The Grey Wardens' Leader

1.8 - Underground

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant
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   Avril looked around at the stone tunnel they were now in, all of this to fight against the Blight. She thought about just going start to Eamon and going ahead with the Landsmeet, but she was quickly reminded what an absolutely horrible idea that was.

"I can't wait to breathe fresh air again...", Jett murmured.

"That might be the first thing we've agreed upon.", Alistair grumbled.

   The elven girl huffed as they reached a dead end,"I guess we've got to go down that side path that I've been trying to avoid..."

   The team of five trudged down the path, Leliana jumping back in horror,"Spiders!! Spiders, falling from the ceiling!"

   Avril blanched as she kept her distance, using her bow and arrows to shoot into them while Morrigan went for a more drastic approach: setting all of them on fire.

   Jett looked at the mage with wide eyes,"Please, don't stop doing that in the future."

   It seemed that none of them were fond of the eight legged creatures. Not surprising, but it would prove difficult if the Deep Roads were infested with them.

   Walking further, they happened across a group of darkspawn. Though Jett had never seen them before and was positively terrified, he didn't let that stop him from killing them, which Avril was grateful for.

   Leliana rolled to her left, dodging a Hurlock as she split open the back of his neck. Alistair used his shield to shove a Genlock onto Jett's sword. Morrigan closed her eyes, focusing all her energy into keeping the Hurlock Alpha frozen.

   Avril quickly put her bow around herself as she charged at the darkspawn closing in on Morrigan. She launched herself into the air, unsure if she could properly execute this, using a Genlock's head as an extra push towards the enemy. She landed with her knees on its shoulders, shifting slightly and snapping its neck.

   As it crumpled to the ground, she landed on her hands and knees, out of breath. She hadn't done such a physically demanding technique since she was in her early teens training with Tamlen. She supposed that she should get back into doing such things, as they obviously came in handy, but she never had time to practice.

"You saved my life...", Morrigan breathed before helping the blonde girl to her feet.

"I do that everyday, just...with other people."

   Leliana shook her head, laughing softly,"You don't do that everyday."

"That was pretty uh...pretty...", Alistair rubbed the back of his neck, his face flushed.

   Avril snickered and wiped the dirt from her hands onto her pants,"Let's keep going, alright? This Dace guy is around here somewhere."

   Venturing deeper into the underground, the blonde bit her lip as they came to a fork in the road before deciding to go right. They began running as they heard screaming. Hopefully it was the head of the Dace House and hopefully he wasn't dying.

   Alistair decapitated a dragon hatchling before stabbing through its body to make sure it was dead. Jett swung his sword at a Genlock, cutting halfway through its body, killing it nearly instantly.

   Morrigan set half of the hatchlings on fire, freezing the other half. Leliana could tell it took a lot of energy out of her and rushed to her side as Avril killed the last two threats.

   Covered in blood, she turned to the dwarven man who thanked her repeatedly before taking a deep breath,"You helped us out of a tight spot there, friend. You have my gratitude. I am Lord Anwer Dace. So how does an elf come to be down here anyway?"