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Jan 25, 2016

Nyeni Tarthonal

Background:

From the first time Nyeni sparked lightning between her fingers, her mother–Selia, the First of Clan Tarthonal–taught her magic quietly in the evenings, reminding her daughter to keep her abilities between them, and to steer clear of both demons and their Keeper. Growing up knowing that any hint of magic might cause her to be sent away from the clan, Nyeni became careful and shy, keeping her head down and focusing on her studies as an apprentice healer. But late at night, her mother would help her add healing magic to the herbs and tell her stories about the gods. Nyeni’s favorite was Sylaise, who gave the elves the gift of fire--the gift of life. Thus her mother instilled in her (perhaps unintentionally) a willingness to help people in any way she could, even at risk to herself.

When Nyeni was fifteen, her clan was camped perhaps too close to Hasmal, and a patrol of templars seeking a runaway Circle mage resulted in the loss of her mother. They came upon Selia when she was out gathering herbs, accosting her first because she was an elf and then because she reached for her staff. When she did not return, Nyeni went into the woods looking for her, and spent the night seeking some sign of where her mother had gone. Eventually, Nyeni was forced to return to the camp, worried and afraid that something terrible had happened.

That morning, the templars, having followed Nyeni to the camp, attacked, perhaps thinking the clan was sheltering runaways or perhaps seeking to take the Keeper. The clan rebuffed the attack, and it was the first time Nyeni used magic openly, throwing up barriers around the hunters, and channeling a few bolts of lightning into the templars. The Keeper was livid to discover that Nyeni’s magic had been hidden from her, but in the aftermath of the fight, Nyeni healed those who had been wounded, despite her fear and grief over her mother’s disappearance and presumed capture. The Keeper relented, taking her on as her new First. Though Nyeni and a few hunter friends wanted to go into Hasmal in a desperate attempt to rescue Selia, the Keeper convinced them that Selia would want them to live and be free, and so the clan moved on.

Time passed, and the Keeper taught Nyeni more of magic--more offensive lightning spells and some of frost and fire, but she remained most skilled at defense. She was excited to learn more about the history of her people, and she and the Keeper actually became something like friends after discovering their mutual love of mythology and history. Nyeni climbed a bit more out of her shell, and was less shy around her clan now that she didn’t have to hide her magic; children sought her out after playful accidents or falling out of trees or getting their fingers slammed in aravel doors and she was very good about only reporting the worst sort of bedtime violations to parents.

About five years after Nyeni became the First, a hunter came to her, frightened: their daughter was exhibiting signs of magic, and they feared that without training from either the Keeper or Nyeni, she would be in danger. But they also knew that the Keeper would not hesitate to exile the child. Nyeni, not wanting another girl to grow up with the secret she had suffered her whole childhood, went to the Keeper and volunteered to leave the clan herself, opening the position of First to the younger girl. The Keeper protested, reminding her of all the good she had done since becoming First and all the ways in which she could still help her clan. But Nyeni had made her choice, and she left in the middle of the night, knowing it was the right thing to do.

She returned to Nevarra to pursue long-cold leads on her mother, and after about a year of living in the shadows on the streets of the alienage, and making discreet inquiries, she found out that her mother had been taken to the Circle, but had been (probably wrongfully) accused of seducing a templar and subsequently made Tranquil. Not long after that, Kirkwall went up in fiery explosions, and Nyeni, fearing that the mage rebellion would spread west, fled the city and made her way to Ferelden, thinking to put a whole ocean in between herself and the grief of her past.

She aimed her wandering footsteps southwest, toward the Dales, half wanting to find one of the clans that traveled those parts, half wanting to visit the lands of her ancestors, but when the mage/templar war followed her south, she was drawn instead to aid those effected by that fight. Determined to prove that not all mages were as violent as the rebels, she shyly offered her services as a healer to any town or village that might need her. She eventually ended up in the Hinterlands, and after the explosion at the Conclave, she ended up helping those hurt by demons just as much as those hurt by mages or templars. When the Inquisitor made their way through the Crossroads, leaving a garrison of scouts and soldiers in their wake, Nyeni kept her head down and continued healing refugees. But Corporal Vale saw her skills, and approached her about joining the Inquisition. She saw the opportunity to help, as they had apothecaries but no real healer, and she nervously agreed to go to Haven–though nervousness quickly turned to determination as she realized how desperate the situation truly was and how much they needed someone who could use more than elfroot poultices to fix a stab wound.

Once at Haven, Nyeni threw herself wholeheartedly into healing the Inquisition. She was never really short on patients, what with daily patrols through the Frostbacks as well as wider patrols returning irregularly from stranger parts of the world all coming to her with scrapes and stabs and bruises from their fights with demons, red templars, highwaymen, bears... Nyeni didn’t have time to think about going out into the field, not that she really had the training for it anyway, but sometimes she wished she was doing more to help Adaar’s efforts to restore some sense of order to the chaos the Breach had brought to the world.

She stood with the Circle mages when the Herald closed the Breach, letting Adaar pull on her magic, feeling the flow of hundreds of mages opening up their power so that they could all help close the hole in the sky. It was the first time Nyeni truly saw and felt the direct results of the Inquisition’s tireless efforts, and she was proud to be a part of it. Of course, the feeling was short-lived, as Corypheus attacked, and Nyeni fought as well as she could, shielding the fleeing citizens of Haven with barriers as they fled deeper into the mountains.

