#the ameridan one is a bonus bc he's a companion but not in here lies the abyss which... tbh i don't want him to have to hear that so

[skyheld]

NIGHTMARE:  You will die as you have lived,  Adaia:  far from your family when they need you the most.   Do you think they will look for you when my army overruns Denerim?   Or do they know by now you won’t be there to protect them?

ADAIA:  You army won’t come near them,  demon.   I’m protecting my family by being here.

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NIGHTMARE:  Did you think you could ever be free from your past,  Gatt?  Oh,  no.   You were born on your knees and you will die on your knees.   When my underlings are done with you,  you will crawl to me,  begging for death.   And I will give it to you,  once you have served me to satisfaction.

GATT:   Shut up,  shut up,  shut up!

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MILVA:  O M-Maker,  h-hear me cry,  guide me through the b-blackest night...

NIGHTMARE:  Ah,  I see I best be quiet,  so you can hear when the Maker answers your prayer.   He must be eager to help his Herald,  mustn’t he?

MILVA:  S-steel my heart against the temptations of the wicked...

NIGHTMARE:  But how strange  ---  there seems to be no answer.   Perhaps the Maker cannot hear you here,  little Milva?   Or perhaps he never has?   How would you know?

MILVA:  Make me to rest in the warmest places!   For You are the fire at the heart of the world, and comfort is only Yours to give!

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(  before in his image is completed  ) NIGHTMARE:   Do you truly think your silly little bells are any use here,  Sabriel?   In my realm?   Perhaps in the hands of a real Abhorsen...  but you are not a real Abhorsen.   You are only a little girl playing with toys you do not understand.

SABRIEL:  If you think my bells are useless,  let’s see what you think of my sword.

(  after in his image is completed  ) NIGHTMARE:  Go on,  Sabriel.   You know what to do.   You can banish all these enemies,  perhaps even harm me...  at the cost of your own life,  of course.   It is what your father did.   It is what a real Abhorsen would do.   Why do you hesitate?

SABRIEL:  A ‘real’ Abhorsen would not take advise on demon-slaying from a demon.

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NIGHTMARE:  And so the Wardens prove once and for all that mages cannot be trusted with their power.   This is what freeing them brings:  death and destruction.   Rhys saw it before you did,  Adrian.   He saw what you refused to believe,  and he will pay for your mistakes.

ADRIAN:  A Loyalist demon?   That’s a new one.

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NIGHTMARE:  Merrill---

MERRILL:  You don’t have to speak,  actually.   I know what I’m afraid of,  and it’s not you.  

NIGHTMARE:  *angry growl*

MERRILL:  Don’t be sad.   It’s not your fault.

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NIGHTMARE:  Inquisitor Ameridan,  I am humbled by your presence.   Do you know how much fear your Circles have created for me to grow fat upon?   How many centuries,  how many generations of mages have lived in terror,  died in terror,  feared and been feared  ---  because of the Accord you so willingly signed?   Fear is your legacy,  and I have feasted upon it.

AMERIDAN:  If fear is my legacy,  then you will be its last victim.