Livia Arida

Livia Arida is a Tevinter mage who specializes in studies of the Veil. She is the long-time research partner of her husband, Magister Gereon Alexius, and the mother of Felix Alexius.
== Background ==
Livia Arida was a Tevinter mage researcher from House Arida who specialized in studies of the Veil. An academic at the Circle of Magi of Minrathous, Livia was the long-time research partner of Gereon Alexius, a mage who studied the limits of known magical laws. The pair made great strides in recording the boundaries of magic and eventually married. A few years later their only son, Felix Alexius, was born. Though tutored in magic by both Livia and Gereon, Felix had only a little magical talent and could cast simple spells only with great effort. Displeased that the House Alexius heir was "just barely more than a Soporati," Gereon's father tried to have the boy assassinated. Livia effortlessly countered the attempt and in retaliation had her father-in-law killed, ensuring the safety of her son and elevating her husband to head of House Alexius.
Since Felix could learn little magic, his parents gave him tutors in a variety of disciplines. When he discovered an interest and talent in mathematics, Livia and Gereon proudly sent him to study at the University of Orlais under the finest mathematicians in Thedas. Because her son could not be involved in their research, Livia took on apprentices instead. Although her husband chose only one, a supremely talented yet troubled student of thaumaturgy named Dorian Pavus, Livia chose a half dozen of the most promising young students of the Fade and the Veil throughout the Imperium. While Gereon and Dorian continued his research into breaking the boundaries of magic itself, Livia and her apprentices worked to determine the effect of such magic on the Veil.
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