Lira Lavellan

Lira Lavellan. Really this is Mina, but since they are identical twins, any image of Mina is pretty much also a picture of Lira (yes, I know there are a few subtle differences, but I'm not going to make this that complicated). Art by Freeshies on Tumblr.

## Real World Information

### Fic(s)

This Shit is Weird: The Inquisitor Mina Lavellan Story

## Biographical Information

### Title(s)

Second of Clan Lavellan
First of Clan Lavellan (Eventually)
Keeper of Clan Lavellan (Eventually)

### Nameday

Wintermarch 7, 9:21 Dragon

Lira Naya Lavellan is Mina Lavellan's identical twin sister, and Second of Clan Lavellan at the beginning of Inquisition.

## Biography

### **History**

#### **Birth**

Mina and Lira were born on Wintermarch 7, 9:21 Dragon. They were born two months early. Their mother (who was the Clan's Second at the time) died soon before they were born because of a bear attack (it was a mild winter and the bears came out of hibernation early that year). Because of this, a spell had to be used to deliver the twins. Mina was born first, and Lira was born second. This was two days after their father, Harrian Lavellan, left to go to the Ten-Year-Gathering (which Cassandra saved him from dying at; see her section below).

*From Chapter 18 of This Shit is Weird: The Inquisitor Mina Lavellan Story:*

> “You once said she’s not as smart as you, yes?” Leliana asks. Mina nods. “And you’re sure you two are *identical* twins?” Once again, Mina nods. “Did something happen during the birth that might have caused this?”
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> Mina sighs. “I honestly don’t know. All I know is that Mother died either soon after or soon before we were born, so they had to use a spell that speeds up the birthing process, but also has a high chance of killing the mother if she isn’t already, so they only use it in extreme cases, like Mother’s. I was born first and was told that they didn’t use the cream they use for the births of multiples, so Lira could have suffered some brain damage from running out of air, but I don’t know.”
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*From Chapter 11 of Blessings and Curses:*

> “Do you know the recipe for the substance the Dalish use with births of multiples?” Mina asks Risa.
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> “I do, but it needs magic to work, Your Worship,” Risa replies with a nod.
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> “I’ll handle that part. Just go get the rest of the recipe ready.”
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> Risa nods and rushes off to get that made.
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> “What is this substance for?” Josie asks Mina once the door closes.
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> “Once your water broke,” Mina begins, “the babies slowly began to lose access to air. One baby can usually handle the amount of time it takes for it to be born, but more than one and you have a higher chance of only the first one making it. This substance is magically powered to give them more air and thus more time to be born. It’s sometimes used if it’s taking too long for a single baby to be born, but that is rather rare.”
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> “Is it a tea?” Josie asks.
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> “Creators, no!” Mina laughs. “It is a cream, more like a poultice, that is rubbed on your belly and is immediately absorbed and does its job.”
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> Josie nods as another contraction rolls through her. “You have surprised me with how much can be done magically,” she says afterwards. “Does that include speeding up the birthing process? These are relentless!”
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> Mina sighs. “I’d be lying if I said no.” When Josie looks at her with a curious yet hopeful look, she holds a hand up. “However, there are major risks and possible complications involved, including a much higher chance of rupturing a blood vessel or even the death of any of you, mostly you. Therefore, I won’t allow it.”
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> “Then why is there even a spell for it if there are major risks?” Josie asks before another contraction rolls through her.
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> Mina sighs again. “Remember how I said my mother died giving birth to me?” Josie nods, a little confused. Dalia gasps and looks at Mina with wide and sympathetic eyes. “Well, what I failed to mention was that I was born two months early because my mother was…” she sighs again, her voice returning with a little more squeak in it: “she was killed in a bear attack and they had to use that spell if I was to have any chance of surviving.” She looks at her legs, which are crossed in front of her.
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#### **Magic Manifestation**

Lira's magic manifested at the age of 10 (on Cloudreach 14, 9:31 Dragon).

