ChaosHerald

* Doomscrolling, Randomized * She/Her Musician, Educator, Gamer, Collector of Hobbies

[chaosherald]

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ChaosHerald (Jade) she/her

Gamer, Music Teacher, Mom, Writer, Crafter of various varieties

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Avatar is Amara 'Rook' Ingellvar by @seaglassmelody

Pinned post picture is also Amara, this time by RexodusArt

Currently on a Dragon Age kick

AO3 account here

I have been playing with using a queue for most reblogs. Still deciding if I like it 😂

Master list of my Dragon Age Work Below the Cut:

Conductivity A missing scene for Rook and Lucanis, post almost kiss in the pantry (And post Rook almost getting herself killed.) Also on Ao3

Luck of the Draw - Pre-game, Varric and Harding meet Rook

Family Business (Lucanis character study)

First line post with all the Create-a-thon Pieces

Thursday Bangers:

Thursday Bangers - I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all. Post game Rookanis shenanigans.

No matter what happens/He cannot come between us again - Pre-game. Amara and a super healthy, not at all toxic friendship

I don't know what I'm supposed to do/Haunted by the ghost of you - Neve, post dragon attack on Minrathous

And I'd give up forever to touch you/'Cause I know that you feel me somehow Rook and Lucanis and their first time (nsfw)

All my friends we're glorious/Tonight we are victorious Post game team cuddles

I would burn the world to bring some heat to you - Post-game. Lady Dellamorte shows the Crows how a Watcher solves problems and why coming after her family is a mistake.

Baby you're all that I want/when you're lying here in my arms/I'm finding it hard to believe/we're in heaven - Lucanis considers his options after falling asleep next to Rook (takes place immediately after 'Conductivity')

I don't know why I didn't trust you to be on my side - Pre-game. Amara returns to the Necropolis followed by angry Templars. (also A Word With Friends Métier)

I stumble in the dark/tripping on a heart/it's gonna leave a mark/maybe we can stay and wait it out - Endgame sacrifice 'what if.'

That if you seek forgiveness/you'll get nothing from me - DA:O. Ninthia Tabris and the narrative around the fall of Loghain Mac Tir

This is where the worlds collide, forever/The stars should point you home but who knows where you are? Rook, Spite, Lucanis, and swimming

Such a strange situation/ (Oh) A bloodless confrontation/ A peaceful war for two/ And the casualties are me and you - Rook and the beginning of her post-game meltdown (also a word with friends: anodyne)

Not the place where you live/but the place where you belong (Amara's early impressions of Lucanis)

Steal your pain... (One and Two)

DATV Character Week Entries 2025

Codex Asks

#7 Dorian writing to the Inquisitor (thank you @kogarashi-art) #18 Amara writing to Neve (thank you @serialsforbellara) #25 Amara's notes from her training (thank you @woundedsoul12)

Crossroads Island AU

Writing Challenge Weekend:

Writing Challenge Weekend A Solavellan fairytale (or how Amara came to be.) Now the Darkness Got a Hold on Me: Drowning - Pre-Game, Rook and magic and why running from reality doesn't work so well Spin the Wheel (age gap, rock star, let's wait) Murder of Crows

A Word With Friends:

Word with Friends with the word Perspicacious. The aftermath of the gingerwort truffle tea adventure with Davrin. Apricity - Pre-Game, Rook tangles with a despair demon (mind the CW) Sanguine (Entry 1) - Lucanis in the mind prison Sanguine (Entry 2) - Rook and Jacobus take a field trip Avarice - Neve gives Lucanis the final push to make things official with Rook. (also on Ao3 as A Much Needed Nudge.) Balter - Pre-relationship Rookanis. Lucanis is exhausted. Spite is a music lover. Feelings are felt but damned if the parties involved can make any sense of them. (also on Ao3 as Acoustics.) Moribund - Rook, post regret prison Métier - Pre-game. Amara returns to the Necropolis followed by angry Templars. (also, Thursday Bangers "I don't know why...") Contumacy - Pre-game. Varric and Harding get to know Amara - now Rook - a bit better. (takes place immediately after 'Luck of the Draw.') Prodigious - Lighthouse High School AU - Amara learns a terrible truth about her Father (and is forced to watch her parents flirt o.O) Anodyne - Start of Rook's post-game breakdown (also Thursday Bangers - strange situation) Rumpus/Fracas (Amara's post game breakdown part 2) Avoirdupois and Vitiate (Amara's post game breakdown part 3, also Thursday Bangers "Steal your pain...") Dissonance (Pre-game, Amara objects to Solas' plan 😂) Rimbombo (Lucanis and Spite and escaping the Ossuary) Deliquesce (Lucanis post-bloodbath - also Thursday bangers "Steal you pain...) Indelible (Pre-game, Amara leaving the Dalish)

