[OPEN] "At last, the Light shall shine..."

[lifeofendurance]

WHO: Aleron Darton and OPEN
WHAT: Catchall post for March
WHEN: Present time: March/Drakonis
WHERE: Skyhold: library, tavern, Camp Shady, out and about
NOTES: If prompts provided don't work for you, we can whip up something that does.

[Aleron's a man of routine and constancy, even when his life is on the brink of being turned upside down. Every morning and evening he's in the chapel attending to daily devotions. Each afternoon, he saddles his horse and rides over the Warden camp to spend time with Bethany. A familiar face in the area now if ever there were one. In the evening, he brings a book and sometimes some correspondence to read at Herald's Rest while slowly drinking one, and only one, ale or glass of wine.

Except there's something of a hiccup or two causing a logjam to his daily schedule. Instead of disposing of his letters from his family... he's reading them. And responding to them, even! Which means even more of his time is spent in the Library attending to his correspondence. This leads to less time spent in pleasure reading or in matters of research. If this is not strange enough, his e'er unflappable expression gives way to sighs, rubbing his eyes, and leaning back in his chair to issue some silent plea to the Maker.

Afternoons are no longer spent in the training yard either. Rather, he seems quite intent on seeking out friends to make inquiries with them about wedding attendance. Which perhaps explains the flurry of mail coupled with extreme exasperation. What does it even matter if the groom's clothes are green or blue anyway? And that long-suffering sigh? Probably tied to the man having just ordered a second drink for the third night in a row at the tavern.]

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He looks at the stack in his hand and then back up at Aleron. He did this to himself, opening his big mouth like that.]

Ah...it does truly matter to some. Family colours being represented is traditional. Of course I'll ask Lady Hawke her opinion. [Though he'll have to stop calling her that at some point, given she's not going to be a Hawke for much longer.] Your families, ah, complicate matters some, but I am...sure we'll get it all sorted in due time.

[lifeofendurance]

My family is nothing if not complicated.

[It's not even being snarky, it is a statement of fact. Probably more than Aleron even realizes. He sighs quietly. He doesn't remember all this headache from his first marriage, but then Mama and Mirielle's mother had made all the decisions for them.]

Bethany is worth the effort. I shan't shirk my responsibility in this, once I understand it better. But I confess I haven't the slightest what that should be.