#gallus headcanons

[murmurillo]

I have a headcanon that Gallus’s backstory in the Guild has a breaking bad, better call Saul vibe to it. Like his life was less of a fantasy tale, more of a criminal rise and fall novel? Here are some details:

the only times the guild was really ‘thriving’ were back in 170s when Gallus ruled it. before and after him, they were a simple bunch of thieves, more or less. Gallus did his math, realised that (economically speaking) this ‘business model’ was unviable, and re-organized the guild into a vast syndicate providing all kinds of shady services

he won his reign in a competition against Mercer; the competition was to steal the Imperial Crown (right before the coronation of Titus Mede II). When Gallus returned to the guild, the thieves wanted to keep the crown as a symbol of their glory, but Gallus played a humble man and gave a passionate (and very much planned) speech about him not wanting to be anyone’s ‘king’ but being there to serve his people. Later, he sawed the crown into jewels, sold each one separately and therefore made an impressive starting fund for all his investments and renovations

He hired all sorts of young and impressionable misfits and trained them into becoming skilled copyists, gamblers, messengers, swindlers, and so on - so much that actual thieves became a minority of the guild members and its associates. Mercer sarcastically offered to change the name to ‘Chicanery Guild’ but eventually Gallus proved that shady land deals were worth A LOT more gold than stealing some gilded pots now and then

He had a young secretary that he personally pulled out of jail to work for him. The secretary was gay af and got absolutely infatuated with Gallus (who didn’t mind because additional loyalty never hurts)

Mercer and Maven started as business partners and continued as cynical lovers who enjoyed luxury and making fools out of people

Delvin and Glover, and later Brynjolf and Vex were a part of the ‘hire the orphans’ program. Vex joined the guild as a child who lost her family in the Great War, and was trained personally by Karliah, with whom she had an adorable big sister/little sister relationship. Brynjolf, in his turn, was Mercer’s young apprentice

Gallus had personal beef with the Empire because the Imperials jailed and executed Dralsi Indoril (his mentor and saviour, and Karliah’s mother) without a trial. So much that he intentionally financed Thalmor during the war (his biggest mistake that he came to realise when it was already too late)

Dealing with Thalmor required even more money, so Gallus resorted to drug trade (and later drug production, which became his very personal side business with Enthir)

He learned the Falmer language to keep his drug schemes and writings safe from everyone (especially Mercer)

Eventually he developed an addiction himself, but Mercer and Karliah discovered it and decided to take action. Mercer didn’t want to betray Gallus from the start: he stole the Key to save him

Using the Key, Mercer broke into Gallus’s safe fearing that he might have kept the stuff in there, but found his encoded trade plans instead. He deciphered them and got shocked that Gallus not only kept the drug money in the guild, but transferred it to the enemy of the state

Mercer tried to expose Gallus, but he and everyone else just laughed at his face. ‘What’s that, you say? Falmer writings? And we’re supposed to believe you’? THIS IS HOW ‘THE PURSUIT’ SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE GAME

Trying to play bigger and bigger, searching for risk and fulfilment, Gallus dragged himself into a zugzwang. Thalmor had him, and so did the drug business, so when he discovered that Mercer stole and kept the Key (which meant that the Nightingales had failed, and Gallus was the one to blame), it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. ‘I am a dead man one way or another’

Mercer also didn’t plan on killing Gallus, he kinda saw it as an option. They had a super-complicated friend/rival relationship, and in fact, Mercer automatically rushed to save Gallus whenever there was a danger,

So yeah, they fought at the Snow Veil, but after defeating Gallus, Mercer felt something like ‘damn I can’t let him go’. And he would have saved him, but Karliah interfered, and the time was lost - and so was the chance

Mercer improvised and framed Karliah for murder, but he never really tried to track and take her down (that’s why she freely wandered around for 25 years)

In terms of behaviour, Gallus was somewhat of a Gus Fring type, and Mercer was a Lalo Salamanca one

Tldr: Gallus was super intelligent and curly and adorable but ALSO a slightly psychopathic risk addict who basically brought death upon himself, and Mercer was a cool guy who didn’t resist the temptation to become even cooler, and Karliah was a sweet cinnamon roll.

[iivieberry]

Didn’t plan on posting it at first but Veilguard’s companions headcanons !!!!!!

You can find the version without the panties on my Twitter bluesky and Patreon 🧡

[emmg]

Lucanis is 100% the passport dad of the group. He has a color-coded folder of everyone's documents, a pen, a backup pen, and snacks. He’s already memorized the gate number, and honestly, he’s just tired. Tired of all of them.

Meanwhile, Harding and Taash are at the duty-free perfume counter, trying to huff their way into new allergies. "What if I sprayed this directly into my eyes?" "Only one way to find out."

