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The Tree That Bears Fruit Will Be Stoned by HeartyManLaughter (hanktalkin)
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II
01 May 2023
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Summary
“You don’t actually have any authority.”
“No?”
“No. You made a mistake. You lifted me up, made me some…Andrastian figurehead, but now you can’t touch me." Adaar points to the chantry door. "Not without inciting all those people out there."
“True.” Hawke scratches something on the parchment.
“So. There.”
“That legitimacy goes both ways,” Hawke says. “You could leave, yes; but then you would quite physically be abandoning the faithful. How long until these people—who are so desperate for answers that they turned to a Qunari as their savior—grow jaded? Their adoration grows sour, they hunt you down and demand why you forsook them? You can go now, mercenary, but if you run you will be running for the rest of your life.”
Adaar's mouth works silently, fighting back panic, right up until the pirate in the corner finally speaks up and scolds, “Oh Hawke, you’re scaring her.”
A tale where Hawke takes Cassandra up on that whole offer of becoming Inquisitor. Unfortunately, there’s now this pesky Herald of Andraste hanging around, and things become complicated fast.