I've been thinking about my Mahariel lately. So have ten facts about her, just for fun.
She's a trans woman. She came out when she was around nine or ten years old.
Her childhood name was Belavahn, meaning "one with many questions." The name she uses now, Ilriane, means "mind like a trap," and was first suggested to her by Hahren Paivel.
She started learning from Master Ilen years before she was old enough to officially become his apprentice. By age thirteen, she was working with ironbark. Master Ilen still tells anyone who will listen that he's never met anyone as naturally gifted at crafting as Ilriane. And he hates that he had to lose her.
She chose June's vallaslin, obviously. That was probably the easiest decision she ever made.
She's not angry at Tamlen for touching the mirror. But only because there was a part of her that wanted to touch it too, and she knows it could have easily been her that was killed.
Ilriane is the only reason Alistair's limbs are still intact. If she had a copper coin for every time she saved someone from a hidden trap, she'd be the wealthiest woman in Ferelden.
Her fighting skills aren't great. She's amazing at using a knife to make something, but put her on the battlefield and she's almost useless. She's better off setting the traps, and fixing the weapons instead of using them.
She's aro/ace, but doesn't necessarily know that that's a thing people can be. All she knows is she's never been interested in romance or sex, and she's perfectly happy that way.
Ilriane believes in the elven pantheon, fairly devoutly actually, but you wouldn't guess it because she doesn't talk about it. She never feels the need to share her personal beliefs with others.
She resents having been forced to join the Grey Wardens. She deserts as soon as the Archdemon is dead. Unless they give her a damn good reason, she never intends to help them again.
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