K.C's notes: I'm so happy because it seemed like quite a lot of people are viewing my story now. Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing. The story takes a dark turn now as we follow Darkspawn Solas's flight into the depths of the Earth.

Chapter 7: Into the depths

Knowing he was beaten by Blackwall's drunken Grey Warden powers, Darkspawn Solas had fled into the very lowest level of the Ness. Here he found an entrance into the Deep Roads and went in. It was a dank and awful place with very little light except for the phosphorescent globs on the walls which spat at Solas as he ran hysterically past. He clutched at his ear in pain and prayed in Latin. Blackwall had managed to rip most of Dolad's left ear off whilst the two had fought over the prone body of a hag-naked Cullen; the rest of his ear hung pathetically down the side of his face and issued forth a disturbing black goop which congealed to his face like black fungus. This was the consistence of Solas's blood since becoming a darkspawn.

Solas swore revenge on Blackwall and wrote a crude hate-letter on the walls of the Deep Roads using his ear blood. In the letter he cursed Blackwall for his incompetence and said that he would never be able to sleep again without great fear of being burgered.

As he progressed further into the Deep Roads, Solas's decrepit eyes started to see a slight illumination at the end of the next tunnel junction. He ran forwards at full steam ahead hoping to catch, defile and eat whoever it was who dared to come into his dark, Grimer domain. Instead he entered a large cavern with a group of ruined stone buildings in the centre. Dolad had found an ancient and lost Dwarven thaig! And someone else was here! There was a small glimmer of a campfire at the far end of the cavern - coming from beneath a fallen stone bridge - and so Solas made his way towards it with hatred in his heart whilst chewing on his non existent lower lip. When he finally reached his destination hen had an encounter. The campfire had a group of about eighteen darkspawn witting around it and they all stopped what they were doing and stared at Solas. The urge to run away, like Normal Solas would have done, was drowned out by the song of the archdemon...but still, Darkspawn Solas did not see these other darkspawn as his friends. They were more primitive than him in his eyes. Less important to the archon's plan. Less intelligent and deluded. A Hurdock Alpha stood up and growled at Solas before coming over towards him and sniffing at him a bit - specifically at the blood around his mangled ear. Sensing the familiar taint the Haddock Alpha backed off and was about to offer the new member of his team a seat...when Dolad leapt through the air like a Doladis Missile and ripped the Hurlock's nose off with his teeth...which seemed freakishly large because he had no lower nip anymore.

This only solidified his membership of the darkspawn troupe and they all crowded around him patting him on the back, smelling at him and biting his sore ear in playful welcoming glee. Solas did not understand what was going on, and was justifiably terrified about the situation, and so continued to bite the Hurlock Alpha repeatedly whilst he lay on the floor howling and bleeding and soiling himself (which got a cheer from the rest of the darkspawn). When the creature was finally deed, Solas got up from the ground covered in blood and fecal matter and the darkspawn all started to form a ring around him - moving inwards and outwards slowly in a strange shambling rhythm. They started to chant over and over again in rising volume. Unbeknownst to him, Solas had just been elected as their new leader! And there was an initiation cemetery for new leaders of darkspawn bands...

Back in Skyhold, Blackwall had emerged from the cess-pit totally unharmed after his fight with Dolad. He was hovering and reeking of dung and very thirsty for more booze. With nobody to stop him (Krem was several miles behind, hauling Cullen's angry and unappreciative corpse up the cess-pit pairs) Blackbird made his way across the courtyard and towards his shed. He was beginning to slobber up, which was a very bad thing, as Blackwall had not been sober in almost twelve years. Vivienne had once theorised that he would not survive being sober for long if he should ever be deprived of liquid. Upon reaching his shred, or at least the remains of his shed, Blackwall went mad and started bawling; he cried upwards to the moon like a wolf and beat his chest like an ape. His shed was in ruins from the Archegonium attack a few nights ago...and in the Ribble, Blackwall could find no alcohol. Iron Bull heard the raucous mewling and limped over from the tavern where he had been covertly drinking. The Qunari hesitated a little upon seeing the state Blackwall was in, before continuing forwards Jim.

"Blackwall! What's happening to you! You've lost your moons again! Snap out of it man and help us. Svetlana, Varric, Cassandra, Vivienne and possibly Doris have all been kidnapped by Corypheus and we need to aid them! You'll wake everyone up if you..." He was silenced as Blackwall punched him angrily in the face - furious that this man dared to interrupt his liquorless state of mourning. Blackwall yelled incoherently again and picked up a stinging plant that was growing amongst the rubble; he used it to beat Iron Bull with, giving him hundreds of tiny spots all over his face from the plant's stinks. Blackwall got stung too, but he was far too lost on Rage to care. When he was done he dropped the plant in Ironbull"s head, picked another one and stormed off to find Leliana. He was damned if he had no alcohol left! So he was going to question the spy master to find out where she had hidden the remainder of his snooze. Iron Bull groaned and attempted to move the stingy plant from his head...it proceeded to sting his hand badly and so he thought he should probably just lie there and wait for someone to help him or for him to be able to feel his head again.

Bosch in the Deep Roads, Solas had been stripped totally naked and was tied to a stake whilst the darkspawn danced around him madly. Darkspawn Solas was confused and afraid but also felt the desperate need to go and bite something. Then studently the darkspawn began to throw dung pit remains all over Solas and began pawing at him like post puppies. If Solas's mind was intact then he probably would've made some intellectual observations about the hot thing, but his mind was no longer his own and so he just began screaming. Again. The Haddock Alpha began to vibrate oddly within its armour...which was disturbing because it was meant to be dead...and the other darkspawn seemed to follow suit. As they vibrated they began to lose pieces of their armour magically, which revealed the rotting blackened loose skin underneah. Dolad struggled but ubiquitously could not get away. The hoarde came came closer until their frighteningly naked bodies were pressed against Solas's own. He started to squirm and flail as they girated against him in all sorts of inconvenient manners; this frantic movement was a mistake as some of the darkspawn began to vomit as their stomachs were agitated. Rancid darkspawn innards came out of their mints and spewed all over Dolad. Soon enough he was covered in about fifty layers of corrupted, tainted vomit and wasabi; he was being humped mercilessly by the hideous creatures and was beginning to become horse from screeching. The things had also become highly aroused with their actions and the stench of abruption and the sight of loads of disgusting, half-grated darkspawn penises made Solas start to chew off his own upper lip. The events continued...

Leliana struggled against Blackwall's superior strength as he pinned her against the wall and repeatedly roared in her face, beating her with the funky plant. He had stripped partially naked and had doused himself in flammable liquid and was now threatening to set himself on fire if his booze was not returned to him!

K.C's notes: What will happen to Dolad in the Deep Roads with the awkward darkspawn situation? Will Blackwall kill Leliana or will they successfully get him into rehab before he sets himself on fire? What is happening in Fort Revasan? Where is Dorian? Front out next time!