#mereleta

The corrupt [Vilebloods] are heretics in the eyes of the Church, and thus subject to the wrath of the Executioners.

Ok. So. In an alternative canon Violeta doesn't take Anders along into the deep roads which leads to Carver's death (honestly don't think there's a universe in which she forces him to stay home). Already not a good time, but act 2 mostly goes as per usual - Isabela and Anders situationships, only because he never saved Carver, Violeta never has a reason to start taking Anders seriously or start falling for him and probably breaks his heart eventually along with Isabela's. But then Leandra dies, and Violeta completely crashes out. She's lost her last remaining family member, thinks she's now responsible for most of her family's deaths (hell I'm sure she'll find a way to blame herself for Malcolm's death as well fucking somehow). And in this universe, she never let anyone get too close, so at that point she doesn't really have anyone to comfort her... She's still close-ish to Merrill before that point, but sees her as so much of a little sister figure that she'd never go to her for comfort - who knew always putting on a brave face for your siblings and never ever allowing yourself to be vulnerable in front of them could have negative consequences? She's alone because she thinks she has to be, and she's ruining all of her remaining relationships because she. doesn't actually know how to deal with her grief alone. Like, she already loves trying to push everyone away and get really fucking mean in times of grief, and if anything I think she's even worse with that in this au. Overall, it's a pretty bad time for everyone.

So anyway. Meredith. As happens in game, Meredith starts contacting her on official Knight-Commander to Champion business. And at first Violeta doesn't respond, but... Well, she's lonely and grieving, and sex is always the best distraction. At the same time, she's so damn angry and self-destructive and just looking for a thrill, any thrill, so... Who would be the most dangerous person to try and seduce, as an apostate blood mage? She's confident, maybe over-confident, but at the same time she's also subconsciously kinda trying to prove to herself she's still got it (lmao). That all this pain, all those failed relationships aren't actually her fault. And if Meredith doesn't respond well, then she'll have a fight on her hands. And in this case, too, she's over-confident. It'll be a satisfying kill.