#because it’s Tragic Wardens time over here lads

[dragongeek1]

been Thinking about warden mahariel going on the search for a cure to the Calling

every warden/origin is going for their friends, their found family, their lover, etc but a Mahariel is also going for themselves. Yes the others are too but for Mahariel there’s a different kind of selfishness behind it— because they were tainted. They know what it’s like. They know what awaits a warden going to their calling better than anyone else. Mahariel is searching for a cure for their own sake as much as any other reason.

Mahariel, who was on the edge of death and madness, the taint this close to taking them. Mahariel, who lived only by sheer chance of Duncan being there to recruit them. Mahariel, who watched the taint take Tamlen and destroy their closest clan mate. Mahariel, who didn’t just go through all the horrors of the darkspawn and the archdemon and the broodmothers, but who had also been tainted and stared corruption straight in the face, balanced on a ledge a hairsbreadth away from it.

Mahariel is looking for a cure to the calling because they’re fucking terrified.