not_every_mage | Entries tagged with circle tower

Anders hadn't realized how much fuss went into a Harrowing, even for a disgraced apprentice like himself. He'd been given a chance to bathe thoroughly the night before, and offered the first proper meal he'd had in days. And while the robes he'd been brought that morning weren't exactly new, they were clean, and of better quality than anything he'd had with him.

He would have been surprised by how fair they were being to him, but he knew the Circle. There was an agenda behind every kindness.

"It is time for your Harrowing to begin," the Tranquil woman who'd appeared silently in his cell door told him, and Anders's stomach acids rose bitterly into his mouth as he moved to follow her.

( Harrowing )

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[OOC: Harrowing ritual wording from Dragon Age: Origins. Anders’ encounter with the cat demon taken from this codex entry. Special guest appearances by