(JAY'S POV)
Jay stood at the head of the war table and looked at the group gathered, the inner circle had all finally arrived from red cliff castle. Jay had called the meeting and explained the events that transpired in the future, everyone was disturbed but Ellana, Luka and Varric looked the most disturbed.
"But how could this 'elder one' even get this far? We know that he is not an elder one so why did no one do anything?" Ellana asked, everyone at the table minus Jay and Varric looked at her confused.
"What is an elder one?" Josie asked, Jay sighed and looked at them all with a very serious expression.
"What I am about to reveal never leaves this room, if it does it could mean the end of thedas as we know it." Jay began, Ellana casting an extra layer of wards around the room.
"Elder ones are the vampire lords and ladies of the vampire world, and they each govern an area and insure that those vampires in those areas obey the laws we have placed. They are also born not from the normal method of vampire creation, a deity crafts an elder to ascend into godhood. I am the frozen spear of the maker and former archon Hessarian." The advisors minus Leliana gasped at this, Cullen reached for his sword, an expression of murder on his face.
"Curly I wouldn't if I were you." Varric warned, Bianca out and pointed at Cullen's head.
"Yeah, I would not move human, a threat to my father and captain like that would result only in the inquisition needing a new commander!" Ellana warned, her dagger's point digging gently into the base of his skull, and Luka had an throwing knife in her hand as well.
"Cullen you are standing in a room with an elder one, two purebloods and a sunguard, who is sworn to protect my kind. It would take me only a minute to murder everyone in this room with ease, put the your templar training away, true vampires are nothing like the savage children your kind fought and barely beat with my kind's help." Cullen glared but released his hold on his sword grip and stepped back.
"Now moving on to Ellana's question, this false elder one managed to ascend to godhood by creating an elder one himself. Which brought the accords into play, which made all the vampires back down." Jay explained, Josephine raised her hand to grab their attention.
"What accords?" She asked, Jay nodded to Ellana to explain.
"The accords were laid down by the first pair of vampires create the goddess all vampires worship, they accords govern how the vampires conduct themselves. One of the terms is that no elder ones are permitted to war with each other without the goddess's blessing and that goes for their forces, meaning if an elder one was leading the cultist armies they all vampires would be powerless to fight against them." Ellana explained, everyone looked grim at that.
"Which is why, I have sent out letters this morning on the backs of my hawks, to call a grand council to order." All three of those versed in the politics of vampires gasped, everyone else looked confused.
"I am going to go out on a limb and say that is a major move?" Dorian guessed and Jay nodded.
"It means with the exception of the king and queen of the vampires all elder ones are being called to gather, and the royal ambassadors will travel to act as a method of long distance speaking for the queen and king. The royals never leave their home, it was a law made by our goddess, she needs at least some of the vampire rulers to remain safe at all times." Jay explained, Varric chiming at the end.
"Yeah, the last time something like this happened it was the shortly after the first circles were formed. The elder ones are not ones to leave their turf easily." Varric tacked on.
"How soon will they arrive?" Cassandra asked, leliana looking like she had been about to ask the same thing.
"It will be at least a full month before they can start to arrive, they will be coming from every corner of the known world and an island that is not on any non-vampire map." Jay explained, and matters moved onto the breach and the prep needed to begin the sealing.
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The next day
(Leliana's POV)
The breach glowed a sickly green as it pulsed and writhed in the sky, Leliana stood atop an over hanging protrusion. Looking down into the pit she saw all the mages lining up under the careful directions of Solas, Dorian and Ellana, with Jay standing next to Varric and Luka gazing up at the breach. Leliana took her eyes off the scene below to check for the hundredth time that her scouts and archers were in position.
"Mages stand ready! Channel your powers into the mage you were assigned!" Ellana called, Leliana saw the mages begin gathering their powers sending in groups of three to another mage who along with two other sent into another, and so forth until it reached the three lead mages.
"Maker guide your spear!" Leliana prayed, watching the mana flow out of the three lead mages and into Jay.
With a calm measure movement Jay raised his hand, and leliana watched amazed as his mark and the breach were joined by a glowing stream of green light. The light began building in power and intensity until Leliana was forced to look away, the winds in around the remain of the temple began screaming as the breach began writhing madly. Just as Leliana was sure they had made an horrible mistake, a deafening blast echoed through out the ruins knocking her off her feet.
When she looked up at the sky she saw the breach was gone and only a few faint glowing lines remained in it's place, she quickly rose to her feet and looked down into the pit to find Ellana helping Jay up. He looked tired but beyond that he seemed fine, Smiling Leliana leapt lightly off her ledge to help Ellana assist Jay in walking down the mountain.
"well I say before you do anything you need a good drink, I have not seen you this weak in sometime without being on death's door from wounds." Ellana told Jay as Leliana drew level with them.
"And look here, your favorite flavor just arrived, meals on legs are so nice! Even better when they look as good as she does!" Ellana teased, Jay growled.
"Here, Varric gave me this to hold onto." Leliana passed, him a canteen with runes covering it.
"Father you ever dump this girl or she ever leaves you, I am taking her for myself." Ellana warned, handing Jay off to Leliana before leaving telling them she was going to go score a dance with Josie.
"I swear I don't know how she turned out like that? I mean her mother may be wild sometimes but nothing like that." Jay sighed, Leliana laughed.
"True Lark had more grace and tact for certain, and no where near as bad a flirt. Though her taste was questionable, she did chase after Morrigan after all." Leliana agreed, Jay laughed.
"Keep in mind my dear, Lark chose me to sire her child." Leliana laughed. "True, I guess it is just her taste in woman that is lacking!" Jay laughed, taking a drink from the canteen as they walked down the path.