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the most rooksolas song ever to exist

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I think one of the pettier reasons I have for really disliking Cullen from Dragon Age Inquisition is that he was a character designed to appeal specifically to me and the fictional losers I want to romance in video games, and I think his actual romance is cut! I just don’t want it to be with Him! I’m annoyed at Cullen because I should be embarrassed by how much I like him. Instead I simply do not like him.

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MY BAD I FORGOT DORIAN

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There's just something about Rook and Lucanis reaffirming their support and love for each other throughout the game that makes me so emotional.

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Lucanis Dellamorte 💜 Dragon Age: The Veilgaurd.

[Image Description] Digital realism painting of Lucanis Dellamorte of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Lucanis is standing within a whirl of purple smoke and tiny stars that float around him. Lucanis has a dark brown shaggy wolf cut that's slicked back behind his ears, and a full, thick beard and moustache, both which are lit from either side by two variants of purple; the left a pinker hue and the right a bluer hue. Behind him a hint of his Demon's, Spite, wings show in the haze of the purple smoke. Lucanis has one brow raised and wears a cheeky smirk. His tan skin is highlighted with soft bluish purple and the shadows are a pinkish purple hue to match the lighting. His outfit is elaborate and detailed ensemble of purples of different variants, with silver embellishments. A collar covers his neck, with pink gems on the flaps, under a vertical pleated shirt that is tucked into a think, corset belt. Lucanis wears a jacket over the shirt with a feathered and scaled cape that hangs over his shoulders, with very detailed shoulder pads. On his left a sword with a silver crow pommel sits and on his right he carries a simple sword with a purple gem in the top of the pommel. Lucanis' cheeks have small sparkly stars peppered across them and pink and purple opaque stars scattered across them.

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giving lucanis defined ab muscles in art is insane btw that man was in prison for a year. he came back with a sincere overwhelming coffee addiction. he has NO stomach muscle definition. and before that he ate italian food so at BEST he was muscular with a lil stomach on him not lean six pack ab muscular

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i do need amell/surana’s phylactery to eventually make it to denerim just so when zevran comes back from antiva to the mage warden he can casually mention that he came via the capital to pay a visit to their friend alistair and to procure a gift for his dear warden, and then set their own phylactery in their hands, whole and unbroken, because he thought they might like the pleasure of shattering it themselves. canon to me romanced or not btw

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Unhinged Veilguard copium of the day: the Antivan Crows don't purchase impoverished children to send through the murder gauntlet anymore because that is genuinely a terrible investment. Viago de Riva and his fantasy spreadsheets probably pioneered this school of thought, actually. Say that approximately twelve-plus other (known) houses are spending anywhere from 24 to 80 gold on about 10-20 new fledglings per year, maybe a third of which survive adolescence and 8% of which become successful assassins (baseline: complete their first Crow mission and at least 3 more for their house before burning out and/or dying).

Meanwhile, HE found ROOK in a dumpster. They were free, they eat plastic, and they can't process complex emotions. Their kill count is in the high hundreds. This Is The Future.

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The realization that Viago sent Rook De Riva away not because he was angry (though he was very angry) but because he knew the other Talons were angry and he needed to protect Rook from them is real punch in the gut.

Viago got Rook the hell out of Antiva and then had to spend that time making sure no one was going to try and kill Rook for blundering such a major operation. Death was a very real possibility for what Rook did and yet by the time Rook gets back everyone is just like, ‘oh hey, it’s you. Viago missed you.’ Of course everyone knows that, Viago had to fight to make sure Rook didn’t get a dagger in the back for their actions.

Some of Viago’s anger is probably less ‘how can you be so stupid and mess up our operation’ but ‘how can you be so stupid and almost get yourself killed’. Viago really meant it that if Rook got themselves killed he would come after them in the fade and I think that is perfect.

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A couple of crows just chillin’, possibly with some Netflix. I painted this extremely bisexually, which means equal opportunity cleavage.

