#i don't talk abt miriam a lot here but i think part of the reason why She Is The Way She Is is bc she had a mage sibling

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rambling abt arya’s family members!

bann alwin trevelyan: 66 at the start of inquisition. current head of the trevelyan family, widow to miriam, father to eric, malik, and arya. as was customary for the trevelyan family at the time, bann alwin committed to pledge one child to the chantry, provided he had at least two surviving children. upholds the family motto well (in public). highly interested in fostering strong connections to the chantry. initially had some difficulty accepting eric’s commitment to being a templar (right ambition, wrong child). 

lady miriam trevelyan (nee lange) : deceased at age 50, would have been 63 at the start of inquisition. wife of alwin. gifted in textile arts. devout and traditional, polite but did not suffer fools. expected perfection from herself and her family. she was very invested in trying to arrange a marriage for arya since she wasn’t set to inherit, but once it became clear that would be difficult, she accepted arya’s early interest in following in eric’s templar footsteps.

knight-captain acting knight-commander eric trevelyan: 39 at the start of inquisition. knight captain of markham circle,now-disbanded, for 13 years. served as acting knight-commander for a couple months following the rebellion of markham’s circle and the death of knight-commander dupre fournier. the eldest son of the trevelyan family committed himself to the templar order and formally renounced his claim to the bannorn at age 13, though he received templar training at the trevelyan estate until age 18, thanks to a deal bann alwin struck with the order. eric remained at ostwick circle for a little over 3 years, until arya’s magic manifested and he was swiftly transferred away to markham.

lord malik trevelyan: 34 at the start of inquisition. youngest son and middle child of the trevelyan family. married to sofia trevelyan (nee de la Cerda), has two twin daughters brienne and daphne (ages 8) and an unnamed child on the way. though initially his parents expected to pledge him to the templar order when he came of age, at age 8 he became heir after eric gave away his claim. malik was initially resistant to the responsibility, though he certainly relished comfortable noble life. a flirt and a prankster in his youth, malik was known to be deeply charming to outsiders and a terror to his family. when he was 16, he played a prank on his younger sister arya--dragging her out of bed while she slept and unceremoniously dumping her into the stables with a particularly unruly mare. unfortunately, this would lead to arya’s magic first manifesting as she froze the stable in a panic.