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@etruski #need that rpf of them

It as a version with teachers exists in text form since August 10, 2022 [POST]

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TRICK OR TREAT (I point my cardboard sword at you)

*GROWLS*

*EATS THE SWORD*

[etruski]

do you guys ever think technology has gone too far

[surnumanaja]

Thank you @etruski for tagging me for "9 books i plan to read this year", only the thing is i don't really plan my reading ahead 😅 the only new book (graphic novel) i really plan to read is "Teeth of God" (whenever my copy should find its way to this side of atlantic)

Meanwhile I have yet to finish reading:

"In the Roses of Pieria" by Anna Burke

"Lingvistiline mets" by Valdur Mikita

"Tevinter Nights" now that I'm actually familiar with some of the characters

"The Masked Empire" by Patrick Weekes

"Piiririik" by Emil Tode

And a book that I probably won't finish and toss aside for good: "Udu ja maru koda". And won't recommend it.

I tag @pauvrecamille @isthisabattleship @codexxgigas @tainas-t-t

Sorry for no aesthetic book covers, i have image fatigue

[hurremsultanns]

9 books I plan to read in 2025

Thank you so much for tagging me @etruski! I have a spreadsheet of the books and TV shows that I need to read or watch so I'm taking them from that.

Empress of the East: How a European slave girl became queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie Peirce (currently reading - blorbo book!)

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George RR Martin (because the show airs later this year)

A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin (I need to finish my ASOIAF readthrough

The Ars Amatoria by Ovid

The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs by Marc David Baer

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love) by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil (this one's because of @thevampiricnihal

Heroes by Stephen Fry

Justinian by Peter Sarris

Tagging anyone who wants to do this!

[steadydinosaurcherryblossom]

Here it is, the day Luka really met Ivan: Independence Day!😁04.07.2006. Thanks to @etruski, who found a photo from a friendly match that no one knew about, and @imgnaf, who found the article itself.

The shippers thought for years that Rakidric met in the national team and Ivan was a present for Luka's birthday in 2007. He was a gift, but he came to the national team due to the fact that he met him a year earlier!

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Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile. 🤍

(from: @etruski)

AAAAAAAAAAAAH THANK YOU LOVELY ♡♡♡

This means sosososo much to me :D ♡♡🫂🫂🫂

(i'm @mcity-xe just so yk :])

[shut-up-danny-kun]

Tag game: going to jail for 5th photo from camera roll. Tagged by @squidsandthings

Cursed Schlock screenshot sent by the bestie. Automatic life imprisonment for participation in Superwholock.

Tagging @kinglyvibe @tinytinteeny @etruski @eliias-bouchard

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Ma leidsin selle üles... (kuvatõmmis)

@etruski needis meid keelatud teadmistega

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Ok doing a lil pinned post

- this blog is mainly for live-blogging my dragon age gaming experience

- occasional fanart that doesn’t make it to my main account (@etruski or @etruski-art)

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Etruski introduction

Hi! I’m a classics student who loves to draw, a lot.

Commissions are technically open but im still working on a detailed commissions sheet, if you have any questions or recommendations, let me know!

Currently commissions are being managed through my ko-fi page:

I’m also active on my blog @etruski

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Etruski in the wild

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Welcome to my TED talk called "Rooki sõbrapäevik täidetuna" since

1) i wanted to talk about my rook and two non-rooks lol

2) the only way to ask me anything is going to the four road cross on the midnight of loss thurdsay (i think it was meant as an askbox questionnaire?)

Original Rook questionnaire post

Warning: long post that's headcanon heavy and said headcanon is wild. (For longtime foreign followers who might have wondered what on earth I yap about, this is your time to find out.)

And if anyone wants an excuse to talk about their Rook(s), then I tag @pauvrecamille @artemetto @raikoden (maybe @etruski in the future? maybe also @kotitontunmanaaja ??) @happyhourtea anyway im happy to read about your rooks :D

Quick recap of the soap opera that's my headcanon: starting off from Inquisition, there were technically 4 survivors of the temple explosion, but still one herald – Magda Cadash, the other three became Inquisition members and part of the inner circle. Cadash was a good tactician on field, but politically shit ruler. She sided with templars to ensure trade deals for her family's (mainly uncle's) lyrium smuggling operation. She had hope same hope with wardens, but that didn't end up as lucrative business venture as templars.

Instead of letting Morrigan drink from the Well of Sorrows or drinking herself, she made a low ranking Inquisition elven scout drink from the well instead.

