#*world states

casimir: my worldstate is absurdly over thought out

and now like originally all my inquisitors were supposed to continue the idea that like

each world state follows a line

estel mahariel > petra hawke > ruive lavellan

tinuviel surana > heron hawke > canary cadash (was the original plan)

but things have started getting rocky bc like

with my lavellans all in the same universe and also i started rethinking that even tho like

tinuviel > heron > canary are all bird names so that was the joke there but

i'm thinking more and more that i would rather it go like.

tinuviel surana > heron hawke > tintalle lavellan ??

and then have it be

casper tabris > naia hawke > laurelin lavellan

which leaves sela brosca > bellatrix hawke > canary cadash

which i think lines of causation works better to the lore BUT it also makes it like

maddi: I can barely keep up with my two lavellan kids I am genuinely so in awe of how in depth u are with all ur kids and world states gosh

casimir: the reason ruive is who they are is because of estel but it would totally make sense for tintalle to do that small change that makes them become inquisitor instead of ruive in a world where tinuviel and heron were warden and hawke

that would make the alpha world state all be pro mage nonbinary rogues

but the second world state is gay as hell mages with the exception of heron

who is fiercely pro mage rights and incredibly protective bc he is the best big brother to bethany ever and bc anders is the love of his life

maddi: Mages are so important just an aside here bc I am very hecked up about mages

casimir: it also makes the casper > naia > laurelin line be "people who have no idea what they're doing and kind of don't what to be doing it but ultimately do and are good people and accidentally wind up heroes"

sidenote i cant believe im gonna have to create genderswapped versions of my last two wardens in order to import them properly to the keep tho

maddi: I just honestly wish bioware would catch on and add the following: all characters can be romanced by queer kids, customizing bodies and choosing pronouns. Like how hard would it be to put in a toggle so u can select what pronouns ur character wants and then just??? Run the appropriate audio???

casimir: fo real

anyway so that puts the sela > bellatrix > canary line as like. first of all dwarves. double dwarves. and not just any dwarves but. both commoners??

and then in general they're the ones who are all slightly more shy about mages

but they're still ultimately stand with the mages they're just slightl more open to the other side of things

whereas like. heron and petra and ruive are aggressively pro mage considering none of them are mages

naia and tintalle and tinuviel and laurelin are all varying shades of pro mage bc obvs they are all mages

out of all of them tho tinuviel is definitely the most politically minded

but that's bc she's also the only one who actually experienced circle life

so category one is "extremely passionately pro mage rogues" (ruive, heron, petra, estel)

category two is "mages who obviously are pro mage" (tinuviel, naia, tintalle, laurelin)

category three is basically. not so extreme or enthusiastic, sometimes almost scared about magic, but ultimately cares more about people especially the downtrodden of all kinds to let their unrest about some mages come between them and standing up for people who are oppressed" (casper, sela, bellatrix, canary)

sela and bellatrix are more like

aggressive personalities who are just. well. bellatrix is my only non purple hawke

and i honestly don't know if she'll turn out that way or not bc she's about fifty fifty on sarcasm and aggression

so far anyway

so she's borderline aggressive which is a Feat for me

she's still a hawke tho so i mean. she's not all business lmao

and honestly most of her aggressive behaviour is the kind of like "i gotta look tough for my family and also to impress this cute boy who is a total jerk so i have to be more of a tough jerk but secretly i snuggle kittens all the time"

she kind of tries to be a hardass to impress fenris tbh

naia is definitely the most bitter of my hawkes

maddi: Omg I was gonna say bellatrix sounds like a fenris kid

casimir: lmao yeah 

but. bc she lost bethany and got stuck with carver and is being expected to do all this shit that she never asked for and really she just wants to run away and pretend it never happened she wants to not have to care about any of them or have any obligation to any of this

she wants to be able to take the gold from a job she knows isnt right and walk away without turning back a moment later and getting in a fight over it

she tries to act a lot more indifferent than she actually is and uses sarcasm to cover up the fact that like

all my hawkes have some degree of a crisis of faith after the sack of lothering

petra was never religious but becomes actively anti andrastian after

heron gets more spiritual but farther from the chantry

bellatrix just takes it as proof the maker isnt watching and so she doesnt care if hes real or not (unlike petra, for whom the same conclusion ultimately results in their eventual at least partial conversion to dalish faith practices)

and naia... ironically though she doesnt see herself as having too much in common with him really

naia kind of gets like anders does about it

she still believes and wishes she didnt but doesnt believe the maker cares or pays attention, wishes there was an alternative to it

she doesnt pray and she can't speak civilly to chantry sisters, even if they're being kind to her

if she was doubtful at lothering, it's bethany's death on the road to kirkwall that makes her lose her faith entirely

she's kind of listless and apathetic about a lot of stuff but like

she is Angry at god for what happened to bethany

she tries to connect with carver but it just doesnt stick it never would

she blames herself for bethany's death, and she resents carver for being the one to live, even though she still loves and protects him