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Rook Appreciator Supreme

@shadowed-rook / shadowed-rook.tumblr.com

@crowofstarlight is my main, remaking Once Again (formerly starlit-rook), this is a Dead Dove safe space. | Adult, Trans, Neurospicy

Round 3 - Tumblr Won't Keep Me Down!

Some things about me! Hey all, name’s Crow, nice to meet you, nice to be here

Where else you can find me:

Some main tags of interest

All about my Rooks (under construction)

Name: Aureliano ‘Liano’ de Riva

Nickname: Quills, Rook, Golden boy, Lykos (his Dalish name), Little Wolf, Pup

Pronouns: he/him, transgender

Sexuality: pansexual with a preference for masculine

Race: Elf

Faction: Antivan Crows

Class: Warrior (with a side of Rogue), only uses magic on his weapons

Name: Micah Mustafa Ingellvar

Nickname:

Pronouns: he/him, intersex(?)

Sexuality: pansexual, aromantic

Race: Qunari

Faction: Mourn Watch

Class: Mage

If you want to be @'d for ask games and such, pls drop a note here so I can remember! Got that lovely long covid brain working for me, on top of some other things that make me very forgetful -_-
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The more I'm tying together little lore clues, the more it's nagging me that the Old Gods and Forgotten Ones have distinct names that don't resemble the elven language. Names like Xebenkeck, Zazikel, Razikale, Toth, etc etc - that's not elven. And yet they existed alongside the ancient elves, and you heard Elgy and Ghily refer to their dragons with these names, which means they're not modernized Thedosian derivatives either. I first assumed the Tevinter somniari gave them those names after speaking to them, but no. So what made the writers set these apart from elven? (And yes, I am aware of like, Gaxkang being a play at a baldurs gate character. But still, the writers made these choices).

It could mean nothing of course. But I'm still! On my theory! That dragons preceded spirits. I'm not sure where to connect these theories but I just have an inkling that old forgotten (literally Forgotten) spirits locked in the Abyss, and the oldest dragons, are tied somehow by this weird language that uses X and Z a lot.

Edit: I'm tempted to believe Urthemiel, at least, is some combination of the dwarven word "Urtok" (dragon) and something else. Thats all I got for now though.

Correction: the Forgotten Ones - Daernthal, Geldauran, Anaris - have elven names. The Forbidden Ones are the weird ones. Which, maybe, is a clue indicating their distinction.

Useless Veilguard fact of the day: Day 315

The game script contains cut lines of Antivan Crows sabotaging the Antaam-used amplifiers in the city to deliver their own messages.

(Amplifier) The Antivan Crows fight for you. The Butcher will not prevail. (Amplifier) We interrupt again to remind the Butcher that the Crows rule Antiva. Treviso will be free. (Amplifier) We will silence the Butcher. He will speak his final words by Crow demand. (Amplifier) Take heart, Treviso. These occupiers will not defeat you. The Butcher will die. (Amplifier) We will cast aside his Antaam as easily as his voice. Hear us, Treviso, you will be free. (Amplifier) The Butcher may claim the streets, but can never claim our hearts. The Crows are with you. (Amplifier) Treviso will not be caged for long. The Butcher will not silence us.

Check out the tag for more useless facts: #useless davg fact of the day!

Anonymous asked:

Absolutely obsessed with how illario tells a lucanis romancing Rook that they chose the wrong dellamorte

SAME oh my god. It’s the fact that it’s a romance specific line that really gets me- it could easily apply to Rooks that aren’t romancing Lucanis, if he had meant “you chose the wrong Dellamorte to assist with your cause, because I’m the better assassin.”

But that’s not what he meant. Illario is specifically referring to Rook choosing the wrong Dellamorte as a romantic partner.

