After a while of giving dorian the cue to watch over Quilahn, he'd expect dorian to automatically do so after Mahanon leaves quil's side, and that is what dorian does, which adds to Mahanon's respect for him. Mahanon would be particularly good at skipping around Quil's hexes, definitely used to them being on the ground and knows what happens after he does step in them, assuming he'd accidentally tripped them when they were younger. To which Quil would have to stay with him until the hexes wore off, and mahanon swears he'll never make those mistakes again, heh.

Mahanon would personally get dagna to craft either the master/superb (depending on level they are) corrupting or demon slaying runes to the staff he gives to Quil, to protect him during rift sealing and tougher quests, with lots of enemies involved. Plus, he thinks it fits Quil pretty well, considering the kind of magic he has. He'd smile at Dorian and Quil reading together, loving that dorian is taking time to talk about these spells and teaching them to quil, even if he himself is a lil freaked out over raising the dead n all.

Perhaps, even if he dislikes the weak taste of the ale/wine/booze, he'll do it to keep Quilahn happy and relaxed. I'd imagine they'd carry canisters of clean water, to the western approach and places with no fresh water in sight, but he'd be glad to drink watered wine over water itself any day. Yeah, especially if Mahanon enjoys spending time with bull and the chargers, perhaps quil and dorian would join them, seeing as their intake of actual alcohol is being monitored, that way they can get a bit of a fix in before they switch to water, as per requested. Mahanon would idly sip at the water, only to shrug it off and make out with Bull instead. (at least bull's mouth tastes like alcohol, so thats cheating B()

Mahanon, being better with tradespeak than Quilahn would be, he could quietly explain what they're saying with what he can translate into dalish. If Mahanon was with them during that quest, he'd pick the flirting option, which is the "i've done more than hear of being with men" knda text, bc i absolutely love how dorian responds to it, but would let Quil take over the rest of their conversation. sorry i seemed to of rushed this, my dad told me to hurry to bed so yeh ;v;..

As for prompts, i'd like to see their little talk post-"learning of the alcoholism problem"-fight perhaps?

It takes some time for Quilahn to get used to Dorian's cues, since they are slightly different from Mahanons, but eventually they'll learn to read each other. "To your left!" "How far?" "More left!""[heavy dalish swearing at Dorian]" Needless to say, they later bicker about not being perfectly in synch immediately, to everyone else's amusement/annoyance. Quilahn deals with spirits quite often as well, so sometimes he's got a couple of wisps with him - usually he only does this when they're near rifts, because he doesn't want to summon them against their will. He's actually got pretty similar views on blood magic and spirits as Merrill does, but he himself hasn't tried blood spells .... yet. (I'm kind of tempted to make him a blood mage because it would align pretty well with his entropy magic and constant need to learn more, but knowing that it's a taboo even within the Dalish and he knows Dorian would severely disagree, he'd try to keep it secret for as long as possible.)

Quil's hexes are always really jarring and unnerving, he has a knack for creating hallucinations equal to horror movie jumpscares, or just otherwise making people think they're going to die a horrible violent death. He'd be so sorry for making Mahanon (or whoever steps near to him when he's got himself protected) experience any of the terrors he creates. He probably carries a flask of some soothing tonic or tea just to counter the effects of those spells, and gently holds Mahanon until he's calmed down.

The Western Approach definitely requires some extra water supplies, yeah.. With a mage in the party, it probably doesn't take too long to sufficiently boil the water to make sure it's drinkable and no one gets ill. It takes some time to Quilahn to realize that Mahanon tends to kiss Bull a lot especially after he's had a decent swig of his pint/bottle, but he does eventually catch on. Later he asks to have a word with Bull, and he mentions that he's worried about his brother's alcohol usage. Asks if Bull could look after him a bit, since Mahanon listens to him.

Oh, Mahanon. I actually chose the dialogue in my gameplay as well, since I didn't want to reuse the same options I used with my Cadash, but I doubt Quil would actually have the guts to say that in a full tavern, and idk yet just how experienced he even is, lol.

Idk should we start a snippet / OOC thread (or legit RP) on the RP forums maybe? Just to keep the Nerdquisition from getting too cluttered :') I'll try and get something written down soon, I just need to get my con prints ordered first because I've been putting it off for too long already.

Since eventually Urthemiel begins to understand aspects of humanity, does the exchange ever go the other direction? How does it affect Milan? OH, and does he meet with Morrigan again? I'm curious to know how she'd feel if her plot was essentially successful and the archdemon survives, even if it's not in the body of her child.

Yes he will meet Morrigan again.. but it will take about 10 years. Morrigan really feels guilty when she finaly understands what she has lost and she is affraid of meeting Milan.. so she avoids him and he does the same cause he is the opinion that Morrigan only used him and never really loved him. Nontheless Milan can't stop to love her and she actually does too still love him ^^. She gets to know that Milan survived so but she doesn't know know why unless Milan tells her.. when they meet again. Also Morrigan never becomes pregnant in my little world ^^.

