Before I joined the Gray Wardens, the forest around our camp became inhabited by darkspawn. You could feel the taint in the ground, trees, and air.
[She frowns, remembering it. Perhaps she doesn't need to tell Zevran, but it all feeds into her perspective, in a way.]
It wasn't the same in the Brecilian Forest, but the evil was... everywhere. So much hate.
We chose our way of life to be free. We want a homeland, not to subjigate others. That is not the purpose of the Dalish.
What Zathrian did... offended every lesson I'd learned from the hahren and keeper of my clan. In the immediate aftermath... I would have supported him. If it had been those things who had taken his family, I would have killed them all and enjoyed it.
[She can't regret thinking it. Too many Dalish lives are still lost to humans for her to pity them as a whole.]
But those men were long dead.
And it was time for a new Keeper, for the good of the clan. He lifted the curse and joined his family.
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[She frowns, remembering it. Perhaps she doesn't need to tell Zevran, but it all feeds into her perspective, in a way.]
It wasn't the same in the Brecilian Forest, but the evil was... everywhere. So much hate.
We chose our way of life to be free. We want a homeland, not to subjigate others. That is not the purpose of the Dalish.
What Zathrian did... offended every lesson I'd learned from the hahren and keeper of my clan. In the immediate aftermath... I would have supported him. If it had been those things who had taken his family, I would have killed them all and enjoyed it.
[She can't regret thinking it. Too many Dalish lives are still lost to humans for her to pity them as a whole.]
But those men were long dead.
And it was time for a new Keeper, for the good of the clan. He lifted the curse and joined his family.