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There used to be a prologue to this story. After a long period of consideration, I've decided to post it as its own one-shot story, entitled "A Black Bargain" and delete it from the prologue of Spiritus Mundi for a couple of reasons. First, the sexually explicit and somewhat violent events of the prologue do not accurately reflect the, how do I say it, the overall nature? The mood? of Spiritus Mundi. Second, my daughter, who is 11 years old now, had been wanting to read the story for a while after seeing me play DA:O and loves Alistair. It really bothered me that I had to forbid her from reading what would otherwise be a T-rating story because of one chapter that, while important in that there are references back to the 'Morrigan's ritual', didn't NEED to be made a part of the actual story. Thus, as of Oct 10, 2012, it is a separate story. I apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused, but would appreciate feedback on my decision either way. As a result of this, the rating of Spiritus Mundi has changed to T-Teen.
Additionally, when I originally published this, I had Elissa as the name of my Dalish Elf because I really liked the name. I've decided to change the name in this story to the default Dalish Elf name of Lyna to reduce confusion, because Elissa is so firmly associated as being the name of the Human Female Noble, Elissa Cousland. Heck, I'm doing another playthrough of DA:O right now and every time I see the Elf Elissa I twitch, because now that I've done an Elissa Cousland playthrough, that name just seems really weird.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you want to read the prologue, again, it's posted on FF as the title "A Black Bargain". Just click on my name to find it.
And now-to Chapter 1!