Davrin and Assan have declared war on a vending machine that ate his money.

Emmrich is in the VIP lounge, where he’s sipping a $20 coffee and having a full-blown academic debate with Johanna who happens to be taking the same flight. It’s about something absurd, like "Does the number of airport Wi-Fi bars correlate with societal decay?" Hezenkoss did not come to play, and now the barista is their unwilling moderator.

Neve’s at the bar. She’s on her third martini and halfway through some case files, glaring at anyone who so much as looks like they might strike up a conversation. She’s also definitely pretending she doesn’t know any of them.

And Bellara? Bellara is just gone. Like, not even in the airport anymore. Somehow she’s ended up in a completely different country. There’s a 50/50 chance she’s fine and living her best life, or she’s single-handedly causing an international incident. Wherever she is, she has absolutely no regrets.

[ellie-writes-games]

Lucanis Lunchboxes Entry 4: Magister's Honey Pastry

What if Lucanis packed Rook lunchboxes with little notes in them throughout the main story?

My headcanon is that Lucanis mentions coffee so often in the game because it's a safe premise to spend time with Rook. Like when Emmerich askes him for dating advice, the only two things Lucanis can point to are knives and coffee. Oh, our sweet Treviso baby. You need to get out more.

***This is some fanfiction/fanart from an elder millennial (me) who is stuck in Thedas. These are NOT actual screenshots from the game.

[ladylentejita]

Life at the Lighthouse doesn’t offer many distractions, but luckily, a good portion of the team happens to be book nerds.

So, Rook establishes a tradition: reserving a special book to read aloud together by the kitchen hearth.

Naturally, Rook gets to pick the first book and chooses a steamy romance novel.

“Whait for it” Rook announces with a breathless gasp of excitement.

Bellara leans in closer, eyes wide with anticipation. Lace kicks her feet in giddy excitement, while Neve takes a measured sip of her coffee, managing to maintain her composure better than the others—but still clearly intrigued.

Rook clears their throat dramatically, taking a moment to find the right tone, letting the suspense build among their audience.

“You are the bane of my existence...” Rook begins, pausing just long enough to watch everyone hold their breath.

“And the object of all my desires.”

The instant the line is delivered, Rook lets out a strangled gasp and hides their face behind the book. Bellara grabs their arm, shaking them, while she and Lace scream in unison with Rook.

“… That was intense” Neve remarks dryly, amused by her teammates’ over-the-top reactions.

Lucanis remains composed and silent, but is the most invested.

Of course, Rook insists Lucanis re-reads the passage aloud again.

“It's going to be soo much better with your voice”

[aves-rook-laidir]

I can feel myself becoming more and more familiar with DaTV now, like, the characters are becoming more familiar. I find myself thinking about them when I’m going about my day, filling in the gaps of who they are with my own headcanons. Like, did you know Emmrich is deaf in his left ear? He got slammed in his first week of combat training as an Apprentice. He was so annoyed about this that from that point on he worked really hard to practice combat, and to his, and everyone else surprise, was brilliant at it. It’s funny really, that this calm, gentle professor known for floating around picking flowers can knock you off your feet if you test him. Taash was the first to pick up on it, they didn’t bring it up just started fighting on his left.

Or Davrin, he keeps pushing off Bellaras attempts to talk to him about the gods, because he just can’t think about it. If he did it would be like a waterfall. He spent the most formative years of his life caring for Halla in the forest, Ghilan’nain is the Mother of Halla! His clan lived and breathed her worship, whether or not he keeps religion now, her presence is interweaved throughout his childhood, and it was all crap, she was nothing more than a psychopath mage, he can’t think about it.

Hallas make Bellara sneeze, but she denies it.

Lucanis was so overwhelmed that he missed his shot at Weisshaupt it took him nearly a day to utter a word to any of them, he left to be on his own as soon as possible and the moment he was alone he had a panic attack.

Harding often thinks back to Haven, and when the inquisition was just stating out. How she had thought back then that Varric and Solas were old friends, they way they walked together in the hinterlands, chatting about nothing in particular, felt so…comfortable. She misses those days terribly.

Neve didn’t lose her leg in some fantastic battle against the Venatori or a Dragon fight, she was just born without it. Sometimes people are just born different.

When Rook awoke from Solas telling her the truth about the Archdemons, she was so stunned and in shock that when she walked down the stairs to discuss with the others, she fell down them much to everyone’s alarm.

Having to fight a dragon in Treviso almost immediately after meeting cemented a close connection between Rook and Davrin, literally thrown into hell together.

Dorian was the only one able to get anywhere close to that dragon in Minrathos, managed to get a hit square in its eye, but it wasn’t enough. The Iron Bull was in the city the week before, but by the time the dragon attacked he was halfway to the Free Marches.

