Cynadrel Amor'thel

Image created by TermiteDust, commissioned by RakuranHawke for Cynadrel Amor'thel

### Year born (Age)

Dragon 9:22 9th Day of Verimensis (24 years)

### Subclasses

N/A

Cynadrel Amor'thel is a City Elven Warden who was a criminal and exile of Amaranthine. After the attack on Amaranthine by the efforts of the Dread Wolf, Fen'harel; Cynadrel Amor'thel was given the title of 'Hero of Amaranthine', one shared by the many contributing protectors.

Initially, Cynadrel's objective was wishing to train in the blade to help his fellow elves and to fuel his vengenance against Templars due to traumatic past experiences; and while his experiences with many former Templar's have helped him lay off particular individuals with Templar backgrounds, he still holds contempt for the Order's horrifying displays of tyranny.

His primary goals are to secure his future as a Warden so that he may perfom many heroic acts and fame that may lead to gaining enough prestige to hopefully benefit his community old community. While this goal has been difficult to achieve, in part due to a heavily problematic transformation as he had a quick and damaging reaction to a unique strain of the Taint that was developed by Luca Gabris; he still believes true in the cause of the Wardens and hopes that he will be recognized for that.

## History

Cynadrel was born in Dragon 9:22, to his parents Althoran and Nadriya. Unfortunately, Nadriya was rediscovered to have been an apostate from the Circle Tower of Denerim; and with Althoran being one of the men that helped her runaway. Her mother was forced back into the Circle, and his father slain by Templars as they were attempting to escape once again.

The family were believed to only ever getting caught because they stayed in one place for too long due to trying to give Cynadrel a better upbringing.

Leaving Cynadrel with the community of his alienage, he was adopted by one of the Elders to perform basic duties and services to the community. Still living with the painful moments of that day however, and the values of pacifism not working with the constant insults and often violent actions from the occasional guard. Cynadrel took up swordfighting as a result, and he though he is still working on his technique, he is slowly improving.

After his training amongst the Wardens however, Cynadrel has developed to be a reliable protector amongst the Wardens of Vigil's Keep; outspoken on matters of personal injustice, attempting to offer connections with new recruits, and getting into a few sparring or wrestling matches with some of the Keep's toughest Wardens.

## Personality

Cynadrel was best described as a vengeful and singleminded individual in the current stage of his life. His focus on avenging his father and mother came foremost in his mind until his capture and imprisonment, and as a result he harbours a resentment for Templars more extremely then most.

Cynadrel is also, while not actively hostile; incredibly wary of most humans. As he believes that they let this personal transgression pass without what he deems as true justice. Yet he has no clue about his mother's unique abilities and it's potential volitility. Though recently, recent helpful efforts in his life have helped him become more acquainted and neutral to most people.

Cynadrel was known as, while a quiet and shy being, to be rather charitable and generous to his community of elves. Often frequently seen as being particularly scared and afraid by his caregivers during his early childhood, and being seen as cautious, hesitant, but playful to those of his age. Though recently, both the elders and his friends see him as more distant and in fact more absorbed into his world more then normal.

However, upon his imprisonment and recruitment into the Wardens; he became humbled by the others around him that became shocked and frightened by the attempted assassination; yet simultaneously mourned for his exile from the Alienage. His pursuit has shifted to that of redemption with a focus on performing heroic deeds to cultivate fame to protect the family and friends he left behind.

He later developed a strange kinship with many of the Wardens, having been the unintended victim of a developing strain of the Darkspawn's Taint; Cynadrel was shut off from many of the Wardens due to the possibility of provoking wide panic. When the effects and possible spread of the strain became known to the researchers, Cynadrel was essentially reborn into the society. Making changes to his personality, after recognizing that he could always try to connect with more people and not bury himself of his traumatising past, but also physical changes in order to try and counter the ill-effects of a malnourished and ghoul-like state. Doing so by willing partaking in many physical exercises alongside the strongest of Amaranthine's Wardens.

## Relationships

**Istar:** Istar is the elder of the Amaranthine Alienage that helped raise Cynadrel and a majority of the elven orphans through her efforts in helping structure the Alienage Orphanage. Cynadrel finds Istar to be one of the kindest among the elders, but disapproves the idleness that the older generations have adapted to survive.

Out of respect and affection, Cynadrel gives her the title of "Mother Istar", and still uses it as an adult. Though his ideals have grown ever bolder with age, and cruelties seem to only increase; Cynadrel still prefers the consul of the closest maternal figure he has had.

