AW’s February 2012 Blog Chain: Second Chances/Not Goodbye but Farewell (DA:O Fic)

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Yes, it is that time of the month again. Welcome to the Absolute Write Forum’s February 2012 Blog Chain. The rules are as follow:

This month’s prompt:
Second Chances

Again, go wherever the prompt takes you. It can be fiction or non-fiction; the second chance in question can be a mushy valentine or a 1-up in Super Mario (or anything in between).

Instructions:
Simply post your blog’s URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants’ posts if you possibly can–they’ll be doing the same for you!

For my entry I decided to post a Dragon’s Age: Origins fan fic based on the background story of a new character I made for the tabletop/pencil & paper version of the game. The character is a Dalish elf, one of the few who have survived countless persecutions and progroms by the humans of Thedas and now settled in a remote section of the nation of Ferelden after the war with the Archdemon. But tensions between humans and elves are not far from the surface. Blood has been spilled and it is up to Olwain to bare the burden.

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“Olwain, wait!” shouted Galina. Her voice silenced the woodland.

Olwain turned, weapons in hand, “What are you doing?”

“Trying to stop you from this foolish course, Olwain. I know that it was my brother who fired that arrow, not you. He told me everything.”

It was hard for Olwain to answer Galina’s charge. The stern look of her amber eyes, the way her blond hair framed her pointed ears. For a moment he wanted nothing more than to grab her by the hand and flee to some secluded part of the forest beyond the reach of man or beast.

He averted his eyes, “I helped the Shemlen and the boy died because of it. End of story.”

“We will fight,” said Galina.

He noticed the slight quiver in her voice. Each tone plucked at his nerves and strained his resolve. Each word beckoned him back to the fold.

“Don’t worry, I will return. When this is all over–”

“Over, it will never be over Olwain, not unless we fight for what is right. Stand and fight Olwain, don’t run, please.”

He grabbed her hand and put it over his heart, “This is not goodbye, just a farewell.”

She kissed him with a ferocity he had never known, a hunger that would not be fulfilled. Horns blared in the distance mixed with the baying of hounds.

Olwain pushed her aside, “Go, GO!”

He had his chance.

He made his choice.

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And here are the rest of the participants. Make sure to visit them and comment. Thank you:

Turndog-Millionaire – http://turndog-millionaire.com/ (link to this month’s post)
orion_mk3 – http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month’s post)
Ralph Pines – https://ralfast.wordpress.com/ (link to this month’s post)
magicmint – http://www.loneswing.com/ (link to this month’s post)
Tomspy77 – http://thomaswillamspychalski.wordpress.com/ (link to this month’s post)
MamaStrong – http://writingofme.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
in_one – http://quirkythomas.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
magicmint – http://www.loneswing.com/ (link to this month’s post)
Tomspy77 – http://thomaswillamspychalski.wordpress.com/ (link to this month’s post)
LilGreenBookworm – http://themayhemofwritingsahm-style.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
LiterateParakeet – http://lesliesillusions.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
AFord – http://af12.webs.com/ (link to this month’s post)
writingismypassion – http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
kiwiviktor81 – http://storygenerator.net/ (link to this month’s post)
AFord – http://af12.webs.com/ (link to this month’s post)
randi.lee – http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
These Mean Streets – http://ohno-anotherwritingblog.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
areteus – http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ (link to this month’s post)
Domoviye – http://living-working-in-china.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)
pyrosama – http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month’s post)

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