#Dragon Age: Veilguard

[0ccuria]

🩸Grey Warden Tapestries🪽

[fozmeadows]

love in the big city meets dragon age: veilguard, so like... either an isekai slice of life gay drama set in thedas, or fortysomething dorian pavus commiserating with twentysomething go young about the complexities and heartbreak of being queer in a homophobic society

[crownedinmarigolds]

Man I don't know just had an idea for a scene between them and had to feverishly draw it before bed (it's four am). Lucanis and Noa share some coffee and there is a strange revelation of the status of their relationship! (AKA, when your stoic and watchful leader turns out actually likes having you around) Write up below the cut! (Also in ALT)

Warden Noa "Rook" Espinoza and Lucanis Dellamorte are having some coffee together, making light talk as they're both quiet people. We catch them mid-conversation. Lucanis: Ah, so we are close in age. It's strange to think we may have lived so close to the other. Lucanis: smiling nervously I find myself wondering if we would've liked each other, had we met. Noa: looks into her coffee No, probably not. Lucanis: A little hurt how easily she turns down the thought, he tries to smile through as if it didn't phase him Oh! Haha, maybe not. Noa: She turns to look at him, face remaining stoic I was different then, afraid and naive. Without my experiences, I could not be as I am now. It's the same for you. Noa: off-panel, continues I do not like imagining the road not traveled. Who you are now is enough for me. Why would I want anything different? Lucanis: is a bit unsure how to take her words, though he does understand them as kind Lucanis: He's silent a bit, overwhelmed by such a strong statement after such light conversations during their journey together thus far, but he accepts that this is just her way of thinking. Straight forward, strong, unrelenting. Clearly why she's survived as both a Grey Warden and a Mage. Thank you, Rook. I don't know if I'm a better man after all I've done, but I'm happy you will take me as I am. Noa: simply goes to sip her coffee I do. Lucanis: sighs a bit as he tries to figure out what their relationship actually is

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

Lucanis is the only member of the Veilguard with real business sense and eventually he is going to figure out that he can turn the Lighthouse into a tax haven

[burnouts3s3]

Dwarf Rooks get Unique Race Lineage Dialogue with Inquisitor Cadash. Dwarven Heroes Unite.

[caffeinatedmunchkin]

[the4rcanist]

The Magekiller God Killer, Lucanis Dellamorte

Ok, big endgame spoilers for DAV but I need to scream into the void because I don’t think we stopped enough to talk about the fact that Lucanis literally stabbed a God, twice, and even killed her the second time.

He killed her.

Sure, he had help, and someone always dies to give him the shot, but do you understand how fucking big of a deal that is?????

Actions so important and plot relevant as that are usually reserved for the main character/protagonist of a game, especially in an rpg.

And here comes our little assassin, who we recruited to kill gods but who we all know, from a narrative standpoint, has no chance to actually deal the final blow, and he fucking deliveres.

We still get the big boss, sure, but he still got one. He defied narrative preconceptions and finished his contract.

How fucking metal is that?????

And can you imagine, once this is all over, how the other crows must see him? He was already a legend before and now he’s the crow that managed a successful contract on a freaking god.

Can you imagine the awe? The fear? The sheer terror his next target would feel knowing the man who killed a god is after them?

And if Rook is a crow the same goes for them!

The crows are already infamous, could you imagine how their reputation would skyrocket even more knowing that not just one, but possibly two of them managed to kill a god????

One might a fluke, an outlier among them (which Lucanis already is since he’s considered the best they have). But two?! It begins to be a pattern. Sign of skill and competence for the whole guild.

Caterina would love that shit. What better marketing strategy than “if need be, we can kill gods btw” could she get.

And can you imagine if crow Rook and Lucanis are romancing each other??? Who would dare to even think opposing the two assassins that literally killed gods??? Bet the usual crow shenanigans would stay clear of them.

Anyway I’m really normal about Lucanis.

[missgamerin]

[ayebibs]

I do feel catfished by Lucanis and the Antivan Crows so far. Like, I was expecting morally grey characters that had severe trauma and personality from being honed as a weapon to complete contracts above anything else.

Instead, Lucanis is largely well-adjusted and simply put into bad situations and is handling them largely with grace. Which is great in a real life man and extremely boring for a character.

And the Antivan Crows are just a close family with soap opera drama.

Like, I cannot reconcile the Crows of this game with my image of them for the past 14/15 years.

[beresaad]

rook, one of the strongest pieces on the board 🐦‍⬛♟️🗡️

[fangsandfeels]

I really don't like that the game tried to make the First Warden that unreasonable and aggressive meathead who doesn't even try to listen and blindly accuses. For a moment, the First Warden is a man who:

Is deeply involved in politics and making connections to ensure that the Order has enough resources and support.

Shows active and vivid interest in anything that might be of use to Grey Wardens.

Stayed away from Mage vs Templar war because the Order needs recruits and he would rather not limit its options by choosing one side and pushing another away forever. It's more than understandable given how fast people forget the horrors of the Blight and start looking for the ways to screw you over.

Allows a Grey Warden blood mage (who is complicit in deaths of many of his fellow Grey Wardens and guilty of experimenting on humans) to perform experiments in order to find the cure from Calling and regularly receives reports from him.

Made a horrible decision to corrupt the griffons with Taint for the sake of saving more refugees and minimizing deaths.

In other words, he doesn't sound like someone narrow-minded - and there is a value to gain or a threat to prevent, he responds. And since the First Warden is described to let his Warden-Commanders handle most of the Order stuff, the fact that he came to talk to Rook in person should mean that he'd want to do more than to threaten them. He would want to know what happened.

Yes, Rook's explanations are worded horribly, but still the man recognizes that the taint spread through that village extremely fast, which is not normal. So, whether he trusts Rook or not, he wouldn't want to lose them from his sight: if he suspects them of being connected to the new type of Taint, he wants to know what they're up to. Telling them to stay out of the Grey Warden business and trying to arrest them is counterproductive - especially when we know that the First Warden isn't a stranger to controversial allies or horrible decisions. It would have made more sense for him to appoint Davrin to work with Rook - and to secretly order him to kill Rook if his suspicions are confirmed and Rook actually works with those responsible for dangerous type of Taint.

Also, he isn't the one to crap on potential allies (Mortalitasi and Mourn Watch) or judge extreme decisions. He made plenty of those himself, like many Warden-Commanders in his charge.

Needless to say, Alruna didn't punch him. First of all, out of all my OCs, Alruna is the one who doesn't punch - why bruise your knuckles when you can telekinetically lift your opponent and slam them into the ground for a good measure?

Second, that's not how she handles stuff in general. If she wanted the First Warden out of the way, she'd have put him to sleep magically. But, she needed him. She ignored writers' shitty attempt of creating a punchable character simply because writers hate Grey Wardens now saw the tired, exhausted man and spoke to him. Not pleading, but reasoning. Honestly, it was a much more satisfying outcome than punching him, loss of approval be damned.

If only the game gave him the dignity of killing the Archdemon, instead of spitting on him for the final time.

[ladyinquisidork]

ACTING VISCOUNT AVELINE VALLEN

[vampiremommyinquisition]

Husbands

[aur-eliaa]

😏

[maythedreadwolftakeyou]

i’m gonna cry laughing at “the ancient elven god equivalent of a business suit”