The time passed faster than Neria could have anticipated, she was never a friend of time or being under big stress. Not after the Blight and a whole world at stake. But this time they need to hurry since Neria should be meeting with someone before the next day comes. It was really hard to keep track of him and he didn't like it when someone shows up late. So after an hour everyone was back at their meeting point and everyone had enough poitions and healing salves with them. Even if they ran out of it, she and Anders were Spirit Healers and capable of creating new potions if they find any ingredients. Which was a topic they could think about later now they had to reach the Lost City.
Once everyone has arrived, Neria stepped forward and looked at her merry entourage. She really had a thing for strange people, not that Anders,Hawke and Sebastian looked strange, they were perfectly normal. But this Fenris guy was really strange and he doesn't like mages - lovely. Neria didn't have the time to discuss wether he likes mages or not. However as everyone looked at her as she cleared her throat, Neria began to talk.
"First of all thank you for coming with me, I couldn't do this alone. As a matter of fact I really couldn't do this alone. The first thing we need to do is reaching the Lost City, It's not far from here but we need to hurry."
She could explain everything on the way if someone had a question about their destination. They didn't really have much time and no one had ever seen Neria in such a hurry. Normaly should make sure if everyone was fine and ready, but now it was different she wanted to get out of Kirkwall. Maybe it was also the city and the behaviour of some citizens. It didn't matter now.
A few moments later they had left the city behind, more like they had passed an outlet and were now walking on a landscape near Kirkwall. The fresh air was really relieving for the Warden Commander, it made her head a bit clearer. The sound in her head was not going away but she had time think about everything. It was getting harder to think about a world shattering even when you have darkspawn chanting in your mind every time.
As they were pass the city and in the open a bit more, Neria turned her gaze towards Anders. "Before I forget it...I have something you might want to have back." Anders gave her a curious look as she put her hand in the back hanging from her shoulders to pull out a certain tabby cat. "You might want to have him back." After she learnt what happened with Anders and Ser-Pounce-A-Lot, she got the cat from the certain warden and kept it with her all the time.
"Pounce! You got him. It's been so long..." She knew he loves cats and especially Pounce. It was her choice to give him Pounce back, since he needed some miracle in his life. It was hard to keep the cat from running away, since it was not an everday life to have a cat with you. "I'm glad I can make you at least a bit happy. Not I don't mind you being grumpy, but happy is better." At least one can be happy this time. Before Neria could walk away from Anders he stopped her. She hasn't told them anything about the mission or where they were going. As Neria looked around to see everyone standing around and not going forward. "Why are you stopping. We need to move. Or at least move a bit faster a little bit."
"We want to know where we are going? What is the Lost City and do we meet someone there?" The question came from Hawke himself, they were quiet curious or suspicious, Neria couldn't tell by now. There was no excuse why she couldn't tell them the whole mission or at least the worst part. The Warden Commander just sighed and turned towards everyone as good as she could. It was hard to explain where they were going, they needed to believe it.
"We will meet someone. He can guide as through the city without getting lost. The name is accurate, you get lost in the Lost City and then you become insane. So he can help us. You don't need to rely your life on him just follow him."
Fenris snorted again and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Maybe it was hard to explain to trust someone they've never met, but he was good and when he had the money he was better. Neria and their secret guide had some mutual deal.
"Who are we going to meet there? I mean does he have a name?"
The elven mage just nodded and turned around facing the rather pretty landscape. For a few seconds there was silent until Neria said the name: "The Dark Wolf."