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Jo guys, imagine the following:

I already discussed this with a friend and I had this idea.

Let's just assume DA4 is set in Tevinter (maybe it even starts in Minrathous) and pretty early you encounter a cutscene at night/late evening when only very few people are still awake and on the street.

Your character has to cross a dark, secluded street to reach their next mainquest/ headquater/ whatever.

Just after your prota stepped into the dim alley you hear noises, the suspicious music gets even more intense and the whole atmosphere is just so damn tormenting. You feel something is wrong but before you can run back to escape this palce a bunch of mercenaries/random criminals step out of their hidingspots and attack.

You're on a low level because it's still pretty early in the game and slowly health and potions come to an end.

Just before the healthbar is comepletly gone a cutscene triggers and suddenly a voice angryly tells the attackers to stop. Of course they don't listen. But this voice somehow sounds familiar, like you have already heard it ages ago but can't figure out when and where.

And then, with big, fast steps, a dwarfenwoman rushs to your characters side and fights them all off on her own. Just her and her big-ass warhammer.

They flee and the woman helps your panting, dirty, sweating, poor character up.

"Is everything alright?", she asks while Da4-prota still has to catch their breath and feels a little dizzy.

"Yes... I guess. Thank you so much!", the prota awnsers grateful.

"Someone had to help you...", the dwarf awnsers dryly and you realize you don't even know her name.

"I am [Insert DA4-Protagonist name here]... And you are, Mylady?", your character asks polite.

"Well, I am-" Just before she can awnser the question she suddenly screeches flinching and covers her head with her hands. There isn't anything around her so her behavior is a little unsettling.

"Are you fine?"

"Yes... Yes... I just thought..." She shudders and supresses a pained laugh "I just thought there was a pigeon. I HATE pigeons... Ugh, birds!"

You stare with an empty face on your screen and hold your breath out of shock. This can't be, right? Because suddenly you realize who exactly is standing in front of your character.

"Well..." The dwarf continues "My name is Shale of the House Cadash."

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Inspired by the things Wynne said at the end of DA:O about Shale.