Leliana POV
Leliana glared at the pile of reports she was reading while waiting for the chancellor to arrive, the reason for her glare was the reports on 'Jay Trevelyan' were perfect but too perfect. All the reports to confirm his background were there but something felt off about them, like they were faked but too well written to be created without having been a massive group effort to cover up this mage's past. So when the chancellor finally arrived with Cassandra in tow and started raving about the man in question she was unhappy and about to kill the man when in walked the Herald.
"Chancellor yell and scream all you want but unless you plan to slap the chains on me I don't think you will find someone who will, given I stopped the breach while you stood around with one thumb up your arse and sucking on the other." Growled Jay as he walked in.
"Why you! Chain him, I want him readied for travel to the capital for trial!" the guards looked at the man who yelled and then at the herald before turning and leaving without a word.
"Yeah know your guards' chancellor, I saved those two on my way up the mountain while you did nothing but cower." Jay snarked and Leliana was impressed that Jay had even noticed the guards on his way up the mountain let alone recognized them at a glance.
The Chancellor sputtered and Cassandra used that time to steer the talks back to the topic at hand, the talks ended with the Chancellor storming out while the Herald looked on with a smirk. After Cassandra extended the offer to Jay, Leliana saw him look at her for some kind of a sign and whatever he was looking for he must have found as he winked at her then shook the Seeker's hand before stating he had business with Varric to attend to and took his leave.
"Keep an eye on him Leliana he may be innocent of causing the breach but there is something off about that man." Cassandra said as she stalked out of the room, Leliana just sighed she had already assigned spies to watch him.
(Jay's POV)
Jay left the meeting and smirked as he flipped up the hood on his armor that was strangely of the same style as the bard mistress, the spies tailing him were good if he was not able to sense their auras along with having been using the same tactics for hundreds of years he would not have spotted them. He let them be instead using his powers to track down the only person he could think of who would have what he needed, and soon enough he found the man squatting next to a campfire making cider.
"Varric I need a favour." Jay said after a bit of small talk.
"Sure, Frosty what do you need." Came the reply
"A blood canteen, out of everyone here you would be the best bet for having one with you." Jay watched the shock and suspicion crawl over the dwarf's face.
"How do you know about those things and why do you need one and more importantly why do you think I have any?!" Varric growled while looking around for anyone listening in.
"Simple I know about them because I helped invent them, as to why I need one that is because mine was lost in the explosion and I can't keep feeding in larger doses. It would make my powers unstable, as to why you would have one, I met Hawke and Bethany so if anyone would be trusted to guard their spares it would be one of the few friends they trusted with their secret." Jay explained not revealing the full extent of his relationship with the Hawke siblings.
"Shit! I knew there was something off about you, here Hawke made me keep three just in case I ran to someone like you who had lost theirs's. Now I am guessing that you want this kept from everyone?" Varric said as he reached into a hidden section of his bag pulling out a rune carve canteen and passing it over.
"Yes, please Solas knows somehow he was able to sense my true nature but no one else can know it would throw problems into the whole Herald myth and reveal that my kind still exist and I want to live thank you." Jay said which Varric nodded along with and after a bit more talked Jay walked away to tour the camp sipping the blood. "Those girls as always have fine taste in blood." He muttered as he walked towards the training yard.
Jay watched the soldiers train from atop the fence while waiting for the sun to set, he had to admit that the commander knew what he was doing when it came to training his men. Jay thought back idlily back to the days when he had walked in the sun without harm, back when his name was not Jay but Hessarian when he looked down on his troops training under the harsh sun of his homeland. He missed the days where he could look forward to leaving his nation in the hands of his cherished daughter, but that had all come crashing down around him and it had taken him years to come to terms with it.
Jay's thoughts were shattered by the sounds of silent footfalls approaching from behind him. "Can I help you sister Nightingale?" He asked without Turing from his spot.
"You tell me the truth." Came the straight forward reply, Jay smirked clearly, she was not going to insult him by beating the bush.
"What truth do you seek then?" Jay asked.
"What are you hiding, your past is perfect to the point of it being to perfect." Leliana stated and Jay frowned slightly at that clearly, he would need the Trevelyan clan to look in to that.
"I will tell you this bard mistress, if I tell you that secret it will place you and the inquisition in greater danger than ever, trust in this Varric and Solas both know my secret and will help me as I need it. but other than that until something forces it, this is a matter best left untouched as it will only become more dangerous the more people know it." Jay explained.
"I would accept that but I already believe I know the answer and if I do not get the truth I must assume that my worst guess is right." She countered.
"Very well as you clearly will not drop this I will give you three guess and after that I will speak no more on this, is that fair?" Jay sighed.
"Very well you are a vampire is my first guess." Leliana stated and Jay fell of the fence into a snow bank.
In a whirl of darkness Jay was back up the fence pining her to the fence. "How did you guess my nature!" He growled letting his glamour slip around his face.
"I met one on my travels during the blight an elven vampire who was the ancestor of the hero." Leliana stated making Jay laugh.
"Ah you met her then, now I understand. Yes I am one but I can manage my affairs but please tell none about this, if word gets out it will bring unpleasant things to our door." Jay stated and Leliana agreed before leaving an amazed jay behind wondering just how this woman had met one of the most powerful and oldest elves in existence and himself.