Greagoir Hawke

Greagoir Hawke was the Champion of Kirkwall.

## Overview

### **Personality**

Greagoir is generally diplomatic and kind. Weary of a life on the run from the law, Greagoir has developed a very lawful disposition and enjoys helping others.

### **Talents and Skills**

Greagoir is an exceptional warrior, specializing in swordsmanship and defense. He has also managed to learn some templar skills, giving him an advantage when fighting enemies who use magic.

## Biography

### **History**

Greagoir was born on 22 Harvestmere, 9:06 Dragon, in a small village near Amaranthine to Malcolm and Leandra Hawke. His early life was fairly uneventful, his days filled with helping his parents on the farm and playing with the other village kids. When his younger siblings, Bethany and Carver, were born in 9:11 Dragon, he helped his parents take care of them.

Their simple life came to a sudden end in 9:20 Dragon, when Bethany's magic manifested. Because of this, they were forced to leave their home, Greagoir's entire life, behind and move to Lothering. While not easy, Greagoir was able to put his own feelings behind him and support his family.

In Lothering, Greagoir did everything he could to help out not only his family, but around the village in general, all while practicing swordplay for the sake of protecting his family. Because of this, he quickly gained a reputation for being a helpful and respectable young man in Lothering.

In 9:27 Dragon, Malcolm died, leaving Greagoir as the patriarch of the family.

In 9:30 Dragon, King Cailan summoned his armies to Ostagar to face the Blight. Not wanting the threat of the Darkspawn to reach his family, Greagoir, along with Carver, enlisted in the king's army. The brothers fought bravely at Ostagar, but without Loghain's reinforcements, any hope of victory was lost. Fortunately, Greagoir and Carver managed to fight their way out of the battle and run to Lotherin.

### **In-game**

Not long after their return to Lothering, the Darkspawn attacked. The Hawke family just barely managed to escape, planning to flee to Kirkwall, where Leandra still had family. They met up with two other survivors, Aveline Vallen and her husband, the templar Ser Wesley. Not long after, they were cornered by Darkspawn and Carver was killed by an Ogre. While the rest of them were saved by Flemeth, Wesley succumbed to the Taint and Aveline was forced to put him out of his misery. Flemeth then got the survivors to Gwaren, where they boarded a ship to Kirkwall. Once there, they were able to contact Gamlen Amell, Leandra's brother, but he hardly proved helpful, as he lost their family's estate and had no coin to his name. Instead, he made a deal with some of Kirkwall's shadier groups to help out, provided that Hawke and Bethany work for them for a year. And so, Greagoir entered the services of Athenrill's smuggler group.

In 9:31 Dragon, Greagoir's service to Athenrill ended. In order to make some coin and reclaim the Amell family estate, Greagoir attempted to sign on with an expedition into the Deep Roads, led by Bartrand Tethras. The dwarf had little interest in hiring Greagoir or Bethany, but his brother, Varric Tethras, proposed another deal. If Hawke could provide 50 Sovereigns, the Tethras brothers would accept him as a partner, meaning he would get an equal share in all the profits. Greagoir agreed, and so their work began.

In order to make his coin, Greagoir took a job from a young woman named Macha, who was looking for her missing brother, a templar recruit named Keran. Upon questioning some other templar recruits, Greagoir travelled to the coast, where he found the Knight-Captain, Cullen, interrogating another recruit, Wilmod. Wilmod then turned into a demon and attacked. After Greagoir helped kill Wilmod, Cullen pointed him to the Blooming Rose. There, Greagoir confronted Idunna, a prostitute whom Wilmod had been patronizing frequently. Idunna turned out to be a blood mage and attempted to take control of Greagoir's party. Fortunately, Bethany was able to break the spell. Realizing that she was beaten, Idunna told Greagoir where he could find Keran. Greagoir then handed her over to the templars. Greagoir then ventured into a hideout in Darktown, where he found Keran along with the rest of the blood mages, led by Tarohne. Tarohne's plan was to infest the templars with demons and ultimately cause their downfall. Instead, she fell to Greagoir's blade and Greagoir was able to return Keran to his sister safely. However, due to Tarohne's actions, Greagoir couldn't be sure there was no demon inside him. So, he recommended that Cullen expel Keran from the order.

