#lydia ingellvar

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Trying to get back in the habit of working in my sketchbook so here’s my Mourn Watch Rook, Lydia, circa Veilguard present and when she was first found in the Necropolis as a baby (until canon directly contradicts me I’m headcanoning that bb!Lydia liked being held by Vorgoth) and First Enchanter AU!Amira.

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I spent the entire rest of my night making my other four Rooks, so here they are beside their love interests! Altogether we have:

Thalia Mercar (Mage - Evoker, 28)

Maia Aldwir (Rogue - Veil Ranger, 32)

Emilia de Riva (Rogue - Duelist, 29)

Lydia Ingellvar (Mage - Death Caller, 32,)

Violet Thorne (Warrior - Champion, 30)

Some fun facts about each of them:

Thalia has a huge tortie cat named Lady Meowmers. When she had to leave Minrathous to travel with Varric, Lady Meowmers went into the collective care of the Shadow Dragons. Thalia brings her back to the Lighthouse at the first opportunity. Also, Thalia's hair is dyed; she dyed it purple with magic. This was when she was eighteen and left home for the first time; the spell never wore off, and at this point she doesn't clearly remember her original hair color.

Maia's parents left her their Dalish clan shortly before she was born. She grew up in a city in the Free Marches until she was ten, when her parents' original clan settled in a forest just beyond the city's borders, and Maia — exploring the forest as she often did — met her grandmother. Maia agreed to stay with her grandparents and live as a Dalish; her parents never found out what happened to her.

Emilia was sold to the Crows at age three. Her family was impoverished to the point of starving, and in return for coin and the promise that Emilia would have food in her belly, her parents took the deal and sold her. Despite the sobering way she got there (and the traumas of Crow training, particularly before her transfer to House de Riva), she genuinely enjoys her work and considers herself a killer for hire and for fun.

Lydia has natural heterochromia (one blue eye, one purple one) and never left the Grand Necropolis at all before she had to leave on her journey with Varric. Both her eyes and skin are very sensitive to bright sunlight as a result. She sees Vorgoth as both a best friend and parental figure, and secretly wishes that she, too, could become an abomination, if only there was a spirit that wanted to possess her.

Violet looked up to the Grey Wardens since childhood, when a pair of Wardens saved her and her siblings from darkspawn. She sought them out to join them when she was 22, after suffering ten months in an arranged marriage to a fellow noble. (Her husband was not cruel, but being a Lady of the House was like torture to Violet, who felt it was a waste of her life.) Apple tarts are her favorite food, and her ritewine bottle reads: "A thorn by any other name will make you bleed the same."

[lasandra]

I finished my first playthrough of Veilguard. Not going to get into spoilers but here are more of my Rooks that I plan on playing.

Lydia Thorne: She is the daughter of my favorite warden, Aurora Amell, and Alistair. I headcanon that Thorne is a name she uses to hide who her family is. Once people find out she's the daughter of the Hero of Ferelden, people just don't treat her the same.

Rucara (her nicknames are either Rook or Cara) Ingellvar: She is the sweetest, purest being in Thedas lol. She's supposed to be the reincarnation of Ciara, my Warden Surana who made the Ultimate Sacrifice back in DA:O

Tamrin Aldwir: Tamrin is headcannoned to be if Lyna Mahariel and Tamlen had gotten together and had a daughter. (Can you tell I am obsessed with my wardens?). She has her father's reckless curiosity and her mother's kind nature.

And for funsies, I am throwing in another couple pictures of Carwyn de Riva because I love her so much. I genuinely love her more than the Inquisitor which is somewhat surprising to me. Girl can't take anything seriously.

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My Rook and Emmrich 💀 💗 + Inky!!

[sun-marie]

i am not immune to the ingellvar

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Finished DA:TV the other day with my lovely Lydia Ingellvar... so... new Rook alert ⚠️

+ his boyfriend