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* INTRO;

DUDLEY O'SHAUGHNESSY || introducing FENRIS! at age 29, of MALE ELF origin, born in TEVINTER && best known as a SLAVER HUNTER; he has just recently arrived at Skyhold. He seems to be a WARRIOR, his known traits include OBSTINATE, DISTRUSTFUL and SOLITARY; and they stand with the inquisition.

hi all!! my name’s alice, i’m 22 (gmt) and this is fenris, my boyfriend, who i love and hate in equal measures. i’ve done a quite long breakdown of him below, but you can also just check out his wiki here!! TW: for torture, slavery and murder.

* FENRIS THEN;

Fenris was only a teenager when he was enslaved by the Tevinter Magister Danarius and branded with lyrium. Mages encircled him to watch as the lyrium - their source of power - permeated his skin and marked him an instrument in their depravity. He’s hated mages ever since.

His skin became agonizing to touch but the lyrium allowed him to do terrible, unnatural things; reach into people’s bodies, phase through solid objects, anything Danarius asked of him.

The torture left him with no memories of his childhood and no memories of his life up until the branding. The only thing he knew was Danarius, so he detached himself from the pain and did his duty as the Magister’s bodyguard.

After a bloody battle on Seheron between the Magisters and Qunari, Fenris was bloodied and left to fend for himself. The Fog Warriors, native to the Seheron jungles, treated his injuries and shared their culture with him. When Danarius returned to reclaim what was rightfully his, the Fog Warriors refused his orders and attacked the Magister. Injured and infuriated, Danarius demanded that Fenris kill his saviours. He did. The sight of them dead - the first people to ever treat Fenris as an equal - snapped him out of his staunch obedience and he fled to Kirkwall. That’s where he met Hawke.

Whilst in Kirkwall, Fenris discovered his name used to be Leto. He learned that he had sacrificed himself and his memories in order to save his sister, Varania, from his lyrium-marked fate. In turn, she betrayed his location to Danarius and used his hunt for answers as a lure so that she, a mage, could become Danarius’ apprentice. This was a new sort of pain.

Fenris grew to value his rag-tag Kirkwall family in a way that he’d never allowed himself to value any group of people before (apart from, cough, Anders). He admired Hawke greatly, but never let himself get too close.

In the end, the feelings he held for the Kirkwall squad lead only to further disappointment. Not again. He now makes no friends where he travels and seeks no contact, save for the merchants and innkeepers that leer openly at his markings.

* FENRIS NOW;

With Hawke gone, Fenris is driven purely by his own ideals. He had become begrudgingly accustomed to following Hawke wherever they roamed but now, with only his personal vendetta to focus on, he’s reverted to the safety of isolation.

The battle between Templars and Mages has left many civilians poor, homeless, and vulnerable to Tevinter slavers preying on refugee camps scattered across Thedas. With nothing holding him back, he’s on a one-man rampage to tear apart the slaving system, to kill the slavers and impoverish their Magisters. He takes no prisoners and hears no disputes.

To Fenris, the logical epicentre of all this chaos is the Inquisition. Their mission is to promote peace and restore normality, leading them directly to the war-torn cities and feuding dignitaries that Fenris is targetting. He’s joined the Inquisition to help and protect innocent civilizations at risk of slavery; an honourable mission that he’s willing to accomplish through any dishonourable means.

So, there’s my boy!! HMU if you would like to plot -- I’m going to get working on some starters now. And as always, many, many apologies for this broody baby’s attitude.

#skyholdintro #here's my boy!!#and here's me!!

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