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[rowancrowned]

I have one in mind, he admits. One I suspect will be able to both hold his tongue and stay to task, but I have not yet offered.

[ the correspondence is already starting to roll in, and that is only the responses he's gotten from announcing his new role. ]

I would like to know if it would make too much of a stir to make a Tranquil man my secretary.

[limier]

[ an odd choice, if not entirely without merit. he's dissension enough already ]

It can be played well to my people. [ non-mages. circle mages. the chantry — anyone with cause to favour order over chaos, consequence for action. ] And the bulk of your apostastes are Dalish; I trust you've that in hand.

[ she'll be of little use with it. ]

The rebellion's representatives may take issue. Remind them he is yet a mage, not to be forgotten by their cause.

[ a beat ]

Iskandar has named Anders to an advisory role. You could raise your nug [ yes she listens to the crystals it helps her visualize punching aleron's stupid face so she can sleep at night ] To the position and create less of a diplomatic headache.

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I have them in hand. I have been made aware of one potential troublemakers among my mages, but she has been away and I see no point in confronting her whilst she's on the road or before I have settled in. The Dalish know what is expected of them.

[ he trusts them to behave despite any disagreements they have with his leadership style. they know they are under a glass, being watched intensely for mistakes.

that must be enough. ]

As I understand it, it is best he have his own room and some form of patronage. It may not protect him from everything, but--

Have you noticed how few Tranquil there are these days?

[ the shards he gathered and the temple he unlocked were not without cost. ]

He has told me he appointed them because he was not familiar with the customs of Thedas and sought their help. [ dryly despairing. ] I have every intention of encouraging a few of mine to pursue certain projects, but to raise any of them. This is no bureaucracy.

[limier]

They do not fight, [ bluntly. it’s the only way to speak of it. ] And we are in a war.

I would not be surprised if some had survived to be trafficked, [ enchantment is a rare skill, a perilously valuable one. ] They are content to be forgotten, and we to forget.

[ the thought leadens her stomach. ]

I daresay we might all use the reminder.

[ upon steadier ground, now: ]

To be a fly upon the wall of the meeting which appointed him — [ someone unfamiliar with thedas should never have been handed charge of their forces. there’s some value to be had in a leader bound to their cause, without other ties. there’s not this much. ] — But it is one title to acquire, and another to hold, no?

[ it's in all their interests if iskandar succeeds. whether anyone's confident upon that count? ]

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Do you recall, [ lightly, ] when I took a number of Inquisition members to the Forbidden Oasis?

[ she is a templar, they were also her charges; she ought to know. if nothing else, he and cassandra were the only ones to be aware. this is not information that should be lost. ]

We are a military organization. I am sure incompetence will not be tolerated among the ranks.

[ why isn't cassandra here, he misses her: part ten or so. ]

[limier]

[ the ranks are not spoiled for choice. the scrape of a chair on wood; the creak of boards quiets into a low pace of steps. her words hold even: ]

Not, I think, for the pleasure of the climate.

[ she doesn't want to know. whatever this is, it leads but one place, and — she doesn't want to know.

but someone should. ]

[rowancrowned]

The Lady Seeker and I were having a conversation. I saw a letter I was not supposed to, and rather than bid me keep my silence, allowed me to lead a group to handle the matter mentioned therein.

Venatori were seeking objects that could be used as keys to an elvhen temple in the Oasis. The keys were hidden to normal sight, and could be found through a device known as an oculara. The ocularum were made from skulls- these keys, these shards had been invisible until the Breach, but through use of an oculara, could be found.

We found several dozen shards, and crates full of skulls. Not any skull would do. The Venatori were very specific on that. It needed to be the skull of a Tranquil.

[limier]

[ a clever way of handling it — and a subtler touch than what word of the woman would have her expect. but there's little time to turn it over in her hands; they're full enough with the rest. ]

Severed from the Fade.

[ it's quiet. in the background, abruptly, a hard thunk; a harsh breath. ]

Has there been an accounting? Of those that remain?

[ if her voice rasps now, it's only old injury. nothing new. none of this will be,

maker, how long has this been happening? ]

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[ finally: ] The Tranquil needed to be possessed at the time of their death.

[ which flies in the face of what little he knows about the tranquil, for all that he has one in his office. ]

We found, perhaps, a few dozen Ocularum. I do not know if the Circles kept a list of their Tranquil.

[limier]

[ the tranquil cannot be possessed.

it doesn't bear repeating, thranduil's no fool, and the impossible already walks among them. the venatori found a way, or only believed they had, and either's dangerous enough to warrant attention. ]

Our records were thorough, [ until they needed to be otherwise — ] And were often targeted, during the Rebellion. The remains are disorganized, incomplete. This will be more involved than checking against a list.

[ will be, because they can hardly let this go. ]

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Pursue it however you wish and think best. I am glad to offer my aid.

[ for all that he detests their order for what they can do, he respects wren. much in the same way he respected herian.

in contrast, he does not lack all consideration for wren. ]

How many were in your Circle?