Kallian Tabris

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**Kallian Tabris** is the only child of Adaia and Cyrion Tabris, a relatively wealthy family in the Denerim Alienage. She is the cousin of Shianni and Soris, and was arranged to marry Nelaros before she joined the Grey Wardens. She later becomes the lover of Leliana, and her Left Hand when she became Divine Victoria.

## Involvement

Duncan was planning on recruiting her due to her mother's skill as a rogue. She is engaged to marry Nelaros and does not wish to marry, despite taking a liking to him. When she and her wedding party are kidnapped by a human noble, she kills him. She takes the sole blame to spare her cousin Soris, and manages to escape custody due to the skills her mother taught her. Thinking her fiancé dead, and her cousins safe, she escapes to find the Dalish, coming across the Sabrae Clan. Not belonging among them, she joins Duncan and Lyna to become a Grey Warden, hoping to be able to return to her family one day. She later begins a romance with Leliana.

### After the Blight

She asked King Alistair to grant her people more rights, and he appoints her cousin Shianni to be Bann of the Denerim Alienage. When her lover Leliana goes on an expedition to the deep roads, she decides to try to find and free her people that Loghain sold into slavery. She later joins the Inquisition as an agent, and takes in former slaves freed by her friend Fenris. When Leliana becomes Divine, she becomes her Left Hand.

## Physical Description

She has her mother's nose, and looks a lot like her, but less delicate. Her skin is dark, though not quite as dark as her mother's, and she has the same blue eyes as her father and cousin, Shianni. She is a bit too skinny, having been malnourished and mildly starved throughout multiple periods of her life, though she looks healthier than most in the Alienage. She has fiery red hair, a smile that could almost be described as "rabid" and an unpredictable glint in her eyes that makes most people unsettled and wary around her. Her posture is cocky, casual, and charged as if she is ready to dive into action at a moment's notice. She has the willowy figure and large attractive eyes typical of elves

## Personality

She believes in the Maker. She is brave, and doesn't take life too seriously. She is fun to be around and has a great sense of humor, always down for a wild night. She has a very affable and personable public persona. She can be highly manipulative but is not very controlling or micromanaging. She finds emotional intimacy and sentimentality awkward and uncomfortable. She likes to show generosity and surprises her loved ones with extravagant gifts. She takes pride in her possessions and keeps them well-maintained, clean, and immaculate. She is very observant and is always scanning the environment for interesting novelties that others don't notice. She often starts projects well but tends to abandon them or fail to follow through on certain plans. She is very good at motivating people and boosting their confidence. She is very energetic and spontaneous, very outgoing and likes to maintain an active lifestyle. She is highly adaptable and able to improvise when needed. She has a greater capacity for taking risks than most people, and is courageous and has a lot of audacity. She rarely wastes time procrastinating and has a lot of initiative. She wants to seem impressive and likes to show off in bold and brash ways. She gravitates towards action and excitement, and is good at seizing opportunities in the present, but often fails to consider long-term consequences. She has the temperament of an artisan and is a tactical promoter. She is very interested in sports and competitions. She has a strong appreciation for entertainment, luxury, pleasing aesthetics, and good food. She has conservative and conventional views. She thinks of herself as a realist who tells it like it is. She likes to learn through direct experience, willing to jump right into a new field and figure things out as she goes. She does not like to be told what to do and finds ways to bend or defy the rules and exploit loopholes. She is addicted to the adrenaline rush from flirting with danger and taking risks, getting bored easily and stirring things up to make it fun and interesting. She is very responsive to emergencies and performs well under pressure. She pays attention to people's body language and is able to use it to her advantage. She is impatient and sometimes cuts corners to expedite an arduous process. She is a doer and is confident in her ability to conquer obstacles and solve problems. She has ADD/AHDH. She can be very persuasive, effective, and compelling in the way she communicates. She can be very blunt, insensitive, and careless in her choice of words. She is strongly motivated by attaining admiration and respect from others. She pays attention to her image and is willing to market herself in order to get ahead. She is extremely bad at detecting and understanding others' emotions and feelings. She is extremely sensible and realistic. She is always looking for practicality wherever she goes. She hates half-baked and arbitrary ideas, and only cares about something if it is put to good use. She doesn't want to waste time on ideas that will never become a reality. She is direct and bold, and doesn't have time to play mind games, saying whatever is on her mind. She is always full of energy and coming up with unique new ideas. She is always looking to shatter the glass ceiling and push boundaries. She only cares about facts, not assumptions and what-ifs. She doesn't have time to play mind games with others. She is exceptionally impulsive and impatient. She gets so hung up on ideas that she rushes headlong into things without thinking about it beforehand. She has a tendency to take risks which leads to undesirable consequences many times. She has an inability to wait before doing something, acting on ideas the moment she thinks of it. She has nerve, resourcefulness, and a hot-headed nature, daring people to take her on. She has a strong-willed, relentless desire to fight for what she believes in, or just fight. She has strong instincts, bravery, and desire for action. She enjoys standing up for others, defending the powerless, and she is also cunning and ambitious. She is unstructured and one-dimensional. When she comes across an opportunity like solving a problem, setting up something new, or just having fun, she forgets everything else and focuses on doing, not thinking about rules, regulations, or risks. She achieves what she set out to do, but also creates extra problems for herself. She fails to understand that something will work only when all the pieces fit together perfectly. She is always so focused on the destination, that she ignores the due process and journey. She is social and outgoing, a natural leader. She hates boring and run-of-the-mill jobs. When in a stubborn zone, she doesn't care about how her actions make other people feel. She is annoyed by emotional situations and uncomfortable circumstances. She is naturally charismatic and dynamic, thriving in social settings and social interactions, being the life of the party. She is obstinate and insensitive, and hates being forced inside a box, becoming defiant when forced to follow strict rules and regulations, being constantly lectured, and expected to follow the safe path. She is a wild card, independent, unpredictable, and unreliable, doing whatever she feels like doing it, regardless of whether it is right or not, and doing things her own way. She hates boring and run-of-the-mill jobs, as she has a gifted mind and imagination, blowing people away with what she comes up with. Intelligent and ingenious, she easily comes up with original ideas due to her pragmatism and bold thinking, she is always experimenting and playing with different ideas, with an innate ability to put things together like no one else, able to make a creative and effective plan any day.

