#dammit man im a psychology major not a mathematician!

[inanshalla]

my only rook I’m attached to right now would be dhaveira aldwir, the daughter of my non canon inquisitor, miolu’vun lavellan (nicknamed u’vun for short) who romanced solas. (I haven’t scrapped shiera mercar but she’s not interesting rn 😭)

some trivia

aldwir is the surname, dhaveira inherited from her late father, emrys aldwir a elf mage who had found the dalish while they roamed the outskirts of the free marches after escaping the ostwick circle of magi at seventeen in 9:28 Dragon. He became the first of clan lavellan some after, in 9:30 Dragon, married u’vun that following spring and dhaveira was born the same year, wintertime and during the 5th Blight. He passed away when dhaveira was eight years old in a hunting accident, 9:38 Dragon, making him roughly 27 years old.

dhaviera, in regards to her age in veilguard is almost twenty-two in 9:52 Dragon. This makes u’vun 41 years old. In the beginning of inquisition, u’vun was 30 years old.

u’vun is related to my canon lavellan inquisitor, inanshalla lavellan, being first cousins, making inanshalla dhaveira’s second cousin. U’vun also has a twin brother named evunial.

inanshalla is younger than u’vun being 27 during the events of Inquisition.

dhaveira was sent to live at skyhold with her mother after the inquisition was finally settled in skyhold, early 9:41 Dragon when she is ten, almost eleven. She became close with the inner circle, particularly varric as he often would read her stories when her dreams became too scary so she could not sleep at night. She also became close with solas as he had taught her how to manage her magic. Dhaveira is a dreamer, similar to solas but far less experienced.

her desire to become a veil jumper was her immense pride in her dalish heritage, much like her mother and a hunger for ancient knowledge. Also, selfishly, she craved excitement and she believed she was not going to get it under inquisitor lavellan’s shadow.

her veil jumper backstory is similar to the default one for rook in veilguard. I’ll add that the only reason she went back to save the other jumpers was because, similar to her mother and the sense of community engrained in her as a dalish, her loyalty was stronger than her thirst for knowledge and the thrill of what was to be discovered.

she eventually joins varric not only because of her close relationship with him but because, like varric, believes solas could be reasoned with. Prior to solas leaving the inquisition, her only experiences with solas were friendly.

as for her mother, her work as a veil jumper, had her estranged from her for roughly two years. u’vun would also never speak of solas and prior to meeting her mother again in the events of Veilguard, that’s the first time they had ever actually spoke about solas.

her dynamic with solas is pretty straightforward. He basically uses her inexperience against her, taking advantage of the kind image she had of him as a child to manipulate her.

he ultimately underestimates her, however because he believed the only thing she shared in common with her mother was looks, she was not at all as even-tempered and modest as her mother. He did not take into account that just like u’vun, she was a devilishly quick learner.