therookery | [OPEN, mostly] so please remember me as who I used to be

FORM: Sending crystal announcement
SENDER: Bruce 'The Loser' Banner
RECIPIENT: Everyone in the Inqusition, with a private note for the advisors
WHAT: rest in fucking pieces kain
WHEN: 8th Kingsway
WHERE: Skyhold, but everyone can listen :U
NOTES: Plot log is here for those interested or have missed it. This is pretty much just the aftermath of it all.

...hello.

[The voice that comes through the sending crystals is--well. He's clearly hesitant, for one, and its easy enough to tell that this particular person is not that all used to speaking at large. Not that speaking into a crystal counts as such, but. The effect is still there, knowing where these messages will go to.

The awkwardness lingers for a moment, but then Bruce clears his throat and speaks properly, this time.]

This is Bruce. [Pause.] And I have news to deliver for anyone who is familiar with Kain Highwind, the Rifter.

[Another pause, and a quiet breath, because no matter how many times he does this--delivering news such as this is never pleasant business.]

He is dead--killed in a fight against a desire demon and its companions. All the healers at the scene did whatever was possible to save him, but the wounds were too extensive for chance of a proper recovery. Kain Highwind passed away a warrior, fighting to his very last breath.

In his last words he sends his apologies and well wishes to everyone who knew him, and to not mourn his passing - these are the words I pass on now to those concerned. For those who knew him, he will be remembered in our hearts.

Thank you for listening.

[Private to the Advisors only]

[Switching over now, and in a quieter voice:]

To the advisors: I will send you a detailed report as soon as I am able to.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[...Bruce probably shouldn't say that they already burned his body...]

There is another Rifter who is familiar with him from beyond Thedas, I believe. She was with the party. Hopefully once she feels better, she might give that particular information.

[She gets a little green with envy, sometimes, when she finds out about Rifters coming in from the same world. It makes her feel more isolated.

But now is not the time to be thinking about that. A man died.]

I guess it would be morbid to go around, collecting that information from all the Rifters 'just in case.'

Not exactly good for morale or relations.

[...because yes, that's the important thing for Bruce. Kinda.]

Still. It's something we have to consider, isn't it?

Some people take funerary rites very seriously.

I can't deny that. Still, not exactly the best question to ask in under any circumstances.

No. Probably not.

[She pauses.]

What are the Thedas customs?

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It depends on the culture of the deceased, as well as whatever faith they might have. Each culture and faith have their own ways of sending off the departed.

What's your favored rite?

[You can learn a lot about a society by how they treat their dead, after all. To say nothing of their children, pets, elders, and prisoners.]

[UUUUUH way to put him on the spot here.]

...I suppose the Dalish customs have always been something that I respected.

What are they like?

[Pain in the neck, isn't she?]

[Questions are good... and at least it isn't about Kain, so.]

Usual customs from what I know say that they bury their dead into the ground and plant trees above them to signify the continuation of life, even through death. I think its commendable.