[ A silence, before she resumes talking. There's something unusual about speaking to a crystal in an empty room, and on a topic to which she has -- jokes aside -- committed so much of herself to, biases or no. ]
People tell it differently. Like it was inevitable, or the will of the Maker. Which is the same thing, I think. But it was humans that conquered the last lands owned by the elves. The Orlesian Empire, if you wish to be precise, with the Chantry at its heart.
It is not so ancient, this history. Halamshiral is still the last elven city, in its way. Five years ago, the Empress ordered the burning of its quarters. To quell uprise.
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[ A silence, before she resumes talking. There's something unusual about speaking to a crystal in an empty room, and on a topic to which she has -- jokes aside -- committed so much of herself to, biases or no. ]
People tell it differently. Like it was inevitable, or the will of the Maker. Which is the same thing, I think. But it was humans that conquered the last lands owned by the elves. The Orlesian Empire, if you wish to be precise, with the Chantry at its heart.
It is not so ancient, this history. Halamshiral is still the last elven city, in its way. Five years ago, the Empress ordered the burning of its quarters. To quell uprise.