While travelling, Greagoir encountered a dwarven merchant, Javaris Tintop, who made Greagoir an offer. If Hawke were to clear out a nearby den of Tal-Vashoth, Javaris would be able to negotiate a deal with the Arishok. However, after Greagoir dealt with the Tal-Vashoth and approached the Arishok, Javaris failed to strike a deal with him and was instead forced to merely pay Greagoir for his efforts.

Greagoir took a job from a Chantry Sister, Petrice, to escort a Qunari mage, Ketojan, out of the city. However, on their way out, they were confronted by a patrol of Qunari, who demanded that Greagoir hand over Ketojan. Once it was clear the Ketojan was still loyal to the Qun, Greagoir let the Qunari kill him. However, because Ketojan chose to give Greagoir some parting words, the Qunari still attempted to kill him, fearing that Ketojan may have placed a spell on him. After killing the Qunari, Greagoir returned to Petrice, only to find her and her templar associate, Ser Varnell, attempting to remove any trace of their involvement. They had staged the entire event, hoping that the Qunari would kill Greagoir, which they could use to incite violence against the Qunari. The two then left, with Greagoir unable to stop them.

Another opportunity to make coin appeared when Viscount Dumar's own son went missing. Greagoir tracked him to the Wounded Coast, where they were set upon by a group of Nevarran mercenaries. Despite being outnumbered, Greagoir was able to defeat the mercenaries and return the Viscount's son, Saemus, safe and sound.

Greagoir also got hired by Ghyslain de Carrac to find his missing wife, Ninette. The search took Greagoir to the templar knight Emeric, who was investigating a series of murders and believed Ninette to be the latest victim. He pointed Hawke to a foundry in Lowtown. While Hawke didn't find the killer there, he did find Ninette's wedding ring attached to some finger bones. As it was clear what had happened, Greagoir returned the ring to Ghyslain, choosing to spare him the details and simply making it clear that she wasn't coming back.

In Hightown, Greagoir was approached by a merchant named Hubert. Hubert ran a local mine, the Bone Pit. However, the Bone Pit had gone silent, with no sign or word from the miners. Greagoir ventured to the Bone Pit, only to find the few surviving miners under attack from dragons. After clearing the dragons out of the Bone Pit, Greagoir returned to Hubert, who made him a partner as a reward.

Greagoir then took a job from an elf woman, Arianni, to find her lost son, Feynriel. A templar knight, Ser Thrask, provided some leads that led Greagoir to a former templar, Samson, who pointed Greagoir to a Captain who was supposed to take Feynriel to safety. Instead, the Captain sold Feynriel to a group of slavers. Greagoir hunted down the slavers and killed them, freeing Feynriel. Despite Feynriel's pleas to join the Dalish, Greagoir sent him to the Circle of Magi.

Not long after, Greagoir received a new job offer from Ser Thrask. A group of apostates from the Starkhaven Circle were hiding out on the Wounded Coast. Greagoir was supposed to convince them to surrender to the templars. Unfortunately, they attacked on sight and Greagoir was forced to kill most of them before the rest surrendered. Greagoir then handed the surviving mages over to the templars.

With enough coin gathered, the expedition could begin. At Leandra's urging, Greagoir left Bethany behind and ventured into the Deep Roads alone. After travelling for a while, the expedition discovered a Primeval Thaig. Therein they found an idol made of a strange red lyrium. The idol corrupted Bartrand and made him seal Greagoir and Varric in the Thaig. While trying to find a way out, they encountered a Rock Wraith. Upon defeating it, they discovered a vast treasure trove.

Upon returning to the service, Greagoir discovered that the templars had found Bethany. They took her with them and forced her into the Circle.

Over the course of the next three years, Greagoir used the fortune he had acquired in the Deep Roads to reclaim his family's estate and restore his family's position in Kirkwall.

In 9:34 Dragon, Viscount Dumar hired Greagoir to help deal with the Qunari, who were becoming a growing source of agitation for the city.

