Who: The current members of Group 3
Where: The edge of the Brecillian Forest
When: 24 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
Summary: Group 3 Arrives at the edge of the Brecillian Forest, only to discover they did not arrive ahead of the horde.
Rating: H for Holy crap, look there's darkspawn!

( Just a casual walk in the forest until...Darkspwanzzz )

WHO: Æolyn M'Haaren and Faer Arandil
WHEN: 9:33, 01 Eluviesta
WHERE: Brecilian Forest
SUMMARY: Lyn meets with Faer in the forest and they both come clean about how they feel
RATING: M for mushy

( even the trees of the forest changed if left alone for years )

Who: Azabeth Kordura, Dolain's Asher's gang, the cavalry Group 3
Where: RANDOM ENCOUNTER LAND. On the road a day north of the Brecillian Forest
When: 9:45, Midday 23 Molioris
Summary: Asher has tracked down the wanted murderess, Azabeth Kordura, meaning to collect on the juicy bounty on her head.... but Az isn't going down without a fight.
Rating: M for violence and coarse language, and W for WALL OF TEXT.
( When the chips are down, sometimes you've got to go all-in.... or die trying )

Who: Lalin Adain, Faer Arandil
Where: Whatever Group 3 is After the Slavers Plot
When: After Lalin’s meeting with Black Matthew
Summary: Lalin comes back from meeting Matthew feeling weepy. Faer tries to take care of her.
Rating: PG (probably)

Who: Faer Arandil, Ordhan Wyland
NPCs: --
When: Evening, 16 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
Where: Group 3's campsite
Summary: Worried about the situation he's thrown himself into since becoming a Grey Warden, Faer finds that seeking companionship is enough to put his nervous mind at ease. Whom would be the best person to do this? Why Ordhan Wyland, of course.
Rating: K
Status: Complete
Notes: --

( Though his body demanded sleep after many insomniac nights and the events that had occurred earlier today, his mind refused to stop long enough to fall into a sleep, whirling around with anxiety as Faer worried. )

Who: Anyone currently in G3, Tam, Cicero & Puck
Where: Denerim Alienage
When: Morning, 18 Molioris.
Summary: Slavers are hard to find, the Grey Wardens less so.
Rating: Safe for now.

( Three long hours, and they had nothing to show but disappointment. )

Who: Faer Arandil
NPCs: Aera Arandil, Valan Arandil, Merrill Irisor
When: Eluviesta, 9:32 Dragon
Where: Somewhere in the Brecilian Forest
Summary: She dies at the hands of a shemlen and suddenly the world crashes down for you.
Rating: T
Status: Complete
Notes: Dedicated especially to valan_arandil. Warning! Written in second person, present tense so may be a little hard to read through. I wrote the narrative this way not only because I wanted to convey the feeling a little more through the writing, but also to challenge myself to see if I could pull it off.

( You stare at the moving bushes, it’s rustled leaves floating to the ground, landing neatly on the grass before two men step into your view, they are both human. You frown. )

Who: Faer Arandil, Lalin Adain
NPCs: --
Where: Lalin Adain’s quarters at Vigil’s Keep
When: 14 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon, late evening
Summary: An anxious Faer Arandil finally has the energy to check up on the woman he had been worried about since the Joining commenced.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Notes: --

( His walk was somewhat clumsy and out of place as his feet were still trying to get used to the feeling of concrete underneath them. )

Who: Deidre "Dee" Aisli, Faer Arandil
Guest Starring: Halla Plushie
Where: Vigil's Keep, Amaranthine
When: Late Evening, 15 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
Rating: Safe
Summary: After her shopping trip with Bethen and dinner with the usual gang, Deidre makes her way through the Keep in search of Merrill's former First.

(OOC: This is Thread 4 in a series of Post-Joining threads where Dee checks on certain people)

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( What impressed her the most was how the young elven woman who made it whittled a piece of wood to make the intricate arrangement of twisted horns that formed the creature's signature attribute. )

Who: Anyone in Group Three [Wardens & companions headed to Denerim].
Where: Vigil's Keep, Amaranthine
When: Morning, 16 Molioris
What: Grey Warden's Anatomy group begins their journey with a nice helping of drama-rama.

