Armour

by Rose Tinted Contact Lenses

Series of linked shorts. Morgana Amell and her companions all have their own personal battles - whether it's finding your family, betrayal, or learning to trust. What you don't see in the game, or a different perspective on what you do.

102. Sword & Sarebaas

Christmas Eve... Already? Some more fic for you - the festive spirit appears to have overtaken me, so a triple update. If you requested a POV, check at the bottom of this chapter. Hope you like them!

Yep, I went there - Sten's POV. Most definitely a continuation of the "unusual POV" series.

This chapter's a gift for LunaMoth116, whose request was for our favourite qunari. There will be a second, longer part to this.

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Sword & Sarebaas

Sten

He does not understand.

He runs a hand over the hound's muzzle, still watching the Warden.

She is sarebaas, yet she walks free, untamed; using her power frivolously, uncontrolled.

She is also evidently a woman. Yet that is armour she is wearing, and she appears to be polishing a sword. He has seen her in battle, wielding weapons made for others not of her kind, and it baffles him. As does she.

"Women cannot be warriors?" she had asked him.

No. They cannot. They are not born to it, it is not what they are meant for. Yet the sarebaas were not born to the sword, and he sees her with the other Warden, hears the clashing of steel and their unnecessary provocation of each other. Priestesses were not born to wield daggers, yet the loud Orlesian does this also.

He shakes his head, searching for sense in these thoughts, but finds none, only confused further. The noise of the elf and the other Warden arguing is not helping him think clearly. His hand twitches, searching for the reassuring weight of a sword that is not there, and he exhales.

There is much to tell the Qun.

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For once, I'm going to write review response-ish stuff on the fic itself, so we're clear.

Christmas/New Year's POV presents:

• Sten - LunaMoth116

• Morrigan - TunelessLyric

• Bodahn - Snarkoleptic

• REB-ART - Great idea; I'm defeated here, I'm afraid - Shale's not in the group yet (not sure whether I'll write her) and Sandal may be downright impossible.

I'll be off to spend time with family, so these won't all be finished in time for the day itself, but they should all be up by about the second of January. I'm eager to try these out!