#POOR EMMRICH!!

[royalich]

After getting out of the regret prison

[askfordoodles]

The brief, but very genuine flash of panic on Emmrich's face if you tell him he's your first "anything"... 💀

the PRESSURE

[timethehobo]

Emmy being self-conscious of his age, and maybe even about how he looks. 🥺 Rook loves him anyway.

[astral-veil]

we all know emmrich was a mess when rook was missing for weeks and he had to figure out how to get them out of the fade prison.

[rookanisstuff]

STOP WAIT… IF EMMRICH CAN HEAR SPITE WHEN HES NEAR DO YOU THINK HE COULD HEAR SPITE SCREECHING THROUGH THE WALL WHEN LUCANIS AND ROOK FINALLY SLEPT TOGETHER???????

[alnat-art]

TW: INJURY !

On my second playthrough I play as a rogue, so I take a lot more damage than a mage. I enjoy the gameplay though, but seeing my baby boy getting his ass kicked is kind of disturbing, haha

[riadoodles]

First Time Playing Any DA and Smitten with Emmrich anon, I hope you don't mind me dropping this here, especially since I just love the way Dawn flirts, I think he and my golden retriever Rookery would get along 🥺👉👈

Oh my god this is so sweet and funny ndhdjenrj your Rook is adorable 😭 they would totally vibe with Dawn bc they have great taste hehe!!

Also you inspired me to do my own version of my Rooks getting their speech/thought bubbles mixed uP… except Dawn because he has no filter LOL

[drysia]

Thinking about after the game, Viago finally realizing that Rook's dalliance with Emmrich is something more than that. It irritates him. There's no good reason he should be upset at Rook being with Emmrich. Teia teases, he was mad when he thought Rook was giving those halla eyes at Lucanis, isn't this better? It's not just that he's older, or a Death Mage, but it does seem to offend him extra because he had been developing a rapport with the man. (Plus Viago de Riva is allergic to being happy on someone's behalf.)

To prove he holds no negative emotions about his little cousin, his protege, Rook de Riva's romantic life, Emmrich is invited to House de Riva in Salle by Viago once he accepts its really serious. Viago can't help acting a little pissy about it, which means there's going to be some poisoning afoot. Nothing lethal, of course. Just enough to prove to Rook that she shouldn't marry an academic necromancer.

The master poisoner did not expect this to be a challenge, especially not in his own House. Rook trying to thwart his attempts was expected, dare he say almost fun to combat. (He would never say it.) What he didn't expect? Utterly loyal, unpoisonable, ever so curious, never sleeping Manfred.

Thinking about Manfred grabbing the cup of tea that's not quite the right color and bringing it up to his jeweled eye, tipping off Emmrich. Viago clearly needs lessons on tea brewing. "Tea bad. Manfred help next!" Manfred learning to be sneaky, popping up unexpectedly as Viago attempts to brush the silverware with slick sickening oil, "Hiss! What's that?" Manfred being just the thing to keep Viago on edge enough to make mistakes, unnerved by the magic wielding skeleton in Emmrich's employ.

Between Rook and Manfred (Wait, that's his son?? No one told Viago that.) there will be no poisoning. Of Emmrich at least; Rook took the hit at least twice that she'll admit. Viago finds Manfred to be an acceptable body guard. He's still not happy about this, but at least he's pretty sure Emmrich isn't that likely to be killed by a Crow from a rival house any time soon.

That's something at least.

[emmg]

It kills me how genuinely emmrich wants to gossip when davrin first starts fucking around with him about his romance with rook

Emmrich: 👀 👀 👀 “what’s your latest hearsay??” 👀 👀 👀 🦟 👏 🦟 basically rubbing his hands together like a greedy little fly hungry for slander, practically vibrating like a cockroach on a caffeine drip, ready to feast on the drama crumbs

The poor man hasn’t had a proper gossip circle jerk since Johanna skipped town and took all the tea with her

Davrin: “Lmao so you and Rook clapping cheeks or nah?”

Emmrich: “NO WHAT THE F—”

[heylittleriotact]

My favourite thing about Emmrich is that he’s pretty fucked up and it wouldn’t be a stretch to suspect he uses his work with the Mourn Watch to deal with it. Many of the funeral professionals I’ve worked with (myself included) were drawn to the work in the first place by their own experiences with death or other traumatizing experiences: a profound loss, wanting to understand and not fear mortality, feeling like they owe this service to society etc. Things that go beyond a morbid fascination with death (though there’s that too.)

It’s taking your fear and grief and sadness and turning it into something useful so you can help people navigate the baffling variety of emotions that death drags along with it because you’re intimately familiar with them yourself.

Besides, you can’t let your own fears and traumas overwhelm and break you when you’re too busy taking care of people who are counting on you to take care of them. Unfortunately that means you’re also not actually ever confronting those fears and traumas either, but hey… it’s safe.

[guardianofthedawn]

Emmrich: I say “Please” and “Thank you” around Manfred all the time, and I have yet to hear him repeat it.

Emmrich: Yet Rook shouts to Davrin that he’s a “pulsating blight boil fucker” ONE TIME…

[askfordoodles]

Ok, discovered more Emmrich lore via some banter with Neve.

After discussing Tevinter vs. Nevarran mage/nobility politicking, she comments how it must be even more intimidating if one were from poorer means and fondly says:

'but at least you did alright for yourself...' :)

and realizing her implication, he goes 'how did you-?' :0

Follow-up banter he's like 'so how did you deduce I came from poorer means?' and she basically lists the following observations about him:

always finishes his plate, always the first to eat

covered in gold, yet saves all his candle stubs

gives away more gold to the beggars than anyone else

always looks them in the eye, no aversion, "Poor is familiar"

Emmrich adds that yes, while he hasn't been poor in a while, she's correct, he was.

(sorry for the paraphrasing, I keep forgetting to record these things)

[timethehobo]

Tiny eepy lil man. Someone get him a bed.

[arcandoria]

When you are both Nevarran, nerds, and hopeless...

[huldrabitch]

Fuck I just have to write a fic about Emmrich noticing Rooks hidden injuries now

[anew-flame]

Emmrich each time Rook makes him face his fear of death by dragging his ass around to every quest and battle

Inspired from this screenshot I have where he is just so. done.