*Entry from Mina's journal that day (As seen in Chapter 6 of This Shit is Weird: The Inquisitor Mina Lavellan Story):*

> Cloudreach the fourteenth, 9:31 Dragon:
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> Creators, I have magic! And so does Lira, apparently! Sylaise has blessed us both with her gifts! Unfortunately, however, Falon'Din took our First, Calan, and our Second, Adwen from us when we manifested. It saddens me that the boys Lira and I were going to marry one day are now in the Beyond, but Keeper says I must not lose faith. They were only fifteen and I was beginning to actually like Calan… Anyways, Keeper says I need to document what happened when our magic manifested, so here goes…
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> The four of us were out hunting when a bear appeared out of nowhere. It scared me, and I only assume it scared Lira as well, since the both of us immediately had fire shoot out of our bodies, killing the bear and the boys. Lira and I were badly burned, but Keeper found us and was able to heal us. She says it’s a miracle we both survived the severity and multitude of the burns on our bodies. Lira still hasn’t woken up, but Keeper says she will be fine. I pray that she’s right. Anyways, it is late and Keeper is going to begin to teach us how to control our gifts tomorrow, so I’d better get some sleep. Good night, journal.
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### **In-game**

#### **Inquisition**

##### **Calendar (Basic overview of what happens)**

Will be updated as I write. This is from a printed calendar that I write in to keep track of when everything happens in Mina Lavellan's Inquisition Story (Series).

**Warning: If you read this and are also reading Mina Lavellan's Inquisition Story (Series), you will get spoilers if you go past whatever date the last chapter I posted was at.** Full calendar here.

* **Cloudreach 14, 9:41 Dragon:** 10-year anniversary of Mina and Lira's magic manifesting/Group begins trip to the Hinterlands
* **Cloudreach 15, 9:41 Dragon:** Incident with Lira closing rift

## **Relationships**

### **Family**

Family Tree

In Order of Age

**Harrian Lavellan:** Father

**Mina Lavellan:** Identical Twin Sister

**Eva Lavellan-Pentaghast:** Half-Sister

**Nessa Adara Rutherford:** Niece; Mina's daughter

**Arianna "Ari" Camron Rutherford:** Niece; Mina's Daughter; Triplet

**Bracen Hamet Rutherford:** Nephew; Mina's Son; Triplet

**Alvin Thresas Rutherford:** Nephew; Mina's Son; Triplet

## **OC Questions I have answered**

*Note: these are how I answered the questions on a whim, so the details may change if and when I do write them in my story, but they are likely to remain at least roughly the same. Also, these are copied and pasted into a word document directly from where I answered them in Discord, so if you notice anything that is repeated, that might be just because I pretty much had to give context every time. Any questions I may ask don't need to be answered. That is just what I asked someone on the discord server. Also, please ignore any spelling/grammar mistakes. I'm a lot different grammar wise when on Discord lol. Anything in both italics and parentheses is something I added here and is not part of my original answer. If it's not in both, it was part of my original answer. Ignore anything about PMing someone about the triggering things. That was just put there because I'm not allowed to talk about the triggering topics as freely on discord as I am here.*

