sending crystal;

[arcaneadvisor]

FORM: Sending crystal
SENDER: Morrigan
RECIPIENT: Everyone
WHAT: Chasind shamans are cryptic so Morrigan requires assistance and she's moving out of the Gallows
WHEN: Post-Korcari Wilds return
WHERE: Sundermount
NOTES: Refers back to this post about Flemeth with all previous links and specifically this thread;
this is a multi-stage plot so this is testing the waters for the next stage

If you ever wish to truly wrap your mind around vagaries, I would suggest that should you be able to find them, that you might seek out out a Chasind shaman.  [To ask for help isn't an easy thing for Morrigan, she's asked enough already of late and now she must ask again.  It galls her.]  To that end, I have a wonder; are there those among us who consider themselves to know a great deal about the constellations and their histories?  The names they had once before Tevinter came along and changed not only many of the names but even what a person might seen upon looking up?  Tis...tis a thing I have been told to think upon.

What we call silence was not silence long ago, and 'twas not a horn and wand held aloft by a man in the sky but a scale.  There was indeed a great deal about scales.  The Age of this world.  The sky splitting itself as an egg might.  [For all that Morrigan might wish to sound unaffected or annoyed...she can't.  It's stuck with her, burrowed under her ribs.]  Flemeth was not there, for those of you who hope to catch a glimpse of a tale made flesh, there is no Hero, no Champion, she is not come again yet but tis clear we look in the wrong place and there is Chasind wildwine on offer for those willing to offer aid in such clues.  Oghren I procured a separate supply for you.

[Which brings her to something more exciting at least.]

For those who do wish to assist in this or should you require me for any matter, you will find me in the Gallows only for the hours I shall be working.  I will be moving to live outside Kirkwall, by Sundermount, 'twould be wise to announce your intention prior to arriving.

Comments

[arcaneadvisor]

Who knows how many tales have spoken of her in some way, now...now there are more questions than I should like.

[Tevinter comes and Tevinter wipes the slate of history clean as it can, says there was nothing before Tevinter, only whispers and relics and nothing worth remembering. She might have luck among the Dalish but their clans are so scattered, their tales changing with their travels and time apart that she cannot waste the time on such efforts.]

Constellations had names before Tevinter came and many were associated with the ancient elves or even the Alamarri before they splintered off. That era, that region, not what we think of now and where an Orlesian and a Marcher looked to the same sky to give it a different nickname long ago.

[in_death_sacrifice]

[That, he knows to be true for sure. Whatever the culture, there's always some aspect related to the sky...]

Ah. That... would be more difficult to determine. I'm sure much of it is probably lost to time, although there may be hints and sources to trace back. I'm no elven expert, but I recall in particular some speculation that Fenrir may well correspond to Fen'Harel, since there isn't much corresponding folklore in Tevinter.

[arcaneadvisor]

Tevinter folklore is not the issue, the Chasind would not know it, they know the names of the constellations as they are now. 'Tis elven and Tevinter, what Tevinter knew of the elves long ago, what they saw in themselves. Perhaps seeing books with illustrations rather than peering into the heavens…

[It's frustrating. Complicated. She's so tired already and she doesn't want to drag this officially through the elven artifacts projects when this is her life she's still living. It's only their business if and when she allows it to be and as much as she allows it to be.]

[in_death_sacrifice]

There may well be something out there, some volume holding those answers. It's worth a look, anyway. It's fascinating to see how these constellations were studied over time, and the stories they spawned...

[Especially, of course, the dragon-related ones.]

[arcaneadvisor]

I still have a room in the Gallows for the time being and since all work related to the Inquisition is to be conducted within, should you wish your books kept safe 'tis best to find me there. You cannot miss it. A solid oak door, spells placed upon it.

[Sabine's legacy as continued by Morrigan.]

[in_death_sacrifice]

All right. I'm likewise keeping a space in the Gallows... only for work purposes at this time... so I'm there often enough. I can stop by at any time.

[With any luck, hopefully she'll get the answers she's after... or something to lead her toward them. He knows how difficult it can be tracking down ancient history. He's specialized more in dragons than elven lore, but all the same, he gets it.]

[arcaneadvisor]

Knock if you will, there are likely many things strewn about at present.

[[ooc: let me know if you want to handwave them meeting up to do any of this or move it to a later date post-hiatus?]]

[in_death_sacrifice]

Right. I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[[ooc: since you're hiatused, it's totally fine handwaving! I'm unsure of the details anyway, but I'm good assuming there's information to be found there, of course.]]