CRYSTAL - ota

[galvanising]

FORM: Crystal
SENDER: Nell Voss
RECIPIENT: All
WHAT: Hello, Inquisition. Nell is here to stir up your mage business. :]
WHEN: Forward-dated slightly to post-Llomerryn adventures
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: n/a

Inquisition, hello.

[ It's a friendly-enough voice, sort of husky without being unusually low, the common tongue spoken with the generic pronunciation favored by Circle tutors and just a hint of a muddled accent that's difficult to place beyond Northern. ]

My name is Nell, and I've only recently joined your ranks here in Kirkwall. I'd heard that the Inquisition's mages governed themselves through some sort of council, but I've yet to see hide or hair of it here. Was that only a rumor? I've heard quite a lot of rumors about the Inquisition's mages, it's not always easy to pick out the truth.

I suppose my real question is what is the status of mages here, exactly? And Templars, since I've see some about already? I'm eager to help the Inquisition in its fight, but I do like to know what I'm getting myself into.

Comments

[galvanising]

Ser Coupe's explanation went a little over my head, to be honest. [ She chuckles, lightly, self-deprecating. ] It seemed very abstract. Yours is more clear. I'm interested in maybe getting involved, in between my other work, but I'd love to hear more about what you actually do. What does smoothing the relationship with the Chantry involve? Just meeting people and hoping to persuade them?

[faithlikeaseed]

["Very abstract". He smiles to himself at that; that's exactly so with Ser Coupe, isn't it?

(Perhaps that's not a good thing.)]

We'd be glad to have the help if you can spare the time. And it's largely that--being as persuasive as we can about the importance of our mission, answering questions, handling concerns. There's more we could be doing, I'm sure, but with the Inquisition being a separate entity from the Chantry there's [how to put it,] reasons for us to keep our distance.