Everite: What is the one moral line your OC won’t cross?
Worldstate 1: Akono Hawke
“Never been much a fan of lines- waiting in them, crossing them- and morals and I have a sort of.. on-and-off relationship. But more so, have never vibed well with the sort of those folk who strike down an unarmed opponent. Not cool. I’ll leave that business to templars.”
Worldstate 2: Henley Hawke
“Why should I be limited by lines or morals when I am rich and beautiful?”
world state talk and heroes meta, esp wrt hawkes and faith??
in which em goes to sleep so i immediately go talk maddi's ear off about my dragon game instead. buncha stuff about causation lines and then a whole lot about naia tbh
casimir: my worldstate is absurdly over thought out
and now like originally all my inquisitors were supposed to continue the idea that like
each world state follows a line
estel mahariel > petra hawke > ruive lavellan
tinuviel surana > heron hawke > canary cadash (was the original plan)
but things have started getting rocky bc like
with my lavellans all in the same universe and also i started rethinking that even tho like
tinuviel > heron > canary are all bird names so that was the joke there but
i'm thinking more and more that i would rather it go like.
which leaves sela brosca > bellatrix hawke > canary cadash
which i think lines of causation works better to the lore BUT it also makes it like
maddi: I can barely keep up with my two lavellan kids I am genuinely so in awe of how in depth u are with all ur kids and world states gosh
casimir: the reason ruive is who they are is because of estel but it would totally make sense for tintalle to do that small change that makes them become inquisitor instead of ruive in a world where tinuviel and heron were warden and hawke
that would make the alpha world state all be pro mage nonbinary rogues
but the second world state is gay as hell mages with the exception of heron
who is fiercely pro mage rights and incredibly protective bc he is the best big brother to bethany ever and bc anders is the love of his life
maddi: Mages are so important just an aside here bc I am very hecked up about mages
casimir: it also makes the casper > naia > laurelin line be "people who have no idea what they're doing and kind of don't what to be doing it but ultimately do and are good people and accidentally wind up heroes"
sidenote i cant believe im gonna have to create genderswapped versions of my last two wardens in order to import them properly to the keep tho
maddi: I just honestly wish bioware would catch on and add the following: all characters can be romanced by queer kids, customizing bodies and choosing pronouns. Like how hard would it be to put in a toggle so u can select what pronouns ur character wants and then just??? Run the appropriate audio???
casimir: fo real
anyway so that puts the sela > bellatrix > canary line as like. first of all dwarves. double dwarves. and not just any dwarves but. both commoners??
and then in general they're the ones who are all slightly more shy about mages
but they're still ultimately stand with the mages they're just slightl more open to the other side of things
whereas like. heron and petra and ruive are aggressively pro mage considering none of them are mages
naia and tintalle and tinuviel and laurelin are all varying shades of pro mage bc obvs they are all mages
out of all of them tho tinuviel is definitely the most politically minded
but that's bc she's also the only one who actually experienced circle life
so category one is "extremely passionately pro mage rogues" (ruive, heron, petra, estel)
category two is "mages who obviously are pro mage" (tinuviel, naia, tintalle, laurelin)
category three is basically. not so extreme or enthusiastic, sometimes almost scared about magic, but ultimately cares more about people especially the downtrodden of all kinds to let their unrest about some mages come between them and standing up for people who are oppressed" (casper, sela, bellatrix, canary)
sela and bellatrix are more like
aggressive personalities who are just. well. bellatrix is my only non purple hawke
and i honestly don't know if she'll turn out that way or not bc she's about fifty fifty on sarcasm and aggression
so far anyway
so she's borderline aggressive which is a Feat for me
she's still a hawke tho so i mean. she's not all business lmao
and honestly most of her aggressive behaviour is the kind of like "i gotta look tough for my family and also to impress this cute boy who is a total jerk so i have to be more of a tough jerk but secretly i snuggle kittens all the time"
she kind of tries to be a hardass to impress fenris tbh
naia is definitely the most bitter of my hawkes
maddi: Omg I was gonna say bellatrix sounds like a fenris kid
casimir: lmao yeah
but. bc she lost bethany and got stuck with carver and is being expected to do all this shit that she never asked for and really she just wants to run away and pretend it never happened she wants to not have to care about any of them or have any obligation to any of this
she wants to be able to take the gold from a job she knows isnt right and walk away without turning back a moment later and getting in a fight over it
she tries to act a lot more indifferent than she actually is and uses sarcasm to cover up the fact that like
all my hawkes have some degree of a crisis of faith after the sack of lothering
petra was never religious but becomes actively anti andrastian after
heron gets more spiritual but farther from the chantry
bellatrix just takes it as proof the maker isnt watching and so she doesnt care if hes real or not (unlike petra, for whom the same conclusion ultimately results in their eventual at least partial conversion to dalish faith practices)
and naia... ironically though she doesnt see herself as having too much in common with him really
naia kind of gets like anders does about it
she still believes and wishes she didnt but doesnt believe the maker cares or pays attention, wishes there was an alternative to it
she doesnt pray and she can't speak civilly to chantry sisters, even if they're being kind to her
if she was doubtful at lothering, it's bethany's death on the road to kirkwall that makes her lose her faith entirely
she's kind of listless and apathetic about a lot of stuff but like
she is Angry at god for what happened to bethany
she tries to connect with carver but it just doesnt stick it never would
she blames herself for bethany's death, and she resents carver for being the one to live, even though she still loves and protects him
she feels as if she's already lost everything so she doesn't want to form new attachments, but they happen anyway...
