8 Works by NovaRunestone
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It all weaves together in her mind like shimmering golden threads forming a pattern that she can trace over and follow closely. Around and around, upward and back. She untangles it all, smoothing out the snarls, before lacing it back together once more. That nagging feeling in the recess of her mind grows more insistent. Same as the one she would often get in Arlathan; a precursor to the catastrophic eruption of an artifact or the heralding sign of a disturbance in the Fade just before it manifested into an anomaly. That niggling indication of trouble.
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The events of Bloodbath take a turn, a mystery unfolding before the Veilguard as House Dellamorte becomes a battleground.Series
- Part 1 of La Ballata del Demone e del Drago
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(Imagine) Being Loved By Me by NovaRunestone
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
24 Jan 2025
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“You told me to settle my business,” he rushes to say, kneeling before her. “To clear my head. My business is settled. Zara is dead. Illario is…not important. Not now. I should be focused, my thoughts should be clear. But they are not. You are in every one. I am never free of you, Taliesin. And I do not want to be.”
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Days after things came to head at Villa Dellamorte, Lucanis has his revenge, he is First Talon.
But there is one thing he's missing, one last bit of business to conclude. And for that, he needs Taliesin.Series
- Part 2 of La Ballata del Demone e del Drago
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POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF VEILGUARD.
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She smiles again in a way that makes his chest tighten. “It’s just nice seeing the Great Lucanis in his natural environment,” she quips, sneaking another sip of her own drink before taking off toward the market square. “Get a move on, Crow! Or you’ll miss out on the fish vendor again.” She snatches up his free hand, carefully juggling her own coffee and the stowaway snoozing in her coat.“Let me guess, your new friend is going to need fish?”
“Not just for him,” she says. “I want you to make the paella again. With the prawns.”
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Taliesin welcomes a new member of the Veilguard. Lucanis notices she has an endearing habit.
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Featuring my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 6 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer
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SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF LUCANIS' BACK STORY AND RECRUITMENT.
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“We could do this instead of sparring,” she suggests offhandedly, gauging his reaction.The Crow huffs a laugh and tilts his head back to look up at her. “Afraid I'll thrash you again?”
Her nose scrunches indignantly. “As if you've ever thrashed me,” she sniffs. “The instance you're referring to was clearly a draw.”
Lucanis cocks a brow at her. “Oh? We could always go for a tie-breaker, mi amor. How about now?”
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Taliesin and Lucanis share a moment and reflect on the meaning of scars. Even the ones that can't be seen.
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Featuring my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 5 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer
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SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF LUCANIS' BACK STORY AND RECRUITMENT.
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The elven mage looks up as she swiftly pushes the door shut behind her. She blinks, obviously not having expected him. “Shit,” she mutters. “I'm sorry. I…uh…need somewhere to hide.”He stares back at her, his mind struggling to make sense of her words. Surely she would not have come here had danger found them. “Hide?” he echoes, brow furrowing.
She bobs her head in a quick nod and moves further into the room, glancing around quickly. “Been trying to get away for an hour. I promise you won't even know I'm here.”
He watches in confused fascination as she crouches down to shuffle around a few crates and canvas sacks to slip underneath the kitchen counter a few feet to his left before pulling everything back into place to shield her hiding spot.
Her disembodied voice calls out, “Carry on!” before she goes silent.
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Lucanis gets to know Taliesin.
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Featuring my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 4 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer
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SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF LUCANIS' BACK STORY AND RECRUITMENT.
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Taash rolls her eyes. “Oh, come on. They are not subtle at all. I think we've all caught them at least once at this point.”Straightening up into a sitting position on the sofa, Lace Harding purses her lips consideringly. “I have noticed they both tend to disappear at the same time quite a bit now,” she muses thoughtfully. “You don't think they're-”
“Fucking?” Taash fills in helpfully. “If they're not, my mother was a nug.”
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The rest of the Veilguard speculates about the relationship between their Rook and a certain Antivan Crow.
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Featuring my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 3 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer
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SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF LUCANIS' BACK STORY AND RECRUITMENT.
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Spite breathes in, a noisy inhalation as he tastes her emotions, gorging on her deep-seated pain. “So alike,” he sighs dreamily. “You have the death-stink too. Do you think they blamed you as they died?” Hands that are not his own come up to frame Taliesin’s face, thumbs sweeping along the curves of her cheeks. “Little Taliesin, Second to her Clan, never satisfied. Always off chasing dreams. Little Taliesin, returning to the rubble, her tears like ashes on the ground. Little Taliesin, wandering alone, ripping the wings off of dead things to fly-”
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Featuring my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 2 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer
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Coffee Beans and the Heat of Desire by NovaRunestone
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
20 Oct 2024
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SPOILERS FOR ASPECTS OF LUCANIS' BACK STORY AND RECRUITMENT.
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“You came here a lot, I take it?” she asks, watching wisps of heat curl from the mug before her.She can feel Lucanis watching her when he replies, “I did.”
Tali trails the tip of a finger around the rim of her cup. “She seems to have taken a shine to you,” she forces out, not liking how bitter the words taste on her tongue.
“I…what?” He sounds so baffled by her observation that she cannot help but glance up at him. “A shine…?” he trails off, perplexed, mug held between his hands.
Quirking a brow at him, she elaborates, “She likes you? She finds you handsome? Would probably like to fu-”
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Written pre-release so excuse anything that proves to be OOC later once the game releases.
Meet my Rook, Taliesin Aldwir, an elven mage Veil Jumper.Series
- Part 1 of An Echo, A Forethought, A Prayer