Tori woke the next morning to find herself still in Fenris' arms. She sat up slowly and rubbed her temples, the headache from crying so much dissipating. Beside her, Fenris stirred and looked at her with a tired smile.

"Feeling better now that you let all that out?"

Tori nodded. "Thank you, Fenris, for letting me cry."

Fenris sat up and smoothed down her hair. "You seemed to have been holding that in for a long time."

Tori sighed. "I have... I just couldn't bring myself to believe that he was really gone... I kept hoping that it was all a dream..." She touched the scale pendant. "But when Dorian came to keep me company at Theon's tomb, he saw the scales I had saved and turned them into jewellery for me." She tucked her hair behind her ear to show him the earrings. "He also said that he was able to bind whatever lingering magik there was from Theon's magik to the scales." She looked at him. "Last night when I touched the pendant, all of Theon's memories came flooding into my mind at once. It became overwhelming and made me realize that he's really gone."

Fenris rubbed her back as she explained what happened the night before. "As much as I dislike Tevinters, magisters, and mages, it would seem that our new friend did something good for you. Now Theon can always protect you, wherever you go."

Tori smiled and that and nodded. "It's a nice thought to have and it'll help me get through losing him." She looked out the window. "It's almost time for us to leave for Redcliffe." She looked back at him. "Thank you, Fenris. For everything." She hugged him, then walked him to her door as he left to allow her to change and get ready.

"Be careful, Tori..." He said. "I will be coming with you, but I will wait with Cullen until you give the word."

Tori nodded. "I promise, I will."


Tori walked through the halls of Redcliffe castle until she reached the throne room. Varric and Iron Bull walked at her side as they approached Alexius. She stopped when she saw a man standing at the foot of the stairs in what looked like Venatori garb.

"Announce us." She said, looking at the man.

"The invitation was for Mistress Evermoore alone." Another said, coming down the stairs. "The rest of you can wait here."

"They're my negotiators. They have to accompany me." Tori said bluntly.

The man simply sighed and bowed his head, then turned to lead the way up the stairs to where the throne sat. "Lord Magister, the agents of the Inquisition have arrived."

Alexius stood. "My friend! It's so good to see you again!" He looked at Varric and Iron Bull. "And your associates of course." He returned his attention back to Tori. "I'm sure we can come to an arrangement that is equitable to all parties."

"Are we mages to have no voice in deciding our fate?" Fiona asked, joining them.

"Fiona, you would not have turned over your followers to me if you did not trust me with their lives." Alexius said.

"Oh, of course she trusts you Alexius. People must trust you with their lives all the time!" Tori said, sarcastically. "You've got one of those faces."

"Yes, the magisterium tells me that quite often." He replied. "Shall we begin our talks?" He turned to take a seat in Teagan's throne again. "The Inquisition needs mages to close the Breach and I have them. Now, what shall you offer in exchange?"

Tori smirked a bit. "Nothing. I'm just going to take the mages and leave."

Alexius scoffed. "And just how are you going to accomplish such a feat?"

Felix turned to Alexius. "She knows everything, Father."

"Felix, what have you done?" Alexius asked, his eyes narrowing.

"You wanted me here, Alexius." Tori said. "Why?"

"Do you know what you are?" Alexius said, sneering. "You walk into my stronghold, with the stolen mark- a gift you do not even understand- and you think you're in control?"

Tori took her turn at scoffing. "Your stronghold? Last I checked this was Teagan's arldom, not a stronghold for a Tevinter invader."

Alexius glared at her. "You're nothing but a mistake!"

Tori looked at him, sensing the mood changing. "What do you know about the Divine's death, Alexius?" She grew wary of him and moved her hand to the hilt of her sword.

"It was the Elder One's moment and you were unworthy to even stand in his presence!"

"Father, listen to yourself! Do you know what you sound like?" Felix said, trying to get through to his father.

"He sounds exactly like the villainous cliche that everyone expects us to be." Dorian said, coming out into the open.

"Dorian." Alexius said, glaring at his old pupil. "I gave you a chance to be apart of this, but you turned me down. The Elder One has power you would not believe. He will raise the Imperium from its own ashes."

"What could be better than time magik?" Tori asked.

