#Rook Asks

[emmster]

for the rook question thing, 10 and/or 11? <3

Rook calls Lucanis, Luca but Lucanis hates it. Lucanis calls Rook his sun but only sometimes.

It’s mostly just Rook and Lucanis.

They both said I love you at the same time but they realized they were in love way before it and just didn’t say it.

It was also after Tearstone Island when they say it. Almost losing Rook made Lucanis realize that he should’ve told him.

[thedissonantverses]

5 or 17 for the Rook story time ask game!

Thank you so much for asking and for making the game!! You work so hard to make the community a better place and I appreciate you so much! @operative-arrow and @biowaredisasterbisexual I was so tempted to do 5 more than once but I gotta like chill hahahah so gonna do it here! The Rook Storytime Ask if anyone is interested! It's really good!!

5. Rook being seriously ill(I decided to set this in the time Rook was traveling with Varric and Harding for my AU consider it a bonus scene:

Her fever spiked again. Harding mopped her forehead, and she closed her eyes.

"If you want to tell me I told you so, now is the time." Rook tried to smile, and Harding shook her head.

"This isn't your fault. He didn't mean it. He's just worried."

Varric couldn't seem to stand being in the room he'd rented at the inn just for Rook to get better. She hated it, laying her on his dime, all because she'd wanted to pursue the lead they'd had. Whatever she'd caught had torn through her. She was seeing two of Harding then one. Time had lost all meaning. All there were her chattering teeth and aching joints and the fire licking her skin. Harding sighed.

"You're getting better. You are. I just need to you to hang on."

Rook reached for her hand, giving it a squeeze. "If I don't-"

"Sihu there's no need for-"

"Let me say this. I just need you to know. If I die tell Varric...tell him I didn't care for the last installment of Shields and Sorcerers. It wasn't his best work."

"I heard that!" Varric's telltale footsteps reaching the door. He'd brought back another mage, apparently having fired the last one.

Harding blinked. Once. Twice. Then she hit Rook with the rag.

"You boob!"

Rook laughed and then started coughing, laying back on the pillows.

"Fine just send the letter in my bag to my friend-"

"Yes yes. Davrin. We know. You keep saying his name in your sleep."

Rook's turn to start. "I do?"

"You do." Harding laughed. "He must be a really good friend."

Rook huffed closing her eyes as the healer got to work, thinking of her last sickbed. "The best."

17. Rook teaching someone else a skill. (I am tentatively working on a new Davrook AU set in a very different time period in Thedas where they meet as kids so that's what I'm going with here they're about 13)

Davrin missed. The rabbit ran off into the brush. Heat climbed his neck at Rook's laugh. He lowered the bow and glared at her. She had put her hands over her mouth to stifle her giggle. Eldrin let out a bark of laughter and that only made it worse.

"Like you can do better." His voice cracked in his indignation which only made her laugh harder. He started to stalk off to get away from both of them when Rook darted over, picking up the bow. She was like that, quick and flighty, never in one spot. His irritation only grew when she knocked the arrow.

"You're thinking too much." She said primly, aiming towards the lure. She was as scrawny as he was, but she made it look easy, pulling it smoothly.

"She's right you know." Eldrin bit into an apple, chewing loudly, smacking his gums. "Relax."

"Ever think I'm tired from shoveling halla crap all day?" Davrin wasn't sure why he was so angry.

Rook released, handing him the bow. "Oh quit whining. I'm just trying to help!"

"Well you're not!"

"Children settle down. Rook quit showing off. Davrin shut up and listen to her." Eldrin chomped like one of his halla, chewing straight through the core.

Davrin grabbed the bow. He lined up, but his hand slipped and he nearly threw it. Rook put her hand over her mouth to show she was listening to Eldrin. Davrin rolled his eyes, relenting.

"Fine. Show me."

[wickedwitchofthewilds]

Spicy questions for your Rook + their romanced partner ask

Question 3, 11, 26 please!

Thank you!!! 🥰🥰

I answered for Elauthin and Lucanis

3. How often does Rook spend "alone time"

Not super often pre-game because she has a bit of a revolving door of fwbs and a partner that doesn't treat her the best. During the game, when all she has is her fantasies of Lucanis, it's more often. Which is awkward when Spite seeks her out on its own and is very confused as to why she is making those distressed noises and she has to make him promise to not say anything to Lucanis...

