Prologue: From These Emerald Waters
***Equestria***
Twilight Sparkle looked out over the massive glowing hole in the sky over Canterlot. It seemed to grow by the hour, slowly engulfing the whole sky. From it, terrifying creatures of all hideous forms spilled out, infesting everywhere the could reach. Smaller holes had started to appear close to the larger one, but they were mostly in and around Canterlot. None had yet reached Ponyville, but everypony in the town lived on edge knowing that they were next.
To say fear hung over Ponyville was an understatement; numerous houses had been boarded up, anticipating the creatures’ arrivals. Many other ponies bought weapons or trained themselves in combat, and others left the town completely. The Royal Guards patrolled the street regularly, looking for any signs of invasion. Some of the more worried ponies said that the creatures could take over ponies and that unicorns were especially susceptible, but those claims were mostly dismissed as crazy ramblings. Still, what few ponies stayed in the town were put through rigorous psychological evaluations daily, just in case they were not crazy ramblings.
“Twilight!” Spike called out from the ground floor of the castle. “Where are you?”
“I’m up in my room!” she called back down. “I’ll come down to you.” After worriedly looking at the hole again, she walked out of her bedroom and down the the ground floor of the castle, where Spike was sitting in her throne and looking bored while holding a scroll in his claw.
“Letter came for you,” he said, holding it up. “It’s from Princess Celestia.”
“Princess Celestia?” Twilight repeated with excitement. Princess Celestia had been dealing with the hole in the sky for so long that she had not written a letter in months, so Twilight quickly snatched it up with her magic and tore it open.
”My faithful student, Twilight Sparkle,” the letter started. ”As you are aware, the hole in the sky over Canterlot has continued to grow and shows no sign of stopping. Every Royal Guard has been tasked with fighting the creatures, but no matter how many they defeat, more and more spill out of the holes. Our most distinguished scholars have been studying the creatures and the holes, but have not yet figured out what they are.
“However, we may have hope. Recently, on the western shore of Equestria, a few small ships landed, carrying creatures never seen before. They claim they know of the holes in the sky and the creatures that spill out of them, but they will only speak to one of the leaders.
“I entrust the task of meeting these creatures to you and you alone. You may be tempted to bring your friends with you, but this is unfortunately a matter that must be taken up only by a Princess. Reports say that most of the creatures that have sailed here are friendly, so you should try and make friends with them and see what they can help Equestria with.”
Princess Celestia
After slowly rereading the letter, Twilight lowered it onto the Friendship Map in the center of the throne room.
“Well?” Spike asked. “What did she say?”
“Princess Celestia has entrusted me to help her!” she replied with enthusiasm. “And I won’t let her down!”
***Skyhold***
One month earlier
The sun pouring into Mahanon’s private quarters woke him from another night of restful sleep. Before getting out of bed, he smiled; ever since Coryphaeus had been killed, he always enjoyed being able to wake up and not have to worry whether or not he’d be able to go to bed that night.
Putting on one of the numerous identical beige outfits from his wardrobe, he opened his windows and walked out onto the balcony which overlooked the Frostback Mountains in all their splendor. Taking in a deep breath of the cold, clean mountain air, he smiled again. It was a good day in Skyhold.
After taking in the view for a few moments, he descended into Skyhold’s great hall, where Inquisition agents and soldiers were talking and enjoying themselves. “Inquisitor!” he heard call from the crowd. Looking out on the great hall, he saw Josephine, the Inquisition diplomat, come running up to him.
“You seem eager this morning,” he joked. “Did Varric beat Cullen in another game of Strip Wicked Grace again? Are we going to watch another one of his walks of shame?”
“Unfortunately, no,” she laughed. “Come, perhaps we will be able to brief you in the war room.” Gesturing towards the door, the two walked through Josephine’s office and into the war room, where Commander Cullen and Leliana were pointing at a small chart laid on top of the map of Thedas and talking.
“Inquisitor!” Cullen perked up as soon as he saw the two enter the room. “I’m glad you’re here. We have something of dire importance to discuss with you.”
“Oh?” Mahanon asked.
“Some traders from Antiva tried to sail straight east around the world to land on the west coast of Theads,” Leliana said, turning the chart around. “However, it seems they were wrong about the size of the world.” She pointed to the right side of the chart. “They discovered a new land, one where the Fade is still torn open. They say there is another Breach further inland, and that there are rifts starting to appear.”
“How are we even sure that they’re right?” Cullen objected. “For all we know, they landed in Orlais and just saw the Breach before we were able to close it.”
“They mapped out some of the coastline,” Leliana replied, running her finger up and down one of the lines on the right side of the chart. “It doesn’t match anything on Thedas.”
“How soon could we get there?” Mahanon asked.
“Within the month,” Josephine chimed in. “Though unfortunately, we are not able to send a whole army just yet. We do not have the ships to do so, and our allies are wary of these claims of a new continent; until we send scouting parties and validate them, they will not pledge anything to our cause.”
“How soon can we head out?”
“The Inquisition should be able to procure a few ships and a crew in Denerim,” Josephine thought out loud. “It will not be enough to bring an army, but it should be able to bring the Inquisitor and a few small scouting parties.”
