Ferdinand Genitivi

Brother Ferdinand Genitivi is a Chantry scholar with a prolific body of published academic chronicles, with one particular study on the Urn of Andraste. He resides in the southeast portion of the Denerim Market District.
== Background ==
Genitivi hails from FereldenIn Codex entry: Dogs in Ferelden he describes Ferelden as his homeland and the Alamarri as his ancestors. and is considered one of the most prolific and well-known modern writers of the Dragon Age.Codex entry: Brother Ferdinand Genitivi His works cover a wide variety of topics including histories, cultures, and myths from across Thedas. 
Genitivi openly speaks to writing from the perspective of a faithful follower of the Chantry and notes it is important to be open so his readers can keep his biases in mind.Codex entry: The Troubles of a Chantry Scholar He writes with empathy and even acceptance of cultures the Chantry deems primitive or backwards, but with an overall Andrastian perspective. Thus his works remain highly recommended by the Chantry for further education of the faithful after reading the Chant of Light.
While less controversial than his contemporary and colleague Sister Petrine, Genitivi admits that the long reign of the Chantry over Thedas has made his research difficult. With many sources having been written through the filter of his religion, he has often encountered conflicts between what the Chantry officially teaches and what he has seen with his own eyes. He also holds it is important to consider the lessons other societies and religions can teach, having met too many people to keep a close minded perspective about the world.
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age: Origins ===
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
=== Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights ===
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== Literary works ==
Excerpts of Genitivi's writing can be found throughout Thedas, largely in the form of codex entries. The excerpts are attributed to the following:
* In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of a Chantry Scholar, widest-read book in Thedas outside of Tevinter until it was overtaken by Varric Tethras' serial Hard in Hightown in 9:36.
* In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of a Chantry Scholar, Volume II (Unpublished)
* Stone Halls of the Dwarves
* The Stone and Her Children: Dwarves of the Dragon AgeCodex entry: The Carta
* The Studious TheologianCodex entry: Thedas Calendar
* Tales from Beneath the EarthCodex entry: BrontoCodex entry: DeepstalkerCodex entry: Surfacer Dwarves (contributing author)
* The History of Grey Wardens in FereldenCodex entry: The History of Soldier's Peak: Chapter 1Codex entry: The History of Soldier's Peak: Chapter 2Codex entry: The History of Soldier's Peak: Chapter 3Codex entry: The History of Soldier's Peak: Chapter 4
* Tales of the Destruction of Thedas
* Thedas: Myths and LegendsCodex entry: In the Mists: The Windline MarcherCodex entry: The Sacred Ashes of Andraste (contributing author)
* Kirkwall: the City of Chains (9:24 Dragon)
* Fade and Spirits MysteriousNote: Request for Resources on the Fade
* Translation of the El'illan Excavation
* An unnamed work of Fereldan heraldic historyDragon Age: Tevinter Nights, Genitivi Dies in the End
Genitivi also writes under the pseudonym of the Randy Dowager.
== Quotes ==
* "What do you think? Weeks of scant food and water, the torture... oh, I've never felt better!"
* "After all, no one wants to hear: 'Willy toiled for many a year to perfect the curious mechanisms that would send a sharpened spike up the arse of the unwary intruder.'"
* "There was a passage in one of the books I read... how some of Andraste's followers gave their lives to the fire, to become Her eternal guardians. Isn't that beautiful?"
== Codex entries ==
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== Notes ==
* Nug racing is recorded in "The Stone and Her Children" using as a source the conversation with Neryn Harok, nug wrangler and marshal of the Tripcut track in Orzammar.
== Gallery ==
Genitivi HoDA.jpg|Genitivi in Heroes of Dragon Age
== References ==
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