#Rook Ingellvar

[cybershock24601]

Imagining a Ingellvar who still on reflex does things like have their breakable things sufficiently anchored in case gravity changes and keeping important documents under things in case of blood rain and just having a whole bunch of quirks that they don't really think of as quirks just because they're things she grew up doing because she grew up in a place where reality's rules change and twists. The team tries to ask her why she does what she does. Her and Emmerich's explanations raise more questions than they answer.

Ingellvar having a bunch of weird little habits from growing up in the Necropolis that everyone just passes off as personal quirks until Emmrich shows up and does the same things and suddenly what everyone wrote off as weird quirks become a bit of a mystery. The team does ask about it but everyone's convinced that Ingellvar and Emmrich are fucking with them because what do you mean you always carry an umbrella around in case of blood rain??

At least everyone is convinced they're being messed with until they're accompanying Rook and Emmrich to the Necropolis and start to experience how fucking weird it is.

Harding is tagging along behind Rook and Emmrich and suddenly Emmrich vanishes out of thin air and Harding starts freaking out while Rook's all like "chill, it's just a Chronological Incontinence Incident. Emmrich will be fine" and Harding's like "What does that even mean???" and Rook starts to explain going full Watcher mode and by the time she's almost done Emmrich is back and it's all good though he does disagree with Rook's preferred theory behind the phenomena and they end up having a rather spirited debate on the subject while Harding is slowly losing her mind and also takes note that Rook really does talk different in the Necropolis.

Neve's helping Rook and Emmrich clear out some more Venatori that have snuck into the Necropolis and suddenly the gravity turns off and everyone starts floating. Rook and Emmrich barely pause in their spell slinging while everyone else is freaking out. Neve too is freaking out but does an admirable job of composing herself after she falls on her ass when she hits the ground while Rook and Emmrich nimbly land on their feet.

Davrin's trying to keep Assan from turning the bones lying around into chew toys when suddenly the room is submerged in total darkness and he suddenly gets an armful of freaked out baby griffin as Assan tries to climb his way up Davrin in a panic at being suddenly blinded. Or alternately Assan ends up going right to sleep like a bird, I'm not sure whether the bird side or the cat side would win out here. Either way while Davrin's wondering what the fuck is going on, Rook and Emmrich are being super chill about the whole experience because sudden unexplained darkness is not that uncommon in the Necropolis.

Lucanis is the lucky one who gets blood rained on. It starts out like little droplets of water which is strange enough because they're inside but the smell of iron is unmistakable and the red color is pretty unmistakably blood like and Lucanis barely gets out a very emphatic "what the fuck" before it suddenly starts pouring blood rain. Luckily Rook and Emmrich always carry an umbrella around so Lucanis gets to share with Rook. Bonus points for this being pretty early in their romance and Rook is swooning over how romantic it is to have a nice walk through the blood rain sharing an umbrella while Lucanis is Going Through It and experiencing the horrors of Necropolis. The fact that Rook and Emmrich are so unfazed about the fact that it is literally raining blood almost makes the situation worse.

Bellara is the one that handles the weirdness of the Necropolis the best because Arlathan Forest gets pretty freaky too. Remember the story about the guy stuck in the clouds? So while the Necropolis' shenanigans are generally creepier, she takes the weird shit in stride and is actually very interested on the why and how of why all the statues in the room suddenly started crying blood.

Taash is the only one to escape the madness because they nope the fuck out of ever going to the Necropolis once everyone starts mentioning the weird stuff that goes on there. Necromancy is already bad enough but they are not going to haunted super cemetery.

Because I am a fan of semi-sentient locations, the reason the Necropolis keeps acting up like this is because it's excited it's Crypt Baby is back and that excitement is manifesting in weird unexplained phenomena.

[proffbon]

THE FUCK YOU MEAN NOBODY KNOWS?

Does everyone in the Necropolis just not question shit?

First it's the crypt baby. 'Oh yeah, it's our crypt baby. Where did he come from? Uhh, we're not really sure'.

And now it's 'Oh, this is my colleague Vorgoth. Why are they a cloud of smoke in a cape? We honestly don't know'.

[blacktoptown]

Yeah, Orasan does in fact regress

Ingellvar Rook learning their speech patterns from Vorgoth, they've learnt to speak "normally" but every know and then when they are tired or emotional they slip back into "THE PORRIAGE WILL BE COOKED"

[lngellvar]

Because you're a Mourn Watcher, Emmrich talks in-depth about spirits and necromancy with you.

[lathbora-virann]

What a day of unexpected splendor.

