#Abominable Companion

[marejadilla]

Jason Mowry, “Abominable Companion”, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and ink on paper. Was born and lives in Ohio. 2nd Prize Winner - Traditional Art Awards, 2023 @beautifulbizarremagazine Art Prize.

[companionquest]

good morning to 40 year olds who act 80, bisexual terrorists, autistic empaths, insomniac assassins, and everyone else who’s got the spirit

[the-raven-and-the-tower]

Abomination Angst, anyone?

Neve: Never heard of an abomination who wasn't a mage.

Lucanis: I've seen demons possess corpses. Ashes. And hair once.

Neve: At least this one's got good taste.

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Neve: Never heard of an abomination who wasn't a mage.

We know from his later reaction to Rook candidly referring to him as an 'abomination' that Lucanis isn't fond of the term and hasn't gotten used to associating it with himself. He doesn't feel positively about it, to say the least. Neve isn't being rude, though, and neither is Rook later, but they're also not being accurate — 'abomination' is the term for "a creature created when a demon possesses and controls completely a living being with magical abilities." [wiki] There is a broader definition that would encompass him (sometimes used to refer to the demonic possession of mage corpses / the product of merging a mage with a benevolent spirit), but even so... can we really blame him for not wanting to apply the term to himself? Lucanis has retained control of himself and found a balance of cooperation with Spite. Zara wanted to turn him into an abomination and he resisted despite three hundred days of suffering... only for the first non-Venatori he sees to call him by the name of the fate he's fought so hard to avoid.

Lucanis: I've seen demons possess corpses. Ashes. And hair once.

This reads to me as a very polite version of "don't know what to tell you, but you're wrong and I've seen it with my own eyes." He's just had a very trying year, is exhausted and the end of his rope, and is now being questioned about the source of his current major trauma while actively trying to escape the place that caused it. Also, can we talk about what it means to be an abomination? The thing Zara was trying to turn him into? Conversation between Anders and Merrill; “It's like you're trapped in your own body, seeing out your eyes, while someone else moves you like a puppet. And you're trying to scream, to move a single muscle, but there's no escape. Until you look down at the blood on your hands..." That's the fate Lucanis avoided. That is what he doesn't want a comparison to or a reminder of.

Neve: At least this one's got good taste.

Neve is delightfully perceptive, it's one of my favorite things about her. It's impossible for her to have missed Lucanis's displeased response — she finds a way to say "Easy, friend, I come in peace" while acknowledging that he's possessed and paying him a compliment. She defuses the conversation deftly and Rook entirely misses it, blithely calling Lucanis an abomination in the first private conversation we see them having.

[sarsaparilla-star]

playing fallout 3 for the first time means oscillating between "this is a really fun game and is reminding me why i love fallout" and "this is the worst thing anybody has ever written"

[asexuallucanisdellamorte]

if bioware do make a dlc for veilguard i will only accept a mass effect citadel style one. Rook and co can't go back into the fade so the inquisitor gifts them skyhold and the entire dlc is just inviting every single one of dragon age's previous characters to a massive party

[periwinkle-warden]

We all talk about how inquisition toned down the previous games ability to be chantry critical and all that, but can I bring up how inquisition minimized how dangerous the darkspawn are?

Those planks of wood or a single boulder over the hole aren't gonna do shit to keep em down. These things dig like a colony of ants. Two games ago we were told a gate made of multiple sealed steel doors would only keep em back for a decade at best.

But then again this game has absolutely zero stakes so why not.

[morganstrive]

Pocket-size dragon companions to accompany you on your journey!

[msommers]

i just simply think it's a horrifying but effective way to radicalize the formerly sheltered and spoiled noble lady and get her to immediately understand the desire for vigilante justice when the party member she was just trying to give grace to decides to betray the party and its result is the entire sequence of the fall of val foret

[childofthestone]

veilguard doesnt let you assume or hypothesize ANYTHING by yourself bro...i hate it. immediately after presenting an idea it will provide you with all the possible avenues of thought there is no subtlety to this game

[thebongcloudopening]

do you think wynne anders and lucanis get coffee together

[demigodofhoolemere]

Some cute Victoria in The Abominable Snowmen, because your dash needed it

[kakushusband]

Sorry kitten daddy's too busy spinning his new monstrosity in his brain to think clearly right now

[loveydive]

okay. finished veilguard. um. it sure was definitely a game.

