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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    Heroes' stories do not end with the final page of the tales told about them. After The Tale of the Champion, Elodie Hawke's story continued on just long enough to end in the realm of the Nightmare Demon at Adamant Fortress.

    This is the story of each of her previous companions from her life in Kirkwall learning of her fate.

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    14 Jun 2023

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    Shepard has always seen the threads that connect people. They're what kept her alive.

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    01 Apr 2021

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Carrie Shepard has been assigned to the most important posting of her career thus far, but neither she nor her crew could have expected the extent to which all of their lives are about to change.

    [each chapter is delicately crafted around a different song, which will always be linked in-fic, and listening is highly recommended; full playlist also available here]

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    21 Aug 2019

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    "I just wanted to go back to work, but the Systems Alliance wanted a hero. Then the media got involved and they took Sole Survivor of Akuze and ran with it.”

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    21 Aug 2019

  5. Public Bookmark 8

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    "She screams when the nurses try to raise the shutters. She screams at many things, they tell him." - Shepard and Anderson after Akuze. Survival was never a sure, solid thing.

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    30 Jun 2018