#house of templars

[izunias-meme-hole]

Emperor Belos Appreciation Post

[vigilskeep]

Which obscure dragon age character would you most like to have dinner with?

widow maura from the hinterlands

[hometoursandotherstuff]

We love conversions and this one in Kriebsensgatan 16A, Sweden, is a townhouse in the former 1929 building that was built for activities of The Knights Templar. Now, that's unique, and several of the original features are still intact. It has 3bds, 2ba, SEK 8,975,000 / $871,958.

Lovely original entrance hall to the unit. Note the original doors.

Inside you will find a large living room.

And, look at the pocket doors revealing a mural of the Knights Templar symbol.

Bedroom #1 has some funky art.

There's quite a large dining room.

And, a nice kitchen with an original cabinet.

Up a few stairs is a pantry.

Stairs to the 2nd & 3rd bedrooms.

The room has a lovely alcove.

The 3rd bedroom is a little smaller, but it's nice and makes a good guest room.

And, look at this- the meeting hall is still intact, with the built-in benches, and balcony.

And, at the other end is a stage with the symbol.

Here's one of the baths.

Huge light and bright basement has a kitchenette and lots of potential.

The unit also has access to a lovely gated courtyard and parking.

Some original plans.

https://legrandpropriete.se/till-salu/kriebsensgatan-16a-gb0-vpk/

[ode-to-fury]

So I haven't thought of a way to end the Lucanis arc with House Dellamorte still in tact and in power BUT I do think that with the combined brain power and sheer determination of Caterina Illario and Rook they will be able to find a way to sort that shit out. It might involve tons of murder, maybe manipulation bribery and/or blood magic but by the maker they've got to keep the two idiot cousins alive somehow

[blueeyeddarkknight]

With great eyes comes high light and flashing sensitivity 👁️🕶️📸🥺

It gets overwhelming sometimes and he gets temporary blindness 😵😭

It evolves a lot of squinting in pics, wearing tinted glasses, even indoors (not to mention they look cool ❄️)

That's also why his house (new Mexico) is mostly lit by soft and yellow lights, scones💡 and candles 🕯️even the chandelier.

Source : the architectural digest

[corvus-frugilegus]

Man it really just hit me that if the Shadow Dragons existed in a modern our world city just how fast the magisterium and mass media would be out there propagandizing and pushing the narrative that the Shadows are dangerous terrorists who want to overthrow the state (and probably speculate that they intend to implement all kinds of terrible reforms that threaten only the powerful should they succeed). The plight of the resistance.

No doubt the Magisterium on the whole and the Venatori ARE pushing a narrative like that across Tevinter. Probably what your Average Antivan or Nevarran knows about the Shadows IS the propaganda. (Dangerous, Looking to impose their own views on the People of Tevinter by force).

Part of the struggle for Resistance Fighters IS how consolidated and interconnected systems of power are and what that means for how people understand them. Even the Shadows Allies like Dorian or Legatus Mercar aren't doing so openly. The Shadows are dangerous to be affiliated with. The heat Rook takes on the Nesus job probably got them branded the lore appropriate equivalent of domestic terrorist. There is undoubtedly a price on Rook's head in Minrathous. The stakes for any Shadow in getting identified are Very High.

I think if we really saw much of Minrathous outside Dock Town the reaction to the Shadow Dragons would be very different. Rook would probably be very on edge about being recognized.

Rook is infact probably very politically inconvenient for the Mercar family, even if the Mercar's agree with them entirely because of how much resisting oppression from within a system of power is a game of optics.

[theprincessandthepie]

replaying dragon age inquisition is just an exercise in “the rebel mages would not fucking do that”

[chao-mp3]

TW: GORE, BLOOD !!!!! and poorly drawn hands

uncensored version under the cut

scapegoat

[royaltea000]

Teutemp having their medieval wedding dance to Dancing and the Dreaming hit post

[vilnan]

mages who romance fenris and warriors who romance anders are my favourite dynamics

[mourn-and-watch]

rotating the thought of the chantry explosion backfiring on everyone who was affiliated with anders like kinloch hold or fereldan grey wardens. no way the chantry or its most initiative individuals wouldn't put the blame on anyone who was even slightly associated with the cause of the most defiant insult that had ever been inflicted on it. oh they would never leave one of the most lenient circles and the neutral™ organisation that accepts mages in their ranks alone after that

[izunias-meme-hole]

Edelgard Von Hresvelg Appreciation Post

[vigilskeep]

something to be said for playing cotj and then immediately hitting some of the worst templar sidequests in the hinterlands

[vigilskept]

3 and 12 for de riva

3. What was Rook’s life before their faction?

not great! she has some fond memories of growing up with her vashoth parents in rialto, but she was taken away by templars very young (6-7). being one of only two qunari kids in an incredibly andrastian circle didn't make for an amazing upbringing

she tried to track her parents down during the mage-templar war, but their old house had new tenants and no one really had any answers for her except that they'd left not long after she was taken away. she was about 14 at this point with no one to really rely on except the occasional charity of her old neighbours

(un)fortunately some crow guildmasters saw an opportunity in the conflict and started to 'offer shelter' to the younger mages that were left adrift during the rebellion. the ones that seemed like more trouble than they were worth were sold off to tevinter, but ones they saw potential in were brought to crow houses for training

dinara has been with house de riva ever since, and by the time the circles are reinstated by divine victoria (cass) there are dozens of others like her who have been 'recruited' by various crow houses

12. Does Rook have any family? Do they keep in touch?

her parents are alive, and doing well enough! they left for rivain about a year after she was taken to a circle as her mother was pregnant, and they worried another child might be taken away if they stayed

it was probably the right call as her younger brother, meraad, did turn out to be a mage, and he's doing much better than he would've been in antiva. he's about 15 now and informally apprenticed to a seer in the village his parents have settled in

they do get a chance reconnect while dinara's trying to shore up her agreements with the lords of fortune in rivain. it's not quite the warm welcome she'd imagined though, as her parents aren't well pleased that their daughter is unapologetically working as an antivan crow

on the flipside she resents their judgement, given that it was their absence from antiva that left her with nowhere to turn to. the crows were the ones who took her in after all!

50 questions for rook

[oopsallmabari]

me: oh i should write a flashback scene in ostwick circle that'd be a good thing to explore

me, 5 minutes later: i need to diagram the entirety of ostwick circle in my mind with floorplans

[fakeosirian]

cup of ankh is a reskinned holy grail. is this anything