Percival Trevelyan

## Percy Trevelyan

*There's nothing like being alone and needing to stand on your own two feet to discover your strength and find purpose.*

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Reasonably tall at 6'1", Percy has an athletic build, short black hair, and warm brown eyes.

### **Personality**

The jockiest of mages, interested from a young age in sword fighting. He could talk about the Grand Tourney all day. He likes to be up in the thick of battle. Percy is well bred and diplomatic, but in private prefers directness. He has a temper and impulsiveness that even after many years he still struggles to control.

### **Talents and Skills**

* Frost magic and two handed sword fighting
* Can list every Tourney winner for each event (and runners up) for the past 20 Tourneys
* Has a knack for identifying heraldry

## Biography

### **History**

His parents' only son, Percival Atticus Orion Trevelyan was the youngest of four children. Throughout his youth he dreamt of competing in the Grand Tourney and trained relentlessly to accomplish that goal with his older sister Maeve, spurred on by his father. At twelve years old it was discovered that he was a mage and he was sent to the Ostwick Circle, his dreams of the Tourney dashed completely.

Percy had a difficult transition into Circle life. Previously so active, he had an abundance of energy that got him into trouble more often than not as he was loud, boisterous, and expected others to show him the respect he was used to as a member of the nobility. In the Circle his family name couldn't get him out of his studies or the consequences of his actions, though the Trevelyans were known to pay off the Templars to grant him privileges that other mages needed to earn. Percy was a founding member of the Ostwick Circle Boxing Club, an initiative only allowed after some bribes but which was ultimately adopted by other Circles in the Free Marches.

In his early years in the Circle Percy frequently came into conflict with another mage, Harriet Landsdowne, who matched his temper with her own. She considered him spoiled and entitled, throwing his weight around when he was so far behind other mages his age due to how late he came to the Circle, and had no qualms in telling him as much. As they grew older they began to notice more similarities than differences and fell for each other, their bitter rivalry turning to inseparability.

Tragedy struck when they were eighteen; Harry was pregnant. Through some substantial donations and promises to watch for the manifestation of magic the Trevelyan family managed to adopt the child rather than see him given to the Chantry like other children of mages. Percy and Harry barely knew their son; he was taken from Harry shortly after his birth and Percy never managed to hold him. Tristan was raised as Percy's younger brother. Losing their son was hard on both of them, as Percy threw himself into his social life as a distraction and Harry isolated herself. She was transferred to the Montsimmard Circle as a way for her to have a fresh start. Though she and Percy wrote letters to each other for a time, they soon fell out contact; the memories were too painful.

### **In-game**

After the Ostwick Circle dissolved, Percy was sent as part of a delegation to Haven due to his ease with diplomacy. While he never accepted the title 'Herald of Andraste' and believed he survived due to dumb luck or fate or something in between rather than divine intervention, he recognized his responsibility to the Inquisition. He slipped into the role of Inquisitor easily and felt as though he had found his true calling and a real purpose in his life.

The moment he was able to, he began to train in the yard with his soldiers with the weapons he'd been denied in the Circle, striking up a friendship with Cullen and the Iron Bull. He leapt at the chance to be recruited to the order of Knight Enchanters and to blend his love of close quarters combat with his abilities as a mage. His favoured weapon was the Blade of Tidarion, a spectral sword rather than a staff.

Percy conscripted the Templars after visiting Therinfal and exiled the Grey Wardens after Adamant in an attempt to prompt both organizations to reform to their original intent. Noelle Hawke was left to battle the Nightmare in the Fade at her urging, while Warden Alistair led the exiled Wardens back to Weisshaupt. Percy drank from the Well of Sorrows rather than allow Morrigan to do it, partially out of concern for her son Kieran who he was quite fond of. He was intent on keeping the Inquisition as a peacekeeping mission but upon meeting Solas and learning his identity Percy became concerned about the organization's vulnerability to corruption, especially since he himself, bound to Mythal, was a liability. He had seen what an Envy demon could do while piloting his body in a position of power and did not feel that the Inquisition had the luxury of corruption and complacency, even though it broke his heart to disband.

### **Post-game**

Percy became a member of the College of Enchanters, a group of mages previously connected to the Inquisition that Vivienne, now Divine Victoria, allowed to exist outside of Circles. He returned to the Free Marches and took up an estate in Kirkwall; he's a Marcher at heart and it made the journey to Minrathous that much more tolerable to not need to cross the sea.

