Duplicity AU: Justice for a General

[apurrstate]

The same meeting, the same turn of events, but Anders and Alaric navigate their relationship with a righteous fade spirit as a +1

((Changes include: Hawke is female, didn't romance Anders but supported him, not a CRAU. Basically what would have happened if he'd been apped Clean-Slate and how would their CR change.))

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[haldaneprotector]

"What I stand in the way of is you worsening the punishment Anders already has coming to him from your twisted idea of Justice. Which you will then declare unjust, seek retribution for, and get him punished for."

And so on and so forth and -

"How can you be this stupid." With the muffling shield in place, he is absolutely yelling. There's also a wind whipping up which has to be coming from him, since nothing is making it through that dome of silence and light.

[apurrstate]

"You do not and cannot understand. I am Justice and I will see my cause answered."

This whelp, a child in the spirit's eyes, could not understand the power and fury and burn of justice's wrath. He would be answered, the injustices righted- "The consequences do not matter."

A black swirl of energy kicked up around Anders' feet as Vengeance's power grew and pulled from him to strengthen his magic and the bolts of spirit energy flew towards the Distraction, three in quick succession.

[haldaneprotector]

"The consequences are unjust to a man who was your friend and who chose to help you." He is furious. Which is probably why his response to that energy coming at him is just to redirect them back with an excessive amount of force.

And the appearance of setting them on fire.

He is going to end up exhausted, at best, and at Justice's mercy but that will at least half be because of the energy he is burning by being enraged.

[apurrstate]

The bolts are redirected, something that shouldn’t be possible. Snuffed out or blocked, yes, but turned back is something else entirely. And set ablaze. The Distraction is powerful and impassioned and cares very much about what he’s saying, Justice can respect that, even if he is wrong. This cause is Anders’ too, their cause. It can’t be unfair because Anders’ life is second to their cause just as Justice’s is.

Which is why he doesn’t hesitate to draw more sharply from his host’s health, the black energy swirling higher and darker as he uses it to fuel a Dispell on the bolt of energy, then funnels it into a thick blast of purple lightning that arches and branches and jumps both towards his opponent and towards the hapless guards still being maintained in place in their glyph.