lmao it’s such a silly idea, but it’s based off the Wife Carrying competitions in Finland and other parts of the world, where competitors carry wives (or anyone wife-adjacent, gender neutral). In Kirkwall, they go the North American route where winners win the ‘wife’s’ weight in beer and gold.
Carver hears of such a competition from his templar drinking buddies, but doesn’t care for it until he learns that Garrett is training to win by carrying Anders. And Carver gets that ✨ sibling rivalry ✨ feeling and is like “but who could I ask” and ultimately Merrill accepts being his partner in the race.
Templar Carver cracks me up. Man is working for Cullen “mages cannot be our friends” Rutherford and Meredith “I protect you mages from your curse and your own stupidity” Stannard and when Merrill starts stressing about being caught he hits her with the softest most sincere,
“Don’t you worry. It wasn’t - and won’t - be me. Have your fun :)”
HAVE YOUR FUN. Like she’s knitting tea cozies in her free time?? Baby that’s blood magic you are a TEMPLAR Carver you’re so fucking funny. The man that you are
