Aquinea Thalrassian

Aquinea Thalrassian is a Tevinter mage. Wed to Halward Pavus because of their powerful magical bloodlines, she is the mother of Dorian Pavus. 
== Background ==
Lady Aquinea Thalrassian was a mage born into a wealthy and influential Tevinter family that traced its lineage back to the first human Dreamers. Because the Imperium's elite magical families traditionally married into other magical bloodlines in the hopes of producing powerful mage children, she was married to Halward Pavus, the scion of another great Magister house. Although they loathed each other, their union successfully resulted in a son with substantial magical talents named Dorian. Given his abilities, Dorian's parents hoped he would one day become Archon.Conversation between the Inquisitor and Dorian Pavus.
Lady Aquinea's relationship with her son was distant and fraught with tension. Although she would take Dorian boating during summers when he was young, such affairs consisted of servants taking him out on the boat while she enjoyed a cool drink inside.Location comment by Dorian in the Exalted Plains. She frequently attended parties among high society and often criticized his manners when she brought her son along. As an adult, Dorian felt his mother still treated him like a small child.Conversation between the Inquisitor and Dorian Pavus at the Winter Palace.
Aquinea and Halward arranged for their son's betrothal at birth to a girl named Livia HeradanusBanter between Dorian and Varric of the Everens family. He excelled magically, but because he desired only men rather than women, he resisted his parents' appeals for marriage. By 9:35 Dragon, they were increasingly more insistent that Dorian return home to Qarinus and marry, although he allayed their concerns with claims that achieving the rank of Senior Enchanter was more important to him.
== Trivia ==
* Aquinea was friends with Loren Pentaghast, a cousin of Cassandra Pentaghast. Though nominally friends, Dorian recalled her describing the man as "Three chins, four mansions, five ways to sell you out".Banter between Dorian and Cassandra
* She used to have a pet nug named Hollix, which means something like 'irrepressible rascal' in Old Tevene.Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights, Luck in the Gardens
== References ==
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