"What are we doing here?" Vicky questioned.

"Doesn't matter, I'll be back in a sec. You two get comfy, share a story or two. I'll be back before you know it." Jade said, running off through the stalls.

"You know, I never caught your name." Anders looked over at Vicky.

"Names Victoria, call me what you will." Vicky shrugged, "And I suppose you're Anders."

"That's right. If you don't mind me asking, why are you still here? You've got your amulet back."

"Jade still owes me a hundred sovereigns."

"Wow... Are you from Fereldan by any chance? You don't look like you're from around here."

"Yeah I am. You too I'm guessing?"

"That's right, but you obviously didn't come with the refugees. What are you doing in Kirkwall?"

"Hoping to make my fortune, go on an adventure, meet someone. I'm not sure really, just travelling."

"You should talk to Hawke then. You'll find plenty of adventure with him."

"Who is Hawke? I keep hearing that name."

"Hawke is the champion. He's a pretty good guy who has helped me out a couple of times. He's helped out Jade even more. I'll have to introduce you sometime." Vicky nodded and turned, hearing a commotion.

"Anyway, it looks like Jade is back... With a whole squadron of thugs... Makers breath, has this girl pissed off everyone she meets?"

Vicky pulled out her bow, lining up a shot and sending an arrow straight through a thugs skull. Anders started firing bolts of lightning, while Jade pulled out twin daggers and slashed at the nearest thug. One of the thugs swung a mace at Victoria, which she narrowly dodged.

Anders sent a burst of flame towards a small group of enemies, sending them flying. Jade seemed to phase right through an attacking thug, and twirled around, taking his head clean off. Vicky line up a shot, pulled back the drawstring and let the arrow loose, scything through three thugs at once. Finally, Anders froze an enemy solid, which Jade then shattered, the pieces of the thug tinkling as they fell to the floor.

Vicky turned to Jade, bewildered. "What was that? You just passed through that thug! How in Andraste's name did you do that?"

"It's a little talent I came up with. With this tattoo right here, I can pass through anything. It does get a bit tiring though and going through things like people and animals tires me out quickly." Jade gasped, leaning against the wall for support. "Anyway, who knew miss nobleborn could fight eh? You sure pack a punch."

"Well I was trained by the best. And where is this tattoo?" Jade pulled back her white shirt to reveal a glowing tattoo on the left side of her chest. It was intricate and foreign in its design, like nothing Victoria had ever seen before.

"Is that lyrium? Where'd you get this?"

"Tevinter. I've got a friend who's got a similar tattoo. His is much bigger but not as refined."Jade stood up, rolling her shoulders. "Now that I've got what I needed, let's go check the Chanter's board."

Anders leant against the wall as Jade scoured the lists of quests for the highest paying job. Vicky was trying to talk to the chanter, trying to get her to say something other than the chant, with hilarious results. After a while, Jade found a quest and called over Vicky to see what she had picked.

"Dwarves in the Deep Roads got a bit lost. We go help them out, we get 10 sovereigns and their unending gratitude." Jade said, her large brown eyes scanning the paper. "Not the most gold I've seen but it's better than rescuing cats from trees."

"Why can't we rescue cats? I hate the blighted Deep Roads." Anders grumbled, taking the paper from Jade.

"Because without you, we would be toast."

"Well, that's a good point, plus you're going to need my skills." Anders smirked.

"Ok sure, can we stop this before your ego suffocates us." Jade snatched the paper back and stuffed it in her pocket. "Now, we need one more person. He's an expert in killing things and he's been to the Deep Roads before."

"And who is this person? Is it Hawke?" Vicky asked.

"Oh Maker no. You aren't actually thinking of bringing that blasted hypocrite with us. I mean, I know you have a thing for him but..." Anders fell silent when faced with Jade's glare.

"Let's just go, before you two kill each other."