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Cade Harimann ([personal profile] onlyhymns) wrote in [community profile] faderift2015-11-30 04:48 pm

No Maker, No Master

WHO: Cade & Cullen
WHAT: Blond Templar Situational Discussion Power Hour
WHEN: After most people have returned from the Fallow Mire.
WHERE: Skyhold dungeon
NOTES:I'm down with thread-hopping for spies and/or eavesdroppers if you should feel so inclined.




Nobody really knew what to do with the Templar in the cell. He showed no intention of harming anyone further, and also seemed, strangely, to have accepted his position and made no argument as to why he should be released. Like a crated hound, Cade seemed to take solace in this cold, quiet place as an alternative to going back up into the world and being faced with more apostates that he couldn't wrangle. The Inquisition guards knew this much: if released, he might attack again, whether in his right mind or not, and they couldn't risk it until he was dealt with by someone of a higher authority.

Cade's extremities shook from lack of lyrium, his eyes glazed and his head throbbed, and he knew that he could die from this, but he accepted it. He had already failed his men and his Order; there was no glory left for him, and surely the Maker had turned His eye away. All there was left to do was wait, either for death or for absolution.

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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-02 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Cullen knew the symptoms Cade was facing all too well. While he had seen what lack of lyrium did to his fellow Templar, he knew from first hand experience what lyrium withdrawal could do to his own body. It was not a pleasant experience to go through at all. Cullen still had bad days, days where he did not think he could get through. Cullen relied on faith and determination to push through those bad days, and he should hope that Cade will learn to do the same, should he choose.

A night in a cell should calm tempers, and the next morn found Cullen heading down there to visit the man. "I heard it was quite the spectacle you put on."
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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-06 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[that works! sorry!]

Cullen was quiet for a few moments after the apology, still trying to decide exactly what he was going to do with the man. He can't fault him for the way he acted from withdrawal. "Up on your feet. You don't need to kneel to me."

Cullen's tone is hard, but not harsh. "I don't need apologies, I need answers. What is your name?"
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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-07 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
The name throws him, because he remembers that name. Kirkwall. He remembers this man - or what this man used to be, before the withdrawal. He fought alongside him during some of the darker times in Kirkwall. Before addressing Cade, he turns briefly to the dungeon guards. "Keys, now."

When the guard beings the keys over, Cullen makes short work of opening the door. "We have several options, considering your current situation."
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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-07 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"One, we find you some lyrium. You'll be back to normal, and I'll set you on light duties around here at Skyhold until you feel able enough."

The obvious option, so to speak, a logical one in any Templar's eyes. "Or, you wean yourself off of the lyrium and we take it from there. It's hard, and there are significant side effects, but it can be done."
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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-12 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Cullen sighs. "We have a small supply of lyrium. I can get you some if you wish so you can continue on. Or, you can stop taking it, as I have."

Bombshell dropped, and Cullen's thankful that none of the other guards are around to hear him. No one but Cassandra knows of his decision, and he still fights with it every day. "The choice is yours."
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[personal profile] perseverances 2015-12-22 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, I stopped, some months ago after I left Kirkwall." He leaves it at that, as some reasons were left to be kept to oneself. He doesn't mention the aches and the chills and the headaches and the nightmares, either.

"Then by all means, continue taking the lyrium. You are not forced into doing anything you don't wish to do."