By the time of Exalted Council inquisitor Cadash was already burned out and disbanded the Inquisition. She lived very secluded life in Kirkwall until she died in house-fire that was commonly believed to be started by her uncle.

Now, in sometime right after Corypheus was slain by Cadash: Mythal, distrusting Solas, flies to Far-South in dragon form and (literally) crashes a wedding (not important whose) and enlists three following volunteers:

half-elf hunter Terhi of Taigaste (Eng Woodsville or Taigaville);

half-dwarf bard-fighter and mercinary of Kilbinäkid (The Shieldselkies) Elona "Elo" of Tormivere (either Stormblood or Stormhill);

qunari sorcerer Sander "Sass" ("Lex") of Imesaare (farm Wonderisle or Wonder-Ash (tree)).

Mythal gives them a quest to hunt down wolf god known to locals as Pontu Kaarel (Carl of Dogs, as in wolves are known dog killers). The three prepare a ritual according to a folk song, but the magic backfires and the three companions are thrown all over Thedas and other worlds (shhhh don't worry about it.) Terhi found herself in Arlathan forest, Elo in Nevarran Necropolis, and Sass got an illith tadpole in Forgotten Realms (don't worrrry aboouuut it).

Terhi joins the Veiljumpers and meets Varric and Harding and is given the nickname Rook (which she finds confusing as she's never played chess). During the events of Veilguard the three hunters manage to reunite.

(I mostly talk about Terhi, as she's my canonical Rook, unless I state otherwise lol)

1: Where in the Thedas is your Rook from?

Further south from Korcari Wilds that the northerners call "uncharted territories"

2: What is your character's alignment?

I haven't really though about character alignments for awhile. Characteristics wise Terhi is stoic, blunt, doesn't talk much, has dry sarcastic humor, very loyal.

Elo's a charmer, true soul of the party, or more accurately she was all of that until she woke up with a splitting head ache among hordes of undead and had to navigate around Necropolis virtually alone for 8 years.

And Sass had a rough life (orphan in strange land that never really accepted him, his magic constantly causing him troubles, illith tadpoles etc), but he refuses to give up and continues to find a way. Also he's a firm believer that the only good god is a dead god.

3: Race and subclass?

Half-elf Veilranger

4: If your Rook was a companion, where would they be found?

With Elo and Sass it's easy – Elo would be in the music room and Sass would be where ever they store the wine. But Terhi? Maybe she'd camp somehere in the Crossroads?

5: What emotion did they usually pick?

Stern mostly and sometimes sarcastic, diplomatic for companion's personal stuff.

6: What companion are you platonically close with?

Harding, Davrin, Bellara, and Taash. She has kind of weird almost friendly relationship with Sass, but its been greatly undermined by Sass' alcoholism.

7: Romantically close with?

Elo (headcanon, but Harding in-game), Sass was also flirtatious nuisance to Lucanis.

8: Who are they suspicious of?

Besides Solas? First time Terhi met Emmrich, she was suspicious about, because she expected him to be all snob about her Chasind origins. She also managed to be weird about Lucanis and Spite while she literally has a demon dog companion tied to her with blood magic (again don't worry about it).

There's ever-present worry and distrust about Sass' soberness and lack of it and how it will affect his magic.

And then there's something off about Harding's wife, especially when Elo tries to guess where's she's seen her and she gets more defensive.

9: Does your Rook get along with their chosen Faction?

She gets along well with other Veiljumpers other than Strife.

10: Are they proficient in playing any instruments?

Again, it's easy with Elo and Sass. Elo plays kannel, Sass can play willow flute. Maybe Terhi can be trusted with jauram, since it resembles a bow??

11: Weapon of choice?

Bow. Keep them far.

12: What is their orientation?

Terhi's a lesbian, Elo's pan and Sass is gay.

13: What are their thoughts on killing? Is it a necessary evil or do they enjoy it?

Terhi's a life long hunter, she thinks of it as a last resort ("kill or be killed") or necessity (hunting for food and hide), nothing evil nor nothing to enjoy.

14: What hobbies does your Rook have?

Make-shift crafting, cooking, dog training, and sharp-shooting have all been necessary skills for her. But she does like to stitch patterns on her clothes, that's not necessity and her needlework certainly cannot be called neat.

15: What NPCs do they like? Which one's do they dislike?

Morrigan is cool because she's also Chasind.

Terhi has her differences with Strife, especially about what comes first – the team (Terhi) or knowledge gained (Strife). They both think they are right and the other party is wrong.

16: Do they have a favorite creature in the Thedas?

Griffons! What ever those panthers in Arlathan (in the comics) were, phoenixes, and lynxes. Also normal wolves are cool and DA:I's great bears and harts.

