#i want to be excited for rook

[hot-wolf-summer]

my heart aches for solas

[timethehobo]

Manfred when [fill in your own scenario].

[nostalgiaclown]

I keep looking at that screenshot of Emmrich the one where he's pouting (mewing) a little looking at Rook and I can't help but keep thinking about the 'well-meaning' description of him, like, we're going to get a moment where man's so excited right? Like, he's having a complete passion nerd out moment we have to talk him down from? Maybe he wants to do something, but it's a dangerous, terrible idea

No cause like imagine that romance button popping up...

"Ah, you're quite right as usual, Rook, forgive me. I tend to get a little carried away sometimes..."

❤️: "No, I like it. You’re passionate..."

[sunshinemage]

meet Rook 🥰💙

[durgeapologist]

your guys' reblogs on my dreadrook gdl cameo audio are making me giggle SO FUCKING HARD!!! if you're new to my blog (there's a lot of you hi i love you all sooooooo bad) THEN JUST WAIT ANOTHER WEEK. i'm not saying i did it again...

but that's exactly what i'm saying.

[vaguely-concerned]

playing through where the dead must go with an ingellvar rook and......... oh. rook LOVES loves the grand necropolis actually huh. you can hear it in every line they say. I'm. so full of feelings I didn't expect this to hit so hard but between the voice lines, banger music and astounding visuals (TELL ME this game is ugly and that the visual style sucks while you meet me in these halls of grieving I fucking dare you) I feel second hand drenched with grief and melancholy on the inside what the fuck

(feat. lucanis coming along unwittingly meeting future in-laws and realizing that rook has been clenching their teeth with the effort of only seeming about 5% of the freak they actually are the entire time he's known them fhsadkjfsa. local man learns that the one thing future spouse is deadly fucking serious about is their role as a watcher. it's a little hot)

[a-whiff-of-a-dream]

Davrin kinda gives off 'Dad who didnt really want that dog, they got one for the kids though and now he has to care for it himself' vibes

[stop-breaking-my-heart-dragonage]

Alright, Veilguard, you won't tell me where Carver is...?

Fine.

I guess I have no choice but to find him myself by starting a third playthrough with Carver as Rook.

I've seen a couple of people doing Carver runs—which yesssss, if you're one of them then you're my favorite, thank you—it occurred to me that if I wanted more Rook Carver, I own the game... I could just do a run for myself and make my own Rook Carver AU.

Because my brain's been on fire about this for days at this point.

In my world state—which I still care about even if Veilguard doesn't—Carver's a Grey Warden. While it's not something he would've chosen for himself, it made him his own person, a better person. It won't erase the trauma of Ostagar, or bring Bethany back, but a life of killing darkspawn and helping people? It's enough. He can be content, if not happy, with it.

He and my Hawke, Ed, had a strong as hell relationship by the time DA2 ended. They kept in contact through everything. Carver wanted to be there when Corypheus returned; he, Ed, and Varric killed him together once, so he should be there to kill him again. When the other wardens started acting strange, he wanted to help Alistair figure out what the hell was happening.

He complained the entire time, but ultimately listened when Ed told him to go with Aveline to get away from everything. He and Alistair would fine.

Then the day came where he received a letter from Varric that his big brother is presumed dead after being left in the fade; "He wanted you to know that he always thought the world of you, Junior, and that he's sorry."

The Inquisitor made the ultimate call to let Ed stay behind instead of Alistair so the rest could escape. Because of course he did, of course his damn brother would leave him behind to play hero one last time. Of course he'd leave Carver alone with nothing but Gamlen left as family.

After that, Carver remained with the Grey Wardens until a familiar face appeared, one he really didn't want to see since Varric's just a big ol' reminder that Carver wasn't there and he should've been.

Like... there's so much. The reunion with Varric. Spending all the time together with Harding, tracking Solas down. Varric "getting hurt" during the ritual, leaving Carver in charge.

Carver sees all these eluvians, he meets the Veil Jumpers... and everywhere he looks, he's reminded of Merrill... and the way she made him feel once.

Going to Treviso for the first time and seeing it under antaam occupation and having flashbacks to Kirkwall's occupation but the qunari on the docks.

He reunites with Isabela, of all people, and it's like no time has passed and yet there's a deep sadness gnawing at him as they catch up because he knows it's coming; he knows she's going to ask about his brother and how Carver's doing.

He meets the Inquisitor face to face. The woman who made the decision that took his brother away. Sure, he understands now more than ever that it wasn't malicious. That it wasn't a winnable situation. Even Varric understood, and forgave her... but Carver hasn't.

Having Solas, the dread wolf from Merrill's stories and one of the last people to ever see Carver's brother alive because of course he was there for that, too... having him stuck in Carver's head. After he's calmed down, and after having talked to Solas a few times... he wants so badly to ask Solas if he remembers Ed. What he remembers. What Varric wouldn't tell him. But, asking that would give Solas a weakness, a means of manipulating him, and Carver can't risk that.

