MOD PLOT | CHAMPROVENT.

[heorte]

WHO: Teren, Ellis, Edgard, Lucien, and Vance
WHAT: Assisting with the cleansing of Champrovent and ensuring the taint doesn't spread beyond the village.
WHEN: August through Kingsway
WHERE: Champrovent
NOTES: ooc info + warnings for infection, discussion of murder, death, general unpleasantness.

Comments

pyre time;

[coeurdulyon]

Construction of the pyre takes some time, but nowhere near as much as it does to travel to a neighboring town to petition for supplies. As Ellis predicted, the townsfolk were plenty willing to spare what they could at the behest of a Chevalier, and as Lucien himself predicted, they anticipated far less reasonable requests than "only what you can spare."

Now, with the sun long since set and the bodies anointed with flammable oil, Lucien sets a torch to the four corners of the pyre.

And so the dead give life to the fire, illuminating the center of the town and casting harsh shadows over the burnt husks of buildings, the charred Chantry, the drawn faces of anyone in attendance.

Lucien watches in silence until it becomes too much to bear. He draws his sword and pierces the earth, and falls to his knees. One hand covering the pommel, the other gripping the haft, he bows his head and prays. To the Maker. To Andraste. For these lost souls. For forgiveness.