Castle-of-Highever

Title: A Shared Burden Game: Dragon Age Origins/Awakening Author: Queen-scribbles Characters: f!Cousland, Alistair, brief appearance by Arl Eamon at the beginning Disclaimer: Dragon Age and all associated characters, locations, plot points etc belong to BioWare. I'm just playing in their world for fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He wasn't sure why she was still here, Alistair reflected as he watched Marta spar with some of the palace soldiers, teaching them the very same tricks he'd watched Zevran teach her. Especially with how keenly she was following her brother's efforts to rebuild H

Trinne was more than happy to leave Alistair and Cousland alone on the Redcliff shore after the battle. The night had been rough, she was tired, and not in the mood for listening to two men exchanging grievances like a couple of fishwives. Instead, she returned to the village and threw herself into performing what menial tasks needed to be done – from checking up on the rest of the party (all accounted for, even Zevran, she'd have to tell Alistair he lost that bet), counting what means of defense the village had left (two barrels of oil left, unused), to helping villagers carry the undead corpses (too many) onto burning pyres. The sun w