The Pawn
Canon: Dragon Age: Origins
Characters/Pairing: Leliana
Prompt: contemplation, running
Rating: PG
Notes: Inspired by Leliana's Song, but not really spoilery, since we hear Leliana's backstory in Origins. Still cut to be safe.
The Pawn
The Orlesians call it "the game": the endless struggle for power, the trading and ruining of lives. It is the nobles' warfare, and the bards are their weapons. And Marjolaine was the best.
I looked at her on the wind-swept clifftops and I feared her. To her, that's all it was. She saw the thrill, the intrigue, but never the consequences.
And I knew that I was like her.
So ... I ran. As far as I could.
I ran to the Chantry because I needed something to run to. A new life.
You understand, don't you?
(Maker forgive me.)
Characters/Pairing: Leliana
Prompt: contemplation, running
Rating: PG
Notes: Inspired by Leliana's Song, but not really spoilery, since we hear Leliana's backstory in Origins. Still cut to be safe.
The Pawn
The Orlesians call it "the game": the endless struggle for power, the trading and ruining of lives. It is the nobles' warfare, and the bards are their weapons. And Marjolaine was the best.
I looked at her on the wind-swept clifftops and I feared her. To her, that's all it was. She saw the thrill, the intrigue, but never the consequences.
And I knew that I was like her.
So ... I ran. As far as I could.
I ran to the Chantry because I needed something to run to. A new life.
You understand, don't you?
(Maker forgive me.)