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can you fucking imagine if instead of the mourn watch or lords of fortune factions we'd instead had an inquisition and agents of fen'harel faction . personally i have not stopped thinking about it once since finishing veilguard but maybe thats just me
#datv#datv spoilers#tay plays datv#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas#harding literally IS an inquisition faction all on her lonesome#in my heart deiadre served the inquisition between dai and trespasser but like to have actually had that IN CANON#and like. to have had a faction of [even just former!] informants to solas who have since been clued in and either want revenge#or stil sympathize with him. girl. im so fucking sad#can you imagine having had companions that reflected THAT. how much fun both sides wanting to straight up kill each other wouldve been.#and rook have to reconcile their feelings with solas/leadership in general as they are directly tied to their teams dynamic!!!!!!#OR they couldve even made their relationships mirror how solas and the inquisitor feel. either enemies or eventual-friends or lovers LMAO#GOD. IM SO FUCKING SAD LOL.#MUCH LOVE TO EMMRICH AND TAASH BUT WHY WOULD THEY EVEN BE HERE. FGVBKLJFGKLFGJ#anyway this is quite literally deia's backstory btw. her brothers are an inquisition simp and a fen'harel simp#fighting a familial proxy war in both of their heroes' names because they are both idealists and have not yet clued in to the fact#that neither ashara or solas probably even know who they are :/ lol. something something inherent apathy and exploitation of leadership#man. ok well. gonna be sad abt this off on my own somewhere for the rest of the day lol
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They said..
"Oh my god! You look just like Shanila!"
"No no, your Monï Mattha!"
"Actually, my name is Roxie.."
(Dw Guys this has nothing to do with my irl life, its my main ocs backstory!!)
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me and maia tethrras hunched over our screens typing out the most poignant oc x oc au pairing backstories youve ever heard bc we would rather do anything that have to engage critically with the Actual plot or canon companions of veilguard :/
#datv#datv critical#tay plays datv#oc: evander#oc: deia#oc: matthas#decided to follow my heart irt that last post and now deia's team solas + team inquisitor brothers are both part of the veilguard#in her worldstate#and picturing the mental illness occuring throughout the lighthouse bc of their presence alone is REALLY helping me i think
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ive made my feelings on veilguard clear atp but i WILL say as a tragedy enjoyer act 3 really redeems sooooo much of it for me. esp having my rook-and-siblings worldstate bc let me tell u 3 rooks = 3 separate tragedies is DOING it for me rn. a bellaramancer a hardingmancer and a varricmancer walk into a bar. they all walk out single 😍
#tay plays datv#datv spoilers#datv#genuinely so funny that in my canon worldstate ashara is the ONLY one who gets an ~officially~ happy ending#tho she suffered more than jesus to get it lol#(and can i just say ''ashara goes to silent hill'' being her HAPPY ending is everything i have EVER wanted for the end of her arc kfgjfkg)#but elspeth is for sure dead in datv and probs alistair too bc in my head any alternative is worse#cillian is dead. anders in my heart is also dead#bellara dead. harding dead. varric dead. SHITS CRAZY LOL...... KIND OF LOVE IT TBH.......#< girls when theyre fucking sick in the head 😍#anyway despite the misery im actually kind of feeling like deia/matthas/evander get one of the happiest endings out of all of them#bc its like.... yes all their lovers are dead. but theyre forever bonded in love and theyre a family again and ALWAYS will be#theyll grieve but they wont be grieving alone. there is capacity for healing together#also. to me dragon age has always been about the inherently destructive nature of self mythology and people falling into legend#elspeth/cillian/ashara are all destroyed by it and thats why they cant exist in the world. they HAVE 2 die or go to silent hill superhell#deia/matthas/evander and the ONLY ones who remain PEOPLE after everything. just people. they can fade into obscurity if they want#or continue fighting the good fight - in a normal person way#whatever they pick the choice is ultimately up to them..which is a choice my other protags have never had as an option#anyway. as i said. this game goes so fucking hard when you're hallucinating 70% of it#oc: ashara#oc: elspeth#oc: cillian#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas
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19 22 and 29 for Deia Evander and Matthas in that order!!