The Arishok then told Greagoir about a theft that had occurred. Someone had stolen the schematics for a lethal poison from the Qunari. Greagoir surmised that Javaris Tintop was behind it and pursued him. However, upon cornering him, Javaris revealed that it had been an elf who stole the schematics. Greagoir left Javaris and instead set out to find the elf. He found her in Lowtown, where she had already unleashed the toxin. Upon killing her, Greagoir returned to the Arishok to report his success.

Not long after, Greagoir was summoned to the Viscount's Keep, where he met with Seneshal Bran. Bran then informed Greagoir of a group of Qunari envoys who had gone missing. Upon investigating, Greagoir tracked the missing envoys to Sister Petrice, who had now risen to Mother. She pointed Greagoir to a rally in Darktown, where Ser Varnell had assembled a gathering and tied up the Qunari. Greagoir confronted Varnell, who attacked him. After dealing with Varnell and his followers, Greagoir advised the Viscount not to try and hide what happened from the Qunari.

In the meanwhile, Greagoir had received another message from Arianni. Feynriel had fallen into a coma. Keeper Marethari was certain he was under assault from demons. She performed a ritual to send Greagoir into the Fade to try and save Feynriel. After dealing with the demons, Greagoir convinced Feynriel to train in Tevinter.

Greagoir also received a message from Hubert. Caravans from the Bone Pit had been under attack recently, but Hubert had managed to find a lead. Greagoir tracked the lead to a group of rogue Coterie members. After killing them, the Bone Pit was once again safe.

Aveline then approached Greagoir, asking him to reign in Emeric, who was growing out of control with his investigation. Emeric was certain he was close to catching the killer. He sent Greagoir to the estate of Gascard DuPuis, who was a prime suspect. Once there, Greagoir found Gascard with a young woman, Alessa, in his custody. Gascard claimed to also be searching for the killer and get revenge for his murdered sister, but Greagoir didn't believe him. Gascard attacked and was killed. When trying to report to Emeric, Greagoir found him murdered by shades.

Upon returning home, Greagoir found Gamlen, who was looking for Leandra. Greagoir and Gamlen then searched for her together and tracked her to the same foundry where Greagoir had found Ninette's wedding ring. After fighting his way through countless demons, Greagoir confronted an insane blood mage, Quentin, who had already murdered Leandra and turned her into a morbid replica of his own dead wife. After killing Quentin, Greagoir was able to share a few final words with his mother before she passed away.

It wasn't long after that Hawke received another summons from the Viscount. Saemus had left to join the Qunari and Greagoir was supposed to bring him back. However, upon speaking with the Arishok, it was revealed that Saemus had supposedly already been summoned by his father to the Chantry. There, Greagoir found Saemus murdered. Mother Petrice had killed him with the intent of inciting violence against the Qunari. She then had her followers attack Greagoir. After he dealt with them, Petrice was assassinated by the Qunari.

Afterwards, Isabela approached Greagoir. She found the artifact she had been looking for and now needed his help to get it. He agreed and they left to retrieve it. However, it wasn't long before it was revealed that the relic Isabela was looking for was the same thing keeping the Qunari in Kirkwall. As they attempted to get the relic, both the Qunari and the Tevinters attacked and Isabela used the fighting to escape with the relic.

Afterwards, Greagoir went to the Qunari compound with Aveline. A couple of elves who had murdered a city guard had "joined" the Qun. Aveline wanted the Arishok to hand them over. He refused. Instead, the Arishok had grown tired of dealing with the people of Kirkwall and decided it would be easier to conquer the city. His forces attacked and quickly took the Viscount's Keep. With the help of First Enchanter Orsino and Knight-Commander Meredith, Greagoir was able to reach the Keep. However, he was too late, as the Arishok had already killed the Viscount. In that moment, Isabela returned and gave the Tome of Koslun back to the Qunari. However, when the Arishok demanded they take Isabela as well, Greagoir challenged him to a duel instead. The Arishok agreed and the two fought a brutal and bloody battle. In the end, Greagoir managed to kill the Arishok and the Qunari retreated. For his actions, Greagoir was proclaimed the Champion of Kirkwall.

