Prompt: First Meeting.
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Note: So this may seem a little odd but it always struck me just how confident Alistair had been in Loghain at Ostagar and that's part of why him leaving came as such a shock.
Alistair had never met Teyrn Loghain before but he had certainly heard the stories. The Teyrn had once been a commoner like him but had risen to the ranks of the high nobility due to sheer bravery and talent. He had also been a close friend of King Maric (the man who, like it or not, had technically fathered Alistair) and was instrumental in driving out the Orlesians as well as being a lifelong confidante to the king. And now…Alistair was actually going to meet the man.
It wouldn't just be him and Loghain, of course, as Alistair was quite certain that he was beneath the Teyrn's notice but King Cailan had insisted that all of the available Grey Wardens be presented to him upon their arrival at Ostagar and that did include Alistair. Loghain was also present for whatever reason and though he had frowned upon first laying eyes on Duncan, his face had smoothed out into a mask of impassiveness.
Thinking about Loghain was easier than thinking about the king. Cailan was, as difficult as it was to believe, his half-brother. This was actually the second time they had met although Alistair rather doubted that the king even remembered their first meeting, so eager was he to drag Teagan to the armory. No, Alistair could never be a noble king like Cailan but maybe one day if he did his duty well enough and was in the right place at the right time he could become a commoner-turned-hero like Loghain.
Alistair actually thought that Loghain seemed more impressive than Cailan anyway. Cailan had all the trappings of the nobility that Loghain lacked and truly looked like a glorious king out of those tales he had mentioned earlier but he lacked a certain something that Loghain possessed in spades. Experience, maybe? Alistair actually rather hoped that that was it because that was something Cailan would gain in time, perhaps even by the time they were finished here at Ostagar. Alistair just knew that whatever it was that Loghain possessed that Cailan didn't, it was enough that he had no doubt who he trusted to carry them through the day.
Loghain caught Alistair staring and came to stand by him.
"Never doubt that you belong here," he said quietly. "The Grey Wardens, whatever else they are, do not recruit the weak."
Alistair's ears reddened and he had to fight back a smile. He was glad that Cailan had someone like Teyrn Loghain on his side.
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