🦀🕯️ Obsidian System (DAI)

Personality: Kind, Hopeful, Serene, Spiritual, Anxious, Wistful, Quietly Brave

Likes: Rocks, Math, Philosophy and Religion, Positivity, A Good Cathartic Cry, Fun and Soothing Textures, Small Gatherings of Loved Ones, Embracing Change (Within Reason)

Dislikes: Being in Charge, Despair, Being Told Not to Cry, Loneliness, Crowds, Getting In Trouble, Folks Who Assume the Worst of Others, Complete Darkness, Dissociation, Unnecessary or Excessive Violence

Design Notes

Physical Appearance:

• Has Falon'Din's vallaslin tattooed on their face in vibrant green
• Anchor on left hand
• Average height for an elf (short compared to humans) and chubby
• Wide, rounded nose
• Dense, curly black hair cut into a poofy mohawk

Clothing and Equipment:

• Always wears a shard of green obsidian on a necklace!!!
• Usually wearing some kind of earrings (specific designs vary, but they usually feature rocks in some way)
• Clothes/robes vary, but are generally Dalish in design
• Wears a lot of orange, green, purple, and black
• Uses several different staves over the course of their adventure, but tend to favor ice staves

Character Notes

History:

• Spent their childhood in a city in the Free Marches, but left to join a Dalish clan as a 12-year-old because their magic was becoming too obvious to hide from the Templars.
• They may have joined late, but they rapidly became a teacher's pet and soon knew more about elven history and spirituality than many of their raised-Dalish peers. To the surprise of no one but the frustration of a few of their more competitive peers, they were eventually selected as their clan's First.

Other Info:

• They get willingly possessed by a Spirit of Loyalty (who goes by Khalil, they/it/he) post-canon, but they were plural long before the spirit-induced plurality. Their non-spirit headmate goes by Will (he/him). Stay tuned for more about both Will and Khalil when we have the energy to type it up.
• Associated tarot cards are Wheel of Fortune and Death
• Varric's nickname for them is Pebbles
• A reluctant Inquisitor, but surprisingly good at their job nonetheless
• Subconsciously convinced that Cassandra is their boss, even once they've been Inquisitor for months/years
• Mostly just wants to collect rocks and garden
• Loves learning about different spiritual traditions
• Is dissociating into outer space basically always