So I got deep into thinking about birthdays in Thedas, after a delightful little fluff headcanon jumped into my head and refused to let me pay attention to anything other than that. There are only TWO confirmed companion birth years. Some can be surmised with a relative degree of accuracy and cross-referencing events that happen with dates that are mentioned, or major notable achievements.
Re-updated with new information about Sera. Also Josie.
Confirmed years of birth:
Alistair Theirin: 9:10 Dragon
Dorian Pavus: 9:11 Dragon
Semi-confirmed years of birth (margin of accuracy +/-1):
Had a son at the age of 21, Rhys
9:31 Dragon, Gamlen talks about how Leandra ran off 25 years ago with Malcolm, with child.
Father assassinated in 9:04 Dragon, mother died in childbirth.
Brother Anthony killed in 9:16 Dragon, she begged to go to the Templars. Sent to the Seekers of Truth instead at the age of 12.
Became a full member of the Order at 18 and was so for almost a year before Uldred’s betrayal.
Estimated years of birth (margin of accuracy +/-3):
Twelve when he was sent to the Circle and it took him ‘almost two decades’ to finally escape when he met the Warden in 9:31 Dragon
Married her husband at the age of nineteen, first year was relatively happy as she got to experience a new life. After the first year, starting becoming resentful as her husband purchasing gifts to buy her happiness was no longer enough. Spent about a few years dallying around, meeting with Zevran, before he was killed by the Crows and she escaped. Spent ten years as a Raider before her ship was lost at sea in 9:31 Dragon.
Was a young man when he volunteered for Magister Danarius’s plan of lyrium tattooing, on the condition that his family freed. Spent a number of years under Danarius’s control before he wound up with some fog warriors, who gave him a taste of what freedom was like. Ended up in Kirkwall not too long after. Accuracy probably more like +/-5
A young Chasind woman spotted in 9:20 Dragon after a few years of not being seen around the villages. She was a young girl previously when encountered.
Met Marjolaine at the age of 16, began training a few months later with Marjolaine. When she joined the Divine’s side as her Left Hand in 9:31 Dragon: “To serve the Sunburst throne, she had to call upon the skills learned over two decades.”
A young, hornless boy soldier first encountered in 9:03 Dragon
Branka and Oghren married young, she was not even 20 and he was a young warrior who’d proven himself in the Provings. Branka was named Paragon just a year after their marriage for her invention of smokeless coal in 9:10 Dragon.
First published in 9:18 Dragon. Born on the surface; House Tethras exiled to the surface as the Blessed Age drew to a close.
Transferred to Montsimmard Circle at age 19, considered exceptional and learned the Game quickly. Met Duke Bastien in 9:16 Dragon. The Duke was enamored with the young Mage.
She mentions Lady Emmald being her foster mother for a number of years. Lady Emmald dies “well before the Blight” and bequeaths to Sera her estate. Sera doesn’t go back to do anything with it till after the Fifth Blight, so I’m assuming at this point she was at the very least a young woman, maybe 16 - 20 in age. Accuracy more like +/-5.
Merril: probably in her twenties/early thirties as of 9:31 Dragon judging by her competence and knowledge, as well as position before she left the Clan.
Sebastian: probably late twenties/early thirties as of 9:31 Dragon. Rowdy youth, got up to shenanigans as a young man before being sent to the Chantry. Spent a number of years in service before his family was slaughtered in 9:31 Dragon.
Aveline: probably in her late twenties/early thirties as of 9:31 Dragon.
Josephine: probably in her early thirties as of 9:41 Dragon. Able to throw a ball for Leliana in 9:31 Dragon when Leliana came back to court, and had been there as the Antivan Ambassador for a while. I estimate year of birth around 9:11 Dragon as the latest she could have been born.
Solas: who the fuck knows, really. Appears to be ~40.
Blackwall: probably in his forties as of 9:41 Dragon . Real Blackwall was recruited in 9:17 Dragon and became Warden-Constable in 9:28 Dragon. Conferred with Warden-Commander Fontaine in 9:36 before falling off the map, and re-emerging in 9:41. Rainier spent a few years squandering tourney winnings before joining the Imperial Army. Served in the army for years. Became a mercenary after leading his men to unknowingly commit an act of treason. Indeterminate number of years as a merc, probably met real Blackwall sometime after 9:36 Dragon.
Cole: do spirits have an age? Young twenties in appearance.
Iron Bull: probably late thirties/early forties as of 9:41 Dragon . Spent a number of years in the Ben-Hassrath before being sent to Seheron, where he lasted eight years before it broke him. Transferred to Orlais as a spy, spent a few years with Fisher’s Bleeders before founding The Bull’s Chargers.
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