#jukkari yaps

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🌼🍀 for the Rook ask! xx

Thanks for asking <3

Gonna give answers for Hugo de Riva (because he's the current Rook I'm playing) and for Alectris (who is not a Rook, but I love her anyway)

🌼 If someone was to ask Spite what Rook smells like, what would he say?

Hugo: Despite his gear being in pristine condition these days, Hugo somehow always smells like rust according to Spite, rust and salt water. Hugo suspects it might be some leftovers of his childhood spent diving for pearls in docks of Rialto. Back then he didn't have much but an old pairing knife that despite his best efforts was always rusty and barely sharp enough to do it's job.

Alectris: Alectris smells like hot coals and nutmeg and sand on the beach right after rain. She insists she has no clue where she got any of these ideas, but truth is she just hates how it all makes sense. She might see herself as a soldier first and mage second but fire has always been her go to type of magic, nutmeg might as well be the only thing that Seheron has not soured for her and the smell of the beach after rain is the first sensation that comes to her mind when she thinks of that one time she nearly died.

🍀 Has Rook had any near-death experiences? What went through their mind during what they thought was going to be their final moments?

Hugo: As a Crow Hugo has a very skewed idea about what experiences count as "near-death" but when he was a freshly promoted full-fledged Crow he got a contract on a sommelier. He ended up drinking his own poison to trick the mark into believing the wine is safe. He did drink an antidote before hand but much to Viago's disappointment poisons were never his strong suit and he nearly offs himself as well. His thoughts at the time? "Maker, if Viago hears about it he'll never let it go."

Alectris: Alectris has brushed with death a couple of times mostly during her time on Seheron, but the closest call she had was during a Qunari ambush including a Saarebas. Her last thoughts at that time were about her team and if any of them made it alive (a few did!).

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Shoutout to that one friend you can chat with endlessly about DA and who shares key updates about DAV without spoiling the game :D Check out what Jukkari came up with! A super cool, independent OC that fits perfectly into Thedas' events! I'm excited to hear more about Alectris' adventures - and also about the possibility of yapping about the new game and the characters we'll play :D I've been steering clear of all the buzz around DAV - avoiding spoilers and info as much as possible to experience Veilguard without any preconceived notions or expectations. Can’t wait for its release. I’ve been a massive DA fan since DAO came out - just been keeping it low-key ^^

DA4 - Rook/ OC - Alectris

You know what, I'm gonna be a bit insane on here. Tagging as spoiler, just in case, but it's mostly just info dump on a character that's probably not even gonna be Rook really but a separate OC.

I thought her up initially last year and now with all the DATV things coming up she's been taking up most of my brainpower.

Details under the cut, ask me anything I guess?

Name: Alectris (possibly will stick with Mercar, it's a good surname me thinks)

Nickname: Tris

Age: 29

Nationality: Tevinter

Family: Comes from a Laetan family

Long standing mage family but with no confirmed links with the ancient dreamers, so they never made it to Altus status

5th child

Her siblings are all older than she is, 2 sisters and 2 brothers

Looks: Rather tall at 178 cm Alectris is average build, yet quite physically strong for a mage. With slightly off torso to arms and legs proportions, people sometimes compare her to a young foal. She has fair skin with freckles, which are most common on her face and shoulders, but can be found on her whole body. 

Her shoulder length dark brown hair usually in a semi up-do to keep them from falling over her eyes. She has brown-amber eyes.

Skills:

(Based on the mage skill tree and whatever the heck i want) Primarily a spell blade, front line combatant using sword and casting shields.

Skilled elemental mage, primarily focused on lightning magic with fire to fill in the mix.

Crap at hexes and couldn't heal a paper cut if her life depended on it.

Personality

Alectris is rough around the edges. Witty and sharp, she prefers to deflect personal questions with sarcasm instead of addressing her feelings head on, very much unlike her approach to pretty much anything else in her life. She's resilient and focused when needed, but needs a goal to channel her energy into or she becomes restless and apathetic. Pragmatic and self-sufficient she tends to prefer simple solutions that she can count on herself to complete.

In the field she tends to favor group effort, after years of military service, she has learned the value of a good team that she can rely on. A front line fighter she specializes in close combat and shields to keep her team out of harm.

Background

Alectris has managed to fumble through most of her early life with a mix of bad luck and surprising resilience.

The youngest child in the family, she didn't produce any magic until the "ripe old" age of 11, making it the latest in the recent family memory.

She's been taught at home since then with barely any breaks to catch-up to her peers and when deemed satisfactory she has joined the circle of magi in Vyrantium by the age of 15, where she's remained for the next 4 years with mixed results. While determined and sharp, she's excelled in evocation magic, but fell short in most other fields like hexes and healing, making her a rather uninteresting protege. As she was aging out of the circle slowly without the scientific inclination her family has decided to push her towards military service. If she could not support the family's good standing by her apprenticeship she could at least show their devotion to Tevinter at the border.

After signing up she's done her first 4 years by various imperial borders, spending most of her time by Nevarra and Anderfels. Faced with either returning to the capital and her parents who would see her join the nobility on the salons or signing up for another military contract she chose the latter, this time initially stationed by the Free Marches she ended up sent to Seheron where she's spent nearly 2 years, fighting for Tevinter.

By the end of the second year there was not much left in her to give thus, ultimately she's been discharged at 27 and sent back to her family in Minrathous, where shortly after her return they've made sure to parade her around as a proof of their devotion to the country. Having already lost nearly third of her life for the service, Alectris fails to blend in with the socialite, who are either too arrogant or too stupid for her tastes, while they in turn see her as someone too brutish for their refined sensibilities.

About 2 years pass by the time Solas' ritual happens and Tris feels disconnected from both her fellow soldiers by the nature of her background and the higher society by the lack of shared experiences. At this juncture she finds herself drawn to both Lucerni in the magisterium and the Shadow Dragons as a means of carving out some space for herself in the world that does not seem to be used to people in her position.

Trivia:

Morning person (extremely morning person, usually one to be up first)

Loves storms and rain

Loves the sea

Loves watching the sunrise

Has a lot of physical ticks (taps fingers on the table, taps heel on the floor, bites nails)

She plays piano (always wanted to play violin, but her eldest brother was made to learn it first and why would you have multiple children playing the same instrument?)

Loves fruits, sour the most

Dislikes sweets

Loves herbology, alchemy and poisons studies, she can craft basic potions if needed, but best keep her out of any laboratory (or kitchen, this lady doesn't know how to cook)