[He can picture it all too clearly and it brings a slight smile to his face to know that particular tale held a happy ending. Or at least a happier ending than most held.]

I'm glad they got to run away together. I can't imagine that life was easy for them, but clearly they made it work.

[And while part of him was perhaps a little jealous of it, the romantic in him could only appreciate the idea of love winning out over pain and oppression.]

Kirkwall must be a strange place if they can call on mages to entertain at parties. I don't think anything like that ever happened in Ferelden. A good chunk of mages got called away to halpe fight the darkspawn and apparently the rest were allowed out to help in the final fight against the Archdemon, but I'm certain that was the first time venturing out for most of them.