calling all interns and nerds and whatever else

[arcaneadvisor]

Hideously belated thanks to real life deciding to kick the legs out from under me as those of you on plurk are aware but before I come back from hiatus, I wanted to check in regarding a few elven research related matters as pertains to Morrigan! So last month Morrigan took a team to go retrieve her eluvian from the hands of Venatori and Red Templars and there is an official rumour posting about it here. Given that scouts will talk, that Morrigan was in something of a state prior to retrieving it, and that the eluvian itself isn't really a small item to get to and install in a room just off the gardens, I'm sure it's been a topic of gossip. In her return log I will have a starter and I'd like to apologise again for how belated this is but real life happened and I really just had to let it happen.

That said, it brings me to my next topic: since she's officially Celene's arcane advisor and working for the Inquisition in much the same capacity, I was hoping I could find out and keep in the loop in some sort of basis on what is and isn't 'public domain' re: any elven/elven-related discoveries/lore-related/magic etc stuff that comes up. This is mainly so I don't step on any toes when I'm writing about what she's working on at points within the Inquisition and it can get tricky trying to keep up with everyone's plots at points.

And (this is getting long, I'm sorry) I'd also like to offer up some slots on some sort of basis for your character to work with Morrigan on one of her research projects, of which she has two:

• ancient, lost, forbidden, elven magic; this would primarily be offered to elves or to natives but Tolkien characters or elves from other worlds would be welcome
• dragons and rifters; this is a joint venture with Leliana that Morrigan is quite interested in and it's more theoretical at this point but she's interested in finding out about dragons from the worlds the rifters come from and how they translate to Thedas and similar topics

If anyone is interested in any of this, don't hesitate to let me know, I'll be back from hiatus on May 1st for IC things (so if you'd like to request talking to her about any of the topics mentioned in this, here is the place to do it, she'll have open starters but feel free to request a closed thing as well!)

Comments

[eolasemah]

(chants) El-ven stuff! El-ven stuff!

Sina obvs can't do a lot of fieldwork, but one of her pet projects has been the translating of runes and cross-referencing with other languages. She really only speaks Common and what little Elvhen they've got, but has had a LOT of time to sit around and try to teach herself otherwise, so she's got a rudimentary understanding of Tevene and what little Orlesian she's picked up since arriving at Skyhold.

She's also super interested in how the shards interact with elven artifacts, and would potentially volunteer herself as a test subject as long as they have healers/rifters nearby to deal with any fallout.

Also seconding Velanna's hesitance to teach any kind of Keeper magic, since that is sacred and secret and not for shem'len sorry