"I have chosen this risk," Emmrich says as he takes a careful seat, mere inches away from Hawke. It won't actually make his pants dirty, the sand, but he's aware of it nonetheless. Silly, truly, to be concerned about that when strong, territorial spirits might be on the prowl.
He follows Hawke's gaze and wonders what the man is thinking about, what he's seeing. The Fade is beautiful even in its darker corners and heavier moments. Soon enough Hawke starts speaking, and Emmrich has a guess as to the first stage of grief his companion will be working through.
"Currently he's imprisoned. Let me back up a little so there's some context to the situation." Emmrich can give Hawke a goal, a target for his anger, and maybe increase the odds of his survival. But he needs to not get too bogged down by the details, switch into lecture mode and risk losing his audience.
"There were eight evanuris, elven gods, powerful spirits who took form and became elvhen mages, and countless powerful but less-so mages around them. Solas was involved with the eighth, Mythal, and when the other seven killed her, he lead a rebellion to imprison them in a prison filled with the Blight, forming the Veil. He also buried the dragons tied to them, now known as the archdemons. When an archdemon died, it made the evanuris attached to it vulnerable, letting the Blight kill them so only two remain." So many details were being skipped and this was still verging on too much information.
"Solas wanted to remove the veil and return the world to how it was, flooding it with spirits, but the former prison was a part of it. He made a new prison for the two gods and was in the process of transferring them into it when Varric and three more finally caught up to him. In the chaos that followed, Solas wound up in the new prison after killing Varric, and the two other gods escaped. So Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain, and Elgar'nan's archdemon are the current threats as we've ended Ghilan'nain's archdemon."
It's only slightly daunting and ridiculous, reflected in his voice. "He has, doubtlessly, a plan to get free. But with Tevinter blood magic cultists, Venatori, and the military arm of the Qunari, the Antaam, both choosing to serve the gods for more power, and the gods controlling Darkspawn, Solas is somehow a lesser threat."
That he's currently seemingly assisting them does not need to be mentioned. Emmrich will not trust Solas to be helping for any reason other than something being in it for Pride as well. There will be a catch, he has no doubt. Wisdom turned Pride is an incredibly dangerous combination, especially when it's likely Pride is convinced he retains the part of him that was once Wisdom. No corrupted spirit ever wants to believe they're so corrupted that they've lost who they once were.
"So. We kill the final archdemon and two gods, one of whom we have actually injured, thankfully, and then we can sort out the last god. It is incredibly ridiculous. I did mention earlier that I was tasked with multiple unprecedented things to accomplish, though." He did understate it, a little. "There's a team, which helps matters. You'd be very welcome to join if you so choose, but I do want to re-state that there is no price for getting you out of here."
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He follows Hawke's gaze and wonders what the man is thinking about, what he's seeing. The Fade is beautiful even in its darker corners and heavier moments. Soon enough Hawke starts speaking, and Emmrich has a guess as to the first stage of grief his companion will be working through.
"Currently he's imprisoned. Let me back up a little so there's some context to the situation." Emmrich can give Hawke a goal, a target for his anger, and maybe increase the odds of his survival. But he needs to not get too bogged down by the details, switch into lecture mode and risk losing his audience.
"There were eight evanuris, elven gods, powerful spirits who took form and became elvhen mages, and countless powerful but less-so mages around them. Solas was involved with the eighth, Mythal, and when the other seven killed her, he lead a rebellion to imprison them in a prison filled with the Blight, forming the Veil. He also buried the dragons tied to them, now known as the archdemons. When an archdemon died, it made the evanuris attached to it vulnerable, letting the Blight kill them so only two remain." So many details were being skipped and this was still verging on too much information.
"Solas wanted to remove the veil and return the world to how it was, flooding it with spirits, but the former prison was a part of it. He made a new prison for the two gods and was in the process of transferring them into it when Varric and three more finally caught up to him. In the chaos that followed, Solas wound up in the new prison after killing Varric, and the two other gods escaped. So Elgar'nan and Ghilan'nain, and Elgar'nan's archdemon are the current threats as we've ended Ghilan'nain's archdemon."
It's only slightly daunting and ridiculous, reflected in his voice. "He has, doubtlessly, a plan to get free. But with Tevinter blood magic cultists, Venatori, and the military arm of the Qunari, the Antaam, both choosing to serve the gods for more power, and the gods controlling Darkspawn, Solas is somehow a lesser threat."
That he's currently seemingly assisting them does not need to be mentioned. Emmrich will not trust Solas to be helping for any reason other than something being in it for Pride as well. There will be a catch, he has no doubt. Wisdom turned Pride is an incredibly dangerous combination, especially when it's likely Pride is convinced he retains the part of him that was once Wisdom. No corrupted spirit ever wants to believe they're so corrupted that they've lost who they once were.
"So. We kill the final archdemon and two gods, one of whom we have actually injured, thankfully, and then we can sort out the last god. It is incredibly ridiculous. I did mention earlier that I was tasked with multiple unprecedented things to accomplish, though." He did understate it, a little. "There's a team, which helps matters. You'd be very welcome to join if you so choose, but I do want to re-state that there is no price for getting you out of here."