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Summertime on the Road to Hell by gradevus
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
19 Oct 2025
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In the endless, unforgiving desert of the Hissing Wastes, all routes converge at the Crossroads—where travellers, bounty hunters and strangers alike must meet. And in the centre of the Crossroads there is but one respite from the sun; in the dusty but vibrant saloon they call... The Lighthouse.
For Isadora de Riva, it's also called 'home'.
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- Part 10 of Wagon Age: The Railguard
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Before she was the Veilguard’s infamous ‘Rook’ de Riva, she had just been ‘Rookie’—to Viago at least—the name always huffed in a rather annoyed and exasperated tone. It is in his House de Riva that she finds a family; in the Lighthouse that she finds companionship; and in the darkest corner of the pantry, that Rook finds love.
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Rookie is on a fast-tracked journey to change the world, but she'll do it her way, one Crow at a time—starting with her surly guildmaster. Through every trial, their inexplicable bonds are tested time and time again, and challenges the heart of what it means to be a Crow.
Canon-divergent. Covers both pre-Veilguard events and in-game storylines. Crow-centric, with (un)healthy helpings of Viago de Riva.
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- Part 1 of Isadora de Riva
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When Rook is wed to Lucanis Dellamorte—the mysterious but aloof, new First Talon—she can't help but feel there's something strange about him.
Her husband only visits in the darkness of the night. Shadows bloom like bloodstains on bedroom walls. Violet eyes and feathered monsters haunt her dreams.
But Rook finds solace in the coming of the sun, the scent of fresh coffee, and a warm, crooked smile.
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A gothic romance mystery. Arranged marriage!au
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The King narrowed his eyes at her. Tapped the arm of his throne again thoughtfully. "Just who are you to Viago de Riva?"
Rook didn't look like she knew the answer either.
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When Viago is accused and imprisoned for treason against the Crown, Rook risks everything to go to Antiva City and beg for his life. Meanwhile, Viago and the King must finally come to terms with their ambitions, their family, and what it means to be a father.
For the Viago Week prompt: Talon or King
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- Part 4 of Isadora de Riva
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The price for the services of Lucanis Dellamorte was gold—a lot of it, admittedly—but he was known to be well worth the coin.
But if one didn’t have gold... well, then there were always other ways to pay.
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AU where Lucanis was never taken to the Ossuary, but he is still hired for the contract ;)
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- Part 6 of Counting Crows
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Wagon Age: The Railguard by brainwyrmz, cravingcoconutredbull, gradevus, khayr, laufehson, morrriigan, nimblefox, OnlyALIttlePsycho, woodland_elf
Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
20 Oct 2025
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girl gang in the hissing wastes adopts a sad wet man. smooches happen <3
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Counting Crows by gradevus, Inquisitor_Stabbs, JasperCafe, kaeoticneutral, khayr, morrriigan, nimblefox, SpitefulHeart, VixenOfCadmea, Yngvildr the Voracious (Yngvildr_the_Voracious), Yngvildr_the_Voracious
Fandom: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
25 Feb 2025
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ONE for sorrow
TWO for mirth
THREE for a wedding
FOUR for a birth
FIVE for silver
SIX for gold
SEVEN a secret ne'er to be told
EIGHT for a wish
NINE for a kiss
TEN a bird you must not miss
ELEVEN for hope
TWELVE for health
THIRTEEN beware of the devil himself- Words:
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Portrait of a Family by Slothquisitor
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
26 May 2025
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House Dellamorte is cursed.
Or so the whispers go. An entire bloodline nearly extinguished in a single, brutal night—slaughtered without mercy, leaving only the First Talon and her two young grandsons behind.
How does a House survive such ruin? How does it breathe through grief thick enough to drown?Caterina wears their loss like armor; choosing pain, choosing punishment, over pyres. Lucanis maps the secrets of the house, quiet and watchful, already half in shadow. Illario, charismatic and angry, finds the questions he longs to ask dead on his tongue.
A character study of House Dellamorte, tracing the shadows cast in the years before Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Content warnings: mentions of abuse, canon-typical violence, mentions of child abuse.
This was written as part of the Dragon Age Big Bang and was illustrated by Slytherkins .
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- Part 1 of The Watcher and The Crow
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- English
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- 17,844
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- 7/7
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- 1
- Comments:
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Bookmarked by gradevus
19 Oct 2025
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Acoustics by ChaosHerald
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
28 Jun 2025
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Bellara sighed. “Oh, that one was really pretty.”
“Antivan, right?” asked Harding, looking over at Lucanis. “What's it about?”
Spite hissed in his ear. “She sang. For you. I want a song.”
Lucanis resisted putting his head in his hands or taking a swing at the demon. That would just be embarrassing for both of them. He forced himself to answer. “The singer is negotiating with the sea to bring their lover home,” he said. “I'll give you my silks. I'll give you my gold. I'll give you my jewels. The sea refuses, says I have already taken your heart, there is nothing of greater worth you can offer.”
(Lucanis is exhausted. Spite is a music lover. Feelings are felt but damned if the parties involved can make any sense of them. Written for the Word with Friends challenge on Tumblr for the word "Balter." Pre-relationship Rookanis.)
Bookmarked by gradevus
29 Jun 2025
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Seven Places to Kiss in the Lighthouse by itsrainingpandas
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)
16 Jun 2025
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It's the Fade, but it's not huge. Sometimes you have to take advantage of rooms while you can.
(Listen, this is entirely self-indulgent fluff. There's no plot, no growth. Just Rook and Lucanis making out like teenagers. They didn't get to kiss much on the game, so I've filled in the gaps with cotton candy stuffing and thank you for understanding🙏🏻)
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Bookmarked by gradevus
17 Jun 2025
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Lucanis' hands are elegant, precise, each movement deliberate without being stiff. He shuffles the deck with mechanical ease, cuts the cards cleanly, deals without flair. Rook watches it all, watches his nimble fingers as he sorts his hand, and sees not even the slightest hint of a cheat. But she knows it's there.
It's maddening.
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Rook challenges Lucanis to a series of Wicked Grace games.
Bookmarked by gradevus
22 May 2025
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Illario gets hurt and Rook takes the time to tend to him. By the end, he’s not sure what shakes him more — the pain itself, or how effortlessly she rewrites the instincts he’s lived by for so long.
Bookmarked by gradevus
11 May 2025