Sabrae clan

Sabrae is a clan of Dalish elves traveling around southeastern Ferelden and later the Free Marches. If the Warden is a Dalish elf, they will hail from this clan.
== History ==
Sabrae clan was one of the first to flee the Dales after the kingdom collapsed. They came to Ferelden and started fighting the humans who lived there, particularly the Clayne tribe. Sabrae clan allied with other Dalish clans and defeated the humans, which allowed them to settle in the area.According to dialogue with Ilen during Dalish Elf Origin[note 1]
In the summer of 8:82 Blessed, the clan resided in a remote part of the Frostback Mountains, where it flourished. When the winter came, a group of Avvar warriors attacked the camp, killing more than a dozen members of the Sabrae clan, including the Second, Sarel, and gravely wounding the Keeper. Marethari Talas, First to the Keeper, ordered her clan into the lowlands, while she entered a forest where a Witch of the Wilds was said to be found. It is unknown whether Marethari made contact with the Witch, but she reunited with her clan a few days later. Shortly after, the Keeper died and Marethari took leadership of the clan. It's believed that the Avvar tribe was killed by sylvans.[note 2]
== Involvement ==
It is currently led by Keeper Marethari. The clan was camped in Ferelden near some ruins southwest of the Brecilian Forest just prior to the Battle of Ostagar at the beginning of the Fifth Blight. When two of their hunters were infected with the darkspawn taint after discovering an Eluvian in the ruins, the clan went north across the Waking Sea into the Free Marches. Unsubstantiated rumors of "demon elves" and walking trees also plagued the clan. To cross the sea, they booked passage on the ship Pride of Amaranthine, still fending off Chantry investigations.
Once in the Free Marches, however, an incident which resulted in the death of the clan's Halla left them stranded at the base of Sundermount outside the city of Kirkwall until 9:37 Dragon.
== Known members ==
* Keeper Mahariel – former Keeper of the clan and father of the Dalish elf Warden
* Keeper Marethari Talas – succeeded Mahariel after his death
* Merrill – First to Keeper Marethari 
* The Warden – a hunter and the Hero of Ferelden
* Ilen – the clan's master craftsman
* Hahren Paivel – the clan's story teller
* Maren – the clan's halla keeper
* Tamlen – a hunter and childhood friend of Mahariel
* Pol – a hunter and a former alienage elf
* Fenarel – a hunter and friend of Mahariel
* Ashalle – guardian of Mahariel
* Junar – a hunter
* Vinell – a clan elder
* Variel
* Terath
* Ineria
* Radha
* Chandan
* Harshal
* Sarel – the Second to the former Keeper; Marethari's husband
* Feynriel (conditional)
== Notes ==
* The Dales fell in 2:20 Glory. According to Ilen, the Sabrae clan was one of the first to flee the Dales.Dalish Elf Origin The unification of Ferelden happened in 5:42 Exalted. Therefore, it's unlikely that Ilen's father had actually participated in the battle against the Clayne, as Master Ilen claims, since the conflict between the elves and the human tribes would've happened many centuries prior.
* Ashalle says that Mahariel's father was the Keeper before Marethari. In her account of the events, Keeper Mahariel was killed by a group of bandits (made up of humans and city elves) who ambushed him and his lover. The Keeper was killed outright and his lover was wounded, but she lived long enough to give birth to the Dalish Elf and soon after disappeared in grief. This contradicts what is stated in Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2, that the former Keeper was wounded in an Avvar raid on their camp in the Frostback Mountains in 8:82 Blessed.
== Trivia ==
* Sabrae and Zathrian's unnamed clan are closer than most, having never strayed far from one another in the Brecilian Forest.According to dialogue with Varathorn when meeting Mahariel.
* According to Master Ilen, the battles they've fought against the Clayne earned the Sabrae clan a reputation of having the deadliest archers.
== Gallery ==
Merrill and clan dao.png|Various members of the Sabrae clan, including Merrill
MarethariDAII.png|Marethari Talas
NPC-Ilen-Closeup.png|Ilen
Paivel.png|Paivel
NPC-Maren.png|Maren
Tamlen image.jpg|Tamlen
Pol DA2.jpg‎|Pol
Fenarel.JPG|Fenarel
NPC-Ashalle-Closeup.png|Ashalle
Junar.png|Junar
Variel.jpg|Variel
Feynriel.png|Feynriel
== References ==
Category:Groups
Category:Elves
Category:Dalish
Category:Dalish clans
Category:Sabrae clan