"Ah, well then. Often the first few days are critical. If no one has dared to slander you or treat you as less than you are, perhaps then it is as they say and that the Inquisition offers us all the best hope for a future."

Inessa's choice to avoid nobles and other guests strikes Marilaine as quite practical, and it earns the pale haired elf a rare, smile, which only slightly accents the faint scarring by her lips.

"Where were you before this place? Your accent is Ferelden and you have one of their hounds, but you also wear the griffon."