#he’s already starting to gray by inquisition 😭

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"Herald, meet Renan. We've been working together for some years now. I reached out to him personally for his skill with codebreaking."

(they r gossiping)

Playing into the HoF at Skyhold AU wherein Novhen Tabris joined the Inquisition sometime before the attack on Haven in disguise as some elf named Renan. He's recently returned back from his own quest, and Leliana is still helping shield him from Cassandra

The Wardens are in a tricky situation at the moment with the false Calling, and the Orlesian branch's aggressions are not making things any easier. Vigil's Keep is tightly restricting communications for their own safety. Joining the Inquisition under a pseudonym gives a way for him to closely monitor both the Breach situation and any updates on the Orlesian Wardens without risking Cass putting him in charge

He’ll be revealing his true identity same time as Hawke shortly after Cadash is made Inquisitor, so Leliana and Varric can have their lies exposed to Cass back-to-back

#dragon age #novhen tabris #leliana #he’s already starting to gray by inquisition 😭 #his da went gray relatively young and with his stress levels so will he! #also he is a genuinely good codebreaker so it works out #in my extended timeline a lot of his time with duncan pre-blight is spent learning decryption and wardens ciphers