"This… is an eluvian."

Alex blinked in shock when they entered the room, only to find that a gigantic mirror, twice her height, stood at the end of the room. It seemed like it was a mirror, but it did not show their reflection at all, and that it rippled with a strange purplish and bluish light, like water. She stood beside Morrigan as she looked up at it

"An elven artifact, from a time long before their empire was lost to human greed." Morrigan continued, "I restored this at a great cost, but another lies within the Arbor Wilds. That is what Corypheus seeks."

"It's… beautiful, in its way." Alex said as she looked up at the glass in wonder, but she felt a small tingle of dread run down her spine. She stilled it in the hopes that the witch wouldn't notice, and thankfully, she didn't.

"I found legends of an elven temple within the Arbor Wilds, untouched." Morrigan said, "It proved too dangerous to approach, and thus I turned elsewhere to find my prize. If Corypheus has turned southward, he could succeed where I failed. The eluvian would be his."

"What does it do, exactly?" Alex asked her, and Morrigan smirked a little before raising her hands, making them glow with magic. The mirror seemed to have responded, shining bright blue that she flinched, before slightly dimming. Morrigan gestured at her, "A more appropriate question would be, 'where does it lead?'."

Alex watched as Morrigan turned and walked towards the mirror, before disappearing in its depths. She blinked at the mage's disappearance, and she moved over to the back of the mirror, thinking that it was some kind of trick, only to see the solid wall of Skyhold behind it. She looked around, as if searching for some kind of explanation, before finally, she huffed before following Morrigan's example, entering the strange glowing barrier that is the eluvian's 'mirror'.

The room in Skyhold faded off, and soon Alex found herself in a strange place, covered in a cold, thick fog. She blinked at the sight before her, at the paved floors, the majestic sculptures, the trees that looked strangely like circular spheres with branches, and various other mirrors like Morrigan's eluvian, though some of them looked like they were dark or shattered to pieces.

"If this place once had a name, it has long been lost." Morrigan said as she appeared beside her, and they walked further in, "I call it the Crossroads… a place where all eluvians join, wherever they might be."

Alex exhaled a little, looking in awe at their surroundings, "This place is extraordinary. How could this even exist?"

"Who can say?" Morrigan said as she shrugged, "Formed from the fabric of time and space perhaps. The ancient elves left no roads, only ruins hidden in far-flung corners. This is how they traveled between them. As you can see, most of the mirrors are dark: broken, corrupted or unusable. As for the rest… a few can be opened from this side. But only a few."

Alex shivered a little, her senses in magic telling her that something seemed… off, "This place isn't natural. It almost seems… constructed. It's as if someone made a pocket within the Fade, with its own rules of reality. If the ancient elves could do this…"

"It seems remarkable that the Magisters of Tevinter could ever challenge them, yes." Morrigan agreed.

Alex walked around in a circle a bit, sensing the energies… the magic around them, "It's deteriorating. Eventually this place will simple collapse on itself."

Morrigan nodded, "Who can say how old it is? For not it stands, and thus retains its value."

She blinked and looked at the witch again, her eyebrow raising, "How did you find out about this place?"

"My travels have led me to many strange destinations, Inquisitor." Morrigan told her, "Once, they led me here. It offered sanctuary."

"Sanctuary?" Alex asked, before something in her mind clicked, "Solona told me… that you disappeared after the battle with the Archdemon in Denerim. Is this where you headed… where you had Kieran?"

Morrigan blinked in surprise, before she sighed, "I see that Solona has told you about that. Yes, this is where I headed… where I stayed to give birth to Kieran and raise him. Your sister followed me, and she saw me pass through another eluvian to enter here. Not all the mirrors lead back to our world. The ancients were nothing if not… resourceful."

Alex blinked in surprise at the possibility of other worlds existing, "If they don't lead back to our world, then…"

"Places in between, like this one." Morrigan told her, smirking a little, "I can describe it no better. For a time, I was safe from those who hunted me. But only for a time. One cannot remain in between forever."

"What do you mean, 'a few can be opened from this side'?" Alex asked her as she looked at one of the mirrors, dark and black as a bottomless pit.

"Some of the eluvians have been left unlocked, like doors accidentally left ajar." Morrigan told her, "All others are closed. They can be opened only from beyond."

"Opened how?"

"With a key."

"I suppose you have such a key."

Morrigan shrugged again, "The key can be many things. Each eluvian is different. I have knowledge as well as power. Often that is enough."

Alex silenced for a bit as she looked around, before asking, "Corypheus wants to come…here?"

"This…" Morrigan mentioned around them, "Is not the Fade, but it is very close. Someone with enough power could tear down the ancient barriers…"

"And enter the Fade in the flesh." Alex realized, her eyes widening, "Like Corypheus wanted to do with the Anchor."

"He learned of the eluvian in the Arbor Wilds, as I did." Morrigan said as she walked, heading back to her own eluvian, and Alex followed her, "He marshals the last of his forces to reach it. You have made Corypheus desperate, Inquisitor. We must work together to stop him, and soon."