He asks Emmrich instead

11. What is Rook's favorite intimate non-sexual thing to do with their partner?

Bathe. She especially loves when they wash each other's hair and while usually she is a wash and go person, Lucanis combs oil through her hair to keep it healthy and helps her braid it after

26. What do they usually do after? Are they a couple that likes to cuddle?

Oh yes. They are constantly touching. Subtly in public and all over each other in private. They like to hold each other for awhile until they both feel too gross to continue, then bathe together, and usually fall asleep

Spicy Rook asks

[rook-laidir]

For your Rook. Def this one. Lol.

3. A time Rook got incredibly drunk.

Rook’s a lightweight, but that won’t stop them from playing wicked grace with Rivaini rules (loser has to drink). They stupidly challenged Isabela. Everything about that night is secondhand information for them. They have no idea what actually happened after the first two hands. Some of the Lords said they tried to fist fight Taash. According to Taash, they only had to stick their hand out while Rook swung their fists until they tired themselves out. According to Harding, Rook hit on a coatrack for 10 minutes. According to Isabela, Rook personally offered to buy the entire bar a round (Rook is still 90% certain Isabela just took their gold and bought everyone drinks with it while they were passed out). Neve refuses to let them live down the part of the night where Rook asked her if she was single and she said no. It wasn’t a lie because they had been dating for months. Rook cried for 20 minutes.

[birb--birb]

Rook's Affiliations

Savrin's relationship chart!! I saw this template by @arcandoria last night and LOVED it, I really enjoyed thinking about how everyones relationships developed throughout the game and how certain story choices impacted them. Bellara and Davrin having the "family" symbol makes me tear up, bc they truly are Savrins closest friends. And I love my distant lil Crow boy developing lifelong relationships with people after years of purposefully keeping others at an arms length uugh I LOVE MY BOY

Find the template here!! Its super well put together if you have access to photoshop/editing software 💕

[wrenbee]

For the Rook asks!! Also I need to know their name. 🌻 🌱 and 🥀

Thank you for asking, Gala!

My crypt child Rook's name is Luciya Ingellvar. A little extra background is that she’s a nerdy lil weirdo and her work in the Mourn Watch is in relics and their containment. She’s basically got the keys to like one of many of the Necropolis’s occult museums lol.

🌻 How old is your Rook? How do they feel about celebrating their birthday? What gift has meant the most to them?

At the start of Veilguard she is 30. Also, I love the idea of a Navarran birthday tradition that is a bit morbid, in their way, but there is a lot of delight in it. Like instead of saying "happy birthday" they say the Thedosian equivalent of "momento mori." Very "remember that you die but remember to live," and I think a nice birthday dinner visiting with her sister and MW mentors, and later her Veilguard friends would be her ideal birthday celebration. Luciya's favorite gift would be this nice chatelaine gifted to her by her twin sister. It goes everywhere with her, and she's got her favorite little trinkets and oddities on it.

🌱 Was Rook involved romantically with anyone before Veilguard? What was their partner like? How did the relationship end?

She had no romantic relationships before Veilguard. She was a bit reclusive and married to her studies and work. She is not great with social cues and while she finds lots of people interesting, would rather be shut in a Necropolis backroom with some cursed artifacts than trying to navigate a conversation with someone she liked. Unless that person wanted to talk at length about Glory Age burial ceramics…

🥀 What figure from Rook’s personal past would be added to the regret prison?

Her sister for sure. She would feel a lot of guilt from just leaving her behind and her own fault in the events that bring about her leaving. Alexa, play Noah Kahan's "You're Gonna Go Far" 🥲

[teine-mallaichte]

From the rook questions list: Does Storm have an irrational phobia?

Rook Ask Game

I'm not sure if it's irrational, but as a Grey Warden it's certainly... inconvenient. But Storm is scared of Hurlocks.

He's gotten better over time and now rather than freezing he will just ignore anything else in the fight and focus entirely on the hurlock - which is still an issue... But it's better than he used to be.

