#B. Badass (especially in terms of melee/physical combat).

[emcapi-gaming]

Today's fun fact about Ardwin is The Forbidden Ship.

Which is Ardwin/G'raha.

There was a little spark of mutual attraction between them, especially around the late Shadowbringers patches. He, obviously, has idolized her for literal decades - and now all of a sudden, not only is she right there, he's also suddenly back in a much younger body. Ardwin, meanwhile, has probably been aware of his attraction for a while but now she's watching him be all energetic and bright-eyed and thinking huh, he's pretty cute.

However, there are 2 pretty major problems:

Ardwin has Chronic Tank Brain and can be a bit overprotective of people close to her.

G'raha has a history of not only throwing himself on every single grenade, but being sneaky about it.

And fortunately, they were able to recognize that anything over the line of "strictly platonic" would probably make both of these issues worse, and it was glaringly obvious that the resulting relationship would turn into a toxic nightmare.

(G'raha still seeing her as largely a symbol instead of understanding her as a person was also definitely a turn-off for Ardwin; one of her biggest factors in emotional attraction is people who understand her on a deeper level, and this was mostly a surface-level crush.)

They had to set some firm boundaries and commit to sticking to them for a while. By the time Dawntrail starts, Ardwin has gotten over her crush, G'raha has gotten to know her better, and they've managed to settle into a much more stable close friendship.