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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

no but this bc i was always given praise and then i went to study linguistics in uni and guess what. everyone there's insanely talented (who would've thought, i know) and suddenly i'm not even average, i'm below average. still haven't picked up the pieces of my confidence & ego & it's been years 😭

"i miss the god complex english class gave me"

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

claude & silvan would both be terrible at it, neither would get the point at all and just lose their temper

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

arek & lyra would *hate* the game, but they'd do just fine. especially arek would probably even be good at it, since he's great at compartmentalization and strategization.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#oysterspearls artemisia & revas were born & raised to play games like that 🤭 might not enjoy it but they're scary good at it. might be that artemisia was literally born into a noble antivan family & revas was brought up by a talon.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#oysterspearls oh boy do they 😆 arek's image is super serious and all broody and closed off, when in reality he's a big softie and cuddlebug. does benefit him more to be seen as big scary dude though. revas does her best to seem like she's a nonchalant hardass. guess it's easier, being an elf

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

silvan admires magic and mages, though his admiration looks a whole lot like jealousy, bitter glances down his nose and snarky remarks. claudius is honestly afraid of it. they're a mage and sometimes just knowing that makes them terrified, they're so afraid of the magic consuming them.

my rook silvanus. he's a qunari with large horns that curl downwards like a ram's horns. he's got black and gold eyeliner and metallic face paint in a triangular shape.

my rook claudius. they're a qunari with grey skin and grey hair. they are wearing make up, mainly a smokey eyeshadow and blush across their cheeks and nose, and their eyes are pale violet colour. they're wearing the reddish mage starter outfit. they have two smaller upwards pointing horns that are adorned by metal cuffs.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas has bad experiences with tevinter mages so she's not thrilled, but doesn't hate it either arek is incredibly suspicious of magic & was taught that mages are dangerous lyra views magic as an extension of her being, a sixth sense of sorts artemisia is simply indifferent 🤷‍♀️

my rook revas. she's a red-haired elven woman with lots of freckles.

my rook arek. he's a buff qunari with grey skin, white hair in a bun and a tattooed arm. he has only one big backwards curling horn, the other one has been broken and only a stump remains. his eyes are silvery grey with black scleras.

my rook lyra. she's a pale qunari woman with upwards pointing horns that are adorned with metal cuffs.

my rook artemisia. she's a human rogue, has light skin, short blonde hair and freckles.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

i think she wants to be artemisia

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

do not call me out like this you don't know what it's like being gay in this country, i swear somehow every time i date someone it turns out sooner or later that we have someone in common 😭😭

screenshot from the innocence test. question 97. gotten with 2+ people in the same friend group (clapping hands emoji)

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

now i know i've got the cinnamon roll face but 🤭 trust me, looking innocent enough gets you out of a lot of ✨situations✨

b's innocence test result: "heathen (69) - you like to have a good time, but know when to reign yourself in. good for you. just don't make too many bad choices."

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#oysterspearls nettles *thrives* in it, autumn and winter are her seasons astraea tolerates it, esp. the crispy days when skies are blue & world is pretty verna hates it. with passion. but she hates hot weather too so 🤷‍♀️ rosemary enjoys the excuse to bundle up by the fireplace with hot drinks 😁

my tav nettles. she's a middle-aged halfling with light skin, orangey red hair that she keeps up on two space buns, green eyes and a prominent nose. she has a little scar on the corner of her lips that she got while she was foraging and had a one-sided fight with a bush (she lost).

my tav astraea. she's a half orc woman of pale human complexion with long light blonde hair in a ponytail, elf-like pointed ears and two ork-like tusks protruding upwards between her lips. she has light make up and has freckless across her nose and cheeks and she's wearing a chainmail armor.

my tav verna. she's a gith with a pale blue skin and her hair is up on a high ponytail and streaked with blue and red. she has a few scars across her face.

my durge rosemary. she's a youngish tiefling, in her early twenties. her skin is a shade of pinkish red and her hair is an even lighter shade of pink, looks almost platinum. one of her eyes is also pink and the other one is black and has a scar running over it.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#nsfw revas isn't that much of a freak. she'll participate in being freaky sure enough, but likely it's her people-pleasing tendencies speaking. claude and silvan on the other hand are both little freaks. claude's endlessly curious and silvan's a full-blown hedonist, always chasing that next high.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#oysterspearls #nsfw arek is a certified freak, though not obligate one. "anything goes" kinda dude. if his partner initiates it, he's game more often than not. lyra is a selective freak, and only with people she fully trusts – she doesn't have a deathwish like her dumdum brother apparently 🙄