The jealousy he must feel, to be thinking of Rook and Lucanis’ relationship in the middle of their fight is CRAZY. I’m so curious whether he wants Rook because they don’t respond to his flirting, or whether he wants them because Lucanis has them- either way, I don’t see an explanation for this line that doesn’t come down to Illario wanting Rook for himself, and that being part of his frustration at being the “lesser” Dellamorte

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Keeping prev's tags here, because that's how I see it applying to my Rook as well. Not so much that Illario wanted my Rook, but that his charms didn't work on her like they usually do, and yet here's Lucanis "winning" on this one. What did Lucanis have that he didn't in this instance? The jealousy is over that thought.

And yeah, super juicy that this line is romance-dependent, and wonderful how it can be spun in different ways depending on things like Rook's faction/background and how you view the relationships.

Ok but where is Veil Jumper Sloan getting Manic Panic Shocking Blue in the middle of Arlathan Forest?

Someone found me, yay! So that’s actually me from back in 2019 (had blue hair then lol). I had cancer as a teenager and qualified for Make A Wish and when they asked me what I wanted I said I wanted to meet the team behind my favorite video game series. So they flew me and my family up to Canada and I met the team. And they put me in the game! Took pictures of my face and made me an elf in the Veil Jumpers! So that’s why there’s a blue haired elf named Sloan in the Veil Jumpers lol

Just catching up on my notes from being offline and Omg that is so cool that you got to go see “behind the scenes” (& good to hear you are doing well!) and now you get to be the most fashionable elf in the Veil Jumpers!! 😄(and take care of Gus the nug! 🥹)

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Thinking about Solas' "I am a God" line in the fight ending and how great it would have been for Elgar'nan to have witnessed it.

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In my headcanon, Elgar'nan saw death as a punishment for spirit-born (and it possibly carried over to mortal-born as well). It didn't destroy their true selves, it didn't take away anything but their privilege of having a physical body. Most of the time, it was with a temporary ban re-manifesting, but they were allowed to do so once their time was up.

The exception being Anaris, and a few others Mythal had judged too dangerous to be among them. They were sent to the void.

When Mythal came at him with the lyrium dagger, he had reacted as any warrior would. Swiftly, and efficiently, he decided then and there that she needed to lose her privilege to her physical form and used the closest weapon; the very dagger she held in her hands.

In that split second, he did not realize it was enchanted. And the attack that would have shattered him shattered her instead.

Quietly, he contemplates her demise. The Dread Wolf purposely designed this moment for Elgar'nan's execution, and he could have blamed him for it... Instead he sees it as it was. It was by his hand Mythal died (at least this time.)

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I was playing Tearstone Island with my third Rook yesterday and several things stuck out to me:

  • Until you get near the top, it's 90% Mythal iconography, with the occasional Dread Wolf at the door
  • Bellara comments that the layout of the ruins feels like it was made for "this kind of ritual" and funneled magic towards the ritual site.
  • The council of Evanuris statues at the top seems like the same shape as the Arlathan ruins Solas was using at the start of the game.
  • Elgar'nan was using a combination of power from the eclipse, his dragon, a huge pool of blood, and the Blight to make the red dagger.

Was this where Solas made the original dagger for Mythal!?

What is the connection between Tearstone and the ruins in Arlathan?

How did Solas have the power to make the original dagger? His orb? Ask Elgar'nan to move the moon and the stars?

Was his ritual on an island to avoid the Titans?

I have so many questions. I need more Titan lore so badly...

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In Elgar’nan’s Reply, Solas is addressed as Spirit Speaker before Second to Mythal. This order suggests Solas was first and foremost known (and even respected) among the Evanuris for his connection to spirits and the Fade, and that this was his core identity even before his political and military role beside Mythal. “Second to Mythal” reads like a title, while “Spirit Speaker” reflects who he was. That it's Elgar’nan's people who lead with that title implies Solas’ authority wasn't solely tied to Mythal.

It also makes Elgar’nan’s act of destroying an emotion - and in doing so, killing the spirits tied to it - come across as a psychological attack against Solas and the rebellion. It’s a very deliberate way to try and break someone who has a deep connection to spirits, especially when that Spirit Speaker is actively leading a rebellion against you.

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