A/N Hello there everyone! NaNoWriMo has oficially started and, as a result, my story started as well. Hopefully I'll be able to reach my target and update everyday. However, today there will be two chapters as the prologue was not exactly part of my plans. Still, I felt it was needed... As mentioned many times in the past I do not own anything :D
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And then it was over… with the Archdemon dead the darkspawn hoard quickly crumbled. Most fled back into the Deep Roads. They would remain a threat in the years to come, but the Blight had been ended before it had truly begun. Ferelden had been saved and the entire kingdom rose up to greet its new King. The Grey Wardens stood redeemed and a new age had begun.
Teyrn Loghain had also been given a chance of redemption by Kaelyn Surana, the commander of the armies of the Blight. She would never accept giving him the honor of joining the Grey Wardens after his dealings with Arl Rendon Howe and the Tevintar Mages, but she allowed him to join the soldiers on the battlefield and command a portion of the army. He died, with honor, sacrificing himself to save the elves from the Alienage.
With Asala firmly in his grasp, Sten fought madly and helped the Warden clear the Marketplace and the Alienage of the darkspawn that had been overrunning them. He was one of the three companions that followed her at the top of Fort Drakon when the Archdemon was killed. After the end of the Blight, he remained in Ferelden for a while, and then returned to Seheron satisfied that his honor had been regained.
Wynne, had remained behind to aid those that had been gravely wounded. She worked hard, well after the Archdemon was killed, to make sure the Blight did not claim more victims that it was due. Soon after the coronation, the new King asked her to remain in Denerim as an adviser and she promptly accepter. It was too late for her to return to the Circle and become First Enchanter…
Shale remained Shale… unperturbed by the Blight she was glad to have many squishy things to … well… squish. She fought at the gates of Denerim and after the city was reclaimed headed towards Tevintar in order to find a purpose in her life. Some claim she even managed to regain her old life back…
Oghren sobered up and found a place for himself in the human society. Soon after the end of the Blight he joined the Grey Wardens of Amaranthine, where he eventually became Senior Warden, second in command to the current Commander of the Grey, Nathaniel Howe.
Zevran Arainai traveled the world for a while after the end of the war. However, Ferelden had a strong call for him and a certain red headed bard occupied his thoughts. He returned to Denerim where he remained as the King's eyes and ears in the shadows. Many times, he could be seen accompanied by a petite elf mage and a red haired bard as they prowled the streets of Denerim at night.
Leliana returned to Haven and organized at expedition at the Urn of the Sacred Ashes… however, it appeared that Maker had other plans for her and she too appeared in Denerim only a year after. The intrigue from the court of Ferelden was not as exciting as the one from Orlais, but it was there, and despite being a Chantry sister she was no saint.
Morrigan was true to her word and after the Archdemon was defeated she disappeared. Someone of the woman's description was later seen travelling to the Frostback Mountains. At her side, ever vigil, was a great mabari hound. Rumors had it that the Warden would not allow the one she considered one of her dearest friends to be alone and unguarded.
Alistair became King… although many had their doubts about him in the beginning, at the conquest of Denerim he proved them wrong. He argued bitterly with the Warden regarding her decision to spare Loghain until she pointed out that, for the General, it was harder living with the deeds he had done plaguing his memory, than dying as a martyr. Alistair understood his friend's reasoning and in the final battle he could be seen fighting side by side with Loghain in order to save the Alienage.
As time passed, he understood that despite being an honorable man, Eamon was more concerned with the bigger picture and the common good, instead of actually helping everyone out. Therefore he found himself spending more and more time in a certain Tower, locked away with the one that had truly ruled the country during Cailan's rule. It came as a surprise to no one, when, five months later, Anora was released from her tower and the King announced his intention to marry her.
As for Kaelyn Surana, the Slayer of the Archdemon and the Hero of Ferelden, life had other plans for her. Soon after settling down in Denerim, she was called in Amaranthine in order to rebuild the order of the Grey Wardens. She gathered another band of misfits, led by Nathaniel Howe, the son of the traitor Arl Rendon Howe, who proved to be a loyal and noble man. Together they fought against the Architect and the Mother, saving both Amaranthine and Vigil's Keep in the process. When things settled down, Kaelyn elected Nathaniel as Commander of the Grey and returned to Denerim where she would later become Chancellor after the birth of Arl Eamon's youngest child, a baby girl called Gwendolyn.