For @acatinabox of her Rook Fosca with Lucanis.

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Imagine being Viago de Riva and sending your disaster child away only for them to come back and date ur boss

wild

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After their fight against the gods is done, after the Veil is once again secured, I imagine Rook wanting to do something for Lucanis - something special. Especially since they finally can. After much deliberation (approximately 15 seconds and a side glance at the wyvern-tooth dagger sitting carefully on Lucanis' night stand), Rook has a wyvern-spotting adventure planned. A bag sits ready with camping gear, food rations, a wyvern species encyclopedia, a journal and all the art supplies they could find within a few hours.

Convincing Lucanis takes less than a minute, and the next thing they know, they’re hiking across the Orlesian wilderness.

The first wyvern they spot will be permanently engraved into Rook’s memory – whether that’s from the beast’s presence or from Lucanis’ reaction is up for debate (is it really, though?). Regardless, Rook will inevitably become an expert on that particular species of wyvern.

“Rook!” “Rook.” RookRookRook, look!” “ROOK.” They swear that last one was Spite, but Lucanis calls out them every few minutes during their adventure, each time a wyvern so much as blinks funny. There, Rook is witness to one of the biggest (and longest-lasting) grins Lucanis has ever displayed. Eyes bright, body practically buzzing with excitement as they crouch behind cover. Rook doesn’t know if anything can beat the feeling pounding at their chest.

Rook reaches an important conclusion, they fucking love wyverns.

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Y’all seen these videos

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His coffee!!!!!!!!!!

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... - But in a good way? ... - Promise? ... - Just don't leave ...

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Thinking about how Illario expects his cousin to be the silent, brooding killer. About how Lucanis has never had a serious friendship outside House Dellamorte, and he's also just spent a year imprisoned, so of course Illario would assume Lucanis is still unsociable and awkward. He's always been that way. Thinking about what if Illario asks the other companions about Lucanis when they stop by the Cantori Diamond, and has to do a double take when someone says, "Oh yeah, Lucanis is hilarious. Always has something funny to say."

And Illario is like??? Lucanis? My cousin Lucanis? Is making people laugh? On purpose?

Bellara goes on a tangent about the book she's reading, and how Lucanis had such a good interpretation of the villain's motivations and it made the ending so much sadder! She's never been in a book club before, she's so happy Lucanis suggested it.

And Illario quietly mouths the words "book club" to himself because, aside from contracts, when has Lucanis ever joined any kind of club?

Of course Taash thinks Lucanis is just the coolest. Antivan Crows are already pretty cool, but a Crow with wings? Who's teaching her how to say good one-liners? Fuck yeah, Lucanis is awesome!

Then if an unromanced Emmerich starts dating Strife, he nearly gives Illario whiplash with the comment "Lucanis gives excellent romantic advice, especially with gifts." Because surely we can't be talking about the same Lucanis. The same Lucanis who has never been in a relationship, and the one (1) time he tried to flirt with Viago -- by *sending a gift* specifically -- Viago either ignored it or took it as a threat. Did the demon do this? Can demons make their hosts charismatic?

Davrin calls Lucanis a "fun drinking buddy." Harding appreciates how concerned Lucanis is that she's being fairly compensated for her services. Offers to lend her his contract negotiator, show her what other people are charging for the same services, he's really so sweet.

And a romanced Rook. Most people make insanely hot Rooks, so Illario watches, completely baffled, as Lucanis manages to pull that. Or if not that, Neve Gallus. Just. how?? Lucanis made one step out of the Ossuary and fell into a Pit Of Friends. All it took was like one month away from Caterina's influence (and the prison) to turn Lucanis into a guy everyone likes being around. How did this happen. When. How the hell is Illario suppose to defeat his cousin if his cousin is armed with the power of friendship? (He can't. Illario is very much defeated by Lucanis' power of friendship.)

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mr thrill of the chase