( He wasn‘t leaving without her.. Or was she not leaving without him? )

Who: Imenry Barras, Faer Arandil
When: Shortly after Alistair has recruited the Dalish Elves Faer and Jaden
Where: The road from the Brecellian Forest to Amaranthine
Summary: Traveling from the forest, Imenry and Faer strike up a conversation; where she learns about elves, and they discuss opinions on magic.
Rating: M for magic! But fine for all.

Who: The Grey Warden recruits
NPCs: Alistair Theirin, Allan Maivia, Mona Seward, Aedan Maivia, Rudyerd Franklin
Where: Vigil's Keep, Amaranthine
When: Evening, 13 Molioris, 9:45.
Summary: The Joining ceremony commences.
Rating: T.
( Join us brothers and sisters. )

Who: Faer Arandil, Seda Utheriel, Jaden Tahal, Eresir Ilestel, Valan Arandil
NPCs: Merrill Irisor, Lanaya Asilla
Where: Somewhere in the Brecilian Forest
When: Molioris, 9:30 Dragon
Summary: In the events of the Dalish getting recruited to fight in the Blight, the entirety of all the Dalish clans gather at one point to talk about their activity and participation in the war. Faer Arandil, at age thirteen, understands and finds the Blight an important subject, but he’s far more interested in the other elves as he’s never met Dalish outside his own clan.
Rating: D for Dalish elves
Status: In progress
Notes: --

( Ever since the threat of the Darkspawn and a Blight had risen, the Keeper was adamant and rather obsessive about its current events and everything regarding it. )

Who: Signy, Faer Arandil
Where: Vigil's Keep, Amaranthine
When: Second Week of Moloiris
Summary: Signy and Faer are both in awe of the home of the Ferelden Grey Wardens.
Rating: Should be fine for all / G.

( The air is the magic, we do not know where it comes from, or where it is. It's just...there. )

Who: Lalin, Faer
Where: Amaranthine
When: 9:45, Current Date
Summary: Two Elves Meet for the First Time
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete

Who: Faer Arandil
NPCs: Merrill Irisor, a bucket
When: Pluitanis, 9:27 Dragon
Where: Somewhere in the Brecilian Forest
Summary: Faer Arandil discovers the magic of shapeshifting.
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Notes: Dedicated especially to utheriel. An excerpt goes to azabeth and lalin's banter thread. Also, prepare for wall of text. EDIT (IMPORTANT!!): Due to the specialization feature of the game, Faer is now a Keeper instead of a shapeshifter, this spell that he learned changed to a mere test spell from his Keeper to see if he was adept enough in naturalistic magic for the Keeper specialization.

( Faer Arandil is ten today and, apparently, specializations were on the agenda for his lesson. )

Who: Ser Talfryn Armstead (NPC), Warden-Commander Alistair (NPC), his recruits from Gwaren and Orzammar, their companions, Faer Arandil and Jaden Tahal, and some Templars (NPCs).
Where: Outskirts of the Brecilian Forest
When: Summerday, 9:45 Dragon
Summary: After leaving Orzammar with a few new recruits, the Warden-Commander leads the group south, where they arrive just in time to rescue two Dalish elves from some vicious Templars.
Rating: T. Possible violence, language.

( It was hard to imagine that his feet had been crunching through snow not but a week ago... )

Who: Faer Arandil
NPCs: Does wolves count?
Where: Somewhere in the Brecilian Forest
When: Pluitanis, 9:35 Dragon
Summary: Here reveals the truth behind Faer's wolf-o-phobia.
Rating: C for cowardly Faer (told you he was lame)
Status: Complete
Notes: --

( Off in the distance, the howl of a wolf was heard that interrupted his thoughts and Faer perked his ears. )

Who:  Viara Tremaine, Faer Arandil
Where: The Brecilian Forest
When: Nubulis 9:43
Summary: A drop-off in the Brecelian Forest is a little different than anticipated.
Rating: K+ for possible language

Who: Deidre "Dee" Aisli, Faer Arandil
Where: Somewhere in the Brecilian Forest
When: 9:42 Dragon; Ferventis (Midsummer)
Summary: A sudden onslaught of current launches Deidre Aisli and Faer Arandil out of a tunnel and into a river after discovering a hidden stone chamber full of Shiny Things. Picking their way back to the Dalish camp, they run into a few more troubles... because it wouldn't be an excursion without them.
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Status: Complete

Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.
-- Emily Dickinson

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( It was uncertain as to how they ended up the way they did. )