Meet My Rook
Wanted to do a little intro to my Rook now that I’m gonna start posting Dragon Age Veilguard stuff. Got this template from @tkwritesdumbassassins so shout out for the help!
GENERAL
Name: Cassandra de Riva
Alias(es): Rook, Cass, Cassie
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Place of Birth: A small town on the edge of Antiva
Spoken Languages: Trade and Modern Antivan fluently. Old Antivan and Elven are conversational, while she knows seven other languages worth of swear words (Viago put in a swear ban she was trying to get around).
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Occupation: Antivan Crow (Fun fact: she was a bartender for a little while after the Crows so she could take odd jobs that were better suited for her skillset, which is how she met Varric)
FAVORITE
Color: Dark reds are her favorite, but she loves all shades of red
Entertainment: Going to the market with Viago or Teia, going out to the cafè with friends, art galleries, writing and being a soundboard for Bellara, book shopping (which she, like me, does too much of)
Pastime: Painting (mostly scenery), reading, research (only with Neve), chess, piano, and crochet.
Food: While she's not particularly picky, she does have a love for Khachapuri and Penovani Khachapuri when she can get her hands on it.
Drink: Strawberry milkshakes and coffee (mostly sweet coffees)! She’s only had strawberry milkshakes a few times, but they have captivated her. The every day drink is coffee (she is an addict, like somebody else)
Book: If you would have asked before she joined the Veilguard, the answer would have been a mystery book that was written by a friend of hers from when she stayed in the orphanage. After, there’s a book of poems that Lucanis likes to read aloud to her that’s her favorite. (She thinks he writes the poems himself, she just can’t prove it.)
HAVE THEY
Passed University: The short answer, no. The longer answer, is that she’s learned a lot from different people so she’s very smart, just not traditionally taught.
Had sex: Yes
Had sex in public: No
Gotten tattoos: She has the House de Riva symbol tattooed on her back and butterflies from the House symbol up to her collarbone.
Gotten piercings: No, but she's considering.
Gotten scarred: She has lots of scars that she’s collected over the years. Most noticeable ones are the one on her face (which she got in a fight with another Crow while training) and the one on her hand/wrist (she got that from fighting the Antaam.
Had a broken heart: Nope. She was always too busy for romance, so she ignored any crushes that came up (before Sir Stabby).
Been in love: While she’s had a crush or two in the past she’s only been in love once (side-eyes Lucanis)
ARE THEY
A cuddler: Yes, she is. Lucanis has to deal with that every night that they’re together (he wouldn’t want it any other way honestly). Even if she’s not completely cuddled up to him, she has to be making physical contact with him.
Scared easily: No, not really. She’s been through a lot and seen a lot. Very few things actually scare her. Something that she was never quite able to shake being scared of from when she was a kid is hearing a wolf howling close by after a long silence. She got attacked by a wolf when she was around 8 and even though she’s not scared of wolves anymore, can’t help but get that feeling when she hear ‘em.
Jealous easily: No
Trustworthy: Yes. She’s a close confidant of both the Fifth and Seventh Talon before Veilguard starts. After that she’s the close confidant of seven more people. She knows how to keep a secret.
FAMILY
Sibling(s): Viago is her half-brother on their father’s side (she just doesn’t know it until much later in life). Adoptive sisters are Neve and Harding, who she’s gotten super close with during this entire adventure (and before with Harding).
Parents: Maria DiNozzo was one of the affair partners of King Fulgeno II. When she discovered she was pregnant, she fled the Capital. While her mother ended up passing when she was young, she ended up finding a father-figure in Varric later down the line.
Children: So the plan did change, and they have a daughter named Maria, after Cassie's mother.
Pets: Adrien, her fluffy orange cat who loves to follow her around all over the Lighthouse (yes, I match with TK and yes I did it on purpose, we thought it was funny). She also has a pet owl, Athena, who mostly lives in the kitchen.
