[ CLOSED ] Lathbora viran

[serannas]

WHO: Ellana Ashara, Sam Gareth, Korrin Ataash, Mal Reynolds, Katniss Everdeen
WHAT: Gathering herbs leads to an elven ruin
WHEN: mid-Justinian
WHERE: Emprise du Lion
NOTES: ooc info post

The journey to Emprise du Lion is uneventful. The Inquisition has a secure supply line between the region and their base of operations at Skyhold, and that means no battles along the way. Once there, the group stops to rest at the camp near the Tower of Bone before they set out across Judicael's Crossing with satchels or bags in order to gather herbs.


[ ooc: please hold for three top level threads to be posted. all done! go wild. :3 ]

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[serannas]

Getting up, Ellana moves around them to carefully lift up the journal. Dry, old pages crack as she turns the book over, reading over the last words. She frowns and moves back a page, wincing as the bottom of the page cracks.

"At least it's written in the trade tongue," she murmurs, more to herself than the rest of them. If it was ancient Tevene, she'd be lost.

"Let's see... it's talking about wanting to see if the elves left any clues as to their magic here... mentions it could be something to pair with blood magic. Oh, wait." Ellana squints at the words and then reads: "'Julius is acting suspicious. I know I should have brought one of the other slaves. This one has always been too willful. With no one else around, I fear he will try to use the opportunity to take his freedom. I will be on my guard.'" She turns the page and continues. "'I haven't been able to sleep for fear Julius will slit my throat. I cannot trust him anymore, and will have to kill him first. Regrettable, but I will hire someone to be my valet on the way back.' That's all it says." She looks between the two.

"It looks like nothing here did this to them. They just killed each other." Now she sets down the journal and -- with a curious expression -- picks up the mage's staff. "A staff without an owner."

[el_tybs]

Though faded through time it was still a gruesome sight to see, especially with the text to go with it. "So there were looking for elven magic?" Sam gives the bodies a fair amount of berth as he moved across to get closer to Ellana, curiously looking at the book in her hand.

"They mentioned that Julius was acting 'suspicious'. Do you suppose it was the prospect of freedom or something was making act out?"

[serannas]

"If you were a slave alone with your master far from home, wouldn't you consider it?" Ellana glances up at Sam for a moment before examining the staff. Being that she's Dalish and her people's philosophy is to never submit, she has a rather limited view on slaves and how they might think. She assumes all would strive for freedom.

"Well, he's not going to need this anymore. I wonder what he'd think of an elf taking it." Hers now, loser. "Let's keep going. I doubt they can tell us anymore about what they were doing here."

She passes through a doorway and they find themselves in a large room with a balcony running around a second floor. The greenery is a welcome sight, and Ellana smiles, eyes searching out every corner she can find. In the center of the room, flanked on one side by a small tree, is a series of floor tiles. Along each wall are numerous golden gates. And finally, at the far end of the room is a glowing door.