[elliemehl]

Sketching my girls again and the whole Veilguard this time, wish me luck

learning how to draw them cause I'm obsessed

[curiouswisp]

I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover

[diesvitae]

Second raffle prize, for @rainbowpilaf who won on bsky! This is Thana, her Mourn Watcher Rook and also the goth waifu of Emmrich! 💚💜

[sanch0us]

I mean THAT IS HOW IT FEELS when your organisation hires an outstanding supervisor so you can finally get your PhD

Ref: The Emperor's New Groove

[valkyriesix]

Just thinking about Vorgoth getting assigned to babysitting duty with a toddler Rook Ingellvar, having to balance that baby on the nonexistent hip, while punishing these transgressions while Toddler Ingellvar claps in amusement

Vorgoth's job

[proffbon]

Jesus Christ

[cybershock24601]

Something something embarassing Illario in front of all the important houses is the equivalent to an assassination by Nevarra standards so Illgellvar is more or less satisfied. Lucanis complains about some guy who he can't have killed for whatever reason and his darling wife (whos is, idk, fidgiting with skeletal hand) causally suggesting ruining his reputation instead.

Personally my Rook advocated for Illario's imprisonment because they were hyperfocusing on what the political ramification of Lucanis, literally just promoted to First Talon, letting his cousin off with just a slap on the wrist for what essentially amounted for treason in front of the rest of the Talons would be. In short, it would be the wrong message to send to the other Talons as it would imply that Lucanis was weak and wouldn't take appropriate measures to deal with troublemakers which might get people thinking they could take him out to steal his spot as First Talon. I also think my Rook would suggest letting Illario join the final battle and suggest ways to reintegrate him into the crows post canon so Illario isn't stuck on house arrest for the rest of his life. (This is part of the reason that Illario and Rook's in law relationship is so complicated because Rook has fucked him over but has also done a lot to help him)

However that second statement is totally accurate to my headcanons as my Watcher Rook moves herself into Lucanis' office post canon while she works on her thesis (the watch is pretty split on whether to promote Rook to a senior watcher because on one hand she did kill two gods but on the other the more conservative watchers are still pissed about her stunt during the war of the banners so don't want to allow her promotion so Rook decides to become a Senior Watcher the traditional way which is basically writing the mourn watch equivalent to a doctoral thesis so that a) no one can question her qualifications and b) she doesn't have to necessarily be at the Necropolis to do that so she can move in with Lucanis while she works on it) so that the two of them can spend time together while they work. Lucanis is having a meeting with Teia and Viago on how to deal with a troublesome Antivan noble they can't outright kill without causing more problems and Rook who's just sitting in the corner annotating a tome on necromancy and half listening to the conversation just causally throws out the most devious idea to completely ruin the guy so he can never show his face in public again and gets all three Talons looking at her like she has a second head.

When Rook looks up from her reading she wants to know why they're all staring at her like that and they're just all curious on how Rook who is usually very aloof to politics came up with a plan like that to completely destroy this random guy. Rook explains that they used to be apprenticed to a very politically active Mortalitasi in the Mourn Watch (who may or may not be Henzenkoss' ex gf) and just got used to coming up with creative ways to eliminate her mentor's rivals without killing them because murder is not super effective in within Mortalitasi social circles.

[hyperbali]

So I decided on something that amuses me

Since I want to doodle Deja interacting with others' Rooks, and I'd been having a hard time deciding whether she was Ingellvar or de Riva anyway... the answer is going to be "whichever will work better with the other Rook's background and romance" lmao

In practice: if that Rook is with Lucanis, she's a Mourn Watcher with Emmrich. Conversely, if that Rook is with Emmrich, she's a Crow with Lucanis.

In the event that neither of these combinations are available, it's wildcard time!

She can be of either background for this one 🐺

[spiderfreak]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY I LOVE QUNARI ROOKS <3333 THE SIZE DIFFERENCE IS SOOOO YESSS

Average Mourn Watch behaviour

ft my Rook Kadan (he/him)

[lngellvar]

A collapsed building. Swift deaths. After the funeral, the Watchers took me in.

[templarkicker]

“I do believe the lady is already spoken for tonight, Alrick.” Emmrich spoke with calm confidence.

“That is Lord Wescotte to you, filth.” The lord sneered and tried to wrench his hand from Emmrich’s grip, to no avail. Emmrich tutted and set down his remaining wine glass on the table gently. Emmrich offered his hand out to her, bowing slightly as he did so. “I think-”

“Don’t you aristocrats usually hire people to think for you?” Emmrich didn’t even send a glance backwards, wedging himself further between them.

“How dare you-” The lord sputtered in shock. “You must think yourself clever for a lowborn.” He narrowed his eyes at Emmrich, prodding at his humble upbringing. 

“I know this gathering must be terribly boring for…your kind.” Emmrich turned his nose up at him. “Rest assured you're able to leave early. Truly, no one will mind, be sure to grab a few appetizers on your way home."