"Oh, no," Fern replies with a little shake of her head, and gestures in a vaguely 'away' direction. "I came here from Ansburg. I was born outside Denerim though, in Ferelden. My folks brought me and my brothers and sisters up to the Free Marches during the Blight."

She shrugs, a decidedly 'as you do' kind of gesture, then looks down at her palm again. That green glow makes her incredibly uncomfortable if she looks at it for too long, and so she tugs her glove back on to cover it up. "I was coming here to join the Grey Wardens," she adds, though her tone of voice is anything but confident or sure of her ambitions.