#tamassran

Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1 HC - Variant Posters

A hypothetical god tier for a Tamassran from Dragon Age: the Sylph of Space.

A spicy Dragon Age commission for @/spontasm on Twitter.

Tying down a design for Saraan, a Tamassran from Paragon’s past.

// Just doing some casual research on some qunari characters, and coming across the actual Tamassran page. These are the duties of a Tamassran, which Kaaras’ mother was under the Qun:

Tamassrans perform the following functions in the Qunari society:

Control the Qunari selective breeding program by deciding who mates, and if so - with whom This refers to the Qunari of all races, including humans and elves. At that, Tamassrans don’t cross-breed races with other races.

Give names to newborn children. These “names” are strings of genealogical information that the Tamassrans use to keep track of recessive and dominant traits the individual may be carrying. The Qunari themselves use their job titles rather than their “names” to call one another.

Raise all the children and give them their general education.

When the Qunari children reach the age of 12, evaluate them and officially assign their roles.

Look after those Qunari who are not mentally able, or are too physically impaired to function without a lot of help.

Provide psychological counseling and rehabilitation to those overwhelmed by stress and mental fatigue. This includes granting sexual relief to Qunari in need.

Use the substance called qamek to “free those beyond redemption,” i.e. to turn dissenters who have persistently resisted re-education into all-but mindless creatures (“viddath-bas”), who can only perform hard labor and require looking after in the same manner as the disabled.

These are duties that Kaaras’ mother performed. I also realised that there’s a specific one there, about the age of 12 and being put to work at that age. So, Aban has been working as a Tamassran since she was 12. That’s practically, I assume when Qunari see their children as growing adults (also when women come into womanhood and men into manhood [sexual reproduction and puberty, and that makes a lot of sense to me]). While it might not mean they are fully fledged, it could mean they are certainly apprentices of sorts who then work more into their role as they get older. 

Specifically, Aban actually helped the children of the Qun who were converts, and they mostly spoke different languages. She helped them speak the voice of their people, Qunlat, and in turn, she had to learn their language to be able to DO that. Not only is she fluent in Qunlat and common, she can also speak Antivan, Rivaini and some parts Orlesian (though she’s not as good with that than others, the same as Tevene).