The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Rumour Milling: A novice's guide to the art of Gossip by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
07 Dec 2024
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"It was generally agreed among the students of the Grand Necropolis that Professor Volkarin had come back from his sabbatical a bit weird."
Rook causes a commotion in one of Emmrich's lectures.
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- Part 1 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Indulgence: Its importance, together with some common hazards by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
14 Dec 2024
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“Darling, might I beg your indulgence for a moment?”
Rook and Emmrich abuse the sanctity of the Necropolis library just a little.
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- Part 2 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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The Elements of Style: Assistance for the sartorially challenged by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
07 Mar 2026
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"Rook was a good man but his fashion sense left a lot to be desired."
Lucanis performs a valuable favour.
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- Part 3 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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War Paint: An exploration of Qunari vitaar as armour, mask and intricate bonding ritual by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
16 Dec 2024
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“It was bad enough having Emmrich in the room, without him being close enough to touch.”
Emmrich helps an injured Rook with his vitaar. Tension, predictably, ensues.
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- Part 4 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Winter's End: A longitudinal study of familial bonds in the context of Nevarran ice-markets by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
25 Dec 2024
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"It occurred to Emmrich later that perhaps family was not just what you were born into, but also something you constructed as you went along."
Musings on the concept of family over the course of fifty years.
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- Part 5 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Botanomancy: The flora of the Necropolis, their uses (and abuses) and advice for the aspiring gardener by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
06 Mar 2025
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"The plants down here were strange forms of life, existing as they did in a world with no natural light and very little in the way of weather, and they had strange ways of doing things."
Rook takes up gardening and gets rather more than he bargained for.
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- Part 6 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Whisperings: Investigative journalism in theory and practice by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
25 May 2025
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"There was something wrong with Professor Volkarin. Zabrina was certain of it."
The Necropolis student press club takes on a mission of vital importance.
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- Part 7 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Roommates: Effects of forced cohabitation on interpersonal dynamics by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
18 Jun 2025
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'“I'm sleeping here tonight,” announced Johanna, sweeping imperiously into Emmrich's rooms without so much as a good evening.'
Emmrich tries desperately not to cohabit with Johanna Hezenkoss and does not always succeed.
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- Part 8 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Plus One: Positive affirmations for life and love by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
31 Jul 2025
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“Rook, may I—”
Five times Rook said "yes" (and one time Emmrich did).
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- Part 9 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Deference: Realisations concerning restraint and submission in long-term relationships by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
09 Jun 2025
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"Emmrich had been expecting this conversation, but not quite like this."
Rook has some surprising (but not unprecedented) revelations.
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- Part 10 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Ad Infinitum: A new proof of an old conjecture and a corollary on past guilt by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
07 Dec 2025
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"Husband. Emmrich still wasn't used to the word."
Rook drops in on Emmrich after work. Things escalate from there.
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- Part 11 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Velocipedia Necromantica: A novel application of experimental osteomancy to the sphere of personal transportation by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
13 Sep 2026
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“What in the names of all the Dead is that?”
Rook helps with some field testing. Emmrich is absolutely not interested.
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- Part 12 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Cascadia: Participation in esoteric ceremonies increases mutualism in early-career academics by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
22 Sep 2026
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"Of all the strange rituals to which Rook had been forcibly exposed since moving to the Necropolis, this was definitely the weirdest."
The Mourn Watch hosts an important, extremely normal and almost entirely safe ceremony.
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- Part 13 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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Legacy: Lessons for the nervous apprentice, with a digression on beetles by AwkwardAnnie
Fandoms: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Video Game)
06 Aug 2025
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"The sign on the door read Senior Watcher M. Volkarin-Thorne, but the scrap of paper pinned underneath it just said Fred."
A young Mourn Watcher discovers her new tutor is... rather unusual.
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- Part 14 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia
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The complete series, now lovingly typeset with pictures and fun fonts, for printing or reading as a PDF.
Currently very out of date, sorry!
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- Part 15 of The Highest Form of Romance is Academia