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Fandom: Dragon Age: Origins Characters/pairings: Alistair x Cousland Chapter: 12/? Rating: M Warnings: Canon-typical violence Fic Summary: The story of the Fifth Blight, in a world where Alistair was raised to royalty instead of joining the Grey Wardens.

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Haring, 9:30 Dragon

The paper crinkled under the twist of anxious fingers, the words of the letter contorting as the linen fibres split just enough to crack the strokes of oak-gall ink. Alistair paced. The messenger had presented the royal missive with a silent bow, its urgency betrayed by the fact that it was done in the relative privacy of a corridor and not at the spectacle of breakfast, where the custom was to deliver any letters accumulated from the day before so that all the nobility of Starkhaven might better pry into one another’s business. Conscious of Princess Meghan’s particular love of gossip, Alistair had come to the deserted upper courtyard without even stopping at his rooms to retrieve his cloak, but agitation stirred his blood too high to find the mild Marcher weather cold.

A Blight. A full muster of the Bannorn underway. A personal request from Cailan to come home.

Water poured into a carved basin from the mouth of a bronze lion set into the white marble wall. Emerald vines scrambled up the pillars of the arcade to proffer clusters of scented, dawn-yellow flowers, their colour blanched against the deep blues of the glazed tile floor. When he turned, he caught the brown flash of a sparrow darting into the low hedge under the lemon tree.

“He says the Warden-Commander himself requested an audience,” he worried. “He says the darkspawn are massing in the Wilds.”

Across from him, his companion stared down at the floor, his chin resting grave against his knuckles and his stern brow knotted over tired blue eyes. Nathaniel Howe had always been serious, quiet growing up in the shadow of his father, and seven years spent as the squire of a Marcher lord had done little to temper that early melancholy. Still, wintering as he was while the Grand Tourney gained enough energy for the new season, he was the closest thing to a friend to be found in Starkhaven’s labyrinthine palace, his judgement sound and his manners a comforting reminder of home.

“I should be going with you,” he said. “It’s my duty as much as yours to defend Ferelden.”

“Ser Rudolphe won’t spare you,” Alistair replied. Although the knight could be generous in his way, he also enjoyed the comforts that could only be provided by a bevy of squires. “If he even believes it to be a true Blight. Teyrn Loghain is kicking up a fuss, apparently.”

Nate’s mouth twisted in a grim parody of a smile. “No doubt this is all some Orlesian plot.”

“Something like that.”

Silence fell heavily over them once more. In truth, nothing much could be said; the war stories they had grown up hearing by the fireside told of great battles against enemies that valour and sound strategy could defeat, not a horde of darkspawn that would come wave on wave and kill for the senseless pleasure of blood, like ants, driven by instinct to swallow everything in their path.

“Will you go by Highever?” Nate asked after a moment.

An image cut into Alistair’s mind of Castle Cousland burning, the orchards at its feet withered black with disease. “I… no. Denerim’s closer from Wycombe.”

“You can’t avoid her forever.”

Instead of answering, Alistair chose to watch the sparrow hunting for insects through the leaves, fluffing its dull feathers against the cold as a cloud passed over the sun and pressed its darkness into the already shaded courtyard. He did not need to answer. The truth had come spilling out in the bottle of Satinalia brandy they had shared the previous year, and now Nate knew every detail of how he had betrayed Rosslyn’s trust, then skulked away like a thieving dog. She had probably grown beyond him anyway, won accolades and admirers far better than –

“I know you’re still in love with her,” Nate said when nothing else filled the silence.

“What –?” he spluttered. “Still – I’m not –”

“It’s been obvious since you were fifteen.”

With a sigh, he gave in and slumped on the bench next to his friend, wistful for a few moments before when the conversation had been about darkspawn. “Not to her.”

He still recalled the day Fergus and Oriana had publicly announced their betrothal. Hiding in the gallery to avoid the adults who had all come to wish her brother well, they had stolen a carafe of deep Antivan red and giggled their way through the speeches, their own small rebellion against those who fawned over Rosslyn like a plaything and pretended the king’s unacknowledged bastard did not exist at all. She had been dressed in layers of samite that rippled in shades like winter fog, like her eyes, with enamelled brooches in the shape of laurel leaves to hold the tumbling night of her hair at bay like storm lanterns on the prow of a ship. That had been the first night he wondered what it would be like to loose the pins and let the silk of it fall through his fingers.

