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Rilyana Surana Warden-Commander ATTRIBUTES PERSONALITY ABILITIES & SKILLS HISTORY NOTES OOC dove • prettydoes • central time one ATTRIBUTES NAME. Rilyana Surana TITLE. Warden-Commander NICKNAMES. Rili, Snowdrop (what Varric would call her) CLASS/RANK. Blood Mage AGE. 20 in DAO DATE OF BIRTH. She celebrates her name day on Summersday, but she doesn't know with certainty that she was born then. ORIENTATION. Lesbian DATING STATUS. Romanced Leliana or unromanced FAMILY. She doesn’t remember them with any clarity. RELIGION. Andrastian, but not overly devout. HEIGHT. 5'3" BUILD. Average HAIR. Light brown, curly EYES. Brown WEAPONS. Magic staves ARMOR. Robes Rilyana Surana Warden-Commander ATTRIBUTES PERSONALITY ABILITIES & SKILLS HISTORY NOTES OOC dove • prettydoes • central time one PERSONALITY Rilyana is a woman of good spirits and strong--but ultimately mutable--opinions. Most tellingly, she begins Origins convinced that blood magic is wrong and wicked and punishable...only to agree to let a demon possess a child in return for teaching it to her. The beliefs she was taught in the Circle are worth something, sure, but stopping the Blight is worth something more. It's not exactly surprising. Rili's always been a pragmatic person at heart, willing to adjust her viewpoint when the world doesn't match it rather than hold the world to an impossible ideal. In retrospect, she thinks it's a necessary skill for thriving in a Circle, though she isn't strictly correct; compromise is part of how she survived growing up in a setting that refused to compromise in favour of the things she longed for. That said, she still does nice things for people. They're there, they can help, why not rescue the kitten from the tree? But in the world of us-versus-them, it's us all the way. Her morals might shift, but her personality remains the same. Rilyana is good-humored and friendly, willing to laugh about her ridiculous name and have a good time when she can. She's loyal to friends, to the best of her abilities--though, when it comes down to them-or-her, she'll pick herself 9 times out of 10. (Number 10 is Leliana, the one person in the world she can love without self-preservation in the back of her mind.) She has a sharp, curious mind, as well as an unchecked fondness for novelty. After nearly two decades indoors, snow and rain are magic unto themselves. Living plants and flowers are a revelation, and sunsets still feel impossible at times. She loves traveling, even in lousy conditions, and meeting new people. It occurs to her occasionally--more and more often as she ages--that this is kind of a fucked-up way to go about life. Surround yourself with enough people willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of their beliefs, and eventually you start to wonder why you don't feel the same way. But it's not something she's looking to change about herself. She's not looking to take on the world's problems; the Blight, and eventually the Calling, are enough for her for the moment. And trying to fit in time to see her lover when she's one of the most important members of the Chantry (and then the Inquisition)--that's a puzzle for the ages. Rilyana Surana Warden-Commander ATTRIBUTES PERSONALITY ABILITIES & SKILLS HISTORY NOTES OOC dove • prettydoes • central time one ABILITIES & SKILLS Rilyana is fucking deadly with a staff, especially if she has some access to some blood--and she's usually got access to some blood. She's not bad with a punch, either, though she lacks Alistair's strength in that regard. For a small woman, she can drink a lot, though getting to that point (she only really has the opportunity to drink socially starting in the Blight) has involved a lot of miserable hangovers. Whoops. Rilyana Surana Warden-Commander ATTRIBUTES PERSONALITY ABILITIES & SKILLS HISTORY NOTES OOC dove • prettydoes • central time one HISTORY Rilyana Surana was born and raised in the alienage for the first few years of her life, the youngest of half a dozen children in her parents' ramshackle home. She began to show signs of magic at a young age and was taken away from her family when she was around four, while she and her siblings were playing in the streets of the alienage and her parents were working. Her memories don't stretch back to that time with much clarity, and what she does remember doesn't seem worthwhile to hold on to. The Circle of Magi is the home she can remember and appreciate, the mages and Chantry sisters her family. Growing up there was all she knew, and while never leaving seemed unfair at times, there was no other option available. It's easy to be kept in a cage, even as a high-spirited girl, when it feels like there's no door. In-game decisions: Party ‣ Recruited all party members ‣ Got Alistair his locket back ;; ‣ Named Dog Snickel ‣ Kills Marjolaine with Leliana ‣ Killed Flemeth for Morrigan ‣ Returned Sten's sword to him ‣ Reunited Wynne and Aneirin ‣ Fought Taliesen with Zevran Major storyline ‣ Both Connor and Isolde are alive, but Connor is possessed ‣ Saved First Enchanter Irving and sided with mages ‣ Sided with the elves in the elves-v.-werewolves nonsense ‣ Backed Harrowmont ‣ Destroyed the Anvil ‣ Asked Brother Genitivi not to tell the world about the Temple of Sacred Ashes, but doesn't kill him for it ‣ Made Alistair king, killed Loghain in combat ‣ Made Alistair go through the ritual with Morrigan ‣ Asked for independence for the Circle of Magi for her boon At the end of Origins, she declared her desire to continue her adventures with Leliana. Rilyana Surana Warden-Commander ATTRIBUTES PERSONALITY ABILITIES & SKILLS HISTORY NOTES OOC dove • prettydoes • central time one NOTES PB is Bojana Novakovic in the 2011 movie Burning Man. Normally, I'd make a DAI character for her, but there aren't any curly-haired hair options. :(

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