Dragon Age - Characters thread (OOC discussion)

Vanasha of House Facere
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Political Faction: leans traditionalist
Role: Altus Informant

I'm a fan of a character from HZD that didn't get tons of screen time. So, I'm going to bring her to the Dragon Age Universe and give her a Tevinter spin. I also feel her clothes are pretty Vint. (The new Fleek, didn't you know.}


DAI Version:

Appearance:
30. Light brown eyes, dark skin, shoulder length hair pulled back in a short pony tail or bun. Prone to wearing tight decorative dark clothing in jewel tones but feels just as comfortable in light armor.

Personality:
Creative, Assertive, determined, Clever, Effusive conversationalist (although mostly small talk). Curious about people. Independent. Self preservationist. Absolutely believes in vengeance, Tevinter, and reversing mistakes. She makes no apologies for slavery in Tevinter- it’s too common place and beneath her notice. She’ll be careful about relating the details of her plans as she values the success of them a bit too much to share. This evasiveness can be rather annoying to companions. Favorite color is purple.

Skills/Abilities/Weapons:
She finds dragging a staff around to be troublesome. She has fashioned herself a diadem with a focusing crystal built in. She favors entropy and spirit schools of magic.

History:
The youngest of four, she is not in line to be the heir of anything. Additionally, although she is capable, her magic is not particularly strong. She had no problems with any of her family. Her older brother likes to check in on her from time to time and remind her she could visit home more often. Her fascination with the history of the Blight caused her parents to connect her to a Patron that would find that useful: Ceaso Sidonius. They worked well together for seven years. Their research was not popular, as it seemed to hinge on TEvinter's past involvement, which disagreed with the prevailing view that Tevinter had not been involved. OR maybe he'd been onto something. Before the appearance of the Inquisition and Corypheus, her patron was accused of Blood Magic and executed. Due to her familial ties and underwhelming magical skill, she was not accused of the same.  She made sure those who caused Ceaso's death perished through careful investigation, a skill she'd made use of in her research, and blood magic. If she'd paid an assassin, it would have been traced back to her house one way or another. She hasn't used blood magic since. She is of the opinion that Blood Magic is a shortcut, but being satisfied with her current level of power, she hasn't needed to use that short cut but the once.

Romantic Inclination:
She's okay with casual sex, but hasn't run into anyone she's interested in a while. I'm going to say she's bisexual with a strong preference for men.

Her driving Goal:
To find a way to end the Blight so as to wash the hands of Tevinter of it. All of her adult life as well as the lost life of Ceaso was devoted to this goal.

I think that's concept art from the game. She's pretty bad ass. I recommend HZD, especially post DLC addition.

It's cmoe20's NPC character and I've made sure to check in with her to see that it's as she imagined. I didn't create him so you're going to have to take it up with her if you're going to go around insulting people's work.

So you're judging a character before they've even said a word. 

smilesja I gave Opus all of the notes I had on Declan so there would be continuity. His motive for keeping tabs on Kailyn and his 'betrayal' was left intentionally ambiguous. Which leaves a lot of room for Opus to create an interesting character while staying true to the story.

I lost the save of the character I was going to use a reference, but I managed to find a screenshot with a similar looking Qunari. He's probably going to be my Dragon Age version of Zahn Viratas on this forum (the character I use this forum for Mass Effect roleplays), since I based apart of his personality off of one of my characters who is a mage. I would have gone with making a more serious character, but making these types of characters is more fun for me. 


Kaaras Herah
Qunari
Male
Age: 25
Mercenary

Biography: He was born outside the Qun. Kaaras is a Tal-Vashoth. He has no recollection of anything of anything else except for one year ago, when he woke up with amnesia. He retained his combat skills, but that was about it. He decided to travel to find books and magical items while trying to find out who is and hopefully, remember everything. Kaaras eventually joined the Inquisition to help stop Corypheus. 

Personality: Despite having lost his memories, he keeps a positive on life. Kaaras is very outgoing and enjoys having fun. He's serious when he was to be, but tries not to be too serious. Kaaras wants to enjoy life as much as much as possible. He won't look the other way when others are being in need of help. Kaaras values life highly and won't kill unless he has to, but he does make exceptions for certain individuals.

I might give him some internal conflicts once he finds out who he is and regains his memories to make things more interesting.

Weapons: Staff and sword. He uses the staff a lot more.

