[OOC] Pawns of the Inquisition

[Saarebas]

Vat-Katari

"It is who I am"

Name
Vat-Katari

Age
30

Gender
Male

Race
Vashoth

Appearance
Vat-Katari, like the rest of his people, is a massive individual when compared to the other races. Standing at a staggering 7'4" and having a incredibly robust body build many consider Vat-Katari to have quite the intimidating stature. His hair is a wild white mane that hangs down below his shoulders that is paired with a fair amount of facial hair, though no where near the standard Dwarf amount. His eyes are a bright copper color, being borderline red. Vat-Katari is covered from head to toe in a mind boggling amount of scars, looking like has had been attacked with everything from an arrow to Mage lightning. He dawns a various assortment of piercings all over his body, even on his horns.

Nationality
Was born on Seheron

Group Affiliation
Tal-Vashoth

Occupation
Bandit Chief

Specialization
Saarebas

Equipment/Weapons
Vat-Katari's arsenal differs dramatically from what is expected from most Mages who inhabit Thedas. For example he doesn't carry nor use a staff, he finds them ineffective and cumbersome. Instead of robes Vat-Katari wears a small amount of armor paired with a full body painting of Vitaar for protection. He keeps a small pack of essentials on him at all times that consist of food, healing potions, coin, and other such things. He also makes sure to always have some lyrium on him in case he needs a boost.

Bio
Despite being born on the Qunari controlled island of Seheron Vat-Katari was never under the rule of the Qun do to his parents being a pair of Tal-Vashoth warriors, which in retrospect may have given him a better start in life when in comparison to other Qunari mages, though that may only be true to a small margin. Being raised Tal-Vashoth is the basic equivalent of nonstop combat training, Vat-Katari was practically expected to be able to kill a man before he could speak. Luckily for Vat-Katari he took to fighting like a Darkspawn to the Deep Roads, finding quite the thrill in bloodshed. His training only became more intense once his magical capabilities revealed itself, the Tal-Vashoth wouldn't waste the power of a mage especially one as promising as Vat-Katari. He picked up the magic style of the other Tal-Vashoth mages, some former Saarebas while others being born into the Tal-Vashoth like himself, rather quickly and was eventually put into the Tal-Vashoth's battle against the Qunari.

Vat-Katari spent years battling Qunari forces across Seheron, even managing to become one of the Ben-Hassrath's most wanted fugitives. His battling the Qunari may have gone on even longer if Vat-Katari's greed didn't push him to pursue different interests. As much as he enjoyed the thrill of battle Vat-Katari loved wealth even more and he realized that he wouldn't get that by being just some Tal-Vashoth warrior. So he began to raid villages, stealing anything and everything of value. Eventually Vat-Katari wanted more than what the small villages of Seheron could offer so he set off for the mainland.

It took a few years and more than a few broken bones, luckily most of which weren't Vat-Katari's, but Vat-Katari was able to build himself a pretty impressive bandit clan. They namely focused on knocking over large trade caravans with the occasional village raid thrown in. They are currently set up in an abandoned fortress located on the Storm Coast, it is easy to defend and great for hording their loot..

[Clanty]

Asha'ren

Name: Asha’ren (Asha or Ash)

Age: 31

Gender: F

Race: Elf-blooded

Nationality: Born in Kirkwall in the Free-Marches

Group Affiliation: none

Occupation: Guide-Though she started out as a petty thief and card-sharp, she’s found that life after the incident at the conclave her skills are much better used to help navigate civilians through the perilous wilderness, for a decent sum of course.

Appearance: Asha has auburn hair and piercing grey eyes that are always taking in the world around her. She’s a master at gathering information, whether it’s by making contacts within a city or tracking dinner through the forest. Though she has the build of her human mother, tall and solid, her facial features and ears reveal her elven father’s heritage.

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Equipment/Weapons: Asha carries a well made bow and a couple mismatched daggers. She typically wears leather leggings, knee high boots and some combination of a vest and blouse combo with some bracers over her sleeves to protect the fabric from the bowstring. A brown wool cloak trimmed with fur from animals she’s hunted since leaving the city tops off her ensemble. She carries a small satchel that she wears slung across her body and that contains all she owns in the world, a doll her mother made her, a few necessary survival tools, bits of food and a map of the area she’d managed to lift off a merchant.