They all regularly play cards and games around the dining room table.

Taash keeps a small sketchbook on them where they likes to draw all the dragons they meets, they also pets every dog and cat they come across. They sneak hugs from Assan when they think no one is looking.

Emmrich gets Bellara to talk academic theory with him a lot as a form of distraction because he knows she lies awake at night having a never ending crisis of faith.

Bellara often worries and frets that Lucanis isn’t eating enough even though he’s feeding everyone. Lucanis worries the same thing about her.

Lucanis is dyslexic as fuck got really self conscious about how long it was taking him to read one of Neves novels, well, until he realised he literally wasn’t being judge at all actually.

Harding grows elf root to smoke it. Dream blunt rotation to be honest.

Communicating with the dead the way Emmrich does is harder than it looks, it takes a lot of stamina and if the connection is held for too long he’s prone to nosebleeds.

They spar and practice combat in the courtyard in front of the dining hall, usually one v one with the others sitting on the steps watching. Neve keeps encouraging them to take bets.

When Aves sleeps on the green couch, she often wakes up to find Assan curled up nearby. Either that or Emmrich hovering over her because she was screaming in her sleep again and he could hear her in the next room.

Taash and Bellara I’m still working on.

[wanderingjedi77]

Not my Rook trying to stay up late and work and everyone constantly checking on her. Not Bellara calling Rook Ma Vhenan or Rook finding little love notes from Davrin after a long day. Not my Rook hiding away to draw on missions and Taash keeping close to ward off any demons. Not my Rook getting protective of her companions and them finding it endearing or Lace braiding Rook's hair during meetings. Not Lucanis making Rooks favorite dessert or Neve hugging Rook from behind.

[catyo90]

Romance Scenes I Imagine for Veilguard Companions

Davrin: Outside Rook sees him with his griffin Assan, training it and nurturing it, As they speak he reveals how he found and/or tamed her. Rook asks if how big Assan will get and plays fetch with her. Inbetween throws Rook and Davrin flirt with each other and the last throw causes Assan to jump on Davrin while Rook laughs and helps him up, with a small pause inbetween.

Taash: Like other qunari, trains hard and in need of practice asks Rook to join her for a sparing match, here the player may decide to let her win and go easy on her, or the opposite. Who ever loses laughs it off and the winner comments how cute the loser looks when they laugh, after the loser gets up and says they should do this again sometime. The winner hates to see them leave but loves watching them go.

Harding: In the nearby lounge, Rook asks about her past with the Inquisition, She tells how she was there in the final fight against Corypheus and how Solas was good/bad. (Depends on Inquistors view). She then shows them all the corresponding letters between her and the past companions, with some hidden mentions of past relationships when Rook asks if she ever was with anyone else. She claims that its a tale for another time. After that Rook asks to keep her company while she writes responses, where Harding smiles.

Lucanis: Rook finds him in the Library (early morning or late night.) overlooking old contracts on multiple mages and others in need of a quick end. He sits at a desk with a cup of coffee and kettle. Rook asks if he ever regrets taking a life, (answers depends on class) where he explains that contracts are like a game of Wicked Grace, some cheat the deck and win, others play honest and lose. He tries to change the subject, he seems tired where he sips his coffee and offers Rook a cup to enjoy with him.

Bellara: In the wave of a sudden inspiration to create, Rook finds her tinkering with fade magic, where a small minor explosion of colorful smoke surrounds the room, Bellara walks through now covered in rainbow hue, she snorts and laughs as she pulls Rook into the room showing a new update to her gauntlet. Rook impressed and scare-roused from her intrigue offers any help, (all classes as well get blasted with another cloud of color.) Bellara laughs at Rook and wipes away the stains on their face before punching Rooks arm laughing again at their wacky experiments and conclusion.

Emmerich: In the study Rook walks in on him using magic on Manfred, who makes puns about the situation and after noticing you gets distracted causing the spell to cause Manfred to fall into a pile of bones, Emmerich, slightly annoyed and now has to deal with putting him back together properly, basically volunteers you to help each time you pick up a bone, Manfred jokes claiming its in the wrong spot. While this happens Emmerich gets to know you better and says how your not entirely hopeless as Manfred cackles laughing with a arm around saying if he wants your attention he needs to be nicer.

Neve: Rook sees her in the main chamber of the base, smoking on her pipe with her hair down reading a particular book, Hard in Hightown. She claims how the way Varric writes is quite good but romanticized as the true art of finding the culprit is scientific, not emotional. (LIke Sherlock Holmes) How the art of deduction can change the life of everyone, but it can be messy at times as well. Where we see her cross her protetic leg under her other. She is unsure whether to show it or not. After all the incident was not light on the mind. Rook eases her mind in telling her that she doesn't have to talk about it until she is ready.

