Alexine Andras

> "I joined the Wardens to help stem the tide of darkspawn. Blight or no, this is precisely what I signed up for."
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Alexine Andras was a Grey Warden from Orlais. She was a former member of Ghislain's Circle of Magi, though she became an apostate as a teenager. She sought out an opportunity to join the Wardens to free herself from that life.

Though the Ferelden Grey Warden Merindah Cousland successfully ended the Blight in less than a year upon slaying the Archdemon, the damage to the country was extensive. Alexine was sent to assist the rebuilding efforts in 9:31 Dragon.

In the following years, Alexine decided to stay in Ferelden, particularly as tensions between the Circle and Templars were reaching a boiling point; as one of the few nations still friendly to mages, she had little desire to leave. She was anointed Warden-Constable in 9:38 Dragon, after Nathaniel Howe stepped down from the role.

In 9:41 Dragon, Alexine became *de facto* Warden-Commander of Ferelden after Merindah Cousland's sudden disappearance; Merindah herself officially stepped down two years later, after a disagreement with Weisshaupt regarding the recently-discovered cure for the Calling, and endorsed her old friend for the role. This was a controversial move outside of the Wardens - putting an Orlesian in charge of a Fereldan-based organization - but Alexine commanded respect among the Wardens themselves.

## Overview

### **Talents and Skills**

Alexine specialized in combative magic, preferring to bolster her offensive and defensive capabilities.

Outside of combat, Alexine was bilingual, fluent in both Orlesian and the Trade tongue. She spoke the latter with a heavy Orlesian accent, however. She also knew a handful of Elvish phrases, though far less than most Dalish.

## Biography

### **History**

Alexine was born in 9:10 Dragon to elven servants named Juliette and Antoine Andras. She was the oldest of three children. The Andras family was in the employment of an Orlesian Compte, Gabin de Baillieu. Though Alexine's family was poor, she grew up surrounded by intrigue and luxury - just beyond her reach.

Alexine's magic manifested when she was ten years old, causing her to be sent to the Circle of Magi in Ghislain. For the first few years, Alexine flourished, making friends with her fellow mages and learning to develop her magic under the careful eye of more experienced mages. However, a horrific incident of abuse by a Templar soured her view of the Chantry permanently. She ran from the Circle following this incident in 9:26 Dragon, by convincing another Templar - sympathetic to her plight - to assist in destroying her phylactery.

Alexine fled to the nearby capital of Val Royeux, concealing her magic. Though her options as a coinless elf were limited, she was able to find employment working as the servant of a local noble. She remained there for two years, until she was eighteen. At that point, she decided to seek a new life free from fear of the Circle and the Templars - the Grey Wardens. She traveled to Montsimmard in 9:28 Dragon, and successfully undertook the Joining ritual to become a Grey Warden.

Her first two years as a Warden were relatively uneventful. It would not remain that way for long; in 9:30 Dragon, the Fifth Blight began. As the neighboring nation to Ferelden, Orlais knew that if Ferelden fell, it would be next.

Later in that year, the Orlesian Wardens began to grow suspicious at the lack of communication from the Ferelden Wardens, who had been all but destroyed in the Battle of Ostagar.

### **In-game**

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### **Post-game**

Alexine continued her service to the Fereldan Grey Wardens in the following years, bolstering their strength. All the while, she watched uneasily as tensions between the Mages and Templars reached a boiling point. As a former apostate, Alexine had much more sympathy for the former faction. However, she had no desire to involve herself in the conflict. Her decision to stay in Ferelden was partially motivated by the nation's claimed neutrality to the conflict, and relative friendliness to mages.

One year after that conflict began, Merindah decided to anoint Alexine as Warden-Constable. Two years after that, in 9:40 Dragon, Merindah suddenly left Ferelden in search of a cure for the Taint. She did not inform the Wardens of her intentions, fearing potential repercussions. In her absence, Alexine acted as de facto Warden-Commander of Ferelden.

The situation changed dramatically in 9:41 Dragon, when every Warden in Ferelden and Orlais began to hear the Calling simultaneously. Though the Orlesian Wardens panicked, Alexine refused to act without further information. While she feared the possibility that this was a real Calling, she did not want to treat it as such until the Wardens began to show physical symptoms of corruption. This brought her into conflict with several of her subordinates, but proved prescient after the Calling was determined to be false. Alexine also sharply rebuked Warden-Commander Clarel for her decision to use blood magic and summon a demon army, but took no direct action out of fear of corrupting her own Wardens.

## **Relationships**

### Merindah Cousland

Alexine and Merindah, upon first meeting, were mutually wary of each other. Alexine had a sour view of nobility and royalty, and only Merindah's acts as the Hero of Ferelden were enough to prevent this negativity from dominating her view of the young Queen. And though Merindah was always civil and polite, it was obvious to Alexine that she was wary of her background as an Orlesian. This initial trepidation quickly faded as Alexine proved her genuine desire to assist the Ferelden Grey Wardens.

Alexine disagreed with Merindah's decision to save Amaranthine at the expense of Vigil's Keep, arguing that defending the Warden fortress should come first. Merindah believed that she had a duty to the people under her rule, however, and did not waver.

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In the years that followed, Alexine and Merindah remained friends. Alexine worked tirelessly to rebuild Ferelden's Warden Order, and Merindah did everything in her capacity to aid her. However, Merindah's duties as Queen and her decision to search for a cure to the Calling in 9:40 Dragon left a great deal of responsibility on Alexine's shoulders - a responsibility that she carried with pride.

## **Miscellaneous**

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## **Gallery**

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