"He will make the world bow to mages once more. We will rule from the Boric Ocean to the Frozen Seas." Alexius said.

"You can't involve my people in this!" Fiona protested.

Dorian stepped forward, hoping to reason with his old mentor. "Alexius, this is exactly what you and I talked about never wanting to happen! Why would you support this?"

"Stop this, Father." Felix said, turning to Alexius. "Give up the Venatori, let the southern mages close the Breach, and let's go home!"

Alexius turned to face his son. "No. It's the only way, Felix. He can save you!"

"Save me?"

"There is a way, the Elder One promised, if I undo the mistake at the Temple." Alexius said, turning back to face Tori and her companions.

"I'm going to die, you need to accept that." Felix said, clearly having accepted it himself.

"Seize them, Venatori, the Elder One demands this woman's life!" Alexius said, but his eyes widened as Leliana's agents killed his men and stepped forward.

"Your men are dead, Alexius. Now, if you don't mind, I think I'll take back Redcliffe Castle for my good friend the arl." Tori said, looking at him.

"You are a mistake!" Alexius said, pulling something out of his pocket. "You should never have existed!"

The doors behind them burst open and Cullen and Fenris ran up the stairs, stopping dead in their tracks as Dorian shouted, "No!"

Tori looked from Cullen and Fenris to where Alexius stood, a strange glow began to emanate from his hand and some kind of amulet began levitating above it. Dorian threw a blast of magikal energy at Alexius in hopes of stopping him, but a strange portal opened and Tori and Dorian were pulled through. Just before the portal close, though, Tori heard the voices of her companions and friends as they called out to her.

Landing with a loud crack and the splashing of water, Tori hurried to stand as two members of the Venatori ran into the room.

"Blood of the Elder One!" one said.

"Where'd they come from?" the other asked.

"Surprise!" Tori replied, then shot them dead in their tracks with a few arrows. She turned to help Dorian stand. "What the fuck just happened? Where are we?"

"Displacement... interesting... Probably not what Alexius intended." Dorian said, then looked around. "The rift moved us to what, the closest confluence of arcane energy?"

"The last thing I remember we were in the castle hall, Cullen and Fenris had just come in as the assault on the keep began." Tori said.

"Let's see... If we're still in the castle, it isn't!" Dorian thought a moment. "Ah, of course! It's not simply where but when!"

"What do you mean?"

"Alexius used the amulet as a focus and moved us through time!"

Tori looked at him. "What about the others..?"

"I don't know, sweetheart." Dorian said, seeing her worry. "Let's see if we can find them around somewhere. They may yet be alive."

Tori nodded and led the way, searching around the castle as she recalled her memories from when they retook the castle during the Blight.


Tori and Dorian found their way into the dungeons, quickly finding Varric and Iron Bull. They were infected with red lyrium and it was taking its hold progressively.

After awhile, they stumbled upon Fiona.

"You... you're alive? How? I saw you disappear into the rift..."

"Fiona, what happened to you?" Tori asked, seeing red lyrium surrounding the former grand enchanter.

"Red lyrium... it's a disease..." Fiona struggled to explain. "The longer you are near it... you soon become this... then they mine your corpse for more..."

"Can you tell us the date?" Dorian asked. "It's very important."

"Harvestmere, 9:42 Dragon." Fiona managed.

"9:42? Then we've missed an entire year!" Dorian exclaimed.

Tori felt her chest aching. "Fiona, we need to get back. Alexius' spell, it sent us forward in time. If we can get his amulet, Dorian may be able to reverse the spell and send us back so that none of this will have ever happened."

"You must beware..." Fiona said, looking at her. "Alexius serves the Elder One... more powerful than the Maker... no one challenges him and lives...!"

"I'll do my best, Fiona, for all our sakes." Tori said.

"You must try, Herald..." Fiona said, fading quickly. "Your spymaster... she is here... find her quickly... and the others..."

"What others?"

"Your commander... and the elf who accompanied you to Redcliffe... they are here as well..."

"Cullen and Fenris...?" Tori's heart sank. "Are they alright?"

"I... do not know..." Fiona said. "But you must go now... before the Elder One learns you are here..."