Tarot Tuesday

Five of Swords What if Rook was grabbed on Tearstone?

DA Kiss Week

Six Times Rook and Lucanis 'Kissed' (And One Time They Actually Did) Ao3 - Morning - Tavern - Fade - Landmark -Battlefield - Reunion - Celebration

Rook Appreciation Week

A Serial Adventure in Seven Parts Intended to be read in order: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Rook Fest 2025

Tell Me Tuesday

Other!

OC Tag games and other misc.

Amara Art Master Post

[jukkaricity]

Thedas Most Wanted

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise. Who wants them? What did they do? Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

thank you for the tags: @sandcastlekings, @xkatchy, @jenn2d2, @chaosherald, @sorcerousadventurer and @woundedsoul12

(suckers, didn't even get my face right. -A) Crimes: Arson, Aggravated Assault, Breaking and Entering, Armed Robbery, Manslaughter, Murder, Apostasy, Heresy, Conspiracy against the Archon, Vandalism

Wanted: Dead or Alive (don't even want me alive anymore. not sure if i'm proud or disappointed. -A) Reward: 100,000 gold

By Order Of: Imperial Templar Order, in the name of Archon and Magisterium ~~*~~*~~*~~*meanwhile much less glamorously in some dusty archive~~*~~*~~*~~*

Establishment: Mercartile Legal owner: Alectris Mercar Crimes: Fraud, Money Laundering, Bribery, Document Forging, Tax Evasion (ah, the things we do for business to thrive. -A) Wanted: Alive (for only death and taxes are sure in life. -A) Reward: 15,000 gold (hmmm, that's actually less than I owe in taxes. If I turn myself in can I use the reward to pay up? -A)

By Order Of: Imperial Resource Service, Merchant's Quarter Office, Minrathous

gentlest of tags to pass it along: @kogarashi-art, @reaver-of-kirkwall, @lycheecatee, @kabsey, @serensama, @davrinsleftpectoral, @blackwall-my-tiny-husband

[sandcastlekings]

Thedas' Most Wanted

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

Jericho Mercar

Formerly Known As: Tullius "Tully" Virellius

Crimes (As Virellius): Mass Murder, Serial Murder, Assassination, Arson, Evidence Tampering, Theft (sizable amount of Virellius fortune), Blood Magic, Espionage Crimes (As Mercar): Murder, Fraud, Forgery, Breaking and Entering, Destruction of Property, Arson, Kidnapping, Rioting, Assault, Disorderly Conduct

Reward: 500,000 Gold

Authorized By: Minrathous City Guard, by Authority of the Magisterium (Additional reward posted by Venatori)

His crimes as Tully were all committed either under duress (forced by Venatori or under the influence of a demon) or during his escape.

Crimes as Jericho are just the kind of thing that happens when you're a Shadow Dragon busting up slaver rings and pissing off politicians. He would very much like to argue that freeing slaves is not "kidnapping." No matter what Tevinter's laws say on the matter.

@davrinsleftpectoral @woundedsoul12 @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @chaosherald @jenn2d2 @hedwigoprah @sorcerousadventurer @zennihilation @serialsforbellara @mushrooms-x-moss @jukkaricity @himluv @biowaredisasterbisexual @mageofquandrix @littlemissgeek8 @kogarashi-art @himluv @serensama @necromanticsoul @pixiedurango @maagisterpavus @angelsndragons @wolfmoonwildflowers @curiouswisp @picathartidae @rooks-dagger @notyourmamasdeerbat @thatgaymerguyb @handsignals @julie-spirit-finn @the-archons-moustache @dudewheresmynug @tevivinter @lycheecatee @viagosbrother @mikilavellan

Tag List Info

[redaresss]

Thedas' Most Wanted part two

Thank you again for the tags @zennihilation @woundedsoul12 @apothe-cary @chaosherald @shadowknight19kay and @teamtakagi.

