Tallis

Tallis is an elven Qunari assassin who is the protagonist of Dragon Age: Redemption and is also a temporary companion in the Mark of the Assassin DLC for Dragon Age II.
== Background ==
Tallis was born in Tevinter, where slavery is legal. In Minrathous, she was sold into slavery by her parents so they could pay off their debts. She was on a slaver ship bound for the city of Carastes when the Qunari boarded and captured the ship. Everyone aboard was brought to the island fortress of Qunathras, to the east of Seheron. Tallis was initially deemed an unsuitable convert, and would have been rendered a mindless laborer if not for the intervention of Salit, a high-ranking Ben-Hassrath agent, who formally requested that the tammasrans turn the girl over to him so he could train her to become a Tallis, "those who solve". Her duties involved travelling to non-Qunari lands, primarily Orlais and Nevarra, where she was tasked with burglaries, heists, and assassinations. She always completed those missions successfully, though never to the complete specifications of her superiors. They would have preferred the mission be abandoned rather than completed imperfectly. 
Tallis finally pushed her superiors over the edge during a mission to retrieve a Qunari artifact in the possession of Count Alphonse Valmont in Arlesans. During the heist, Tallis found human and elven children being kept as sex slaves and set them free, killing the Count and several of his guards in the process. This caused a diplomatic incident that almost led to a war between the Qunari and Orlais. Tallis had failed to steal the Qunari artifact without leaving any trace as she had been ordered, and she was therefore demoted to the rank of "Athlok" - a laborer. She was assigned as a kitchen-hand on a boat docked in Kirkwall, during the Arishok's stay in Kirkwall. She was offered a chance to redeem herself two years later.
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age: Redemption ===
=== Mark of the Assassin ===
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
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== Statistics ==
=== Initial talents ===
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=== Initial equipment ===
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Armor 	Where the Heart Lies
=== Armor upgrades ===
There are no upgrades for Tallis's armor, Where the Heart Lies, in the DLC.
== Quotes ==
* "I may be Qunari, but I was raised an elf."
* "He who wishes to walk on water must first learn to swim."
* "You go elbow-deep in wyvern shit and I'm the weird one?"
* "Don't look at me while I do this. (Ungodly cacophony)"
* "It's not always meant to end in violence. There are other paths. They do not all need to lead to the same destination."
* "Doubt is the path one walks to reach faith. To leave the path is to embrace blindness and abandon hope."
* "Past the idea of right and wrong is a field. When the soul lies in that grass the world is in balance... I will meet you there."
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== Trivia ==
* Just like Sten, "Tallis" is not her name, but her rank. It means "to solve" in Qunlat.
* Tallis was the first female qunari (of any race) introduced.
* Despite using dual-wield daggers and talents, Tallis' default attack in Dragon Age II is ranged, involving her throwing her daggers. 
* If Isabela is in the party, Tallis claims to have 6 toes on her left foot during their final conversation.
* Back at the Hawke Estate after finishing the DLC, near the statue of Mark of the Assassin, there will be a journal filled by Hawke about their thoughts for Tallis. The content depends on their relationship.
* While the player does have the option to flirt with Tallis (and receive a kiss, depending on the player's choices during the DLC), it will have no effect on any romance they currently have with another character (though if present, all except Sebastian express jealousy). Tallis will simply leave by the end of the quest.
* Tallis has two unique daggers. One, Kathryn, is named after her voice actor (Kathryn Felicia Day); and the other one, Thane, is named after an alien assassin from the Mass Effect series whom Felicia romanced.
* She seems to have some history with Leliana.
* In spite of what she hints at the end of Redemption, Tallis, if she was telling the truth about her future, did not become a Tal-Vashoth. If she had, she would never have known about Salit's defection, let alone Ariqun's reaction to it.
* In Dragon Age: Inquisition, Tallis is mentioned by Varric in banter with Iron Bull. Varric says that she used to cause all sorts of trouble.
* Felicia Day's face was digitally scanned during the production of Dragon Age: Redemption to be used as Tallis' facial model. Tallis is the only known Dragon Age character whose facial model was designed solely after the voice actor.
== Gallery ==
Felicia Day as Tallis.jpg|Felicia Day as Tallis in Dragon Age: Redemption
Dragon-Age-2-Mark-of-the-Assassin-Screen-3.jpg|Tallis in Mark of the Assassin
Tallis_Bait.jpg|Tallis baiting a wyvern
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Tallis side view.jpg|Tallis side view
Tallis 1.jpg|Sketch of Tallis by Greg Aronowitz, Production Designer of Dragon Age: RedemptionGreg Aronowitz blog
Tallis HoDA Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Tallis in Heroes of Dragon Age
Tallis HoDA tier.jpg|Artwork of Tallis' tier progression in Heroes of Dragon Age
== References ==
== External links ==
* "Faces of Thedas: Tallis", interview by Green Ronin with Felicia Day about Tallis, including a character sheet
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