Once they reached Skyhold, she grimly took it upon herself to learn more about combat, to learn better ways to protect herself and those around her. She sought out Commander Helaine when the trainer arrived and begged to be accepted into the ranks of new students; the commander took some convincing. Nyeni had little combat experience and all of what she did have was defensive--pretty much the opposite of the Knight-Enchanter’s “charge at the front lines” philosophy--and on top of that she was timid, hardly leadership material, and far more important kept in reserve to heal the aftermath of the battles she was asking to fight in. But her stubborn refusal to take no for an answer finally swayed Helaine, and Nyeni joined Kepi, Sylvanni, and Nai’ahvier in their training.

Personality and Beliefs:

Nyeni is generally shy (sometimes painfully so), especially with people she doesn’t know, and she’s very humble about her magic, though once her shell is breached, she’s warm and loyal. If she doesn’t like a person, she makes it known in small ways, mostly by adding a heavy dose of sarcasm to their interactions. She follows in her mother’s footsteps, and believes there is nothing more important than helping people, no matter the personal cost. She’s a lot less innocent than most people assume, and though she’ll look for peaceful ways around situations first, she won’t hesitate to do whatever it takes to resolve problems (though the things she is willing to help do sometimes scare her and affect her deeply). She chooses to train as a Knight Enchanter out of a desire to be more effective at protecting people rather than any need to be on the front lines.

She’s seen the aftermath of violence too often to be truly okay with it, and often comments that she wishes there was a better way to help. In a healing tent, she’s a force to be reckoned with, and her barriers of shyness and nerves drop completely as she takes command of the effort to save lives or limbs. She’s more comfortable around children, as well, not that there are many of those at Skyhold.

She hates templars and the institution of the Circle pretty fiercely, and frowns on the way they refuse to try to see things from any perspective other than their own. She’s frustrated by Circle mages (like Vivienne) who don’t believe there is a different or better way despite the fact that she herself is proof that magic can be successfully taught outside the Circle. She seeks kindred spirits among the rebels, though she would prefer less violence on their part.

She believes deeply in the elven gods, and genuinely fears losing her culture now that she’s voluntarily exiled herself from it, and is therefore relieved to meet other Dalish in the Inquisition with whom she can share at least some familiarity of culture.

Relationships:

Kepi is the second of the group to arrive at the Inquisition, but they are both so busy at Haven that they rarely have time to speak. They see each other in passing, and Nyeni is impressed by Kepi’s willingness to throw herself back out into the field. She also tells her that she appreciates Kepi’s love for her fellow mages, and the way she fought to make her friends from the Circle safe. During the retreat from Haven, she sees how well Kepi is able to defend herself and those around her in combat, and wishes she could do the same.

Once they reach Skyhold and both apprentice themselves to Commander Helaine, Nyeni is nervous around Kepi at first. Or rather, around Kepi’s blade. Eventually, they begin to mentor each other--Nyeni helping Kepi rely more steadily on her magic, and Kepi teaching Nyeni not to fear her blade--and become fast friends after that.

When Nai’ahvier arrives at Skyhold, Nyeni immediately feels drawn to her, wanting to protect this small, hopeful, sunshine girl. She’s far more open with Nai’ah than others and comes to trust Nai’ah as a source of advice and a mediating voice in conflicts. She senses a sort of kinship in that they both voluntarily left their clans, and though Nai’ah is more relaxed about it than Nyeni is, she talks about that with her more than any of the others. She also respects Nai’ah’s willingness to brave the world on her own in order to help people and the Inquisition and looks up to her strength. And though she knows, logically, that Nai’ah is perfectly capable of taking care of herself, she worries incessantly and tries to protect her at every turn.

Sylvanni takes a bit of getting used to for Nyeni. Her charm and ease with strangers is something Nyeni initially envies even as it puts her at ease and makes her want to like Sylv, and her power and strength in battle is perhaps a bit fearsome to behold. However, as they are forced together onto the same team, they begin to draw each other out--Sylv makes Nyeni less shy, and Nyeni (well, the whole team, really) draws out Sylv’s pain and tries to help make it better. So long as they don’t talk about dragons, they get along very well.

Combat Style and Skills:

Despite her grim determination to learn how to fight, Nyeni is still far more comfortable standing back from the fighting and aiding long-distance. She’s the queen of barriers, and has learned to throw protection up around her more melee-inclined friends who tend to forget to see to their own defense. Offensively, she’s terribly good at lightning spells, and often enemies will find themselves shocked or stunned from afar. If she remembers to throw Fade cloak over herself, it’s a banner day, but if she finds herself somehow caught in the thick of the fighting, she’ll get in a few good swipes with her spirit blade before fade-stepping the hell out of there and returning to her ranged attacks.

Her skills include various types of healing--magical and herbal--and she’s a good apothecary and can make various useful potions. She’s a fair tracker, but that’s really the extent of her woodscraft. She can cook decently, sew very well, and knows a little bit of basic knife fighting from her time on the streets of Hasmal’s alienage--not really enough to be useful, but sufficient for survival. She’s also surprisingly good at haggling, and can drive a bargain down much lower than one would expect.

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