DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD (2024) Dev. Bioware

catch me chanting that dalish curse like it’s a prayer

twisting the knife a little

The elven god of nursing

AO3 FIC LINK.

Summary:

Solas regarded him with bemusement from his chair next to the aquarium wall. “You are unwell,” he observed. “No shit,” muttered Rook into the lounge cushions. He turned onto his side and groped for his thin, ratty blanket, pulling it over himself to ease the cold flush that had overtaken him. “Bellara and Neve are getting me a cure.”

Rook falls ill. Solas takes care of him while his team arranges treatment.

A/N: Another little fic for the Lighthouse AU. Enjoy!

I never noticed how he pronounced “ferals” in this sentence until now.

(And Curie is being very curiously observant in the background while Nick talks to his daughter)

[They'll never understand how excited i got to being answered😭. I threw my phone at the wall!]

Hii! I love the way you draw you AM. Hes so silly. Also really love your lil peep, being a computer software has to be so fun i think.

Oh also on a scale of 1-10 what would you and AM rate brownies?

hihi! thank you so much! i have a lot of fun drawing him <3

being a computer software is pretty fun! i can basically go wherever i want on the internet [for better or for worse....] there are a couple of downsides though, considering file corruption and decay is easy to catch if you're not careful or well protected, which i'm not considering that i was kinda defunct for not functioning perfectly... [naahhh not the computer program disability] so i have contracted some viruses a few times -w-''

as for the brownies thing! this is such a cute question! neither of us can eat in the traditional sense but i can copy food code and models from games and basically use them as holograms to eat! ive gotten good enough at code cooking to know how to write my own digital recipes [though i am not without my mistakes!!] i can transfer the code into am's receptors and though its not quite the same, he can still pick up the signals of what they taste like!

i've made brownies quite a few times and i'd rate them an 8/10! they're super yummy and i really like the texture! the thing that pulls them up to a 10/10 is if i put them with vanilla ice cream!! pretty popular combo but its popular for a good reason! am says he rates them a 4/10 as he can't really understand the appeal of the texture and thinks that the lack of variety is primitive [aka, his way of saying they're boring.] he also notes that the presentation isn't amazing and that they're a bland display. the four points comes from me making it for him, so he can't bring himself to hate it.

Imagine a young, "hot blooded and cocky" always ready for a fight Solas, who enjoys courtly intrigue, scandal and sex, meeting inquisitor Lavellen who gets time travelled back to ancient arlathan in the height of it's glory after his future self leaves her. The angst. The drama. Lavellen trying to stay away from him and him making it impossible once intrigued. Fen harel falling for her again but for the first time and not remembering it until she's back in the present. I need 20 fics of this stat.

Some Solas photos I took today.

The future of the Veil

Since there may not be another game, I guess it's up to us to imagine what might happen with the Veil in the future. I've seen suggestions that maybe Solas (and Lavellan, if they're together) might be able to bring the Veil down very slowly and gradually over time, without harming anyone. And I do like that idea! But I also like the idea that the Veil stays up, and instead of taking it down Solas (maybe working with Lavellan) finds ways to transform it; so that rather than being a wound on the world, it becomes truly a way of protecting the vulnerable. Maybe the Veil can be changed so that it is easier for friendly spirits who want to join the physical world to pass through. But meanwhile the most vulnerable spirits are still safe behind the Veil, protected from those who would harm them. The Veil becomes the reason why no spirit will ever again be forced into physical form or twisted against its purpose, so mages can no longer do to spirits what Mythal did to Solas himself all those years ago. Maybe the Veil can be changed so that magic can pass through more easily, allowing some of the ancient magics to be reawakened. But meanwhile the Veil still prevents any individual mage from drawing too much power, so no mage will ever again gather the kind of power that the Evanuris had. Maybe the Veil can be changed so that over time it's easier to access the power of the Fade, and therefore mages become more commom and prejudice against mages decreases. And meanwhile the enchantments on the Veil have been changed to protect the spirits passing through it, so mages are no longer at risk of demon possession, and they can work peacefully with spirits as the Nevarrans and Rivaini seers do. Obviously, I have no idea how any of this would work or whether it's possible within the lore! But we can imagine whatever future we want. After all, despite everything the Veil was clearly an incredible feat of magical skill and power: I like the idea that one day Solas will look back, and instead of seeing the Veil as just another regret, he will think of it as his life's work and his great gift to the people of Thedas.