There are nine thousand tales in the City of Chains...

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

But I'll wager not one of them is quite like mine. And now, here I am in a whole new city of stories, all of them just piled up and waiting to be told, and nobody with any real flair to tell them until now.

So! Fellow refugees of narrative! Let me know why your story needs to be told. I'll make you famous. Immortal, you could say. And my rates are very reasonable. You can find me any evening down at the Nancing Phony (and never was an inn better named), and assuming you're properly heroic, we should be able to work out a distribution deal pretty painlessly.  Varric Tethras, at your service.

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[bulletlock.livejournal.com]

famous, huh?

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

That's right. I'd offer you the names of my previous clients, but unfortunately nobody here has heard of them. Soon to be corrected, let me assure you.

[bulletlock.livejournal.com]

not really sure about the me bein famous part. how about you tell me what a nancing pony?

[justicide.livejournal.com]

I'd offer my name, but I fear I've already made it into more than my fair share of stories...

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Blondie! Andraste's ass, I'll say you have!

Does that mean I can rely on you for character references?

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Nothing too... detailed, mind you, just a brief statement about what an upstanding fellow I am and how I excel at weaving tales that will put a man in the history books.

You know, if he wasn't doomed to wind up in them already.

[justicide.livejournal.com]

Hello, Varric. Still spinning tales taller than you are, I see.

That.... depends on what you need it for. "Renegade mage" isn't exactly as lucrative a title here as it is in Thedas.

[chronosexual]

I don't think I need any help on the immortality front, but it's nice of you to offer.

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised how often I've heard that. Still. Wouldn't it be nice to walk into a bar and have everyone already know your name?

Although, I suppose that depends on what kind of bars you frequent...

[chronosexual]

Exactly. I figure that if I have a reputation preceding me, there might be people out there who don't exactly like me. I wouldn't like running into them when I'm having a good time.

[itswhoopasstime.livejournal.com]

You're a writer?

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Milady, I am a bard, a spinner of tales, a jongleur and raconteur. I may set pen to paper from time to time, but I assure you, I am nothing so mundane as a writer.

[itswhoopasstime.livejournal.com]

It wasn't meant as an insult! I'm sure you have countless epic tales to tell! I'm a journalist, myself.

[wilddog.livejournal.com]

I imagine you'll have volumes worth once you're through here, dwarf.

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Elf! I see you've finally found a place where your brooding doesn't stand out.

I don't suppose, while you were at it, you found those five sovereigns you owe me?

[wilddog.livejournal.com]

The lack of light in this half of the building does set the mood, doesn't it.

It seems New Moore does not accept sovereigns... or, for that matter, any other coin I've seen before. I'd say that's reason enough to clear me of my debt, wouldn't you?

[quixotical]

Oh I'm already immortal in a sense, so that's okay!!

[quixotical]

Although this place seems to think I'm dead....

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

And would you object to adding another sense or two to the list? I admit, not everybody's cut out to be the hero of an epic tale...

[quixotical]

Sense?? And heroes? Oh, well that's America's thing, I'm fine with how I am.

[squidissension]

immortal

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Wasn't speaking literally. But I could make your name live forever in glory, if that's more clear.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you, exactly? Either the smallest Qunari I've ever seen, or...

[squidissension]

wwhat kinda deprivved univverses did all you wweak landdwwellers come from anywway im a troll obvviously

[reanimated]

Already immortal, there's actually quite a few of us here. So fuck off.

[tallishtales.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're speaking literally. That's interesting.