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with all the mods coming out... maybe i replay inés again....

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ok. ok. i'm thinking now. thinking about lucanis's personal quests and how things could be vastly different with envy!illario in play (thank you mohntilyet . we owe you everything. )

i think it'd be wild and fun if illario came in to save zara at the end of bloodbath instead of killing her which culminates into a murder of crows having illario vs. lucanis and zara vs. rook; the antivan crows very personal duel and the person who made them worse/better. zara who definitely fed into illario's delusions and envy to see her experiments work since spite hadn't burst forth from lucanis's chest at all in the ossuary.

(the zara vs rook parallel for illario and lucanis can work with both platonic and romanced rook, but that would demand inner demons pops up despite which city you save because "rook opens doors. you don't close them." rook giving lucanis his freedom, his life back. opening the door to rebirth, in a sense. zara taking illario's freedom and his devotion, locking him on this path of blood and death and tragedy.)

which spells tragedy just for house dellamorte. heartbreaking! the first talon's house and her two heirs are both possessed by demons!

but it's really interesting because while spite and lucanis work together (spite is what protects lucanis from illario's blood magic pendant - also need to tap into a non-mage using blood magic. so many possibilities). but envy and illario becoming more and more desperate because lucanis won't stay dead, won't stay controlled, he's doing everything illario can't do and always has. even when lucanis was "dead" for a year, caterina still favored him! the level of envy and hate is so out of control, so then we can start to see how envy is truly affect illario as a non-mage.

lucanis trying to get through to illario because that's his best friend, his only family left, the only other person besides caterina of whom he's cared and loved so much. zara making it worse because lucanis is the one successful - and rebellious - experiment that she's had and that illario can't even live up to that ideal after having a whole year of getting himself ahead in crow politics.

realizing how alike you and your cousin are but circumstances in your life have made it culminate in this point where you are fighting to the death to both get what you want because there was no other way in which this ended. (insert: the love was always there. it didn't matter. it still ended badly anyway. but it was there.)

(do you think caterina would even realize just how much she's ruined her own house by becoming first talon. watching her two grandsons fight to the death, possessed by demons, tortured by their pasts and the expectations and the attention that they got too much of or not enough of. do you think she realizes that she's the reason that dellamorte falls, in this theatre full of every other talon in antiva.)

anyway! just thinking!!

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— "I am Anaris. They call me—" — "A Forgotten One."

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thinking of a wild twist for inés's personal quest by having servius send out the contract for his kid's lives and specifically wants inés in on the job because since he's trained her he knows she won't fuck it up but just imagining inès's psychic damage by having to be in the same room as servius is stopping me (for now)

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Avowed Backgrounds

spoilers below if you wish to go in completely blind

Arcane Scholar:

After graduating with honors from Bragganhyl Academy, you published a treatise on soul lineages that threatened the legitimacy and drew the ire of a local lord. When he had you arrested, the Emperor intervened and recruited you into the archives of the imperial court. Your mind is a bottomless well of occult knowledge, legal precedent, historical observation, and poetry. You have forgotten more than most people ever learn.

Court Augur:

When your village's crops failed, your strange insights and unsettling manner earned your neighbors' suspicions. You foresaw the torches and pitchforks and fled to Highcrown, where the Emperor recognized your talents and elevated you from back alley fortune teller to his personal mystic. You have learned to wield power from the shadows; all it takes is a dash of influence and a pinch of deception.

Noble Scion:

You were born to a noble house of great influence, middling wealth, and questionable morals. When scandals and succession disputes saw your family cast down, you threw yourself on the Emperor's mercy, and he shielded you. Canny yet refined, you have become a formidable force at court and an invaluable ally to the Emperor.

Vanguard Scout:

Born to humble beginnings and driven to desperation by famine, your life was destined to end on the executioner's block until the Emperor spared you. More at ease in wilderness than at court, your cleverness and observant nature has made you one of the Emperor's most trusted operatives. Whether tracking prey or spying on enemies, your skills are put to work both inside and outside of the throne room.

War Hero:

You distinguished yourself on the field of battle fighting a violent Skaenite uprising. The Emperor honored you with a place among the elite Tall Grass Spearmen. Some of your scars are more obvious than others, but you wear them with pride. The Emperor values your loyalty, your grit, and your martial prowess.

info courtesy of this preview from WesNemo.

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when im playing a game alone and theres danger i am quiet and stoic, by necessity. when im playing with friends and theres danger i start screaming and sqwuaking like a chimp to communicate over long distance that there is danger and i am distressed. This is because humans are social animals who evolved to live in groups and signal to eachother when herobrine is there

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Kills 99.9% of all germs

Prints

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they are making being sloppy illegal

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Rook Questionnaire

inspired by @cassieuncaged's BG3 Character Development Questions but for Rook instead!

1: Where in the Thedas is your Rook from?

2: What is your character's alignment?

3: Race and subclass?

4: If your Rook was a companion, where would they be found?

5: What emotion did they usually pick?

6: What companion are you platonically close with?

7: Romantically close with?

8: Who are they suspicious of?

9: Does your Rook get along with their chosen Faction?

10: Are they proficient in playing any instruments?

11: Weapon of choice?

12: What is their orientation?

13: What are their thoughts on killing? Is it a necessary evil or do they enjoy it?

14: What hobbies does your Rook have?

15: What NPCs do they like? Which one's do they dislike?

16: Do they have a favorite creature in the Thedas?

17: Do they enjoy life as an adventurer?

18: What would your Rook be doing if they weren't recruited by Varric?

19: How do you think they'll meet their end?

20: Would they side with Solas or fight him?

21: What is your Rook's favorite ability?

22: What languages is your character fluent in?

23: What do they do after an absolute crisis?

24: Does your character believe in the afterlife?

25: What specialization best represents your Rook?

26: What animal best represents your Rook?

27: What was their life like before the events of Veilguard?

28: Is your character the de facto leader of the party? Or do they consider someone else to be the leader?

29: If you could choose a different faction for your Rook, which one would they have joined and why?

30: What's your favorite thing about your Rook?

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over-psychoanalyzing blorbos is healthy and needed enrichment for the girlies in order to avoid over-psychoanalyzing themselves. like giving a dog a chew toy in order to redirect chewing on its hind legs

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Assan is too boisterous and Manfred too fragile, so future playdates will require more ground-rules 😔

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Darling of Dock Town

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I love ships where one of them desperately needs to hear they are loved and Good Enough i’m sure it means nothing about me lol

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your freak-of-nature boyfriend that we locked up in a high security lab is loose in the fucking facility send help before he kills us all

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veilguard is maddeningly racist and we have got to have this conversation outside of "fantasy racism" terms. we are not talking about fantasy elves. it is anti-indigenous racism, the elves are intentionally indigenous coded as previously stated by Gaider (and it honestly doesn't matter if it's been "confirmed," it is obviously true, no matter what Weekes tries to argue now) and insinuating that your indigenous coded characters 1. are deserving of their oppression, 2. are in any way responsible for it, 3. should feel guilty about it, 4. are foolish and dangerous for wanting to reconnect with and preserve their history, and 5. are "stuck in the past" and "too traditional," (why don't they just assimilate already?) are all insidious, racist ideas that this game perpetuates. and there is very little pushback from the narrative that the player can engage in, which is what a lot of the criticism is discussing. we're not talking about "fantasy racism" or fantasy slurs, we are talking about the real world racism this game is perpetuating.