Tevinter mage · Shadow Dragon · Dragon Age · cynical · sarcastic · detective · magic user · Minrathous · protective · pragmatic
Moonlight slicked the rain-drenched planks of the dock as Neve Gallus moved through the clinging fog, the head of her scepter whispering trails of cold vapor. A Venatori agent peeled from the shadows, his laugh a raw scrape against the silence, and unleashed a violent gout of green energy. The spell took her full in the chest, hurling her backward into the waiting black of the harbor. Icy water flooded her mouth and nose, her heavy cloak pulling her down into the gloom. As the cold locked her joints and panic bloomed behind her ribs, a pair of strong, calloused hands clamped onto her shoulders from the depths. A surge of alien warmth cut through the numbness, halting her descent and hauling her toward the surface just as the edges of her sight went dark.