#oops all laidirs

Dana stretched out across the wooden bench on top deck, tilting her head towards the warm beams of sunlight. Their vessel cut through the water with little resistance, given the calm that had settled over the sea. It would've been the ideal afternoon for a brief nap, if not for the arguably absurd number of Lords Isabela had selected to join the trip earlier that day. Sure, there were rumors of raiders in the surrounding waters, but Dana couldn't remember the last time she'd seen this many members gathered in one place. The anniversary party, maybe?

With the incessant chatter and milling about of the crew across the deck, Dana sighed and folded her hands over her stomach, accepting the likelihood that daydreams would be the closest she'd get to sleep.

The ship groaned as it shifted course, followed by the distant shouts of unfamiliar voices.

"Surrender now, and you'll be shown mercy!" The captain's shouts jolted Dana to her feet, readying both sword and shield in her hands before she could even blink the haze from her eyes.

"The faster we get onto that ship, the more lives we save," the captain urged to the crew collecting near the port side of the ship.

Just past the banister separating Dana from the lower part of the deck, she spotted two other Lords she knew scanning the yawning chasm between them and the merchant vessel currently under attack by raiders. The smaller of the two, Veryl grabbed onto the broad arm of Turvi to get his attention.

With the cacophonous shouting coming from both ships, there was no use attempting to make out the specifics of their conversation, but the mischievous gleam in Veryl's eyes was not lost on Dana. Dana scoffed and kicked at the winch next to the railing, bringing one of the ship's ladders swinging down to bridge the gap.

Before she could shout down to the pair to come use the makeshift walkway to board the merchant ship, Turvi launched the woman into the air by the hands he clasped beneath her feet.

"Andraste's flaming ass!" Dana shouted, unable to suppress the roar of laughter upon witnessing the shock of golden hair arc through the air. "And people say I'm reckless."

And then came the tag game Rook by Any Other Name. And everyone’s rook deserves to have fun pirate adventures. A PIRATE SHIP FULL OF ROOKS! This was really fun to write, sorry I’m so bad at action lol. I know so many more did this game, but I had to make an arbitrary cut off or I’d never have stopped gathering rooks. This one was really fun because some of them are really different than they are in their own canon. I started this so long before the event, but finished it for rookfest.

Oops all Laidirs

@blackwall-my-tiny-husband Zalan

@chaosherald Amara

@in-the-drowning-deep Esha

@seaglassmelody Sabi

@kogarashi-art Saadrah

@jukkaricity Alectris

@sandcastlekings Jericho

@mythals-whore Cyri

@pixiedurango Cara

@bronzieinthedas Qatesh

@kabsey Ilene

@gingervitus Silvia

@serstolas Rhodie

@zennihilation Juan

@serensama Lilya, Naera

@therivercrow Alana

@babblingrook Dana

@hedwigoprah Veryl

@antivan-sprig Lisel

@jouskaroo Tavi

@maagisterpavus Varien

@rooks-dagger Ember

@genjyoandgojyoandhakkai Xiqaa

@curiouswisp Rukhana

@himluv Embria

@jenn2d2 Carina, Gladius

@grand-crow Eris

Now we’ve made it to rookfest. I only counted rooks I wrote for my long pieces, mostly because I’m bad at keeping track of the little short blurbs I may have done for asks. But I pulled all the veil jumper profiles submitted for the event. There were criminally few, so I added a couple more. Honestly this is one of my favorite one shots I wrote this year. 

Turvi and feldspar’s day out

Mina @tarasmom

Ayanne @cute-ellyna

Coadi @notyourmamasdeerbat

Luna @obsessed-with-book-boyfriends

Venalin @wickedadaar

Kalais @rookerychannel

Embria @himluv

Maeve @wolfmoonwildflowers

Lady Nyaera and Naera @serensama

My third rookfest piece. I had to do a proper lords piece. Don’t pay too close attention to the time of day, I made a mistake and forgot to fix it. lol. But Turvi at home with his lords friends also makes me so so happy. I just love seeing him with a full life before the events of veilguard. Plus lords are always chaos hahaha.

Faction means family

Hiro @zennihilation

Cosima @pwney

Lucas @apothe-cary

Tavio @teine-mallaichte

Veryl @hedwigoprah

Hissra @vil-gereon

Dana @babblingrook

Xiqaa @genjyoandgojyoandhakkai

Qatesh @bronzieinthedas

Reth @jukkaricity

Naera @serensama

And the last one I’ve worked on for this year. Currently unpublished, but certainly notable because it’s entirely new friends I’ve never written for before. 4 idiot elves walk into the mansion of a blood mage, you won’t believe what happens next! We’ll finish this for sharing one day (it’s a group effort! And its so fun omg)

Discord elf adventure

Ezra @r2wedoomed 

Aster @jaderavenarts