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1. Beneath This Cage of Bone by arquennial

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • Rook/Emmrich Volkarin
   • Rook & Emmrich Volkarin
   • Emmrich Volkarin/Original Female Character(s)
   • Rook (Dragon Age)
   • Emmrich Volkarin
   • Manfred (Dragon Age)
   • Johanna Hezenkoss
   • Taash (Dragon Age)
   • Davrin (Dragon Age)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Angst
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Older Man/Younger Woman
   • Cardiologist Emmrich Volkarin
   • Doctor/Patient
   • Emmrich is a lonely guy
   • Grey Warden Rook (Dragon Age)
   • Mild Smut
   • Mutual Pining
   • Angst with a Bittersweet Ending
   • transference and counter-transference
   • heart condition as metaphor for the taint/the Calling

   Summary

   “Yes, Manfred,” says Emmrich. “I think Rook is quite nice.”

   He thinks she is young, and that she looks at him like he could save her.

   That she is beautiful the way the ocean is beautiful, when viewed from the edge of a sheer, high cliff.

   Language:

   English

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