#b] she hasn't moved the clan by Act III because she says the clan has business there then says they will leave when *her* business is done

[aleroin]

putting on my tinfoil hat to figure out Marethari, Asha'bellanar, the varterral, and Audacity

#OOC / HOLLY. #Marethari owes Asha'bellanar a debt most likely for saving her clan from the Avvar #we don't know what bargain was struck but she does say that #a] she is bound to Asha'bellanar as Hawke is/was in Act I #b] she hasn't moved the clan by Act III because she says the clan has business there then says they will leave when *her* business is done #now we don't know what the varterral is guarding or what provoked it #it doesn't awaken to protect the summit so it's not concerned with the burial site or Audacity #we've only seen varterrals tied to eluvians in canon thus far so perhaps there is an eluvian network on Sundermount #in codices they're not explicitly tied to eluvians they just Protect Places like Dirthamen's city #so perhaps Dirthamen's city was on Sundermount that's very possible #I just mean that Witch Hunt and TME are the only varterral we've seen other than DAII and they're both guarding eluvians iirc #ANYWAY what the fuck provoked it? #based on what Pol says about Merrill [“you don't know what she is what she's done”] #I think Marethari provoked it somehow and then blamed Merrill “her blood magic has angered the Creators” #you know what seems likely to me? that there is an eluvian network hidden on Sundermount that was Dirthamen's #Flemythal wants control of it for [insert reason] #Audacity has the secret of where the network is and how to access it #it does help Merrill cleanse and reconstruct her eluvian after all #but Audacity will not simply give Marethari what she seeks #perhaps he even refuses to treat with her at all and will only interact with Merrill #it's a situation of Marethari's pride offending Audacity's pride probably and/or keeping the network from Flemythal #this leads to Marethari getting possessed in Act III as she attempts to force Audacity to bend to her #'the demon's plan was always for you to complete the mirror' #Marethari's actions are toxic as fuck but it's thematic for DAII for her to Believe she's protecting Merrill #toxic people rarely recognize their toxicity #anyway. Merrill if she restores her eluvian gaining control of Dirthamen's network . . . I am thinking about it