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  1. Ars Vivendi (The Art of Living) by

    Fandom Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)

    25 Sep 2026

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    Ars Vivendi, or The Art of Living

    "In a world where tomorrow is uncertain, don't take today for granted. Today is where the world is lived, now, at whatever pace it needs to be lived by those choosing each other to live it with. Your mother's tree branch story be damned, Harding. If that's all that hits any of us in the face today? Then it's been a good day."
    -- Rooklyn "Rook" ingellvar

    Set in the world of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, this series covers adventures and romance between Rooklyn and Professor Emmrich Volkarin, senior necromancer of the Mourn Watch. While they've had some similar formative experiences in their early life, their approaches to life are a contrast - Rooklyn's learned to seize the day while Emmrich fears the sunset. Through each other they learn the Art of Living - that living with gratitude, presence, acceptance, trust and love is well worth the price to be paid tomorrow.

    Each work should make sense on its own, but offers more in sequence

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    Works:
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  1. Public Bookmark 6

    Death’s Companion by

    Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)  

    25 May 2025

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    Death, it seemed, was Emmrich Volkarin’s oldest acquaintance, and not by choice, but rather, by grave circumstance.

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    With Death’s appearances came the sheer terror, the cold sweats and panic attacks that would render Emmrich all but useless in the face of his impending doom. To die. To embrace the unknown. To be forgotten. The accolades he achieved, the knowledge he gained, the relationships built along the way, would ultimately amount to nothing. Gone from this plane with the first gust of wind, receding with the melting snow as spring promised warmth along the horizon. The only proof he had ever lived would be his rotting flesh, the gold sitting atop his bones. And who would come to care for his grave then? It would become a relic, fading into obscurity within the Necropolis’ vast tombs, another ruin for its growing aggregation.

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    English
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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
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    Kudos:
    46
    Bookmarks:
    6
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    12 Oct 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 4

    Wait for Me by

    Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)  

    20 Sep 2026

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    After Rook goes missing during a Deep Roads Expedition, Emmrich goes after her. He meets a mysterious Grey Warden, and they agree to work together.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
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    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
    34
    Kudos:
    20
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    4
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    03 Aug 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 10

    The Resonances of the Heart by

    Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types  

    10 Sep 2026

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    Altus Mira Mercar has spent her life performing with flawless technique, trapped beneath the expectations of her powerful noble family. A celebrated violin prodigy, she is entered into the prestigious Archon’s Centennial Duo Competition, a stage where reputation, lineage, and perfection matter as much as music itself. Her assigned partner is Professor Emmrich Volkarin, a famed pianist and scholar whose brilliance is undeniable, though his humble standing makes him an unexpected and controversial match for an Altus of Mira’s rank. At first, their partnership is defined by contrast: Mira’s polished restraint against Emmrich’s soulful, emotionally rich playing. But as they rehearse, argue, and learn to listen beyond the notes, their music begins to reveal what neither of them dares to say aloud. As Mira and Emmrich slowly fall in love, their bond threatens everything society has arranged for them. Mira’s family’s ambitions, her unwanted engagement, and the rigid class walls of the Tevinter Imperium. Together, they must decide whether love is worth defying tradition, and whether two hearts, resonating in perfect harmony, can create a future stronger than the world trying to silence them.

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    English
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    Chapters:
    33/33
    Comments:
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    Kudos:
    36
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    10
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    17 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 5

    On a Dragon age by

    Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age - All Media Types  

    07 Oct 2026

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    An elf baby, adopted and raised by the Mourn Watch, she was named Ingellvar.

    Until she was of age, she was eager to prove herself and protect the Necropolis. Once she finished her Reaper training, she was a young elite amongst her peers.
    An uprising started between two fronts, and she regretfully took part in it. The Nevarran nobles weren't agreeing with a nobody like her after she ended the civil war with some controversial acts. The Mourn Watch prompted her to go away for a while.
    But a dwarf, Varric Tethras, offered a job before she could leave.

    Language:
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    Words:
    164,407
    Chapters:
    31/?
    Comments:
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    58
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    30 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 15

    Reviving the Dormant Seed by

    Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games)  

    10 Oct 2026

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    9:52 Dragon. The last of the Evanuris have been defeated and the heroes of the Veilguard successfully prevented Solas from tearing down the Veil and flooding the world in unspeakable chaos, though it had to be done without their beloved leader. Bryony "Rook" Laidir, a Lords of Fortune dwarf, was pulled into the Fade at Tearstone Island and despite the best efforts of her companions was never heard from again...

    Until two young elves, driven by the desire to save the world from the threat of the Devouring Storm, decide to take it upon themselves to pierce the Veil and free a much needed but despised hero from their prison...

    Rook finds herself over a century into the future, in a Thedas she no longer recognizes but is once again on the verge of imminent disaster, playing catch up with her immortal lover, all the while coping with not only the changes throughout the world but within herself. After all, one does survive in the Fade for a hundred and ten years and not come out without a few new quirks...

     

    **This fanfiction idea/prompt was inspired by Tumblr user artistic-bepp, with a LOT of creative license. Please enjoy.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    377,212
    Chapters:
    50/50
    Comments:
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    Kudos:
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    Bookmarks:
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    16 Aug 2026