I was at Griffon-Wing, we got an eyeful of Darkspawn. I'm pleased to report there were no archdemons among them. But here we are, and here's Corypheus with his dragon.
Quite. It certainly looks the part. I was lucky enough not to get too close to the thing in Denerim, but given its size...
[...he'd gotten a look.]
I'd hoped that the notes on Corypheus' captivity might have been more helpful, with regard to his connection to the Darkspawn, but perhaps it's the wrong starting point. I suppose complaining the Wardens tend to be tight-lipped is a bit like complaining the night is dark, but what makes an archdemon different from a run-of-the-mill dragon... that we might find a chatty dragon expert to help fill in.
[It's a bit of a test, as much as it's a real suggestion. It can be both. He appreciates Isaac's intelligence, but Isaac reminds him too much of himself not to invite questions of what he's actually getting at in any given exchange.]
De Fonce returns from his apparent deaths at a positively Nevarran rate, but should the latest vanishing prove more permanent, his friends or a funeral might direct us to rivals.
[ and there are anders' trusted allies: merrill. that other one. anders and his talk of a great dragon (as though they're passing out grades), a taint. ]
A dragon compels... its children, which I suppose isn't materially different from the rest of us. Did the Darkspawn in Denerim react to its presence?
I believe so, as far as I could tell. They don't have any sort of language that I know of, but they were more organized than you'd expect. It wasn't like fighting a pack of animals. They could create choke points or destroy means of retreat, real strategy. From what I've read and what I've heard, that means they were getting some form of direction from the archdemon. Whether it was outright control, I couldn't tell you. They scattered the moment it was defeated, though.
It didn't take the field in Ghislain, [ where plenty of darkspawn had. a pause, ] Wardens did. Or others, posing as them.
An Ander officer believes they have been controlling the Darkspawn directly. What that would imply about their relationship to an archdemon, I can't say. Nothing particularly favourable.
I can't disagree. Wardens obviously have a connection to Darkspawn, but the details of that connection and how it may or may not be used... I certainly can't offer any more than speculation there. It's also possible an archdemon might be able to communicate at range, which is certainly a sobering thought.
Maker if I know how, short of petitioning ours again. But perhaps information might be seeded. Tactical, or otherwise. If its transit could be examined —
The trouble, of course, lies in ensuring it cannot travel by more usual method.
I suspect they can't be as much of a monolith as they let on. It may be a matter of finding the right person, individually, to ask.
Of course, it could be the same thing in reverse, [he adds, after a moment.] We're talking about ripples in a consistent medium, but it could also be a matter of a weak link in a chain.
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[He resists the urge to ask whether she would have upped it to sixth once it was necessary.]
What brings you to me, bearing childhood anecdotes?
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[The pause is the equivalent of a shrug. But it's Thedas, so.]
So. Are you looking for practical information? I'm not a Warden, or even an expert, but I managed to be in the wrong place for a Blight once.
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[ that's a lie, even before it's a joke. ]
I was at Griffon-Wing, we got an eyeful of Darkspawn. I'm pleased to report there were no archdemons among them. But here we are, and here's Corypheus with his dragon.
Let's try to be better at HTML this time
[...he'd gotten a look.]
I'd hoped that the notes on Corypheus' captivity might have been more helpful, with regard to his connection to the Darkspawn, but perhaps it's the wrong starting point. I suppose complaining the Wardens tend to be tight-lipped is a bit like complaining the night is dark, but what makes an archdemon different from a run-of-the-mill dragon... that we might find a chatty dragon expert to help fill in.
[It's a bit of a test, as much as it's a real suggestion. It can be both. He appreciates Isaac's intelligence, but Isaac reminds him too much of himself not to invite questions of what he's actually getting at in any given exchange.]
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[ and there are anders' trusted allies: merrill. that other one. anders and his talk of a great dragon (as though they're passing out grades), a taint. ]
A dragon compels... its children, which I suppose isn't materially different from the rest of us. Did the Darkspawn in Denerim react to its presence?
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An Ander officer believes they have been controlling the Darkspawn directly. What that would imply about their relationship to an archdemon, I can't say. Nothing particularly favourable.
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[ look, it's not like he's done it personally. the image is the point: the force of a single throw, altered for each touch upon a surface ]
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[Bone dry, though not exactly combative.]
Still. A decent working theory. Worth investigating to the extent we can.
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The trouble, of course, lies in ensuring it cannot travel by more usual method.
[ wardens are people. people can, like, talk. ]
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Of course, it could be the same thing in reverse, [he adds, after a moment.] We're talking about ripples in a consistent medium, but it could also be a matter of a weak link in a chain.