As it happens, the commander is ensconced in his office, after a brief stop by the kitchens. Once it gets dark, he'll go look for Alistair. In the meantime... he does have some actual work to do.

It's easy to get wrapped up in, to lose track of time -- especially when one of Leliana's people comes in with the daily intelligence report.

He doesn't notice when one of the runners lights the torches in his tower, and he doesn't notice when the sun finally sinks behind the mountains.