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Garrett Hawke ([personal profile] da_champion) wrote2023-08-19 03:59 pm

On the Road - For Unshod

The Storm Coast wasn’t much different from Crestwood. It rained almost constantly but there was a distinct lack of undead and the air had the smell of the ocean instead of rotting lake. But the rain was near constant. Endless. Driving Hawke insane even though he had on an oil slick cloak that kept him dry. One last gift from Inquisitor Lavellan before he left to head north to Wiessupt.

It didn't help him climb slick rock any but he wasn't soaked to the bone. Maybe he should have left from the desert but going back to Skyhold before he left to say goodbye to Varric and a quick resupply was better. Except for this miserable, Maker-foresaken weather.

When he heard the sounds of a fight a distance away on the beach he debated getting involved. It would slow him down and he was making slow progress already... but... he could take his bad mood out on whoever was causing trouble. A good fight would warm him up. The Inquisition had a presence here but they couldn’t be everywhere. Hawke would be doing them a favor by chipping in. He’d also get to throw a fireball which might actually warm him up a little.

He did not expect to see a familiar face cutting through Tevinter slavers. Hawke didn't even know there were slavers on this coast. There was no mistaking the distinctive flash of markings and the buzz of lyrium in the air. He could almost taste it in the back of his throat.

“Fenris!” Hawke shouted in greeting as he came quickly stumbling down the side of a not so steep cliff.

He reached the beach and threw his hand out ice lancing from his fingertips through a slaver. He made a gurgling sound before he fell dead. Spinning his staff around Hawke walked right into the fight. He was never one of those mages that stayed at a distance. He could throw a fireball but also run a man through with the bladed end of the staff.

Not that Fenris needed much help. He was perfectly capable of slaughtering slavers without any help even outnumbered five to one. They made short work of the slavers who seemed to be waiting for a ship to take them back to Tevinter with some kidnapped Dalish elves. Hawke kept back while Fenris freed them from their cages and shackles.

“Good to see you’re keeping busy,” he drawled when Fenris approached him.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-09 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Fenris has always been a rather early riser, so he had figured to be the first up, but no, oddly it was Hawke wakes him. The sound of the man moving snaps him awake first, his only indication of being awake in how he goes even more still than he already was, taking in the sounds of what's going on around him as he catches his bearings. Why was someone so close by? How--

It's his name on Hawke's lips that remind him of the company he is in and that it is safe to blink open his eyes and relax from his stillness. Standing, he stretches his arms and legs carefully, working out the stiffness now for their walk ahead.

"Taken to rising early now? Never thought I'd see the day," he knows there is a long walk, one best started as early as possible, but for Hawke to wake even before him...

He checks his cloak before pulling on his gauntlets, it's almost completely dry, only the ends of it are damp. Though if the pelting rain on the roof is any indication he will be soaked soon enough regardless.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-10 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hawke!"

For someone who never shouts in battle, when he sees Hawke get struck with the smite he finds the man's name on his lips in a yell. Because even for all the ways Hawke's able to still hold his own, the man's power is immediately reduced. Fenris has never feared a Templar's smite as much as he does in this moment, not for himself but for his friend. Never known it as anything but a good way to stop rogue mages from doing more harm, but Hawke isn't a rogue mage - apostate yes, but - so to see his friend's magic locked away from him--

Fenris reacts to fear with anger most often - fear of magic, of mages, of slavery - so he lashes out at the Templar he's fighting, glowing lyrium bright and swinging his blade with much more force than necessary to cut this welp down.

And then he's moving towards Hawke to fight more defensively, cutting down each Templar that happens to be in his way - gaining his own cuts and bruises, but they are minor and ignorable. He detours to deal with the one fighting at long range, catching Hawke's stumble out of the corner of his eye and it fuels him further. They were in danger if Hawke fell before he could get to him.

He's wrist deep in the chest of the archer when he spots another going for Hawke. "Your left--"
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-11 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It was one of the reasons he respected Hawke from the start despite the man being a mage was his ability to fight regardless of magic. He was a formidable foe with or without magic and yet still didn't give even the slightest inkling of being tempted by demons or blood magic. The man was truly what all mages should aspire to be.

The thoughts are fleeting as he crushes a man's heart in his fist and then throws the body at another who is pulling back an arrow at Hawke, making it fly off target. The Templars were barely doing more than trying to keep Fenris occupied while they focused on Hawke it seemed, but their inability to consider the threat that Fenris posed was their downfall. Because as the archer turns a stunned gaze on Fenris, the Elf had already closed the distance, bringing his sword down in a heavy strike on the man's head, cleaving into the helmet and making the Templar fall lifeless to the ground.

There was no mercy in his actions against the Templars, he's killed many at Hawke's side and would not hesitate to do so again, especially in defense of the man.

Running into the thinning fray, he phases through a sword swing as he brings his own sword in a swipe at the Templar's legs, knocking the man prone, but before the man can even connect with the ground, Fenris is bringing his great sword up and then back down to smash the man into the ground with a sickening crack.

