#||not chant nor hymn|| (canon: Rim Katoh)

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Everyone’s asleep I get to post about the height of my ocs with no commentary

Jenny: 5′5″ Shep: 6′1″ Visus: 6′ Rath: 5′11″ Henrik: 6′2″ Rim: 5′10″

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I feel like this has been more or less confirmed by dialogue/stuff in-game, but for my blog and Wardens:

I personal headcanon is that Wardens can kinda... sense one another? Given the fact that the Warden’s “Final Gift” is that Darkspawn cannot tell them apart from the rest of the Darkspawn hoard and that they can feel the archdemon, that feeling goes the other way too.

They can feel their Warden brothers and sisters in a crowd, more akin to the hair on the back of one’s neck raising rather than a deep psychic connection. It’s just another sense that they gain upon taking the Joining.

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what shape does your pain take?

Ghosts

Your pain takes the shape of ghosts, haunting you, always there. No one would believe you if you told them, or understand even if they did. You don't know how to make them go away, or what they want. They just follow you, casting shadows over all you do, being your fears and the embodiment of all you've lost or are afraid of losing. 

They can't touch you though... Can they?

Tagged by: @champions-folly​

Tagging: @ysenias​, @cheatdeaths​, @afraidofchange​ (Cass), @lethendral​

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Codex: Vashoth Grey Wardens

“In the years since the Fifth Blight more cases of Tal-Vashoth and Vashoth Qunari joining the Grey Warden ranks have been documented. I was once a recruit myself, and I’ve seen many other initiates attempt to Join the ranks of Grey Wardens.

The mortality rates of Qunari initiates are high, and those that do survive are often laid up in the infirmary for weeks or even months before they’re anywhere near being okay to fight again. Through my research, I believe that the reason may have to do with the origin of the Qunari race. The story goes that those who were responsible for creating our race mixed us with dragons.

There are of course Reavers who historically use dragon’s blood as a path to battle superiority, such as Calenhad Theirin. These warriors rarely show the same sickness, and often recover quicker than other recruits, earlier theorized to be helped by the enhancement of Dragon’s Blood.”

- Personal Research Journal of Warden Rim Katoh, Notes Regarding the Joining

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TAGGED  BY : @theharellan, for Rim Katoh :’) TAGGING :  @nxthero (Rosara), @makercursed, @chmpn, @throatkissed (Corvo), @irsalladin, @afraidofchange​ (Cassandra), @champions-folly​ (Vivienne) 

—    BASICS.

▸     IS    YOUR    MUSE    TALL    /    SHORT    /    AVERAGE ? Rim is short for a Qunari, standing at about 5′11″.

▸      ARE    THEY    OKAY    WITH    THEIR    HEIGHT ? She isn’t upset about it given that she’s taller than most people still, it’s only a hassle when there is the rare occasion that she does have trouble reaching something.

▸      WHAT’S    THEIR    HAIR    LIKE ? It, like most Qunari, is white. It is thick and when undone from how she’s styled it reaches the middle of her back. It would be considered 2b as far as curl/wave type goes (I think? I don’t know anything about hair!).

She hasn’t cut it in many years.

▸     DO    THEY    SPEND    A    LOT    OF    TIME    ON    THEIR    HAIR     /    GROOMING ? Yes, given that it is part of her appearance and gives people an initial impression of her she takes the time to make it nice. She typically wears it in a low bun with minimal braids done as is the Fereldan fashion.

▸      DOES   YOUR   MUSE   CARE   ABOUT   THEIR   APPEARANCE   /   WHAT    OTHERS    THINK ? She only cares so much as she wants to appear put together. She deems herself a researcher and aims to come off as much, though most of her appearance is tailored for her own comfort and for practicality.

—    PREFERENCES.

