Fit gave me MW Rook vibes, so I drew mine in it !

no reason for lucanis to have crow armour on in the ossuary + definitely no reason for lucanis’ crow armour to have demon eye theming prior to spite = my watsonian answer is that spite fully manifested that armour into the world like he does with the fade islands

it’s exactly how lucanis remembers his armours but with bonus emotional support knives to make him feel better (he thinks there were always that many knives) and then spite was like Hmmmmm. More! Eyes! for reasons best known to itself. maybe it thinks pride demons are fashionable. maybe it used to look like that. maybe its not rlly clear on eyes and thinks this will help them see better. could be anything

Alrighty I can't stay silent anymore cos this has been itching at me too much. I get it, I promise, I understand how it feels like in Coffee with the Crows Lucanis gets something sweet and thoughtful for all the companions but not for Rook. I get it. I do.

BUT!!!!!!

I don't think that's actually true. From a Watsonian perspective, I think there's two things at play here:

1.) Rook, as team leader, is The Busy One who is always running around doting on others and doesn't really have hobbies/obvious preferences like the other companions do. The only ones stated are chocolate and card games, and even then they're not very overt. It is extremely likely that Lucanis has, up to this point, been unable to clock what sort of things Rook would like.

2.) Because of the first point, I'd wager that one of the myriad reasons Lucanis invites Rook to accompany him is that he's trying to figure out what Rook likes. Unfortunately for him, Rook doesn't give any clues as to what they like while the two of them are wandering the market stalls. The first instance he gets wind of a preference is when they're at Café Pietra and Rook says what their favorite drink is, which Lucanis immediately commits to memory.

For these reasons, I think that Lucanis did in fact purchase something for Rook on that outing: the ingredients for their favorite drink. It's less obvious if Rook likes coffee, but given that Lucanis will fairly frequently offer to make Rook a cup of their favorite drink when they wander in the kitchen, I think it's clear that he purposefully made sure to keep enough coffee/tea/cocoa on hand just for Rook. THAT is his gift to Rook. He just isn't able to get it for them until after he knows what their favorite drink is. And knowing him? He probably stocks up quietly when Rook isn't there because he's not the type for grand gestures. He's a man of thankless acts of service who doesn't want attention for the nice things he does for people. He'll just quietly make sure that a steaming mug is always ready for Rook when they need it. ❤️☕

Too much brainpower occupied this morning by the comments on how ancient elves lose their hair, written in the Art of Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

Because like. Yeah, Solas is bald. Apparently Elgar'nan is also bald and just wears a wig, based on what the Art book says.

But Ghilan'nain visibly has some hair in DATV too! It's stringy but it's there, are we to believe she wears a shitty wig under her giant headpiece?

What about Felassan? He has hair in The Masked Empire illustrated novel. Are we to believe he wears a wig too?

It's so dumb lol just let some people be bald because they're bald. Why write lore behind it?

Kala Ingellvar & Illario Dellamorte - a J.C. Leyendecker Study

I've been inspired by all the Rook & Lucanis Leyendecker studies that I had to do one for Illario. He deserves to have some fun as a treat.

This has been a labor of love. I poured a lot of details into this so let me know which one is your favorite.

See below the cut for close-ups, the original piece, and some details about Kala.

I'm posting this here as well cus it took me half a day to make it.

I love Illario so much and this part of the song fits him so perfectly...

Kept the hands neutral ( could not be bothered to do my character scarification ) but now everyone can identify their own character in this if they wanna :3

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Just had another lovely Neve/Davrin thought.

Neve gets taken on Tearstone Island. Elgar’nan uses her to control the blight.

And Davrin knows before they even get to Minrathous because he can hear her voice calling for him in his Warden nightmares.

oh i love you fucked up mentor-mentee dynamics i love you dynamics that aren't quite friendship or family or romantic but some other thing that's like "you taught me how to be everything i know and i am grateful to you and i would die for you but also i resent you so much i love you i hate you how could you disappoint me like this i will spend my entire life wishing that i could love you but i will always hate you a little for how you made me feel--even if it made me stronger"

Elgar'nan and Solas banter during Blood of Arlathan has a very fitting name - catfight.

they call her the yapper

tbh actually becoming a cloud was probably the most relatable thing ghilan'nain ever did. if i was an ancient evil goddess with Powers i would also immediately manifest as a menacing gaseous form when provoked. do not perceive me. but also know that i am everywhere and you should fear for your life

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