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  1. On Expectations and Propriety by

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

    23 Aug 2025

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    When her escape from the fade leaves Rook with abilities she can’t control, the foundling quickly learns just how much the Nevarran nobility value their bloodlines.

    How do you go back to normal after saving the world?

    Especially when that normal come with high expectations and unresolved feelings?

    “Oh, and Professor - the girl is our most valuable asset. You’d do well not to forget it.”

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    AKA the fic where I get to loredump about Nevarra and do a period/political drama about nobility in Thedas.

    Emmrich/Rook who didn’t get together during the game timeline.

    Mourn Watch Rook who is named heavily in the fic.

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