19. What is Rook’s love language? What love languages do they respond best to?
hmmm so i think if you were to ask HER she would likely say quality time ! deia grew up in a big family of 8 people (5 siblings + her parents + herself) all in one cramped little house, so while it was not always the most calm or enjoyable of upbringings, she does associate it with never being lonely and always feeling love in the room she's occupying. i think ultimately having the family break down was really hard on her and she really isnt accustomed to being alone, and so having a loved one make time for her to just stay by her side, not leave, and enjoy her company a great deal :)
(i, personally, might argue that her True love language is gift giving. a downside of being a part of a big/poor family is not having a lot that you can call "yours". so receiving a gift made just for her would DELIGHT her for sure :))
22. Most embarrassing memory as a teenager:
haze im soooo sorry ik u said evander -> matthas but i think im going to answer this one for matthas just bc he is so deeply embarrassing just in general and so this really speaks to the crux of his character. and actually this question ties neatly into the mercar-trio's backstory so thats fun!!
during dai, matthas (18 at the time), evander (21) and deiadre (15) were all attacked by venatori while on the road to skyhold to set up a diplomatic alliance with the inquisition. fortunately they were saved by the inquisitior herself, ashara/solas/varric/cole returning back from some sidequests or whatever who even cares lol. anyway during that time leading them back to skyhold, evander bonded with solas and deia bonded with varric, but matthas "bonded" with ashara. as in she said maybe like 20 words to him over the course of 2 days and maybe smiled at him once and he fell absolutely horrendously humiliatingly in love with her. at least he believed it was love - in truth it was more loving the idea of her and drinking the herald of andraste koolaid, but he was absolutely insufferable to be around from that point onwards. teenager-in-their-first-twitter-fandom level insufferable LMAO. he had an almost uncanny ability to relate ANY conversation topic to Inquisitior Lavellan in one way or shape. he took up any cause of hers as if it was his own. they had come to work out a deal with josephine and that was it, but matthas actually ended up staying in skyhold with the inquisition and serving ashara for several years, pining after her like a puppy dog from the grand hall every time she walked by. whenever he returned home to minrathous for family holidays he would be bullied within an inch of his life by deia and evander. i wish i could say he grew out of this phase but honestly if ever he runs into ashara in person during veilguard he would lose the ability to speak commons entirely lol. if he had a personal quest, it would be rook helping him get over his sad down horrendous situationship :(
29. Any vices?
evander is a basically just 7000 little vices in a trenchcoat at this point. he's a hedonist through and through so its kind of a minor miracle he's also dead broke 90% of the time so he cant do anything too crazy. but yes, all the vices. enjoys drinking, sleeping around, thinks of kleptomania as an artform to be perfected, likes causing fights On Purpose and then bailing, and loves to lie and cheat <3
he's also deeply kind, gentle and selfless when he wants to be. but mainly the vices LMAO. i think if i was to point to anything specific i'd say he's a bit of a chronic graffiti artist. in fact he and deia bonded when she was a girl bc he essentially taught her parkour lmao, or at least navigating the shortcuts and rooftops of minrathous to find all the best places to tag in direct view whichever authority was upsetting him the most that week. he's a very creative man and likes to channel it in very aggravating ways. he and deia have that in common lmao !
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deia and her brothers can communicate via obscure bird calls btw. if you even care
#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas#tay plays datv#datv spoilers#NOT because its sneaky. they lived in minrathous there are ZERO birds it was extremely conspicuous of them to be doing all that lmao#no they just do it because they are losers. nerds.#birdheads <3#ive talked abt deia's nickname being rook bc her mother always referred to the family as her little rookery#(so technically all three siblings are rooks lol. deia is the only one who used it as an actual alias)#and that name in turn stemmed from deia's mother being a bird enjoyer and her passion being birdwatching#deia loves it too. so does matthas. evander does not care at all but has ridiculous bird knowledge via osmosis#and the whole family just have an inside code of niche bird noises#anyway. this is so goofy to type out but it did make me cry earlier today#thinking of deia using their signal after losing them all in the chaos of the final battle#and not hearing anything back. stumbling through her ruined family street and seeing her destroyed home#and collapsing into grief. and then finally hearing that call from the rubble :)
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.........also 30-33 for deia or all three of them if u want!!🥺🤲
30. What is Rook’s class? Did they choose it?
deia and evander are both rogues, matthas is a warrior!
