The Tale Of The Age Of Dragons

Dragon age origins: The Dalish Elves

My name is Whehn'itaras, it is the Dalish word meaning of the winter, I was born in a time when all hope seemed lost for my clan. A harsh winter had taken some of my clans men, and there were no children being born. It seemed as though the rest of my clan would also die in this harsh winter. But on the last week of winter when all hope seemed lost for my clan, I was born. The clan would have likely reveled at my birth had my mother not died in the process. It is tradition in my clan that the mother name the child that they worked so hard to give life to, but as my mother was dead the task was given to my aunt, Ashalle. Shortly after my miraculous birth more children started being born, two of which would go on to be my closest friends, these two were Merrill, the apprentice to our Keeper, and Tamlen, a fellow hunter. Years later on my 18th birthday, Tamlen and I went into the Brecillian forest to hunt when we came across some frightened humans, to whom Tamlen called Shemlen, a derogatory name for humans in the Dalish language. We quickly blocked their path in an attempt to figure out why they were here. I have always had a strong belief that there can be peace between elves, dwarves, and man, but my friend Tamlen is stuck in the old ways and would rather kill the humans then give them a chance to escape. After questioning the humans as to why they were running, they revealed that they had found a cave filled with elven ruins, which my friend Tamlen thought to be a lie, as my Dalish clan had lived in the ruins long enough to know that no such ruins existed. I thought differently, the Brecillian forest is a massive forest that even the most skilled hunter could get lost for days in, so it could be very possible that none of our clan ever found any elvish ruins hidden in some cave. After giving us a map to the location, Tamlen was about to kill them had I not intervened and allowed them to leave. After scolding him for his disregard for mortal life, we headed off to the cave to try and see what ancient elvish history or artifact we could bring back to our clan. This would be the last day I would see my clan, and the last day I would see my friend Tamlen the same way again.