Dearest Father,

I received a rather strange letter today from a Reginald Thaddeus Spincter. Truth be told, I haven't a clue as to who this person is, but his letter was less than flattering to his character. Reginald claimed that his daughter Orlanna was abducted by bandits and she was being held somewhere along the Wounded Coast. 'I bid you make haste, for a fear these low-born scum will take her maidenhood, and that would make the arrangement of a suitable marriage very difficult.' Really Father, that was his main concern. Not that his daughter was kidnapped, possibly hurt or worse yet dead, but that she may become damaged goods?

I thank the Maker more and more each day that we weren't raised as nobles.

Fenris is always looking for a good fight, so he, Sebastian, and Varric joined in on the hunt. We had barely arrived at the coast when we were confronted by Evets. We had a run in with a few of his men once who had killed several of Aveline's guards. I remember Isabela really wanting to kill this man, and now it looked like he really wanted to kill me. There was no discussion other than an introduction before he and his men attacked.

And that was just the start of our day. As we searched for Orlanna, we had several other confrontations to deal with. Apparently this was where the Tal-Vashoth have been hiding; we must have been attacked by dozens of them all spread out along the coast. I would've been perfectly content to walk on by, but they insisted on a fight, and so we responded. Fenris worked out his anger and Varric and Sebastian had their usual contest of bow vs crossbow. I wonder if they'll ever decide which is better.

Finally we found Orlanna in a small secluded area behind some brush. Her father wasn't wrong; she was surrounded by raiders who appeared to be fighting over which one would have her first. We gave these filthy men no chance at escape and attacked immediately. Pity for them they chose such a secluded location with only one way in or out; Varric and Sebastian blocked their exit, their arrows keeping the men ducking for cover as Fenris attacked. I went in and grabbed Orlanna so she wouldn't get caught in the crossfire, trusting my friends to shield us both from harm. When it was over, Orlanna was thankful, but not to us.

"I knew he'd send help! Thank the Maker he hasn't forgotten me," Orlanna said.

Hawke smiled as she tended to a few bruises Orlanna had received on her journey to the coast. "I'm sure it would be very difficult for a father to forget his own daughter," she said.

"My father?" Orlanna seemed confused. "I was talking about Feynriel! I know my love has been gone for quite some time, but I always knew he was looking out for me from wherever he was."

"Feynriel?" Varric was intrigued. "You've met him?"

"Yes! Well, no. Sort of," Orlanna began. "He used to come to me in my dreams, said he wanted to make me happy and spend the rest of his life with me. Only I haven't heard from him in over a year, and I worried he had left me. But you being here is proof that he's kept his promise to always keep me from harm!"

Hawke placed her hand on Orlanna's shoulder. "Feynriel didn't send us," she explained. "I received a letter from your father asking for my help. He's the one that told me you were here. That's how we found you."

"My love must have visited my father in his dreams!" Orlanna said. "I've been too scared to sleep, afraid of what those men might have done to me. So he sent you to me through my father, don't you see?"

"The woman is clearly mad," Fenris muttered.

Hawke walked toward Sebastian and pulled him further away from Varric and Orlanna. "I don't know how to tell her," she whispered. "She'll be devastated."

"She needs to know the truth Hawke," Sebastian stated. "Feynriel is no longer the man she once knew."

"You know of my Feynriel? You know where he is?" Orlanna asked. "Oh you must tell me! Please messere!"

Varric sighed, and intervened on Hawke's behalf. "There's something you need to know about your boy Feynriel. You see, he's in the Gallows…"

Orlanna's face lit up. "I knew he was coming to find me! I must return to the city immediately so that we may be reunited!"

"I don't think that's such a good idea..." Varric began.

But Orlanna was already running from them toward Kirkwall. "I'm coming my love!"

"Well that's not going to end well," Varric muttered.

"No," Hawke agreed. "It's really not. We better go after her."

We headed for the Gallows immediately, hoping to catch up to Orlanna before she got there. Unfortunately we were too late; when we arrived, she was being restrained by two templars as she screamed at Feynriel, asking him why he was being so cold to her. Feynriel just stood there, staring at her, telling her that he was content in his life without her. It broke my heart to watch Father, knowing that I was the one responsible for making him that way. Me, a mage of all people, causing another to become tranquil.

But that wasn't the worst of it Father. After the templars dragged Orlanna away, to where I don't know, Cullen approached us. He received word this morning that Arianni, Feynriel's mother, had committed suicide. She told a few close friends that she'd rather be dead than see her son tranquil, and so she ingested several poisons to end her life.

I've taken away Feynriel's emotions, destroyed Orlanna's dreams of love and happiness, and now I am responsible for Arianni's death. I was so sure I was doing the right thing back then Father, but look at what's become because of my choices. I should've just let the boy be free, go off to Tevinter and master his craft. Then his mother would be alive, he and Orlanna would live happily ever after, and I wouldn't feel like the worst person in Thedas.

Sebastian says that if I hadn't made that decision, the outcome may have been much worse. He reminded me of my original fears of Feynriel going to Tevinter and ending up a blood mage, and that even Marethari believed he could become a danger. That's the problem with decisions; you can never be certain of each possible outcome. But right now, it's difficult to see that this is as anything but the worst outcome possible, and all because of me.

Author's Note: You can only get this quest if you sent Feynriel to Tevinter, which this Hawke didn't do, so the outcome above isn't actually in game (except for Arianni, which is sadly canon).