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[singularwill]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Solas
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Solas is asking all the Rifters to come get a check up
WHEN: After they return from the Antiva mission, before the Fade shenanigans
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: Eggs

Hello. Some of you already know me, but for those who don't, my name is Solas. I was the mage who first helped the Herald with the Anchor. I have been researching the remaining shards, and I ask that each of you that possess one come to see me - I will be able to soothe any related pain, and assess the condition of your shard, and of the anchor as a whole.

Also, if anyone has any questions, feel free to contact me here. Thank you.

Comments

[extramural]

Any related pain? No matter the physiology of the one with the shard?

[singularwill]

[Well that's... an odd question.]

... In general principle, yes. Is there a reason that you are concerned? I take it you are from beyond one of the rifts, then?

[aintwejust]

So you're the one that can tell me if it'll melt my hand off eventually or not, yeah? Cuz that's a concern.

[singularwill]

I am, indeed, the one that can tell you that. Melting is not something that should worry you. I would be more worried about it spreading pain and corruption through you until it stops your heart.

[His tone is helpful, and slightly dry.]

But if you come see me, I can make sure it doesn't spread. I keep my office at the base of the library tower.

[the_effect_she_has]

[Oh hey, the bald guy she wanted to see would help her and Merrill.]

Ah ... Master Solas? [That was his correct title, right?] I was wondering if you could help my friend and I with a project we were working on, if you had the time. It has to do with the murals we found in the Hinterlands.

[singularwill]

Just Solas, please. And of course, I am happy to offer what assistance I can. Murals, you say?

[laurenande]

Solas?

[She knows his name; why does she know his name?]

I was unaware that the shards, themselves, could have a condition....though I suppose it is something I should have guessed at. They are, after all, shards.

I will gladly meet with you; I should very much like to know the state of the power embedded within my arm.

[singularwill]

Yes. I have a few theories on them - and assessing them will likely help in my studies, but they could very well have power fluctuations between them. Some may be more powerful than others. It will be impossible to tell, until I have had time to study more of them in depth.

Excellent. I make my office in the lower floor of the library tower. You may come see me at your earliest convenience.

[justice_is_blond]

Would you be interested in sharing details of how to soothe the pain and assess conditions with some of the healers? Or even just this healer in particular.

[singularwill]

Of course. [He can't help the smile in his voice.] Though I warn you that it might be more difficult to explain than I am actually capable of... It involves directly accessing the energies of the veil, and lessening the connection between the shard and the Fade -

It is something that I have learned through many long years, but I am not certain how easy it will be to communicate to someone else.

[scuzzy]

What're the chances of putting them back where they came from?

[singularwill]

At the moment? Slim. At least, if you intend to live through the procedure. [He sounds amused, though.]

But if there is a way to remove them, I would like to discover it. It may be that they do not share that quality with their original form.

[el_tybs]

Are there ways that the other healers like myself can help with the shards?

[singularwill]

Perhaps. As I was saying to another, I am not certain that I will be able to teach all of you. It is not very similar to normal healing... It has more to do with the veil than it does with anything else. But I will happily attempt it.

[kallian_endris]

I don't have one myself, but... I have questions about them...

[singularwill]

Then please, speak. What would you know?

[elegiaque]

"Anchor as a whole"? They're connected?

[singularwill]

Of course. That is why they are called shards - they are pieces of the Anchor that the Herald wielded.

[madame_de_fer]

[Vivienne is possibly more than a little crabby that Solas noped off right after the Herald's death. They could have used him being around. Even though admitting that much to herself galls her.]

So nice of you to rejoin us, my dear.

[singularwill]

Ah, Madame Vivienne. I would have thought you'd be disappointed.

[wickedchase]

I'll make a note to stop by. I'd been hoping to have a chat with you, in any case. All shard-related and whatnot.

[singularwill]

You can find me at the base of the Library tower. I make my office there. Any basic questions, however, I am happy to answer now, if you'd rather not wait?

[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne's immediately cautious. The shard has always made her nervous, and she'd be happy to just forget about it entirely.

And she doesn't know this Solas. There's something unnerving about these crystals. It doesn't feel right to meet someone without actually meeting them. She wants to be able to hear someone's pulse, smell their adrenaline...]

Mine doesn't hurt any more.

[singularwill]

That is very fortunate. But it is still best to come and have it assessed. It may not hurt now, but I can keep it from spreading, regardless.

action

[parkourprince]

It's neither the first nor the last of their meetings. It's already one of few and Legolas has grown accustomed to them by now. Solas, for his peculiar for an elf appearance, was good company, interesting, and their purpose very often was more than worth making himself a subject of experimentation. If it would help them, if it could keep them safe - his father and himself, and everyone else he hadid grown to know here - it was a small price.

So he entered the room Solas took as his own asite he ever did before. Knocking, of course, before entering, but he was sure Solas was expecting him all the same.

Today wet dressed causally, the garb of a hunter - a Mirkwood marchwarden, or its closest approximation he get here, anyway - put aside for the sake of comfort and a tiny bit of flair. Rich blue lined with silver, embroidered discreetly that gave the fabric more depth together with black leggings. His hair all braided together, and pulled forward over a shoulder.