Appearance/Personality

Known around Rivain by his many nicknames: Dragonslayer, The 1st Good Man, The One Man Army, The Harbinger of Death and the Soldier of Fortune (and many more). Cryus stands at 6'8 and is very muscular. He is cleanly shaven with brown eyes and a thick wide jaw. He wears warpaint which can range from simple stripes to decorative, scary symbols designed to intimidate the opponent. Cyrus is the founder of the Dark Falcons. It is considered the one of the best If not the best mercenary company in Rivain. He is intelligent, philosophical and very ambitious desiring to expand his mercenary company. He also deeply cares for the mercenaries who serve under his company, knowing all of his employe's names and will risk anything for them. In recent events his ambition clouded his moral judgment as he became more and more radical. Cyrus despises the Qunari believing that their philosophy will destroy the identity of Rivain and is often at odds with them. 


Abilities/Skills

Cyrus is known as a living legend on the battlefield with the scars to prove it. He uses his massive size, strength, and speed to overwhelm his opponent while wielding a Greatsword. Cyrus' swordsmanship is direct and powerful but still agile and dynamic. When he consumed the Dragon's blood as a reward for slaying a dragon, Cyrus became a Reaver adding to his already formidable physical attributes and he often draws power from the pain he sustains during battle augmenting his already impressive strength. Cyrus doesn't rely on brute force alone, he loves to use psychological tactics. Often employing taunts and manipulation to create doubt in the opponent. Cyrus believes that a battle is won once you dominate the opponent's mind. As soon as he smells a hint of emotional weakness, Cyrus capitalizes on it seeking to demoralize the opponent then attacking as soon as his guard is down. Cyrus greatest attribute as a fighter is his will. His ability to power through despite suffering major injuries. He WILL not get beaten into submission. Though a battle hardened merc who displays fast, fluid and creative swordsmanship; Cyrus is not without weakness, while flexible Cyrus lacks adaptability and will struggle against fighting styles that he wasn't already familiar with. He is also very arrogant and has a tendency to underestimate his opponents. Something that can be exploited in a fight against Cyrus.

Abilities:

2-handed

Spinning Defense
Mighty Blow (Easy Target) 
Flow of Battle
Shield Breaker
Pommel Strike (Staggering Strike)
Whirlwind (Rising winds)
Guard Smasher
Earthshattering Strike (Shattered Ground)

Reaver

Ring of Pain
Blood Fury
Terrifying Fury
Fervor
Devour
Dragon Rage (Ravage)
Rampage

History

Cyrus was born somewhere in the ports of Rivain. His father was a fisherman and his mother was a healer for a local hospital. As a child, Cyrus was described as an introvert who developed a love for fighting. While his parents were working Cyrus would often observe the sailors fist fighting for money in the abandoned warehouses and took note of their fighting techniques. Cyrus was tall as a child towering over other children, he would often challenge kids to fight him and will come out victorious. Cyrus also developed a love for reading to the point where if he wasn't busy fighting, his face would be an in a book reading the tales of honorable knights or about the philosophies of the Seers. Cyrus maintained a close relationship with his parents who while they expressed their disappointment with his love of fighting preferring Cyrus to pursue more academic ambitions they did notice his talent in it. At age 18, Cyrus worked for a small time mercenary company called the Skull Crushers. He began his sword training under their leader: Nazeem. Cyrus excelled, impressing Nazeem and over the next 7 years they worked together and help build the Skull Crushers with their most notable achievement is being part of the 20 good men: Mercenaries freelance and part of a company who were under contract to slay a Dragon in Orlais with Cyrus executing the final blow to the Dragon. The one gave the job, rewarded Cyrus (and a Qunari) the power of the Reaver. 

He then returned to Rivain to find that the story of him slaying Dragon has spread and he became truly respected and feared. Cyrus celebrated this, by going to a whorehouse and sleeping with a prostitute. One day she came to him, saying that she was pregnant. Horrified and unwilling to be a father, Cyrus abandoned the pregnant prostitute refusing to take part in the child's life. As his accolades as a mercenary grew, so did Cyrus' ambition. He grew frustrated at Nazeem for not expanding the Skull Crushers after killing the Dragon, feeling that he was becoming complacent. He expressed his frustrations at Nazeem. It is unknown what happened next, but it ended up with Cyrus killing Nazeem and taking over his Mercenary Company. Cyrus renamed it the Black Falcons and continued the reputation that he established when he first came joined the Skull Bashers. After massive success in Rivain, Cyrus sets his sights on the other countries of Thedas and started to take on contracts such as participating in wars, kidnapping, and other things. Cyrus has a clear goal: Have the Black Falcons be the greatest Mercenary Company in history and become the greatest mercenary the world has ever known.


Black Falcons Logo: 

A bit of both.

Updated Shujaa.

FINALLY DONE WITH CYRUS!

@morriganfaye looks like a great character! any plans for her yet?