Bevin

*"We don't get to chose our blood, only what we do with it."*

## Background

Bevin was born in 9:21 Dragon to Theodore LaFlaur and Gillian Vyrantus. He grew up in Redcliffe with his older sister, mother and father.

Theodore, his father, would often tell Bevin about his grandfather, a famous dragon hunter called Aurelian Pentaghast and wielder of the Green Blade. Aurelian was the adoptive son of Gustav LaFleur, the minor Orlesian noble who had married Sotiria Pentaghast following her divorce from Emperor Etienne I in 7:97 Storm. When the time came to settle the succession in Nevarra, Aurelian made his own bid for the throne. He was a very pious man with strong beliefs in the Maker shaped by his Orlesian father's perspective and saw it as his duty to restore Nevarra to Chantry rule. To discredit Aurelians claim, the Nevarran emperor claimed Aurelian to be a bastard and lacking Pentaghast blood. When this came to light in 8:60 Blessed, Aurelian was disgraced and ousted from Nevarra. Rather than live out the remainder of his days as a disgraced exile, Aurelian decided to join the dwarven Legion of the Dead, the only human ever recorded to do so. Aurelian went into the Deep Roads as a dwarven hero, and though he was never publicly seen again, pieces of his enchanted armor have been surfacing for decades. Some say that the pieces were scavenged off his body, while others claim that Aurelian secretly returned to the surface and has been selling them himself. Whatever the truth, the Legion of the Dead has remained faithful to their motto, "our secrets die with us," and Aurelian's true fate remains unknown.

In truth Aurelian did return to the surface under the moniker of “The Green Blade” and lived out the rest of his life as a prolific dragon hunter. While on the surface he fathered Theodore in ferelden who inherited the sword when he passed away. Theodore was Aurelian’s squire and followed him all over Thedas on his hunts. It was on one of these quests where he met his future wife Gillian, a Tevinter girl from the long disgraced Vyrantus magister dynasty, the only other remaining member was her sister Nexala Vyrantus. Even though Theodore found his love on this journey, he would also find tragedy. After a lifetime of victories, Aurelian finally found his match against the two-headed ancient Great Dragon “Reuleaux” and died in battle.

Theodore collected his fathers blade and returned to Ferelden with Gillian whom he married and the two settled down in the town of Redcliff. Gillian found a job as a maid in the castle, Theodore took up work as a fisherman and the green blade was locked away in a bedroom chest. And there it sat for several years. Theodore and Gillian had their first child in 9:12 Dragon, a girl they named Kaitlyn. She grew up very close to her mother and dreamed about one day moving into the castle where her mother worked. Bevin was born in 9:21 and grew up on his fathers stories about his grandfather and his adventures. Even if he wasn’t the most athletic child, he would still train and practice to one day inherit his grandfather's sword and becoming an adventurer like him.

Growing up in Ferelden with an Orlesian father and a Tevinter mother gave Bevin some issues with his identity and he never really felt like he belonged. He’d often get lost in his dreams of slaying dragons and seeing new and strange lands. These dreams become somewhat of a coping mechanism when Theodore was lost at sea during a fishing trip in 9: 29. Then in 9:30 when Bevin was only 9 his mother didn’t come home from the castle one day, Kaytlin usually took care of him so he didn’t think much of it. But then when night fell, living nightmares descended on the town. Living corpses slaughtered most of Redcliffe and Bevin got separated from his sister. Even though he’d often dreamed of being brave, his fear got the better of him and he hid in his closet. He stayed in that closet for several nights, listening to the undead outside, hammering against his door. He turned inward, back into his imagination until he heard someone finally break into his house. He stayed inside, shivering as he heard a group of footsteps grow closer, he knew that it was the end for him. The door opened and Bevin fell out, hurting his knee pretty badly. He looked up and to his surprise he saw an Elf with a redheaded woman, a man in armor and an…interestingly dressed lady with a staff in tow. The elf told Bevin that she was a gray warden and that his sister was looking for him. It turned out that they were there to help redcliffe fight the monsters that came during the night. Bevin reluctantly gave her the key to his fathers chest with the green blade inside. Bevin rushed to the chantry and reunited with his sister. The next night passed and Redcliffe survived. The warden and her companions had rallied the remaining townsfolk and beat the monsters back. Before she left to put a stop to everything going on in the castle, she knelt down in front of Bevin and gratefully returned the green blade to him. It was sticky with undead blood. Bevin thanked her and his dreams from there on heavily featured one of his new heroes

After the blight had ended, Bevin’s sister grew close to the Bann of Rainesfere and the two soon fell in love. Everything would have been great if Bevin hadn’t started showing signs. One day when playing near the beach, Bevin accidentally electrocuted the water, a few seconds later, half the fish population and a stray duck lay floating upside down in the water. Bevin and his sister ate well that day, but the townsfolk began to get suspicious. After the rumors concerning Connor, Redcliff was very wary of anyone showing signs of magic. When Teagan proposed to Kaitlyn, it was expected for the two to move to Rainsfere. While packing up their parents' old things, Bevin noticed a stack of letters in his mothers closet. They were all from Tevinter, except for the last one which had been sent from “Innsmouth Rivain.” The letters were from Nexala Vyrantus, his aunt. They started out relatively coherently, with Nexala detailing her research into their Tevinter heritage. Apparantly the Vyrantus dynasty had once been a very respected magister dynasty of dragon keepers that were deposed when Claudius Vyrantus lost their holdings to a slave revolt in the ancient age. Since then they’ve been little more than peasants. Nexala also detailed something that could possibly prove their relation and birthright as magisters. “The Armor of the Overseer” An enchanted robe worn by Claudius that was allegedly stripped off him by the slaves when they killed him. Word had it that the champion of Kirkwall once wore it but since then, it hasn’t been seen. If the robe still had the blood of Claudius, or the energy of his blood, then it could be possible to use blood magic to prove their relation to him and petition the archon for a title. Bevin hungrily read every letter, with his magical abilities, maybe this was where he belonged? “A magister of Tevinter” He tasted the words and smiled. Then he got to the last letter. It was… Different. Deranged ramblings about some organization. A new plan to simply conquer Tevinter with the sun. It gave Bevin the chills. But not to be deterred, Bevin packed his things, strapped the green blade to his belt and hit the road for Rivain, hoping that his aunt might give him some answers.

He first traveled to Orlais where he had the Green Blade reforged into a staff to suit his newfound talents. From there he spent almost every coin he had to find a ship to take him to Innsmouth, Rivain. He got sidetracked a few times, had to do odd jobs to earn more gold, but finally in 9:40 he arrived to find…a crater. There was nothing left of the town, just a burnt out crater by the water. Bevin cursed as he walked the edge of the crater, hoping to find some sign of what had happened. “Maker damned… Andraste’s balls…” he was so caught up in his annoyance that he didn’t notice the ground around the crater wasn’t very solid. The edge gave way and he went tumbling down into the hole and hit his head.

## Involvement

### Season 4: A Guild Called Home DLC

Bevin travels to Antiva City in search of his heirloom robes. While on the hunt he joins the Gale Adventurer's Guild along with Ronja Kalac and Courier. After getting mixed up in some local issues, Bevin manages to recover the Robes of the Overseer and joins forces with the Antivan noble Firentia Lombardy who eventually agrees to cooperate in his campaign to reclaim Vyrantium.