Rook will obliterate every barrel and crate he finds like any graceful and sublime assassin should. He is truly the pride of Antiva.
And Viago is at his limit.
Lucien de Riva and art made by Barguest, do not copy or reupload please.
in my heart of hearts the mythal in the crossroads is 6 feet tall, horned, decked out in armor fitting a self-appointed goddess borne from primordial war and a giant fuck-you dramatic feathered cape. it hurts to look at her directly. out of the corner of your eye you swear the shadow she casts is in the shape of a dragon. she's been stewing in resentment for so long the air just always smells like a wildfire and lightning strikes. ya'll remember the fucking puzzles in her temple? you wouldn't be able to just walk up to her and start talking to her, idc how long it's been since she's had petitioners.
if you want me to believe in the "like holding a piece of the sun" line you have to do better than the pajama-wearing default character creator template num 9 that we actually got.
Tell a story or draw something based on the prompt you are sent/choose. You can try writing in character, as Rook, if you want! Have fun!
1. The first time Rook killed someone.
2. How Rook got their most prominent scar.
3. A time Rook got incredibly drunk.
4. A time Rook made a personal enemy.
5. Rook being seriously ill.
6. A time Rook was severely injured.
7. Rook being taught an important skill.
8. A time Rook argued with someone they care about.
9. Rook saying goodbye to a friend.
10. Rook attending a funeral.
11. Rook being recognized for an accomplishment.
12. Rook making a new friend.
13. Rook visiting a place they love.
14. Rook attending a celebration.
15. Rook breaking the law.
16. Rook falling in love for the first time.
17. Rook teaching someone else a skill.
18. Rook trying to impress someone.
19. A time Rook did something embarrassing.
20. A time Rook faced an overwhelming enemy.
FACTION SPECIFIC PROMPTS
21. GW!Rook undergoing the Joining.
22. GW!Rook encountering their first Darkspawn.
23. GW!Rook having a nightmare of the Archdemons.
24. VJ!Rook disarming their first artifact.
25. VJ!Rook being attacked by the sentinels of Arlathan.
26. VJ!Rook exploring new Elvhen ruins.
27. MW!Rook tending to the gardens.
28. MW!Rook being inducted into the Watch.
29. MW!Rook exploring a new part of the Necropolis.
30. LoF!Rook escorting an adventuring party.
31. LoF!Rook disarming a trap or solving a puzzle.
32. LoF!Rook fighting an aquatic enemy.
33. Crow!Rook’s most dangerous contract.
34. Crow!Rook on an undercover mission.
35. Crow!Rook’s graduation from Fledgling to Assassin.
36. SD!Rook smuggling people out of Minrathous.
37. SD!Rook participating in a large-scale act of civil disruption against the Magisterium.
38. SD!Rook breaking in somewhere to acquire vital information.
This watcher coat looks so warm and comfy!!
what it feels like to take emmrich and davrin with you as your team
it's basically just emmrich 'gentle parenting' volkarin vs davrin 'tough love' the warden
✨ First Times ✨
To spark some positive fandom enthusiasm, I thought I'd try creating a ~fun little ask prompt~, so here goes!
This can be serious ("the first time character A confided something in character B" / "the first time character B thought about kissing character A" / "the first time they dealt with loss together") or entirely silly ("the first time character A heard character B snoring" / "the first time character A's uniform was horribly out of place in front of character B" / "the first time they laughed so hard they cried together").
I encourage all writers and non-writers alike to participate however they wish! This isn't about creating mesmerizing prose, but about sharing in each others' love of the Characters™.
He's the King of Antiva to me
Inspired by this post by @vigilskeep because they opened my third eye with it.
something something "mama y papa" meme but it's rook de riva at teia/viago
Even more Manfred and Fred please 🥺 maybe Rook can bring Fred a friend and Emmrich is flustered but can't stay mad at them 😂🐸
Very well, dear Anon :D
Rook and Manfred were giggling in Emmrich’s rooms.
Normally that would bring a smile to the necromancer’s face and a burning sense of love and contentment to his heart.
But today it didn’t. There was a difference between Rook and Manfred having fun, and Rook and Manfred conspiring.
And Emmrich knew them both well enough to know the difference.
“Big!” exclaimed Manfred.
The spirit of curiosity was kneeling in front of the fireplace beside Rook. Their backs were to the door. Neither of them had heard him come in.
“It is a lot bigger,” Rook was saying. “It might not fit. This one’s okay though. What do you think?”
“Pretty spots,” Manfred cooed. “Like Harding.”
Rook laughed and Emmrich nearly lost his nerve as he crept up behind them. There were few things that got to him like that low, contagiously happy sound.
“Yeah, it does look a bit like her freckles. You could call it freckles.”
“No. Harding.”
“Well okay, that makes sense. What about the other one?”
“Yes,” Emmrich whispered in Rook’s ear. “What about the other one?”
Rook made a new, and completely unique sound that Emmrich had never heard in or out of the Veil. He didn’t know the human ear could comprehend sounds of that pitch.
Every hair on Rook’s head was standing on end as they whirled around. “How did you do that!?!?!?! Are you Emmrich’s ghost?! Why did you do that?! Are you trying to kill me!?”
“What other one, Rook?” Emmrich said sternly.
“Uhhh…” Rook tried to hide what the necromancer now realized was Manfred’s terrarium with their body. It did not work.
Manfred turned, holding aloft not one, but two handfuls of frog.
One was rather large, and muddy brown, the other was small and almost charmingly speckled with little golden spots.
“Vorgoth!” Manfred declared as the frog’s little legs dangled from his fists. They seemed very unconcerned about the deadly drop below them.
“Wh–Where did you get those?” Emmrich sputtered.
“Rook!” Manfred pointed the newly minted ‘Vorgoth,’ at the person in question.
Rook chagrined and bounced back and forth on their toes. “Yes…well…”
“Why?” Emmrich begged, gesturing to the already extravagantly large and well decorated terrarium in which Fred the frog basked like a little king in his own slimy kingdom.
The necromancer’s arm shook emphatically, grave gold jingling, as if to say: ‘See?! Look at what I have already done for my precocious skeleton son! Is this not enough?! Do you doubt that I love him?! What more must I do!?’
“Fred looked lonely,” Rook admitted.
Emmrich’s arm fell.
“Alone,” Manfred moaned softly, tucking the additional frogs against his collarbone like one would a pair of kittens.
Emmrich sighed all the way to his chair, leaving behind a mournful trail in the air, pinching the bridge of his nose, and collapsing at last into the seat.
“Well…it was kind of you to name them after Vorgoth and Harding after they helped us with your terrarium, Manfred. We must send Vorgoth a note. And get Harding…a new plant?”
“She likes cheese,” Rook said helpfully, seating themself on the ground against Emmrich’s legs.
Emmrich wasn’t fooled. They were only sitting there to trap him. The selfish wretch.
He let his fingers curl in their hair as together they watched Manfred place Vorgoth and Harding into the tank, giving them a tour in the soft little voice he reserved only for his frog…er, frogs.
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