Shortly afterwards, Duncan arrives, revealing that he is searching for new Grey Wardens, and also that he knew the City Elf's mother whom he had attempted to recruit years ago. Shianni, the City Elf's other cousin, knocks him unconscious, at which point his friends carry him away. While exploring the Alienage, a local lord named Vaughan and some acquaintances arrive and are abusive towards the women. It is the wedding day for both the City Elf and their cousin, Soris. The Denerim Alienage Main article: A Day for Celebration If that day comes, I swear they shall regret it.” They have everything and appreciate nothing.Īnd perhaps the day will come when the humans come and try to take the alienage from us, too.

We dance and sing and make merry, stealing what moments we can to enjoy what little we have… and I believe we appreciate it far more than the humans do. The alienage is no prison-it protects us, just as the vhenadahl shelters us. Is it true? Have we fallen so far? We are not unhappy.

He says that we were once ageless and strong, that it was the humans who took all this from us.

But he also says that there was once a time when our people lived in our own lands. Our elder tells us that the tree is called the vhenadahl, which in the ancient elven tongue means 'tree of the people.' Its roots are deep and the elder says that as long as the vhenadahl lives, so shall we. Any elf caught outside the alienage at night is likely to be mistaken for a sneak thief or a pickpocket… and let us be honest, the ones that stay out there at night probably are. We are allowed to pass the wall to work on the docks or in the human's taverns and in their homes, but when the dusk comes we must return. For we are the poorest of the poor, the unwanted and the unwelcome huddled on the other side of the wall that separates us from the human part of the city. Today it stands tall, healthy, and green-in sharp contrast to the city around it. “They planted a tree in the middle of the alienage long ago.

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