Tori nodded and watched as Fiona finally closed her eyes, the red lyrium having drawn the last of her life from her now still body.

"Come one, sweetheart, we must hurry." Dorian said.

"You're right." Tori said, then led the way onward as they searched for Leliana. It did not take them long, either, and they came across one of the torture chambers that held Leliana captive.

"You will break!" the Venatori torture master said, a blade to Leliana's throat.

"I would die first." Leliana spat back, defiantly.

Tori burst through the door and saw her old friend in chains. "Leliana!"

The Venatori turned around, but Leliana wrapped her legs around his neck and snapped it.

Tori ran to her, grabbing the key to her chains from the Venatori and freeing her.

"You're alive?" Leliana asked, faintly in disbelief.

"Are you alright?" Tori asked, steadying her as she regained her footing.

"I saw you die..." Leliana said, then hugged her old friend close. "How is it that you are still here?"

"Alexius used the amulet to displace us in time. He sent us forward a year." Tori said. "We need to find him and get that amulet. Dorian thinks we can reverse the spell and get us back to the point where we left."

"So this will never have happened?" Leliana asked, looking at her.

Tori nodded. "If we succeed, we can stop this from ever happening."

"Good." Leliana said, then went to the chest where her weapons were kept. "Now, let's find the others quickly."

"You know where Cullen and Fenris are?" Tori asked.

Leliana nodded. "They are nearby but we must hurry. We are running out of time."

Tori nodded and followed Leliana out of the room and to another. When she opened the door, she saw Fenris chained to the wall. "Fenris!" She ran to him, quickly unchaining him. When he was free, she tried to check on him but he activated his ghost hand and thrust it into her chest.

"What trickery is this now? You think to further taunt with her image?" Fenris demanded.

Tori gasped as he squeezed her heart and she gently put her hand on his cheek while her other came to rest on his arm. "Fenris, it's me..."

"Lies!"

Tori motioned for the others to stay back when they tried to intervene and she could feel her heart beginning to give under the pressure, but she stepped forward and looked him in the eye. "Do you remember what you told me when I asked you why you teased me so much?"

Fenris loosened his grip and stared at her with wide eyes as she answered her own question.

"You said it was because you enjoyed watching me blush and it was fun."

"Tori..?" Fenris asked, releasing her and looking at her in disbelief.

Tori gasped, her hand to her chest as she nodded.

Fenris looked at her, stepping away from her. "Forgive me... I did not think it was really you... They have been using your image to try and break us..."

Tori looked up at him. "Maker, what'd they do to you?" His lyrium markings glowed red instead of blue like they used to when he used his powers and now they were almost black against his skin.

"They infected us with red lyrium..." He looked at her. "It's really you, isn't it?"

Tori nodded. "Of course, silly..." She looked at him. "We don't have much time, but we still need to get Cullen. We're going after Alexius once we do."

Fenris nodded and grabbed his sword as they left the room, heading for the last room.

Tori opened the door and looked inside, seeing Cullen chained to the wall just as Fenris had been.

"Cullen!" She ran to him just as she had to Fenris and unchained him, steadying him when he staggered on his feet. "Cullen, it's going to be alright now." She said, her hand on his chest.

Cullen took one look at her, and just like Fenris, he turned on her. Grabbing her by the throat and pinning her to the wall, he loomed over her. "More of your filthy Venatori tricks? Haven't you had enough yet? You think you can just use her image like that, toy with me, try to break me?"

"C-Cullen!" Tori gasped as his grip tightened around her throat. She looked at the others, shaking her head as they tried to stop him. She turned her gaze back to him. "It's me..."

"You think I'll fall for that again?" He bellowed. "You fooled me once too many, played on my emotions for Tori and now you seek to further damn her image for me forever?"

Tori was beginning to get dizzy, but she held on and wrapped her hand around the back of his neck, startling him as she pulled him in closer and pressed their foreheads together. "D-Do you remember that story you t-told me and Blackwall on the way back to Haven? The one about Martin Calder, the boy you played with before joining the Templars?"

Cullen faltered and his grip loosened.

Tori slowly grasped his hand and moved it from her throat, holding onto it as she continued. "You told us about how the two of you used to go down to Old Man Rolph's farms and tip his druffalo as a test of your strength."