Bio:

Asha’ren was born to a Low-Town merchant and her elven husband who hailed from Kirkwall’s alienage. As she grew up she helped in her mother’s shop until her mother got sick and perished. Her father wasted away, mourning for his lost love. Several years after her mother died, her father followed, leaving her in charge of the small shop. Though she tried her best to maintain the business, other merchants pushed her out and she eventually had to close shop. After her business failed Asha tried to stay with her father’s family in the alienage but they turned her away, telling her that having someone of her blood around would put the rest of them in danger. As a parting gift, Asha’s grandmother gave her a gorgeous bow and a quiver of arrows to protect herself.

Heartbroken and homeless, Asha spent some time in the Hanged Man winning enough at cards to buy some food and a dry place to sleep for a week or so before being kicked out. She stole a couple daggers and some gold on her way out, fleeing to the docks and stowed away onto a cargo ship. As her luck would have it, she was discovered as the ship was just hitting the Storm Coast. She was unceremoniously dumped overboard and by some miracle managed to keep her things with her. She swam to shore and has been lurking around the Storm Coast ever since, hunting for food and scavenging goods that washed up. Occasionally she’ll act as guide to travelers who weren’t prepared for the perils of the coast. She has created a little camp and makes a tidy enough living to keep herself in warm clothes and good ale. She’ll occasionally foray into the city to sell the things she’s found but has become accustomed to the solitude she finds out on the coast.

[Tuxedo Fox]

@Saarebas@Clanty

Both your characters are great guys-go ahead and post em up in the character section to make it official.

[Saarebas]

@Clanty Just to check since the image on your CS isn't working for me right now is it the sameone as your avatar?

[Clanty]

@Saarebas Yes it is. I think I'm going to have to host the photo or something.

[Saarebas]

@Clanty Here you go =)

[The Kraken]

You guys with accepted characters are welcome to start working on IC posts if you like, or if you need some help on how to bring your character in on the action then feel free to do some brainstorming on that as well in the OOC

[vFear]

Hey~ Just chipping in to see if this is still recruiting? I'm pretty interested.

[Pundii]

This looks spectacular - i've been looking for a Dragon Age RP on here for a while now.
If you're still taking chars - I might put together a character sheet for a mage of some sort soon. :)

[Tuxedo Fox]

@vFear@Pundii

Yeah guys feel free to throw up your sheets here in ooc, you two will be probably be that last characters we take on though. And thanks to everybody who has shown interest guys-really didn't expect so many people to want to join up.

[Pundii]

Nolan Halwic

Name:
Nolan Halwic

Age:
27

Gender:
Male

Race:
Human

Nationality:
Free Marcher

Group Affiliation:
Grey Wardens

Occupation:
Mage/Peacekeeper

Appearance:
Nolan appears a reasonably built individual, standing at a height of roughly 6'1", he is reasonably muscular, but overall he is far more dextrous in his appearance - not relying on his physical prowess for a great deal. His black hair is usually slicked back over his head, and at the sides it is shaved, making the three scars which trail from the right side of his head down to the back of his head visible. His eyes are a deep blue, and his face is clean shaven, revealing the pale shade to his skin. Apart from the scar on his head, the only clear and defining marking which Nolan has on his body is along the length of his right arm, black and purple markings running along the veins of his arm.

Equipment/Weapons:
Generally, Nolan wears a black coat over his Warden armour, but ensures that at least the breastplate is visible, so as to avoid any confusion with a general apostate. Around his wrists he wears a pair of armoured bracers and boots, each adorned with the Warden symbol. He usually wears a bag over his shoulder which contains tomes, papers, vials, bottles and other alchemical ingredients - and his staff is wooden, the majority of its length adorned with metallic plating, with the the tip fashioned into a forked shape, jagged teeth running down the inside.

Bio:
Born to a prostitute in Kirkwall, Nolan always knew very little of his father - and never particularly cared to. From his mother he gathered enough, the man had been a circle mage, and himself had no interest in raising a child. Nolan's young life was fairly common for a boy of his status in Kirkwall, and during his youth he became fairly involved with all manner of criminals in lowtown. While Nolan was aware of the growing tension between Templars and mages in Kirkwall, he had no desire to join the circle - and was protected as an apostate by the gangs he associated with and helped by taking odd-jobs, never really aligning himself with one in particular. His safety did not last forever, and as Templars became more and more active within Kirkwall, Nolan was forced to leave the city as a young man, only having just turned 19. Nolan made his way to Markham, believing that perhaps the attention from the Chantry would be far less prominent, but he only stayed a few months in the city before wanted posters were placed up for him - on the charges of apostasy.