In 9:37 Dragon, Hawke witnessed a showdown between Orsino and Meredith, who were debating the merits of Meredith's increasingly extreme measures against the mages. Hawke ultimately sided with Meredith. Later on, he received a message from her, asking for a meeting.

Meredith told Greagoir about a few mages that had escaped from the Gallows. Greagoir was supposed to track them down and bring them back alive, if possible. While Huon and Evelina had both turned to blood magic and possession and forced Greagoir to kill them, Emile de Launcet proved harmless and returned to the Circle without much of a fuss.

Greagoir was then approached by Hubert, who had once again lost contact with the Bone Pit. Upon travelling there, Greagoir found the entire mine destroyed, attacked by a High Dragon. After killing the dragon, Greagoir reported back to Hubert. Since Hubert was no longer able to pay Greagoir for his efforts, Greagoir instead claimed sole ownership of the Bone Pit as his reward.

When visiting Gamlen, Greagoir stumbles upon a message mentioning the Gem of Keroshek. He follows a trail of breadcrumbs back to a woman named Charade, who reveals herself to be Gamlen's daughter. After dealing with a group of mercenaries who were trying to kill them to get the gem, Greagoir encouraged Charade to meet Gamlen.

It wasn't long after that Greagoir received another summons from Meredith. This time, Meredith wanted Hawke to investigate strange behavior among the mages and templars. Through his investigation, Greagoir stumbled upon a conspiracy to overthrow Meredith. He found Keran among the conspirators, who told him that Ser Thrask was their leader. Greagoir then handed Keran over to the templars and confronted Thrask, who had taken Bethany hostage. While Thrask wanted to resolve things peacefully and for Greagoir to join their conspiracy, Grace, who had been one of the Starkhaven mages and was now one of Thrask's conspirators, turned on Thrask. Unlike him, all she wanted was to kill the Champion. She killed Thrask and attacked Greagoir, who killed her. It was then that Cullen arrived with loyalist templars to arrest the remaining conspirators.

After receiving an invitation to a hunt at Chateau Haine from the orlesian Duke Prosper de Montfort, Greagoir was approached by an elven assassin, Tallis. Tallis offered Greagoir an opportunity to steal a valuable gem from the duke. Greagoir agreed and travelled to Chateau Haine. However, it turned out that Tallis was actually a Qunari agent who was there to stop a Tal-Vashoth from selling a powerful weapon to Duke Prosper. When Tallis and Hawke interrupt the deal, the duke kills Salit, the Tal-Vashoth, and attacks Greagoir. After Greagoir kills the duke, Tallis reveals that the "weapon" Salit had been trying to sell had actually been a list of Qunari agents throughout Thedas. Hawke then let Tallis go with the list as they went their separate ways.

After a series of attacks from the Carta, Varric had managed to track them to a remote fortress in the Vimmark Mountains. Once there, they found themselves sealed within the fortress by magic. They then learn that the fortress was a prison for something called Corypheus. The reason Greagoir had been attacked was that his father, Malcolm, had used his own blood to reinforce the prison, so Hawke blood was needed to free Corypheus. Upon venturing deeper into the prison, Greagoir encountered two Grey Wardens. Larius, who sought to keep Corypheus imprisoned, and Janeka, who wanted to free him and use him against the Blight. Greagoir sided with Larius and killed Janeka. He then freed Corypheus, who revealed himself to be one of the seven Magisters who brought the Blight to the world. After killing Corypheus, the spell keeping them in was broken and they were free to leave.

