Character Interview: Naish Adaar
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name ➔ “Naish, Adaar: whichever floats your boat. Both if you’re feeling formal I guess.
are you single ➔ “...Next question?”
are you happy ➔ “...Next next question? Seriously though, I don’t think I’m allowed to— Josie’ll kill me if I don’t say ‘yes,’ won’t she?”
are you angry ➔ “I mean yeah but also nah. No I will not elaborate.”
are your parents still married ➔ “How should I know?”
NINE FACTS
birthplace ➔ “My grandparents’ house, most likely.”
hair color ➔ “White.”
eye color ➔ “Purple ever since the accident.” (Josephine, turning sharply: “What accident, my lady Adaar?”) “The accident of my birth.”
birthday ➔ “Dont even think about getting me presents or so help me I will turn this Inquisition around.”
mood ➔ “I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed today.”
gender ➔ “Is this a trick question? No? I mean I still feel weird about using such human concepts, but yeah, I’m a woman.”
summer or winter ➔ “A summer in southern Thedas is basically still winter anyway.”
morning or afternoon ➔ “Exactly noon.”
EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE
are you in love ➔ “I don’t rightly know.”
do you believe in love at first sight ➔ “I only believe in hate at first sight.”
who ended your last relationship ➔ “The edge of a broadsword severed me from my kith, if that counts. Otherwise I’ve actually never been in a romance before. Well, before, you know?”
have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ “Hopefully only literally.”
are you afraid of commitments ➔ “I’m afraid of being the only one that commits.”
have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ “No.”
have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ “How should I know?”
have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ “Not really.”
SIX CHOICES
love or lust ➔ “Love sounds lovely.”
lemonade or iced tea ➔ “Neither.”
cats or dogs ➔ “I travel too much for cats but I’m... not fond of dogs. At all. One of the only personal benefits to moving our base into Orlais was that at least we’re around fewer of the blasted things now.”
a few best friends or many regular friends ➔ “A few regular friends.”
wild night out or romantic night in ➔ “Wild night out, definitely.”
day or night ➔ “Either.”
FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS
been caught sneaking out ➔ “...Yes.”
fallen down/up the stairs ➔ “Yes.”
wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ “Yes?”
wanted to disappear ➔ “Oh yes.”
FOUR PREFERENCES
smile or eyes ➔“Someone that can smile enough for the both of us.”
shorter or taller ➔ “Shorter, not that that’s exactly hard to accommodate.”
intelligence or attraction ➔ “Intelligence, I guess?”
hook-up or relationship ➔ “I have no interest in casual.”
FAMILY
do you and your family get along ➔ “When you say ‘family’...?”
would you say you have a “messed up life” ➔ “Maybe? But like, compared to what, you know?”
have you ever ran away from home ➔ “Only in the literal sense. I was the last— I’d rather not— It’s complicated.”
have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ “Of a merc band? Nah, I’m bonafide.” (Dorian: “I think they meant ‘kicked out of home’ here.”) “Oh. Not that either.”
FRIENDS
do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ “It’s only a ‘secret’ to them because some people, coughKaarisscough, are intentionally thick about this kind of thing.”
do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ “Nope!”
who is your best friend ➔ “Qisaara.”
who knows everything about you ➔ “No one; I certainly don’t. Actually... Leliana seems to know an uncomfortable amount about me, so maybe her? And her spies? But like, no one that I’ve brought into my confidence or anything.”