And, I have written a short snippet based on this 😂 so I give you the first time a 17 year old Storm encountered a Hurlock after 'the blight incident' and his emergency joining.

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It turned out that being a Warden was fairly boring most of the time. The days blurred together in a monotonous rhythm: long treks across the land, endless training sessions, and the occasional skirmish with small groups of darkspawn that didn’t offer much challenge. The constant vigilance was there, but so was the overwhelming sense of tedium. The real kicker, though, was the dreams. They were unsettling - disturbing glimpses of ancient, echoing voices. He'd been told it was the old gods calling to him, darkspawn whispering through the taint - not exactly a reassuring explanation.

But for the most part, the first few months of being a Warden were uneventful, with nothing more than the same routine repeated day after day.

Another day, another long, uneventful patrol. Storm drifted toward the rear, as mages were supposedly meant to do. That, too, had been a point of contention—apparently, mages cast from the back. Mages used staffs. A mage with a dagger? The Wardens didn’t know where to place him in the formation. In Storm’s opinion, they were just being difficul - too rigid.

Today they were scouting a cave system. It took mere minutes to secure the area, but the weight of the taint in the air was unmistakable - it gripped their senses, pulling at their veins. Darkspawn. A low, guttural growl that reverberated through the cave like a death knell.

Nothing unusual. They fought darkspawn regularly. They were Wardens. It's what they did. But today something felt off.

Storm’s heart raced in his chest, his legs suddenly feeling heavy, as though made of lead. He’d been trained for this. He knew how to fight. He’d only been a Warden for a few months, but fighting was nothing new. So why couldn’t he move? What was wrong with him?

The growl echoed again, sharper this time, and Storm's instincts screamed at him to react. His grip on his dagger tightened, and his hand sparked with flecks of lightning, but his body refused to cooperate. His breath coming in short, shallow bursts, chest tight, the air thick with a strange, suffocating pressure.

He couldn’t move.

The darkspawn appeared from the shadows, emerging with a slow, deliberate gait. Its hulking form loomed over him, eyes glinting.

A hurlock.

It moved closer, its jagged teeth glinting in the dim light of the cave, its hulking form a grotesque reminder of the nightmarish creature that had nearly taken his life. He could feel the taint radiating from it like heat, the suffocating pressure of the Blight filling his lungs, making it harder to breathe. The sound of its claws scraping against the stone echoed in the back of his mind, louder than his own racing thoughts.

“Storm,” Aunt Bethany’s voice cut through the haze of panic, sharp and commanding.

He couldn’t move.

He couldn’t even think.

The growl that came next was deeper, more menacing, and it snapped something inside him. The image of the hurlock biting into his arm, the sickening, tearing sensation, flooded his mind. The Blight. The darkness. The infection. Everything he had been trying to ignore, everything that had led him to this moment, it all crashed into him at once.

“Storm, move!” Aunt Bethany’s voice cut through his mind, but it was distant, as though coming from the other side of a vast chasm. Her urgency didn’t seem to reach him - his mind was stuck, trapped in that single, awful memory. His body refusing to respond.

Get a grip, he thought, move, damn it. He had to move. He had to do something.

The hurlock took another step, its massive footfall shaking the ground beneath them. It snarled, its eyes locking on Storm as though it could sense the hesitation in him.

You’re not that weak anymore. You’re a Warden.

The words echoed in his mind, but they felt distant, too abstract. He couldn’t go through it again. Not like that. Not again.

"Storm!" Bethany’s voice was sharper now, and he felt a hand grab his arm, pulling him back.

The world around him was a blur—shouts, clashing steel, the crackling of his own lightning. Everything felt distant, like he was observing from somewhere far away.

The growl of the hurlock faded into the background as his body trembled, his mana nearly drained, his senses overwhelmed. By the time the creature crumpled to the ground, dead at the Wardens’ feet, Storm was shaking uncontrollably, his legs unsteady beneath him.

The journey back to camp was a blur, the landscape slipping past in a haze.

He could hardly recall the path they took, the faces of the Wardens as they passed. But what stayed with him, vivid and real, was Bethany’s hand still firmly gripping his arm, guiding him, offering him something to hold onto as his world spun out of control.

