#house trevelyan

[ohmyarda]

“Murderer, herald, judge, savior: these were some of the titles heaped on the Inquisitor as she led a force that challenged nations.”

To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of Dragon Age: Inquisition, my all-time favorite game and installment in the franchise, I commissioned my titular Inquisitor and her closest companions. Done by the ever so talented @artist-rat

a big DAI commission for @ohmyarda!! 🧡 had such a blast with this!!

[herald-divine-hell]

You ever think about how Inquisitor Trevelyan has to live with knowing that some of the people they had known as children likely died at Haven? Templar warriors and mages and Chantry brothers and sisters and mothers. Does some of House Trevelyan blame them? Did Trevelyan have a possible sibling there, lost in the multitude of Templar Warriors or retinue of the Mage Delegation to make them appear more unfied, who could not bear to look their sibling in the eye, but was lost? Did Bann Trevelyan accurse their child?

House Trevelyan, my beloved.

[trixter-god]

The twins Mealor and Meagor and baby sister Astraea

Children of Lord Vaemon Trevelyan (lord of the Hearth and protector of the old flame) and Lady Aela Arryn (twin sisters of Queen Aemma)

[vigilskeep]

[ID: reply from @idkjustsomegames saying “Ooh can we see screenshots of the new inquisitor?”]

sure! this is lady beatrice trevelyan. my sad wet chantry mouse.

she was just an impulse creation from last night so it remains to be seen if i will continue with her + all questions about her backstory still need to be hammered out. (she’s of age, why hasn’t she been given to the chantry yet? who was she with at the conclave, who did she lose? where did a sheltered young noblewoman get the scar that i give to like half my inquisitors because i’m obsessed with it?) but i really enjoyed playing her! surprised myself with how much honestly. i always love playing characters who meet the setting where it’s at

[scalpelsister]

Top ten members of the veilguard about to get an invite to the red jennys

[eastgaysian]

divine victoria #cancelled for her not-actually-secret lover who she is devoted to but of course can never marry being a man 10 years younger than her. Nothing about the joint abuse of religious or political power though

[starwrittenfates]

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇

Clan Lavellan is a nomadic Dalish clan that wanders the wilderness in the northern Free Marches between the territorial boundaries of the city-states to avoid being attacked by humans, who will be less inclined to attack the Dalish out of fear of accidentally instigating one of their neighbors by infringing on their territory. Like other Dalish clans, they maintain their religious and cultural views despite the Chantry criminalizing the elven faith.

𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝙳𝙽𝙸.

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧

Based on the Irish, Scottish, and Celtic Paganism. They are forest dwellers with their main sources of food coming from foraging and hunting.

Clan Lavellan is community oriented and focused on family. Children are few and rare and for this reason looked at as blessings from the elven gods.

A clan of mostly hunters, healers, navigators and storytellers with mages being a rarity. Clan Lavellan is one of the rare one's to limit their mages to two or three. That's why when Ellana is born (even with a strange green glow around her), at first it concerns her parents and clan, but it is soon forgotten, being looked at as a sign of her being a future mage, of which the clan was in desperate need of since the Keeper was the only mage at the time.

When Ellana is little and shows more signs of her abilities as a mage, practically having a natural talent for magic, Keeper Deshanna trains her. Not long after when Ellana's parents are killed, Keeper Deshanna adopts Ellana as her own daughter too, preparing to make her her First (apprentice mage to the Keeper.)

Keeper Deshanna is an older woman who had lost her husband and child in an accident many years ago. She is a powerful mage and wonderful storyteller, looking at Ellana as a second chance to start over as a mother.

Despite her role in the clan, Ellana comes off as a bit odd or a "Black Sheep" at times. She not only shows a bit of a rebellious streak and a ton of willful spirit, but she tends to be open-minded about certain things that go against the things she is taught within her clan that also gets her into trouble---- for one, Ellana is curious about spirits and the Fade and thinks they aren't something to be afraid of. However, Dalish mages do not use any magic involving spirits, as they believe all spirits are dangerous. The Dalish believe “there’s no such thing as a good spirit”. Spirits cannot be broken down into clear-cut categories and differ from each other, just as people do. Furthermore, the Dalish do not think of demons as evil, but as wild animals, dangerous if treated carelessly.

There was an incident one time where Ellana snuck away from camp to leave an offering of spiced jerky at a statue for Fen'Harel out of compassion for the often looked down upon elven god. Ellana then found herself face to face with a lone wolf, of which was killed in front of her by one of the hunters from the clan. It was a traumatic moment, and one she never forgot, not only because Keeper Deshanna scolded her, but because her act of compassion turned into a tragedy.

Ellana eventually takes her role as First to the Keeper of Clan Lavellan.

