Paraluman Surana

Paraluman Surana during their Harrowing

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Paraluman "Edhelreth" Surana is an elvhen mage that had discovered their abilities when they were nine and had turned themself in to the Templars shortly after. They attempt to help their surrogate brother, Jowan, escape the Circle with his beloved, Lily, only for that attempt to be foiled by their surrogate father, First Enchanter Irving. After being persuaded by Irving to join Duncan as a Grey Warden Recruit they participate in the battle at Ostagar and survived its fall. Following Loghain Mac Tir's betrayal, Paraluman then proceeded to recruit the Grey Warden's allies against the Archdemon and later becomes the Hero of Ferelden.

## Overview

### Personality

Paraluman is the sort to try and be amicable and diplomatic with everyone they interact with. She would be the sort to smile and greet people with a shy yet distant air upon their first meeting with others. She grows quiet when feeling threatened and would try to avoid confrontation and do all she could to keep the peace through compromises. Despite her amiable nature, Paraluman has a tendency to keep a distance between her and others out of fear of being hurt and would only grow closer to someone if someone makes the first move to get to know her and get her to trust them. Despite being Irving’s favoured pupil, Paraluman feels uncomfortable with her surrogate father’s favour for her and constantly brings up Jowan’s accomplishments as well as attempting to give all the praise she can to her surrogate brother. Through it all, Paraluman finds herself unsure of the future and of what she wants due to trusting that Irving knew best on what path was best for her despite not wanting any high position in the Circle. This was why when she agreed to become a Grey Warden, she found herself lost in what path to take now that the path chosen for her is lost. Though a part of her knows that she would not be able to have it, Paraluman sometimes likes to think of what it would be like to fall for someone and for that someone to love you in return, to marry them and have a family with them but Paraluman treats it more as a fantasy, trying to keep herself detached enough to not want it completely.

## Miscellaneous

* She learned how to cook during her time in the Circle. The ones that taught her were the Tranquils which led to Paraluman having a preference for following the exact instructions in every recipe.
	+ It’s only during her time during the Blight that she actually got to experiment and that’s because she didn’t have the exact ingredients she needed.
* Jowan and Paraluman would often sneak past the templars to visit the Anders that was often put in isolation due to his constant escape attempts. Whenever they visit the Anders, they would have some food Paraluman made in the kitchens along with some reading material for him.
* She had once helped the Tranquil in serving dinner to the templars and had accidentally spilled soup on Cullen. Apologising profusely, Paraluman was worried that Cullen would hate her but the young templar only stammered out a reassurance and a weak attempt at a reassuring smile.
	+ Unbeknownst to her, that was when Cullen found himself curious about Paraluman, and later on, after seeing her interactions with Jowan and Irving in passing, he found himself having a crush on them. Not helping that he heard Paraluman singing in the tower’s Chantry at the request of the Chantry initiate, Lily, and found something soothing about her voice that sounded almost like a lullaby.
* She befriended a Spirit of Hope when she was fifteen and when Irving heard of that, he took to guiding her down the path of being a Spirit Healer.

## Links

### Reddit Writing Prompt Threads

* **PROMPT:** The first meeting between your OC and someone who becomes important to them