[ofcrowsanddragons]

what is the first thing your Rook does after defeating the gods?

Great question, anon!

Giddy with success, Rook throws themselves into their lover's arms. Lucanis picks them up in a full body hug and twirls them before setting Rook back on their feet.

They straight-up giggle. Shot through with adrenaline, they tumble into Neve and kiss her straight on the mouth.

Oh.

Oh no.

Nothing about training to be a Crow (to be Varric's second, to be Solas's mirror image) prepared them for figuring out how to shrug this off.

(What are a trio of godkillers? The demon and the detective... and whoever Rook is now?)

[mythals-whore]

The Chariot for the Rook Tarot Romance game if it hasn’t been asked yet 👉👈

Rook Tarot Asks for anyone who wants to play.

ANSWERED: Temperance & Judgement

The Chariot: What does Rook do to balance their responsibilities as team leader with their responsibilities to their partner? Does one ever slip in favour of another? Do these two roles ever conflict?

Cyri has a tendency to put her responsibilities to The Cause above everything else. I would say that she does not try to balance these well at all and actually I would say she constantly puts the effort in to put her team leader responsibilities first. She's acquiesced a few times on small things like opening up and speaking honestly about her feelings/stressors. But I'll also say Rook is very much afraid of the inverse. She is very much not willing to put her love interest above the cause. There's a lot of inner conflict on "I don't want to sacrifice the the world to save the things I love but also if I save the world and lose the things that matter, is it even worth it?" And without saying too much, it really comes into conflict for Tearstone where Rook has to make the distraction team decision. Whether she's putting the job or her lover first is a question that may feature heavily in the regret prison idk idk.

What a good question for my Rook specifically tysm for asking

[queen-scribbles]

For the Rook asks!! 🌾, 🌱, and 🌹

Charlize Thorne

🌾 If there was a demon trying to trap/take over Rook, what kind would be the most successful? What would break their hold?

...what would be a perversion of Duty? Obstinance? I feel like that or a perversion of Compassion would have the best luck getting in her head and taking control or manipulating her.

🌱 Was Rook involved romantically with anyone before Veilguard? What was their partner like? How did the relationship end?

Yes and no? When she was in her early thirties, she was stationed in a Warden outpost near a small town in the Anderfels. She struck up a friendship with the grocer, Jakob, who supplied most of the food for the outpost. He was a widower, and he and his son would make deliveries every week. Charlize struck up conversation one day while helping him unload, and a friendship grew out of that on subsequent visits. She would occasionally find her way into town, either on patrol, delivering their order for the week, or just "stretching her legs", and talked to him more at his shop. There was, eventually, a definite undercurrent of attraction on both sides, and Mattias(the son) absolutely loved her. Jakob was witty, kind, a good father, honorable and fair, very good guy all around. But even being pretty sure he liked her back(and he did, very much), Charlize was reluctant to say anything bc she's a Grey Warden. Even if she doesn't get reassigned, there's the Calling, if not an even earlier death in battle, and she didn't want to do that to him. Since she never said anything, Jakob never did either, so they wound up doing this incredibly UST-laden dance for a few years.

It ended when a darkspawn force moved through the area; Charlize and a few others broke orders to stay in the fort in case of a fight to get in position to protect the town in case any 'spawn split off from the main horde. Which they did. The attack was repelled successfully, but two of the other Wardens died, Charlize got reassigned to Jader, and Jakob decided it was too dangerous to have a young child in this area, so he moved to Markham. So while there was someone she was romantically interested in, nothing happened.

🌹 What’s the first genuine fight Rook got in with their love interest about? How was it resolved?

Charlize is gonna romance Emmrich(and I might be proud of being on the Emmrich/Warden Rook train before it was a Thing xD). I feel like, from what I've heard about his character and romance, their first big fight--if they have one--will be about her feeling smothered by how much he worries about her//him thinking she's too reckless, bc that's the way she's learned to live as a Warden. You have to blend risk-taking and caution and inevitably every individual Warden has their own balance. She tips more on big-risk, big-reward, prioritizing protection of civilians. It would get resolved by a (maybe slightly heated) conversation about her being used to protecting people like this and it being part of a Warden's life vs Emmrich reminding her she has someone who will miss her if/when she dies, please delay that as long as possible, darling. And coming to some kind of compromise, but she's been a Warden 20+ years, she's not going to change her style overnight.

