That makes sense. His friend is a girl and an elf, there aren't any, like, different laws for girls or elves? Also his other arguable friend is a dog that might or might not be as intelligent as a person, he's honestly really unclear on this, are there any extra rules about dogs.

Well women can't be conscripted and can't start a business or take out a line of credit unless they're widowed or magic-users. And if he's a relative then he has to sign contracts and approve marriage for her and she's not allowed out at night in these places that make up most of the city (map), though guards are allowed to overlook it if she's penniless. And she can't abandon a newborn to the elements unless she was a victim of rape.

She's.... pretty much a widow? She's not related to him, can she sign her own contracts if she doesn't have relatives? When does night start, and can she not go out during it at all or is it okay if she has him with her?

If he's not a relative then having him with her doesn't help. If she has no relatives then... probably that's the same status as being a widow? Night starts twenty minutes after sunset.

Well conveniently she is also actually a widow. All of this only applies inside the city, if she's out in whatever lies beyond the city at night that's fine?

Well it'll probably get her killed but it's not illegal.

She's pretty hard to kill. That's all the relevant laws, then, if he follows those and doesn't start a business or anything he won't have guards dragging him to prison?

He also shouldn't sleep with other peoples' wives, or with any children, or any nonhumanoid creatures, and he shouldn't summon, or make deals with, demons or devils, and he shouldn't try to overthrow the pharaoh or tell other people they should do that or spy for a foreign government or -

- but eventually he has a complete list and can be reassured nothing else will get him in trouble, yes.

Okay! Cool. That's extremely helpful, thanks.

He'll just head back to his sort-of-probably-commanding officer and report his findings, then.

"I can't go out at night because I'm a girl?"

"In most of the city, not all of it. And it's not, you know, objectively more restrictive than how either of us lived when we were teenagers."

Heavy sigh.

"Charitably, I suppose it's - probably easier on the court system than processing lots of attempted rapes, or something, maybe that was a problem here before."

"Yeah, see, that makes sense. And - if you can't go out at night then neither of us can, right, I don't actually trust myself to keep myself safe if I don't have magic or you watching my back. Even with the dog."

"...this doesn't actually make me feel better about the system? But - I appreciate the effort."

"Sorry.

"We'll be home soon. And, y'know, you'll be an elf, but people'll talk to the crest again. Mostly. And we'll only be limited in where we can go by the hordes of ravening darkspawn and the possibly insane nobles trying to assassinate us."

"I am aware that this place is objectively better than home in most respects. Just - in Ferelden it's - I was about to say 'nobody's fault' but I suppose the elf thing absolutely is humans' fault - "

"But in Ferelden they don't talk about caring about oppression like it's somebody's eccentric personal quirk."

" - yeah. That.

"...thanks. Sorry for being a baby about it."

"You have never once called me out on being a baby about anything. I'm not gonna start doing it to you now."

"Alright. Thanks for the intel. We should get some sleep."

And at dawn she and North will be downstairs waiting for the rest of their party.

Fazil is wearing armor, today; it's shiny and gold (the color, not the metal) and looks high-quality, though of entirely unfamiliar design. Mahdi and Hegan are not armored; Hegan has a very heavy backpack, Mahdi has a tiny bag more like a purse, and between them they're holding a large roll of fabric. 

"Warrior girl! Want to get your shield before we head out?"

"Sounds good! Where do I get a shield around here?"

"There's a shop right near here but it'll be hideously overpriced. If we walk a bit first - specifically if you and Hegan walk a bit first, any shop the two of us walk into will also be hideously overpriced - then you can spend half as much. Four, five streets thataway, in the canal district."

"Awesome. I'll follow you?" she says to Hegan.

"Uh huh." He sets down the backpack and takes only a coin purse.

The streets are crowded this time of day. There's a lot of musicians playing and a lot of street vendors selling good luck charms and potions and enchanted jewelry and so on.