[endawn]

pax couldn’t handle a situation where the warden decides to simply kill connor

[andersmancy]

Worldstate :3

Lillium Mahariel

Female (she/her), bisexual, 18 in DAO (born 9:12 Dragon)

Duel Daggers Rogue, Duellist/Assassin specialisations

Romanced Alistair (hardened)

Party Members: Alistair, Leliana, Morrigan (Origins) / Justice, Nathaniel, Anders (Awakening)

Friends with literally everyone, will talk her way out of (or into) every situation possible, has chronic hero syndrome and tries to save everyone and get the best outcome possible (even if she can’t).

hardened both Leliana and Alistair

Aided mages, peace between (cured) werewolves + dalish,

Connor alive and de-possessed (using mages), Urn remained unspoiled.

Bhelen made king of Orzammar, Branka killed, Anvil destroyed.

Anora is queen, Alistair remains a warden, Logain killed by Lillium herself

Killed archdemon herself, Morrigan conducted the dark ritual with Alistair (sorry dude).

Allowed Avernus to conduct ethical research

Architect alive, saved both Vigil’s Keep + Amaranthine.

Katherine “Kath” Hawke

Female (she/her), bisexual, 25 in DA2 (born 9:05 Dragon)

Duel Daggers Rogue, Shadow/Assassin specialisations

Romanced Anders (and Justice)

Party Members: Anders, Fenris, Isabela (I love drama)

looks essentially like default fem!hawke but more emo and with grey eyes.

The most self-destructive rogue this side of the Waking Sea, is pure Purple because if she takes anything seriously it means it's Real.

Rivalled Fenris + Sebastian, friends with everyone else

Bethany became a Warden, Merril has eluvian and her clan is alive, Bartrand alive

Fully supported mages + Orsino, opposed Templars + Meredith (FUCK THE CHANTRY)

Feynriel sent to Dalish, then freed and went to Tevinter

Killed the Arashok, Isabela came back

Sided with Larius, befriended Tallis

Let Anders live, supported chantry boom, sided with mages

Leira Lavellen

Female (she/her), straight, 31 in DAI (born 9:10 Dragon)

Archer Rogue, Assassin Specialisation

Romanced The Egg (Solas)

Party Members: Solas, Cole, Blackwall (Inquisition) / Dorian, Cole, Blackwall (Trespasser)

Trying her hardest to act pragmatic and polite so the chantry won't burn her at the stake for being an elf. Generally she is logical and rational... except when it comes to Solas where she is so in love it makes her stupid.

Solas removed her Vallaslin, and she swore to try and save him.

High approval with everyone... somehow

She denies being the Herald ("I'm Dalish!")

Sided with mages as allies, fuck the templars.

Cullen stopped taking Lyrium, Leliana softened and made Divine.

Saved chargers, Cole more human, Blackwall to become grey warden, rebuild Seekers.

Celene rules w/ Briala, Grand Duchess Florianne lives

Inquisitor drank from well, respected tradition, and allied w/ guardians.

Wardens rebuilt, Hawke left in fade – sorry, Anders :(

Bull remained loyal, Inquisition disbanded.

Lumen Thorne

Non-binary (they/them), bisexual, 27 in DAV (born 9:25 Dragon)

Grey Warden, Mage, Spellblade

Romanced Davrin

Primary Party: Lucanis, Davrin

Conducted a blood magic ritual to give themselves top surgery (would have been a blood mage if Bioware weren't cowards), primarily sarcastic because if they don't laugh they'll cry.

Saved Treviso

Befriended literally everyone, convinced Mythal to give up essence

Bellara kept the Archive, Griffons returned to Wardens, Emmrich saved Manfred, Harding showed titans compassion, Lucanis imprisoned Illario, Neve hardened, Rivaini Taash

Harding died, Bellara (temporarily) blighted

Solas redeemed and reunited with Lavellan, they walked into the sunset or whatever

Solanum "Sol" Ingellvar

Male (he/him), gay, 20 as of 9:52 Dragon (Born 9:32)

Mourn Watcher, Rogue, Duellist

The son of Lillium and Alistair - as wardens are supposed to be sterile/infertile, they chose to send him away for his own safety (and theirs) because he's not technically supposed to exist.

He doesn't know who his parents are, and grew up in the Grand Necropolis in Nevarra believing himself to be an orphan. Technically blighted, he's not doomed to the Calling, but has strange dreams and deep down feels there's something inherently Wrong with him.

He's not a protagonist, but he exists in my canon so I'm including him. Also he's an elf because I hate how elven genetics work, no way would he be 3/4 elven but appear totally human.

[locustandwildhoney]

the way I am imagining the most destructive love triangle between DansexMidge(oc)xHancock....