#onesparrow

parachute: who does your OC(s) trust the most? who makes them feel safe? who would they do absolutely anything for?

Elanor trusts Cullen more than anything. She tries very hard not to because mortal men are fallible and she knows Cullen especially is, but his level-headedness and careful, militaristic approach to everything is so familiar to her that she cannot help but trust him almost unerringly. Josephine makes her feel the safest and is the one person to whom Elanor can laugh with without worrying for an hour or so. Cole is the one Elanor would do absolutely anything for, as she has a weakness for innocence and childish demeanors. 

Kate trusts her Inquisitor, Rosal, the most. Rosal is compassionate and gentle but fierce and just when the situation arises, and, in spite of herself, Kate has found herself following Rosal’s orders without even questioning their purpose because her trust runs so deep. Virtually everyone except Solas makes her feel safe, though she has a special bond with Cole, as they are both outsiders who try far too hard to help other people. She would do absolutely anything for Cullen, but shhh she won’t find that out for another year or so.

Ellas would answer all these questions with a simple “Dorian”. There’s no one else he trusts, feels so safe with, or would do absolutely anything for quite like Dorian. 

poison: vices/bad habits? what are they? how do they affect your OC?

Elanor forgets to take care of herself. She focuses all of her energy on the world around her because she is so tired of living and is so tired of being who she is that she won’t eat, sleep, or even drink for days because she cares so little about herself.

Kate is deeply conceited, and being the only modern trained surgeon in Thedas hasn’t helped that. She has been known to rage at people that she thinks aren’t taking care of themselves properly or valuing their beliefs over the care of their family.

Ellas is prejudiced against humans (not without good reason). His time with the Inquisition has introduced him to humans that are better than the ones he met before, and he is attempting to teach himself to be better, but he still remains largely distrustful and dismissive of humans, which has caused some problems with nobles and other guests. 

microscope: zoom in – describe the little, insignificant details about an OC.

Elanor has thick brown hair with a few waves in it, which she considers her one beauty and often twists about in her hands when she’s trying to think. Her ears are long and thin, which many people say marks her as being born of a bastard line of elf bloods (you’ll never get the truth from her about it). There’s a scattering of freckles across the edge of her nose, which is slightly crooked from having been broken and set again so many times. 

Kate has hazel green eyes, and she doesn’t know how that happened, as her mother and father both had brown eyes. There’s always a few pimples on her forehead, no matter what she does, and there are markings on her lips from all the times she has bitten them in concentration.

Ellas has spots of melanin all across his skin, and he’ll definitely never admit this but he’s sort of dreamed of his future lover marking each and every one of them. His fingers are boxy and short, and his shins are covered in scars from running through thorn bushes and scraping them on rocks as a child. 

interiors: describe your OC(s) bedroom/home/or a place they consider “theirs”. what’s in it? do certain items have a special significance to your OC?

Elanor grew up money, so despite her love of the outdoors and general roughing it, she has fairly refined tastes. She has memories of her old home, the manor of a noble family she served, where she lived in a high tower and had a simple bed, a beautiful writing desk, and a glass door with a balcony that faced the sea. There used to be books scattered all over the writing desk and pages of notes and annotations, but all that’s long since lost to the dust of time.

psyche: what’s their head space like? do they have any mental illnesses? how do they process difficult or emotional situations? what are their coping mechanisms?

Ellas’s mind is straightforward and, on good days, largely uncluttered. He definitely has depression, which manifests in irritability and insomnia. His unhealthy coping mechanisms are overworking himself and hitting things, and his healthy coping mechanism is talking to Josephine and Cole. 

photo album: describe one of your OCs’ favorite memories.

(This is such a good question because it ends up being plot central later on). Pre-Thedas: Kate graduated from a high-ranking university with first class honors. She got to accept her diploma at a beautiful ceremony, with her parents in attendance, and afterward she took photos with them. When her parents died in a car accident a few years later, that memory became incredibly important to her because she was able to remember how proud they were of her.