Day 5 - Fic - Dragon Age - Rook Mercar
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halfamoonTitle: A Criminal
Fandom: Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Character: Female Rook Mercar
Prompt: The Outlaw
Rating/Category: T/Gen
Summary: The thing that's so backwards about all of this is, the Shadow Dragons are the ones who are outlaws, they are the ones who are breaking the rules.
The thing that's so backwards about all of this is, the Shadow Dragons are the ones who are outlaws, they are the ones who are breaking the rules, and there are plenty of people in Tevinter, and not just among the Magisters and their families, who think that they are in the wrong.
Rook knows that plenty of people back at her childhood home, the then children who were friends with her siblings but never with her and their parents who spoke of her parents behind their backs, would be horrified at what she does. It's part of the reason why even before Varric started calling her Rook she had all but abandoned her name, and only a few people among the Shadow Dragons even know to call her Mercar. She's the criminal, invading people's homes and taking what they believe is theirs.
She wonders sometimes what her family would think of this, and is terrified of the answer. Not enslaving people, even being generally against the practice, isn't the same as fighting against slavery, not caring who she might anger in the process. The people she's angering are some of the same ones her parents depend on for their business, and she doesn't want to test their morals to that degree. It's already disappointing enough, knowing that most Shadow Dragons believe that there is value in keeping the peace and being careful, even if that means waiting longer to help people.
Rook could never be this way. If that means that she's not welcome with the Shadow Dragons, that she can no longer see her family without putting them at risk, none of that matters. She knows what's the right thing to do, and if the law refuses to change to meet that, then she'll change things by force.
Fandom: Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Character: Female Rook Mercar
Prompt: The Outlaw
Rating/Category: T/Gen
Summary: The thing that's so backwards about all of this is, the Shadow Dragons are the ones who are outlaws, they are the ones who are breaking the rules.
A criminal
The thing that's so backwards about all of this is, the Shadow Dragons are the ones who are outlaws, they are the ones who are breaking the rules, and there are plenty of people in Tevinter, and not just among the Magisters and their families, who think that they are in the wrong.
Rook knows that plenty of people back at her childhood home, the then children who were friends with her siblings but never with her and their parents who spoke of her parents behind their backs, would be horrified at what she does. It's part of the reason why even before Varric started calling her Rook she had all but abandoned her name, and only a few people among the Shadow Dragons even know to call her Mercar. She's the criminal, invading people's homes and taking what they believe is theirs.
She wonders sometimes what her family would think of this, and is terrified of the answer. Not enslaving people, even being generally against the practice, isn't the same as fighting against slavery, not caring who she might anger in the process. The people she's angering are some of the same ones her parents depend on for their business, and she doesn't want to test their morals to that degree. It's already disappointing enough, knowing that most Shadow Dragons believe that there is value in keeping the peace and being careful, even if that means waiting longer to help people.
Rook could never be this way. If that means that she's not welcome with the Shadow Dragons, that she can no longer see her family without putting them at risk, none of that matters. She knows what's the right thing to do, and if the law refuses to change to meet that, then she'll change things by force.