31. What specialization does Rook pursue? What called them to it?
deia is an archer (veil jumper i fucking guess 🙄 just minus all the magic and flare lol) and evander is.... idk. a saboteur i guess but only insofar as it relates to dirty fighting. mostly hes a dual wielding daggers guy. evander taught deia everything she knows abt the rogue trade when she was a kid after years of begging to come with her brothers on missions, but INSISTED she never fight in close combat hence why she took up the bow. shes good at being sneaky and staying out of sight, because that was the only reason her brothers agreed to take her anywhere exciting lmao. as for evander. knives are fun, easily concealed, and make him look cool at parties.
for matthas, he really subscribes to the archetype of a protector so a sword and shield fit him naturally. i also think he really looked up to people like cassandra and cullen in skyhold, who likely taught him a great deal of what he knows now.
32. How would a desire demon tempt Rook?
honestly a desire demon IS tempting deia through the entirety of veilguard and his name is solas <3 DFGJKHGJFDK ik solas is pride but. yknow.
really it would look a lot like alistair's dream during the broken circle questline of origins; she wants her family back, whole and happy again. everything she does in veilguard is motivated by the singular wish that she could have that by the end of it.
evander wants his family also, but he dreams of a life of wealth, comfort and complete freedom for them and himself. a world without authority or rules. a world where he's in control of his own destiny and can actually bond with his family instead of feeling like they might only want him around for what he can provide.
matthas would desire being ashara's second in command, back with the inquisition, in power and respected and, most importantly, loved.
i genuinely think at the start of veilguard they would be corrupted so, SO easily by desire. like if u think getting duped 4 times in a row by solas was embarrassing i just know it wouldve been way worse if he was a desire demon lol. but by the end of it....... no i dont think so. by the end of veilguard all they want is to walk out alive, with each other.
33. What do fear demons look like to Rook?
hmmmm GOOD QUESTION. its kind of tricky for deia bc i cant rly say a person/creature/animal like i can for all my other protags. but i know if she was in presence of a fear demon it would absolutely utilize her fear of water. she nearly drowned the day she was saved by the inquisition and has had a fear of deep water ever since.
evander is claustrophic and scared of being restrained, stemming from very early memories of being enslaved. but im not sure if he neccesarily fears slavers, since he's gotten very good at killing them during his time with the shadow dragons lol. so i'll have to think on that one!
matthas..... hm. can i be real i think a part of him is scared of ashara LOL. her disappointment, her ire, the magnitude of what she means to him and how very little he unfortunately means to her. i do think he would maybe see her. but he would also see her as a desire demon! so thats fun! mark him down and scared AND horny!
i think he's also afraid of orlesian harlequins. just for something fun <3 JKJFGKJFGKJ
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19, 27, 39 for deia, evander and matthas???❤️
LOVE U NETT MWAH MWAH <3
19. What is Rook’s love language? What love languages do they respond best to?
deia's is answered here but for matthas and evander....... HM..... i think for matthas his would be acts of service :3 he struggles with the weight of his whole family being dependent on him, and it makes him stressed and irritable and difficult to relax with. i think someone helping to minimize those burdens and showing him they HE can be taken care of sometimes, and that he can let his guard down around you, would be really quite like profound to him lmao. it could even fix him dare i say.
and as for evander, thats a tough one. i think he'd say physical touch because he's a harlot but i think he's secretly a quality time guy like deia is. in fact id go so far as to say physical touch is not nearly half as important as he thinks it is for him, and all he really wants is someone to go on adventures with and stand by him for no other reason than that they care about him :)
27. When was the last time they cried?
for matthas, the last time he cried was after evander betrayed the inquisition (for solas lol) and subsequently got the entire trio kicked out. AND pissed off ashara, the ONE woman matthas has been in love with for 6 years LMAO. the betrayal of his brother doing that and destroying the one thing matthas had that he loved so much was just devastating.
