#12 rooks

Faction: Lords of Fortune

Lineage: Qunari

Age: 40s

Gender: Male

Class/Spec: Warrior, Slayer

Keywords: Determination and Freedom

Allied to the Lords of Fortune and based in Rivain, he never discusses where he's from so many think he's a Qunari spy. Truth is, well, he is, and he took the post at Rivain because it was the one available furthest away from Seheron at the time. He adheres to what works from the Qun but he's the one deciding what works and what doesn't. He's not particularly afraid of his own nature and what could become of him without his culture’s tenets to keep him in check, he would never commit himself to “re-education” and that's why he's so far away from "home". By appearing so devoted to his work he's so far successfully avoided getting pulled into the Tamassrans' selective breeding programs, as his preference is set in stone he's decided those programs are part of what doesn't work for him. Meraad is a proud, mature, serious man, but with sense of humour, smooth, charming if he wishes to be, and likes to introduce himself as “just a big horny guy, pun intended”. He can be a shameless flirt and make any man blush. When he’s on the job, any job, he likes “converting men to the Qun”. He’s strong, tall, has amazing horns, but nobody would know just by looking at him that he's got a sweet tooth and can get grumpy if he hasn’t had sugar in a while. His drinking buddy, also Qunari, enjoys sweets a bit much as well so he's been considering the possibility it's a Qunari thing and the reason most Qunari look perpetually pissed might be linked to how little sweets, if any, they normally get.

Faction: Antivan Crows

Lineage: Human

Age: "almost 20", she says

Gender: Female

Class/Spec: Rogue, Duelist

Kewywords: Recklessness and Devotion

These three are a chest to society..I mean, a threat, a threat to society!

Some close ups

Sethena, elven Veil Jumper mage/spellblade, she romanced Lucanis btw

Meraad, Qunari Lord of Fortune warrior/slayer. He's like, super gay

Renan, elven Shadow DRAGON rogue/veil ranger, a twin and nb baby (they/them mostly)

And some other shots

Under cut for SPOILERS

Faction: Veil Jumpers

Lineage: Elf

Age: mid 30s

Gender: Female

Class/Spec: Mage, Spellblade

Kewywords: Knowledge and Truth

Her name is a word play on the elvhen word for the Fade, Setheneran. Her mother jokingly claimed her name is actually just "Fade Fade" because she was working on translating some texts on the subject and couldn't come up with anything else.

Although she grew up hearing all the stories of her ancestors she holds no particular reverence for the Elvhen pantheon, from her studies she learned quickly that power corrupts more often than not and also understands the oral tradition of the Dalish must be full of holes as much as it must be riddled with creative license.

The things she’s learned from the Fade and the varied accounts of historical events have pushed her to question everything and search for the truth by herself as she feels she can’t trust anyone else with it. Every person, every faction and nation have their own version and truth shouldn’t have “versions”.

She has more notebooks than she can remember yet she can't stop herself from getting more, and she often writes on whichever is closer at hand at the moment inspiration strikes; recollecting her notes from several of them is a complex and time consuming event for which she has to clear a whole week's schedule.

Faction: Veil Jumpers

Lineage: Human

Age: early 20s

Gender: Male

Class/Spec: Rogue, Veil Ranger

Kewywords: Hurt and Lost

He was found as a baby in a destroyed human camp near Arlathan Forest and tooked in by a local Dalish clan. He grew up surrounded by dalish elves, raised in their culture, trained in their ways, but never fully accepted as one of them. After an unfortunate event where he was left to die alone in the woods he confirmed all his suspicions that he wasn’t welcomed, and being denied a vallaslin was the last drop in an already overflowing cup, prompting him to pick up his things and leave the clan for good without saying any goodbyes. He’s young, and not particularly tall, or strong, just enough considering his skills; he’s lean but soft, and he’s a “fake it ‘til you make it” guy. He’s very touch starved, emotionally kinda numbed as he received very little affection from the clan, and has been riddled his whole life so far by a considerable anxiety about his identity and where he truly belongs. He’s a human raised by a Dalish clan that never fully accepted him for being a human, but Dalish life is all he’s ever know.

Faction: Shadow Dragons

Lineage: Elf

Age: mid 20s

Gender: Non binary

Class/Spec: Rogue, Veil Ranger

Kewywords: Loyalty and Resolution

Also The Strategist.

They are non-binary, and tends to present slightly more femenine than their twin brother Revas. They’re more aware of what makes them special as they served indoors for one of their Tevinter masters and overheard interesting converstations, and one night almost burnt their face off trying to stare into a mirror with a candle close enough to see the purple streaks on their iris.

While both of them often dream, Renan is the one who more often remembers what their dreams were about; they stopped telling their brother about them when they grew up as the dreams became more concerning than amusing. Their particular condition makes their relationship with the Fade a very strange one and while they do draw unwanted attention no demon or spirit can touch them.

They’re more sensible than Revas, equally strong but less stubborn and more amicable, also on alert but open to new people hoping they’ll be decent enough. They also have a wittier sense of humour than their brother that they often make use of to push him into making new friends, much to their twin's dismay.

Faction: Shadow Dragons

Lineage: Elf

Age: mid 20s

Gender: Male

Class/Spec: Rogue, Duelist

Kewywords: Loyalty and Retribution

Also The Tactician.

He has a twin sibling and is very protective of them, the only family he has left; his mother named them both in the hope that they’d fight for their people’s freedom.

Their master's estate mysteriously burned down one night, officially leaving no survivors, so the twins had to live on the streets for some time until the Mercar family took them in.

There’s a bit of purple left in his eyes, an almost imperceptible vestige of ancient elvhen blood in his lineage.

Their blood has unusual magical properties so even without being mages they are very magic-sensitive and sometimes can almost touch the Veil which feels very weird and tingly. The Magisters in possession of their lineage took measures to ensure no elven slave under their control, no matter how special their blood, could fully connect with the Fade in the way mages do.

He’s strong, stubborn, hot-headed, doesn’t have much faith in people and has an almost telepathic connection with his twin which doesn't help him improve his social skills much.