The Blood of the Dalish

[samahl]

WHO: Cyril Ashara, Merrick Ashara, Pel, Samouel Haines Gareth, Taashath, Galadriel, Kallian Endris, Bruce Banner, Eirlys Ancarrow, Anders, James Norrington, Beleth Ashara, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Iskandar
WHAT: Summary of content
WHEN: Sometime near the start of Umbralis
WHERE: From Skyhold to along the Serpentine River.
NOTES: OOC post for this plot is here.

The Inquisition has been here before. They visited to ease the tensions between Clan Frandruil and the human village Kaladoun. As they left, peace had seemed to be reached. The Clan's Keeper, Shoshanna, has not kept up her part of the treaty. The Clan was meant to leave and give the village space, but it seems there's always a good reason to stay in place. The Clan's First, Janna, has put aside her pride to reach out to the Inquisition for help. As she has been regularly communicating with the Dalish liaison for the Inquisition, Cyril has agreed to put together a team and help the clan vacate.

While they are there they will break into two groups, one will help the Clan pack up and the other will go into the village and ease tensions there. Once the Clan is ready, all members of the Inquisition who came will reunite and help the Clan move to a new location and settle, to help them get back into the spirit of the nomadic lifestyle.

Comments

[samahl]

Cyril listens to Anders and lets those words settle on it. The way he says it, it makes it sound so clear and so obvious. He hums a bit and then after a moment he moves closer and bits his head on Anders' shoulder.

He sighs dramatically. "Why can't I kiss you right now?" he says. He doesn't seem to really mind though. He's happy that Anders is with Nate and happy, but he also feels a little relieved that someone gave such a succinct reasoning to find a way out of this.

[justice_is_blond]

"You could kiss my cheek," he says teasingly. He knows what Cyril's asking and while he'd think it harmless, Nate's got a jealous streak and Anders kissing someone else could hurt the archer. No kissing it is. It's a small sacrifice to make in the grand scheme of things.

"Sometimes you're just too close to matters to find an answer. That's what friends are for." And now he's had the chance to truly learn that lesson. It's nice. He just wishes he'd seen it earlier.

[samahl]

"A hand might be safer," Cyril points out. Anything on the face just feels like crossing a boundary. He reaches out and takes Anders's hand but just holds it rather than kissing it.

"I still feel like I'm letting down my people, but I can figure out some way else to honor them, can't I?"

[justice_is_blond]

"As someone who isn't Dalish, who hasn't done research into them, I don't know if I can answer with all the facts. But." He squeezes Cyril's hand. "I believe that you will try as best you can, while being true to yourself. And that's what matters. If you lose yourself, you're not really honoring them or you."

Cyril's hand gets another squeeze. "Do what you can, without sacrificing what you can't."

[samahl]

Cyril feels Anders' words and squeezes comfort him down to his toes. He smiles a bit. "I'll keep that in mind," he promises.

"For now, I should go talk to others. I think a few others want to tell me that I was silly for considering it."