"It's the red lyrium," he said, answering the question she hadn't asked. "Towers of it left at the Temple of Sacred Ashes, scattered along the Storm Coast... the templars were taking it, before the Herald saved them. It ate their insides." He almost shuddered at the memory of that last part. He'd watched it happen at Therinfal Redoubt, not understanding, but knowing it was wrong.

"Varric doesn't dream, but he sees the shards sometimes, when it's dark and he closes his eyes. He wants them destroyed." But: "You're not supposed to touch it. It could hurt you."