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas - duelist rogue arek - slayer warrior lyra - death caller mage claudius - spellblade mage silvanus - saboteur rogue

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

ok chat i think it's her time to get out of the enclosure, my part-time antivan noble, full-time illariomancer, pariah and the black sheep of her family

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#oysterspearls i think arek is used to it, or at least ppl asking him to repeat his name. he usually just tells ppl to call him rook instead if they don't catch it the first time. now revas, she primarily uses rook when she introduces herself for this exact reason. and it doesn't help that

my rook revas. she's a red-haired elven woman with lots of freckles, tattooed arm and the crow casual wear.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

claudius was not taught religion under the qun, but after spending more time with emmrich and learned more about the mourn they've started exploring the realm of spirits and nevarran ideas of afterlife. they don’t like the idea of gods though. silvan, funnily enough, has very similar ideas,

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas was brought up as andrastian with hints of elven lore, but she doesn't follow any religion nowadays. arek is leaning towards agnostic, but he's skeptic on the best of days. lyra is a mourn watcher and a scholarly one at that, she believes in the spirits and the fade.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

ok but solas is stronger than me bc how is he looking at that puppy in the face and then kicking him for good measure 😤

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

found this and i'm cackling bc why does this have the biggest "we saw you across the tavern and dig your vibe" energy 😭

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#oysterspearls nettles & verna would think it's all incredibly dangerous and stupid but they'd be fine, they're resourceful. astraea woul probably survive too. but rosemary.. the poor girl would be dinosaur food, i'm sorry 😭

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas - bellara & davrin arek - davrin & neve lyra - davrin & neve or emmrich claude - emmrich & taash silvan - taash & lucanis inquisitor hale - dorian & bull & sera inquisitor lavellan - cassandra & varric & solas

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

so we're doing the selfie checkpoint hi!! that's my snout on the night i chainsmoked like five and a half packs of ciggies (no i wish i was joking)

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#oysterspearls for nettles it would be wyll – they're both lawful but i assure you the old fox has some mischief in her that she could drag wyll into for astraea it would be gale – i mean, who's gonna assume that the two nerdiest bookworms you've met could get up to no good, right?

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#oysterspearls astraea loves loud and big and from the rooftops. if she loves someone or something, people will know. nettles loves openly but quietly. she doesn't make a lot noise about it, but you will know. rosemary loves carefully, like a stray puppy. verna loves rarely, but when she does, ↓

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas - bryony corrigan (low pitch) arek - alex jordan (low pitch) lyra - erika ishii (medium pitch) claude - jeff berg (medium pitch) can't remember if i picked medium alex or low jeff for silvan

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas definitely confused davrin for a moment there with her antivan-ness before he learned that she's indeed an obligate lesbian. they continue being besties though and do giggle about it. arek on the other hand.. oh boy, he could become the lighthouse bicycle if he's not careful ↓

my rook revas. she's an elf with red hair and choppy bangs wearing dark blue medium antivan casual wear. she has her sleeves rolled up and a snake tattoo on her left forearm.

my rook arek. he's a buff qunari with grey skin. his eyes are silvery grey with black scleras, although here they look black because of how the shadows are falling on his face. he's wearing the venatori armor from the quest blood of arlathan.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

lyra on the other hand is very in tune with her own feelings, she knew pretty early on that she was in love with davrin but didn’t want to push it until he was certain as well. claude doesn't trust their own feelings but they're pretty sure they're madly in love from the moment they meet emmrich.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#oysterspearls arek & revas had a very similar experience, neither realized it until their gf got kidnapped by elgarnan. revas realized it as soon as bellara was yoinked through the mirror but it took arek until his time wandering in the fade regret prison to realize that he actually loves neve.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#oysterspearls everyone except for verna would dote over rosemary – both nettles & astraea would be so gentle and protective with her & also mutually respectful with each other. verna would be cordial with nettles but oh boy would she bully both astraea and rosemary, they're both pathetic to her.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

also, i tend to forget just how big of a dude arek is, but like, davrin's tiny compared to him 😭

my qunari rook arek having a tea party with davrin and his griffon assan in the forest.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

the prodigal daughter returns i imagine it was teia doing all the heavy lifting to make rook's return go as smoothly as possible, knowing that both viago and revas tend to be hard-headed, relentless and not budge an inch if they so choose

my elven crow rook revas standing on a bridge in treviso, face to face with teia. they're both wearing crow clothing.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

almost makes me a bit sad that astraea and arek are from different franchises bc they would love each other so much. like fully platonically. arek would find her so adorable and do everything he could to protect her 🥺 and astraea would see *him* past all his defences

