andraste's mabari truther

vir jahtan (vir=elven for "way of", ja'h'tan=caymen for "bravery"- also related to jathen, the inquisitor's own name, which can be translated to both "warrior" or "armory")

listen i know very little about the ins and outs of dai battle mechanics so my running theory is that something about him just bothers people so bad that they feel like they just HAVE to kill him right away. they can't resist. is his reflective head irritating the eyes or is his serene but condescending attitude out on the field making them see red so much that they don't even care about stopping the inquisition as a whole anymore they just need this elf guy to die

imagine a flabbergasted fledgling sees him just standing there in a bar in santa monica no stony grey skin no foreboding aura no nothing turns out that was all just for the job and he's a guy that hangs out like any other

and you may ask me "did you make up an alphabet for your inquisitor's mother tongue of caymen brea (canonically spelled caiman brea) that you headcanon as an elven/nevarran city by origin invaded by tevinter though once contested over long ago by orlais? and does the writing say skyhold and athim (spelled phonetically ah-thim), elven for humility?" and i'd go yeah wow mind reader! more at 7

i named the clan elgara before datv's main baddies were announced which is so funny that i pivoted to explain that the reason their reputation is especially elusive and they only appear at arlathvens to dole out cryptic advice is because its founders are ancient elves who conspire with the asha'bellanar. bald and bold

i like to imagine that he naturally looks a bit younger than he typically appears because he sleeps and cries so much that his eyes are always puffy with eyebags to the point where people think that's just his default