The Halla falls and the Harts grieves

Shartan walked through the halls of the temple his thoughts were plagued by worry for that what his soulmate was about to do, upon finally reaching the room he was seeking he extended his magic outwards through the door to signal that he was there before the door opened on its own. He stepped into the large circular bedchamber where it the most beautiful creature in his opinion sat in front of vanity attended by spirits of peace, entering into the room proper to permit the doors to seal behind him and the spirits vanished now finished in their work leaving only the two soulmates alone. {Speak your worry Ma Vhenan, you are so tense I can feel it from here.} Ghilan'nain said turning to look at him with love in her eyes, Shartan sighed and moved to kneel in front of her and laid his head in her lap before turning it to the side to insure his voice was not muffled. {I worry for your safety Ma Vhenan I wished you would let me come with you.}

Shartan fought to prevent himself from clenching his teeth when he heard her reply. {You know this is a meeting for only the gods, and I have to go to talk those fools out of this plan of killing the high mother.} {Why not warn Solas and Mythal about the plan then the four of us could plan together to stop this?} He knew what her answer would be as they had argued this many times in the last three years the other gods had been planning. {Because I want to lower the tension not raise it, besides June seems quite open to the idea of talking all of this out along with the secret keeper.} Ghilan'nain spoke gently while stroking his hair, they sat in silence for a few moments longer just enjoying the feeling of being near each other as themselves not high priest and the goddess he worshiped. But all thing must end and so Ghilan'nain rose making him rise with her, he walked her to the mirror that would lead her to the other gods. {Be safe my sweet halla and know I will always wait for your return not matter how long it takes, my life is yours as it was the moment we met.} {I know my brave Hart and I am eager to return to your side and I will always come back to you no matter what happens, and it not just from the marks we wear my love for you is more than that.} they did not speak it but they both knew in their hearts that this would be the last time they held each other in these vessels, with a sigh she stepped through the mirror and vanished and Shartan squared his shoulders turning be stalked away to oversee the daily chores that kept the temple running.

The pain struck with no warning his mark the brightly coloured stylized Halla and Hart dancing that wound their way up his left arm burned with fiery pain he had never felt before not even in the war that made his heart into a goddess had his mark burned this badly, grief and horror over rode his mind when the mark's pain vanished without a trace. Fearing the worst he quickly locked himself in the circular bedchamber before ripping the left sleeve off and what he saw brought him to his knees as there his mark was no longer coloured brightly but now just tones of grey, something that only happened when your soulmate was dead and gone. He screamed in rage and pain for hours until he had finally calmed enough to think clearly, he rose and entered into a hidden mirror in the closest and he walked out into a large room where he found the dread wolf kneeling while crying over the corpse of his best friend the high mother. {What will you do now Solas?} He asked causing the wolf pelt wearing man to whirl to face him and snarl. {Did your halla bitch send you to gloat!?}

Before Solas could blink he felt a hand seize his throat and pin him to a chamber wall with enough force to crack the wall around him, Solas looked into the eyes of his attacker and saw something that he and the other gods had foolishly forgotten about. The hate and power that burned in those eyes reminded him that the only reason this man was not the king of the gods or at least a god was that he was happy to serve as his soulmate's right hand along with general and had no desire to raise higher than that, with the thought of Shartan's soulmate his eyes flickered over to the man's left sleeve and saw to his horror the mark was gray. {I had no part in her death I swear!} He changed his tone as he was now dealing with the man who lead an army of the most dangerous beast masters ever to walk thedas in a savage war for his soulmate and his love for her alone. {Oh but you did, She died trying to convince the others that they needed to talk out the problems they were having with you and the high mother. But I don't blame you I just want to know what you are going to do now.}

Solas explained his idea and Shartan nodded before dropping the man to the ground and moved away to another hidden mirror calling over his shoulder. {When it is time to fight call and I will come until then the forces of Ghilan'nain's sentinels will be hunting the forces of the other gods.} With that the man vanished into the mirror and solas would not see him again until it was time to seal the gods away, but Solas saw the aftermath of his wrath as the man and his followers sacked temple after temple of the other gods causing enough chaos for Solas to finish readying his plan. When it came time to seal the gods he came with all of the sentinels still living from his assaults on the others, the man fought toe to toe with the king of the gods and won in single combat allowing Solas to seal them in the fade and seal the fade. Before Solas left to find a place to enter the deep sleep the last words he heard from the man was Shartan stating he was done with the world and would leave the elves to their own devices while he waited for his soulmate to be reborn, after that the man vanished into the woods as a large black Hart to wait for his Halla to return to him.