I'm headed straight for the castle [OPEN]

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WHO: Velanna and you!
WHAT: Tiny Warden mage arrives at Skyhold
WHEN: Guardian 20ish
WHERE: Skyhold
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Velanna arrives at Skyhold among a small mixed group of humans, elves, and dwarves. She is in part defense for the people who are simply refugees that she encountered upon the road. While it's peculiar to her that they aren't entirely uncomfortable traveling with a mage in their midst she has learned that some things she just shouldn't poke at. Her Grey Warden attire makes her stick out among the motley crew, moreso than her vallaslin. She smiles a little thinly at jokes one of the dwarves make as they go about unpacking things from their wagon, before dismissing herself and walking away from the group, leaving them to their own devices.

Because she'd come to Skyhold for a reason. She intended to help with the tears in the Fade, and had heard there were mages gathered in this place, so she begins to move through the courtyard, intent on seeking out anyone who can point her to where she can help fix this mess that the shemlen clearly created.

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[gatheringstorm]

Korrin nods, sympathetic to that nonsense. "I've spent my life doing the same, at least until now. I've never heard of a Vashoth in a Circle, but who wants to be the first one?" And it's not strictly a mage thing, but Velanna should probably know about what else has happened in 'recent' times, since it's contributed to the tense atmosphere around Skyhold.

"We've also had an incident where a Dalish mage, with one of those shards imbedded in her chest, opened up a rift in Skyhold. She didn't do this intentionally and it nearly killed her, but it's made people wary of all shardbearers and rifters alike. We still don't know how or why it happened, and she doesn't seem to remember, herself."

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"That is... grave news, indeed. It would seem that the closing of the Breach did little to end the problems its opening caused." She regretted not coming sooner, if only because now she's going to be playing a large amount of catch up. Ever since she was little, Velanna hated being ill-informed.

"Is the mage recovering? Showing any lasting effects, other than the loss of memory?"

[gatheringstorm]

There's a moment before she can answer that question, and it's because Korrin's trying to keep her voice calm. But the subject is a difficult one and the Dalish mage a friend, so she might be forgiven if it there's a slight waver that she can't completely hide. "The entire incident nearly killed her and she's been mostly unconscious for the past several weeks. Even now that she's able to sit up and speak with others, she's still extremely weak. I don't know if she'll ever be the same as she was before. No one does."

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She does note the waver in the qunari's voice, but doesn't mention it, beyond the severity of her frown softening slightly. She is focused on the explanation she's given, and the grim news is not very heartening.

"These rifts are a bizarre phenomenon. I admit, part of the reason I came here was with hopes of studying them more carefully. I have worked in places where the Veil has been so thin you could hear the voices of the spirits, but this... is new to me."

[gatheringstorm]

"It's new to everyone, but admittedly some have studied it more closely than I have. Sometimes too closely. There's a Circle mage in the courtyard who made it her goal to learn as much as she could about rifts and rift magic. She calls herself Your Trainer because she can't remember her own name thanks to whatever happened to gain her that knowledge. People are trying to learn about them in a safer manner, though it's slower going."

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"The Fade can be a dangerous place, I can only imagine..." she frowns at news of Your Trainer. Part of her wants to seek this woman out, learning from her mistakes could be beneficial. But Velanna isn't one to risk her own sanity.

"It's leaking through the Veil, and that cannot bode well for any of us."

[gatheringstorm]

Korrin nods, glad to see that Velanna understands the gravity of the situation. "If there's anyone else who would know, it'd be the elven apostate Solas. He seemed to know a lot about the Fade, the Veil and that mark on the Herald's hand. But no one's seen him since he guided us to Skyhold. I hope that means he's searching for something that would help us...."

[failedfirst]

"Of course, the one person who seems to have the most knowledge on the situation would disappear," Velanna muses somewhat bitterly. It's kind of how she feels about Jonas having gone missing, although at least in matters of magic he'd be likely to defer to her or Anders.

Still, Thedas seems sorely lacking in the heroic types right now, in her opinion.