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[unshadowing]

WHO: Carver and whoever wants to bug him
WHAT: Junior's back in Kirkwall
WHEN: Today through the rest of the month
WHERE: Various locations through the city
NOTES: He's got an old mabari in tow

[Kirkwall never really became home for Carver. Not in the way it had for his oldest sibling, who made her name here. Rather, it was a brief phase of his life before fate took him elsewhere, far away from the city that he had only visited a handful of times since then.

Still, despite his outward scowl, there's a part of him that's relieved to still see the city standing and, apparently, recovering well enough. A long mission near the Anderfels kept him completely out of the loop for months. Coming back to the surface, and to reality, left him feeling adrift briefly until he finally decided to say "screw you" to Weisshaupt and do what the cool Wardens are doing and up and went to join the Inquisition in some sort of capacity. Imagine his surprise when he learned the Inquisition moved to Kirkwall.

Of course, coming back here was for more than just to join up. He hadn't spoken to either of his sisters for months, and when he heard the oldest was still missing, he knew he needed to find Bethany and see what needed to be done. (And yes, he's worried about big sis. A lot. Where does she get off on disappearing without a word anyway?) So, despite his checkered history with Kirkwall, he knew he'd be coming back to stay for awhile.

When he arrives, he's not sure where to start. Inquisition people pointed him to the Gallows, but the thought made his skin crawl. He can't imagine Beth - or any of the others - staying there anyway, not after what happened. So, he takes off into the city, in search of those he knows.

In Hightown, he sticks out like a sore thumb, in his very dirty Warden armor and equally dirty mabari. Dog's older now, gray around the muzzle and slower than he used to be, but he keeps up well enough as Carver looks around. They stop outside the old Amell estate. Locked and boarded up, as they discover. There's something close to regret in the way Carver looks up at it.

In Lowtown, he feels strangely more comfortable. Still out of place but at least not so inconspicuous. Here he's more prone to browse the stalls, taking in the sights he's more familiar with, though they seem a distant memory now. In fact, one might even be lucky enough to find him in the Hanged Man, getting a drink for old times' sake.

And he can be found nearly anywhere else save the Gallows and Darktown. He might even visit that new magic tree that's sprung up oh so mysteriously, although it'll be mostly to side-eye the hell out of it.]

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[unshadowing]

A Qunari. Oh that's good, given his sister's history with them. Some people just don't think.

"So it's what sets your reputation, and what you're remembered for." Well, that's a very straightforward way of going about that, he supposes. "Not too shabby, that. Though I think you're lucky you didn't go down with the bridge."

There's a barest hint of a smile at her remark. Yes, he does know what that's like, but that's a whole lot of personal issues he's not getting into with a stranger. "I'd be happy to not be known as Thyrisdotten either, given how much of a mouthful that is." So of course he goes for the snark.

[iceblade]

Throwing her head back, Skadi lets out a hearty laugh. "Aye, that's one reason! The legend-mark rolls off the tongue far better. And you're not wrong, I nearly did go down with it. That might've lead to a different name altogether, but I'll never find out now. Avvar don't care about what might have been, just what is."

[unshadowing]

"Skadi Very-Dead-At-The-Bottom-of-a-Ravine, most like." Hurr hurr, look at him being funny.

[iceblade]

That gets a snort out of her, as she crosses her arms. "Cute, I'll remember to pass that on to my twin. She'd approve, as she didn't let me hear the end of her lecturing for some time after." Whatever, it all worked out in the end. That's what matters, right?