For a meta: Considering his history, does Dacien have any opinions on alienages and the culture therein?
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While Dacien’s parents grew up in an ailenage; his mother left to find a Dalish clan willing to take them when Dacien was still an infant, his father having died shortly after his birth. He has no memories of life in the ailenage and his mother doesn’t go out of her way to share those memories. He doesn’t ask. He figures if she risked everything to get them both out it was for the best.
However, that’s not to say he hasn’t seen a few ailenages in his time, and that’s not counting the fact that Inahwen has at least a handful of others who were born city elves. What little he does know, he thinks is admirable in a very bittersweet way. They cling to the traditions and beliefs of the Dalish in a desperate attempt to hold on to their own culture. He knows there are plenty in the ailenages who worship the Maker along with the Dalish Creators, and others who solely worship the Maker, and it really all depends on the micro culture in each ailenage how exactly he feels about it. But it can be boiled down to a sense of pride- the elves are still surviving. Maybe not thriving, maybe dwindling, but they’re finding ways and they’ll never be wiped out for good. It makes him proud.
In the verse wherein he was Inquisitor, once he rejoins his clan, elves that worship the Maker, be it with the original elven gods or not, get a quiet sigh from Dacien. He had enough Chantry shoved down his and Halan’s throat during the Inquisition, he knows how the Andrasians really feel about any religion other than their own. He’s not going to tell anyone what to believe, but he is going to sigh and his heart’s going to be a little heavy. Each elf worshiping Andrate feels like a loss of culture after the Inquisition. After “there’s not room [in your faith] for one more?” after “It wasn’t really an exalted march” after hearing Herald of Andraste pointed at Halan too many times. He’s tired of the shemlen religion. He knows far too much of the history between Andrastians and his own people now and it weighs heavy on him. He won’t force anyone else to bear the load, but it makes him Sad.