“Bring the Inquisitor across the ocean to chase a lead about a brand new continent?” Cullen objected. “Are you mad?”
“Our allies trust the Inquisitor,” Josephine said. “If he goes and sees first-hand the new Breach, they will support him over the reports of a few scouts.”
“I’ll make sure to be careful while I’m there,” Mahanon assured Cullen.
“Excellent!” Josephine said happily. “I’ll start arranging the funds to be brought to Denerim for the ships.”
“I’ll go and notify my best scouts to accompany you,” Leliana said.
“And I’ll get supplies and some men for protection,” Cullen said as he picked up the chart. “Here, you’ll need this; it’s the map the Antivans made to get back to where they landed. And Inquisitor...good luck.”
Mahanon stood in Skyhold’s courtyard in front of his closest companions. “I suppose you’re all wondering why you’re here,” he started.
“Oh, of course not!” Vivienne quipped. “We’re always happy to drop everything to help you.”
“We’ve discovered something big,” he said, ignoring the First Enchanter’s cutting sarcasm. “Far to the east, there’s a whole unexplored continent. And there’s another Breach there. And we need to stop it.”
“Another Breach?” Sera spoke up. “Oh, don’t tell me Coryphy-shit is back. He was a pain in the arse enough the first time, y’know?”
“We’re not sure,” he replied. “But we’re going to set sail soon. I need you all to get prepared and meet here at dawn tomorrow morning. If there is another Breach, we need to act quickly, or it could spread over here. Or worse, it could open up so much that it completely tears open the barrier between this world and the Fade.”
“Getting to kill more shit?” Iron Bull asked excitedly. “This is going to be great! Demons scare the hell out of me though...so not the greatest time I’ll have, but still.”
“Glad to see you’re enthusiastic, Bull,” Mahanon laughed. “I’ll give you all the rest of the day to prepare. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
All of the companions left except for Cassandra, who stayed behind and approached Mahanon nervously. “Inquisitor,” she asked, “Do you want me to join you?”
“I would be delighted if you did,” he replied with a small smile.
“I don’t know if I should, though,” she replied. “I already feel guilty staying here for as long as I have, but the Chantry has not needed me as much as they said they did. If I am an ocean away, I fear that I will be turning my back on them.”
“They’ll run perfectly fine in your absence,” he reassured her. “Besides, Leliana will be in Skyhold and is your Left Hand; she will be able to keep things from falling apart.”
“I hope you are right,” she said, slightly worried. “But I know that I will be able to make a greater difference fighting alongside the Inquisition than deciding the moves the Chantry will take to rebuild.”
Mahanon’s smile grew larger. “I know you will. And if the rumors are to be believed, we’ll need everything we can to stop the Breach.”
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staffs in inquisition suck melee weapons are better but leaving a thumb up for the fact this is only the 2nd story ive seen with this crossover i wish there were more its a fun game
Qunari two-handed reaver for life.
Hmmm, interesting. You don't see too many Dragon age/My Little Pony crossovers. I will track this for future reading I think.
In regards to the inquisitor, when I played DA:I, I also made a Male Elf Mage inquisitor, but some of the major decisions I made in game are drastically different in comparison to your mage. I sided with mages, kept the wardens, and had Leliana become the divine. Just as a question, is this a character you played through the game with?
As a parting note, your writing style is nice, and your grammar is pretty good too. I look forward to reading more.
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Yeah don't remind me...the first playthrough I did was with a mage, so I thought that's what everything was like. Then I played a rogue archer and nearly flipped out when I killed a wraith with one hit in the Prologue. Then I realized: staves are really rare and their DPS is awful. Cool spells, though.
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Yes, this is based off the first Inquisitor I made. And that's kind of what I like about Dragon Age: your decisions do have a profound impact on the game, and the only other game I've seen like that is Mass Effect, but even that's another BioWare game. And thanks for the compliments, glad you're enjoying it!
6400802 yea staffs have cool spells and good for debuffing enemies but their damage count is crap strongest staff i found in game and not crafted was maybe mid 100s in damage my 2 handed sword non crafted did somewhere in the 300s and the 2 daggers i crafted for cole do over 400 each/but i do have to wonder if its them coming and probably with their army why is twilight the only one tagged iwould have thought this would involve everyone
6400802 Yep, I always enjoyed the profound changes a single decision in those games can make, even if the decision was a small one. Both the ME and DA series are really fun to play through multiple times because of those changes (and because of their fun gameplay aspects
). Once again, I say this story you have written is pretty darn great so far, I can't wait to see what the Inquisition does in Equestria, and how the ponies and people interact. As a side note, I wonder how they will react to Celestia and Luna's influence over the heavenly bodies in the sky, I mean being able to move the sun and moon all willy-nilly would probably be pretty shocking to the people of Thedas.
I'm pretty excited for the future chapters you will release in the future.
6401548 Actually solas would probably want to take a dream break there, I mean by DA standards the fade would be especially thin in equestria...That actually scares me a little.
Got to "allied with templars" and it went downhill from there with the description. Your character is the exact OPPOSITE of mine. This'll be one hell of a ride.