Mystia: The Templar Inquisitor of the Inquisition

Epilogue

Eighteen years later...

Mystia looked towards her daughter as the girl laughed at her father who was in the midst of chasing her down after she had splashed mud all over him, eighteen years had passed since the Inquisition was transferred into the power of the Divine and to say that life was easier now would have been an overstatement but it was easier since Both Mystia and Cullen had left the Templar Order and Inquisition behind to focus on their small family. Smiling Mystia looked towards her son, Ellis who stood watching his sister and father. "Ellis be a dear and help me with getting everything ready for your Uncle Hawke and Uncle Anders. They will be here in a couple of hours and your father is acting like a child. Again." Mystia smiled as her son tried to hide a laugh.

"When is Dad going to learn that Sis does that to irritate him?" Ellis asked as Mystia shook her head as a scream of surprise had mother and son looking to see Cullen having finally caught the girl.

"He knows, he just doesn't care. Before I came into his life, your father was lost in a sense." Mystia told Ellis as the dark curly haired young man listened to her, like his father he styled his hair to hide the curls but Mystia knew they were there. She had given birth to him and had raised him, she knew all his little quirks by now. "Of course that's not saying that after we met our relationship blossomed rapidly. Your father could barely speak to me outside of talking about things to do with the troops and the Inquisition," Mystia noted Cullen shooing their blonde haired daughter off to get something from the chicken coop and smiled as the man entered into their house. "I remember the day I managed to work up the courage to first speak to him. That conversation was supposed to be about what I most needed to know and turned into a lecture that ended with awkward flirts. Of course, I still tease your father relentlessly when it comes to it."

"Don't remind me." Cullen frowned as Ellis watched them. "But after that day everytime I noticed how stressed your mother was becoming I tried to make it easier on her and joke around with her."

"Somedays I still think your father is a nutcase for it too," Mystia whispered with a smile as Ellis stood to help her with doing a few things that were harder for her to do since she didn't have both hands. Yes, Dagna had made her a metal lower arm and hand with lyrium forged into it to have it function like a proper hand, but since Mystia saw no need to pick up sword and shield again she rarely if ever used it as she could still throw a knife with her right hand and still always kept a knife in her boot and she rarely missed her targets if she had to throw one of those. "Cullen?"

"Yes, my love?"

"Will you go grab the two extra chairs? Remember Hawke and Anders are coming today?"

"I forgot about that!" Cullen said as he went to go grab the extra chairs.

"Would you believe me if I said your father was once a Templar?"

"If I didn't know it from the way he acts, stands and the way his office is kept orderly, I would say no." Ellis laughed as his sister came in.

"Weren't you a Templar mother?"

Mystia nodded, "That I was. Though unlike your father, I wasn't as neat and orderly. In fact, I was almost the opposite."

"Don't I know that!" Cullen said as their daughter walked over to help him. "Sylvia, would you mind going and getting my chess set, I plan on earning my title back from your Uncle Hawke as soon as he arrives." Mystia shook her head at that with a smile.

"Good luck with that dear. You said that the last twenty times he came over and have yet to do so." Mystia smiled as Cullen set the chairs in their appropriate places before he came over and smacked her ass. "CULLEN!" Mystia cried out as their daughter couldn't help but snicker while Ellis shook his head as Cullen kissed his wife on the cheek. But before he could say anything Sylvia cried out.

"THEY'RE HERE! Uncle Hawke and Uncle Anders are here!" Sylvia put the chess set down on the table before racing out the door to greet the two men who were truly like uncles to her and Ellis.

"Why don't you go greet them as well, Ellis." Mystia turned to her soon who shook his head.

"I can wait, I want to help in here." Her son smiled as Mystia shrugged and let him be.

"Alright cut those up for me then, since your man-child of a father seems intent on setting up the chessboard.." She pointed over to a nearby counter that had the vegetables they had picked that very morning sitting on it and both heard Cullen protesting at being called a man-child.

"Yes mother," Ellis said as he walked over after washing his hands and began to cut up the vegetables as Hawke walked in.

"Good lad helping out your stubborn mother." Hawke smiled as Anders and Sylvia followed. Anders was quick to go help Mystia as she frowned at Hawke who looked at Cullen and proceeded to sit across from the man. "As for your title of being an excellent chess player, Cullen. Well, be prepared to not earn it back." Hawke loved to taunt Cullen with that and Cullen often amused him by pretending to be riled up about it.

"Men-children." She muttered as Anders shook his head. "Married to Cullen for eighteen years and still don't understand how in the world his mind works."

"I don't think anyone will ever understand him, I know I will never understand how Hawke's mind works." With that, Anders, Ellis, and Mystia prepared dinner while Cullen and Hawke dueled it out on the chessboard and Sylvia went to sharpen and clean her sword. But as she passed her brother, the two shared a knowing look that was missed by the rest. A look that spoke volumes about what they knew was coming and what the two were planning.

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Night fell quietly upon the land, a week later and Sylvia walked her horse towards her brother, both in full armor. "Ellis you know how our mother feels about this."

"I know, Sylvia. But mother and father both told Divine Victoria that they refuse to continue on with the hunt for the one named Solas. Besides we both spoke with our Aunt in private, we have to help in some way. Mom and dad both deserve this. Now let's get moving, Dorian will be waiting to get us into the Imperium." With those words, Ellis and Sylvia kicked their horses into a gallop and vanished from the sight of the house where their mother stood watching with their Father having his arms crossed.

"Seems like a new journey has begun," Mystia said as Cullen looked at her.

"Are you sure about letting them go?" He asked with a frown.

"Cullen, our children are adults now we can't stop them even if we wanted to." Mystia closed her blue eyes as Cullen reached over and wrapped his arm around her with a kiss on her forehead. "I just pray to the Maker that they both return home safely."

"So do I." he held his loving wife close. "So do I."