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All We Create, All We Destroy by Elkaby
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
19 Nov 2025
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It's been a year since the fall of the last elven gods Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain, since Solas willingly sealed himself in the Fade to protect the Veil.Between the Final Blight, the incursion of the Antaam, and the fall of no less than three sovereign nations and (possibly) two religions, the team have their work cut out for them, as they now must help rebuild Thedas from the ground up.
In the midst of all this, Atash Laidir - better known as 'Rook', protege of Varric Tethras and leader of the intrepid team - makes a monumental discovery:
She's pregnant.
Atash and Emmrich now find themselves facing a terrifying question:
How can you bring new life into the world, when that world is still in pieces?
A long-form, post-DATV fic about rebuilding a broken world and wingin' it.
There will be:
1) babies
2) general angst
3) (some) Origins-era horror
4) (a lot of) DA2-era snark
5) sprinklings of Inquisition politicking (and Dorian)
6) lots of character cameos from previous games (are they cameos if they play a significant role in the story, though..?)
7) tooth rotting fluff in between the grimdark bits
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- Part 1 of All We Create, All We Destroy
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A-Hunting We Will Go by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
16 Sep 2025
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The breeze rolling in from the open window of Rook's flat in Dock Town smelled of brine and smoke, the calls of merchants and gulls rising into the air as Neve hauled the last crate onto the worn wooden table in the kitchen area. The place was modest by Minrathian standards. The walls were bare and the floorboards creaked, but there was a window that looked out on the bustling canal. Rook didn't mind. It felt like a foothold for her.
“You know,” Neve said, brushing dust from her hands as she moved around the table, “most people don’t celebrate surviving the literal end of the world by moving into a half-rotted flat in Dock Town.”
Bellara sat on the other side of the table, digging through the crates they'd brought in earlier to unpack things, and looked up as Neve spoke, a brow. “Rook's never been most people,” she added with a light laugh.
Rook smirked faintly, tucking a lock of bright red hair behind her ear as she crossed the room and raised a shoulder. “Eh, it's not the Lighthouse, but it'll do.
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- Part 37 of Perfectly Gathered Clouds of Doom
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After the Veilguard by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
09 Sep 2025
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Three months had passed since the fall of Elgar’nan, yet the echoes of that day still lived in Rook’s bones. The world had steadied, the Veil was sealed, and her companions had all gone their separate ways: Davrin was back in Weisshaupt helping Evka and the Wardens rebuild, Neve left to secure Minrathous with what was left of the Shadow Dragons and the Threads, and Lucanis had gone back to Antiva to take his place as First Talon and begin reclaiming the region from under Antaam rule. Likewise, Taash had gone back to Rivain to help with recovery efforts there, and Emmrich went back to his quiet pocket within the Necropolis to begin his journey into Lichdom.
Rook, however, lingered in the Fade. The Lighthouse had become her anchor, its halls echoing with memories that she wasn't quite ready to let go of. She used the Crossroads to travel, checking in on each of them to ensure their wounds were healing and cities were rebuilding. She told herself it was duty, but Lucanis saw through it every time. She was growing restless. For as long as he'd known her, she'd been constantly on the move and now... now she had no direction at all.
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- Part 36 of Perfectly Gathered Clouds of Doom
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From a Friend by ArdentlyNeo
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
30 Aug 2025
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Hi hello this is entirely self indulgent- my head cannon for my Shadow Dragon, Elven Mage rook is that she is FenHawkes kid. And this is basically me word vomiting how I would want this to play out in my head so. Here ya go!
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- 746
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Day 2 - The Ossuary by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
26 Aug 2025
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He was alive… at least according to Caterina Dellamorte… and why would she entertain this idea if it weren’t at least mostly true? She didn’t deal with small chances. She wouldn’t hold out hope unless she knew without a shadow of a doubt that her information was good. Which would mean that for the last year or so that Rook had thought Lucanis Dellamorte was dead… he hadn’t been.
She almost wished he were.
She thought back to the day she’d said goodbye to him - or what she had thought was him - and her grim resolve to seek vengeance against his killers. If he were alive, did that mean everything she’d accomplished in his name was for naught? Had the Venatori she killed hunting the culprit died for nothing? The answer was no, of course, but she couldn’t help but question everything.
He was alive.
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- Part 2 of Luscanis Week 2025
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Vignette: Later That Evening by Elkaby
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
06 Aug 2025
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Everyone has a nice, normal dinner.
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- Part 2 of All We Create, All We Destroy
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Thel complains about the weather.
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- Part 18 of Fluffcember in July 2025 [Multifandom]
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“So I can have my knife,” Shirin held her patience with both hands, “but where will I keep it?”
“In your gown, of course,” Myrna said.
“IT HAS POCKETS,” Vorgoth boomed.
Or: the fancy dress ball we could have had but didn't because the world is an unfair place. Rook and Emmrich dress up all fancy and infiltrate Johanna Hezenkoss' ball to stop her nefarious plans.
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- Part 4 of Wanderfade
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Vanilla and Sunshine and Smiles by WoundedSoul
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
09 Jul 2025
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Neve asks Spite if he can find Rook for them in the Fade
Because Detective Neve and her Bloodhound Spite rot my brain
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- Part 6 of For the Love of Random NPCs
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Crumbs for the Starving by EpiphanyJones
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
22 Jun 2025
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In the middle of the end of the world, Rook and Lucanis take some cautious steps toward a roaring flame. But there is a demon's desire to consider, and long-buried fears can poison the deepest well. Their broken edges are sharp. Love can hurt as much as any knife. Can anything good grow from blighted ground?
