#and this is so sweet

[galedekarios]

emmrich & audric felhausen

i was a bit sad that it seemed that audric - from emmrich's tevinter nights short story 'down among the dead men' was not in the game when myrna was, but i found out that i was (to my great happiness) mistaken.

for those of you who haven't read 'down among the dead men', here is a short summary:

After Audric is attacked by Lord Penric Karn's possessed corpse while guarding his funeral procession, he is summoned by the Mortalitasi to help with their investigation into this premature possession. After Audric and Myrna, a Mourn Watcher, find out that Karn died in a mutually fatal duel with Duke Janus Van Markham, they head to the latter's tomb in the Grand Necropolis. Karn, possessed by a pride demon, forces them deeper into the lower reaches of the Necropolis, where the halls and chambers are not always in the same place at the same time. Down in the Necropolis, Audric learns that he's actually a spirit, as the "real" Audric died of the wounds sustained during the funeral. Myrna brought him to confront Karn, to help him find balance between anger and curiosity. When they find Karn again, Audric challenges him to a duel for killing him. Myrna destroys Karn when he breaks the rules of the duel. Having confronted his killer, Audric recognized his driving passion—that of curiosity—and is no longer unbalanced. Myrna then offers him the choice to work under the auspices of a Watcher. He accepts to work under Myrna, and is given charge of the library.

emmrich is quite instrumental bringing audric peace, showing his innate kindness several times over:

"They were back in Emmrich's den. Audric had been astonished to see familiar tomes in a neat stack on the necromaner's desk. "Those... are those...?" "Yours, yes. From your home." Emmrich shook his head. "Forgive the liberty, guardsman. After you and Myrna left for the Necropolis, I had to search for a reason you might have returned so unexpectedly." "I believe we found it," Myrna said, from where she was overseeing Emmrich's manservant transfer the contents of a bubbling beaker into a bowl. Emmrich handed the top book to Audric. It was a gazetteer of Nevarra City, stamped with a crowned skull surrounded by flowers. Audric flipped it open and read the blocky inscription. To our Son with Love. May you be Blessed in your Studied with the Chantry. "All this effort... for me? I'm just a guardsman, sir." Am? Was? Audric pushed doubt aside and held the gazetteer to his chest. He existed, knew what he loved, and that he had been loved, and that seemed enough in the moment. "The great leveler has no favourites." Emmrich smiled. "Neither does the Mourn Watch."

at the end, audric finds peace and accepts a position at the library:

"You are faced with a choice," Myrna said, coming over. "You have confronted your killer, and recognised your driving passion. You may rest now, guardsman." "Or?" "Or you may work under the auspices of a Watcher," Myrna said. "Under a modicum of magical control. To avoid anomie, the bond must be given freely." "To you, madam?" "If it's satisfactory." The guardsman ducked his head, and because that felt inadequate, knelt on a knee and held out a hand. Myrna, smiling slightly, took it. Emmrich coughed, looking away. "Please, let the poor fellow up. What position were you thinking?" "I thought it was obvious." Audric felt a slow excitement as he heard Myrna say: "We have a great need for someone to take charge of the library."

that's that for the book content and to learn who audric is and how closely he is tied to myrna, but also emmrich.

i was so happy to find this letter in the game, from audric to emmrich:

Library Letter Dear Professor Volkarin: It was nice to hear from you, sir. I have some sitles you wanted waiting in the library: Atlases of the Air by Tomlyn Van Markham, Signs of the Feaster of Fear by Lucia Audenfall, Six Cares for the Weary (Anonymous), and Folklore of the Chasinds by Brother Martin of the Chantry. Watcher Myrna and I also looked into the history of the Basalt Hypogeum. (The basalt was shopped from Rivain in 3:57 Black, and the hypogeum features the distinct design of legendary stonemason Othmar Gerdebrand.) I'm sorry that we haven't found anything that explain why it disappeared so suddenly from the Necropolis. Watcher says it's "a matter of strange obliquity." We'll write if we find anything else. Regards, Audric Felhausen, Librarian

but that's not all!

emmrich has this party banter with davrin that confused me for the longest time:

Emmrich: Thank you again for the carving, Davrin! It made the perfect gift. Davrin: You're welcome. Tell that librarian friend of yours to treasure it. Davrin: I don't normally do little statues with skulls for faces.

i didn't know then who this 'librarian friend' was supposed to be. but it turns out it's audric.

even after all this time, emmrich still cares for audric, so much so that he doesn't ask davrin to carve a statue for himself, or even myrna or vorgoth, but for audric.

i think it's a very sweet detail, highlighting his care for spirits and the undead, who he values as much as the living.

[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[beif0ngs]

Over the Garden Wall 10th Anniversary stop motion short by creator Patrick McHale and Aardman Animations

[mochasucculent]

Dumb thing that would not leave my brain

[windwenn]

‘You were my new dream’ or however the fuck that scene went

[greykolla-art]

Yeah I think you’re in the right place, Al.

[gorescreamingshow]

he's listening and learning

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Penelope's final gambit, you will always be famous, no matter the subtext.

[syn0dicosmosis]

Drawing of Farcille monster Yuri

Inspired by this tweet

[splendidfemalelegs]

Lovely white tights 😍

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

elita pep talk

[stanpineskisser]

Stan is SUCH a girldad it makes my heart hurt

(Any ship taggers will be blocked on sight 🩷)

[artsymeeshee]

Thinking about the idea I had a LONG time ago about Mabel sending motivational and complimenting stickers for the boys and Ford saving a “write your own message” one just for Stan and had to draw it.

[noodles-and-tea]

Eepy

[datcravat]

DANDADAN