"The northern account will be unreliable for as long as Corypheus and his ilk hold Tevinter; the only way to change that is to continue to support the war effort. But success there would give Riftwatch and her allies a foothold to the Imperium's peninsula and her holdings on Seheron. Set aside the matter of the ruin and closing the Rift on the island - such a convenient outpost would benefit any incursion into Tevinter and be instrumental in disrupting trade in the north as we might on the Waking Sea."

Four questions are always easier to answer than one.

"But yes," Flint admits, taking up the glass again and drinking from it. "It is also personal."