➶ five (video) (before the event)

[heroica]

[ As with her last broadcast, the Warden looks particularly sad today, appearing over the network with a brightness to her eyes and the expression of someone with a heavy weight on her shoulders. ]

... If you knew Leliana, spymaster for the Inquisition... she's seemingly vanished from here. I've heard that they've gone back home if their quarters are emptied, and hers are bare.

[ Now that she's gone, Robyn may never see her again. She's stricken with the grief of that thought, momentarily, but she remembers herself and presses on. ]

Leliana was my closest friend. When we first met, she joined our cause without much incentive. We had no forces or reputation. [ Not a good reputation, anyway. ] She pledged her skills because she believed. I always felt inspired by her faith. I still do.

[ Leliana, who had been like a sister. Leliana, who had comforted her through the worst of things. ]

She was - is - an incredible woman. [ She was one of the two who remembered Robyn at all. ] I hope we're all able to see her again.

[ "The one who repents, who has faith, unshaken by the darkness of the world, she shall know true peace." If only. ]

It can be hard to manage hope. [ She speaks quietly, before ending the broadcast. ]

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[heroica]

And Dorian, too. Three separate voices are enough to given me confidence.

[ What will Leliana do once the breach has been sealed? Brennan had said that she was to become Divine, which is fitting of the Chantry girl who had begun her journey after a vision from the Maker. ]

The best mage, then. [ She smiles earnestly, despite her continued pining for her missing friend. ] Leliana will happily sing for us. There may be other musically-gifted Wardens that we've both yet to meet.

[ Robyn is partial to singing, herself, though she'd much rather hear the former bard perform. ]

[circlejerked]

_{[Having not met Robyn's friend, he can't say what's the same or what's different about this fifth version of Thedas, but if it means putting an end to ancient magisters, of all the bizarre threats to face, then... good? Even better if things go relatively well for Leliana.]}

Then it's settled.

_{[He'll humbly accept the title of best Warden mage. Thank you to the Academy and his loyal fans for this honor...]}

You never know, they could be washing ashore any week now.

[heroica]

Any day now. [ She corrects enthusiastically. ] I've already seen more than enough here to believe anything possible of this place.

[ Such as meeting her closest friend from ten years in the future. ]

The next time darkspawn rise up from Wonderland's grounds, we'll be more ready to face them, assuming we do get more Wardens.

[circlejerked]

The more, the merrier. More Wardens means more people to explain what Thedas is like to droves of people who've never heard the word. But battling darkspawn is good, too.

_{[But hopefully they'll never get another darkspawn invasion like that again.]}

We'll have to make do with what we have in the meantime.

[heroica]

We have a lot. [ People she would never have met if not for Wonderland. Another chance at life. ] Best not to waste it.

[ Why turn their noses up at a place that is more good than it is bad more often than not? ]