17: Do they enjoy life as an adventurer?

Yeh

18: What would your Rook be doing if they weren't recruited by Varric?

Moved through wilderness somewhere else to see what life has to offer, but not able to find lost companions that was Terhi's goal for the first few years in Arlathan.

19: How do you think they'll meet their end?

Probably fighting something they can't best. That or of the blight because of the amount of the blight she had to hack herself through.

20: Would they side with Solas or fight him?

Get his ass for certain

21: What is your Rook's favorite ability?

Necrotic shower of arrows.

22: What languages is your character fluent in?

Mother tongue (not elvhen, but one of many languages spoken in Far-South) and trade language.

23: What do they do after an absolute crisis?

Either hitting training dummies or work out with Taash.

24: Does your character believe in the afterlife?

Yea

25: What specialization best represents your Rook?

Ranger

26: What animal best represents your Rook?

Lynx if you exclude fear of heights.

27: What was their life like before the events of Veilguard?

She survived 8 in Arlathan as did Elo in Necropolis. (They both agree being spit out in Arlathan beats Necropolis)

Of those 8 years the first half a year Sass survived in Forgotten Realms, then accidentally isekaid himself back somewhere in Orlais. Then tried to isekai himself back to Forgotten Realms via blood magic, but gave up eventually and decided that life as tranquil beats getting yourself killed through blood magic. So he's been a tranquil for 7 or so years.

Then before that 8 years, they were hunting the wolf-god for 2 years. and before that they lived their more or less separate lives.

Terhi was hunter and raised hunting and sleigh dogs.

Elona was the leader of mercenary band, ship captain and a well-known bard in Far-South.

Sass was hedgemage who did odd jobs across farms and towns.

28: Is your character the de facto leader of the party? Or do they consider someone else to be the leader?

De facto leader

29: If you could choose a different faction for your Rook, which one would they have joined and why?

Maybe Lord of Fortune would make sense too for Terhi. hmmm as well with others too i guess

30: What's your favorite thing about your Rook?

I didn't have any good ideas for my Rook so I just went with my wolf hunters and surprisingly Terhi's motivation suited well to be a Rook. (Eh and elven veiljumper Rook's origins are conflicting/vague anyway so)

[rausule]

Romile o romula , Oorsprong van die Latynse taal Die eerstes kom van Evito af met die ekspedisies van die Romeine Latyn beteken ontdekkingsreisiger en dan het hulle 'n taal van Afrika-Europese wortels gedeel genaamd "Latyn, Valentino hier lê ons die bakstene van die beskawing  lt. Laat.”, waarop sommige ander tale wat deur naburige bevolkings gepraat is, 'n invloed gehad het, soos Etruskies, Oskaans, Umbries en die Grieks van die kolonies Magna Graecia. Latyn was dus oorspronklik die taal wat deur die

klein gemeenskap van herders wat lewe aan daardie dorpie gegee het en aansienlik verskil het van die idiome van die inwoners van die ander Lazio-dorpies. Soos alle tale het dit stadig ontwikkel en leksikaal en grammatikaal georganiseer. Van die Afrika-Europese wortel het hierdie taal fundamentele elemente behou soos die hoeveelheid vokale (kort of lank), die struktuur van die verbuigings, die ablaut. 2 Verder was ’n leksikale erfenis deel van die Afrika-Europese matriks wat woorde ingesluit het wat tot die mees uiteenlopende velde behoort, van dié wat atmosferiese verskynsels aandui (dies, nox, ventus) tot dié wat verwantskap aandui (pater, mater, frater), van die terme wat eie is aan godsdiens of van politiek (deus, rex) tot dié van familie en sosiale organisasie (dominus, sepelire) na dié wat verwys na fisiese of intellektuele aspekte (os, pes, genus, vivo, memini).

Dr De Beer

[steadydinosaurcherryblossom]

Send to 10 other bloggers you think are wonderful. Keep this going to make someone smile. 🤍

(from: @etruski)

Haha, you're definitely making me level up my fandom socialization. And you help me smile :)

[shut-up-danny-kun]

“Hear me out” cake challenge

Gaius here represents ALL the collosi, all of them.

(I stuck with video game characters because otherwise it would be too big of a cake, but you don't have to!)

I challenge you to make your own and tag 8 people!! @yaoibattlepass @fxoye2 @squidsandthings @icannotreadcursive @icantspellthings @etruski @art-ro-vert @arttsuka

Here's an explanation if you don't know what this is, and here is where I got the cake image from.