A Cruel Twist of Fate [closed]

[wickedchase]

WHO: Twisted Fate, Nerva, Korrin, Zevran, Beleth, Cyril, Ruby, Sera, Katniss, and special sending crystal guest star, Sina!
WHAT: A companion quest and elven relations all wrapped up in one.
WHEN: Post-Illness plot. The band of merry travelers will be gone from Clouch 23 to Clouchreach 28.
WHERE: Traveling to and from the Serpentine River.
NOTES: The plotting post.

Comments

[eviscerates]

Nothing that should be repeated in polite company, ( Ruby replies, an endeavour to be diplomatic. People here really don't like elves, suffice to say, and they express it colourfully. )

How about you?

[the_effect_she_has]

Oh, plenty, but I'm not sure how to put it together. I'm not ... a diplomatic genius.

[Katniss sighed, leaning against a tree.] Not sure I want to, either. This is a mess, a real mess, and for more than one reason.

[eviscerates]

In my opinion, there's no such thing. You just need to be good at listening and... really good at dramatic speeches.

( Politics with the Charmings, the true source of her learning. )

What's your take on it? I'm... I have to admit I'm struggling with the whole elf-human politics. And the elf-elf politics and the human-human politics... ( Her smile is apologetic. ) There should be rifter friendly sheet cheats, or something.

( Which is a joke, because nothing could ever be summed up that simply, probably. )

[the_effect_she_has]

... All right, I got one of those down.

[Her lips twitch up at the corners, before she frowns slightly.]

Well, you have to know ... I'm elf-blooded - my father was human, my mother was Dalish. And since my mother swanned off with her clan -- I'm not exactly fond of the Dalish as a whole. I've learned, though, that there are individuals who make up for the lot.

[See Pel. See Cyril. See Merrick. See Gavin. See Ellana. See Sina.]

However, the humans killed a sacred animal - a halla. And halla are more than just animals ... they have a deep connection with the elvhen, and they share their thoughts with their handlers. It's like the relationship between a Fereldan and their Mabari. I can understand why the elves are angry - it would be like killing someone's best friend out of ignorance.

[She held out her hand.]

On the other side of things ... the humans here don't have anything for trade. Not meat, not leather, not potions. They're forced to travel long distances for the simpliest of supplies. It's certainly not fair to keep them out of the forest completely for what seems to be simple cultural ignorance.

[She folded her arms across her chest.]

In the end ... I heard Beleth talking to the Keeper, and I agree with her. The clan should move, to where it is less hostile. I don't know if they can share the land, and I don't think it will hold ...but we can't babysit them here. Everyone would be safer if they left. On both sides.