#fairburn

For example @fairburn-in-thedas and @loriel-elsinlock both have lived with pretty unshakeable guilt over merely existing due to mental illness for the bulk of their lives which leads them to be wildly aggressive pacifists and social justice warriors who tend to put their foot in their mouths, both falling into hero roles but the differences between them is this:

Fairburn might as well strip down in the middle of Haven to proudly dance naked before the Chantry the way that they've largely discarded shame over everything because of unlearning masking after so long, actively citing falling so deep into insanity that they came out sane on the other side and they will find joy and whimsy in everything and that is a threat. They treat their hero role casually and are making the most of it at every opportunity they can.

vs

Loriel at the most minor embarrassment is inwardly going 'please find a hole in the ground and bury me, I don't want to exist' while only expressing mild discomfort on his face. He is a massive pessimist on top of being clinically depressed. His response to being Dragonborn is less him being 'in charge' and largely reluctant 'I am very much the guy who is here'.

Patricia Lucille Jordan, 22

George Cruikshank - "Life" among the connoisseurs;or, Dick Wildfire & his friends in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre.  

Series: Life in Paris