#cirys laidir

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Something that I really like about my fic with Illario and Cirys is that I cannot imagine them falling in love under any other circumstances. One of them has to be completely honest order for the other to open themselves up in kind.

In no world can I imagine that being Illario.

It always has to be Cirys torn open and raw from Lace's death. They turn to Illario with that same intention to disturb people that everyone with a grotesque, fresh wound gets now and again. (See, me still keeping my elbow dislocation x-rays because I think they're neat). Except Illario doesn't flinch. He's an Antivan Crow, he might not like the gore but he's accustomed to it. So Cirys shows him more.

And more.

And more.

Until they have shown him the whole of themselves. They should feel exposed, bare. Except Illario keeps their true self to himself covetously. He's been so rarely given anything so precious and doesn't intend to lose it.

So Cirys trusts him. Trusts his selfishness.

And that's why he's the perfect bait to the trap the others' spring. Cirys knew he was selfish with knowing them. They didn't understand how selfish he could be to keep them.

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If my OCs ever met me, they’d yell at me for giving them such traumatic backgrounds.

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I'm trying to figure out how I want to draw my Rook but I like how this piece came out. Cirys 'Rook' Laidir has consumed most of my creative brainwaves since the game came out. Writing, Aus, Drawing I need to pry this elf out with a crowbar I stg

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If there's one thing my LoF!Rook is going to do across any and all universes I put them in. It's drag their li through the wilderness for an adventure.

If Harding survives, they absolutely take frequent camping trips together. Cirys cooks every meal, trying to frame it as pampering Lace as if she doesn't see through them. She makes sure their tent is set up on the nights they use one. They stay up too late for a pair of people who need to be up early to make it to the next site before dark.

In a world where she doesn't survive, Illario gets dragged along on a dragon hunt. They tease him endlessly over being a 'tender-footed crow', but they do give him ointment for his new blisters. His tent is always set up for him, and they take more frequent breaks for his sake.

In a modern AU where they meet Emmrich bc of their son, those two end up on an expedition together. Emmrich is new to roughing it, and Cirys is endlessly amused by the things he brought on the trip.

"Another book, Professor Volkarin?"

"Oh yes, I brought several!"

His books start disappearing and he's distressed until Briathos let's him know they're in Cirys's pack. (He complained his pack was a bit heavy.)

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I hate being unable to shake thoughts of one OC, I'd love to write the scene where Emmrich and Ella meet for the first time and Ella is this small, angry, qunari child brought into the mourn watch only to be soothed by a sympathetic voice in Emmrich.

Instead I'm thinking of Cirys x Lucanis and suffering because I can't keep shipping this one OC with new people. A snippet below of Cirys and Lucanis meeting years before the game on chance and Cirys being able to tell one of their stories.

“Here.” Laidir threw the pendant to him. Lucanis caught it in midair before opening his palm to examine it. “There's the trophy from my wyvern hunt.” In his palm, carved from a wyvern tooth, was the roaring visage of the wyvern itself. It surprised him enough that he smiled. “There it is,” they murmured. Lucanis looked up see a gentle smile on their face, “You should smile more, you know. You've a lovely one.”

“Why are you giving this to me?” He asked, watching Laidir shrug.

“It's a thank you for not killing us.”

“Don't I get a thank you?” Illario pouted and Laidir laughed, then pulled off a ring. Flicking it like a coin up to Illario. 

“Greedy little thing, aren't you? Have a shiney for your nest.” Illario examined the ring, “Genuine ruby, on my life.” They winked at their joke.

“Laidir, take the rope. Howler will leave us if we aren't quick.” Ragna snapped, her voice almost too loud

“You were fun, for a couple of corvidae!” Laidir called as they took hold of the rope, helping Ragna lower the cockboat down to the ocean. 

“And you, for a pair of pirates!” Illario called after. The sound of Laidir's laughter drifted up and Lucanis looked again at the pendant. His hand tightened around it, a gift he’d never dreamed of receiving.

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Your illarook post reminded me of a fic ive been keeping up with recently! Definitely be mindful of the ‘suicidal thoughts’ tag tho

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61279147/chapters/156616393

I'm not surprised it reminded you of it, that's actually my fic! I don't usually post about it on here bc it feels a little much for the general illarook tag.

I'll have to add a few more tags since I've been toying with a few new ideas with going back and connecting the disparate scenes I wrote before I decided to make it a proper fic.

(also axing a fair share of scenes that no longer fit. rip the 'sharing a bottle of rum after the dragon hunt and hooking up' scene you are gone but some of that dialogue might get recycled so you got shuffled to the other document)

Esp since it hit me last week how terrifying the line solas has "I molded you into someone the prison would accept in my place" is for someone like Cirys. Someone who never really lets people see them and is facing that there's a chance even THEY don't know themselves anymore.

Also a fear that, maybe, it wasn't them that Lace loved but the person Solas made them.

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Sometimes I think about how the mercenaries in Hossberg were led by someone who used to be a Lord of Fortune and left because the rules were Too Strict. Like imagine leaving a job bc you think the boss sucks and two years later your ex-coworker comes in with a (quite literal) steel bat to fuck your shit up.

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I found the perfect song for all my OCs

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My two girlies having their first 1-on-1.

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Ciri asking for the juicy deets on Lucanis after we’d just discussed her scrambled love life is so her 💜💜💜