new Rook time! this is Tala Lavellan Aldwir, the daughter of Lyris Lavellan and Solas but with a twist.
Hailing from a timeline where Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain succeeded and Solas was killed, Tala comes from a world of Blight and chaos, but possesses more than enough childhood memories of growing up in Skyhold and Kirkwall to know how the world ought to be. With the help of the Veil Jumpers and her Uncle Dorian, she came up with a plan to go back in time and rewrite history, knowing full well that in doing so, she would be erasing the people she loved and the world that had been hers. Her vallaslin was a gift from her mother as a reminder of who she was and where she had come from, as they both knew that they would never see each other again.
When Tala made her leap, she successfully found the Veil Jumpers of the past and joined their ranks, feigning amnesia regarding her origins and being given the name Aldwir. She went out of her way to ensure that Varric recruited her and planned to try and stop the ritual before the rift could open wide enough to open the gods' prison. She failed, and now has to succeed in stopping the gods, or her sacrifice was all for nothing.
Lyris finally gets to introduce Solas to Tala and the rest of her clan, and Tala is immediately demanding to hear all about what happened in Minrathous and if her mum killed another god like she killed Corypheus.
Give it an hour, Solas will have all the kids pestering him to turn into a wolf because Lyris told Tala that he ripped Lusacan's throat out, and she's run around telling everyone.
Okie, so her name is Tala. She was conceived on the trip to the Arbor Wilds, but was only 'discovered' after Lyris returned from the Frostback Basin. So there was the fun realisation that she'd been pregnant while venturing through the Deep Roads and fighting a possessed dragon lmao
She was born in Wycome and was delivered by Keeper Deshanna, who performed the typical rites and rituals to induct the newborn into the clan as one of the Dalish. Lyris also made a point to bring her to the Vhenadahl in the Alienage and receive blessings from the Hahren because if there was one thing Lyris learned, it was that too many elves - Dalish and City - felt like they were entirely different peoples, and she wanted to try to promote some kind of unity, to remind them all that they are of the same people regardless of circumstance. There ended up being a celebration amongst the elves over the new arrival, and the party lasted for hours before mother and baby were exhausted and needed to retire.
During the time before Trespasser, Tala grew up primarily in Skyhold. As she became more mobile, she made a habit of hiding and jumping out at staff, soldiers and visiting dignitaries before running away laughing and she loves to spend time in the garden hunting for bugs and worms, and eating dirt as tiny children often do.
Krem stitches her new toys from time to time. So far she has a nug with wings, a golden halla, a griffon with a crooked tail, and a dragon that breathes fire (aka Dagna figured out a way to make the dragon spit out illusionary sparkles when it's squeezed and Tala still isn't sick of it).
She learns to speak Elvhen, Qunlat, Antivan, and a little Orlesian, and everyone anticipates that she's definitely going to be a mage, given that her mother and father are both mages and powerful ones at that, so there's plenty of discussion about her training. Lyris intends to stick to Dalish tradition on that front. Once the basics are covered, the others can give their own input, but Tala needs a solid base without any mixed messages.
And when it comes to Solas, no one is allowed to openly detract him in front of Tala. They don't need to sing his praises, but Tala deserves to form her own opinion of her father and not be spoonfed criticism. And if anyone's ever asked about where he went and why he never came back, the official answer is 'I don't know, but we assume it's very important'.
After Trespasser plays out and Skyhold is carefully defanged, Lyris takes Tala to live in Kirkwall where she takes up her role as Comtesse, though they make plenty of trips to Wycome over the years. Lyris tells Tala the truth about Solas being Fen'Harel and that he left for an important mission, but certain details are withheld on account of her age and Lyris' hope that Solas' mind can be changed and he can still come back to be Tala's father. She'll be told more as she gets older, but it's very piecemeal.
By the time Dreadwolf comes around, she'll be nearly eight years old and probably have just come into her magic within the last year or so with Lyris and Merrill as her primary teachers. When she tells her mother about the strange wolf watching her in her dreams, she learns that her mother has the same dreams, and that its Solas watching over them from the Fade, never drawing close because they could tempt him to abandon his path.
Solas has known about Tala the whole time, having learned about Lyris' pregnancy from dreams and his spies, and he tries his best to maintain an emotional distance from the child. He doesn't always succeed though, and he watches over her, protecting her in her dreams. On one occasion, he might let her reach him so that he might get the chance to speak to her just once, to let her know him because this is his daughter and he wants to love her even though he can't and if he just allows this one meeting, maybe it will satisfy this terrible yearning in him so that he can focus solely on his path. But he knows that if he meets her once, it might be unbearable to return to that path and he might fail to let go.
Essentially he's torturing himself even more because he loves Lyris so much and he wants to love their child so much, but he loves his people and can he really put his love and their child over the countless souls that he betrayed?
Smash cut to Tala eating dirt and trying to climb into the stable with a drasolisk, which definitely gave poor Master Dennet a heart attack.
2. What my Muse admires about their love interest(s)
Tala admires Josie's selflessness and endless patience. Lol, Tala knows that sometimes she is a handful to deal with, that her reckless side may prove stressful to Josie at times, but her patience hardly wavers. It's something she eventually learns to really appreciate and even evaluate how her actions can affect her loved ones.
7. How they respond to a confession of attraction
Okay lol this is HIGHLY dependent on who. Tala is not easily flustered, if it's say, a casual thing, perhaps pre-relationship if she was being flirty with some lady at a tavern, her reaction would be to flirt harder and lay the charms on thick. Tala adores positive attention
BUT if it's someone she may POSSIBLY have real growing feelings for (👀 Josie 👀), her reaction would be more subdued, because oh no...love, like serious love is somewhat of a slightly scary territory and it would be harder for her to kind of just plaster a nonchalant jokey reaction. But there is blushing. A LOT OF IT.
15. The differences between lust and love for my Muse
Hehehe okay building off the last answer. Tala is waaaaay more confident in casual flirting and initiating flings. Talking to people comes easy for her, and if she wants to have a little consensual fun with a pretty lady HELL YEAH
Love? Love is SCARY. Tala's secret fear is someone finding out her true self without all the glitz and realizing they don't really like her after all. So she tends to be careful, because her last relationship ended like that. And she was afraid the same thing would happen with Josie. Hence...long periods of her seemingly not taking it seriously and why Leliana had to intervene
Immy
8. How they respond to an anonymous love letter
jdjdjdjdj Immy would like to pretend she never saw it. The worst way to confess your feelings for her would be an anonymous love letter cause she'd get so anxious over it she'll shove it somewhere and ignore it
17. My Muse’s sexual fantasies regarding their partner(s)
🔥👀🔥Okay lol, as cute and fluffy as Immy is, she LOVES getting RAILED. HARD. A lot of her fantasies about Cullen prior their relationship was him fucking her against a wall (which lucky for her became a reality). She also loves the idea of edging Cullen and having him beg, because his voice gets all low and raspy and it turns her on. And how easily he comes undone for her when she finally lets him could almost get her off
26. My Muse’s favorite part about having sex with their partner(s)
Cullen may not be the most sexually experienced (or skilled lmao) but he makes up for it by being thorough and attentive IMO. He's the type to really care about his partner's needs and Immy likes that they can talk about what they both want for that boink session.
Also he's really strong and that is a giant turn on for her djdjdjdjdj
