"There's a recipe to a good hero, Hawke. It's like alchemy. One part down-to-earth, one part selfless nobility, two parts crazy, and you season liberally with wild falsehoods. You let that percolate through a good audience for a while, and when it's done, you've got your hero."
( oc blog. mildly nsfw. )
Things that an elven Inquisitor probably deals with
Diplomats and dignitaries attempting to address their advisers instead of them because consulting an elf is like consulting a servant
Someone suggesting they cover their vallaslin with powder or tinted creams when they go to court, likely in the name of being helpful
Never ending backhanded compliments. âOh Maker, they know how to use a fork when eating? Goodness they must not be so barbaric after all!â âHow nice it must feel to have risen up from such lowly beginnings. Surely they never imagined such splendor and power, it all must be so new and exciting.â
Being overly-sexualized due to their race. âYou know, Iâve never seen elven ears up close. Am I wrong in thinking they must be delightfully sensitive?â
Being mistaken for a servant. All the time, often purposefully.Â
Hearing knife-ear, savage, barbarian, heathen, and other more colorful terms both to their face and behind their back.
People talking slowly and loudly under the assumption that they cannot speak common. Add hand gestures for extra points
People marveling when they can speak and understand common without difficulty, thanks
Enduring suspicious looks and even comments when they dare to communicate with fellow elves in their own language. âYou could be saying anything!â
Receiving gifts of art supposedly rendered in their likeness. But the portraits tend to hide their ears beneath hair and soften the angles of their faces. Curves and bulk are added in places where none exist and in short they look awfully HUMAN in all these paintings and statues
Hearing the phrase âfor an elf/Dalishâ way too much. âYouâre very prettyâfor an elf.â âYou read so well for someone Dalish!â âYou speak common so beautifully for an elf.â âYouâre so intelligent for an elf.â Yes yes! They get it! Theyâre an awfully exceptional elf bc surely no other elves have any talents or wits or virtues about them whatsoever!Â
Dealing with constant (be they subtle or obvious) attempts to convert them to Andrastianism or whatever the shems call their faith
Weird and offensive assumptions. âYEAH ya know what? We DO offer blood sacrifices up to our godsâ or at least weâre about to start. Iâve been taught that they see killing off idiots as a particular act of reverence.â
(This is specifically where the Hero didnât become a Warden in Origins)
Name: Danysa Surana
Race / Class / Specialization: Elf / Mage / Battlemage
Gender Identity: Female, she/her pronouns
Varricâs nickname(s): Cinders or Snowflake
Short bio: Danysa is an apostate who recently broke out of the Aeonar, the Mageâs prison, in the wake of the war after it was abandoned by the Templars. She has complicated feelings towards Mages and the Circle System in general, but in particular does *not* like the Chantry. While wary of the Inquisition, after hearing that the Inquisitor dealt with both the rebel Templar and apostates in the Hinterlands, sheâll approach them and offer them her services, claiming she wants to help fix things before more innocent people can get hurt... but she might have other ulterior motives, and it might have something to do with the Inquisitionâs involvement with the Chantry.
Recruitment: Details are missing but sheâll show up at the Crossroads in the Hinterlands once the Inquisitor has completed Templars to the West and Apostates in Witchwood.
Location in Haven, Skyhold: One of the cabins near Varricâs location (Haven), in the secret library in Skyhold, cleaned up of course.
Mages or Templars?:Â She sees both sides as heavily flawed but ultimately blames the Chantry for the condition both groups are in. Sheâs more sympathetic towards the mages, being one herself, but she canât stand the use of blood magic.
Personal Quests:Â --
Romantic Quests: --
Side Missions:Â --
How to get their approval:Â Taking logical and practical stances on things, making decisions based on what the mind and not the heart says, decisions that ultimately benefit the Inquisitor and the Inquisition in the long run. Pro-elf and pro-mage decisions, though sheâll approve more of conscripting the mages than recruiting them (youâll still get approval for recruiting them). Disbanding the templars also earns approval.
How to get their disapproval:Â Acting based purely on feeling, justifying blood magic, trying to excuse the Chantryâs flaws, recruiting the Templars and the Wardens. Declaring the Inquisition for faith will also net disapproval.
Are they romanceable? Yes, sheâs bisexual and can be romanced by an Inquisitor of any race.
Can you have sex with them? Yes.
Are they open to polyamoury? No.
If they can be romanced and are not, will they begin a relationship / relationships with other character(s)? If so, who? Okay, buckle up because this is gonna get complicated. Dany and Leliana can enter into a relationship together BUT it requires severe pushing on part of the Inquisitor, as neither are interested in a relationship at the time, and the relationship wonât be confirmed until after both of their personal quests are completed. Like Leliana Dany can be hardened or softened, but unlike Leliana thereâs only one decision point and itâs during Danyâs personal quest, and the outcomes for her character is a bit different (Dany basically doesnât go murder pope).
If Dany is softened, she stays with a softened Leliana, Divine or not.
If Dany is hardened, she stays with a softened Leliana, Divine or not.
If Leliana is hardened, a softened Dany will not stay with her, but a hardened one will.
If Leliana is hardened and made Divine Dany will not stay with her regardless of her status.
Thereâs a whooole lot more to this but I canât be bothered to write it all out lmao.
Who are they friendly with? Varric, Vivienne, Dorian and sometimes Cass.
Who do they dislike? Because I like everyone being happy friends together she doesnât really dislike anyone, but she doesnât quite get on with Sera or Bull, though she loves having debates with the latter. Also, thinks Solas is stuck up.
Something guaranteed to make them leave the party: SINCE ITâS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE GAME I guess this canât technically happen but the Inquisitor taking up blood magic would be a guaranteed way to make her leave.
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