"Tori...?"

She nodded and rubbed her throat as she collapsed onto the ground.

Cullen looked at her in disbelief. "Maker, Tori, I..." His brow furrowed. "I'm so sorry..." He tried to help her up, but she shied away from him and stood by herself. "I thought I'd lost you... but it's really you..."

Tori nodded. "We got sent forward a year in time. I didn't die, Cullen."

Cullen looked at the others, grateful to see them still alive. He looked back at Tori. "What's the plan, then?"

Tori looked at Dorian, then back at him. "Dorian thinks if we get the amulet that Alexius used to send us to this time, he can reverse the spell and send us back."

"If you can go back to the point you left, you can stop all of this from happening." Cullen said, catching on quickly.

"Exactly, but we have to hurry." Tori said. "Can you fight?" She saw that he was infected with red lyrium as well.

Cullen nodded. "Give me a sword and I am all yours."

Tori nodded, then looked up as Fenris presented Cullen with his sword and shield. Looking to the others, she saw they were all ready to move on as well. "Let's go quickly then."


Tori led the others through the castle, defeating any Venatori that got in their way. They came across a door that was sealed magikally, but they were able to recover the red lyrium shard keys from the bodies of the Venatori they killed and unlocked the door. Leading them up the stairs and back to where they had stood before, Tori's eyes widened at the sight she saw. Chained to the wall just as his brother once had been in Ostagar, was Alistair.

"Alistair!" Tori ran to him, reaching up to touch his cheeks. His body was more far gone than Fiona's had been as the red lyrium fused him to the wall. "Alistair, can you hear me?"

Alistair stirred and looked at her. "Tori...? But... you died..."

Tori felt the tears in her eyes spill over after she tried so hard to hold them back. Seeing her friends, her loved ones in so much pain was nearly unbearable. "I didn't die... I'm right here..."

Alistair managed a smile, but he grimaced in pain. He forced himself to look at her. "End this... please, Tori..."

"Alistair... don't make me do this..." Tori said. She tried to lean closer, but the red lyrium burned when she touched it even through her clothes.

"Please... I've suffered enough... End it... I'm begging you..." Alistair said, pleading with her.

"Here, Bunny..." Varric said, handing her a dagger.

Tori took the dagger with a shaky hand and looked up at Alistair. "Alistair..."

He offered her a pained smile. "I love you, Tori... my one regret was ever letting you go..."

Tori stood on her toes and kissed him, then plunged the dagger into his heart and twisted the blade. Her heart ached when she heard him gasp, then she felt the taste of his blood in her mouth. Pulling away, she looked at him. "Alistair... I'm so sorry..."

"Thank you, Tori..." He said with a smile, then drew his last breath and his head dropped down.

Tearing herself away from him, Tori advanced towards where Alexius stood facing the fire. "I should kill you where you stand, you fucking bastard! You're going to pay for all the suffering you've caused!"

Alexius sighed. "There is no longer anywhere to run. I knew you would appear again, not that it would be now, but I knew I hadn't destroyed you. My final failure."

"Was it worth it?" Dorian asked. "Everything you've done to the world, to yourself?"

"It doesn't matter now." Alexius replied. "All we can do is wait for the end."

"What the fuck do you mean? What's ending?" Tori demanded, her anger only growing.

"The irony that you would appear, now, of all the possibilities." Alexius said, smirking despite himself. "All that I fought for, all that I betrayed, and what have I wrought? Ruin and death, there is nothing more. The Elder One comes for me, for you, for us all."

Leliana appeared behind Felix, a blade to his throat.

Alexius turned, his staff drawn. "Felix!"

"That's Felix?" Dorian said in disbelief. "Maker's breath, Alexius, what have you done?"

"He would have died, Dorian! I saved him!" Alexius said, then to Leliana he begged, "Please, don't hurt my son! I'll do anything you ask!"

"Felix never wanted this, Alexius. He tried to stop you, to save you." Tori said. "Give us the amulet and we let him go."

"Please, let him go and you can have what you want!"

Leliana glared at him. "I want the world back." She drew the blade across his throat.

"No..." Alexius said, then he cried out and struck out against Leliana, quickly turning against Tori and the others.