for evander, i think he cried more recently, just before datv takes place. for several years he'd been estranged from the family, operating as an agent of fen'harel. and then (disclaimer: PURE hc, since veilguard does not address this at All 🙃) solas's instructions stop coming in, and all his agents are essentially left anchorless without his correspondence. evander feels especially abandoned by the man and the cause because he had quite literally thrown away EVERYTHING for this. and he blames himself, because its easier to blame himself than to concede that solas was maybe not the best person to place ones faith in lol
for deia, i don't think she cries too much honestly which may surprise some given how she looks like the biggest babiest crybaby on earth. but she tends to hold it together pretty well. i think she often cried alone in private after missions with the shadow dragons, missions which she completely successfully but completely alone, and so every victory left her feeling hollow and empty until she met up with varric. and speaking of varric - obviously getting into veilguard territory here - i do think after his 😐 injury 😐she would randomly wake up from dreams or even just daydreams to find she had been silently but steadily crying. and not really understanding why but getting this inexplicably urge to go talk to varric in the infirmary until the feeling went away. until act 3 happens and suddenly she very much understands lol.
finally doubling back to evander and matthas. during the events of veilguard they do cry as well and its because . well . imagine youre evander for example, a (former) agent of fen'harel and now a hardingmancer. youre brother is a bellaramancer. your sister is a varricmancer. and you just completed the ghilan'nain fight on tearstone island lol :) varrics dead, hardings dead, bellaras gone, your sister is gone. for weeks. yeah. they cried a LOT.
39. What is their room at The Lighthouse like?
oh this is SO CUTE ARE U KIDDING I HAVENT EVEN THOUGHT OF THISSSSSS im glad we're ending on a happier note after that last answer JKGJKFJGK
deia def stays in solas's meditation room. i think there's smth poignant about her connection to solas. he is the cause of her brothers' ultimate irreparable family breakdown but hes also their one chance at reconciling. and he reminds deia of them!!! theyre lost too !!!! :( so being close to solas makes her feel close to her brothers and vice versa. i think she'd try to respect his space as best as possible while also bringing it to life a bit more. if she found any of his obviously cherished keepsakes she would add her own to his. she color codes his books. she feeds his fish. LMAO.
evander would occupy the music room. he likes secret puzzle rooms bc he is a rogue first and a person second. its a good place to hide, and since he's a bit of a pariah at the start of the game he VALUES a place to hide his face when things get too heated out there. he'd also use it as an opportunity to learn more about solas, to reinforce his rose-tinted perspective on the guy. and hes a romantic at heart!! he definitely would terrorize that lute found on solas's bed and the natural light would help him wake up easier in the mornings.
that leaves matthas, who i think would occupy the top room in the lighthouse - solas's office. he would take it strategically in an attempt to "know the enemy" and would NOT be respectfully about the guys property lmao. i also think it helps that the room is so distant from everyone elses quarters. he feels alienated and out of place and especially being around evander again, he needs a place to come and just be himself for a few hours.
i think its funny that all the rooms are chosen for very solas specific reasons, but as the game progresses and they separating their own personhood from their feelings on the guy, the rooms start to feel more like Them :)
#datv spoilers#datv#SORRY NETT THIS IS SO LONG. I CANT STOP. LOVE THEM TOO BAD <3#it breaks my heart that i cannot play out act 3 with evander and matthas's reaction to All Of That in canon#bc i think it wouldve changed my life lol. and also killed me#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas
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49-50 for the whole little rook gang? :eyes:
