It was clear their brief affair was common knowledge by the way Halwell behaved, but if Lana had any hope of swaying her old paramour, she did not show it.  She did not answer his question once they were left alone, because she knew that the Knight-Commander would be here soon enough.  He might even come running.  It was a rare thing that the Templars were actually able to retrieve a mage who no longer had a phylactery.  This whole situation might actually get Korbin a nice pat on the head from his superiors, if he played his cards right.<br/><br/>"If you execute me now, the world will face a threat much darker than the blights and you will be completely unprepared for it.  As much as I almost relish that idea, I quite like the idea of demons and malevolent spirits staying on in the fade..."  She gave a slight curtesy for emphasis.  "So here I am, despite operating under the assumption that even if I help you stop this evil you will still likely execute me for past transgressions.  I mean, what else could I expect after being branded a blood mage for having normal human feelings for another person?  But then, you don't see mages as completely human, do you?"  Lana knew she should probably tone down the anger she felt toward the Chantry and their Templars, but seeing Ellion like this, hearing him call her a blood mage...it only added fuel to her rebellious fire.<br/><br/>"I see the time away hasn't improved your attitude.  Let me ask you this then, young lady, do you have any proof of your claims? "  Knight-Commander Korbin asked.  His expression looked more exhausted than upset.  He was a far cry from Knight-Commander Greagoir, his predecessor, who had wanted to extinguish the entire mage population in Kinloch Hold at the first sign of trouble.  That was why she had come here.  She thought Korbin might be reasonable.  Greagoir had been moved shortly after Lana left the circle and she wondered if things had changed under Korbin or if they were much the same.<br/><br/>"Here,"  Lana reached into her bag and produced two scrolls, offering them to Korbin through the bars.  "I wasn't able to get all of them, but those two detail the first two rituals that open the first two gates in the Black City.  I felt a presence of dark magic while I was traveling near Starkhaven and I followed the mage wielding it.  By the time I was able to locate where they had camped out inside an old elven ruin, they had already managed to complete the first ritual...We're lucky, that gate is just the first in the series that will open the rift between this world and the fade...  There aren't any creatures of nightmare behind it, it is simply the first seal.  If this mage manages to make it past the third or fourth gate, they're going to make the Blight look like a Feastday celebration by comparison."<br/><br/>Lana looked visibly worried, because if they did not believe her, by the time they actually saw the effects of the continued rituals, it might be too late.  The Grey Wardens weren't equipped to deal with these kinds of creatures and the mages of the world...Well, even if they had the ability to stop these creatures they lacked the training and population they would need.<br/><br/>"This needs to be investigated and the person doing it needs to be stopped.  Execute me if you wish to, but do it after I give you all the information I've gathered on this.  You're going to need it."