I have a long version of Archie's backstory halfway finished in my drafts, but here's the short version. Chasind blight refugee captured by slavers, forced to be a gladiator, freed by allies of the lucerni, adopted into the mercar family (who did some fraud to say he's one of them by birth so he could be a soporatus instead of a liberatus without any rights as a citizen), became a soldier like his adopted dad, got fucked up in The War, moved to minrathous, beat back the survivor's guilt by kicking slavers' asses with the shadow dragons, refound his calling of protecting people, and then had the whole Veilguard plot happen to him. He's a man* of many names and facets, but he's really easy to understand. Big scary guy with the softest heart and a love for art and people.
Archie is a guy who has a lot of secrets by necessity, so he has an intense desire to be genuinely and one hundred percent himself when he has the option. He’s got a heart full of love and shares it readily. He doesn’t hold back from crying or admitting he’s scared. He’s not super hung up on differences of status or race or gender. He’s been otheyu7hju6h sorry my cat has opinions on Archie too.