**Nadriya:** Nadriya is Cynadrel's mother, and though Cynadrel's earlier thoughts of her are full of cheerful and happy days, they have been surplanted with her horrifying capture and the feeling of powerlessness of Cynadrel that still felt.

Nadriya was a Mage in the Circle of Ferelden by Lake Calenhad, but became an apostate thanks to the efforts of a team involving her future husband, Althoran Amor'thel. On the run for most of this new life, when she became pregnant with Cynadrel, the family decided to risk their position so that he could grow up like most other normal children around them. However, it was this decision that led to her recapture.

Cynadrel's biggest wish would be that he could reunite with his mother, but due to Nadriya's talent in magic it would seem the world conspires to seperate them for eternity. Cynadrel doesn't even know if his own mother would recognize him anymore. But idealistic fantasys don't lend them to far on the realms of reality.

**Althoran:** Althoran is Cynadrel's father, though Cynadrel was mostly raised by his mother; Althoran acted as the lookout and performed many morally questionable actions in order to finance the future of his family. Yet he was always considerate and compassionate to his child.

Althoran worked mostly as a ferryman and a good talker for most of his life until his work helped land him a position of helping mage apostates rescue others from the Harrowing. Though initially doing so for an income, he later fell in love with one such rescued mage, Nadriya. Though he left the group shortly after to focus on a romantic relationship.

However, upon the arrest of Nadriya, Althoran hid his son away from the action and charged in to rescue his dearest love. The effort failed and he ended up dead upon the Templar's blade. Cynadrel being left alone in the world shortly after. Awakening his new nightmares.

**Luca Gabris:** Mortalitasi, Experimental Researcher into the Blight; and surrogate father to Cynadrel. Their initial start was particularly difficult. After attempting to manufacture a different strain of the Taint in order to find a cure to perhaps the Blight itself; Luca Gabris requested a Warden to help clean his working space. Cynadrel, not yet a fully-Joined Warden but a recruit; was chosen for the job, and did his job diligently. However, during the last task of a body disposal from the recently-deceased Darkspawn experiment; a portion of the bile found it's way onto Cynadrel's eyes, which caused a rapid onset transformation into his current ghoulish visage.

After his Joining, Luca Gabris was set with the responsibility to check the safety concerns, possible effects, and monitoring of Cynadrel's condition through the years. Initially, Luca lied on the contagious nature of Cynadrel's condition in order to have an easy source of experimentation on a live and ready subject. After the Commander caught onto this activity, and potentially being more acquainted to Cynadrel's personality and habit of confession; Luca informed Cynadrel of the deception; but requested that he could still be useful as a template of the a possible cure for Wardens. Cynadrel accepted this request, but did inform Luca that while he did not like the active lying in order to illict his compliance, that he would've been more then happy to be a hero in this way, if Luca had simply asked.

Over time, the two became more acquainted, assisting each other in simple tasks, and overtime, Cynadrel gravitated towards assisting Luca's budding family dynamic; and became a part of it himself in a certain capacity.

**Gareth Bel'Tel:** Former member of the Templar Order of Nevarra, Cynadrel and Gareth had a particularly interesting relationship at the beginning. After a chance encounter in the Keep's Gardens, Cynadrel was unnerved by the state of Gareth's wellbeing as a soldier and equally hesitant to interact after revealing he was a Templar. However, after Gareth described details of the effects of Lyrium to his mental state; and how he dared to question the traditional orthodoxy and practice with a kinder perspective and the quick dishonorable response that Gareth recieved; Cynadrel felt a unique kinship in the man, feeling that it was in Cynadrel's part, as a potential Warden who was struggling with his own rapid deterioration, that the two should stay tied together as at least comrades to help the other out in their time of need.

However, the relationship deepened quickly into a budding romance; as feelings soften into a deep sense of care and respect for one another. Cynadrel being the one who quickly fell into a spark of love. Though their relationship did come into conflict with Cynadrel's relationship with Luca Gabris, Cynadrel tried to act as a mediator to try and aid the both in Luca's traumatic experience. Currently, Gareth had moved to Navarra in order to rekindle with family connections, while Cynadrel stays at Amaranthine to care for the other comrades.

## Credits of Attribution

TermiteDust, commissioned artist for the current portrait of Cynadrel.

LoranDeSore, Creator of "Warrior", the original image used for Cynadrel.