Shadows over Nevarra: The Grand Tourney (OOC)

Quick clarification of characters and their class:

Issala - Rogue,  dual wielder and scout abilities, multi-lingual (Qunlat, Tevene and Trade) and can read Qunlat.
Arria - Warrior, dual wielder abilities, multi-lingual (Tevene, Qunlat and Trade) and can read modern Tevene* and Trade.
Ellas - Mage, focus on primal spells but also some from spirit school (some taken from Core Rule Book so will not have encountered them in game), multi-lingual (modern Elven+ and Trade)  Can read Elven (within the limitations any Dalish would have with ancient texts+) and Trade.

Both Issala and Ellas will be able to mix up potions to heal and assist in other ways.

I think this works well as an investigative team because both the weapon wielders will be fast, nimble types, which is what we will need I think.  Also all three are intelligent, thinking types so should be effective at brain storming ideas and also using brains as well as brawn in a difficult situation.   On the whole Ellas will avoid shapeshifting too much because of being in an urban environment where a snow leopard will stick out like a sore thumb and probably create a lot of panic.   So only likely to resort to this in an emergency.  

* I seem to recall that there was a text in Ancient Tevene where we had to appeal to a specialist scholar to get it translated as even Dorian couldn't read it. This makes sense as languages do change over time and old English is nearly unintelligible to me.

+ It is emphasised both in WoT2 and references by Cole and others, that modern Dalish elven is a bit of a mish mash of what it should be and whilst they can understand one another, their speech is recognisable as not being entirely accurate in its pronunciation when compared with Solas.   In any case, just as with Tevene, the elven language would likely have developed over time even if it had not been supressed when they were slaves of the Imperium.   Elven texts do not lend themselves to literal translation and this would account for variation in how they are interpreted by modern scholars and the Dalish. Only an ancient elf or one given the knowledge (for example drinking the Well of Sorrows) is capable of truly understanding the ancient texts.

Okay, everyone, I am about to take the plunge. I think the time sequence I gave above still holds good but I will amend it if it doesn't seem to work with your individual back stories. However, you can always do flash backs to cope with getting out of sinc with the main narrative.

The posting order will not be rigid whilst we are dealing with the introductory posts prior to Cumberland. I will now go first and then I suggest everyone else just posts when they are ready. Once everyone has made a first post (or indicated to me that they do not wish to post this early) then we can regroup and see how we want to arrange things from then on.

If you have any queries, please post them here if they are of a general nature that everyone can help with or PM me over anything specific to your character.

Dareth Shiral!

P.S. Please don't be daunted by the length of my first post.   I needed to do some scene setting and explain the Grand Tourney to readers as well as introduce Ellas.     Your initial post can be as long or as short as you need it to be.