This Is What I Trained For [Semi-Open]

[el_tybs]

WHO: Samouel Gareth & Adelaide LeBlanc; Samouel Gareth + OPEN
WHAT: Sam is at the point of his training where he is finally ready to try for a spirit companion.
WHEN: First half of Drakonis (flexible time for people to talk to Sam before and after)
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Closed post for the actual spirit getting. Open posts for reactions before and after

[Adelaide: Here There Be Spirits]

For years he had been training for this, but it was under Adelaide's care and guidance that he finally felt like he was getting closer to the end. It was clear that he was nearing the end, too, what with so many of his peers and mentors bringing it up, saying that he was ready, and encouraging him. Even so it was not something he wanted to rush - he had time. With how things had gone the past month though it was obvious that he could not put it off much longer. Rifts in Skyhold. Red templars and demons in Emprise du Lion. Ishmael. He had fared well with it all, but things were not going to get easier, and for that he needed to be ready.

He was ready.

He was nervous.

Even if he had trained for it, and felt like he could handle it, there was still that odd lump in his stomach as he waited in the garden for Adelaide - having shown up early himself to get his head right. Burns, Anamaria and Murtogg would be showing up soon as well. Regardless of how much he worked for this there was still always that chance- It was always smart to have a safety. Other mages had been suggested, but these Templars had been with him during his Harrowing. He trusted them. And perhaps trying to be a middle ground for the two groups to actually work together.

[Open]

{Before}
Sam has decided to go through the final test in his Spirit Healer training, and getting his spirit. The days leading up to when he plans on going through with it are the same as always though Sam seems rather nervous.

{After}
Surprise! Abomination attack!
After successfully gaining a spirit partner Sam seems to be back to his usual self, though at times he does seem to be a bit distracted. Getting used to the change he won't be at his lessons like usual, but he can still be found roaming around.

Comments

[fleurdesel]

"I know that spirits that are pulled through become the demons we fight. Some might be demons already on the other side of the Veil- but not all. It disturbs Compassion to know that. Aside from the one time with Sina in the Courtyard- I have never been near enough to one to notice. We know nothing- hence the caution." They know less than nothing. It is disquieting on so many levels, to not have an answer.

[el_tybs]

"So Compassion is worried about being dragged through? Not just that but being turned into a demon in the process?" In the past he's been decently close to rifts, and the worst of it was the ill feeling he got - of course demons as well. Now that he had Fortitude though? He would have to be extra careful when he was on missions.

"Have we really learned so little about them?"

[fleurdesel]

"It is a vague fear, one they forget." That choosing to forget makes life easier for the spirit- it is something Adelaide has more than on one occasion envied. "Unfortunately. They are tears in the veil, allowing the Fade to spill through. That...that is all I know for certain."

[el_tybs]

Vague fear that they forget. Sam certainly feels that at some point he'll feel that envy as well, but for now it is more an interesting fact than anything. "So we know exactly what we knew before. I suppose there is no safe way to keep a rift open."

[fleurdesel]

"We know more of the shards than we do of the rifts. There was, at one time, someone among the Inner Circle that knew more- but that was before Haven." Before the Herald died. "Should they return perhaps they might share what they know."

[el_tybs]

"You're talking about Solas?" Sam's been here since the Conclave, so while he's never met the elf, he certainly has heard things about him - at least his name and his bit of knowledge on the Herald's hand. "They still haven't been able to find him?"

[fleurdesel]

"I think that was the name mentioned, yes." She'd come in late- murmurings about someone that knew more but was off on their own for a time had been made, but never a name. "Not that I have heard."

[el_tybs]

"Well hopefully we actually do and soon. Having some insight about the shards and the rifts would be a great help." Now that they were getting more and more of the Rifters it seemed imperative that they have someone with a better understanding, or at least someone that the advisors could set as a head for researching it.