Rook Asks

[thesummerstorms]

🪷🌼🌷 for the rook ask! xx

Rook Asks!

🌼 If someone was to ask Spite what Rook smells like, what would he say?

Rosemary, mint, and ozone. Possibly blood/rust depending on the time of day and whether or not she's on a job.

🌷If Rook needed to get away from their responsibilities for a moment, where would they go? Where is their safe space outside the Lighthouse?

If she only needs to get away for the afternoon, there's a cafe in the less fashionable part of Treviso, on the other side of the Drowned District, that's too old and careworn for most Crows or Antaam to bother with. If Arsinoë climbs the trellis, she can let herself in to a little private terrace where jasmine blooms in the summer. There's a tiny statue of Amrita in one of the niches that is only really obvious as such if you already know what you're looking at. The proprietor, the widower of a tradesman who worked for the Crows, will bring her an adequate cup of coffee and some cheap cantucci or mint tea and rosemary focaccia with olive oil to eat in private, so long at Arsinoë never brings violence or her job with her. As far as Treviso, most of her other, more long-term bolt holes have been taken over or destroyed in the time she was away, although she isn't above finding an inconveniently narrow or high ledge in the Drowned District and camping there with wards and a bedroll if need be. But in Salle, she has a particular fondness for a lending library built in the shell of a gutted monastery. The man who runs the library is the younger son of a younger son of a merchant prince who runs the collection of books for his own entertainment and isn't above turning a blind eye to the occasional Crow or Fledgling sheltering in the old cloister, as long as they stay out of the nave where he keeps the books and have the good sense not to get caught or bloody the place, in which case he won't protect them.

🪷 Does your Rook have an irrational phobia? (ie spiders or large man-made objects submerged underwater)

I don't think Arsinoë has any fear that rise to the level of phobia or that are particularly irrational. She does still have a hatred-fear-loathing of Templars, despite the fact that very few of the old Order exist in my world state, and of the Rite of Tranquility, but that's solidly grounded in her life experience as an Apostate mage. She also hates the idea of being (physically) trapped. She'd rather die than go back to the days of being barred away in the Circle or be jailed or under house arrest. Lucanis's situation get a lot of horrified sympathy from her because of it. It's one thing if you have a decent chance of getting out, but at a certain point, it's better to die free than live in captivity.

Thank you for the asks!

[emmster]

For the "Questions for your Rook and their partner" thingy: what about the number 18 (When all is said and done, where would they like to retire together? Is marriage in the cards for them? Children? Pets?) Pretty please ?

Pets yes. Rook adopts a Mabari when he finally finds an Eluvian that heads to Fereldan. Brings it home without telling Lucanis.

Lucanis is horrified at first but then he becomes number one dog dad and is now the dog’s favourite.

Kids is to be determined because they both have trauma and are a bit hesitant on being parents (Lucanis doesn’t want to be like Caterina and Rook doesn’t want to turn into his mother).

Marriage 👀 we shall see…

As for where they settle, Lucanis drags Rook to Treviso.

[thedissonantverses]

18 or 22 for the Rook Storytime prompts?

Thank you!!! These are so stinking fun! Sorry I decided to stick to just 18 for this one mostly cause I wanna save 22 for that AU I got ideas ideasing!

18. Rook trying to impress someone. Set during the canon game:

Rook charged at the dragon, attempting to flank at the foot. Taash shouted something out but she couldn't hear over the scream of the flames, bristling as she ran past. It felt like Thedas' worst sunburn. One massive leg kicked out and she was flying, landing on her back below the dragon hunter, who looked down at her.

"Rook! What was that?"

They were angry. Actually angry. Rook let them help her to her feet, Neve casting a soothing spell over her skin. Rook sighed in relief. But the dragon was circling back. Taash physically maneuvered Rook behind them, jaw clenched.

