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Nightingale,
Arrived as planned at Theirenfal Redoubt to look at the location of the Templar stronghold. Will send word when I know what is going on. Inquisition is to receive a welcome party.
Lyron
Nightingale,
Collins arrived two days ahead of me. As I am not here for the Inquisition I am following orders and pretending I do not know who he is, no sign of the Lord Seeker here and people are nervous about something.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Lady Montilyet,
Negotiations have stalled. I have no idea why he continues with this. We have made no progress and every trick in the book is being used to make sure that I can make no progress but we still speak. I have seen no sign of the arl’s men and indications are that they are no longer in the area. Please send word of their situation.
Sincerely,
Lady Rosaline Trevelyan
Lady Montilyet,
I am unsure why the Inquisition is interested in this matter but the arl has officially petitioned the Ferelden King and Queen for help in removing the mages from his lands.
It appears that he is to bring his case in two weeks time. It will take longer for them to mobilize, but this sort of information is hardly important, just as it is of no import for me to add that the men left soon after this magister arrived.
Also of no meaning is the fact that a certain bird flew by the window of the king and left him a message. A kite, I believe. Similar to one that your friend cared deeply for and my uncle told me of. I would like to add that if the army marches on Redcliffe any mages or outside forces will be unwelcome.
From,
Alloine Howe
Nightingale,
Am to meet with the Lord Seeker about the templar’s support of the Inquisition at breakfast. I will send word afterwards.
Lyron
Nightingale,
Spoke with some of the other Templars. It feels good to be among the Order again. A few of them are sympathetic towards our cause. There is something wrong here. An entire area of the castle is closed to most of the junior officers and I am shut out despite my status. I will investigate further.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Nightingale,
Have not heard from Collins. Found a way into the depths of the castle. I heard someone screaming in the dungeons last night and I will investigate.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Nightingale,
No I haven’t heard anything. How long has it been since he reported? He is probably just trying to discuss the plan with the leaders.
I looked into the dungeons, there was a mage screaming about the ‘red’. I believe he lost his mind to an overzealous interrogator but I will make sure that this was the case as you will no doubt request.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Nightingale,
Found something odd in the lyrium supply. I gave one of the agents a sample for you to analyze. I have found no trace of Collins.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Lady Montilyet,
Rosie asked for some information about Alexius. Nightingale will have you send it with the next round of diplomats although why we’re sending them is past my understanding.
Cobbler
Nightingale,
We just came to Redcliffe, we’ll talk to the mages and try to get them to join us. We can do some work with those willing but open recruitment may cause tensions to rise.
Pauline Tyress
Nightingale,
All is fine with the Templars. There is no cause for concern here.
Lyron
Nightingale,
Something is wrong with the Templars, they came around asking for me by name, they were acting oddly and they felt odd.
Knight-Commander Eliza Marie Valen
Lady Montilyet,
Please inform whoever it concerns that negotiations will go no further. We have reached a definite standstill. I advise getting anyone who will support us in the rebellion to come to the village so we can bring them to Haven.
We need to get out people out of here. There is something very bad in the air. We need to save who we can and make sure that any villagers who will be of assistance are gone.
Any healers or skilled people should be told to find the Inquisition camps.
Sincerely,
Rosie Trevelyan
Nightingale,
I discovered that the mage in the cell was given lyrium as a test of some kind. I believe it was the same that I gave to your agent. He is probably running late and I would like you to speed up the test to suit this. I visited the mage again. He sings the same song as the Templars who were looking for me do.
Valen
Lady Montilyet,
People are being forced out of their homes by the mages. I would suggest having the camps readied for more refugees. If the people in the hills can take any more I would suggest they do so.
Sincerely,
Rosie Trevelyan
Nightingale,
Found something. Corruption in the Templars. Lyron is compromised.
Valen
Rosie,
Get out of Redcliffe now.
The mages will force you soon enough and we don’t want to encourage violence. We will be there as an escort for any remaining mages or locals.
From,
Sergeant Wittle
Nightingale,
Gathered as many non-corrupted Templars as I could. We should arrive at camp within a few days. We are being followed by the Templars. Their song is terror and power. They burn red and some are consumed with red crystals.
Valen
Nightingale,
Diplomat is fine now. We got out. The gates are closed now though. We’ll send someone to keep an eye on what they’re doing.
Cobbler
Lady Leliana,
My report on the following is as complete as I could make it given the unexpected urgency.
The rifts outside of Haven show no signs of the time manipulation that the one encountered by the Herald. More study of the rift has yielded some very interesting results which I will send copies of to you once we complete our look at the information we gathered. Please inform Solas that we are being careful and that if we do get ourselves killed it will be due to human error.
Use those words exactly please. It won’t be funny if you don’t and I feel that the joke is necessary given his attitude towards our studies and assisting us with them.
The rift we are currently looking at has spawned about twenty shades and six terrors over that last two days. We have discovered that these demons don’t like mages more than soldiers and it seems that we are unlikely to see and rage or despair demons like others have found. There have been no desire or pride demons either which is a relief because fighting barely clothed demons that look like people is hardly any fun.
We found the courier that was sent earlier, we had to kill him. We have burned his remains to prevent any further contamination.
The substance found was red lyrium. It is the same as we found near the temple and we have sealed it to the best of our ability. We are not sure how to dispose of it but are making sure that we stay away from it.
I will report any other information.
Sincerely,
Kailan Trevelyan
Eliza Valen,
Please realize that while we do trust the Templars we need to do this check before allowing them to enter Haven. We don’t want red lyrium spreading, it is a disease. It drove Knight-Commander Meredith to madness and now it has infected the rest of the Templars. You are now all that remains of them now.
Nightingale