* What's your character’s most important possession, and why?
	+ Probably the chest Mina makes her out of her ice magic that she keeps her stuff in.
* Which of your OCs don't care for alcohol? What do they prefer to drink instead?
	+ Obviously, Mina's identical twin sister doesn't drink either (at least yet).
	+ *(This is for all of the OCs I answered the question for)* They all drink water, milk (Halla milk in Mina and Lira's case), etc.
		- do they prefer halla milk, water, or tea?
			* Mina and Lira don't have a preference, but Eva prefers water and regular milk (she hasn't tried halla milk or tea yet).
* They're allowed to pick out a pet as a child, what do they chose? (Pretty much anything but dragons are fair game, go wild!)
	+ She'd probably also pick a halla fawn, but she wouldn't be Mina's identical twin if she didn't lol. (is that how they work? I'm an only child so all I know about them is those commonly told tales about their psychic abilities with each other lol)
* How many languages does your OC speak? Where did they learn? Is there a particular one they don't know yet but would like to learn?
	+ Mina's identical twin speaks Common and Elvish, but she's not as smart as Mina is (she ran out of air during the birth and suffered some brain damage from that), so it doesn't come as easy to her.
* Has your OC ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?
	+ Some of these do have familial relationships, but not parental ones.
	+ Also her Keeper, but Mina was more of a motherly figure to her than Deshanna. They may be identical twins, and their magic may have manifested at the exact same time, but Lira suffered some brain damage from running out of air during the birth, so she's not as smart as Mina is and looks up to her older twin.
* For OCs that are married, what moment made them realize they wanted to marry their LI? For OCs that have a LI that aren’t married, what’s a reason why they haven’t married their LI (ie domestic partnership; no time; no desire; etc)? For OCs that don’t have a LI, what’s their opinion on marriage as a whole?
	+ Mina's identical twin doesn't have a LI (yet), but she views marriage as both a bond of love and a bond of duty. She was starting to like Adwen (the boy she was set to marry) before she and Mina accidently killed him and his identical twin, Calan (the boy Mina was set to marry) when their magic manifested when the girls were 10 and the boys were 15.
* Have they ever been on the receiving end of a prank? What kind of prank was it?
	+ Mina: She and her identical twin, Lira, are more of the pranksters, but they have both been on the receiving end of payback-pranks.
* What is one thing your OC is just plain awful at?
	+ She has it harder than her identical twin (Mina) since she suffered from some brain damage during the birth due to running out of air. However, she's also pretty bad at lying. Her magic game isn't that great (barely learned to Fade-Step a week before Mina left for the Conclave), but she gets the hang of it after a while.
* How do your OCs feel about Tranquility? Do they feel like it’s ever justified as a punishment or not? How do they feel about it as a voluntary procedure?
	+ *(This is for all of the OCs I answered the question for)* Nope. Don't even get them started. A ***LOT*** of yelling (and likely magic) will be involved.
* Do your OCs have any siblings? How do they get along with them? For OCs without siblings, do they have a sibling-like relationship with anyone?
	+ *(Both of these are for Mina.)* She has an identical twin, Lira. They are really close, and Lira doesn't want Mina to go to the Conclave. They are so close that they often have spells/Spell Purges/Silences transferred to each other, even ***after*** Mina becomes Herald/Inquisitor. Mina is also able to transfer the mark to her for a few seconds to close a rift. She doesn't think she'll be able to do that again, though.
	+ She also has a half-sister, Eva Lavellan-Pentaghast. They click almost immediately after Mina, Leliana, and Cassandra save her from her mother's blood magic, even before they learn that they are half-sisters. Eva ends up staying with Mina in her cabin in Haven.
* For mage OCs, how old were they when they came into their magic? For warrior and rogue OCs, how old were they when they began to learn their skills?
	+ *(This is for both Mina and Lira.)* They were 10 when their magic manifested at the same time and they accidently killed the boys they were set to marry (the clan's First and Second at the time).
* Meta OCQ: If you were to meet your OC (as one of their peers, not their creator), would you like them? Would they like you?
	+ All of them would love me, and I'd love them just as much! They're kinda me in general anyways lol
* What are the in-universe origins of your OCS names? Do they have a specific meaning out of universe that you chose them for?
	+ *(This is for all of the OCs I answered this for, and I edited this to have the links as text instead of the way I had them when I originally answered it.)* Pretty much all of my OCs names came from this fabulous website but a lot of them I do know someone with that name irl. Names I just can't do because of how close to someone I am are Riley (my name), Elsa/Anna/any Frozen name (obviously), Emily, Maggie, Ashley, Beverly, Susan, and Dorothy, among others. However, since I created them, I have used this website to look up what they mean, and I have found that a lot of them fit the character lol
* What death, if any, affected your characters the most?
	+ *(This is for Mina and Lira.)* Probably their father's (when they were 15). Being as their mother died just before they were born from a bear attack, he was the only biological family they had left, besides each other, in the clan. Or, there's Calan and Adwen, the two boys that they were set to marry one day, but whom they accidently killed when their magic manifested at the same time when they were 10. The boys were the clan's First and Second at the time, and were Keeper Deshanna's identical twin boys. They were 5 years older than the girls.
		- Did Mina and Lira end up replacing them as the Keepers first and Second? How did Deshanna feel about teaching them after what happened?
			* Yes, Mina and Lira did end up replacing them. Deshanna did take about a month to truly reflect on what happened and to grieve (they weren't officially First and Second until then), but she did start to train them the morning after they manifested. No one wants the two young girls to turn into abominations and then leave the clan without a First and Second, or even worse, kill the whole clan.
* How do your OCs feel about blood magic? Do they ever think that it's justified or okay or are they completely against it?
	+ She has to be extra careful since she's not as smart as Mina is. They may be identical twins, and their magic may have manifested at the exact same time, but she suffered some brain damage from running out of air during the birth, and barely learned to Fade-Step a week before Mina left for the Conclave. She has been told repeatedly to never even attempt blood magic, since the chance of her becoming possessed is exponentially higher than for people like Mina or Merrill.

## **Trivia**

* Mina and Lira's middle names are the same. Naya was their mother's first name. However, no one in the Inquisition knows this yet. Leliana might know, but she hasn't said anything.

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