But Morrigan will not admit it at first, that she still loves Milan.. Milan in contrary will not hide his feelings.. The first time Morrigan will admit her love is, when Milan decides to sacrifice himself to bring Urthemiel back in a living form.. (he will simply leave a letter for her, cause he can't bring himself to tell her).. she will follow him.. to stop him but will be to late.. she will meet the good in human form.. Milan allready dead.. Urthemiel touched by the her honest feelings and cause he was s long part of Milan decides to give Milan his live back sacrificing a part of himself..so Milan and Urthemiel are connected from now on (so if something happens to the god Milan will suffer the same and vice versa).

Mahanon's pretty sure he has subtle nightmares similar to the terrors from quil's hexes, very rarely but he remembers what it was like, but he never tells quil about it, bc he thinks it would make quil feel guilty, but mahanon knows it was his own fault, but by now he'd be kinda used to it, and he'd simply shrug off if he woke up through the night, remembering he's with bull and hes safe from such terrors. Mahanon would calm down after being held gently, perhaps with quil stroking his hair and whispering dalish songs and stories, if he ever needs to be soothed again.

Hah, i'd imagine Mahanon would be quite disappointed that bull stops kissing him after they've been drinking, bull would kiss the top of his head and say "Sorry kadan, but you've had enough alcohol today. i promise to reward ya later, if you behave." and with that promise, he behaves, after a subtle glare in quil's direction. But it feels nice that bull and quil cares, so hes all good with drinking water, for now.

Mahanon likes flirting with Dorian occassionally, and they both flirt to eachother mainly bc they're actual best friends, and its fun to feed dorian's ego. only to crush it after. Like the evil lil assassin he is.

Okay! And if you want to start a thread like that, im all for it. (im kinda interested in actual rping tho, but i havent rped properly in like, 2 years, so i'd be quuuuuite rusty at it) And i feel better tonight, last night i was kinda mentally flipping out and my chest and head hurt bc of it, but im fine now.

Ouch, I really like the idea of Mahanon having nightmares / night terrors from Quil's hexes, poor dude.

I've actually never created threads there before, so I'm not entirely sure if I should first create a thread for planning the RP or if I should just create a thread on the main. We'd need to decide on a setting and the exact starting point of the story though, and have it be an open RP. Idk how exactly to make that work since everyone's characters are usually Inquisitors in their canon, and there's the whole LI thing, hm. So for now, I suppose I'll stick to drive snippets or something. Writing in public kinda makes me nervous too due anxiety + English not being my first language. I've only ever RP'd via smail but it would also be interesting to have a larger group of people participating.

Do you have any thoughts on where/what countries our clan might have been mostly traveling, do they have a preference for certain areas? (are they more familiar with desert areas or some type of forest etc?)

I think i like the idea of you actually going through with quilahn being a blood mage as well, as its necessary to have a major conflict to actually be able to develop characters AND stories! Me and my friend (ive been discussing things abt our blurbs and shes liking it so far) are dying to know how quil reacts to mahanon's feelings about his blood magic, as well as how it might possibly start up a new fight between them, any ideas? :')

The worse mahanon gets from these nightmares, are possibly major head aches, but he always gets soothing salve to relieve the pain if he has any business that day.

No worries about it yet, at least until we pinpoint what to start with and what to do. i suggest we have other users submit an application of some sort, to brief their characters, to make sure it doesn't mess with LI/other stuff? mahanon is my only canon iquisitor so far. I get anxious with public writing too, so i understand it, as well as being interested in group rping. :^)

Lets see... Our lavellans have darker skin, and so does my friend's lavellan (who is part of mahanon's world, as is quil, obviously) It tells me they should probably hail from deserty or another warm place, somewhere that needs darker skin for climate reasons. Hmm.. its hard to tell, but im up to them being used to desert areas. what do you think about it? :0

I dont really think i can imagine bull with anyone else but mahanon rip (cept for quil, but thats another story and between us lmao) But yeah, planning is needed before anything else, as well as people joining us in character building and other stuff.

Good then! Im up for them being familiar with the hissing wastes (i actually like being there in game too, its pretty there) They'd see all the grass, water and trees and be like??? Holy shit how the fuck are there so many fucking trees here??? Imagine how they'd be in the colder climate of haven and the hike up to skyhold, the poor things would be frozen.

smol crew.

Quil first starts using blood magic to resupply his own mana at the cost of some of his health/energy (obviously depending on how much blood he needs, and post-battle he starts to feel far more faint than usually. until he gets something to eat.) At some point there's a tough situation and the first thing he does is half an accident, but it ends up boiling the blood of his attacker. Needless to say the sight probably isn't the prettiest, nor it is the subtlest death out there since usually Quil's kills are from creepy entropy life leeching spells and are not particularly.. messy.