The Regret Prison. Just..... The REGRET PRISON.

Do you see my vision?

There's a lot, so after spending approximately forever in character creator while using reference screenshots from DA2, I've got him.

Somewhat.

As best as I can possibly get him.

Some notes:

-Trying to imagine Carver going from DA2 graphics to DAV graphics made me wanna rip my hair out. -It's unfortunate that there isn't a "salt and pepper" color for hair... because Carver absolutely has stress grays at this point. Also, not a lot of hairstyle choices, but this one has some sideburns. -I've stared at Carver's eyebrows for too long. -No mabari tattoos, so it's official: the mabari's on his ass, that's why you can't see it. And he can have a griffon on his bosom, as a treat. -Gave him some facial hair, but that's more for the roleplay reasons. He's been on the road with Varric and Harding, tracking Solas. No time to shave properly. He'll shave at the lighthouse. -He'll also have a new face scar at the lighthouse because he got hurt during the ritual and I want it to show like it does for Harding and Neve, even if I can't do the bruises and stuff. -He needs to drink some water because his voice is rough. -"Your last name is derived from your faction—" No. -He's not ready for all the shit ahead of us, but I am.

[danielnelsen]

i think the point i’m trying to get at in my tags on that recent post is basically…

the more choice you give your players, the less their choices matter, just from an entirely practical perspective. at some point you have to draw a line between letting the player have complete creative freedom with their character and making the player feel like their character has an established presence in the world

that was the whole thing with origins: you didn’t just go around with a few different options based on your race; you had a very different experience depending on your origin, specifically. a dwarf noble and dwarf commoner may both be from orzammar, but their reception upon returning is extremely different. city, dalish, and circle elves have completely different experiences throughout the whole game. human nobles and human mages get very different opportunities and reactions from all kinds of npcs. every character starts off feeling like they already exist and have friends and family and complicated circumstances

personally, i’ve never found it restrictive to be given a solid background. there will always be other options that it would be cool to have, but that line has to be drawn *somewhere*

if you compare da2 and dai, i’m very glad they didn’t try to add different backgrounds to da2 because *being hawke* is so integral to the game, so to add different backgrounds they’d have to write a whole in-depth plot for each of them; it’s not just about adding a few dialogue options

that was the problem with dai. given the scope of the game, i think they was right to give you options for your inquisitor, but they didn’t have time to write them in a way that actually made them feel like part of the world. and it doesn’t help that you spend the whole game very far from home with just a few text-based missions to interact with your past

so when they say there aren’t proper background options in veilguard beyond your race and faction and you’re gonna be able to come up with whatever backstory you want for your rook… that doesn’t make me feel excited, it just makes me feel like rook’s past won’t matter and won’t be relevant at any point. what happens when we visit the place that i’ve decided my rook is from? i’m not gonna run into any friends or family or awkward situations i left behind

sure, factions will give some background, but what did i do before my current job? i’m planning to play as a grey warden, and that’s not a life you just *happen* to be part of. i must already be a skilled and experienced fighter who decided (or was forced) to leave everything behind to follow a greater calling. i could have been anyone before that… so how will they make me feel like i already existed if they’re leaving that definition up to me?

[thanatologie]

honestly, it's easy to gauge the emotional intelligence / maturity of someone by how they react to to the harding-emmrich conversation about rook and emmrich's relationship.

[morrigan-sims]

Shittiest pose wip ever, but look!!! It's my babies!!! (my simself, two story characters, and a bunch of dnd ocs)

This is gonna be a pride month post eventually, assuming I can finish it in time.

[valiantvillain]

I have a mighty need for people to discuss my hype for Veilguard and my Rooks with. Most of my friends aren't really interested in it and I just really want to have some conversations where I can be genuinely excited and discuss theories and desires for the game.

[timethehobo]

Rook’s a little clingy.

[fenharel-babe]

28 more days until DATV.

[hirokiyuu]

Heddwyn "Wyn" Caldera is a freshman from Diasomnia. He's well known in alchemical circles for multiple revolutionary breakthroughs in the world of potions, the first of which he discovered at eight years old. Though invited to NRC last year at age thirteen, he waited a year before accepting a position at the school.

here he is my baby boy......!!!! been tossing this kid around in my head a lot lately and wanted to make a profile card for him to show him off to the world. imagine me as a proud parent and ive pulled this out of my wallet.

based off the black cauldron. both the movie and like. the cauldron itself. naturally he is good at potions. since the cauldron is essentially a mcguffin wanted by everyone the idea is that he's extremely good at what he does but is also pretty vulnerable to being used. he's also very stone-faced bc he's...... made of stone............ get it.............

template is from here!

[hiddenbysuccubi]

.... Veilguard spoiler?