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Arrival at Ostagar - Recover

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Here is the last bit of this little segment.

I just thought it was really important to see the continuing effect of that traumatic origin. I don't think Arlana forgot that Fergus would be at Ostagar, but I think knowing she needs to find him and thinking she HAS found him are profoundly different. Being torn between desperately wanting to find what's left of her family, and at the same time not wanting to find him at all because then she would have to tell him what happened.  And when that reality is suddenly upon her she realizes she's not ready at all.   

In this sequence I tried to get across that heart pounding anxiety before the contact, the flustered recovery after she realizes she made a mistake (maybe a little relief when she learns he's out on patrol in the woods), and then that stomach dropping nausea while she recovers from her panic in private.

And of course, finally deciding to go find that Grey Warden instead of pursuing Fergus.  She can always see him later anyway.
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I love the added touch of the cousland family laurels on the shield. Beautiful.