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[apostasies]

Maker help me. Do you honestly need me here? There is little space in your head as it is and I don't see a need to fill it beyond the limit. Yes, I know a lot of them are inactive, but I might add to that pile. I'd rather throw myself at the feet of the Knight-Commander and beg that she take me in because I'm a horrible Apostate than to become nonexistent.

Just, put some thought into this before you actually make any commitments. I also hope you're not picking me up because of the possible romances you heard about. If you're in that dire need of romance, as Varric to write you something.

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[apostasies]

She's a bit like my sister. Hardheaded and hardly listens.

[inquisitive_nature]

I know of your sister; my mundane has ... played the game? I'm still confused on that.

Regardless, I understand where you're coming from. It is the job of her like to be diplomatic ... at times, but mostly to hit things with giant slabs of metal.

Our role is the more subtle one, I fear. We trade in direct power for basic sense and the regard to actually see said sense through. Mostly. There are exceptions, of course.

[apostasies]

I hear that she can also be my brother ... which I don't want to put too much thought into. Having Carver around is enough, I'd like to think that I have another girl besides Mother to be on my side.

Being in the background is something that I'm used to. I just hope that she actually comes through instead of adding me to her collection. The more I think about it the more this situation reminds me of slavers. Rather unjust, collecting what they like, and tossing them away when they're through or have lost interest.

[inquisitive_nature]

It's a little different. I can assure you that much.

I cannot assure you regarding your brother or your sister, but that's neither here nor there.

These mundanes, however strange they may be, do tend to come through most of the time. It's just those odd little instances where their sadism takes over their mind that you have to look out for. I've been turned into a woman because of a stupid curse more times than I like to really remember.

[apostasies]

A woman, really? ( she tries to picture it in her mind, but she can't get beyond his manliness and shudders. ) I would hate to think of what things mine could possibly do to me.

[inquisitive_nature]

Whatever wizard came up with the idea of cursing a sword-belt to turn men into women and women into men was sick and in need of a better hobby.

[apostasies]

( bethany rolls her eyes. ) There she goes, having another manic giggle fit.

She wonders if it was the Girdle of Femininity? If so, one of her other characters had a run in with the Girdle of Masculinity and it was rather hilarious. I'll just take her word for it.

[inquisitive_nature]

You try being too weak a spellcaster to remove the curse and deal with that damned girdle then! I was stuck as a woman for three months while we were out in the wilderness.

Remove Curse should do just that; I shouldn't have to be such-and-such a level of spellcasting power, too...

[apostasies]

She is a piece of work, I tell you. So, you're a mage or something like that?

[inquisitive_nature]

Something like it, yes. My magic is not arcane in nature, however.

I am a Cleric: my magic is granted from the gods.

[apostasies]

Granted from the gods.

Where I come from we're punished because this is how we were born. I wouldn't haven chosen to be a mage if I had the choice... Hopefully things are differently where you're from.

[inquisitive_nature]

Quite different. Anyone with the mind for it can become a wizard. Those born with natural spellcasting abilities are known as sorcerers, and, on my world at least, are said to have inherited this power through the bloodline of dragons.

I myself am ... planetouched. Aasimar.

[apostasies]

The only place where magic is accepted is the Tevinter Imperium, but the mages there resort to blood magic. Not to mention slavery is legal there. Still, it's hard to imagine what living free must be like.

Planetouched means what exactly?

[inquisitive_nature]

My great-grandfather was an Archon, a servant of one of the gods of good. Planetouched is to have some kind of extraplanar blood in your heritage, whether Celestial or Infernal.

It is a strange kind of irony, then, that I first learned of my aptitude for divine magic as a priest of the Dragon Queen of Darkness, Tiamat.

As an Aasimar, I am slightly physically different from normal humans, and I live longer besides. I am currently ninety-six years of age.

[apostasies]

( it takes her a moment as she processes it all. ) That's really interesting. We've got spirits in the Fade, most of them are malevolent but there are a few benevolent ones. We don't ever hear them coming over, but they do possess people and they become abominations.

I'm afraid to ask, but how are you physically different? You look normal enough to me. Though, I'm not sure how I feel about finding a ninety-six-year-old attractive. But, I guess it wouldn't be that different is you age slower.

the weird thing is i always heard him speaking with balthier's (ff12) va, who is also fenris

[inquisitive_nature]

Spirits are physical in their own plane where I am from, and some are still physical when they travel to the mortal world. Demons are thus extremely dangerous if summoned without the proper wards, for pulling one into this world without a way to send it back results in a monster rampaging as it sees fit.

Mostly? I can see in the dark, hear and see better than a normal person, and I'm resistant to cold, acid, and electricity.

And I can summon light as bright as the noonday sun once in a while. If it helps, yes, I do age slower, though I reached maturity at about the normal rate for a human.

hnng is all i have to say, lol.

[apostasies]

Sadly they don't see it that way. Last act of desperation to use a demons powers to defeat your enemies. In my eyes, becoming an abomination isn't worth it, but I can see where the others are coming from.

Oh, is that all? I was expecting something a bit more spectacular.

Must be a bit lonely unless you find someone else that lives longer.

hnnng indeed /DAT VOICE

[inquisitive_nature]

It is an odd life to live. Luckily, I live the adventurer's life, so worrying about lifespans is, well, a bit silly, but still.

I live a shorter life than the dwarves and elves, but longer than half-elves and orcs. About the only races that live as long as myself are most wizards (magic seems to have that way about it of keeping one's vitality strong), and other planetouched: tieflings, aasimar and genasi.

i could listen to him and alan rickman all day long.

[apostasies]

That is something I can relate to; going on these adventures with my sister and then into the Deep Roads was exciting. If it wasn't for Anders going with us I would have died from the taint.

hells to the yeah

[inquisitive_nature]

While I've no power of the Grey Wardens to help me adventure or fight some demonic taint, I can understand where you're coming from. I would be hard-pressed to trade in the adventuring life now.

[apostasies]

Tell me about an adventure of yours.

[inquisitive_nature]

What to tell? Like I said, I had to spend over three months as a woman, adventuring. One of our jobs at the time was infiltrating a city's Thieves' Guild to help shut it down.

My 'friends' unanimously voted that I should try and infiltrate one of the brothels they owned ... as an employee.

[apostasies]

That must have been — interesting.

[inquisitive_nature]

I learned quite quickly how to effectively wield a washbasin as a makeshift cudgel. Luckily, my alchemic knowledge and near-encyclopedic ability to remember symptoms of diseases, treat and cure them got me more notice than the average strumpet, and I got to deal with their injuries and illnesses instead of their drunken customers.

[apostasies]

Attending to their sick and injured sounds much better than preforming other services.