Collab update. This one was a little late, I had to study for some exams this week.
Well, I was thinking that the tavern, without any fast-forwarding and so in current time, would serve admirably as a scene for Kaedan to occupy for the moment... as in, he could react to what the tavern keeper is saying, if you'll excuse suggesting the obvious. Just roll with what I have the NPCs do and say, basically, and treat at least the tavern keeper and the deigan woman as player-controlled characters for the time being. Let Kaedan live and do what comes natural to him... roleplay, basically.
I had hoped that the scene would find a natural progression without too much OOC-input on its contents, but in case it aids your motivation I will reveal that one of the people in the Platinum Goblet is what you'd call a notable NPC and potential companion...
Uh... okay. Why wait until, if it's okay to ask? The scene is set up for Kaedan, and you by extension, to have something to do in the meantime while the rest of the characters catch up on Kaedan's place and time (already the characters are scattered not only geographically, but also chronologically. I think I'on, Ixion and Morgan's group occupy a time relatively close to the one Aemoten's group is in, although I think they are a bit later, Kaedan exists in the evening of the same day, and Jillian and Gerald actually exist in the previous evening). It's okay if you just don't feel like RP'ing Kaedan, I guess (though I would point out that events that take place in that tavern will be just as real and have just as much impact on the story as those taken anywhere else), but you certainly don't have to feel that you can't do so, or that there would be no point in doing so.
Say, how does Kaedan feel about corruption?