#he's gonna be a Taash kisser I'm pretty sure

[persuasion-check]

Damian Mercar Hawke aka "Rook"

(He's the adopted son of my Amelia Hawke and Fenris. Because I enjoy subjecting myself to severe emotional pain, apparently.)

His personality is pretty much what you’d expect of a kid who was sort of raised communally by the Kirkwall crew. Sarcastic to a fault, too charming for his his own good, and more empathy for those around him than is probably healthy. He always wanted the chance to prove himself a hero but he’s straight-up not having a good time with the reality of it.

In 9:38 Dragon, Amelia Hawke and Fenris found Damian and his sister, Evie, amongst a group of slaves they freed in Hasmal. The children's parents had died a few months prior and the local orphanage was already overfull. After being pulled away from her own siblings (by death in one case, and distance in the others), Amelia couldn’t bear to see Damian and Evie parted.

So she and Fenris decided Hasmal was as good a place to lay low as any. They adopted the two siblings and started renting a small house there. The four of them, plus Amelia's mabari, Sweets, lived together as a nice little domestic family for just over three years. Until Amelia got Varric's letter summoning her to Skyhold.

Fenris took the kids back to Kirkwall and, though he and Amelia weren’t there all the time, between Bethany, Merrill, Aveline and Donnic, and eventually Varric once he returned – the kids were well cared for and looked after. They even got to know the Inquisitor, Ianto Lavellan, after he moved to Kirkwall after disbanding the Inquisition in 9:44.

Damian left Kirkwall to join the Shadow Dragons shortly after his 20th nameday in 9:49 Dragon. He reconnects with Varric and starts helping him hunt Solas about 6 months before the beginning of the game.