"Stay. Back. We attack together. I can't help you if you run ahead like a damned dathrasi."

Then they caught the dragon's attention. Rook glanced at Neve who shrugged. Then they were back at it. Rook slowed, adapting to Taash rather than rushing in.

It worked. Through all that mountain of muscle, teeth, and claws, following Taash's instructions was the ticket. The dragon came down. It was a sad thing, really, to see such a magnificent beast brought low. Worse, because Taash was clearly upset. Neve seemed to find sudden interest in scouting for more Antaam, leaving Taash and Rook alone. They turned to Rook, shaking their head.

"What were you thinking? I told you to listen to me! You could have been killed! Don't you trust me? Isn't this why you hired me?" They were upset.

Rook's stomach dropped. "No! Taash of course I trust you!"

"Then what was that?" Taash snapped.

She glanced at the dragon. It was too big. And the archdemon left was bigger.

"I...want you to think I can do this. That I'm someone worth following."

Taash tilted their head. "What do you care what I think?"

"Are you kidding me? You're the expert! I've never met anyone who knows as much about anything as you do about dragons!"

The qunari put her hands on their belly, tilting their head back and laughing.

"Oh Rook. That's vasheden. For what it's worth...I do think you're worth following. I wouldn't be here if I didn't."

Rook relaxed then, grinning. "So. How'd I do?"

The qunari clapped her on the shoulder. It hurt. The bruises that would litter her back on the morrow had already started forming. Worth it.

"You did...well. You didn't die." Taash gave her a wide smile.

Rook chuckled. "That I didn't."

[fangbangerghoul]

Hi! 5 and 10 for the new ask game?

Thank you so much! I appreciate you asking the Rook and Companion asks!

Today I just posted the first chapter of a new fic so my Rook was fresh on my mind!

My Rook is Ghoul Mercar.

5. What is something Neve could call on your Rook for if she needs certain expertise for a case?

Ghoul could be called in to analyze murders or if she was in need of stealthy stealing. She's been a member of the Shadow Dragons for almost a decade and on the side has occasionally worked among some of the Threads members on the low. Shed know how to get something in or out or how someone has died.

Or

Neve could need someone to annoy a client as well. Ghoul can do that very well.

10. What would Lucanis buy for your Rook at the Grande Market?

Oooooh this is a good question. Ghoul normally doesn't ask for much but considering Lucanis is observant of his companions he'd probably get her some bandages, a sewing needle, and basic herbs to make healing ointment. Ghoul is always coming back from fights bruised, battered, and apathetic to dressing wounds. (She says she likes to heal naturally but honestly I think she just doesn't like to do it or thinks it's funny to bleed everywhere idk lmfao)

[rook-laidir]

Seven Sentence Sunday: Monday Edition

Thanks for the tag: @biowaredisasterbisexual

Rook couldn’t help but smirk to themselves. As a Lord of Fortune, cheating was simply playing the game. It didn’t matter what game it was. Maker, Rook remembers seeing Bharv trying to cheat at rock, paper, scissors and somehow succeeding. Cheating at Wicked Grace was simply paying tribute to the time-honored tradition. They might be terrible at an honest game of it, but cheating was the fun part anyways. Finding new, ridiculous ways to not get caught, playing hands that weren’t even possible and extremely illegal (one time, they had managed to play five of the same card from five separate decks - there were only three decks present that night and Spite nearly launched Lucanis’s body across the table in a fit of rage,) and making their opponents nearly come to blows over the rules was a Lords of Fortune staple. It felt…oddly nice.

Tagging: @rookgallustroublesomehousehimbo and anyone else who wants to do this!

[hightowerqueen]

10, 12, and 13 of this ask game for your Rook Bea?

10. what would lucanis get her at the grande market? i did this one but i wanna say it again because it's funny: chamomile tea because lucanis is 100% one of those mf'ers who's like "you need to sleep more. what do you mean so do i"

12. does taash take her to the hall of valor regularly? abso-fucking-lutely taash and bea get along like a house on fire. many battle stories are shared over drinks

13. would she like emmrich's mother's hazelnut torte recipe? i think bea would both like the torte and also cry quietly in a corner over it being emmrich's mother's recipe