renjility wrote...
Could be possible, yeah. The only thing that messes part of your theory up is that I read somewhere that mister David Gaider said Fenris only knew about the boon, not the ritual. So in that case he would have competed primarily to have his family freed, which makes him a nicer person, I'd say. Although it is possible that his mother as well as Varania did not desire freedom and that both weren't that happy with his "gift". We know Varania isn't.
Hi, Renjility. Here are the cliffnotes on my storyline's backstory that I'm developing:
Fenris (Leto) had an identical twin brother, elder by less than 20 minutes, named Leonitus (Leo, for short). Leo had magical abilities whereas Leto does not. It could be argued that like the reverse of a parasitic twin, Leo absorbed all magical abilities leaving Fenris nothing.
Anyway. Leo and Leto were born to free elves in Seheron of a clan called the
Amatriel, a great and large clan said to be keepers of secret invocations and other ceremonial magic over the season of summer. It is also said they were one of four (1 of 4) clans to safeguard the ancient mysteries to eternal youth, but the Amatrielans themselves will tell you it's just a shemlen rumor.
Leo and Leto's father was a shepherd-farmer (common), herbalist (specialization) and minstrel (gift/talent) with great aptitude for the gemshorn. His name was
Haitothos of the
Lesser House of Saesumel He was said to have a serene nature, fond of friends and merriment, obedient in his roles, and had a gift of levity. In describing his features, some say he had a "laundered look", or rock-beaten. Not a beautiful elf and probably very ugly, but he compensated with his songs, which were the best of the clan,and his irises were a bright apple green flecked with honey (so they say).
Leo and Leto's mother was the only child of the Amatrielan Keeper Koehjin who was of the
Greater House of Saesumel. Her name was
Yatriel and she was born blind. Despite her disability, she could expertly classify crystalline. She was so gifted, she could identify defects and impurities in crystal AND stone - but more importantly, she could pick out perfect crystals and determine their special powers. No one understood from where this gift came, but some elders have said that rocks and other earth 'salts' speak and she understands their language.
Yatriel's blindness made her eyes a light violet jade color and her irises (so they say) were rimmed by a golden gold orbital ring that seemed to pulsate with a violent temper. She was in many ways the opposite of Haitothos - she couldn't carry a tune, too impatient to master instruments, headstrong, often defiant, and often refused her parents' wishes.
Though blind, she used her bondage bird
Kauna (some Elvhen can and do bind their souls to an animal to elicit their assistance)
as a guide and spent her days wandering and exploring their territory in Seheron (which was under the treaty protection of the Qunari).
The Amatrielan clan children loved to play a game called "River" where they follow the sound of a performing instrument to capture its player. Once captured, the player must create an ode to his/her captor to be recited or sung at the next clan festival. This was a way for low-birth clan members to gain status and so it was a much sought after prize. The adults encouraged their children to participate hoping a win would elevate the child for a better match.
Yatriel had accustomed her ears to distinguishing players and when she turned 15, she would only participate if Haitothos was playing. She insisted on capturing him first or she would spoil the fun for the day with her tantrums and petty behavior. A compromise was quickly reached that would allow her a 'win" if she donated the prize to the runner-up. During the last day of the Sixth Day Harvest, River was played with Haitothos performing and (surprise) Yatriel won - but this time she captured him with a kiss.
Nevermind that Yatriel was already betrothed to her father's First - a middle-aged man by the name of - who cares! She didn't hook up with him. Anway, she confessed her affections for Haitothos in a blur and demanded her father break her engagement and marry her to her love or she would run off and join the Qun.
In Leto and Leo's second year of life, the Quanari rescinded terms of the
NWS Treaty, an agreement that extended Qunari protection to 17 elvhen hamlets or lands in Northwest Seheron. This territory included the Amatriel lands which were bordered by horse-shaped ruins. The Qunari broke their agreement after a few of the Elvhen clans conspired with a retinue of Tevinter magi to attack a Qunari stronghold. The Elvhen claim they were justified as the Qunari increased their "tribute demands" for steel and other compounds to make weapons to unfathomable levels, which would turn the elves into virtual slaves.
It was a bad move. The elvhen ended up betrayed and their lands lost protection. The Tevinter magi sent slavers in to sweep the region and liquidate those hamlets. Leto's family was seized and shipped off to the blackmarkets of Tevinter Imperium, but the Keeper and others died protected them. Because the twins were identical (rare, especially among the elvhen) and Yatriel a blind stone reader with strangely different eyes, they were put up for auction in Minrathous where they were purchased as a unit by Danarius' house.
The reason why the family was sold as a unit - because - as they were free-born elves they had to be 're-conditioned' as slaves, which would have been more difficult if separated from each other. Plus, the others had value. Yatriel was put to work developing power enchantments from stones and Haitothos was sent out to manage livestock on Danarius' plantation on the outskirts of Minrathous. He was only able to visit his family when traveling to town to deliver foodstock or animals to auction houses.
Concerning the twins, Yatriel believed she recognized their differences early on:
Leo: Has magical abilities, more bonded to family, obedient, lighthearted and has natural leadership abilities
Leto: Shadowed Leo, weaker of the twins, defiant and moody
Yatriel favored Leo over Leto with her affections until the year of the Boon. When the twins turn 13, Danarius offered the boon to members of his household and to his appretices and their households. At this point, Yatriel was unraveling mentally as a slave and - there on the cusp of madness, she (a loving and devoted mother) used her powers of manipulation on Leto to have him persuade Danarius to narrow the offer to the twins ONLY.
*Note: This is when Fenris begins showing Danarius that great affection he mentions during the Alone Quest.
However, he only offered it only to the winner of a competition he designed because he wasn't willing to risk them both turning on
him. Who would it be? Which one?
Haitothos learned of the plan and managed to speak privately with the twins in order to dissuade them. Danairus learns of this from Leto (yes, he betrays his father - say it with me) and issues a capture-and-execute letter which leads to Haitothos' escape and hiding out.
On the day of competition, Leo (roused by his father's glorious speech on the divinity of sacrifice and perfection of love) refuses to attack Leto and begs his brother to "resists that which seeks to rot it (perfect love) out". He calls on Leto to resist with him knowing that their master could put them all to death. Leto (the weaker), slaughters his Leo without hesistation and is awarded the boon, which he dedicates to his family. Leo's body is carted off to the city dump while Leto is celebrated on Danarius' estate.
Haitothos, in his last act of love, recovers Letos' body, revives him with the help of a slave mage using blood magic and transports him to an area in the southeast near the Silent Plains called the
Valley of the Three Witches.
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Afterword.
As Varania says,
freedom was no boon for them. They assumed both Haitothos and Leo were dead. Kicked off Danarius' estate and with Leto's memories wiped, they no longer had access to Fenris/Leto so he, too, was dead o them. Free people in Tevinter Imperium had little purpose unless they "belonged to a house", a great irony! Yatriel still had her talents of stone reading and managed to secure work for herself and Varania in Qarinus; however, the guilt of how she lost her sons and husband drove her past insanity to suicide. This left Varania alone fending for herself.
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What do you think now?
Modifié par kemz19691, 11 février 2012 - 07:42 .
I did get the kiss and morning after scenes, but I don't know how to trigger that damn aggressive Fenris:
:o:o:o:o:o That's all I have to do in order to get that CUTSCENE? 
Retour en haut
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Why ask me? 
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