Nevarra, and sometimes even the wider world, glamoured of course, as to not distance themselves from the mortals they were expected to protect. But never interfere.

"I'm not sure what you think that I could help you with."

"Watcher Ingellvar has no one save myself and Vorgoth to advocate for her, and we are both bound by the High Council's decision. But if she had a person with powerful connections…" she sighed, and looked at her still untouched cup. "What I am saying, Professor… I am requesting that you marry her."

[sofiemystique]

For @paramortality

Because I can't come give you a hug. And I can't show up and sit with you. Best I got is Emmrich loving on Laird. Only posting this because he told me too.

And completely aside, I sent this to Bone Dad and he sent me back the photos. That's how you know you're on the same wavelength as your friends!

Laird sat on the chaise, tears glistening in his eyes. Laughter floated through the door from the team down in the library, but he couldn't join them. Not like this. Not feeling like this. Why anyone thought he was capable and competent was beyond him. He would let them down, this would crumble, everything would be lost…

He took a deep breath, filling his chest with air, holding it for a count and then releasing it over a few seconds. Again, he repeated the exercise, a common one young apprentices were taught but somehow he seemed to be frequenting as of late. The feel of his chest disgusted him. His whole body and skin made him feel shame. The scars on his chest showcasing that even in his own body he didn't even belong.

And Emmrich…

Emmrich would realize the mistake he was making and leave him. It was inevitable. How would someone as intelligent, talented, and handsome ever truly be content with the mess of a watcher, let alone person he was. Laird's face dropped into his hands.

The door creaked as it was opened. "Darling?" came that voice that Laird loved. That calmed and soothed him, and yet it was the last voice in this moment he wanted to hear. Emmrich couldn't see him like this, be with him while he wallowed in this despair.

Attempting to cough and quickly wipe his eyes dry, he cracked his neck. It was of no use. Emmrich rounded the corner of the chaise, his eyes filled with concern and love. And no trace of pity.

"Hi…hi Emmrich," Laird attempted to choke out.

"Darling, what is troubling you? How can I assist?" Emmrich knelt in front of Laird, taking one of the ginger haired man's hands inside of his own. Laird merely felt tears sting at the edges of his eyes stronger than before. His bottom lip quivered staring into the hazel eyes of Emmrich, who was so patiently waiting, giving Laird the space he needed to formulate the words.

"How can you love me?" Laird gave a small cry. "I'm gross and horrible. I'm unworthy of such love you give. I'm a failure. I'm so broken…" he trailed off as Emmrich leaned forward and placed his lips on Laird's brow before setting back on his heels.

"Who has been telling you such lies, my love?" the question was soft, but there was a sharper undercurrent.

Laird couldn't formulate words as he stared into Emmrich's kind eyes. He could only shake his head as more tears escaped down his cheeks.

"You are not gross, nor are you horrible." Emmrich leaned up to place another kiss on Laird's forehead. "You are not broken, nor are you a failure. Not until you give up and quit fighting, and my love that isn't what is happening right now."

The words washed over Laird, like a soothing balm on a sore wound. It was hard to accept, hard to receive, even with Emmrich's lips on his forehead and his arms moving up to pull him into an embrace. "You are not unworthy of the love I freely and completely give to you. You are utterly worthy. Laird, my dearest heart, you are the most magnificent thing to ever happen to me."

Cheek pressed close to Emmrich's heart, Laird allowed himself to softly sob. Emmrich's hand rubbed along his back in a gentle motion. "No one else could take your place. Not as the leader of this team nor as the holder of my heart. Thedas is vastly improved and far more beautiful because you dare to exist in it."

A soft kiss was placed onto the top of Laird's head. "Cast those thoughts from your mind. And should they plague you, further, please my love, I beg you, come find me. Let me drown them out. Allow me to kiss them away. Give me the honor of worshiping your body, your mind, and your spirit. I would kiss every inch of your skin and then will kiss it again. I will hide myself within my favorite place - you. I will hold you until the stress and the turmoil fades and only this light remains."

Laird lifted his head, tear stained cheeks and bleary eyes finding Emmrich's own. "Do you.. promise I am not a bother?"

