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[lyriumsings]

4, 14 and 24 from the fifty (more) rooks qs?

4. What does Solas think of Rook?

I leaned very hard into Rook being a lot like Solas. So, he sees a lot of himself when he was younger, but also not? On a surface level they’re very parallel. Both fighting an oppressive system right subjugate them. Both having mixed feelings about it because it’s their home and they love it, but it’s so fractured and wrong. The main difference between the two is Kataleya never plays god. She doesn’t willingly sacrifice people, or entire like platoons. She doesn’t believe in “by any means necessary”, and firmly believes there’s always a choice. I think Solas (initially) sees this as a weakness, and wants to push her to be more like him. Like he can see she’s in the track but she isn’t there and she can’t “be the leader” until she is there, if that makes sense. She’s also very mouthy towards him in the beginning and I think this annoys him, but also he admires it. Like even if he doesn’t see himself as a god he’s stupid powerful and she’s all but giving him the finger so LMAO. But yeah, he has a very unintentional begrudging mentor-ly attitude towards her.

14. Do any romances bloom between the other Veilguard companions? What does Rook think of the pairings?

I have two other ocs so far for Neve and Emmrich. Neve is going to be romanced by Kat’s estranged Crow half-sister, Nymira. and she’s actually very happy about it lol. Neve and Nymira very much start off on the wrong foot. Neve is also Kat’s best friend throughout the course of Veilguard, so she really didn’t like mediating between the two. When they get together she’s like wasn’t on my bingo card but i’ll take it?

Emmrich is romanced by my oc Sienna. She’s a Mournwatch Mage that Kataleya met when she was still training under her father to be his heir. Shes who trained her in necromancy and Kataleya…did not care for it lol. Anyway, Sienna romances Emmrich and tbh Kataleya respects it lol. She respects Sienna for going after what she wants, and she respects Emmrich’s insane game lmao. Tbh i think she’s very protective of them both? She thinks they’re really cute and wants nothing bad to happen to them ever. I think she’s probably one of the first to be 100% supportive of them. She trusts both of their judgement implicitly. Kataleya takes a minute warm up to people, and to trust, but with these two it was like she couldn’t help but make space for them in her heart tbh.

24. What were the thoughts going through Rook’s head, at D’Meta’s Crossing? What did they decide to do with the mayor?

Honestly? She was terrified. I don’t think she’s ever had experience with blight or dark spawn ever in her life so to be faced with this? It chilled her to the bone. I think what really got her is she couldn’t think of a way to fix it. In Tevinter, there’s always a big bad she can get to with a well-timed spell, slaves she can free to hurt their pockets, and Venatori to bleed to hurt their moral. But this was just so far beyond her, like she’s resolved to fix it because she has to but she doesn’t have a clue how in the beginning. And she absolutely leaves his ass to rot, and then kills him later when he turns. The way he used the Dalish as pawns for the promise of gold? Absolutely not. She would die before lifting a finger to help him tbh.