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Prologue
Everything in my life changed when I met him. Would you call it fate or just a chance encounter? Maybe everything is meant to happen for a reason. My life being abruptly uprooted and forced to move to a whole new country to be trained in a gift that I never asked for, the Blight being unleashed on my beloved Ferelden, causing chaos to break loose. The bloody massacre of my family, leaving just my brothers and me as the only survivors of our house. Maybe fate planned all this so that my brother, my twin brother, Aedan could become the great Hero of Ferelden, vanquisher of the Blight, and one day the great Warden Commander of Ferelden.
Not that anyone should be surprised. He was always the gifted one, the warrior, that could best almost any man, possibly even Teyrn Loghain. Then again how couldn't he be the best when he has some of the greatest swordsmen training him, alongside our other older brother Fergus. Fergus was indeed talented with a sword, but he was more fit to rule then fight on a battle field unlike Aedan.
Aedan is one that would insult every guest at a fancy dinner party in the first five minutes without even knowing it. He was no tact at all, everything can be figured out through combat.
By now you are probably wondering who I am. Well my name is Areana Cousland. The youngest child of Teyrn Bryce and Teyrna Eleanor Cousland. Our family is one of the oldest in all of Ferelden. We are even older then the Theirin bloodline. That being our sovereign. Some would say we are arrogant in our ways, flaunting our power. The fact that only the king has more power than us tends to unnerve people, that or have them flock to us like sheep, hoping to gain favor from at least one of us so that they, themselves might prosper.
I am the rogue of the family, a lot like my mother before me. The only difference being that I am more skilled in daggers and becoming one with the shadows than archery. I did try, honestly I did, to be a good archer like her, but alas it was not to be. No one has ever beaten her at an archery contest. Not even those that have mastered the skill years before. For her it just comes naturally, like walking, or riding a horse.
As for our family as a whole, we are very tight. If someone were to hurt one of us then everyone would retaliate. Wither it be unwanted suitors or angry maids chasing after my brothers or rebellious uprisings we are there for each other. So of course almost everyone in Ferelden has to have heard of the infamous Cousland temper. One of the other things we are well known for.
A lot changed when Oriana married my brother Fergus. For some of Ferelden's nobles it was hard. One of the highest lords sons marrying a foreigner, and an Antivan at that, but I just adored her. I guess my lack of distrust for Antivans was because I was trained by one. My master was once a Crow, a group of assassins that reside in Antiva. He trained me in everything he knew, even the art of poisons and assassination. Though of course Father didn't know, because if he did then my master would be cast out and I would be locked up working on my needle work like all the other girls my age.
Though I am getting way behind myself. I'm sure my past life as a spoiled noble isn't what you want to hear about. You are probably hoping to hear more about the Hero of Ferelden and how he vanquished the evil darkspawn. Well don't worry, there will be plenty of him in here. Just more of how the Blight happened through my eyes. Besides, there are enough stories about him. What of his other companions? When will they get to tell their tale? Well I am pleased to inform you that I shall be the one to tell it for them.
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