Almost causing a War

"Good, it's wise to know when to surrender," says Vincent as he lifts Greagoir up from the ground while Vlad disappeared out of nowhere again.

With Greagoir now on his feet again Vincent says, "How about you take me to the person that is responsible for the Mages. He or She would be the best to talk to about the people I want."

Greagoir nods while gnashing his teeth knowing he couldn't do anything against the man in front of him. He returned the paper to Vincent as he walked in front of them.

"You know that taking some of the mages will lead to a catastrophe where ever you go," says Greagoir as they entered the Students Quarter.

"Let that be my worries. After all, it's my order to take them to Tamriel and present them to the Emperor," says Vincent as Greagoir walked in front.

Many students see Vincent and were thinking the same as Greagoir did when he first saw Vincent. They walked as they arrived at a library it seemed.

"The first floor is the Students Quarter and their Library. Only beginner stuff is taught here until they pass their Harrowing," says Greagoir as Vincent looked confused at Greagoir.

Vincent was observing everything and sees the students use spells that were so weak that they couldn't call themselves Novices on Tamriel.

"What is the Harrowing you are talking about?" asks Vincent as Arthur and Garrett didn't look so well. They were avoiding that question since Bethany mentioned it.

"The Harrowing is a test in which we let a student that is prepared to fight against a Demon in the Fade," says Greagoir when suddenly killing intent came rushing towards him.

He turned around to suddenly only see a hand that was now around his neck. He was lifted into the air and could see an angry face looking back at him.

"You sent people to Quagmire are you crazy. How many have returned from there?" asks Vincent angry when Arthur and Garrett try to free Greagoir from Vincent's grip.

"Vincent that is enough," says Arthur as Vincent still looked angry at Greagoir when he released him.

"Do you know who lives in Quagmire?" asks Vincent as the students around them were seeing everything.

"It's the Fade, not some Quagmire," says Greagoir when Vincent begins to laugh sounding like a madman.

"I really want to take you there now. I was in there once because I returned something to its owner," says Vincent as Greagoir was looking scared since he couldn't calculate what would happen next.

The other two as well didn't know what to do when Arthur says, "Vincent calm down we are only here to get some Mages and return to Highever."

"Right," says Vincent as he slowly calmed down when he still gave a glare at Greagoir, not of anger but disgust.

"You can call yourself lucky we aren't on Tamriel. Doing what you are doing you all would be executed for offering human sacrifices to a Daedra," says Vincent as he continued walking towards the stairs.

Greagoir was still holding his neck not believing he almost died when Garrett helps the Knight-Commander up and says, "The Ambassador is quite sensitive when it comes to the Fade because of the Demons that roam it."

It wasn't really a lie that Garrett said even without knowing it as Vincent was really angry that they would expose the students to Quagmire as a test. While Garrett was with Greagoir, Arthur was catching up with Vincent before he meets a Tranquil.

'If he already is like that by hearing that the students enter the Fade what will happen when he meets a Tranquil,' thinks Arthur as he sees Vincent standing under the doorframe towards the second floor.

Once he sees what Vincent saw he knew that the Circle will be burned down since he saw the Tranquil Mages first.

"What happened to those people and why do they have a sun tattooed on their forehead?" asks Vincent as he should be feeling something from them but he felt nothing. As if they were just a husk and nothing more.

"Those are Tranquil Mages or better said Mages without Magic Power because they were out under the 'Rite of Tranquility'," says Arthur as he could feel Vincent's killing intent before it calmed down.

'Calm down Vincent. They will cease to exist very soon. Once the war begins I will have to make sure that the Chantry is destroyed completely. I can't have it survive,' thinks Vincent to himself in his head over and over again.

"The Empire will really hate the Chantry after finding out about this," says Vincent after calming down.

Arthur didn't hear from his older brothers how strong the Empire was but he was nervous about it since a war wasn't good for Ferelden.

"Vincent," says Arthur worried when Vincent sighs.

"You know, Men always somehow disappoint me. This is just one more disappointment that I have to add," says Vincent cryptic as Arthur looked at him when the others catch up.

"Vincent, are you calm again?" asks Garrett worried that Vincent might kill someone today.

Vincent turns around and they could see how disappointed he was with Men as he says, "Let's just get this over. I need to report everything to the Emperor."

This made everyone that heard him feel the sadness in his voice for the Tranquil. They also began to think about what the reaction of the Emperor would be if Vincent was already this sad.

