Eirene Caerularia has only been in her position for a few months. Judging by the rapidity with which the government has gone through her predecessors in previous years, she might only be in it for a few more. But Vaclav knew her years before she had anything to do with Minrathous' security. They are—if you want to be crass about it—friends. Maybe that makes this cruel, or sad, or something.
But Vaclav's shown no hesitation. No glimmer of regret. Eirene now sits at the desk in front of the door to the chamber where the control rods, among other things, are kept. That leaves only her and her two guardsmen between them and their target. When the ruckus starts, they'll leave; Vaclav has predicted this quite confidently because it's happened before.
He introduces Hermione and Astrid as Helena and Antonia—
it's fine, Eirene doesn't know an Avvar-sounding name from an aardvark
—a Free Marcher landowner sitting on top of a good, untapped vein of lyrium and her bodyguard, respectively. Why would Orzammar need to direct Tevinter toward sources of lyrium aside from their own well-oiled operations? Don't worry about it. (But it starts with r and ends with ed lyrium.)
After he and Eirene have spent some time chatting as if the two women aren't even there, Eirene turns to Hermione/Helena to ask, "What is it, farmland? Pasture? Do you have people living on it?"
SNEAK TEAM
But Vaclav's shown no hesitation. No glimmer of regret. Eirene now sits at the desk in front of the door to the chamber where the control rods, among other things, are kept. That leaves only her and her two guardsmen between them and their target. When the ruckus starts, they'll leave; Vaclav has predicted this quite confidently because it's happened before.
He introduces Hermione and Astrid as Helena and Antonia—
it's fine, Eirene doesn't know an Avvar-sounding name from an aardvark
—a Free Marcher landowner sitting on top of a good, untapped vein of lyrium and her bodyguard, respectively. Why would Orzammar need to direct Tevinter toward sources of lyrium aside from their own well-oiled operations? Don't worry about it. (But it starts with r and ends with ed lyrium.)
After he and Eirene have spent some time chatting as if the two women aren't even there, Eirene turns to Hermione/Helena to ask, "What is it, farmland? Pasture? Do you have people living on it?"