I Had A Very Short Corkboard Moment Here Where I Talked About How I Think That Lucanis Is The Companion

I had a very short corkboard moment here where I talked about how I think that Lucanis is the companion in Veilguard who has merged with a spirit

And after seeing this tweet that Mary liked I think a lot of folks are inclined to believe that it's a spirit of pride

I don't think that's 100% right. If you read the wigmaker job and (if you haven't please direct yourself to my pinned to post where there's a Google drive folder with just a picture of my cat in it and no pdfs relating to BioWare) Lucanis Isn't prideful, far from it. Besides, pride seems to manifests with something to do with eyes and yes that can be seen in his tarot card and his armor, but when the spirit manifests on him it's in the form of wings. And I don't think that's the Pride he feels towards the crows manifesting, since it's been stated he sees it as a 9 to 5 and an obligation

In the wigmaker job he talks about justice for the slaves that've been mutilated and once they get their vengeance he states as much. So my first thought was that it was another variation of Justice/Vengeance uncorrupted like they were in Awakening. But when Justice manifests through Anders they're blue though maybe that changes depending on the host. I don't think BioWare would bring them back though considering how tied Justice is to Anders.

Wynn had Faith and Cole was Compassion, Solas is Pride and I'm thinking about how BioWare said that regret is going to be one of the central themes in Veilguard and that led me to think about how the opposite of Regret is Hope and how often in our imagery of it is associated with flight and therefore wings. It's also one of the few spirits listed below that we haven't seen in game yet

The last thing I want to mention was this little bit at the end of wigmaker where a magister is talking about Lucanis

This could very much well be just her saying that she's going to use him to kill other Venatori so she can use their corpses as a shield or maybe she did something to him. I think Lucanis is far too cleaver to get caught though and besides, he grew out a beard, they shouldn't recognize him

I will cry if we don't get at least one hand kiss

in love with emmrich's tarot card bc it makes him look like a creepy grandpa doing illegal corpse experiments in his basement. meanwhile all other info on him implies that he's a really sweet guy and his romance will be sensual and intimate

Lucanis p.s i can't wait for bioware to show us companion's design so i can draw smth serious with them CAUSE I ALREADY HAVE SOME IDEAS and i really want to depict them

Emmrich being comfortable with the idea that he won't find a long term partner in this lifetime and despite finding himself attracted to Rook tries to keep them at arms length, even to the point where he mentally tries to pair them up with another of their companions to sway his thoughts away from Rook.

Yet.

He can't deny that there are moments with Rook that feel as if they are solely reserved for him.

The deep relaxed sighs and comfortable silence over tea.

The lingering glances and poorly hidden grin when he says something witty.

The way their features soften and warm when he enters a room.

He can cherish those moments even if he feels as though he cannot cherish Rook alone.

i'm having absolutely perverse thoughts about emmrich volkarin being touched and touching in return and marveling at how responsive his partner is. thinking thinking thinking about him pressing his lips to the veins in his partner's wrist and having to shut his eyes in order to let the sensation of their pulse drumming against his mouth wash over him. his work isn't particularly lonely (he does have peers, after all), but it doesn't give him a great deal of wiggle room in terms of romance, after all, and there was no small amount of yearning in him even thirty years ago. how much has changed since? is he still lonely? does he still want to be loved and cared for so completely that his partner wants their bones to rest alongside his?