let it be known i scrolled down your blog to find the post again.
2 and/or 12 for the Codex prompts? (im angling for Gerry especially for #2, but feel free to do whatever strikes inspiration)
Congratulations Idle, you got Gerry in both cases. my little guy of the moment. Both in letter format because... its easy to write (justified by the fact I sure as shit don't write properly in letters, neither shall my oc's)
2. A letter written by your OC’s family member:
[This letter is carefully stored with it's fellows in a closed wooden box in a whitewashed farmhouse, from one of the mountain villages not terribly far from Markham in the Free Marches. They are unremarkable correspondence between family in all cases.]
Market's going well. Almost all the young rams have sold, and we've some grand new stock to fill out the herd for next year. Bringing them back without help's going to be a struggle, but manageable; expect me a few days later than planned.
All your rugs and blankets have sold. Undyed yarn was in great demand, actually- was set up next to an old dyer, turns out his main trade is producing hard-wearing blues for the Grey Wardens! Talked a while, ended up combining all my undyed fiber with his dyes and we split a tidy profit selling it all to some battleaxe of an elf who's affiliated with them. Drove a hard bargain, but I think everyone walked away happy. Almost managed to sell her a cloak on top of it all, but she refused it in the end.
Asked her if she'd seen Ger- gave his description and all. You'd think a Warden would be the sort who'd find know where to find waifs and runaways, but, no joy there.
The boy clearly doesn't want to be found, and frankly, if that's how he's to be, I say let him. He'll come back with his tail between his legs once it's starts getting cold, mark my words .
Home shortly, take care of yourselves,
12. Your OC overheard while drunk
[Amongst drifts of unwelcome paperwork on a busy but abandoned desk, this one is stored carefully, with a stack of others. a cracked blue seal remains on it's envelope]
I know you're going to want to know, so I won't mince words. Thorne is, and continues to be, trouble. I know you've said that he's capable- I shan't disagree with you on that front when it comes to killing darkspawn- but he's clearly listening to too many of your old Blight stories, and not in way that's making him any friends.
Idiot got his nose broken by a gaggle of Fereldan recruits he'd up till that point been getting along grand with. Won't lie, he deserved it for sheer fucking stupidity if nothing else.
Drinking games amongst recruits is a time honoured tradition, moreso when it's a batch of willing ones, but Thorne decided to air his grievances with the Ferelden king while frankly, impressively inebriated. I can only imagine where he picked these notions up from. In the faintest of defenses, he has some strong opinions on the state of some of the Free Marches as well, but significantly less inflammatory
Anyhow. It was four of them and one of him. He's only lightly concussed, and has been given a firm talking to, at the appropriate volume for the state of his hangover. He's going to get dragged in front of the First Warden at this rate, so maybe next time you're by Weisshaupt you take him out for an airing. Creators know, it will either improve things of give him further notions.
More news coming your way as it comes,