After Ellana goes to the conclave and becomes the Inquisitor, Clan Lavellan contacts her. Through an assortment of operations on the war table, the Lavellan clan, then camped out near the Free Marches city state of Wycome, becomes a part of a dangerous political mechanism, and is at risk of being wiped out if the proper options are not chosen. The clan is later attacked, accused of having brought a plague, and potentially become victim of human retribution for multiple charges of which they were innocent.

Ellana is now the last of Clan Lavellan.

[mimorugk]

The Wardrobe of Inquisitor Hoang Trevelyan

This is such a fun (and time consuming) project to do.

More detail and zoom under the cut!

Mage uniform and Herald starter fit. The Inquisition is still new with nothing but a symbol. They are still working with what they have, hence having no uniform.

The Inquisition grows with green as its new color. Hoang started to wear House Trevelyan color (gold) accessorized with decorative tassels and trinket chain (for his pens and lip balm). These are items he remembers his mom wears. One glove to cover the Mark so people won't touch it.

Just the right amount of fancy for Orlais (and for Hoang's taste) but not for climbing walls. Trespasser fit is more military-ish, adding the crown now that he's embraced the Inquisitor role.

Opted for lighter, less fancy clothes for traveling with Bull's Chargers and gather info on Solas. Bull introduced him to the comfort of baggy pants. The prosthetic arm is fade-powered for mobility. It also acts as a spirit blade hilt. Materials provided by House Trevelyan.

[inanshalla]

also love these too

Joyeuse Mathilde Trevelyan

[herald-divine-hell]

reminder that House Trevelyan does exist in real life.

They even got their horses, too. Lmao

[fiannans]

Sometime after Veilguard, my Cullen-romancing Trevelyan finds out that my Crow Rook always dreamed of having her own Mabari, so with help from certified Dog Dad Cullen she arranges to have a three month old pup delivered to a delighted Rook in Antiva.

Now Caterina has to deal with the Dellamorte estate being invaded by not only the upstart from House de Riva that her favourite grandson has decided he wants to spend the rest of his life with, but also a filthy, slobbering hound that sheds hair all over the furniture and keeps messing up her carefully polished floors.

(Rook pointing out the dog's impressive pedigree - its lineage can be traced directly back to the Hero of Ferelden's own Mabari - does little to assuage the indignity.)

[gyrovagi]

owain's antivan crow bastard has a name now too btw :) she's yazmin de riva and she is known as an incredibly driven and skilled, if inexperienced, assassin who is also kind of impossible to talk to casually and difficult to work with due to the huge chip on her shoulder. she can play a character adequately, but is profoundly unsocial as a person. she knows her lack of interpersonal skills are the biggest thing holding her back and she's deeply irritated about it which just makes her worse at talking to people. in both personality and appearance she does not take after her dad much at all which she considers a small blessing.

her mom irene died when yaz was pretty young, leading to the crows recruiting her as an orphan. i'm undecided as of yet if this is like the classic tragic death of unspecified illness that always gets wives and moms, or if rowena straight up had irene killed for trying to contact owain again/maybe even trying to blackmail rowena? option one seems kind of boring but option two might be too fucked up. maybe rowena had her framed for a crime and imprisoned so there's the possibility she's still around...? i gotta chew on it.

either way after initially sticking to the story that yazmin's father died before she was born and irene didn't like to talk about him, she ended up telling yaz the truth shortly before her death. owain and irene met at a grand tourney, owain's first time participating and not a bad showing for a green 18-year-old. he impressed the lady irene was serving at the time, at least, but when the lady decided to extend an invitation to a gathering she was hosting after the tourney, owain was more interested in the girl who delivered the message. he was charming and kind, and irene was flattered by his attentions. she didn't expect to find herself with child once she returned with her lady to antiva, lose her position as a result, and then have her attempt to contact owain intercepted by his unsympathetic mother. she had no love token or family heirloom to prove her child's parentage, but she did believe the young lord trevelyan was a good man and if he was aware of his child he would do what was right. she regretted not trying harder to get through to him directly when yaz was an infant, but she was literally 19 and a single mom and terrified.

anyway yazmin as a child never had any way of getting in contact with owain and as an adult is far too proud to ever try. even if he never knew about yazmin's existence due to rowena's interference, yaz is of the private belief that he was wildly irresponsible and self-centered on multiple levels and is owed a fair portion of the blame for what happened to her and her mother. if (when?) she ever met owain she'd probably immediately try to kill him on instinct and then stop herself because owain would just let her and that defeats the whole point

[sexilydrawn]

I LOVE a character sheet I love making them, I love a good armor set.