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang.

Crimes: Theft. Property damage. Disrespect towards the dead. Disorderly conduct. Trespassing. Illegal gambling.

Reward: Any request from the king of Nevarra.

Authorized by: The butt hurt nobles from the war of the Banners

Tagging gently @kogarashi-art @amoaliquis @sensitive-inferno @serialsforbellara @davrinsleftpectoral @mushrooms-x-moss @vanerberries @onelooseskull @mageswithcats @palenecromaniac @wolfmoonwildflowers @master-of-the-elements @lycheecatee @vishantikaffar @rooks-dagger @wickedadaar @sunny374940 @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai

[redaresss]

Thedas' Most Wanted

Thank you for the tags @zennihilation @woundedsoul12 @apothe-cary @chaosherald @shadowknight19kay and @teamtakagi. Y'alls were great. All of them are innocent ^^. Except for maybe Juan.

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

Crimes: Murder. Theft. Smuggling. Destruction of property. Assault. Disorderly conduct.

Reward: A pardon from Warden duties and 200,000 gold.

Authorized by: The first Warden and every Noble she's pissed off.

Tagging @kogarashi-art @amoaliquis @sensitive-inferno @serialsforbellara @davrinsleftpectoral @mushrooms-x-moss @vanerberries @onelooseskull @mageswithcats @palenecromaniac @wolfmoonwildflowers @master-of-the-elements @lycheecatee @vishantikaffar @rooks-dagger @wickedadaar @sunny374940 @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai

[genjyoandgojyoandhakkai]

My Rooks - Kogarashi-art's Birthday chibis!

The amazing and talented @kogarashi-art drew my darlings as part of her birthday celebration. Her only ask was that I color it, and I've done so to the best of my skills and available art supplies 😅🤣💖 the stickers on Xi's flag are all my fault haha

Tags and original under the cut.

@davrinsleftpectoral @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @grad-writes @serialsforbellara @redaresss @lycheecatee @chaosherald @serensama @marbled-polecat

[merrinla]

The only song in the game is sung by Cida Ciconia in the Cobbled Swan, and only if the player saved Minrathous. But according to the script, you could hear Anderfels folk song in Lavendel - Bones Beneath the Creek. In the release version, it only exists in the codex - 3 verses, 1 chorus and Lavendel's version. The one who was supposed to sing in Lavendel was meant to perform all of them. It's unknown whether it was voiced, because nothing remains of this idea except lines of text.

Someone in the village is asking for a song Speaker 1: This place could use a song, couldn't it? Speaker 2: A song, a story—whatever's needed. After that, someone sings Bones Beneath the Creek Verse 1 Paths can lie and shadows hum, who knows which fates are bleak? Would Ella, lost, now soon become more bones beneath the creek? Verse 2 She saw the strange light dancing, she thought she heard it speak: "Come now, Ella, we are prancing... from bones beneath the creek." Verse 3 Is that fresh stew, is that your bride? Is that the home you seek? When Ella left, the spirit cried... for bones lost in the creek. Chorus "When heart beats hard on ribcage wall and you are feeling weak... Follow me and don't recall the bones beneath the creek." Lavendel's version "Who am I?" the echo asked, for I had asked it, too. "You are me," I echoed back, "Or maybe I am you." "Who am I?" the Echo asked, when I said not a word. "Worry not, for I am you," the Echo soon assured. "And I know where the gold was lost, and I know what you carry... And I know where to dig the hole, and what you plan to bury." "Who are you?" I echo back to a voice now far away. And wait to hear an answer from the place where secrets lay.

[age-of-moonknight]

“Moon Nights” Marvel Swimsuit Special: Brand New Beach Day (Vol. 1/2026), #1.

