The Mark of Fen'Harel

by alwaysingirl

When Ariella Lavellan wakes in chains, she finds herself thrust into the middle of a human organization trying to save the world. They force her to lead, call her "Herald of Andraste." She just wants to close the Breach and go home. But as she grows closer to the people around her, she starts to realize that, maybe, the Dalish had it wrong the whole time. Lavellan/Solas

49. Announcement

Hello all you beautiful, wonderful readers of mine!

Listen. I know I haven't updated this story in quite a long time. I get it. It's probably really frustrating, especially since I had a schedule going and all and was really good about keeping this story up-to-date. But I promise, I actually have a really good reason that I haven't been able to keep this story updated.

See, I've been playing this on my husband's Xbox One. Well, a few months ago, the CD reader decided to pull a Solas and say "see ya!" Basically, it died and can no longer read any of the games we have as actual CDs. Which of course, includes Inquisition. This means that I haven't been able to keep up with this story and make sure all my decisions and dialogue choices actually are mine, versus a weird conglomerate of all the different choices I can find on the inter webs. Watching the different Let's Play videos and picking out which ones make the same decisions that my Lavellan might make while also staying true to previous decisions is just...it doesn't feel the same.

However, there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I recently bought myself a PS4 (not at all having to do with Final Fantasy VII Remake...) and the Gold Edition of Inquisition recently went on sale for super, super cheap. Like, $8 cheap. Which means that I now have the means to play this game and all it's DLC's again. Unfortunately, I do have to start over from the beginning, since my play through is on my husband's Xbox... So I'm still a good couple of months from getting to this point in the story so I can start keeping track of dialogue, unique choices, etc. Also, let's face it. You know how hard it is to find a Solasmance play through where Lavellan doesn't drink from the Well? ? ? It's hard, guys. Really, really hard. And at this point, so much rides on previous choices and everything, and it's just getting way, way too difficult to navigate it all without the option of cross-checking everything myself to make sure everything lines up. It's hard.

On that note, I recently made a Twitch account and have started live streaming. I'm currently playing through FFVII Remake, but I was actually thinking about playing Inquisition once I finish. And if I do, I figured, why not play as my Lavellan? The one from this story? We can live through the sorrow together, in person (kinda). That doesn't mean I'm just going to live stream my play through and not finish this story, though. No, no, no. I'm still going to write it all down and post it here. Just, you'll get to see me make these choices, if you want. I'll be posting the URL to my Twitch in my profile, if you guys are interested!

All that to say, thank you for your patience you guys. I promise I have a plan! I'm working on it! I just want to give you guys a great, and cohesive, story! The best I possibly can!

Happy reading!