▸     INDOORS    OR    OUTDOORS ?  Indoors ▸     RAIN    OR    SUNSHINE ?  Rain ▸     FOREST    OR    BEACH ?  Forest ▸     PRECIOUS    METALS    OR    GEMS ?   Precious metals ▸     FLOWERS    OR    PERFUMES ?  Both ▸     PERSONALITY    OR    APPEARANCE ?  Appearance ▸     BEING    ALONE    OR    BEING    IN    A    CROWD ?  both ▸     ORDER    OR    ANARCHY ?  Order ▸     PAINFUL    TRUTHS    OR    WHITE    LIES ?  White lies ▸     SCIENCE    OR    MAGIC ?  Both ▸     PEACE    OR    CONFLICT ?  Peace ▸     NIGHT    OR    DAY ?  Day ▸     DUSK    OR    DAWN ?  Dawn ▸     WARMTH    OR    COLD ?  Cold ▸     MANY   ACQUAINTANCES    OR    A    FEW    CLOSE    FRIENDS ?  Both ▸     READING    OR    PLAYING    A    GAME ?  Reading

—    QUESTIONNAIRE.

▸      WHAT    ARE    SOME    OF    YOUR    MUSE’S    BAD    HABITS ?

Rim tends to believe she is the smartest in the room if a particular topic is something she is knowledgable in.

She is quickly dismissive of questions she deems boring, or if she’s been asked them one too many times, as she hates to repeat herself to people, even if she’s never spoken to them before. 

She scratches at the inner corner of her thumb cuticle with her pointer finger to the point of bleeding.

Often loses track of time and forgets to eat as a result.

▸      HAS    YOUR    MUSE    LOST    ANYONE    CLOSE    TO    THEM ?      HOW    HAS    IT    AFFECTED    THEM ? Technically speaking, she’s lost her parents. She was willingly given to the Circle as her magic manifested by her Vashoth parents. The Blight struck Ferelden and she was all the way in Starkhaven when that happened. She assumes them dead, and while she did mourn, it’s not something that still plagues her. By the time she was recruited into the Wardens from Circle of Magi, so much time had passed that she thought it’d do more harm than good to seek them/their fate out.

Rim’s lost many people she considers mentors and mentees to the Taint, Darkspawn, bad luck, or stupidity over the years too. 

She has few she calls close friends that she actively keeps in contact with.

▸      WHAT    ARE    SOME    FOND    MEMORIES    YOUR    MUSE    HAS ?   Rim does not regret her time in the circle. It lent itself to a good education she otherwise would not have had. She learned reading, writing, and arithmetic... even to speak other languages. Her fondest memory however is the Warden recruiter coming to the Circle Tower in Starkhaven. She volunteered to go with the recruiter, as she at the time did have a taste for adventure.

She was later more than happy to lend herself back into a researcher role for the Grey Wardens, as the marriage of science and magic is where her true passion lies.

▸     IS    IT    EASY    FOR    YOUR    MUSE    TO    KILL ? No. She doesn’t have the constitution for it. She won’t even do experiments on live rats.

That is to say, she has devised many battle methods that do work for her, and it often includes bolstering and enhancing her companions with the help of modified runic/sigil magic.

▸      WHAT’S    IT    LIKE    WHEN    YOUR    MUSE    BREAKS    DOWN ? Rim clams up completely. She’s not afraid of socializing with those around her even if she is not someone that others typically want to be around. She enjoys talking to people. When she breaks its a quiet thing, and she sinks into her work completely until she can’t work anymore.

There have been a few times over her years with the Wardens where stress alone has caused her to be put on bed rest for multiple weeks or caused her temporary blindness.

▸      IS    YOUR    MUSE    CAPABLE    OF    TRUSTING    SOMEONE    WITH    THEIR    LIFE ? Part of being a Warden is learning how to do that. Even with all of its secrets and hierarchy, the Grey Wardens are a brotherhood... they are family and that means learning to put trust where none is earned other than by the fact you share an oath alone.

This said, Rim has found precious few she trusts without strings or back up plans completely with her life.

▸      WHAT’S    YOUR    MUSE    LIKE    WHEN    THEY’RE    IN    LOVE ? She softens tremendously. While she is a rather tightly wound individual, love lends itself to forcing her to slow down and perhaps even relax given the right person. However, her affection is hard-won given she is often moved around on short notice by the Wardens.

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But for every one who stood and sang the hymn of praise, Two lay at their feet, soul seeking the Light eternal.