Soon, Hawke was summoned to the Chantry to another confrontation between Orsino and Meredith. However, before Greagoir could break up the argument, Anders stepped in and used a spell to destroy the Chantry and kill the Grand Cleric. Upon seeing such an act of terror committed through magic, Meredith invoked the Right of Anulment. Greagoir, who had seen his fair share of blood mages and lost his own mother to a blood mage, decided that the Circle was corrupted beyond measure and sided with the templars. He also executed Anders for his crimes. After fighting their way through the city, Greagoir and his companions faced Orsino in the Gallows, where he revealed that he knew Quentin and had learned blood magic from him. He then used a ritual, using the blood of his fallen mages, to turn himself into a Harvester. After killing him, Greagoir reunited with Bethany and protected her from Meredith. Meredith then attacked, seeing Hawke as a threat to her power, but even her own templars turned on her. It was then that she revealed that her blade had been forged from the red lyrium idol they had found in the Deep Roads. It gave her extraordinary power, but also drove her insane. After a viscious battle, the blade shattered, the lyrium embedded itself in Meredith and turned her into statue.

After Meredith was defeated, the templars continued to support Greagoir and the nobles of Kirkwall elected him the new Viscount.

**Post-game**

Hawke continued to rule as Viscount for a few years. Under his leadership, the city recovered quickly and soon thrived. He also managed to restore the Bone Pit, which soon became a very profitable enterprise and provided many jobs for the citizens.

However, by 9:39 Dragon, many templars in Kirkwall had started taking red lyrium. It drove them paranoid and they turned on Greagoir, who was forced to leave his city and go into hiding.

As he investigated the red lyrium, he soon encountered the Grey Warden Loghain Mac Tir, who was invesitgating corruption within the Warden ranks.

In 9:41 Dragon, Hawke received a message from his friend, Varric, to come to Skyhold and meet the Inquisitor. Corypheus had somehow survived and was now responsible for the Breach that threatened the world. Upon meeting the Inquisitor, Greagoir travelled to Crestwood to meet Loghain. Loghain had discovered that the Wardens were performing a ritual in the Western Approach. There, they discovered the Wardens performing a blood ritual. The Warden mages were sacrificing the warriors to summon demons and bind them to their will. They were being led by a Venatori mage, Lord Livius Erimond of Vyrantium, who was using a similar spell to bind the mages to his will. A fight then ensued and Erimond escaped. Loghain surmised that the rest of the Wardens were gathering at Adamant Fortress.

The Inquisition then gathered its forces and marched on Adamant, battling against the Wardens and their demons. However, the Inquisitor managed to convince the Wardens to turn against Erimond. Erimond killed Clarel and the battle caused Greagoir, Loghain and the Inquisitor's party to plummet into a Rift. Fortunately, the Inquisitor managed to use the Mark to open the Rift, causing them all to fall physically into the Fade.

In the Fade, they encountered what appeared to be Divine Justinia, who led them through the Fade to an exit. However, a demon of Nightmares blocked their path and Loghain was forced to hold it off while Greagoir and the Inquisitor escaped.

After the Battle at Adamant, Greagoir ventured north to the Grey Warden fortress of Weißhaupt, to report directly to the Wardens on what happened at Adamant.

By 9:44 Dragon, Greagoir had returned to Kirkwall, and was now advising Varric, who had become Viscount in his absence.

## **Relationships**

Varric Tethras

Varric was Greagoir's best friend and the two trusted each other implicitly. In 9:34 Dragon, Hawke helped Varric confront his brother, who had gone completely insane due to the idol. Greagoir then convinced Varric to spare Bartrand and try to help him instead. In 9:37 Dragon, Greagoir and Varric investigated strange occurences in Bartrand's old home. They discovered the source of it to have been a piece of the red lyrium idol that Bartrand had kept for himself. Fearing that it could also drive Varric insane, Greagoir decided to give the lyrium to Sandal, who managed to turn it into a harmless rune.

Isabela

Greagoir and Isabela often disagreed, due to Hawke's kind and responsible nature clashing with Isabela's selfishness and free spirit. This resulted in a flourishing rivalry between the two. Nevertheless, the two still entered a physical relationship. In 9:37 Dragon, Greagoir helped Isabela confront Castillon to keep him from constantly hounding her. While she attempted to strike a deal with Castillon to get him off her back, Greagoir instead decided to put an end to the slaver once and for all. While Isabela was initially angry, she was ultimately proud that they stopped Castillon. In the end, she could not deny her feelings and professed her love for Greagoir, who was happy to reciprocate it.