THANK U OWEN <3 <3 <3
49. What will always make them laugh?
honestly at the end of the day its always each other 🥺 no matter how bad they hurt one another or fall out or drift apart, all it takes is forcing them in a room for long enough until one of them (almost always evander but possibly deia) makes the dumbest, most ill timed, inappropriate joke and the whole squad loses their minds. its the great equalizer in the trio. even matthas - who is at his core a hater and a no-fun-allowed kind of guy - ultimately WILL be forced to laugh at some mean comment evander makes about some loser magister and it will make him ANGRY bc he does not WANT to be laughing at his dumbass brother. but he WILL laugh. every time. unfortunately during datv while rebuilding their relationship i do think a lot of the jokes are all at the expense of each other but hey, what are siblings for (she says, as an only child)
individually though - evander is VERY slapstick. LOVES openly laughing at people get hurt especially if theyre figures of authority. but anyone's fair game tbh. very mortifying to deal with him in public lol. matthas has an open love for deadpan/roast humour but a secret more passionate love for puns and dad jokes. he would probably love minion memes also i fear. deia on the other hand gets theatrical. loves pranks a la sera. loves doing silly little characters and bits. she WILL commit to a bit until its dead in the ground and everyone else is uncomfortable but thankfully evander shares this same obnoxious quality albiet to a lesser extent so they can and will get stuck into a good bit of banter for hours if you let them.
essentially these three are very dangerous in a room together under the correct silliness conditions.
50. Are they a mystery, or an open book?
ok kind of went on a yap-fest for this one but the short answer is: i think they are all mysteries to themselves and to each other, while also accusing one another of being shallow and surface-level.
on the surface, evander is an arrogant, impulsive, self-centered, traitorous punk who destroyed his family and ran off, leaving them to pick up the pieces. big solas fan and it shows lol. and i think even HE would agree with that assessment and would not want to (let alone try to) dig any deeper than that to figure out why he is the way he is. but there are reasons. he was the first adopted son of the family, an elven ex-slave who actually remembers those first few childhood years under those conditions. as an elf he doesnt have matthas's privilege of going through life diplomatically and cleanly. he struggled to BE the oldest sibling that his family needed him to be because socially he could barely advocate for his own rights, let alone the rights of his family. and so that fell to matthas. who resented him for it.
and matthas on the other hand, is frequently grim, uncharismatic, obsessive and a bit of a suck-up to anyone he views (and respects) as a superior (this doesnt apply to systemic powers like the magisterium obviously, hes firmly against them). and all of these are true!!! this is OUTWARDLY the exact type of person you would ascribe him to be if you spent 5 minutes in a room with him lol. seeing the reasons why is harder. the constant anxiety of being one-big-brother-down and having to fill that vacancy by assuming the position of eldest. still being stuck in his shadow even so. losing whatever autonomy he'd had by attempting to pick up the slack and lastly (and most importantly), feeling so devoid of purpose because of having to revolve your life around Family that you pick up the first cause that makes you feel Strong and Independent - ie zealously serving the inquisition. i dont think either brothers would pick up on those reasons when arguing with one another. at least not until the events of veilguard anyway.
as for deia, the middle-child-forced-to-be-eldest (they all have three younger siblings who are not fighters and arent involved in the story lol) she's probably the most mysterious of the 3. she adopted the best qualities of both her brothers growing up - evanders passion and good humor and boldness, matthas's selflessness, his responsibility and dedication - but ultimately her personality is hard for an outsider to pin down because its hard for HERSELF to pin down. how does one begin to seperate Rook from The Rookery. engaging with her kind of feels like shes perpetually trying to make up for her OWN absence of personality. or maybe its better described as her trying to force her own personality to submit as she struggles to adjust to the roles shes been forced into. she knows evander and matthas are capable of great and terrible things, so why not be THEM instead of being the riskier and far less capable Her? it makes her into a pushover, kind to the point of complacency. someone who capitulates to the people around her to avoid conflict. none of those things she WANTS to be, but by datv shes essentially the point in which the two mirrors of her brother meet. theres too much going on to seperate the yolk from the white yknow.
