The air is cooling, turning with winter's approach. But it is not biting yet, no true threat of frost. And two fine young gentlemen with hair of gold and sunshine help an old Viscount, greyed with age, walk down the aisles of the cemetary. Slow and steady, without complaint. The elder one's sons.
They come to bask in the presence of a tombstone together, the resting place of one who is much beloved. His wife and their mother, Marianna. This is her designated grave, her final bed.
Fenris ensures it is always covered in flowers, always brighter than the drab sorrow that blankets the other tombs. She had far too much life for such colorless formalities. And they kneel in her honor, placing a fresh bouquet and a harmonious gift. The music box Merrill had taken, and given sweetly to Fenris for Hawke. A detail of the past Marianna had never forgotten, as she had never forgotten the 'Phantom' as they all knew she never would.
But, she had, at last, made peace with the past that day when their love was spared. And her loyalty had never wandered from her childhood love, never departed even after her death. He feels it always as a candle burning in his chest, as do his sons.
Anders had never been seen again, never been heard from or had killed again. All at once, it was merely as though he disintegrated into nothing, just vanished into air and became one with the Void. And his muse was left in peace to end her days beside her lover. Although Fenris still bears his grudges, he is also very grateful for that. His respect had been hard earned, yet, exists none the less.
He places the box gently at her headstone, running a palm across the grooves of her name and placing a kiss to the tiny portrait of her above it. His eyes fall to seek out debris that has come to disturb her sleep and clear it away. But, his gaze catches on something in his search.
A rose red as blood, black ribbon secured to the stem. And lashed to that ribbon a locket. Her locket, which had been missing for decades. A symbol of unending love. A sign that the 'Phantom' never forgot her either. Fenris lets the tribute remain.