"'I feel sun through the ashes in the sky. Where's the one who'll guide us into the night? What's begun is the war that will force this divide. What's to come is fire and the end of time. I am the one who can recount what we've lost. I am the one who will live on.'"
The noise of the tavern was at an all time high, the business booming after celebrating yet another victory against Corypheus and his Venatori. The soldiers took the free moment to celebrate with their comrades and raised their mugs in greeting as their commander entered the tavern.
Cullen Rutherford looked around the tavern, having felt drawn to it for some reason, and found his eyes falling upon a silver haired beauty sitting alone in a corner. He stopped as her lyrium blue eyes rose to meet his and it was as if nothing else in that room existed. His breath caught and his heart pounded in his chest, wondering if she felt the same. The woman had come to their aid when the battle was beginning to take a turn for the worst, then pledged her services to the Inquisition. No one knew anything about her and the air of mystery about her intrigued him. His gaze was broken when some of his men and the Inquisitor's companions came to pull him into the festivities. When he turned to look at her again, she was gone- leaving only a single trace where her mug sat on the oaken table.
"Look out!"
Clashing of iron and steel echoed through the canyon as Inquisition and Venatori collided. Alena Errett watched from her perch, surveying the battle below her. She saw the battle turning in favour of the Venatori, but she leapt into battle and fought alongside the Inquisition.
A man wearing armour that resembled a lion, helm included, stopped for a moment seeing a stranger with silver hair jumping in to aid them but he quickly regained his focus and turned his attention to the next enemy.
Alena slashed at Venatori and demons, then turned to dodge a brute's hammer and found herself back to back with the man in the lion's armour. She glanced back at him over her shoulder. "You take the left, I take the right." She said. When he nodded, they turned their attention to the Venatori surrounding them and made quick work of them.
Not long after coming to their aid, Alena stood with the Inquisition victorious over the Venatori. She cleaned her blade, then began to sharpen it as she took a seat on a nearby boulder.
"Your assistance was most valuable." The man in the lion's armour said, approaching her.
"The Venatori need to be eliminated and you needed help. Simple as that." She replied, barely glancing up at him.
The man removed his helm and ran his fingers through golden locks as he looked around the battlefield. "You are quite handy with a sword." He noted, then looked at her. "Thank you for your help."
Alena looked at him, taken a bit aback by the handsome face in front of her and his intense amber eyes as they met hers. "You're welcome."
"What is your name?" he asked, blushing a little as he took in her features as well.
"Alena Errett of Ironbrook."
"Cullen Rutherford, Commander of the Inquisition."
Alena raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then perhaps it is you I must speak with then."
"About?"
"I offer the Inquisition my services."
Alena pulled her cloak around her and looked out over the mountains. She sighed and glanced up at the moon as it shined through the clouds. "Here we go again, Amelia. Thrown into more chaos and destruction." She turned away from the battlements to head to the room that had been procured for her within Skyhold. "Let's just hope that we can win this one."