On the Inquisitor's Lineage
Of Adaarâs family, little is known. Barring several truly miraculous steps forward in our relationship with the Qunari, it is probable our knowledge of his genealogy will remain stunted. What we do have, however, are records of his parents, Lady and Saar Adaar, who broke from the Qun as young adults and settled in the Free Marches. In an interview conducted in 9:42 Dragon transcribed below, Chandler Tennyson, former leader of the mercenary band the Ruby Drakes, described the recruitment of the Adaars.
âIt wasnât exactly amicable. Hired to kill âem, actually. They were holed up outside some little nowheresville out of Starkhaven and freaking out the little people. Donât think they actually did anything, mind, aside from Big Mama there charging anybody who got near her girl. But goldâs gold, so we take it.
âWe get in there waving our swords around, somebody pops Big Mama off the horn, and itâs like the groundâs been beat like a drum, you know? We all go flying back and in the middleâs the Lady, those big red eyes just staring at us. I wonât do âem the disservice of naming names, but half the mercs hit the ground running. Look, you wanna mess with a Qunari, fine. Bring the biggest damn shield you can find, but fine. But any company whoâs worth their shit knows you donât fuck with the magic ones.
âAnyway, most our bandâs off like inbred mabari and itâs just me, that Orlesian bastard, and some knife-eared thief who only lasted a month, all just kinda holding defensive and begging Andraste we donât die. And thereâs some solid minutes of waiting for one of us to start trying to kill the other again before that shit-for-brains Orlesian starts honest-to-Andraste speaking Qunlat. Shitty, come to find out, but enough. Theyâre fresh-faced out of Par Vollen and theyâve got nowhere to be. So why not come with us?
âMakerâs honest truth we never scored that good again. Told the contract they were nice and dead. Kept the gold, Big Mama, her big axe, and the Lady. Every thorn in our side decided not to be after that.â
Letters and other documents from the company indicate the Adaarsâ involvement for at least another decade, long into the early years of the Inquisitorâs life, before their retirement in 9:26 Dragon. The Orlesian, Ăvariste Toussaint, a self-described âbard school drop-outâ and avid study of language, taught the Adaars Orlesian Sign Language, which would prove instrumental to the band and couple both. Although the exact circumstances are unknown, correspondence from Toussaint indicates the excision of Ladyâs tongue as one of several inciting events in their flight from the Qun. Toussaint remained a close family friend until his death in 9:39 Dragon.
Although not physically present for much of their sonâs time as Inquisitor, their history with the Inquisition is chronicled through the many letters exchanged between them throughout the years of his leadership.
âExcerpt from All The Inquisitionâs Men: A Study of the Inquisitor, His Associates, and Other Pivotal Figures within His Ranks, written and edited by Ariel Dubois, author of other Chantry recommended histories such as The Rise and Fall of the Warden: A History of Fereldenâs Hero from Death To Birth and Beyond as well as several Chantry banned books such as The Kiss of the Hawke and Seven Stories To Keep You Company When Your Suitor Wonât. Exercise caution when considering the addition of Dubois to an Andrastian home.
