Fate

Fate: A Beginning

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Dragon Age games this is just enjoyment on my part. Enjoy!

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Chilly wind blowing through the woods, little crackle sounds in the snow with each step she takes, teeth chattering as she runs for the prey she lost. She's been wandering for a while now wandering for decades it seems most likely since she could crawl. A wind blew harshly sending a icy cold shiver down her spine, so she cupped her hands a few inches from her face and lit a fire spell in her hands. The fire let loose small waves of heat that warmed her body wiping away the cold as if it wasn't even there, then suddenly her prey launched out from its hiding spot in hopes of avoiding its end. Amber noticed and quickly trapped the ram in a ice piller killing it instantly. She grabbed the ram and set up a camp ready to eat and turn in for the night.

The next day she packed up Camp and began to wander, as repetitive as it sounded its the only thing she knew to do. She had no money just the spells and tattered clothes on her back. She walked for miles until she realized she was out of the woods. She saw a giant stone building which to her looked like could house thousands. Amber in her curiosity snuck towards the windows to look inside. She saw men and women adorned in armor and robes, and could see the aura of hatred flowing off everyone she saw. Tempted to just walk away from the tension iradiating off the stone walls, Amber noticed a menacing aura coming from behind the temple. She made her way towards the back of the temple and noticed a disfigured man and a women that seemed be in her seventies. She was floating a foot off the ground, bounded in mid air by magic. Amber looked at the ugly disfigured man noticing his menacing aura was what caught her attention.

Contemplating to what she could possibly do for the women, Amber unsheathed a small hunting knife and imbued the sharp edge of it with a fortifying ice spell to cut through the glass windows. She jumped down into a room adjacent to the room where the ritual was being held. In a her haste Amber quickly rounded the hall to the next room and forcefully knocked down the door before her. "what's going on here!" Amber emotionally distraught of what she was witnessing. The disfigured man turned his head in annoyance to the interruption of his ritual "there is an entruder" " slay the elf" the man pointing towards Amber as If she was nothing to him than a mere fly.

While the man was destracted, the old women found the opportune moment to get rid of the object that was holding this ritual steady. What looked like an orb was smacked away in Amber's direction. Amber quickly grabbed the orb hoping to get it away from this monster as fast as she could, instead it sent a very intense pain through her body and everything went dark.

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" what's going on!" Cassandra alert to a group of Templar bringing in an unconscious woman with a strange power coming from her hand. "who is this" a Templar stepped forward to explain in detail what he witnessed " she fell out of the fade right after the breach appeared, she the only survivor we've encountered this far" "when she fell out there was a women behind her we don't know who she was" cassandra looked confused at the Templar as the details of what occurred were spoken " thank you, you may leave now" cassandra ordered for the men to leave the dungeon and studied the unconscious women closely. She could tell that the women was in her early twenties, twenty five maybe.

Cassandra chained the women to the floor, believing whole heartedly that this women was behind the explosion at the temple. When she stood up leliana walked through the doors to see the new prisoner " is this an elf? Shes the one the soldiers found down near the breach" leliana spoke with hate in her voice wanting to kill the woman for the actions she believed she committed.

Many hours passed by when Amber woke up with an intense headache with many people couldn't comprehend. Looking down at her hands noticing that she was a captive, a prisoner to those who believe that she was the cause for this chaos.

Amber looked up and perused the room, seeing soldiers from the temple with unsheathed swords pointing towards her. Anger and despondents could be felt throughout the room, red and blue were in view of her eyes. Suddenly the door to the room full of cells swung open, and a women who seamed to be a seasoned warrior and lady in a hood that shouted shifty walked and circled Amber.

"Tell me why I shouldn't kill you now, the conclave is destroyed and everyone in it is dead except for you" the warrior glaring and spoke with disdain "I don't know what your talking about how is everyone dead?"
Amber looked confused at the two women as one of them grabbed her hand and spoke "explain this!" looking at her hands she noticed a pale green light bursting from her hand "what... What's this on my hand?" Amber sitting cluelessly and could tell by their behavior that they were on their last straw.

"I don't remember anything, but the time I came out of the woods I saw the temple and wanted to take a peek, after that it's just a blur to me" the women looked at her ready to speak til Amber spoke up again "what happened" Cassandra turned and spoke "it'll be a lot easier if we just showed you" "by the way I'm Cassandra right hand to the Devine and you are?" Amber looked up and said "my name is... Amber Dark"