28 and 30 from the Rook codex prompts!
28 - Propaganda for or against Rook
*Excerpt from The Minrathous Mirror*
Trouble in the city? Is Minrathous under attack? Suspicions arose when seeing known enemy of Tevinter, the Inquisitor meeting with a runaway slave at Dock Town’s famous tavern, The Cobbled Swan. Who is this “Rook,” many are asking. Several magisters reached out to assure my readers that rumors of a slave uprising are false and that the city is safe from Inquisition influence. If anyone has information on the identity and whereabouts of this “Rook,” citizens are encouraged to report them to Knight-Commander Lenos, who assures that they will answer for their transgressions against our city.
30 - A note/letter that Rook never sent
I’m not even sure why I’m writing this. You’re gone. You’ve been gone for years. A letter won’t change anything. Emmrich said talking to the dead can help ease the living. Not sure if that’s still true when it’s been this long, but I promised him I’d try.
You’d like Emmrich. He’s one of the friends I made. Remember when you’d tell me to make some friends? Well, I don’t know if you can really remember things. I’m still shaky on how all of this really works. But that’s not the point. I finally made some damn friends (language, I know.)
I joined up with the Lords of Fortune. They’re good people. Mostly. Isabela’s their leader. She’s that pirate woman I used to sneak off to talk to on the docks. She remembered me and everything.
I know you really cared about our culture as elves. I met some Dalish. They would’ve talked about their culture and their gods with you for hours. Probably showed you some weird ancient elvhen artifacts too. Things are…complicated with them now - the gods, I mean. It’s hard to tell where all of us stand on it - elves, I mean. You and Strife would’ve talked about it until your lips fell off. Strife’s another friend of mine - sort of. He’s a friend of Bellara’s, who’s a friend of mine.
I’ve changed a lot since you died. For better or worse. I don’t know if you’d be proud of everything I’ve done. Probably not everything, but it all got me here, so that can’t be too bad, right? I’m saving the world so that’s pretty crazy. I hope I get it right. If I do, I promise I’ll make it better than it was when I lost you. If I don’t, I guess I’ll see you again soon enough. Here’s hoping I figure it out.
