Cullen and F. Trevelyan escape to Honnleath to evade their political duties. During their travels, Cullen stumbles upon the Hero of Fereldan. Before the Inquisition, before Kirkwall, Cullen remembers a time when he was once just a Templar saddled with a burgeoning Mage in a crumbling Circle.

AU. Mages have always been little more than cursed weapons, but even the Chantry could tell their potential. The Tower was little more than a ring of forced prositution and the plight of the mages was far more than a lack of freedom. Dark themes, mature

A series of letters with words never said. If he'd had the courage, he would have told her years ago in the Tower; but somehow it was easier to write it down on paper, get it out into open and brace himself in the coming weeks for her reply.

Where the Hero of Ferelden suddenly finds herself with new titles - most notably the Herald of Andraste - and with all the people who vowed to serve the Inquisition. Amell/Cullen.