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[igetthatalot]

Varric had meant to enter the Hanged Man this evening, but if the odd magic bar decided to appear instead, who is he to argue? Although the note that appeared when he went to see about getting a pint was pretty well unexpected, he reads it and solemnly nods. "Far be it from me to cause trouble when there's magic involved," he says. "But I'm going to need a stepstool."

He gets one.

Specials Tonight:

Antivan Brandy
Ale
Wine

After some thought he adds:

Drink a pint of Orzammar dwarven brew without making a face, and your next drink is half off

He's a surfacer. He can get away with that.

Comments

[makesthings]

"Why? I mean its good that they're getting trained but that seems drastic."

[igetthatalot]

"Couldn't tell you," says Varric. "Dwarves don't have magic, and I'm not really much of an Andrastian, so the Grand Cleric doesn't answer my letters. As far as I know, it's got to do with mages being extra likely to get possessed by demons, or something like that."

[makesthings]

"Possessed, that's a new fear. I know when I was learning how to do things, I was taught to be conscious of what I could do. Though that's true of anything from working in the forge to using a sword to creating a spell."

[igetthatalot]

"You'd have to ask one of 'em, or somebody who had a mage in the family," says Varric, shrugging. "I don't know much about mages and I don't especially care to. Not a big issue for a man in my position."

[makesthings]

"What's your position if you don't mind my asking?"

[igetthatalot]

"Mostly? Looking after my family's interests and reputation while my brother Bartrand runs the businesses," says Varric. "There's a lot of people and merchants in Kirkwall to keep on the good side of, and keeping up with it all's anything but a part-time job."

[makesthings]

"That makes sense. My sister does better with that kind of thing than I do. Diplomacy is tricky."