Bethany

Greagoir and Bethany had always had a healthy relationship. He was the big brother who would always protect her, and she adored him for it. However, life in the Circle had taught her an appreciation for living outside of his shadow. While she still loved him dearly, she had also grown independent and no longer relied on him to protect her.

Aveline

Greagoir and Aveline were close friends, as they both believed in the law and defending the common folk. In 9:31 Dragon, Greagoir had helped Aveline uncover Guard Captain Jeven's corruption, thus allowing Aveline to be promoted to Captain. In 9:34 Dragon, Greagoir helped Aveline with her attempts at courting Donnic and ultimately helped the two get together. In 9:37 Dragon, Greagoir helped Aveline uncover Jeven's conspiracy against her and killed him. In the end, Aveline wholeheartedly supported Greagoir's choice to side with the Templars and stayed with him.

Fenris

Greagoir and Fenris were good friends, as they shared a mutual sympathy of the templars and mistrust of mages. In 9:34 Dragon, Greagoir helped Fenris track down Hadriana. There, they also managed to save an elven slave, Orana, whom Greagoir then gave a job in his household. Upon confronting Hadriana, she revealed that Fenris had a sister who still lived in Tevinter. Despite this, Fenris still killed her. In 9:37 Dragon, Fenris told Greagoir he had found his sister Varania and was going to meet her at the Hanged Man. Greagoir then agreed to go to the meeting with him. However, upon meeting Varania, it was revealed that she was a mage and working for Danarius, who had also come. Refusing to let Danarius take Fenris, Greagoir attacked and Fenris killed Danarius. However, when he also tried to kill Varania, Greagoir stopped him. Since Fenris also supported the templars, she stayed with Greagoir in the end.

Anders

Since Greagoir completely rejected Anders' views on mage freedom, the two were bitter rivals. In 9:34 Dragon, Greagoir helped Anders confront a templar named Alrik, who was a particularly sadistic templar. They caught Alrik attempting to force a young mage, Ella, through the Rite of Tranquility and killed him. However, during the fight, Justice took over Anders and attempted to kill Ella, but Greagoir managed to stop him.In 9:37 Dragon, Anders got Greagoir to help him prepare a ritual which he claimed would separate him from Justice. However, when it was revealed that the ritual was actually meant to destroy the Chantry, Anders admitted that Justice had taken him over and begged Greagoir to kill him.

Merrill

Since Greagoir constantly reprimanded Merrill for her reckless actions, the two had a strong rivalry. In 9:34 Dragon, Merrill got Greagoir to help her acquire the Arulin'Holm, so that she could use it to fix her Eluvian. However, after killing the Varterral, as Keeper Marethari requested, she instead gave it to Greagoir, who then refused to give it to Merrill, as he did not trust the Eluvian and did not want her to fx it. In 9:37 Dragon, Merrill approached Greagoir again. This time, she wanted to get help from the demon that had told her how to fix the mirror to begin with. However, upon reaching the place where the demon was supposed to be, they instead found Marethari. She had allowed the demon to posess her in order to keep it from posessing Merrill. The demon then attacked and they were forced to kill it and Marethari with it. Upon being confronted by the rest of the Clan, Greagoir managed to convince them to let them go in peace. Finally seeing that she was wrong, Merrill smashed the mirror completely. Even though Greagoir sided against the mages in the end, she still stayed by his side.

Sebastian

Due to Greagoir's kindness and support of the Chantry, he and Sebastian were good friends. In 9:31 Dragon, he had hunted down the assassins who killed Sebastian's family. In 9:34 Dragon, he helped Sebastian track down the people who had actually instigated the deaths of his family and found out that it was the Harimann's, who had supposedly been friends to the Vaels. In 9:37 Dragon, Greagoir accompanied Sebastian to a meeting with Sister Nightingale, an agent of the Divine who had come to Kirkwall to see of the Chantry needed to take action against the city. However, Greagoir assured her that there was no need for an Exalted March. When Greagoir chose to execute Anders, Sebastian decided to stay and help him fight the mages.