#nyth rook

[crownedinmarigolds]

Promised @thesixthplaneteer I would so I did! Nyth and Noa with their respective love interests. :3 They're very happy for the other...

[thesixthplaneteer]

I wanted to post this sooner but it took my several tries to get him right but here he is! Rook in the imagine of Nythanel! He's a Qunari - Mage - Grey Warden.

Unfortunately even making him as short as possible he's still taller than pretty anyone else.

[thesixthplaneteer]

I know you've gotten so many but I'll toss my Rook in the ring!

Love your art!

Ok now that my ranting is out of the way, I’ll start taking Rook requests for my daily warmups.

Reblog with an image of your Rook and I might draw yours, similar to what I did with Tavs! No promises on how many I do, we’ll see what I can get to with the free time I have.

[gooseking]

IT’S THE BABIES! So if you’ve been keeping up with my stories, you know I’ve been learning Welsh. And I heard this Welsh folk song about undying love, and I needed to draw Fletcher singing it to Apollo!

Trio'r wythnos yn flwyddyn, troi'r flwyddyn yn dair

Rwy'n ffaelu troi 'nghariad i siarad un gair

Troi'r afon i'r ffynnon, troi'r ffynnon i'r ty

Rwy'n ffaelu troi 'nghariad 'run feddwl â mi

Troi'r ceffyl i'r gwedde, troi'r ychen i'r ddôl

'Rwy'n ffaelu troi 'nghariad i orwedd yn 'y nghôl.

Tra fyddo caich ar dalcen plas

Tra fyddo clomen blufen las

Tra fyddo'r fran yn troi'n ei nyth

'Fanwylyd fach a gara'i byth.

Trafyddor'r eryr draw'n yr allt

Tra fyddo dwr y môr yn hallt

Tra fyddo'r ych yn pori'r ddôl

'Fanwylyd fach ni 'dawai'n ôl.

Turn the week to a year, turn the year into three

I can't turn my true love to speak to me

Turn the river to a well, turn the well to the house

I can't turn my true love to think like me

Turn the horse to the yoke, turn the ox to the field

Oh i can't turn my true love to sit on my knee.

While there is lime on the mansion roof

While a dove has feathers gray

While the rook turns in its nest

I will love my dear the best.

While the eagle is on the hill

While the sea is salty still

While there are oxen on the dale

I won't leave my dear behind.

[crownedinmarigolds]

"Stick with us, Master Tethras and every mission is a hurrah!"

"Hopefully not the final one like Senora Hidalgo mentioned..."

Nyth and Noa - Grey Wardens off on another whirlwind adventure!

[crownedinmarigolds]

Light sketching between commissions - feeling a little stir-crazy this weekend! Gah! This is Nyth (@thesixthplaneteer) and Noa in Dragon Age!

Short version of their backstories:

- Nyth's parents were an elf and a qunari from the Qunari homelands who became Tal-Vashoth and fled to the main continent. Nyth showed signs of magical talent around age six, which his parents encouraged cautiously. He was a great help most in the garden, the plants seeming to like his voice. However, when Nyth was about eight or nine, his home was attacked by strange raiders and his parents killed. A follow-up patrol of the local Templars came around and he was put into the Antivan Circle, thankfully not slain for being clearly Qunari. For the next half decade or so, he grew up being side-eyed by his fellow mages for his physical differences, but thrived despite it all.

- Noa was the daughter of an Antivan noble who showed magical prowess very young, and her father instead of handing her over to the Circle had her learn under tutors and kept her hidden in her home. All was well, but in her frustrations of lack of freedom and her obsession with her brother, she killed her brother's fiance with her magics and ultimately was sent to the Antivan Circle so she could "learn to control herself." Her brother, clearly obsessed in the same manner, tried to fight off the templars that came for her, slaying a prominent figure in the process, but ultimately fled capture and is on the run. A mark for the Antivan Crows whenever he is found again. Arriving at the Circle at age twelve, she meets Nyth who immediately takes a liking to this down for murder weird girl, and the two become fast friends and troublemakers, much to the annoyance of the First Enchanter. Clearly the First Enchanter wanted to make an example out of a Qunari and a Noble, but together they're menaces.

More under the cut IDK <3

((This is all happening parallel to the Inquisition story-line, but they are not a part of the Inquisition. They would be eleven or twelve years older in the Veilguard storyline from this one. Nyth is about nineteen and Noa is seventeen at the actual start of the Grey Warden journey.))

Nyth and Noa get into big trouble at the Circle again, clearly interested in blood magic - Noa in Necromancy and Nyth fueling his plants with his own life-force. The First Enchanter is ready to tear them apart when the Grey Wardens step in to conscript - thanks to the great tears in the sky and Darkspawn rumbling now in Antiva. The two immediately volunteer as tribute, thinking this is their chance to escape - not caring if it means death.

The two do the joining, too determined to die, and make their names as fearless Grey Wardens who make big moves against large groups of Darkspawn, almost recklessly. They have a deathpact together, promising that no matter who gets the calling first, they go together and will die together. Nyth and Noa are best friends forever entertwined and destined to live and leave the world together.

[crownedinmarigolds]

39 for Rook Noa

You always ask me things when I post these and I love you.