Max's world state runs paralell to the games unlike Rook who has a completely unique set up. Max had deviations in his backstory like his extended family and his red lyrium arc, but aside from them the events of his life are the same as the games. Some outcomes are different, there's no way the south suffers as much since Max has 2 brothers one in charge of an entire country's army and one with a private armada. Max himself has his own templar order and his mother is a respected tribes woman of the Avaar. House Trevelyan stretches across Thedas, they own hundreds of thousands of horses and some of the best armourers. This one family can put the hurt on any blight. Max's left arm also reformed out of the red lyrium he was poisoned with. The gauntlet he wears over it is enchanted to keep the effects under control.

[heylavellan]

i've been cooking up an excuse for the crows to have fancy balls and i think i've nailed it.

antiva has connections to every nation's aristocracy through alliances. so i imagine they invite foreign dignitaries over quite frequently to entertain them. balls and feasts are a great way to do that.

i also imagine the crows have many operatives planted in the antivan ruling class. this includes the royal family and the merchant princes that rule individual cities. these might be aides, bodyguards, prostitutes, and courtiers. hell, i wouldn't be surprised if there were merchant families owned by the crows so certain houses have fronts.

parties, feasts, and balls are great places for completing contracts. so every year there is at least one crow ball. the important part is that only the crows know it is the crow ball. ostensibly, it needs to appear to the rest of the world that this is a normal ball hosted by the nobility, so targets attend and aren't much more suspicious than normal.

the nobility of antiva know that there is a crow ball every year, so they have learned how to dissuade attempts on them at regular balls and events. they have techniques and plans for evading the crows while appearing tactful and polite to high society.

meanwhile, the crows are doing a lot of politicking here. historically, one of the major families in antiva city hosts (such as the arainais). or whichever house holds the seat of first talon. but since the fall of house arainai and the appearance of the black shadow, there is more competition for hosting. since then, even a cuchillo has managed to host the crow ball.

i've been thinking about this as a fun setting to bring together an eclectic collection of folks.

Any Antivan Crow character. Whether completing a contract, attending to represent their family, undercover as a member of someone's court, or as a newly minted crow to be shown off to the other houses. Guildmasters could be bargaining for the rights to take contracts in different territories, making deals to help remove a talon or climb up another rank in the talons.

Royal or noble characters as guests. Montilyets, Trevelyans, Aeducans, and Couslands could all make appearances. Whoever you made rulers of Ferelden, Orzammar, and Orlais. Tevinter magisters like Dorian or Maevaris.

MCs from other games. I mean, who wouldn't want to claim they managed to get the Champion of Kirkwall, Hero of Ferelden, and Inquisitor in one place. Your Rook if they're a Crow or if you're setting the ball after Veilguard. Also, a great place for people to try and kill them.

the most important part of this is to remember that the ball still needs to ostensibly be a ball! the food needs to be fit for nobility, a good band for music, appropriate decor, a suitable theme, etc.

if bioware wont give me antivan lore i will make it

[vigilskeep]

even if u didn’t go for the whole punch of being justinia’s bastard, i do think being a chantry bastard in general is a good trevelyan backstory. like, with house trevelyan’s pious history of always sending kids to the templars or the priesthood. you’re “bann trevelyan’s youngest” but everyone knows you’re his nephew/niece through his younger sister who’s a revered mother or even a grand cleric somewhere

[dragonagekeeper]

Dragon Age Inquisition Polls

See choice descriptions from Dragon Age Keep below

Adaar

You are Tal-Vashoth, a Qunari who has rejected the Qun and never even lived in Qunari lands. As part of the Valo-kas mercenary company, you have earned a living by your own wits and the strength of your blade, ignoring the fearful looks you receive from those around you.

2. Cadash

A cast-off "surfacer," unwelcome among the dwarves or most humans, you have scraped by as part of a criminal fraternity known as the Carta, smuggling magical ore known as lyrium. As part of the ruthless Cadash crime family, you spent your life on the streets of various Free Marcher city-states.

3. Lavellan

If Mage:

The Dalish are nomadic wanderers who strive to keep the ancient elven religion and traditions alive. You grew up in the wilderness, a member of the Lavellan Dalish clan and apprentice to its leader and guide, the Keeper.

If Rogue or Warrior:

The Dalish are nomadic wanderers who strive to keep the ancient elven religion and traditions alive. You were raised in the wilderness to be a hunter, relied upon by the Lavellan clan for food and protection.

4. Trevelyan

If Mage:

Born to the Trevelyan noble family of Ostwick in the Free Marches, you were originally intended for a life of privilege—until magical abilities surfaced at a young age and you were forced into a life of confinement within Ostwick's Circle of Magi. Protected but stifled, educated but isolated, the Circle would have been your entire future had the mages not rebelled against Chantry rule.

If Rogue or Warrior:

As the youngest child of the Trevelyan noble house, you grew up in the Free Marcher city of Ostwick and have enjoyed a life of privilege. With close family ties to the Chantry, and many relatives among the priesthood and the templars, you were always expected to follow a similar path in service of the Maker.