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1. A choice well-made, a life well-earned by minminiatura

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M, Other
   • Complete Work

   01 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Mentioned Emmrich Volkarin/Rook
   • Rook/Original Character
   • Past Rook/Original Character
   • Mentioned Emmrich Volkarin/Original Male Character(s)
   • Rook/Emmrich Volkarin
   • Emmrich Volkarin/Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Characters
   • Varric Tethras
   • Rook (Dragon Age)
   • Older Rook - Character
   • Milos Mercar
   • Male Rook
   • Emmrich Volkarin
   • Neve Gallus
   • mentioned Lucanis Dellamorte - Character
   • Mentioned Taash
   • Mentioned Lace Harding - Character
   • Mentioned Davrin - Character
   • mentioned bellara lutare - Character
   • Solas (Dragon Age)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Grief/Mourning
   • mentions of self loathing
   • Rook in Fade Prison (Dragon Age)
   • Venatori
   • Denerim (Dragon Age)
   • Minrathous (Dragon Age)
   • This is an entire reimagining of the Fade Prison scene
   • My boy Milos has a lot of regrets and I have the power to put him fucking through it
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Past Character Death
   • Past Violence
   • Graphic Depictions of Illness
   • Rook Week 2025
   • I'm so late to posting this oops lol
   • Named Rook
   • OC Lore at its finest
   • Major Character Injury
   • Major Spoilers

   Summary

   Milos was a man of many regrets. He regretted leaving Treviso to be ravaged by an Archdemon, and some days he couldn't bear to look Lucanis in his dark-rimmed eyes. He regretted letting Bellara near the wards blocking their way through Tearstone Island, and the shock in her eyes as she was taken was still fresh in Milos' mind.

   The outcomes hurt, but he knew those decisions needed to be made. They were such a small task force, they were bound to be stretched thin. And with the stakes so high, it was important that everyone was willing to put in their best effort, no matter the cost.

   These sacrifices were what Milos was expecting to face in this prison.

   "But Solas said he found a foothold, remember?" Varric sighed, ever the omnipotent narrator.

   This was an old hurt; a wound scabbed over but never fully healed. The fact that Solas had access to this through their connection was harrowing, and a pit formed in his stomach. He knew where this was going and he wasn't sure if he could survive it.

   Not again, at least.

   ...

   Milos is plunged into the Fade Prison and faced with his life's greatest regrets.

   Days #1& #2 of Rook Week - Overcoming/Down Memory Lane

   Series

   • Part 1 of Rook Week 2025

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