Having little contacts or places to hide within Markham itself, Nolan took to the deep roads below the city, believing they would be safe from the prying eyes of Templars. While he was somewhat correct, he began to become exposed to the more dangerous inhabitants of the Deep Roads - Darkspawn. Spending little more than a few weeks in the caves, Nolan eventually succumbed to a grave wound in his right arm, and began to feel the growing effects of Darkspawn corruption. Knowing what his injury would likely bring, Nolan attempted to leave the Deep Roads, but in his confused and panicked state, only got more lost - barely surviving the following days with the growing corruption in his veins, his arm forever becoming scarred by the darkspawn blood poisoning his own. How Nolan did survive was by pure chance - he was found by a trio of Grey Wardens, hunting down Darkspawn packs. In an attempt to save Nolan, the Wardens brought Nolan out of the Deep Roads - to their fortress on the outskirts of Markham, and administered the Joining to the man.

Nolan - despite his weakened state, managed to survive the Joining, and became a Grey Warden as a result. Originally displeased with this turn of events, Nolan quickly warmed up to the role - considering he had not died horribly, and would now not have to worry about Templars. He spent some time with the Wardens in Markham, hunting down Darkspawn in the Deep Roads, and when they were brave enough to come to the surface, and continued to develop as a mage. In some encounters with Templars - he often got along well with them - Nolan in fact had no issue with the Circle and how it functioned, nor did he disagree with the strict restrictions that the Templars had in place - the mage himself despising blood magic and its users, and particularly the results it could have. Considering these views, Nolan was sent to Ferelden when the war first broke out - to serve as a peacekeeper in conflict zones along with other Grey Wardens.

Complete! Hopefully it's alright.

[The Kraken]

@Pundii Looks great to me! Once @Tuxedo Fox gives it the OK, you can post it to the Character section and then get to work on an IC post. You can start thinking now on how you'd like to incorporate them into the plot and if you need any help just let us know.

[Tuxedo Fox]

Yeah @Pundii what Kraken said, looks great. Feel free to throw him up in the character section.

[Tuxedo Fox]

Also meant to let everybody know I should have something up later today. Lovein all the posts so far.

[vFear]

And here it is! After a bit of collab work with Pundii to make integration into the plot a bit easier and to keep it a bit interesting. Let me know if you want anything changed yo~

Knight-Lieutenant Clara Almeida

Clara Almeida

Knight-Lieutenant, Templar Order

Age:
25.

Gender:
Female.

Race:
Human.

Nationality:
Ferelden, from the Frostback Mountains.

Occupation:
Templar ambassador to the Grey Wardens.

Equipment:
- [Full Templar armor and attire, with a winged helmet and varied robes to indicate rank.]
- [A large Templar kite shield accompanied by a dwarven-crafted Templar officer longsword: a parting gift bought for him by his prior platoon of Templars before he moved on to become the Templar Ambassador to the Grey Wardens.]
- [A Templar's lyrium kit, with the wooden carving hollowed out to conceal lyrium sand.]

Biography:
Clara Almeida was born in the mid-upper regions of the Frostback Mountains located to the east side of Ferelden, where her family had been a part of a semi-isolationist village which traded extensively with Redcliffe Village, providing unique meats and spices from the mountain in exchange for commodities such as warm clothes and crops produce that couldn't be grown in the three-season snow. At the time of Clara's birth the village was at the tail end of poverty and hardship as significant illness had struck its residents, in turn preventing them from hunting and hence trading for essential supplies; the chain of events continued until the village was left entirely with the sick and lame. After a failed attempt at helping the village by a group of volunteers from Redcliffe Village, the volunteers pleaded their case to the local Chantry, who investigated the matter and concluded that little could be done in such a late stage. The Chantry sect decided to save who they could, and took all those who could survive the trek down the mountain or could be carried, such as infants; luckily enough, Clara was once such infant.