"Greetings, Solas," he offered a smile, coming in. "I am not late, I hope!"

He was neither late nor too early, he was right on time, in fact, but the playful tone spoke volumes about his seriousness.

WOOPS WRONG ELF

[singularwill]

Solas looked up from his studies to see the elf, and a warm, genuine smile passed over his lips. "I've yet to see you late for anything, Legolas, so I doubt you are this time, either." He gestured to the table, where a chair and a mug of tea was already waiting.

"Please, sit. I'd like to take a look at your hand, before we begin."

[bookish_lioness]

Hello, Solas. My name is Hermione. Do you know if the shards can be safely removed? Or if there are any ways to examine them so we can learn to better control the pain? Or use them to open up a specific rift that will take us back to where we should be? I wouldn't do that last one unless there was absolutely no chance of it going horribly wrong, of course, but then, I haven't had much of a means to experiment, since there's always a chance of things going horribly wrong. Not that I'm inherently pessimistic or anything, but given that I've only been here a few months, I'm going to assume you would know more about the matter than I would.

... it's been a few months already. Goodness.

[singularwill]

[There's a smile in his voice when he replies.]

That was quite a few questions, in very few breaths, but I will attempt to answer them all.

At the moment, I would not attempt to remove the shards. The anchor itself was impossible to remove, without the death of the bearer, and the shards - though lesser in power - pose enough of a threat that I would not try it, without much further study. A few of the healers have already asked if I can teach them how to help with the pain, but without a good knowledge of Veil and Fade studies, I am not sure how able they will be to do so. I will be happy to help any mage make the attempt, of course, and teach what I know.

As for opening rifts - that is a very good question, but also a very dangerous one. And there will always be a chance of it going wrong. By their very nature, rifts are tears - disruptions in the veil between this plane and the Fade, and attract spirits from the other side, and destroy what they can on ours. Normally, someone who wanders too close to a rift, without the Anchor or a shard of it, would be torn apart. However there may be... other ways, of finding a way back to your world, using your shards. I have a few theories, but at the moment that is all they are.

[harthad_uluithiad]

[ Sam's done his best to ignore his shard ever since his arrival; it aches, sometimes, but it's not too bad (or so he tells himself). He's certainly never tried using it, either to help close a Rift or for any other purpose.

But a wizard's offer of help isn't so easily ignored, even if he's long since realized that the wizards here are nothing like Gandalf. The voice that comes over the crystals is wary, but determined to see this through. ]

But where do we go?

[singularwill]

You can find me in the base of the library tower - I keep my study there, in the rotunda. You will be able to tell it by the murals painted on the walls, I'm sure.

[make_my_mark]

[She's seen him, below the library, in the painted study. And she's heard a few things: someone who knew the mysterious Herald, someone who apparently knew - as much as one could - the even more mysterious Fade.

She's been itching to speak with him, but it's been a busy, and rather difficult, time as of late. ...And there was something about him... Even looking down him, so small from the very top... The way he carried himself. The sound of his voice as it floated up.

He was a little intimidating. Maybe more than a little.

Speaking over the crystal first helped.]

Hello. My name is Lara.

I'm in the Western Approach, currently, but if the invitation stands over time... There is some pain.

[singularwill]

The invitation will stand as long as people have need of it. You are more than welcome to come see me the moment you return, or at your leisure.

[blessedmaiden]

[Rydia spent most of her time in Skyhold since she arrived, studying magic and readings books in the library to learn more about the world she lives in so it doesn't take her long to show up in Solas's study (She even noticed him a couple of times while moving around the castle.]

Greetings. [She bows in his direction] I'm one of the rifters, my name is Rydia. I'm here to have my shard checked. [Pain isn't a real issue, she still wakes up sometimes at night but it's something the woman can manage, she's more interested in learning more about those fragments.]

[singularwill]

[He stands when the woman enters, and can't help but raise an eyebrow. Most of the rifters at least looked like people he would be likely to see in Thedas - but it was hard not to notice the vibrant colour of her hair.

That said, he didn't speak on it, instead just bowing his head politely in her direction.]

Well met, Rydia. Please, come take a seat, and hold out your hand.

[wontforgetyou]

Aye, I can come there whenever you'd like. There's a few things I'd like to know about as well.

[universal_charm]

_{[ Oh, he remembers the name Solas. He was the dude who had helped him when he first fell out of the Rift with Legolas and the others. ]}

How, exactly, do you plan to soothe said pain?

_{[ Because he has concerns over his medical treatments. He has allergies, among other things, and a bad reaction in this world could rightly kill him. That, and he doesn't want to turned into an experiment, thanks. Not that he necessarily thinks Solas WOULD do that, but... he didn't actually know him all that well save for the fact he can smite some demons. ]}

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[obi_wanmanshow]

I do have a question, if you're offering your expertise; is pain a typical side-effect of this, ah... Shard?

[His tone is uncertain. Shard, they call it, but that begs the question: a shard of what? Obi-Wan likes a mystery, but he's not the kind of man to enjoy having one embedded in their flesh.]