All the suave assassins in Dragon Age: The Veilguard are actually even cooler in Tevinter Nights

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Lucanis drinks coffee from a small purple cup

We’re several days into the first week of a new major RPG, which means it’s just about time for everyone to take a little screen break fromDragon Age: The Veilguard. Not that you have to take a break from Thedas entirely while getting away from the computer: Instead, you should crack open the short story collection Tevinter Nights, especially if you think the Antivan Crows assassin guild is kind of cool.

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Viago and Teia in The Veilguard stand together in a bar

The Veilguard mostly flattens Teia and Viago, two of the Crows highest ranking members, into quest delivery mouthpieces but they’re both full of flair in “Eight Little Talons.” Teia is a charmer overflowing with self-confidence and an expansive wardrobe that likely rivals Illario’s. Meanwhile Viago is a staunchly serious and emotionally constipated lover of poisons. Wouldn’t you know it, but they’ve been dancing around an attraction to one another for quite a while, which comes to the fore during this close-quarters mystery.

If you think theLucanis romancein The Veilguard is brimming with sexual tension, it’s got nothing on Teia and Viago’s simmering tryst as they work together to sort out which of their fellow Talons is a traitor. You even get treated to both of their perspectives, watching how they continually struggle to snare one another.

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I’m not normally one to call the supplementary materials required reading. Given some of the complaints about storytelling I had in myDragon Age: The Veilguard reviewthough, both of these stories in Tevinter Nights really flesh out the nuances of what these characters and The Crows as a whole value in a way that The Veilguard just doesn’t leave space for.

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