In his Kirkwall estate he played host to his family, especially his sister Maeve and his "brother" Tristan. After years of suspicion due to cryptic comments from Cole during a visit to Skyhold and the fact that he looked very little like the rest of his "siblings," Tristan asked about his own parentage on one such visit when he was seventeen. Percy told him the truth, but it remained a difficult thing to transition to a parental relationship when one hadn't previously existed and took some time to define what their relationship should be. Nevertheless, Percy was glad to finally be able to tell his son who he was to him.

## **Relationships**

### Family

#### Bann Ryldemore Trevelyan

His father, a stern and pious man who strives for personal perfection and expects no less from his children. He takes pride in his family and reputation, a reputation that was sullied by Percy's magic and would have been further disgraced by wider knowledge of Percy's indiscretions in the Circle

#### Lady Andrinne Trevelyan

His mother, a kind-hearted but easily overruled woman who balances her husband's taciturn attitude with compassion. She used to send letters to Percy with information on his son and occasionally managed to slip in miniature portraits of the boy

#### Ilona, Miranda, and Maeve Trevelyan

His sisters. Ilona is 5 years older, while Miranda and Maeve are twins 3 years older than him.

Ilona married well and had a number of children, most roughly Tristan's age.

Miranda left home and provides for herself as a legal clerk for the city-state of Ostwick.

Maeve shared Percy's goal of competing in the Grand Tourney, even after Percy left for the Circle. She was constantly disappointed that her father seemed to have less investment in her training than he had Percy's but found motivation on her own. Maeve has no intention of ever tying herself down in marriage and is notable throughout the Free Marches for her long black hair that she wears down outside of combat and shining golden armour that does not bear the arms of House Trevelyan but instead three roses with multiple thorns. Maeve came in 3rd in the melee of the Grand Tourney in Markham in 9:41 and second in the same event in Starkhaven in 9:44.

#### Tristan Trevelyan

His son, born in the Ostwick Circle and raised as his brother.

Tristan has the brown hair and blue eyes of his mother, in opposition to the rest of the Trevelyans' dark hair and brown eyes. He has no love of fighting but did take to archery. He loves animals and has a small menagerie of injured creatures he's nursed back to health. His favourite is a tamed fox. He can't stand hunting deer/halla because of their big sad eyes. He has an ear for languages. Like his parents, he has a temper. Rather than something explosive, he is prone to becoming sullen and moody.

### Love Interests

#### Dorian Pavus

Initially suspicious of the Tevinter mage, Percy and Dorian soon became close friends. Their flirting eventually lead to something more, and before they knew it they had come to care for each other. Neither had been allowed to pursue a long term relationship before, Percy due to the Circle and Dorian due to Tevinter's culture. It took time for them to admit out loud that they loved each other but they both knew it was far from casual.

Dorian gets frustrated that Percy goes to bed earlier than he does, sleeps incredibly soundly, and then wakes up at 5 o' clock in the morning full of energy and ready to head to the sparring ring. He has been known to throw pillows at him when his cheerfulness before the sun has even begun to rise particularly offends him.

It was difficult for Percy to come to terms with Dorian returning to Tevinter without him. While he understood that it was something he needed to do alone and that if he were to join him his own reputation would overshadow Dorian's work, he struggled with feeling as though he had been abandoned by everyone he ever loved. They always had a good reason to leave that had little to do with him personally but that didn't make it easier to bear. After the Inquisition is disbanded Percy takes up residence in Kirkwall and makes many visits to Minrathous, as often as he's able, and continues to speak to Dorian through his message crystal.

#### Harriet Landsdowne

Percy's teenage sweetheart and the mother of his son. Harry was taken from her family in the Ostwick slums at a young age; the Circle was the first place where she was able to go to sleep with a consistently full belly. Only 5'1", even robes made for her seemed to swallow her somewhat and she accentuated this impression by tucking her fists into her sleeves when nervous or anxious. She has a quick temper and a desire to ensure that the people around her are happy; she's driven to put bullies or prigs too big for their britches in their place. After a few years of conflict with Percy they moved past their early prejudices of each other and started to notice each other's good qualities.

After Tristan was born things were never quite the same between them. Harry became thin and wan, isolating herself from others and from Percy, who seemed to have developed and even more thriving social life as his own coping mechanism. The Grand Enchanter had her transferred to Montsimmard and eventually she and Percy fell out of contact. They meet each other again after the Circles fall, when Percy sends her aid to help displaced mage children. She is later invited to Skyhold while the Trevelyans are visiting and sees her son, though she does not attempt any relationship with him. Harry finds love and a secure relationship with an elven mage from Montsimmard named Elwyn.

## **Miscellaneous**

Percy is the Inquisitor in a worldstate where Frederick Amell is Warden.

He rides a white horse everywhere he can and can often be found in the stable looking after him, if he isn't in the sparring ring.

## **Gallery**

* Percy at Skyhold
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