Old Friends, New Secrets

I’m not sure Franziska is the real problem, if the rumours are true. Though if they wanted Byron dead, he would be. There’s a reason Antiva doesn’t need a standing army, and the Merchant Princes are happy as long as they are getting wealthier. He didn’t like to speak of things that he wasn’t sure on the sources, he didn’t want to be responsible for spreading false intel and he hadn’t had time to check all his sources.

If you ask me they are overreaching and overstretching. They don’t have an army, if they do have their sites set on Ferelden as well as the Free Marches. They are going to need more than fear of assassination. Now if the Crows had someone that Byron cares about, that would perhaps be a different story entirely. Zevran said with a shrug and took another drink. But again, rumours are what they are. I’ve heard tons of rumours about monarchs in various kingdoms having bastards all over. Something people do love to gossip about, but whether those rumours are true is always an entirely different story.

He always imagined he probably had a bastard out there somewhere, considering the amount of one night stands and flings he’d had over the years, but then he wasn’t an easy man to pin down. He tipped his head for a moment, there were machinations in play that was for sure, staying on top of them wouldn’t be easy.