“It doesn’t matter anyway,” he continued, shaking off the memory. “When I go back, I’ll be fighting, and she’ll hate it but there’s no way her father will let her join him on the field. When it’s over…” He sighed. “Maybe. When it’s over.”

His mind turned to the others he had left behind, to Thea and her family in the alienage, the denizens of Redcliffe, and in between every farm and hold that would be swept away if the king could not turn the horde. He doubted a single child in Thedas had grown up without hearing stories of the Blights, or the unimaginable scale of destruction the darkspawn left in their wake. They were dark tales for dark winter nights – to think they might soon become a reality for everyone he gad ever known…

Trying for a smile, he turned to Nate and folded the letter away into a pocket. “You never know, maybe your father will call you back, too, and we can all take to the field together.”

“Perhaps I’ll write to him first, and see if I can glean anything before you finish packing.”

“Hey! I’m not that disorganised.”

“Of course not, Your Highness,” his friend replied in a placid voice. “And I’m off to join the Grey Wardens.”

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After what felt like a years planning, the 9th of December 2017 fell. Meaning, my first Bucks event went underway.

My class of about 20 was tasked with the challenge at the beginning of September to hold a winter themed event on the concourse of the university that would be suitable for the general public (specifically families), in the Christmas period. We were divided into different teams all dealing with different aspects of the event. This consisted of advertising, talent, production and logistics, I was placed in the hindmost. Logistics was encompassing of organising the decor of the event as well as the rides, inflatables and catering, amongst others. This foresaw multiple challenges such as finding reliable sources to arrange for our event, followed by finding out the appropriate information e.g public liability certificates.

I was determined for Bucks to have a large Christmas tree, as they have not had one at a Winterland event before. I took on the challenge and successfully organised a 14ft tree, decorated in lights and large baubles that towered over the main space of the event. (I was furthermore pulled aside by a member of the public saying how the tree was a necessity to Christmas and how it completed the event in comparison to previous years). 


Although I was on the logistics team, the advertising of the event was crucial. A team of us attended the High Wycombe Christmas lights switch on where by we handed out flyers to the public adverting the event; directly targeting young families. Moreover, we gathered at the High Wycombe train station at peak evening times where people are travelling back from work. We assessed after that this largely impacted our event positively as we were so consistent in the frequency of attending the station.

Myself and one of my team members were asked to attend a radio interview at ‘Wycombe Sound’. It was an extreme delight to be asked as I had never done a radio interview before. We were asked a few questions about the event and carried on to promote the work we had completed and preparation.

http://listenagain.wycombesound.org.uk/index.php/shows/mid-morning/

(Thurs 7th, 1 hour 20)

As the weeks edged closer to the event, we confirmed acts for our stage such as local schools and children bands to attract the locals. We made a site map to plan where we would locate all of our entertainment. A down fall to our site plan was on the day the companies running our rides/ inflatables located them differently then planned. This did not cause any issues however.

We were challenged as a team when it came to making our own decor for the event due to all team members having different schedules, meaning not all of of the team could attend workshop days/times we had all planned. My team solved this problem by meeting every Monday for a meeting so we could all discuss and update each other to where we are at and whom can not attend different arrangements in the week. This I felt really worked as we kept communication flowing in our group rather then using social media to communicate which can be unreliable.

We faced wider problems when it came to communication between all four groups. This arose issues such as outside sources receiving information from two different teams with no link between. Thankfully, we had no issues of this on the day but I have learnt from it.

As the day arrived we had a 8am start to begin setting up ready for the public to arrive at 2pm. The set up was extremely efficient. We all worked together putting up fencing and building the Santa’s grotto. Despite the early start, the day seemed to fly by. We encountered little problems on the day. The problems that did occur were minor, e.g, few people wanting refunds on wrist bands. The grotto that I was in charge of running with one of my teams mates ran out of gifts in the first 20 minuets of opening as we underestimated the popularity of the event on the day. This could have been planned differently the future by slightly over buying despite the risk in loss of profit.

The event roughly had a 3,500 footfall on the day, which was the biggest Bucks event to date. This was purely down to the hard work and enthusiasm we had a team to pull the event together. They day ran smoothly and we learnt a lot about how to manage a event and that it is a team task. Mainly, communication is key. I have taken a great deal away from this event and it was a great opportunity to what the real world is like when holding an event; we were thrown into the deep end at the beginning doing an event for the public.

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