Yet, as he turns his eyes to Hawke, he sees the man still bleeding, sees the lack of magic. "Damned.."
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-12 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Fenris thinks to give chase, but Hawke is obviously still bleeding and injured and without magic - it would leave Hawke vulnerable and Fenris likely won't catch all of them anyway. It was the folly of him being a short ranged melee and Hawke without magic, all they could do was watch them run into the woods.

With a frown he sheathes his sword on his back and helps loot the corpses first and foremost, coin or supplies would go a long way to helping their journey. But once they have both looted the Templar corpses he looks at Hawke more closely - the amount of blood is concerning. The plan of action is good, makes sense, but as he sees the man stumble another more pressing worry comes to mind.

"We need to tend to your wounds, at least staunch the bleeding so that you're even conscious when the smite wears off," he's at Hawke's side, moving to support the man under his good arm.

Reaching into one of his side pouches, he pulls out a length of clean fabric - one that he's not yet had to use since traveling with Hawke - and presses it into the man's hand. "You're barely fit to stand, let alone walk in this state... Pressure on the worst one, I'll get us to shelter."

And with that, he doesn't even ask for permission before sweeping Hawke off his feet and into a bridal carry. It wasn't the easiest one, slinging him on his back for better weight distribution, but it would be harder for Hawke to tend his wounds while they walk. This way the man could keep pressure on the wound while not aggravating his other injuries.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-13 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Carrying Hawke as he is, it's a slower walk than if he was without the weight, but faster than dragging his ailing friend. It doesn't take long for him to find an burnt out home just shortly in the opposite direction of where the Templars' fled - the roof swayed with decay but the walls still up, door still intact, sturdy. It will do well to keep them out of sight and hidden in the treeline, gave them a reprieve enough to wait out the smite, for Hawke to heal himself.

Setting the man on his feet, Fenris moves to shut the door, grabbing some debris of a fallen beam to make the door harder to open from the outside.

"To think the use of red lyrium has made it this far.." Fenris doesn't sound surprised but he does sound like he had hoped otherwise. Opening his pouch, he pulls out an injury kit and starts to take out salves and more cloth. Before traveling with Hawke, Fenris would just have to mend himself with normal first aid and potions. And while he's not had much reason for potions as of late, he still carries around basic first aid.

"Stopping the bleeding is paramount -- here, let me," his voice brooks no argument as he moves the man's hand from the injury and starts to unbuckle armour and straps, lifting the armour away from the wound on Hawke's side. He hides the wince of sympathy before he gets to work. Carefully, he spreads salve over the weeping wound, then takes the cloth and presses it firmly against it, trying to staunch the bleeding.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-17 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
There is a stillness to Fenris when Hawke puts his hand over his own. No stiffness, nothing tense, just a stillness as he continues to put pressure on the wound. He cannot say why he feels the sudden need to not move unnecessarily and potentially dislodge the man's hand, but he wants to keep it there, touching his own.

With a blink he listens to Hawke's explanation, of what's happened to the Templars' where red lyrium is concerned. To think it's spread so far, that the Templars have gone to such extremes. Once he supported the Templars in many ways, but to see them so fallen he cannot help but find himself disgusted with their actions. To see what they have done to Hawke, he cannot help but find himself questioning--

These weren't thought for now, but for another time, for now he needs to stay vigilant to what is happening around them, listen for any rustling or foot steps while his companion is incapacitated.

"We did not anticipate their number or strength, but they did not anticipate me being with you... we will need to be more cautious, they will not be so caught off guard next time," they know now that Hawke doesn't travel alone. That enough was something to be cautious of, let alone everything else.

"We will push into the night for the next couple days, that should allow us to out pace them for the moment."
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-18 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Fenris didn't like this idea at all, but he saw the merit in it. Saw that it could work in their favor if things went well, but it would be dangerous now and after. He frowns at Hawke's kicking, the staining cannot be helping the situation, even if he can feel the gentle pulse of magic under his hand - a hand that was still covered Hawke's.

"Still yourself, you do not want to aggravate your wounds trying to get your magic back," he moves to straddle the man's legs, sitting on them, to keep him still. He knows it must be hard for Hawke to be separated from his magic, but having a tantrum wouldn't make it come back any faster and Fenris was worried for the man's wellbeing. Exhaustion lined the man's handsome face.

"I have coin as well, not much, but if we pool together there will be enough to ferry us.. But it is a dangerous path, it will put us in the Free Marches and eyes on us both.. Even if you can mask your appearance, I cannot." His markings always show through, it was hard to hide who he is and that close to Tevinter is likely to have eyes on the look out for someone of his appearance.

Nor does he have absolute control over his markings, if they run into a bad situation, he will most definitely give himself away, especially in defense of Hawke.