#THANKS AGAIN OWEN !!#this was so ramble-y. i apologies for the word salad fgjkgjfkg#oc: deia#oc: matthas#oc: evander#also fun fact i have been referring to the trio as The Rookery in my brain#bc i hc the reason deia is called rook at all is bc their mother is a birdwatcher and calls her family her little rookery :)#like they probably have a cute little sign on their door and everything KJGKFJKG#when deia started working for the shadow dragons that was the name she went by. it. is not very subtle LMAO#datv
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this game is literally SO much fun when you're actively hallucinating like 73% of it
#tay plays datv#oc: deia#oc: evander#oc: matthas#datv#datv spoilers#going to actively liveblog my second deia playthru to cope it think <3#genuinely despite my feelings abt the game i actually think with some more time deia could become one of my fave da ocs lol#or at least equal to ashara/elspeth#this playthru is going to be primarily fueled by me pretending her brothers evander and matthas are also there#not a rook but a whole rookery <3#imagining matthas deia and evander all on opposite sides. broken family with no idea theyre all tracking the same hot bald man.#roads converging..... the crescendo of them reaching the ritual at the same time and SEEING EACH OTHER..... FIRST TIME IN 5 YEARS....#evander and matthas IMMEDIATELY start fighting which is the only reason deia let varric confront solas alone#another regret......#god. i love having ocs.
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it really cant be understated how profoundly important original characters are to fandom spaces and the inherent transformative power they possess. nothing gives me more joy than knowing we all collectively have a fun party trick in our brains with the capacity to redeem almost any lacklustre soulless cashgrab piece of media
#datv critical#tay plays datv#datv spoilers#i guess ??? not rly but ???#anyway this post was brought to you by me having covid and having thought abt my imaginary mercar siblings trio for so long#that i nearly gaslit myself into thinking this game is actually like straight up groundbreaking#NGMSMGNDMFMDMF#if evander is a solas mirror... and matthas is a solas mirror..... and evander is a matthas mirror.... then who's flying the plane......#when evander/solas and matthas/ashara are both solas/mythal mirrors..... when evander/lace is a solas/ashara mirror#when bellaras whole questline is an evander/matthas mirror which is also a solas/ashara mirror which is also a solas/varric mirror and also#a deia/evander/matthas mirror..... JHKDFGVBKJHDFG#MIRRORS UPON MIRRORS UPON MIRRORS LITERALLY *ONLY* IN MY BRAIN AND NO WHERE ELSE BC THAT SHIT STRAIGHT UP DID *NOT* HAPPEN IN CANON LOL....#OCS...... WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT THEM.....
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i was so set on replaying veilguard for the davrinmance but oh my god im SO attached to my agent-of-fenharel hardingmancer rn i actually think the choice is out of my hands lol
#oc: evander#datv#tay plays datv#datv spoilers#deia's brother btw !!!! very much giving anders vibes if anders was kind of deadbeat oldest son who frequents the club#him having sold out the inquisition on solas's instruction and then falling for one of the scouts who was hurt the most by it#very much a mirror to solavellan except theyre literally just people and ultimately victims of their leader's organizations overarching war#and harding being sympathetic to solas enough to reach evanders conscience even during Peak radicalization#but holding solas accountable enough to potentially sway evanders mind#and then evander learning the truth about solas but also specifically what that means for harding the person hes grown to love#having to reconcile that his own rebel-fantasy is not more important than the very real pain his loved ones have gone thru as a result#and like figuring out what going forward looks like. is he STILL sympathetic but its tempered? or does he go full anti-solas in an act of#redemption which would also probably involve him telling harding to embrace her anger and not her loving side?? which is kind of the invers#of his own arc.#GOD.#AND THEN ITS LIKE. DO I KILL OFF HARDING AT THE END???? THAT WOULD BE SOOOOO CRAZY FOR THE *STORY*#i think she has to live actually bc i hate the fridged wife trope and solas Is ultimately redeemed in this worldstate#and if harding died bc of solas (and evanders varricmancer sister also lost varric) evander WOULD be team kill immediately no exceptions#but still food for thought#god. chat i am fucking COOKING today this is crazy#hes not technically my rook bc he works way better in the story as a ~companion~ to deia (his sister) the actual protag#but both he and matthas (the other pro-inquisition brother) could arguably have been the Rook as well.#all 3 of the mercar siblings were AT the ritual but for different reasons (evander to aid solas. matthas to kill solas. deia to stop him)#so MAYBE I WILL romance harding instead this time...... how are we feeling abt hardings romance babes is it good. do we recommend
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expanding on this and recapping some oc lore now i have the full context of the game. so ive mentioned in a prev post that deia and her two older brothers were saved from venatori by the inquisition when she was a kid (she was 19 at this point, 28/29 in game by datv) and travelled with them for a few days on their way back to skyhold. when i say the inquisition i literally mean ashara, solas, and cole and varric. some INTEGRAL points here
her oldest brother, the playful/irresponsible/freedom loving evander, spent most of that trip with solas
matthas, the second son, self-serious, stubborn and noble, clung to ashara and quickly became enamored with her and the promise of her inquisition.