Writer, Penciler, and Inker: Dan Schkade; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg

[datvcompanionweeks]

EMMRICH WEEK PROMPT SURVEY

Hail the eyes of the dead! It's time for all loyal Watchers to join us again as we prepare for Emmrich Week! Emmrich Week will take place in early September this year, and the hashtag will be #DATVEmmrich2026. As always, we would love to hear from all of you about what kind of prompts you would like to see during the event. You can use the submission form below to share your ideas. The form will remain open until July 8, 11:59pm PST. Check out our Rules and FAQ for more information on the event, and don’t hesitate to send us an ask if you have further questions! We also encourage you to reblog and share this post around! The more of your wonderful ideas we have, the better Emmrich Week will be!

[sorcerousadventurer]

Thedas' Most Wanted

Thank you for the tags @zennihilation and @woundedsoul12!

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

Lydia Ingellvar

Crimes: healing without medical license from the Tevinter Imperium, consorting with suspicious element, theft

Reward: 100 000 gold

Authorised by: Venatori

Look, Lydia is a goody two-shoes. Venatori really needed to think hard about what crimes they could pin on her.

Suspicious element? Shadow Dragons. And Crows.

Theft? Solas' dagger.

Softly tagging: @woundedsoul12 @serensama @kabsey @himluv @cravingcoconutredbull @hedwigoprah @madamemortem @slothquisitor @jenn2d2 @wolfmoonwildflowers @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @necromanticsoul @serialsforbellara @sandcastlekings @handsignals @chaosherald @seaglassmelody @jukkaricity @davrinsleftpectoral @tevivinter @dread-red-queen @nyx-de-riva @flowersforthemachines @kogarashi-art @rooks-dagger @lycheecatee @pixiedurango @zennihilation @mushrooms-x-moss @trashwithvariety @wickedadaar @vishantikaffar @tarasmom @lemondelighted @dudewheresmynug

Please keep in mind that tags are for fun and showing that hey, look at this cool thing I did!, you don't need to do anything. If at any point you want in or out of the list, just go here.

[woundedsoul12]

Thedas Most Wanted

Thanks for the tag @zennihilation

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

Riley Mercar the Dragon of Docktown

Crimes: (there is a list) Murder, grand larceny, extortion, kidnapping, arson, armed robbery, counterfeiting, fraud, gambling, aggrevated assault, drug charges, tax evasion, and sleeping with the Chief of Police's wife (there are more but these are the main ones)

Reward: Substantial. The largest in the history of the city

Authorized by: Minrathous PD and the Venatori Guard

No pressure tagging @himluv @serensama @tarasmom @hedwigoprah @davrinsleftpectoral @jenn2d2 @tkwritesdumbassassins @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @bonesandivy @notyourmamasdeerbat @necromanticsoul @beachhotdog @nirikeehan @sandcastlekings @serialsforbellara @libdibs @chaosherald @eiluned @waxlyricalmoon @biowaredisasterbisexual @officialnostradamus @dags-over-caravans @guacamolleee @jukkaricity @dell-amor-te @sorcerousadventurer @babblingrook @runawaydragons @themarydragon @vixenofcadmea @mageofquandrix @xkatchy @redaresss @potatofantiger @summergreen009 @amoaliquis @argentleif @wolfmoonwildflowers @archduchessgortash @handsignals @curiouswisp @shadowknight19kay @madamemortem @dudewheresmynug @maagisterpavus @lycheecatee @nyx-de-riva @scoldingdarjeeling @mushrooms-x-moss

[woundedsoul12]

WIP Wednesday

Thanks for the tags @serensama @sorcerousadventurer @jenn2d2

So something we discussed in the chat. Since the tag list fiasco people have been tagging less and overall engagement in down. Well I'm finally wrapping up a big project and I think I am going to start crawling in everyone's earhole and infecting your brains with my nonsense again.

So if you want on or off my Tag List no pressure just tell me. Today. Tomorrow. A week from now. But I think fandom at large misses the engagement (and as always please always tag me in everything you do)

So Sorcerous and I have a huge list of AUs we will one day get to. And this is one we have been toying with. Welcome to the start of the Arrange Marriage Regency AU

The entire ballroom of the sweeping Pavus Estate was alight with glorious gold and green in the usual Tevinter style. The host himself was lavishing every attention upon his guest- all smiles and charm while the elite of Minrathous paid their respects to the elder Marquis.

