Dragons and Thrones: An Unusual Union

Chapter 13 of my Game of Thrones story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: Game of Thrones belongs to George R.R. Martin. Dragon Age belongs Bioware.

Varric

Varric sighed; edgy didn't begin to describe how he felt. After receiving the letter from Bianca, he had replied and left his office in Qarth and began to head to the meeting point. He was fretting over what he read in that note.

'Red Lyrium, why does Bianca need to talk to me about that?' He thought to himself worriedly. 'The only known sample that made it to the surface from the Deep Roads was destroyed. Surely there can't be more of it; the location was kept secret after all too.'

He was worried; he had dealt with Red Lyrium before and knew the dangers of it. It had cost him his older brother Bartrand who was now in a mental institution outside Kirkwall back home.

Varric looked around as he considered this. 'It was the Red Lyrium, that was what stole his sanity from him, made him…the way he ended up. I swear if there is more of it I will see it destroyed, and hunt down the ones who brought it up to the surface.'

The last thing he wanted was for more people to end up like Bartrand, or to have a repeat of the Kirkwall Rebellion, after what happened to Knight-Commander Meredith Stannard of the Kirkwall Templars. Shaking his head he continued onwards; approaching the small village near Qarth, where Bianca had arranged to meet him.

He entered the village; noting a lack of people about; the meeting place was a specific alleyway within the village. He shook his head.

'Typical of Bianca, not letting herself be seen with me, just like she was back home.' He noted.

It was true; Bianca, the inventor of the very crossbow that Varric used and named after her. He and Bianca were former lovers, however her family did not approve of the relationship. They took this to the extent that they tried, on several occasions, to kill Varric.

While they no longer carried on their relationship; they still had to be cautions if they ever met. He continued to walk through the village, not sure what to expect from this meeting with Bianca and couldn't help but note a strange sense of foreboding.

He sighed. 'It's just too quiet…I don't like this.'

He soon reached an alleyway and paused; there was a mark on the wall; one he recognized. Looking around he nonchalantly wiped his hand over it, obliterating it. This was something he had been instructed to do by Bianca. He entered the alleyway and looked around.

He tensed, suddenly worried. 'There's no sign of her; and that feeling I had earlier.'

He froze as it finally dawned on him; the source of that feeling. He immediately drew Bianca, the crossbow and took aim; having already ensured she was loaded.

He reacted immediately and when the first Dwarf appeared, his dagger raised, Varric fired. The Dwarf took the bolt to the chest and immediately keeled over and dropped.

Varric glared when he saw the insignia on the Dwarf's shirt. "Damned Carta!"

The Dwarven criminal organization, the Carta, were attacking him. He had a nasty feeling it had something to do with his meeting with Bianca. He quickly fired again, and again, striking two more Carta Dwarves who appeared. He spun around and, using Bianca's bayonet, struck another one.

He growled. 'They're coming from both sides…Need to avoid getting attacked from behind.'

He quickly moved, firing another shot and quickly reloading; using Bianca's bayonet again before finally positioning himself and taking aim again. One of the Dwarves yelled at him.

"You're dead Tethras!"

Varric smirked. "I don't think so, I'm still standing, what's this about anyway, Merchant's Guild finally get fed up waiting for me to show up?"

The Dwarf yelled again. "Your jokes won't save you here, die!"

Varric grit his teeth and prepared himself to continue fighting. He continued to fight, stopping the Carta Dwarves from getting too close to him, until, suddenly, he was attacked from above. A final Carta Dwarf, who attacked using stealth, had leapt upon him, dagger drawn.

"Shit." He cursed; waiting for the end to come.

The Dwarf was about to attack when suddenly he received an arrow to the face, before falling over, dead.

Varric was startled by this, and got to his feet, his hand groping for Bianca. He then stopped when he saw the one who had fired. It was a female Dwarf, lowering her bow. She had brown eyes and brown hair, hidden under a hood. She approached him, smiling lightly. Varric laughed and picked up his crossbow, securing it to the strap on his back again.

"Well, Bianca Davri, I see I owe you my life again." He remarked.

Bianca smirked. "Indeed; well I have to say, you did fine until that last guy, now what are the Carta doing here?"

Varric sighed. "No idea; but what's this you've got to show me, from this letter."

Bianca quirked an eyebrow. "Well, look at you, all business, where's your usual innuendo and jokes?"

"Time and place Bianca, this is serious." He replied.

Bianca nodded and indicated for him to follow her. He did so and, still staying out of sight, they made their way out of the village.

"It's out in what's known as the Red Waste, a crevice opened in the ground and inside was a vault, one that looked like it came from the Deep Roads…But it's what's inside the vault that's the issue."

Varric had a nasty feeling he wasn't going to like this at all; still he followed Bianca on the way to this vault.

They were able to reach the crevice without incident and slipped inside; entering the vault. Inside, Varric looked around in stunned disbelief at the crystalline structures attached to the wall, the veins growing through the walls.

'It can't be, but it is…' He thought to himself in disbelief. 'Red Lyrium.'

Already he could hear the song of the Red Lyrium, the same song that heralded the start of Bartrand's madness. He quickly did his best to shut it out as Bianca spoke to him.
"This is it Varric, so, is it…?"

He nodded. "Yeah, Red Lyrium, let's get outta here quickly."

Bianca nodded and they quickly got out of the vault and above the crevice. Once there, Bianca turned to him.

"So, what are we gonna do about this?" She asked. "Researching all these raw samples could…"

Varric immediately cut her off. "No Bianca, no research, not on this stuff."

"But Varric…"

"No, this stuff is way too dangerous; even for you." He said. "We need to close this place down, destroy it if possible, nobody else can know about this Bianca, nobody."

Bianca sighed but nodded and soon got to work, rigging the entrance to explode and cave in on itself. Once they were finally done, Bianca promised to be in touch before Varric returned to Qarth.

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