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

wait no i actually do know this one!! it's astraea for sure 🥺 but i mean, look at her, how could she not be

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

now i have no idea 😭 i think maybe claudius? or maybe they're just the cutest or most photogenic? idk their photos tend to get most likes anyway? i could be wrong though, lmk

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#oysterspearls nettles acts like kiki but is bouba astraea is bouba. verna is the impersonification of kiki, all pointed and sharp edges

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

#oysterspearls nettles is both incredibly helpful and generous while somehow being capable of being bitter and judgy and even vindictive. she doesn't always want to help everyone she comes across but does out of duty anyway. astraea is capable of both featherlight softness and stonecold hardness ↓

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas probs likes her eyes the most, it's the feature she gets the most compliments for. she doesn't like the cross-shaped scars on her cheek, they remind her of her failures. arek isn't particularly insecure about anything but sometimes gets self-conscious for looking so qunari. ↓

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

the concept of a home is a difficult one for both of the twins. they're both convinced that they like not being tied to a place, but deep down they both yearn to feel like they belong. eventually claude finds his place in necropolis alongside emmrich and silvan realizes rivain is where he belongs.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

arek's been constantly moving after leaving the qun. the longest in the same place was his training in weisshaupt. nowadays he thinks home is wherever his heart is. lyra found safety in the necropolis after leaving the qun and nowhere feels more like home to her.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#oysterspearls revas considers treviso her home, although her approach to the concept of a home is very practical; she has a small apartment in treviso, hence she considers it home, even if she can't shake the feeling of being the outsider, as she's originally from tevinter.

my rook revas. she's an elf with red hair and choppy bangs wearing dark blue medium antivan crow armor.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#oysterspearls freckless you know, freckles + reckless 😆 definitely sums up revas

my rook revas. she's a red-haired elven woman with lots of freckles. in the photo she's leaning over her wartable, wearing the antivan crows armor and looking serious.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#oysterspearls #nsfw revas had her first time with a girl who she had a terrible crush on but couldn't openly be with bc she was from a rivaling house and viago disliked that arek's first time was sneaking behind everyone's back with one of his buddies when he was in training. he didn’t

my rook revas. she's a red-haired elf with green eyes and lots of freckles.

my rook arek. he's a buff qunari with grey skin. his eyes are silvery grey with black scleras. he also has a little bit of scruff on his face and wears armor with a fur collar.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#oysterspearls the perfect time for my lesbian quartet to shine 😆 no idea why each and every one of my bg3 ladies is specifically a lesbian but i don't make the rules that's what they told me none of them have their love interests canonized or written in stone but i think most likely ↓

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

#oysterspearls the only one of my babies that has a clear tellus au nationality is my nameless bbg de riva mix of nordic, baltic and slavic

my canon rook de riva. she's a red-haired elf with choppy fringe, strong furrowed brows, green eyes and lots of freckles.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

#oysterspearls arek is immediately suspicious of neve, as being wary of both mages and tevinter had been ingrained to him under the qun claude was immediately starstruck when they met emmrich. it did help that emmrich made them feel safe and was so well versed in magic

my rook arek. he's a buff qunari with grey skin and white hair in a bun. he has only one big backwards curling horn, the other one has been broken and only a stump remains. he also has a little bit of scruff on his face and wears hawke's heavy armour with furry collar.

my rook claudius. they're a qunari with grey skin and grey hair. they are wearing make up, mainly a smokey eyeshadow and they have two smaller upwards pointing horns.

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#oysterspearls claudius came up after i somehow nicknamed them cloudberry in the cc and then kept calling them that. liked the sound of the name but not necessarily the name, so i went looking for another one with that similar cloud sound. ended up with claudius 🤷‍♀️ another name i had in store for

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

#oysterspearls tbh naming arek was a struggle, but eventually i landed on arek after deciding i wanted a name that's short and feels rough on the tongue, so i went googling. i also like that it's one letter away from ares, which is a name i deemed too on the nose. for his sister i wanted a name

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

also idk what the trope is called but i'm always a sucker for siblings who think they have nothing in common but then they're just about mirror images of each other, their shared traits just manifest differently case one: lyra & arek, case two: claude & silvan

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oyster / b @redlyriumdagger.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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screenshot of morrigan standing in front of the eclipse. the photo is softly blurred and in the middle is a piece of tape with the text "oyster's masterpost".

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