Quil would certainly sense that Mahanon is angry with him, but being the stubborn ass he is (with far too much pride tbh,) he'd just play along and not talk to him either, probably just pointedly feigning indifference towards Mahanon. Although even Quil knows that Mahanon has all the right to react the way he does and he's actually right about it too. He's just doesn't want to admit it to him, and he 100% believes that he can still handle it. ..Or, maybe more like 87% believes so, not that he'd ever confess those doubts to Mahanon. He would make it very clear how much he dislikes his brother getting familiar with the bottle once again, but he doesn't actually voice his disapproval like last time. (for a a little while he has the mindset of 'okay fine you do what you want, I do what I want, and we both leave each other alone. Fine, at least until his anger fades and the guilt kicks in.)

I loved the Wastes, they are SO BEAUTIFUL holy shit. They'd probably be familiar with the Forbidden Oasis or other such places (probably more remote / not inhabited by shemlen) , since water is rare and they still need to survive :')

Quil's ears wouldn't stop twitching at the Graves, he'd be so overwhelmed by all the noises and birdsong and cicadas, as well as all the fresh scents and just overall be very confused but in awe. (both excited and incredibly sad, considering the trees are actually grave markers for their kin. )

Spoiler alert, Jonquil deals with cold so well that he manages to lose three entire toes to frostbite before he learns to put some shoes on. (it's not out of his own volition, he just happens to be not wearing shoes when Haven goes to shit and they all get lost in the blizzard. Yet even after that, he hates nothing as much as he hates boots.

while they're not talking to each other, everyone takes notice on the awkward and tense, especially dorian and bull, who're quite wary of what will happen after this silence between the two elves. Dorian stays with Quil (awkward bc quil has been doing blood magic behind his back as well) and bull handles mahanon, stopping him temporarily from blowing up and he listens to his problem and all, so he'd know about the blood magic before anyone else knew and he also, hides it from dorian under the pleas of mahanon.

He starts fucking about "I cant believe him! I pour my heart into his about my problems and dependence on alcohol and what does he do! He fucking does blood magic, and behind my back of all things!" and hes punching walls again and he doesn't pay attention to quil's disapproval of getting with the bottle again bc why the hell should he care? But he does feel like he has a bubbling pit of guilt in his stomach bc what if hes too drunk to save quil from potential dangers? What if that gets quil killed? what if its his fault?

It would probably be mahanon, to begin the fight again, snarling and drunk as he approaches quil, asking him what the fuck got into his mind to start blood magic and accusing him of betrayal, his hair a mess and his appearance a wreck, obviously been tearing himself up over this. He'd bring up how he thought they were going to be completely honest to each other, especially after their fight about his problem and you can hear the strain and choked up emotion, and hes close enough for quil to smell the ale on his breath and he looks about ready to cry.

At the Emerald Graves (also the exalted plains), they decide to do smth good for the dalish there, and help them recover things possibly destroyed by the shems and help them gather supplies and all, Mahanon would even help the craftsmaster with arrow production and stuff? What they'd do while back in their clan and all.

I dont quite know how fast mahanon adjusted to wearing boots but hell is he glad he wore shoes when he trekked to camp after the shit went down in haven and getting to skyhold. What he doesn't like, is having to sneak around with boot on, as they're louder than his bare feet obviously. At least at skyhold they can walk around barefooted all they want.

Tbh I could easily see Dorian being quite vocal about the whole deal, he is a very opinionated man after all, and would likely make it very clear that he doesn't approve, considering his own history with blood magic-related issues and the general Ferelden belief that every Tevinter mage is out there for blood sacrifices and demon summoning.

After Mahanon's confrontation on the matter, Quil apologizes for going behind his back, but he never really apologizes for the actual blood magic. As it's become clear that no one approves or condones Quil's methods, he stops practicing blood magic and sticks to his casual spells - but he's too proud and thinks he's got nothing to be sorry for, it's not like he's hurting anyone. It probably ends up with Mahanon and Quil getting rather distant with each other at least for a while, until they have a proper Conversation about it, and Quil admits that he's been an idiot for trying to hide it from his brother and that there's a reason why it's considered so dangerous and a taboo, especially now that the Veil is gaping open and there's all kinds of spirits floating through it.

I could definitely see them spending some time with the Dalish especially @ Exalted Plains. What if it happens after something happens to their own clan, if we make that our canon? It would also be a good opportunity for Quil to finally get his vallaslin finished, in exchange for lore their clan grew up with, or something.

Yeah, the boots probably creak a lot. Jonquil is really loud about wearing shoes, and ditches them the first chance he gets. (he'll only wear shoes if it's absolutely freezing, and even then he'll probably just walk barefoot for as long as possible. )