"It's risky.. but if you think it best, I will follow your lead as always."
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-19 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is not, no but while I am here I won't allow you such a fate," yes Fenris could be thrown off once, because right now he was merely using his weight to weigh Hawke down, nothing more. Though, if he must he will pull out his strength to get the man to settle down and not start to bleed out again when he's only just got the bleeding to slow down.

He can still see the man still tensing, trying to break through the smite and heal himself. To watch him struggle so much is disconcerting, he never would want this for Hawke, no matter how he feels about mages, he finds himself wanting to kill the templar that did this to Hawke all over again.

"None but one could have anticipated how things would shift in an instant. No matter how much you both thought ahead, it seemed improbable that you would fall out of favor," he doesn't mention Ander's name, but they both know who that one person was. There's a bitter note to even mention him slightly, Fenris never liked the man, but he despises him for what he did, especially how he used Hawke. Fenris is a very loyal and honest elf, he cannot even fathom doing such to his friend.

"And have you not always been making it up as you go? I have followed you for a long time now, Hawke, your lack of foreplanning is not unknown to me."
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-20 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
He just gives Hawke a raise eyebrow look that says really? have you? that speaks volumes. Because he knows full well there are some things you can learn, but the patience to be a careful planner is not really something he sees the man excelling at. He was always excellent at flying by the seat of his pants and it working out. Though, he has noticed growth in being careful, like an injured bear.

When Hawke starts to relax instead of throwing a panicked tantrum, Fenris finds himself relaxing too. It hadn't even been something he noticed, but he was tense from watching Hawke bleed out while panicking. It wasn't often that the man lost his cool, so to see it put Fenris on edge, but now that Hawke was relaxing to find his magic again, Fenris didn't feel like Templars were going to bust down the door any second.

Not that he didn't remain highly vigilant.

The blue glowing shows him when the magic comes back, so when he looks at the arrow still in the man's shoulder, he frowns. While it was useful to keep it in the wound earlier to keep from bleeding too much, it would be better if that was out for this..

"This will hurt," is the only warning he gives before he braces the man's shoulder back against the wall with one hand and yanks the arrow with the other.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-22 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Dropping the arrow, Fenris braces himself for what is a bumpy ride as Hawke bucks and kicks from pain, but he stays sat on the man, helping him stay grounded through the pain. His hand coming up to rest on Hawke's, holding it tightly to try and distract his body from the pain, give him another anchor.

Fenris understands this pain intimately, he's been shot with many arrows himself and the process of removing them is almost worse than getting shot, especially if the tips are serrated - those it was easier to push them out than pull them out.

So he just bears Hawke through it, his fingers tingling where they touch the man, keenly aware of every point of contact as he normally would be, but.. it was different this time. He couldn't figure out why, but he wasn't thinking too hard about it, instead focusing on listening to threats while he kept his friend grounded.

"Better than having to cut it out because you healed it into your shoulder," Hawke had been so desperate to get his magic back that it could have been an easy oversight and Fenris isn't about to apologize for doing it. Though he's greatly relieved to see the healing stop the bleeding.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-09-26 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Fenris can't help the cocky little smirk that plays at his lips when Hawke acts like a whiny child about his logic. Because of course his logic was reasonable, but Hawke has been having a tantrum since they came into this house and Fenris took a little bit of joy out of being right.

Still, the reassuring pat helps him feel less on edge about Hawke bleeding out on him, makes him feel like the man will be okay. He's only ever been that scared of losing the man when he fought the Arishok and was nearly gutted. He knew Hawke would win, it's why he suggested it, but there was fear when he saw Hawke mending himself afterwards. Fear of how close he was to losing him.

"One can hardly forget how you would chew on the stuff at all times," it was almost more rare to see Hawke without elfroot in his mouth than with. He chooses to forget how the man looked smiling at Anders with a stalk between his teeth.

He's not sure why he feels a growing discomfort at the memory he's choosing to forget.

For the moment he stays sat on Hawke, keeping their points of contact while the man is still in his semi trance. Though the moment Hawke seems finished or like it isn't helping he will remove himself, but for the moment, he stays.
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[personal profile] unshod 2023-10-02 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
There's an ache at the feeling of Hawke's hand falling away from him. It should be a relief for the touch to end, for his sensitive marking to be free of foreign touch, but all he feels is an ache and fading warmth of where they had been touching.

With a nod, he gets up off Hawke. "We should make good enough pace, I can lead us once night falls, they will not be so lucky," it's unlikely they will have an elf to help guide them in the dark. "If we spend a few nights traveling, we should put some distance between us, then we can reassess if we wish to take a boat across the sea."

Quickly packing any evidence of them being here away, the blood would be there, but there wasn't much that could be done about that... well, Hawke was a mage...

"Can you scorch away your blood? They will be looking for evidence of us and may over look it." He wouldn't, but they will be wanting to catch Hawke's trail fast not efficiently, before the man vanishes on them again. So they won't likely stop to assess a new burn mark in a burnt out home.

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