#dav davrin

[speremint]

my friend just got davrin's romance lock in scene and i'm malding as a lucanismancer

[calcium-draws]

a small collection of very grainy pics trying to compare the height of my rook (female elf with height slider at -100%) with a few of the companions. for drawing references or smthing idk

[raccoonslittlehands]

Huh? 😭 Davrin casts constipation?

[xonuq]

Recently I finished Dragon Age: The Veilguard, ppl can say whatever they want abt this game but I personally had a blast wit it.

Yes it could have been better I'm not denying that, but I only had experience with Inquisition before so I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking and- I wasn't disappointed!

I love the world and the delightful companions (heavy on Emmrich and Bellara) Also Assan and Manfred absolutely stole my heart 💜💜

Also love my Rook sm, most handsome boy in Thedas💜 and yes Im a basic bitch I went with Lucanis on the first playthrough, next target Emmrich (gotta get that spooky daddy experience😈🙏)

The cutscenes and facial animations were amazing, I felt every scene hard. I had a great 60-ish hours, I rlly recommend it!

[officialnostradamus]

Davrin needs him a little freak; to be freaky for him. He's just too normal for a guy who ran away from his loving family to join a death cult.

[mageswithcats]

Rook: watch out for those claws!

Lucanis: I was planning on it.

Rook:

Lucanis:

Davrin:

[flamehande]

Think you've never seen two pretty bestfriends? Get ready for three.

[shippingmyworld]

My Veilguard hot take is that Davrin's companion quest ultimatum should have ended with the choice to save either Assan's life or the lives of Assan's siblings. Let me explain.

Davrin's narrative is constantly a pull of self vs. community. He left behind his entire clan because doing his duty to his community and preserving history didn't bring his self any fulfillment. The first time you go for a walk with him he tells you that he found fulfilment through hunting, which eventually turned to monster hunting, which led him to the Grey Wardens. However, this came with the unexpected consequence of hardening his personality. With death around every corner, he could no longer be true to his kind and caring personality (insert over-cited evidence of Davrin singing to Halla as a child). Members of his community could disappear overnight, and would do so regularly because of what the Wardens did. That's why when Assan came into the picture, he tried to keep the griffin at arms length. After Weisshaupt however, Davrin lost nearly his entire community and was only pulled out of his despair and anger when Rook reminded him that Assan needed him. Davrin let go of his community willingly again, and was able to find joy in being true to his self again and raising Assan.

The Wardens were still there, albeit broken and scattered for the time being, but Davrin stepped away and focused on Assan. That's why Isseya is the perfect foil for Davrin. She's also a Grey Warden elf that made the opposite choice in this instance, she chose to fulfill her sense of duty to her community instead of herself, and then lost herself after her Calling.

That's why the final 'ultimate' call with no good ending for Davrin should have been a choice between saving Assan or saving Assan's siblings. Imagine that Isseya is moments away from finishing her ritual to successfully blight the other griffins. Davrin sees Isseya's struggle, sees himself in her eyes and understands her plight of self vs. community, and still wants to believe and appeal to the kindness that he knows is somewhere deep down inside her. The same kindness that he's carrying himself. Isseya did what she did out of love for her community, however her love for the griffin's of her time was just as strong, which is what twisted her into the Gloom Howler. As we see in-game, Isseya's been too corrupted by the Blight, become too devoted to her crusade to 'rescue' the griffins from the Grey Wardens to give up and Davrin's final appeal to her fails. So, paralyzed and broken, Davrin turns to Rook and Rook needs to make a decision; either charge in with Assan and risk the young griffin's safety to rescue the rest of the clutch, or hold back for the ritual to start and give themselves and Assan a safe window of opportunity to strike down Isseya.

If Rook charges in, Isseya will abandon the ritual and turn her full attention on Rook and Assan. This would end with Assan giving his life to protect Rook, allowing Rook to strike the fatal blow. The other griffin's are safe, they won't go extinct, but now Davrin has to mourn the loss of the griffin he came to see as his own son. He wouldn't blame Rook of course, Assan lived as a Grey Warden should, preventing Darkspawn from taking the lives of others and fulfilling the final part of his vows, 'In death, sacrifice.' However the pain of losing Assan will never fade and should Davrin survive the final battle, Davrin will sacrifice his self fulfillment again to fully devote himself to his community in order to honor Assan's memory as a Grey Warden. The griffins remain with the Wardens, and Davrin makes sure they're always treated properly, however never gets close to another cub again.

If Rook holds back, Isseya will be too focused on her ritual to prevent getting struck by a surprise and fatal blow from Assan and Rook. Assan is safe, however his siblings are now either dead or blighted from the ritual, meaning they have to be put down. This means Davrin has failed his duty as a Grey Warden since he couldn't keep the griffins safe. Now Assan is the last griffin left in existence and once Assan dies, the griffins will be extinct once again. He wouldn't blame Rook in this scenario either because it kept Assan, his son, safe. Should Davrin survive the final battle in this scenario, he'd sacrifice his place in his community since he'd never able to forgive himself for failing to save the griffins. He'd instead devote himself to raising Assan and taking care of Arlathan Forest, like his Uncle Eldrin.

I think that personally I'd just like to see something that has more immediate and recognizable consequences then what the game gives us. The negative aspects of bringing the griffins to the Wardens vs leaving them in Arlathan just seems too vague to really feel like the choice has much of an impact. Sure, history could repeat itself and future Wardens might take advantage of the griffins, but that's big 'what if' that's just looming in the distance. And if you leave the griffins in Arlathan, you're just letting nature take its course and letting wild griffins live their lives without any sort of force to protect them, which is another big 'what if' regarding their future. Plus if some big bad blight-related threat did appear on the horizon, the codex entry from Ghilan'nain implies that griffins are already natural predators to the blight so no matter where they are they'd likely come back to fight it off, Grey Warden trained or not.