𝐖𝐈𝐓/𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌.

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RULES.

This blog for Dorian Pavus is private, independent, and unaffiliated.

More details are as follows:

I. Godmodding will not be tolerated. However, for setting up a scene, generic set-ups may be pursued i.e. catching Dorian reading a book. Go crazy.

II. I will write only with mutual followers.

III. Do not expect immediate follow backs.

IV. This is a selective blog. I will only follow blogs with characters I find Dorian can interact with. Second, the blog must have a rules and about page. Additionally, an emphasis in writing must be present meaning there should not be frequent out of character content. If I find there is a lack of interest/interaction, I will softblock.

V. I ask that you unfollow with a hardblock. 

VI. Shipping is open though not the priority. I only ship with one variation of any canon character. I will not ship if you are already shipping with a Dorian. This is for my comfort.

VII. On the topic of shipping, this blog is open to NSFW interactions. My writing partners should be +21.

VIII. Let me know of any triggers you may have, and I will tag my posts accordingly. I read everyone’s rules pages; however, things may slip my mind. I personally do not have any triggers.

IX. I practice mains. I may interact with numerous portrayal of a certain character, but a main will remain my priority as well as the default of that character in my writing of Dorian.

X. Don’t interact if you write with geracht (Danny) or goldfanged (Ana), both of whom avidly support my abuser. Beyond them, I have a mental DNI of my abuser themselves. This is a hard boundary. I will NOT make exceptions.

Out of character, you can call me Dean. I’m Viet and +30. I also write Gale Dekarios @ recitedemise.

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ABOUT.

Name: Dorian Pavus

Birthday: 12 Frumentum, 9:11 Dragon

Age: 30 (Dragon Age Inquisition)/ 42 (Dragon Age Veilguard)

Gender: Cis Male

Race: Human

Martial Status: Single

Sexuality: Gay

Current Residence: Tevinter

𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋.

Height: 5'11" 

Build: Muscular, lean

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Grey

Markings: N/A

Piercings: N/A

Notable Conditions: N/A

Substance Use: Alcohol, and a lot of it, often to cope with stress.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘.

MBTI: ENFP, the Campaigner.

Moral Alignment: Neutral to Chaotic Good

Positives: Charming, sociable, a visionary.

Neutrals: Witty, dramatic, and thick-skinned.

Negatives: Proud/haughty, vain, and emotionally maladapt.

Fun, cheeky, and all with an ever, ever wagging tongue. What’s there not to love? Dorian Pavus, a firecracker of a Tevinter mage, is as undeniable as his strapping ensembles and his exquisite grooming. However, for all his debonair front, there is a man of endless depths wresting admirably to keep all those unsavory layers tucked away.

He’s afraid. He believes deep in his heart that so many of his hurts, his pains, his tragedies were his own doing – and worse yet, that the tragedy of others, too, were his responsibility. Alas, his walls are high, a nigh on bulwark or keep, and his skill at deflection is unmatched, admittedly, as is his talent in flirtation and the gift of gab.

Approves of: Pro-mage sentiments, a twinge of spice (flirting and/or a war of wits; live a little!), and general understanding to his predicament.

Disapproves of: Anti-mage sentiments, criticism against the Tevinter Imperium (harsh and unconstructive ones, at any rate).

𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.

Necromancy specialization. Holds true throughout his life as a mage.

Tevinter Pariah/ Wandering Mage. Self-exiled, Dorian wanders far from his home of Tevinter in search of a higher calling. During the events of Dragon Age Inquisition, that evidently means – oh, he’s not sure – delivering the world from the massive demon-spewing tear in the sky…and something about Corypheus, an ancient darkspawn and self-proclaimed god, helming the Armageddon project. 

Magister. After the events of Dragon Age Inquisition, Dorian becomes a magister in Tevinter spearheading the movement to end slavery.

𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.

Dorian Pavus, son and heir to the venerated House Pavus of Qarinus, was born in a golden, autumnal afternoon in the harvesting month in Tevinter. From an early age, he had flaunted – and with no small amount of pride – a remarkable ability for magic, earning himself both the admiration and the envy of all aspiring mages his age.

Recognizing his talent, Dorian’s parents ferried him off to study at the Circle at Carastes; however, after an incident where his action rendered another boy injured, the fiery little Pavus son was ferried Circle to Circle in an attempt to rein his behavior and nurse his talents. Unfortunately, Dorian’s taste of rabble-rousing was not to be so easily stemmed. Desperate and after numerous consistent short tenures across numerous Circles, Dorian’s father sent him to Minrathous to attend a smaller school with a flair for stricter practices – and more unforgiving. Three months after beginning his lessons in this new establishment, Dorian was later found drunk, fumbling, and downright pitiful in the elven slums by Magister Gereon Alexius, who, entertained by his antics, was convinced to lead Dorian to the Gilded Quarter rather than call the templars. While in the carriage, it was there that the conversation they struck so impressed Alexius who decided to appoint the young mage as his apprentice. Under Alexius, Dorian began to find his footing, his mind sharpened, his talents whittled, and his life feeling, for the first time in Maker knows when, at last on some respectable trajectory.

Unfortunately, on 9:35 Dragon, Alexius’ family was attacked by darkspawn while on a journey, Alexius’ wife dying in the incident as his son returned blighted by the taint, doomed, as all the blighted are, to inevitably die. For two years, Dorian worked tirelessly beside Alexius to find a cure for his son, even coming to learn a way to bend the fabric of time itself after arduous experimentation. Alas, Alexius was lost, mind and heart riddled with guilt and desperation, and after a rather intense argument, Dorian left his mentor in 9:37 Dragon to return to a life of revelry and drunken debauchery. Humiliated by his behavior, Dorian’s parents sent Lord Ulio Abrexis who took Dorian to be brought back to his estate by ship where, upon arrival, he was kept as a veritable prisoner for months. During this time, his preference for the company of men, too, created greater friction between Dorian and his father in particular who, desiring an heir and an image of a perfect son, engaged in talks of blood magic to permanently alter Dorian. This shattered their already deeply strained relationship. Upon discovering his father’s intentions, Dorian fled his estate, a pariah by his own merit and his own choice.  

At that point, he longs to prove the quality of his country, aiming to right the wrongs of Tevinter as well as to, well, save the world, apparently. Oddly enough, he managed to do just that, helping the Inquisition to stop Corypheus from flooding the world with darkspawn during the War of the Elder One.