Emmrich rested his own forehead against Laird's. "My love, you are a gift, a treasure. You are more precious to me than anything. Perish the thought now." And gently Emmrich touched his lips to Laird in a slow, drawn out kiss before pulling back. "I will love you from now until breath leaves my lungs. And even after, I will burn only for you."

And once again their lips joined, Laird laying back allowing Emmrich to crawl up on top of him, and hold hold their bodies tightly together in a warm embrace.

[falesiastuff]

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒: 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ "𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 + 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒," 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.

Tagged by the lovely @kirain and @paramortality! I'm dumb for these games and I couldn't figure out your name XD. I always have been the worst on riddle.

Fortunately, mine is so ridiculously simple XD. But I'm not English, or American, or Australian. Some of you know my nationality, some others don't. Let's see who guess it.

Tagging @deny-the-issue, @clodicious, @bionicgrapejuice, @jessica2193, @queenmuzz, @thequeenofthewinter, @toonybrin. No pressure and no obligations ❤️.

[redheadsramblings]

OCs As Flowers

I was tagged by the lovely @lizziemajestic apologise sweetie I had a brain fart and am only now getting to it 😅

Rowan Rook Ingellvar — The flowers of the Rowan tree

Bet you didn't know rowan tree's had such pretty flowers 💕

Protection, courage, wisdom, good luck, and warding off evil spirits

Vorgoth named her after the rowan tree for protection

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What's this, another OC? Le gasp It's my Lalafell from FFXIV and I thought it'd be fun to add her in 😉

Enalla Vizari - Rhododendron

Caution, danger, ambition, agitation and beware.

Toxic if eaten, but oh so pretty and delicate to look at. And here she is in her adorable but deadly glory

Tagging with no pressure @jaspercafe @thequeenofthewinter @starfleetteddybear @crimsen-khalessi @sunny374940 @andthekitchensinkao3 @mercars-musings @draco-illius-noctis @hedwigoprah @curiouswisp @paramortality and anyone who sees this and fancies a go tag you're it 😁

[yappacadaver]

So close you can almost taste him...

A huge and very enthusiastic THANK YOUUU to @paramortality for this commission, and for being so patient during the process! More to come soon for anyone interested in Emmy and Laird 👀

Commissions always open ♥

[thequeenofthewinter]

Work-in-Progress Wednesday

I am burnt out from the end of the semester and I still have at least one more week of grading. Someone save me from this madness. This is the only thing keeping me even remotely sane.

Tagging: @redheadsramblings @caughtnyact @starfleetteddybear @sofiemystique @paramortality @theyearningghoul @guacamolleee @hedwigoprah @skyrim-forever @dirty-bosmer @aldisobey @holdingontojupiter @avantegarda @draco-illius-noctis @pocket-vvardvark and idk who all else. Tag me. No, seriously. Tag me.

“You’re familiar with her background, no? Quite similar to yours in a way.”

“I’m aware, yes.”

“The Necropolis works in strange ways, seemingly bringing people to where they are most needed—or where it most needs them. The foundlings which are sent here in particular tend to have a special relationship with our domain, but Iris was found in the depths. This is the only home she has ever known, and Vorgoth has speculated that it was the Necropolis itself which drew them to her.” Myrna lowers her voice, and he almost has to strain to hear her. “Did you know that she can feel the vibrations of the Necropolis itself? Or that I had thought to send her to tutor with you even before she was banished.”

Emmrich frowns, his mouth falling open slightly as he shakes his head. “I had not even the slightest idea.”

“And Iris is wise not to mention it to many. The only people who are aware are myself, Vorgoth, you—and well the Lich Lords. They are privy to everything here.” She gives him a meaningful gaze, her eyes holding his. “The information which you relay is not by any means insignificant. I believe there is a reason we have not been able to see anything.”

“You don’t mean—”

“All I have is conjecture and speculation.”

“But surely you could—”

“There is nothing within my power that I may do except,” she leans closer to him, eyes glinting in the candlelight like flecks of steel, “that you watch over Iris, and you watch her very carefully.”

Emmrich’s stomach flips, a cloud of nervous butterflies nestled within his ribcage. “Of course, I will personally see to it that nothing should happen to her. Of that you have my word.”