I’m pissed at my hearing aids so here’s some deaf!Riz headcanons:
Has always been hard of hearing, but it wasn’t until roughly midway through freshman year (i.e. when he was firing a gun all the time) that it became a serious problem
Relies on lip reading more than he even realises. Uses his lip reading to eavesdrop on people from across the room.
On more than one occasion during freshman year, the rest of the Bad Kids will make plans and accidentally leave Riz behind because he hadn’t heard they were all going somewhere. After the second time, Fig always Messages Riz as she stands to leave, not even thinking about it. By midway through sophomore year, Adaine and Kristen have also gotten into the habit of messaging Riz as they leave. He does sometimes get bombarded with three “we’re leaving” messages, even when he is aware that they’re leaving.
Fig is also almost always the first one to notice when Riz has zoned out of a conversation when they’re in the cafeteria or at Basrar’s and he can’t hear what people are saying. She’ll try to bring him back into the conversation she isn’t perfect and unfortunately it’s not long before Riz gives up trying to pay attention and zones out again. However, he does get a lot of solving puzzles done when he’s zoned out.
You know he’s deep in his conspiracy boards when he’s taken his hearing aids out to focus.
He also absolutely will just take out his hearing aids when he’s done having a conversation with someone. He doesn’t care if they think it’s rude. If they want to carry this on, they can make the effort.
He has had to have someone cast locate objects on said hearing aids multiple times because those things are expensive and he knows his mom can’t afford to replace them but he loses them constantly
As part of the spy gear, Riz’s hearing aids allow him to cast detect thoughts once a day
Because he never really realised he was deaf until he was 14, he never learned Solesian Sign Language and he knows he probably should but he’s just so busy in Junior Year and he normally has his hands full anyway so there’s not much use
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Varric
Other refs:
Rook: The Player's Character
Harding: The Scout
Neve: The Detective
Emmrich: The Necromancer
Taash: The Dragon Hunter
Davrin: The Warden
Bellara: The Veil Jumper
Lucanis: The Mage Killer
Varric: The Silver Fox [you're here]
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Welp. I've done it. I've already made my first Rook.
(pic from the Gothic Heroine Creator over on Meiker)
Meet Piper Tremellius: former Tevinter Circle Mage, current Shadow Dragon, gonna romance the FUCK out of Emmrich.
Ship name? OldSpice.
The Latin translation for Piper is pepper it's a Latin pun leave me alone
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