Hello everyone and thank you for reading my story. First, I do not own any of the Dragon Age characters. Second, when I played Dragon Age 2, I played it so many different ways. One romanced with Anders, two romanced with Sebastian (which he was a pita and a prude), three romanced with Fenris. I actually like Fenris the best. Yes, he's broody and miserable, he hates Mages, slavers and... well... everyone. But with him even if you are a mage and the side with the mages, he will side with you when you are romancing with him. That's what I liked about him, he put Hawke first. So anyways, my story takes place shortly after the battle with Meredith and Orsino, with my rough Hawke and Fenris. Now I set it so Hawke sided with the Templars. Yes, I know, if you sided with the Templars, Anders throws a fit and you have to kill him, but I explain in the story why he is still alive, still my friend, still in Kirkwall, even siding with the Templars. Now back to Fenris. He escaped from Danarius who is suppose to be almighty rich and powerful. Now if I were Danarius and Fenris escaped from me, I'd make another one. Maybe he did and has plenty, but is never mentioned. So I created a character that would be perfect. Who doesn't like a psychotic gorgeous evil female elf, and her sidekick (yes, I said sidekick) who is obsessed with not only wanting to kill Fenris, but to humiliate him, and take everything away from him because he killed Danarius. So enjoy my story. Please be kind on reviews. If I don't follow everything like the game I do apologize. Again Enjoy!
Danarias was gone. Fenris was finally free of him, and free of being a slave. He would never have to worry about being hunted again. He had never thought he would be happy, especially with Hawke. He woke up, and noticed Hawke was up, staring out the window at the moon.
"You're doing it again" He said, sitting up to wrap his arms around her waist from behind.
"I didn't mean to wake you, Fenris" she replied.
"Is it the moon that bothers you? I'll go to the market and pick up some dark curtains for you. Or have Orana come with me to know what to look for."
"It's not the moon."
"Then what is it? I hate seeing you up in the middle of the night because you can't sleep."
"I miss Father, Mother, and Carver. I miss them so much." She leaned back on him. She was fighting back tears so Fenris wouldn't see her cry.
"You still have your sister, and your uncle."
"Bethany is with Sebastian, and Gamlen only visits when he needs money."
"Bethany does try to visit when she can from what you told me."
"Before she would try to hide from the Templars, but now that she's a Grey Warden, and with Sebastian, she holds her head high like she's above the Templars and everyone."
"Do I sense some jealousy?"
"Of course not." She turned to look at him with a scowl. "I miss Father, Mother, Carver, Bethany and I as a family. I even miss how Carver tortured me all the time."
"He…tortured you?" Fenris asked with a confused look.
"Not literally… just being a bully. I remember when we were kids, Bethany and I were searching for a present for mother's birthday. She said she didn't want a fuss, but Bethany and I wanted to surprise her. We walked near the pond in Lothering and found some lilies. Bethany thought she would like them. I found a single coin lying in the mud, and was thinking I could buy something nice for Mother. Then Carver snuck up behind us, and waved his arms in the air yelling 'DARK SPAWN DARK SPAWN!' Bethany ran screaming, and I tripped over my own feet and fell in the pond. I dropped the coin on the ground. Carver picked it up and yelled 'Finders Keepers!' and ran off. Bethany gathered as many lilies as she could, while I tried to sneak home because I knew Mother didn't like us coming home wet and dirty. But sure enough I was punished while Carver got the glory, using the coin to buy her a necklace."
"Didn't Bethany speak up for you?"
"She tried, but Mother just said 'that's no excuse to be so close to the pond.'"
"By the sounds of it, you and Carver never got along."
"If he wasn't my brother, I would have thought he was hired to torment me. But there were times when he would step up to be my brother. Shortly after Father passed, Carver and I went hunting together in the woods outside Lothering. We decided to split up and meet back later. I was tracking a deer when four hunters found me. I could see in their eyes they were not hunting for meat."
"They didn't …..do anything …I hope?" Fenris turned her to face him with a concerned look.
"No. They were about to, but Carver showed up. 'I'd step away from my sister if I were you' he growled at them. 'Unless you want an arrow through your skull.' At first the men thought he was bluffing, and said that he was only a boy fighting against four hunters. I'll never forget the look on his face, arrow pointing right at one of the hunters head. The hunters walked away. One of them said 'Oh lighten up boy we were just having a little fun' as he was walking by. Part of me thought 'this isn't Carver; he never is on my side for anything.' But as soon as I tried to thank him he looked at me and grumbled 'You can't go one day without drawing attention to yourself, can you?'. That's when I shook my head and said to myself 'That's the Carver I know.' He cared about me, Bethany, and Mother after Father passed, he was just too proud to show it."
Fenris just held her in his arms and thought about what to say to her.
"I wish I could say I understand about sibling rivalry but I don't. I mean, I didn't have that bond with my sister, as you did with Carver and you do with Bethany."
He held his hand gently to her face. "You are so beautiful Marian."
Marian smiled back at Fenris. "I'm glad I have you in my life." she said
"And I'm glad you're in mine." and then he kissed her passionately.
Off in the distance stood a man in dark armor with a cloak covering his face. He stood watching through the same window that Marian was staring out of. He saw Fenris and Marian in the window kissing, but then they disappeared into the darkness inside. The man turned and walked away. He entered a dark alley and approached an elf wearing a dark cloak to cover her face.
"The elf is staying with the Champion, it seems. Shall we attack now, my lady?" The man asked. He was tall, tanned, with brown eyes and dark hair in a ponytail.
"No. Not yet Augustus. I don't want to kill Leto yet. I want him to feel pain and weaken him first. He's too strong by her side. If we attack now he'll destroy us all." The elf said. She had long black hair and blue eyes. Her skin was pale, but she had the same lyrium markings all over her body as Fenris.
"But my lady, it will be an easy battle. The two dwarves and the servant do not know how to fight. Plus we can take out the mabari."
"Don't underestimate them. The Champion has defeated the Qunari single handedly, and look what happened to Hadriana and Danarius. I will not make the same mistakes they did. We wait….and then we strike. By the time I'm done, Leto will be begging me to rip his heart out." The elf woman said clenching her fist, while her body glowed with lyrium.
They started walking into the darkness, making sure they were not seen as Augustus replied to the elf woman.
"I do have some other information that might help as well my lady. It seems there might be a love triangle between Leto, the Champion, and a mage."
"I don't need to know their affection towards each other!" she said, still walking with no eye contact.
"Oh, but you should if you want to break Leto."
"Go on," she said raising her eyebrows.
"It seems the mage tried to express his feelings for the Champion, but she refused. I hear the mage might still have feelings for the Champion. Leto and the mage despise each other."
"And where did you get this information?"
"I was at the Hanged Man, to find information on the Champion and Leto. The dwarf, Varric, tells stories at the Hanged Man and plays a card game with the mage, Leto, a guardsman, and sometimes the pirate. My lady, if you want Leto to suffer, perhaps the mage can be used to our advantage."
"You might be right, Augustus"
"When do we kidnap the mage? He is powerful, and he possesses a spirit named Justice."
"We will not be kidnapping him. In fact, he will help us on his own. Come, we must leave. There's much work to be done. First I must find a place here in Kirkwall."
"What…Why? They will capture us and destroy us with ease. We should hide in the mountains."
The elf woman turned to him ,. "You can catch flies better with honey, don't you know that?" She said with a smile. "I have a plan."