39. What is Rook's room at the Lighthouse like?

Warden Noa Espinoza shares a room with her best friend Warden Nythanel... at least to start! When relationships begin to form they may split the rooms up to allow for some privacy for the couples.

But at the start, it is their room! They shared a room at the Antivan Circle, they share a room when staying at Grey Warden keeps, and of course share a tent while traveling. Always together! Their room I imagine is a massive space, perhaps once serving as a greenhouse? Its walls a strange and colorful glass with maybe a few clear windows to look out into the Fade. They may eventually put in a curtain divider between their halves but they're not too worried about invading the others' space.

Noa's side of the room when she slowly moves her things in has a large canopy bed with gauzy and billowing curtains, something from her permanent room at the Warden Keep she hardly has gotten to enjoy. She has a dark wood armoire filled with the few outfits she has saved her money for and barely worn, and along the wall are some memorabilia from her time serving the Grey Wardens. There's a little chest hidden under the bed with a few special treasures inside, like the one letter she's received from her brother in the past couple of decades, and other various trinkets from her past. There are pots of flowers Nyth has pushed into her half from his, but she doesn't mind. She has the few books she's managed to keep over the years, and it's dawning on her how her life of constant motion - especially since the tearing of the Veil - has not left her with much material possession. Perhaps the Lighthouse will let her pretend she has a stable place to call home for a while. 💕

Thank you! Sorry if the formatting is weird, I'm answering from my phone! 😱

[crownedinmarigolds]

Asks for Rook Noa! <3

4. Which faction did they join, and why? How long has it been?

16. Got any tattoos? What’s the story behind them?

30. What is Rook’s class? Did they choose it?

4. Which faction did they join, and why? How long has it been? Noa Hidalgo joined the Grey Wardens along with her best friend Nythanel! They were both in the Antivan Circle together, and to avoid the life of captivity and punishment for trying to branch out into darker paths of magic, they JUMPED on the chance to become Grey Wardens when the breach opened up during the time of the Inquisition. Nyth and Noa linked arms and drank the darkspawn blood together, confident they would survive the Joining, and they did! They awoke born anew, and took on the name Espinoza (Thorny!) to symbolize their new lives together. They joined the Wardens at ages 16 and 18 during the year of the Breach opening, so they're approximately late twenties or early thirties by the beginning of Veilguard.

16. Got any tattoos? What's the story behind them? Noa has a tattoo of a Grey Warden insignia along with roses twining around it that she shares with Nyth on her back!

30. What is Rook's class? Did they choose it? Noa is a mage, her power manifesting when she was a LITTLE little girl in Antiva. Her father was a noble who hid her from the world until she used her powers to purposely lash out at her brother's fiance when she was 12 years old. Arguably, she did not choose this life though she does enjoy being a mage for the most part despite all the issues.

[crownedinmarigolds]

27 and 48 for rook noa <3 <3

Ah, thank you so so much for asking!

27. When was the last time they cried? Noa cries when it comes to her best friend Nythanel easily - as he is her rock in this very dangerous and strange world. I picture Nyth and Noa as a sort of dual Rook during the events of the Veilguard game - so the story I picture for this situation is: Nythanel is the one who is severely injured and bleeding at Solas's ritual site which later builds the connection to the Dread Wolf, and Noa in the heat of this moment begins to weep at the sight of her long time best friend with a possible brain injury. She may still be fighting off demons and getting shit done as a leader, but that's her best friend. He can't die without her, he just can't. Tears stream down her face as the others help grab his body, unsure of how they'll go on together.

48. A color, flower, animal, and weather to describe Rook: Noa's favorite color is soft pink, though the color I imagine most could be a dustier, or murkier color perhaps. Perhaps still pink because she still has a bit of inexperience and naivete despite her years, but it's tinged with something. Perhaps the taint of Darkspawn blood, the taint of the people who shaped her and her strange way of thinking.... it's a beautiful and girlike color but it's not pure. (And that's okay.) Noa's favorite flower is the rose, as common as that may seem, but perhaps a gladiolus may be better. The sword lily, representing strength through adversity and fighting for freedom. She has tried to crawl out of captivity all of her life and she won't stop now. Noa's favorite animal and definitely representation animal is that of a dog or a wolf. She is so fiercely loyal, and once her loyalty is given - that's that. The morality of your choice doesn't matter because you're hers and she is yours. A good weather for Noa is the approaching storm - the rumbling clouds and the dark sky but it's not here yet. It can still give way to sunshine, or it can become a tempest! But there's always an air that you should be speaking carefully with her because you're not sure where that powerful personality could go!

[crownedinmarigolds]

A conversation I wanna draw between our Grey Warden Rooks and the other Grey Wardens + Noa's LI - Nyth: I'm the Green Power Ranger. Davrin you're the Red Ranger. Davrin: Absolutely. Nyth: Noa you're the Pink Ranger, Antoine you're Blue Ranger and Evka you're the Yellow Ranger. Assan, you're the Silver Ranger. Assan: *caws happily* Lucanis: Haha, does this make me the Purple Ranger? Nyth: WARDENS ONLY LUC. Davrin: There's no Purple Ranger. Lucanis: The BIRD gets to be a Ranger and not me?! Noa: *gasps* Corazón don't speak like that. *Coos to Assan* He didn't mean that, you're a proud and noble beast. Everyone: *shaking their head at Lucanis*