Leliana infiltrates the estate with Tug and Sketch, witnesses Marjolaine flirt with the guard commander Harwen Raleigh, and plants the documents in the master's bedroom. Marjolaine then informs her of another assignment: to plant incriminating documents at the Arl of Denerim's Estate.
Marjolaine gives Leliana various assignments around the city, which she completes with ease and reports back to her. Marjolaine and Leliana, along with Tug and Sketch, arrive on a secret mission to Denerim. Young Leliana as seen in Leliana's Song DLC Always her teaching was subtle and disguised, easily assumed to be merely a lady's idle amusements. That same summer, Leliana visited Marjolaine at her Val Royeaux estate, and the widow began to teach her way of the bard: manipulation, subterfuge and combat. Too upset to end its suffering, Leliana watched in amazement as Marjolaine efficiently killed the animal.
In teaching her how to use it during that trip, Leliana wounded (but did not kill) a hart the hunters were tracking. On a hunting trip, Marjolaine gave Leliana her first bow. Leliana was fascinated by Marjolaine's worldliness and daring, and the two became close friends. Marjolaine began calling upon the aging Lady Cecilie shortly after the soiree, who often left Leliana to entertain the dazzling visitor. There she met and was impressed by Marjolaine, a wealthy widow and patroness of the arts. Īt sixteen, Leliana made her first trip to Val Royeaux, to attend a soiree with Lady Cecilie. Leliana often practiced her dancing on the stone terrace of Cecilie's villa on the Waking Sea, as well. Tutors were soon called for by Lady Cecilie to foster Leliana's passion. As a result, she quickly developed an obsessive interest in Orlesian and Fereldan stories, ballads and songs, as well as any tales she could learn from Cecilie's elven servants. Oisine's death cast a pall over Leliana's normally sunny disposition, however, and in an effort to cheer the girl her new guardian gave her whatever she asked for Leliana only ever wanted books.
When Leliana's mother died, shortly after her fourth birthday, she was raised by Cecilie (though she did not likely legally adopt her), and in her care Leliana learned much about the royal court and Orlesian culture. įollowing the Fereldan victory in the Rebellion, Oisine followed Lady Cecilie back to Orlais. Though Leliana is uncertain if this powerful memory is real or not, she cherishes the image of her Fereldan mother. One of Leliana's earliest memories is the scent of her mother's linen dress as they held hands on the terrace of an Orlesian villa with a view of the Waking Sea and gardens of sweet orange and lavender. Leliana's mother, Oisine, was a servant of Lady Cecilie Vasseur, an Orlesian noble. Leliana was born in Orlais, and though she is culturally Orlesian, her mother was Fereldan and so she considers herself as such.