[gallusneve]

neve gallus proudly showing off her 999+ fascinators to rook for several ocassions

neve gallus speaking/cursing in tevene

neve gallus helping the inquisitor get a super cool dwarven prosthetic for their arm

neve gallus, dorian pavus, and maevaris tilani drinking together and discuss fashion or trying to fix tevinter

neve gallus and bellara lutare discussing cool features of their prosthetics/gadgets together

neve gallus being fascinated by emmrich volkarin's research/published papers

romanced!neve gallus using her ice specialty to help a rook struck with a fever; cooling hands on their forehead

romanced!neve gallus having her neck scarf tied by rook lovingly to get ready

romanced!neve gallus, being a cynic, will probably need some convincing that rook's love and affection are sincere

romanced!neve gallus sharing her smoke pipe with rook

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

I can picture the non-polyam discussions about Neve and Lucanis' build up, they seem like characters people would feel proprietary over. But I'm definitely enjoying the underlying tension in their banter, they have a sexy and mature dynamic and I do tend to take them everywhere with me. I also like that Lucanis is different in how he approaches his flirtation with Rook, it's slow and uncertain. Quietly intense.

Looking forward to romancing Neve next time.

[littledragondork]

I don’t care what anyone says

I headcanon that Brynjolf saw Gallus as a father figure

[thedragonagelesbian]

also i wonder which came first for neve: the detective-ing or the magic. she was probably always curious, but those investigative skills--seeking the truth, parsing fact from fiction, asking questions, noticing details and discrepancies, trying to piece together a coherent whole--would be really useful for a mage who has to be constantly looking out for possession...

[therookandthecrow]

If my Rook Aloisius romances Neve instead of Lucanis I can see him acting quite dense about possibly getting her pregnant in the Lighthouse, because the Fade is not like the material realm, and he'd be all "How did I get you pregnant? We were in the Fade!" and Solas explains it to him like he's five.

He's so emotionally dense that he'd be like aloisius.exe stopped working as soon as he develops feelings for her. He internalizes not being good enough for her - largely due to him being an elf and her being a human, let alone a Tevinter human. Furthermore, he's fully aware of how elves are seen by most of Tevinter.

Another hurdle he'd have to contend with is that as a Shadow Dragon, he has some hang-ups about getting involved with someone in the same faction as him because he doesn't like to mix work with relationships. There is that, and how Neve is one of the very few women he's ever been truly attracted to and has a mini-crisis about being reminded that he's actually bi.

I literally made him just for Lucanis, but if he chooses to romance Neve in my first playthrough I'd let him. I actually ship him with both Lucanis and Neve now, and when someone makes a multiple romance mod for Veilguard, I'd romance him with both of them.

[incorrectmlpstudentsixquotes]

Whos the most likely to get arrested for attempting something they saw in a movie

First off, let’s all be honest with ourselves, Smolder has already been to juvie. This girl has 100% shoplifted from multiple storefronts and she is not sorry.

Gallus too, but he’s a little bit more broken up about it and mainly just did it for food when he was starving. He also managed to avoid juvie due to equal parts Grandpa Gruff intervening on his behalf and just Griffonstone having such crap infrastructure that the cases never really went to any kind of official court.

Ocellus has committed atrocities. Twilight knows that she’s committed atrocities and knows that Chrysalis is at least 90% to blame for that. She knows Ocellus needs therapy, not jail time.

Yona has a few assault and destruction of property charges under her belt, but she’s thankfully managed to avoid jail time due to equal parts being genuinely willing to either pay or work off the damages to settle out of court, a lot of those assault charges being ruled in self-defense, and just the reluctant acceptance that no prison could ever hold her.

Silverstream has never committed a crime before meeting her friends, but she’s since tried to in order to be arrested because she wanted to know what it was like, especially after finding out so many of her friends are ‘hardened criminals’. So far, her crime sprees have involved graffiti and other forms of public art. Said graffiti was so beautiful that one of the store owners even paid her for the ‘commission’.

Sandbar is so freaking pure that cartoon birds braid his hair. The closest this boy has ever gotten to committing a crime is accidentally loitering, after which he wrote an apology letter to the store owners.

You would think, because of her family, that Swift Foot would probably have the biggest laundry list of crimes out of all her friends. But in practice, every bad thing she’s ever done has always been on the orders of her father. Meaning they’re not officially recognized as crimes in Thrace because it was the will of their king. The one bad thing she did outside of Thrace’s borders was the whole Feats of Friendship thing, and that was more just a dick-move than it was an actual crime.

[thiedas]

datv companion heights:

bellara: 5’6

davrin: 5’8

lucanis: 5’7

neve: 5’6

taash: 6’10