It was the party of the season, to be sure. Many young lovers would find their matches tonight, only to go on to court each other before falling into marital bliss.

Though one among them was simply enduring the festivities, drinking his wine in the dark corner like a sulking child. Duke Riley Mercar should have been the most eligible bachelor of the Ton. He was handsome, rich, titled- all the things Mamas wished for their young daughters when they envisioned a husband. But he had the poor misfortune of not caring for another's preferences. If the rumors were true, as they often were, he was cold, aloof, taciturn- all unforgiveable sins, especially in the eyes of the marriage mart.

[chaosherald]

WIP Wednesday

Thank you for the tags @redaresss @jenn2d2 @woundedsoul12 @lemondelighted @cute-ellyna 💕

Not much to show at the moment - fresh off Rook Week and Lucanis week and still recovering 😂 (also, we're officially under contract to sell our house now too! Which - yay! Also - now I have no excuse to put off packing and everything else that needs to get done . yay? 😅)

Needed a break from the computer, so back to stitch witchery. (technically for Harding Week 😁)

I also have two things still in the works from Lucanis week - in a rare moment of clarity, I realized I wasn't going to have time to finish them at the level I wanted, so I'll loop back to them at some point. 💕

After Amara had said her piece, she decided to retire to their apartment on the other side of Treviso before she - as she put it -  ‘raised all the dead in the canals to make sure his grandmother heard her this time.’ Lucanis had escorted her home and - once assured she was settled - returned to the Villa to make sure there was nothing demanding his immediate attention. He hadn’t wanted to - curling up with Amara was vastly preferable to trekking back across Treviso and triaging the correspondence that had piled up in his absence - but he would not let it be said he was shirking his duty or that Caterina had chased them out of the house.

💕

Tagging @blackwall-my-tiny-husband @davrinsleftpectoral @seaglassmelody @kogarashi-art @jukkaricity @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai @serialsforbellara and anyone else who wants to play <3

[zennihilation]

Thedas' Most Wanted

Every Rook is a Criminal to someone, and I will not believe otherwise.

Who wants them? What did they do?

Tag your gang. Steal the Dividers.

JUAN DE RIVA

Crimes: Murder. Theft. Breaking and Entering. Public Drunkenness and Nudity. Grand Theft Equine. (The Fun Ones - J)

Reward: Negotiable (Rude?? - J)

Authorized By: Treviso City Guard (Meet me outside, idiots. - J)

Tagging the tag list that all of you volunteered to be on so just tell me if you want off I will not ask questions. Also if you don't do it, I won't come after you, I'm not a cop. EXCEPT FOR @amoaliquis AND @apothe-cary BECAUSE YOU TWO DO IT TO ME ALL THE TIME:

@mageofquandrix, @biowaredisasterbisexual, @juniper-and-dragonthorn, @jukkaricity, @sandcastlekings, @tarasmom, @shadowknight19kay, @antivan-sprig, @serialsforbellara, @handsignals, @waxlyricalmoon, @pixiedurango, @hyperions-light, @apothe-cary, @amoaliquis, @larknnightingale, @vishantikaffar, @blackwall-my-tiny-husband, @davrinsleftpectoral, @jenn2d2, @sorcerousadventurer, @sandcastlekings, @curiouswisp, @tieflingsorcerer , @serensama, @mushrooms-x-moss , @redaresss, @sunny374940, @lycheecatee, @kabsey, @hedwigoprah

[jack-of-blades]

[rookfest]

Rookfest Returns

It's been a while Dweller, but fear not, Rookfest will return.

November 1st - November 7th

If you have dreams or ideas to share, the Lighthouse will listen: https://forms.gle/417nGQjinRko2HWBA

[dellamortal]

Cole: Sharp hands fixing your collar, straightening your posture, teaching you where to place the knife before teaching you where to place your feet.

Lucanis: Caterina valued efficiency.

Cole: She valued survival. Yours most of all.

Lucanis: In her own way.

Cole: You still want her approval. Even now.

Lucanis: Careful, Cole.

Cole: You hear her voice every time you fail.

Lucanis: Cole, that's enough.