Any desire to share details about Arabeth and their son? Because I'm already seriously in love
HELL YEAH I’m always down to share info about my ocs LOL
So- I haven’t really solidified the time line for Hanin’s conception but I’m THINKING it happened before the final battle with Corypheus. Solas is Hanin’s father, though Hanin isn’t made aware of that fact until he’s in his 20′s.
Arabeth probably didn’t find out they were pregnant until long after Solas was gone and that made everything that much more chaotic. By the time Trespasser happens, Hanin is nearly 2.
Arabeth never tells Solas that they have a kid because they’re pissed off and don’t wanna reveal a potential weak spot. It kills Arabeth to think that of him, but she wouldn’t put it past Solas to use Hanin to his own advantage.
Arabeth is largely absent for most of Hanin’s upbringing and that is a point of bitterness and contention between them as Hanin gets older. Arabeth is trying to stop the world from being destroyed and that keeps them away from Skyhold for long stints. Skyhold has been converted into almost a small city in the years after Trespasser and Hanin is it’s scion so he grows up jaded and bitter with buckets of insecurities but also a strong sense of duty to the people around him and to his Mom’s legacy.
He also was raised to hate Fen’Harel for keeping his mom away from him, which is more important to a child than the fate of the world haha. That makes things awkward when he finally finds out what Solas is to him....
It’s not all anger and bitterness tho. Everything Arabeth does is for their son, as well as the world at large. They care very, very deeply about their child and they have a lot of regrets about leaving Hanin.
Hanin was raised communally by the former Inquisition companions, nurse maids and clan Lavellan as well as Arabeth when they were home.