"This is the second floor. Here live the people that passed the Harrowing. The First Enchanter has his office across the stairs that lead to the Templars Quarter," says Greagoir as he was now far more careful about what to say and do around Vincent.

"Bring me there the longer I stay in this prison the weaker I become and you don't want to see my weaker-self," says Vincent as Greagoir guided Vincent and the other two.

They arrive at the First Enchanter's Office. Greagoir opens the door as they find an old man sitting behind a desk. He had gray hair and a long beard that was unkempt.

"Irving, we have an official guest that wants to take some Mages with him," says Greagoir talking to the man behind the desk.

Irving looks up and looks at Vincent how everyone else in the Hold did when he asks, "And who is our official guest?"

"He is the Ambassador of an Empire that's behind the ocean to the east," says Greagoir as he only knew that.

"He is Vincent Highwind, Ambassador of the Highwind Empire to the east of Ferelden. The Empire and Ferelden have a treaty and the King gave him the authority to represent him," says Arthur as Irving looked at him.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Irving. I'm the First Enchanter of the Circle of Magi from Ferelden," says Irving bowing to Vincent before turning to Arthur and asks, "And you are?"

"Arthur Cousland, third son of Bryce Cousland. My father made me the guide of the Ambassador since he needed one to get around Ferelden without trouble since he could be mistaken with an Abomination," says Arthur as Garrett beside Vincent opened his eyes wide after hearing Arthur full name.

"It seems one of your companions didn't know who you were," says Irving as he sees Garrett's reaction while Greagoir had the same reaction knowing that even if Vincent wouldn't report what happened to the King, Arthur would.

"My name title has no important since I'm the spare of the spare," says Arthur back when Irving looks at Vincent again.

"Why would the Ambassador want our Mages?" asks Irving curious about this.

"I want them to report how it is to live in a circle to my Emperor. They will live in Tamriel afterward and learn how to harness their power the right way. I saw some of your Mages and Students. A Novice on Tamriel could defeat them without trying," says Vincent as Irving took a hit on his pride since he was the First Enchanter.

"Have you ever heard to never anger a Mage?" asks Irving as Vincent smiles.

"I know but what I see isn't a Mage but a Bureaucrat. I have met many mages and they were quite powerful," says Vincent as he takes steps towards Irving.

"Just give me what I'm looking for and I will leave just disappointed but without a grudge," says Vincent as Irving suddenly sees something behind Vincent.

He finds himself in a dark place as two Dragons appear in it. One snow-white while the other was dark as the night. Both looked at Irving making him shiver in fear when Vincent brings him back by saying, "Do you understand."

"Yes," says Irving slowly as he was scared of Vincent.

"Good, I want the Cousland Girl, one of the Man and one of the Mer. They should be talented and have some experience in the circle but not too old that they are already accustomed to living in it," says Vincent as he looked at both Irving and Greagoir when he continues, "You have two hours to find the three people I want. I don't want to stay in this Hold any longer than four hours or I might lose myself."

Both nod as Arthur explained that a Mer was an Elf before Vincent leaves with Arthur and Garrett when Garrett asks, "How long did you want to keep your origin secret?"

"Why should I reveal who I am?" asks Arthur as he was right while Garrett looked at him angrily

"He is right, Garrett," says Vincent as he walked in front as he walks into the Library when he continues, "He has every right to conceal his origin if he wants to since it isn't relevant."

"What do you mean with not relevant?" asks Garrett as he now looked at Vincent who was smiling.

"You will find out soon enough what I mean," says Vincent as he sits down on a chair. He looks into the round and sees people staring back at him.

They waited for an hour as Garrett and Arthur were talking about what Vincent meant with Cousland Girl as Arthur told him that Vincent meant his little sister.

They follow the Mage as they arrived again at the office of Irving. They enter and find three new faces.

"This is Ambassador Highwind. He is someone of great importance and needs three mages to accompany him to his homeland," says Irving as Vincent takes a closer look at the three.

One girl was Arthur's sister. She pointed out with her hair being like her brothers while her face was exactly like her mother's.

The next was a male Mer. He was a little shorter than the Cousland girl. He had short brown hair and blue eyes. He seemed quite close to the Cousland girl.

And the last was a male Men that had long blond hair that was tied into a ponytail. He had some blue marks over his face and his wrists had some marks making it obvious that he was a prisoner not long ago.

"Well how about you present yourself," says Vincent as he smiled at them quite warm making them feel warm inside.