## Relationships

### Companions

* Morrigan
* Alistair
* Oghren
* Zevran
* Leliana
* Shale
* Sten
* Wynne

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Potential Trouble Spots or Issues
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The relationship often founders on rage whether expressed openly or covertly. Nines often feel that Eights are too openly aggressive and harsh with others in order to maintain their dominance. They may begin to have to take sides to protect their children or others who are vulnerable to what they see as the hardness and potential violence of Eights. At its worst, this archetypal, elemental combination can deteriorate into a domestic battlefield with frequent verbal and physical abuse.

### Origin

* Nelaros
* Soris
* Shianni
* Cyrion
* Adaia

She thought he was very handsome, and was instantly comfortable around him.

She has been his hero since they were children.

Adaia taught her everything she knew about fighting.

### Potentials

* Duran
* Natia
* Elissa
* Solona
* Alim
* Lyna
* Daylen

## Possessions

* **Wedding Ring**: Given to her by Nelaros, she takes it off when she falls for Leliana, and later gives it back to him for him to give to Shianni.

## Songs

* Hate, 4Minute
* Shoot Me, DAY6
* 16 Shots, Stefflon Don
* Play with Fire (feat. Yacht Money), Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money
* Honestly - Encore, Gabbie Hanna
* Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Theme Music, TV Themes
* Angel - Theme from the Television Series, Dominik Hauser, Darling Violetta

## Etymology

* **Kallian** comes from either the Irish Killian, meaning little church, or the Greek Callista, meaning cup, fairest, black.
* **Tabris** is Greek, meaning bull/ox, or Arabic, meaning revealed/arisen, or Hebrew, meaning free will/hand of God.

## Trivia

* She talks in her sleep
* She is near-sighted and squints profusely whenever she cleans her daggers.
* She pays more attention to her surroundings than one might expect, often remembering bits of gossip she overhears, and enjoys prying into people's personal lives and causing a bit of chaos by spreading rumors.