Fun Facts about Pelle’s Chidhood
Pelle had exceptionally curly hair as a young child, his curls loosened into waves as he got older.
Pelle’s childhood best friends were Talwinne Yevys and Brila Din
Pelle grew up in the same tent/aravel with Deshanna and Aela up until he was twelve years old, he then moved to stay in the same tent/aravel as his cousin Faolan.
Pelle and Aela used to sleep in the same bedroll as children.This stopped in their adolescence because Deshanna thought it might be inappropriate for them to do this once Aela hit puberty.
Pelle often walked around in Deshanna’s shawls as a child and wore them like blankets
Pelle has been studying Natural Lore since he was seven years old.
His first lesson was to memorize the rhyme Pain and Bane.
In the earliest years of his life, Pelle’s eyes were actually brown. They turned the amber color they are currently when he was six years old, the same year he was actually able to manifest his magic enough to cast real spells.
Pelle carried a staff made from a tree branch found the morning after a thunderstorm. He still has it.
Deshanna loved putting halla flower crowns on Pelle’s head when he was young.
Pelle’s clothes were constantly too big up until he was almost sixteen years old.
The halla charm he wears around his neck as an adult was given to him as a late birthday gift/good luck charm for his vallaslin ritual.
Pelle was taught how to drive how to drive an aravel by Edran when he was fourteen years old. “Passing By” was a huge help to him in remembering the steps in order.
He often sang it to himself under his breath while trying to remember the process.
Pelle loved to sing as a child
Pelle and Talwinne were big on believing in cranky old crusty elvhen ghosts.
They were so adamant on meeting one someday to see if ghosts were really as angry as they always were in the stories.
Pelle has been fascinated with the stars since a very young age.
He used to sit by the halla at night and stargaze.
Yes, he talked to the halla and asked them what they saw in the sky.
Pelle had a pet Fennec for a few months.
He only lost it when he clan moved and it ran off spontaneously and he couldn’t go back and fetch it. Faolan made sure he didn’t run off on his own.
When Faolan found out why he was trying to veer from the path he helped Pelle catch a new pet.
They ended up with a frog that Pelle never took home, he just visited it every morning.
It’s name was “Mr. Moss”
Pelle and Fen did not get along at first, mostly because Fen was a very forward and affectionate and Pelle was all about stranger danger.
He grew on Pelle eventually and they became best friends within a month or so.
Lara loves Pelle like a little brother and she often gave him books from outside the clan as presents to him.
He definitely has Lara to thank that he knows anything about the Chantry--as well as an introduction to fiction.
Pelle’s first crush was actually Brila, but it was just puppy love.
He gave her a kiss for her birthday when he was 10, they claimed they were in love for about a week before they both got over it.