happiness has to be fought for

how could I resist mr. dark, complex and intriguing

I am Very Normal about them haha what

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Lucanis Dellamorte, Mage God Killer

Theres that Taash banter with Lucanis about the ribbon lady being into him and Taash mentions they were able to tell by her scent. I can only imagine a Rook romancing Lucanis sweating and making eye contact with Taash. Only to see Taash standing there arms crossed staring down Rook like "I know what you are"

Thinking about Crow Rook picking up drinking small amounts of poison daily like Viago. Like before breakfast, just tossing a small vial back and one day having Harding, Bellara, or Emmrich being like, "Hey Rook, what vitamins do you take every morning before breakfast?" And Rooks like "Vitamins?" Only for them to realize what they're talking about and have no clue how to explain how they drink poison daily because of Viago's paranoia or if it's better to just lie.

imagine being illario and finally finding the resolve to kill your cousin right. you seduce and fuck a blood mage venatori magister to get her to do this for you. you figure you’ll eventually kill her once you are first talon, tie up the loose end and make it look good for you. a vengeance story! except when your cousin’s body shows up your grandma retreats into herself presumably out of grief and you’re like jesus christ he’s a corpse and still the favorite. at this point you start feeling some regret and at the wake you’re beside yourself. it helps to be really feeling some of that to fool everyone else. but months pass and your grandma still isn’t even discussing the inheritance and you have to be normal because you don’t want to incriminate yourself. and then a year later some random guy (worse if its a de riva tbh) shows up saying they need your cousin to kill an elven god (what.) and he’s the only one who could (insulting). and its at this point your grandma is like “lucanis died… but he is not dead!”. record scratch freezeframe. while you juggle with the fact that the freak woman you fucked specifically to get her to kill your cousin didn’t even kill your cousin AND your grandma didn’t bother telling you (for good reason ofc but she doesn’t know that), you have to lead these assholes to go save him and unravel your hard work. so plan b. you kidnap your grandma and push your (now possessed) cousin away (and then get mad when he actually walks away. because you’re like this). and when your cousin comes dangerously close to figuring out what’s happened with you and the magister, you kill the magister. you ally with those elven gods and venatori (you aren’t sure how you’re going to get out of this one but it’s fine. that’s a hill for future illario) to make sure you have enough backing to stand up against the other houses if they challenge you becoming first talon. you continue to gaslight your cousin into staying away, because if there is one thing you can count on, it’s his literal inner demons and total lack of a support group, you’re certain he’ll fuck it up by himself. you know this because his support group used to be your grandma (dubious) and yourself (lol). you’re almost home free. and caterina will definitely acknowledge you as a player on the board. which isn’t important but it would be nice, right. BUT THEN IT TURNS OUT. YOUR COUSIN HAS RECENTLY MADE 7 FRIENDS. one of whom can speak to the fucking dead because of course he can. and then some of those friends show up to publicly humiliate you at the dinner party that should have been YOUR crowning moment. your grandma ALSO shows up to tell everyone you have gathered that your cousin is first talon. your cousin gapes at her because he doesn’t actually even want it so it’s kind of awkward for everyone. and then when you’re sure he’s about to ask viago de riva to poison you to death, he actually tells him just to take you away. because OF COURSE he’s being the bigger person. anyways the point is i’m surprised illario just lets himself be taken away because if i were him i would have started biting people and then bombed the villa

goodnight doodle

when you make enemies with one of the two unofficially assigned chefs in the groups

i promise i am not veering into caterina apologism i think lucanis and illario fans should unionise to kill her. but it is sooooo fun to me to think of how all her children and almost all her grandchildren are dead and all the terrible, abusive lessons she taught (presumably that she herself was taught by her own parents) were for nothing. it didn’t make them strong enough to survive in the crows. and then she becomes guardians to lucanis and illario and she carries the guilt and the cycle continues. the lessons just have to be even harder this time, and then it will stick. what it creates instead is a man who doesn’t want anyone to suffer as he did, and the spare who is convinced what happened to his family was inevitable. house dellamorte is so cooked

here's a funny bit of official concept art that shows spite pouring hot coffee on a sleeping lucanis.

True Kings of Antiva

Lucanis knits. He truly is perfect. I hope he knits something for Rook.

Trans men from Tevinter are honestly on another level.

hopelessly charmed watching this exhausted man's fight against his unhinged little plus one result in his needing to lean on literally every available surface or otherwise bobblehead on his cot trying to stay awake. you're doing horribly, sweetheart 💕

Wait, I need to talk about Lucanis kneeling specifically for an Antivan Rook. Never mind “house dellamorte never kneels.” That is the FIRST TALON kneeling before a much lower-ranked assassin. Like, despite their places in the crow hierarchy, he doesn’t just see them as equals, but he KNEELS for them. I’m gonna throw up.