Disclaimer: This is a free writing exercise that will comprise various characters from Dragon Age in short one shots. There will be no rhyme or reason, and it's pretty much just an exercise in writing so I do it every day, so it may or may not be updated quickly depending on which theme I work on writing. Anyhow, Bioware's characters, and Im just using them for my own writing skill ups.
Talia Surana – Elf Mage
Talia led the small group down the hallway. Years of cobwebs and dust fueled a sense of unease. The Templars wouldn't let giant spiders breed down here, would they? Maybe they didn't truly care to clear them out and just allowed the sentinels to do that job. The sentinels they had been "disabling" of course. Talia did not relish her next trip to the repository.
"Are we almost there?" Lily's voice positively grated with that whiny tone. What Jowan saw in her, Talia did not understand.
"Well, this is the repository. Maybe there is something in here that can help us through the door." Jowan was poking at various artifacts on the shelf. "I'm not certain what most of this stuff does. I've seen a few bits in the library…" He trailed off.
Talia snorted. "And here you are, just prodding away. Hey check this out! Tevinter probably, but do they have a dynamic other than creepy?" The woman statue seemed alive, and startled the trio when it began to speak.
"We should leave it alone! It's down here for a reason!" Lily flinched backwards.
The elf took a deep calming breath. "There's not much we can do with it anyway." She moved to the center of the room, focus on a dog like statue that was even more disturbing than the Elinia statue. "And this is why no one should ever consider Tevinter a classy place." She forced a wide grimace in a mockery of the dog. "Perfect decoration!"
Jowan's face lit up. "I saw one of those in a book! It should, theoretically, amplify any magic that passes through it." He gesticulated wildly. "We can drag it back and break down that door!"
"It looks a bit too heavy, Jowan." Talia leaned against it experimentally, and Jowan and Lily both looked defeated. "Maybe we should head back up. We're going to be missed soon."
"No! Look there, at that wall! It's crumbling! If we move the bookshelf, we can knock down the wall! It might put us in a better spot."
Talia shrugged. "It's worth a try I suppose." The two mages heaved the bookshelf aside. A moment later, a blaze of heat from the rod of fire channeled through the grinning wolf, and the wall was no more.
Lily ran over to the hole. "This is it! The phylactery chamber! We did it!" The excitement Lily and Jowan shared caused a worm of guilt to rise in Talia's heart. She ruthlessly squashed it down, loyalty to the man who had raised her winning out over a friendship that had been put to the test with doubt and extreme favors with no explanation. This mission was doomed to failure. She'd ensure it.