Snippet #1414979

"a terrible thing for a child to go through. my life was good at first" beldur explained what life was like in a dalish clan, hunting livivng in the forests and the traveling he spoke about how life was peaceful and rather happy untill the blight animals came "these animals are wolves and bears but tainted to be much more hostile and much stronger. i had been mauled by a tainted bear . even though my wounds were healed it was going to die so at my behest i was left behind after saying goodbye to my clan. but some templars found me and took me to the tower and i do not know how but they healed me. i stayed there for the next 2 years because i ahd no choice. i owed them my life and if i did leave the tempalrs would have tracked me down and killed me. seeing as i was saved i was determined to leave the tower and find my clan again but i was taken under the wing of the grey wardens. apprantly they only slowed the taint down allowing me to live for a while. the only cure was to have more taint making me immune to it." he spoke both casually and bluntly not embelishing the story and obviously not making anything up "the rest is spoken in tales how i 'rose' through the ranks and slaughtered the archdmeon. but i am no one special. i am merely a dalish mage"

he petted her cheek after telling the story "your still freezing. sit here" he then moved her inftong of him so she was facing the fire and he was blocking the cold from her back and sides "you should have told me you were this cold" he rubbed her arms trying to warm her up removing his own thick coat and placing it on her