Morrigan

Morrigan: My research uncovered many strange claims about elven ruins.
Inquisitor: Such as?
Morrigan: Some insisted gods sent fantastic beasts to prophesize in their temples.
Morrigan: Others said they whispered wisdom to those who slept there a year and a day without pause.
Morrigan: The latter may hold some truth. Ancient elves were said to be gifted wanderers of the Fade.

Inquisitor: This altar… what kind of ritual is this meant to be?
Morrigan: I believe it represents a petition, a declaration of will to the priests who resided here.
Morrigan: Some ancient elven ceremonies were said to take decades to complete. Hopefully this is not such a one.
Inquisitor: What sort of ceremony takes decades?
Morrigan: Strange, is it not? So much time and effort.
Morrigan: Perhaps that is what led to the wistful Dalish legends of lost elven immortality.

Inquisitor: More rituals? What are they for, do you know?
Morrigan: I believe they signify an intent to lay one’s self bare, to champion a cause without pity, regret, or shame.
Morrigan: Mythal’s cult was not fond of vacillation. One approached them with nothing less than complete confidence.
Inquisitor: What happened to those who were less sure of themselves?
Morrigan: Legend… does not say.
Morrigan: Perhaps this place has a more gruesome history than we know.

Abelas: The shemlen are as poor at keeping their word as reputed.
Morrigan: As you assumed, else why would you have fled to destroy the Well?
Abelas: And we will defend the vir’abelasan, as we ever have.
Morrigan: With what? These few warriors who remain at your side?

Morrigan: What about one trained, prepared in your arts?
Inquisitor: You said the knowledge inside the Well might be “too much”… is it dangerous?
Abelas: No being so young has ever partaken of the vir’abelasan. I cannot know.
Abelas: You could never prepare as Mythal’s true servants did, in the scant years granted a shemlen.
Morrigan: Your vast lifespan did not ready you to drive off the Venatori. It has limits, clearly.
Abelas: This is true.

Morrigan: An interesting inscription: “Submit to law unyielding.”
Inquisitor: “Law unyielding”?
Morrigan: Perhaps this was some manner of courtroom? I cannot say.
Morrigan: The ancient elves considered Mythal a god of justice.
Solas: To call it “justice” is simplistic. Mythal was properly invoked by those seeking vengeance.
Morrigan: Oh? Are they truly so different?
Solas: To those who followed her, yes.