[Closed] The Road to Jader ...

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WHO: Bethany Darton, Aleron Darton, Carver Hawke, Fenris, Alistair, and Inessa Serra
WHAT: Looking for the Champion, high and low
WHEN: Mid-Harvestmere
WHERE: The fine Orlesian city of Jader, and small town just outside of Jader.
NOTES: Warnings for ...well. The DA2 Crew. You know how these guys are.

For weeks, Bethany Darton had been searching for some hint of her older sister's whereabouts since she had heard about the demise of the Hero of Fereldan. Her determination only mounting when Carver returned home with Dog, she remembered one of Marian's last letters, sent from a trader in Jader. She rounded up some people who were actually willing to track down Marian again, and as soon as she had returned from the Island of Red Lyrium, she gathered them all up and headed down to the docks as quickly as she could manage it, to Jader itself.

Comments

[lyriumcarved]

Of course Fenris had been very willing to come along. He wants to find out Marian's whereabouts as much as anyone, as she'd been one of the first and few mages to ever earn his respect. He feels like he owes it to her. Now he can only hope they find some sign of her.

As he approaches, he greets Inessa, always one to give Garahel a bit of attention as well, reaching to pet his head. "I'm glad we're no longer stuck on an island surrounded by tentacled abominations. Not that Orlais is always that much better." Still, it's an improvement... ish. It's good to get out of Kirkwall every so often too.

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Inessa smirks at that while Garahel nuzzles into that hand. Hi, friend. "If the weather holds, I'll be content. That last voyage was...unpleasant. I don't care for a repeat, in any fashion."

She pauses and looks at him, thoughtful. "What do you think of this lead? Is there a decent chance at finding her?"

[lyriumcarved]

Fenris nods agreement to that. If they can avoid a repeat incident, all the better. It had taken some serious, careful negotiations with those Qunari... not to mention fighting all of those red lyrium sea beasts... Yeah, any voyage without those complications will be a success, most likely.

He shrugs, continuing to lavish Garahel with attention. "With the Hawkes... you never know what to expect. I came to accept that long ago." Then there's a sigh. "Some lead is better than none at all. It's a far better chance than we've had so far... but it doesn't mean I don't have my doubts anyway."

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"I wonder what has kept her incommunicado all this time. Surely she would have wanted to keep in touch with family at the very least, though I suppose Kirkwall itself doesn't impart many good memories." Not if what Varric had written was more truth than exaggeration. Hawke's poor mother....

[lyriumcarved]

It really says something about Fenris and his past that the memories of Kirkwall are... objectively better? Although that's really not saying much, because they really did See Some Shit, as Varric would probably put it. Some awful shit. How Hawke had kept it together through the things she'd personally witnessed is a mystery. Her sense of humor probably helped.

"It doesn't, but Hawke isn't one to let that stop her. She would come if she knew she was needed... So there must be a very good reason for her absence." It's just a question of whether it's her own reason, or if... something else is preventing her from coming. He hopes not the latter of course, that she's captured somewhere or worse.

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Inessa nods, not able to counter that and trusting him to know Hawke's mind far better than she herself could. "I heard that Seeker Cassandra and Sister Nightingale wanted her to lead the Inquisition, or they did after searching for Warden-Commander Cousland, and being unable to find him. Do you think she would have accepted?"

[lyriumcarved]

That gives him pause, for only just a moment. He can hear well what she'd say, some sarcastic comment wherein she makes it clear just how much she doesn't need to be involved in this. But then... He knows what she'd do.

"She'd grumble and make a few comments, but in the end... in the end she would do it. She may not have always stuck to the letter of the law, or enjoyed being in her position all the time, but she did the right thing, in the end." And made all of her allies want to join her in her causes. "The Inquisition could use charisma like hers."

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"That we could. Perhaps it would be enough to truly unite us, as the Herald might have done." Is that why they're not making more progress in their cause, because they don't have the central leader that they truly need? Inessa has to wonder.

[lyriumcarved]

"I regret that I never met this Herald myself. It seemed she was an inspiring leader..." He pauses, thinking about the adventures he'd had with their little group. Somehow, Hawke had kept them all together, even when some of them couldn't stand each other. "But Hawke would be as well. Maybe that is what the Inquisition needs. I don't know."