"Usually, four is too many. That's the Keeper, the First, and the Second who are enough, and if another turns up, they're sent to another clan. That's the accepted number, more or less. Fortunately the Dalish clans don't usually burst at the seams with them. Clan Ashara only had our Keeper when I first arrived. Sorrel's powers didn't manifest for years after."

Not mentioning Ellana, although Ellana hasn't exactly been discreet about being a mage. It's a habit. Ellana was their extra, the one they always had to protect.

"Anyway. Anyone who says how terrible it is for a child to go without parents never met us, did they? We turned out all right."