#dread rook

[woundedsoul12]

Alright alright I'm back on my meme making bullshit

@thedissonantverses @hyperions-light @bygonesigh @jouskaroo

[julie-spirit-finn]

Guys guys guys!!! I commissioned art of my Dread Rook family from @foxxology and I love it so much!!

This is for the sequel (still a WIP!): Dread Rook: Taming the Blight

To my original Dread Rook tale which is completed 😍😍

I got permission from @foxxology to post this and tag them!! It's a family portrait in the Fade 😍

[hustlemeanokay]

Solavellan vs Dread Rook? When did it become a competition? Ship all the ships, I say.

So as much as people like Solavellan (or whatever they call it) - I don't get why people don't like Solas x Rook. It's all there. It's perfect. The tension, the range, the enemies to lovers trope or hell, just the potential for so much writing to be involved. Like, okay... so okay... I go into my personal opinions about what makes each of their relationships different (just a few opinions not like power point presentation style or anything).

When I first played Inquisition, when it first came out, I naturally picked an elf and unknowingly romanced the bald dude. And Solas' romance is a good one. But it's only good because he leaves Lavellan. It's the first time that's happened to a player character in either DA or ME games. A legit breakup. With, at the time, no real reason! It wasn't until after the game, of course, that we were like "OMG!!!" But on the whole, there really wasn't a lot to their romance if you remember what actually happened in the game. But you have to ignore all the fan fiction and fan art that has been done in the decade since then. Just counting the game itself? Not a lot going on there. A couple of kisses, a couple of talks, and that's about it really.

And the whole time, he wasn't being who he really was. He was playing a part. He was Solas version soft-core, so to speak. Because while he may not have started calling himself the 'Dread Wolf', he very much is that person. Solas is prideful. He is a bit of an asshole. He is cold and calculating. The Solas we see in the memories in Veilguard was already turning into that person so the Solas that meets Lavellan is 100% already there. He uses her. The fact that he falls in love with her has very little to do with him using her, he can compartmentalize like that. As Cole says, it changes everything but it can't. But, point being, Lavellan never really got to know him. He always had a mask on. Was always so careful about what he said and how he said it as to not raise suspicion.

But with Rook? Oh, he's pissed. Gone is his careful way of speaking. Gone is his gentle tone and light smile. Rook gets Solas unfiltered. Solas without a mask. Solas the Dread-fucking-Wolf. There's still parts of him that are recognizable. But on the whole, he's more real. Because he's not worried about pretending to be something he's not. Rook knows what he is. Rook knows he's going to betray them, knows he's going to turn on them, is expecting it. (And Solas' manipulations are painfully transparent, with the exception of Varric). What he's worried about with Rook is keeping their blood-magic link in tact and molding them into someone the prison will accept (still not sure how that worked but w/e). But as far as when he talks to them? Sees them? Rook gets under his skin and he slips up and lets it show. He nearly misspeaks almost immediately and he does misspeak later. Rook does that to him. Because he's not keeping himself at arms length with them, he can't.

So the idea of Solas x Rook? Much more... real, as in 'keepin' it real', than Solavellan to me. Does that mean I have zero fics with Solas x Lavellan? Hell no. I have like at least half a dozen with different Lavellans x Solas. But! What it means is that the relationship between Rook and Solas is very intriguing and compelling and is definently fic-fuel. It means that I already have 2 separate fics WIP for them.

You don't have to stand on either side of this line, you can draw a big circle, stand inside of it and clutch both Solavellan and Dread Rook tightly to your chest with you. I'm not sure why there's this insistence that you have to pick one. You've never had to pick one. That's what having multiple OC's is all about. That's how that works.

[elvhenomenon]

someone else: f*** solas

rook, arcturus mercar thorne: I AM TRYING TO!!!!

[lillkogobean]

cleaned up sketch is done! now i just have to outline and colour. i might just keep the colours flat depending on if i feel like rendering or not lol.

[scriberated]

The Wolf's Mantle

Chapter 1 || Ao3

Chapter Summary/Preview:

“Look, mortal,” Ghilan’nain crooned, gliding closer with a hand-held mirror gripped between her spindly fingers. 

A unique vallaslin had been burned into her flesh across her neck and shoulders, and only looking at the pattern could she tell that some of it extended to her chest as well. There was an angular direction of some of the design, more geometric than concentric as most vallaslin were, appearing as an almost three-dimensional overlapping pattern.

“You were so eager to take up the cause of Fen’Harel,” Elgar’nan said, walking closer to admire his handiwork. “I thought to gift you this vallaslin so all might recognize you for it. A Wolf’s Mantle — for taking on his mantle.” He smirked, a quiet chuckle hissed through his teeth at his own cleverness.

Blind rage consumed her, red bleeding into her vision. He had branded her. Not just an agent of Fen’Harel — which was truly laughable, given how all of this had started — but his servant. His slave.

Work Summary: Rook is captured by Elgar'nan. For the crime of taking on the Dread Wolf's mantle, now she must wear it for all to see. Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Ships: Solas/Rook, Rook & Lucanis Dellamorte Tags: Act 1 spoilers, Aftermath of Torture, Mind Control, Branding, Forced Bonding, Vallaslin (Dragon Age), Whump, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Comfort, Eventual Smut, Attempted Murder, Other Additional Tags to Be Added

[midandevil]

What Is It That Stays My Hand?

Chapter 10: The Siege of Weisshaupt is out now. Rook may be starting to *Kylie Jenner voice* realise things. 

She aches for Solas—for his guilt, his regrets, the unbearable weight he carries that she’s only now beginning to see. The urge to reach for him rises in her chest like a wisp into a vessel; to hug him, to pull him close, to assure him with a touch that she will not fail, no matter what. // But the courage falters before it can take root. Her arms remain at her sides, heavy with the weight of her own uncertainty. // She’s not brave enough, not yet.

[frostwork]

Solas: I would kill you if I had the chance.

Rook: You want to fuck me so bad it makes you look stupid.

Solas: That is NOT whats going on here. You are the single most infuriating person in my life.

Rook: I know you are but what am I?

Solas: