If We Had Lost (iPod Shuffle Challenge)

by Morrigan21

This is a fun little challenge, prompted by one of my Dragon Age writing groups. From a random selection of songs, we write scenes inspired by the music/title of each song. We only needed 10 songs, but I have 12 (we'll call the extras - hidden tracks). This story is set in an AU, shortly after the blight hit Denerim, in which the darkspawn are winning the war.

1. Prologue

**From the iPod Shuffle Challenge in my DA fanfic group. I had a little fun with a slight AU concept. Each chapter should relate to a song on my shuffle list and I will try to shift character perspective in each one (the first 2 are the exception - both belong to Alistair)**

PROLOGUE (Loreena McKennitt)

"The darkspawn are more virulent than the worst plague, a heartless force of nature that came into our world like an ill wind." -From Tales of the Destruction of Thedas, by Brother Genitivi, Chantry Scholar

9:31 Dragon – The Fifth Blight

The war was over before it ever began. The Blight was worse than anyone had imagined and although the wardens worked to bolster their ranks, we were not prepared for the initial attack. Some of the new recruits that Duncan had placed his faith in failed, dying at the hands of darkspawn before they could even complete the ritual - overrun by the horde that would take Ostagar. I failed him. We failed him. Now we cower in the shadows and the caves while the darkspawn make our land their home. I am Alistair, the last of the Ferelden Grey Wardens. There are days I wish I had died with the rest of them, but there are others who need protection, and I cannot abandon them. Maker guide us for we are all but lost.