deiadre, who had been the most injured in the attack, didnt spend (much) time with ashara or solas and only really remembers them through the biased recounts of her brothers. instead, she was kept company by varric.
cole was there the whole time but the mercars did not see or at least remember him, but he was the one who made the trip so happy and meaningful and perhaps why it affected so much in the grand scheme of things. fun fact they were probably on their way back from coles spirit/human quest!
anyway re: the varricmance - she instantly developed a crush lol. it didnt go anywhere bc varric obviously would give the time of day to a literal 19yo but she returned to tevinter with a signed copy of his book and wanted to be just like him and also be WITH him lol bc she had a teenagers infatuation. over the years of working in the inquisition with her brothers, she kept in contact with him, helping with the odd job here and there. 6 years later, after evander was discovered as an agent of fen'harel and ashara stripped the mercar family of their agent ranks, varric was the one who talked ashara down from a manhunt to find and capture evander. he also reached out to deia and he really was the only fucking person she had left ("me? i always wind up babysitting my informants and worrying about their families" lol). having been abandoned by the inquisition, burned by fen'harel, and alienated from her broken family, varric became her family. and from that point she stopped having a crush on him and instead fell in love with him.
a few more things bc i truly am seeing the light of the varricmance over here lol:
brotherly baggage
theyre both the younger sibling now unwittingly the head of their respective households. both forced into positions of leadership they do not want
both tied to the inquisition and solas and arguably worse off for being involved with both of them
both easygoing, funny and big believers in optimism and having a normal one
theyre both motivated by Getting It Right. varric wants to fix the relationship between himself and solas. deia wants to fix the relationship between herself and her brothers
hawke —> rook :) bird motif :) and deia loves birds!!!!!!! she gets her nickname from her mother, who refers to their family as the rookery, but then it was varric who suggested she use that as her alias while assuming work with the shadow dragons.
in addition, varric was unrequitedly in love with cillian hawke before hawke died. now deia is unrequitedly (???) in love with varric
so bearing all that in mind, when varric asked her to come help him help solas, she went gladly. not just because she associates saving solas from himself with saving her brothers from themselves, but also (and mostly) because she would follow varric anywhere.
and then he died. lol. did she know that ? not for several months ! lol ! and do i imagine she finally confessed to dead!varric during these months believing he was alive, only for her to realize that she had been too late and never got the chance to tell him how she felt or what he thought of it :) yeah girl. and i think theres a real shift in that moment where she is no longer Team Redeem when it comes to solas. she wants that twink obliterated. and she know longer sees her kind, complicated brothers in him, she sees the fucking Dread Wolf. but ultimately she does redeem him because of one point in particular: varric.
varric died trying to save solas from himself. he believed – up until the exact moment of his death — that solas could be better. and deia HAS to believe that varric was right. and she HAS to finish what varric started. so she gives solas the forgiveness and atonement that varric wanted, thereby making sure varric didnt die in vain, and that varric ultimately achieved what he had set out to do. because in the end she redeemed solas in varric's name, not for his benefit, or ashara's or evanders or matthas' or even for her own. but for varric
by the way deia is a varricmancer now :)
#oc: deiadre#tay plays datv#datv#datv spoilers#straight up wrote this for myself btw im too lazy to format this like a coherent text post. what u see is what u get lol#its actually so funny how much my own made up backstory for rook makes my experience playing this game fundamentally better lol#im going to play as deia one more time and see if i can get the lore right in my head. and then i think i can finally put this game to bed#lol
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