Clara, orphaned after the passing of her village when she was no older than 7 months old, recalls her first memories within the walls of the Redcliffe Chantry. She never knew her family and frankly wasn't really bothered by it, partly because she never knew any better and partly because she was treated well by the religious brothers and sisters. Although she was considered to be put up for adoption, her hardy constitution and natural physical prowess deriving from generations of her family being from the mountains made her an ideal candidate for the Templar Order, and as such the chantry retained her as a Sister until she could be assessed at a more appropriate age.

At 16 years of age, Clara was formally underwent an aptitude assessment for the Templar Order, and having had her life to prepare for it plus her natural perks, she passed with flying colors. She was inducted to the order and began training for her to commence her service at her coming of age. Over the next 9 years of her service, Clara grew to become an excellent warrior and promising leader, which lead to her promotion to Knight-Corporal on grounds of merit and later Knight-Lieutenant on grounds of merit and the outbreak of the war, where she was given command of a platoon to contribute to the war effort. Throughout her career Clara showed unflinching loyalty to the Order: this contributed significantly to her merit, for a Templar's obedience was more important than anything else; although all of her achievements concealed something sinister, a near-crippling addiction to lyrium which took her as far as regularly snorting lyrium sand on top of standard ingestion in order to avoid withdrawals. Clara experiences significant withdrawals when denied lyrium and if denied it entirely for long enough, there's quite a daunting chance of it leading to her death. As of current she acknowledges her addiction and expresses a desire to prevent it getting worse, but she has no intent to begin taking less lyrium.

Recently, after a successful streak of leading her platoon in the war, Clara was reassigned as an ambassador for the Templar Order to the Grey Wardens. Command for the Templar Order recently and reluctantly concluded that such a means was necessary in order to preserve good relations with the wardens contribute to the good of the realm, on the grounds the ambassador would not flinch in their duties to rid the realm of the likes of apostates and abominations. Clara was nominated for the job by her Knight-Captain and later accepted, on the grounds of her outstanding service record, her unflinching loyalty to the Order, her suitable personality, and her severe lyrium addiction which would be used to manipulate her need be. When the news was broke to her platoon, the platoon contributed minor portions of their pay individually to collectively buy a dwarven-crafted officers longsword for their leaving platoon commander as a parting gift, which now acts as her sword of choice.

Clara now journeys with the Grey Warden Nolan Halwic, who was the next best thing to a perfect partner: a Mage who respected the need to rid the world of abominations conducting peacekeeping operations in sensitive areas. The two get along well, going about peacekeeping - in war-affected areas in particular - with Clara acting as the primary liaison to the Templars and Nolan as the primary liaison to the Mages.

[The Kraken]

@vFear your character sheet looks excellent as well, glad to see some diversity among all of the characters. Will be interesting to see how we will be able to bring them all under one umbrella. As soon as Fox gives you the green light, feel free to post to the character section.

[Tuxedo Fox]

@vFear
Love the character V, especially the whole lyrium angle. Go ahead and throw em on up in the character section!

Ill be working on a post on and off the next hour or two while I make dinner, should have something up soon.

[Gate Keeper]

Whew, makes me glad I didnt go for my original character concept, a RECOVERING lyrium addict... that would have been awkward.@vFear

[Tuxedo Fox]

Whew, makes me glad I didnt go for my original character concept, a RECOVERING lyrium addict... that would have been awkward.@vFear

@Gate Keeper

Yeah that'd be a great pairing lol

[Tuxedo Fox]

@Gate Keeper@The Kraken@Clanty@Saarebas@vFear@Pundii

Hey everybody! Just wanted to let you all know I appreciate everyones effort and commitment put in so far to the rp-this is the first one I've launched on this site (after not rping for quite a while) and I'm glad it got so much interest. Hopefully we can all work together to keep things moving smoothly and fun. And please, if you ever want to talk about or have any questions regarding the rp or future plot arcs and ideas feel free to message me or Kraken (whom I should also give props to, mosta ya probably wouldn't have found the rp if not for them.)

Anyways, basically just wanted to let everybody know I just got back on and am going to read the new posts and then start working on my own response. Might take me a minute cause I'm takein care of the sick gf, but I should def have something up tonight (probly next hour or two.) And again, just wanted to tell everybody your all doin an awesome job-lovein all the posts.