Bioware owns all. I just like to play with their characters. I will be skipping certain parts so the chapter isn't very long, but I like it.
I wake up to Alistair's worried face inches from my own. "Maker's breath, I am so glad you are okay, Elissa." I try and sit up but I think my head just cracked open. "Oh my ouch, I can't believe Duncan killed Ser Jory." Alistair grimaced "I know it was shocking for you but Duncan did what he had to do." Alistair grabs my hands and pulls me up. His hands are so strong and warm; I uh mean they're like any warriors hands. He holds mine a moment longer than I would have expected "Thank you Alistair, was I passed out for long?" He grins at me "you missed dinner, but I gave your portion to Boo, he really enjoyed it." I groan but am glad Boo had a substantial amount before the coming battle. My father used to always make sure he had plenty to eat; I guess I need to work on that now that he's gone. Pain rolls over me like a wave. "Are you alright Elissa? You are very pale." I clear my throat and shake it off, "I'm fine, and do we have somewhere to be?" Alistair pauses and starts fumbling around with his satchel, "yes we need to meet the king but before I forget here take this necklace, and it's a remembrance for those who don't pass the joining." I blush fiercely "Thank you I-uh don't know what to say." With that we head down the steps to go to the battle strategy meeting.
"You are the young Grey Warden recruit Duncan brought? I take it congratulations is in order." I smile and bow to the king. "I am honored your majesty, you are too kind." He smiles at me and turns to a very unhappy looking Loghain. Maybe he is jealous that I was at one point promised to Cailan before Anora was in the picture. I would have made a much better queen in my opinion. Loghain scolds Cailan for honoring the Grey Wardens so much. Duncan clears his throat to ease the tension. We turn back to Loghain's battle plans. They seem pretty solid. I am pleased with them till everyone turns to me. "Alistair and Elissa should be at the tower to light the beacon." I am momentarily stunned "I won't be in the battle?" Loghain scoffs but Duncan tells me "Elissa this is a very important job, we need to make sure it is done correctly." I nod my head in defeat. Cailan smiles and winks at me "See glory for everyone!" Odd that he winked at me but you know he is a king and he gets whatever he wants. I won't fall for his act though. Cailian smiles and bids me farewell. I am eager to escape Loghain's glare and I leave the meeting.
After the battle meeting I walk around the camp gathering it all in. I take a stab at archery and it turns out I'm pretty damn good. I speak with the hound master about Boo, and he supplies me with several packs of mabari crunches. I give him a sovereign for his troubles. I speak to the quartermaster and sell him everything I picked up in the wilds. I manage to gain a key to the mages chest by giving a prisoner some food. That was pretty rewarding. I attend a chantry service and I ask the mother to pray for my family, especially Fergus. I miss him so much. I hope he survives the battle and I can finally hug him and open up about what happened. Alistair finds me after the service, "Duncan wants us back, I believe he wants to talk to us before the battle. I nod and finish my prayer.
"There you both are, I want both of you to go to the tower of Vishal and what for my signal." Alistair's head snaps up "WHAT I won't be in the battle." Duncan frowns 'Alistair this is a direct order from the king, he wants to make sure the signal is lit so Loghain will know when to charge." I nod my head in agreement, as a noble I always know that I must do as I am told. "Alright but if the king orders me to dance around in a dress, I'm drawing the line." I laugh, "Now I would pay to see that." Alistair looks at me surprised "Well maybe for you then, but it has to be a pretty dress." Duncan watches us with a knowing look in his eye "That's enough Alistair, I want both of you to be careful, watch each others backs and if anything should happen Alistair will get you back to Denerim safety. "Duncan may the maker watch over you." As Alistair and I turn around and gather our supplies and I put Boo's collar on, I faintly hear Duncan whisper, "May he watch over us all."
Alistair, Boo and I walk towards the bridge to the tower. Archers and catapults are firing away down towards the armies. "That's a lot of darkspawn." I look over at Alistair. He's concerned I can tell. I grab his arm "Alistair you mustn't worry now, we have a job to do." He nods his head and we cross the bridge trying to avoid the arrows. I was almost too late when a catapult hit a statue in the middle of the bridge. Alistair dashed over to me and tackled me out of the way. He used his shield to protect us from the falling debris. I cough "You saved my life." He blushes "Its no problem Elissa, you would've done the same for me." I blush realizing that he is on top of me and I clear my throat. "Oh I-uh here let me help you up." He pulls me up and we continue on our journey to the tower of Ishal. Neither of us mentions what just happened.
As we approach the tower I can tell there is something wrong. "Where are all of the soldiers?" Alistair frowns and looks around and points "There, it looks like two of them are coming down the stairs now." I look up and see a mage and a warrior running towards us. "You, you're Grey Wardens? You have to help us the tower, its been taken." Alistair and I look up in surprise "what how can that be possible?" They shrug and look just as confused as we are. "What is your name?" The mage responds, "This is Elijah and my name is Milico." I nod "Milico I want you to come with us, Elijah go and report this to whomever you can and then leave Ostagar." They nod and Elijah runs off into the darkness just as it starts to rain. We run up to the tower saving guards on the way. I yell to them "Get out of here and get to safety, we will take care of this." They bow to me with praises "Bless you my lady." We fight our way to the front door, hold our breath and go inside."
I disarm a trap almost as soon as we enter the building, Alistair almost charges off and triggers it but I stop him. We kill the darkspawn and loot the room. When we reach the third floor Alistair stops and pulls me aside "How can the darkspawn be here ahead of the horde?" I shrug "You know we could just ask them that." He chuckles "You're right this is all just a big misunderstanding, we will all laugh about it later. At any rate we need to get to the top and light the signal, the king is counting on us." We reach an area designated as the dog kennels, the moment I see the first mabari body tears from in my eye, I angrily kill all the darkspawn in the room. I release the remaining hounds that still live and tell them to leave. Alistair looks at me curiously but doesn't ask questions. After the hounds are gone we head up to the final floor.
"Makers balls" I cry when we open the door. There's an ogre waiting for us. There is no way around it so we have to attack. Alistair and Boo are attacking it while I stealthily go around and backstab it. In the end Alistair makes the killing blow. I loot the room and we meet in the center. "We've surely missed the signal, light the beacon quickly." I run over to the beacon and say a quick prayer and light it. Alistair asks about the dogs "I couldn't just leave them all to die, they deserve life just as much as any man." He nods his head in agreement "I hope they get out okay." We wait for any message from the army if they need us. Nothing comes. Boo starts to growl and he stands in front of me. "What's wrong boy?" Then a group of darkspawn break through the door and shoot us all with arrows. Milico immediately falls to the ground from an arrow to the throat. I know immediately he is dead. Boo cries out in pain and I run over towards him to kill his attacker. I'm hit from behind and everything goes black.