A post-romance lock, late Act 2 fic about what two wounded people think they deserve.
This is the main work in the series; other entries are not needed.Series
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Rabbit by MediocreMillie
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
16 May 2025
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“Did you know the physiological effects of fear and arousal are much the same?” He leaned closer, inhaling the eucalyptus scent of her hair. Rook tugged weakly on the door handle, but he held firm. Emmrich could practically feel the heat of her blush radiating, even from behind her. “Shallow breaths.” He ran two fingers up her spine, moving her heavy curls over her shoulder before pressing them to the pulse point just below her jaw. “Elevated heart rate.” The beat pounded below his fingertips perfectly as he tightened his grip on her neck and leaned closer to kiss the nape. A small whimper escaped her lips. He grinned against her skin. “Involuntary sounds.”
“Emm…” she whispered, trembling.
Emmrich used his grip on her throat to spin her to face him, caging her smaller body against the door. “Dilated pupils,” he observed. “My sweet Renya..." He enjoyed the way she had to crane her neck to look him in the eye. “When you learned that it was I who cornered you in the Necropolis all those years ago, did it change how you viewed the memory?” He leaned in to run his teeth along her delicately pointed ear. “Does it excite you now, little rabbit?”
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A REALLY SHORT one shot in response to week 3 of The Fade Discord Server's Prompt Challenge!
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The Cobbled Swan Case by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
14 Apr 2025
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Coming back to Dock Town would always weigh on Rook, so she made sure that any time she did, she left having tried to right her wrong. She didn't regret choosing to help Treviso in person, but she couldn't help but feel a little bit responsible for the state of Minrathous. Doing whatever she could while she was here was her way of atonement. Whether that meant she had to find a lost cat for a little girl or chase down despair demons, she'd do it. If she got to take out Venatori scum while she was here, well that was just an added bonus.
This trip had seen the team garnering their most significant win as of late. Since the Shadow Dragons had all but gone to ground, the only people Dock Town had looking out for them were the Threads. So when Neve's contact, Elek, reached out for help, Rook was ready and willing to offer it.
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- Part 13 of Perfectly Gathered Clouds of Doom
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Dinner Amongst The Dead by Elkaby
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
06 Apr 2025
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Atash Laidir - better known as 'Rook' - is the very picture of a tough, boisterous Qunari Lord of Fortune. She is not fazed by bloodthirsty mage cultists, demonic possessions or ancient elven gods.
She is, however, quite thoroughly fazed at the prospect of going out to dinner with a certain necromancer.
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- Part 1 of Seaglass and Grave Gold
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Look In The Mirror by roshytsunami
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler
26 Mar 2025
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This is for the Trans Thedas Fest 2025. My prompt was “rook comes out to their love interest (exploration of the canon scene or one the writer comes up with."
Using this idea I decided to use one of my rooks that was transplanted from another fandom. A what if a certain Grim Reaper was born into the Veilguard verse and was finally treated well by someone she has grown fond of.
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Friends in Peace by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
30 Jan 2025
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“I swear to you, Neve, nothing happened," Rook assured the detective for a third or fourth time, but Neve would not stop giving Rook skeptical looks that said she thought otherwise. She wasn't sure how Neve knew that Lucanis had walked her from the dining hall to the tower, but it had been the first thing Neve talked to her about the next morning. No hello. No good morning. Just "tell me everything".
"Nothing except you drinking wine and getting cozy," she said, flashing her a teasing grin as Lucanis entered the hall where the eluvian was housed.
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- Part 6 of Perfectly Gathered Clouds of Doom
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Target Acquired Under the Sea by damdirtyheathen
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types
22 Jan 2025
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It had been nearly a year since rook joined Varric's team hunting the Dread Wolf. In that year, she'd seen more of Thedas than she ever thought possible, so when they got a report that their target was in Minrathous, Rook couldn't help but feel like they were just chasing a ghost.
"This is different," Varric had promised her. "If Neve says she's got a lead on Solas, I believe her."
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- Part 4 of Perfectly Gathered Clouds of Doom
- Language:
- English
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- 2,176
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Made Me Think of You - A Wintersend Story by SpaceAqueerious
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
11 Jan 2025
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Bellara is organizing a secret gift exchange, and Neve is Rook's chosen recipient. However, he seizes the chance to show a certain Warden how much he appreciates him.
Or, for the sake of merriment and fluff, we pretend Veilguard happens around Wintersend
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The Gala of Feathers by ladyofthebrook
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
21 Nov 2024
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“I- need a date. Which is to say… you. If you’ll agree.”
Neve’s eyebrows rose. “You mean that Lucanis has invited you out dancing. And you want to bring me along? To what, third wheel the whole time?”
“It was addressed to the Savior of Treviso,” Rook said tightly, unable to forget, even over a year later, how she hadn’t been able to save Minrathous in the same way. “And sent from ‘The First Talon’. Neither of our actual names were even on the invite. Please, Neve, it was- it was the least personalized thing I’ve ever read, like some secretary wrote it. And I just… I can’t.”
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A year after saving the world, Rook receives an invitation to the Antivan Crow’s Gala of the Feathers.Featuring Detective Neve, the only woman who actually has a clear idea of what’s going on, and a Rook and Lucanis who have both taken away very different translations of the same memory.