Tasha Trevelyan

Listen to Many, Trust a Few, Do Wrong to None

WIP

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Tasha is of slightly above average height, with an unusually athletic build for a mage. Her fair skin is sunkissed and she moves with a powerful stride, testimony to her continuous training over the years.

The red hair reaches halfway down her back and tends to be styled in a messy bun. While it would be more practical to have it cut short she decided to keep it long, allowing herself a rare vanity.

Her slightly slanted eyes are clear blue, with faint lines starting to appear around them.

During her years in the circle, Tasha has cultivated a mask, a neutral facial expression that won`t give away any indication about her emotional state. As such her gaze is normally described as friendly, but her eyes will grow cold if disappointed or annoyed: back in Ostwicks Circle Tower "Got the look" was a common enough description on how well a lesson went for an unlucky apprentice.

### **Personality**

Upon a casual meeting Tasha initially seems to be a calm, sometimes even shy woman. She is unlikely to approach strangers herself but if she is approached by them proves to be easy to get along with and a good listener with a dry sense of humor.

Beyond this cultivated surface she is very reserved, slow to trust people, and only willing to share her "true self" with a select few. The real Tasha is led by her own strict principles of loyalty, commitment and compassion. For her ,the intent of an action is important, more so than the result. She is a passionate and selfless woman, who can become downright vicious in protecting those she loves. She cares deeply about others and is devoted to the causes she believes in. This can cause her to go into "hermit mode" in which she is known to neglect eating until a particular issue is resolved.

Tasha enjoys flexing her muscles, be it mental or physical. Her agile mind has a gift for complex thought constructs and a pronounced academic curiosity, but she has to balance it out with physical activity. Both activities are needed to tire her out and to "reset" her train of thought. In order to relax she also needs extended alone time, too many people in a confined space without an option to withdraw are her personal idea of torture.

She doesn`t think of herself as anything special and has a hard time accepting praise. Likewise she often takes challenges and criticisms personally. Tasha simply has no idea how to react to it and tries to avoid open conflict as much as possible.

Tasha has little patience with feigned helplessness or lack of ambition. If she can work around her own shortcomings, then others can too. As long as they at least try she will be there to help them.

Those around her will have to deal with her pronounced stubborn streak and once Tasha has an opinion about something she tends to stick to it. Changing her mind, later on, is difficult and requires intense discussions (Antivan wine might also help...).

### **Talents and Skills**

**Magic:**

Tashas iron discipline and control enable her to safely wield large amounts of power even in the thick of battle. She has a firm grasp on magical theory and concepts and is able to modify spells on her own if given a little time and resources to research. During her time in Ostwick she excelled in using any kind of defensive and healing magic. While she is able to cast ranged attack spells her aim is mediocre at best. She tries to avoid them, using close range attacks as much as possible.

The Inquisition finally enabled her to get access to the Knight-Enchanter techniques, an advancement that Ostwick denied her due to her inability to stomach Lyrium (and lack of enthusiasm for the Chantry). This proved to be a perfect choice and she was dancing in the frontlines ever since, driving Cassandra and Blackwall insane.

**Swordsmanship:**

In order to harness her physical energy, Tasha started training with a sword early in her apprenticeship in Ostwick. The templars watched in confusion as the little redhead kept sneaking into the training grounds at odd hours and started to harass the training dummies with sticks. After a few weeks of returning the moping rascal to the first enchanter, it was decided to let her have a go at "proper" sword training. The strenuous task was expected to end the weird infatuation the young girl had with sharp weapons. To everyones surprise Tasha dug in her heals and became quite proficient with the sword. What she lacked in strength she tried to compensate with agility, carefully planning her strikes to make sure to make every one of them count. As a Knight-Enchanter, equipped with a proper magical blade she is now a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.

## Biography

### **History**

Tasha was born the youngest child and only daughter of the aging Bann Trevelyan and his wife Sybel in 9:11 Dragon. She was destined for the Chantry at a young age and her upbringing was accordingly geared towards the Chantry's teaching. That changed when the seven-year-old child sealed itself off with a crude barrier spell after an altercation with her mother. The very next day, the scared child was taken to the Ostwick Circle Tower by a Templar escort.

Tasha had great difficulty getting used to life in the circle. While studying magic was easy for her, she found it hard to bear the permanent proximity to the other students.  Some weeks after her arrival she began to sneak into the Templar's practice area in the early evening hours and to imitate the exercises she had been watching from the window.

### **In-game**

Here's what happened during the events of Your OC's game, boyo.

### **Post-game**

Here's what happened after the events of said game, brosef.

## **Relationships**

Here's what happened with the companions, yo.

## **Miscellaneous**

Tasha has a severe allergic reaction to Lyrium and can`t even stomach small amounts. This renders her incapable of participation in cooperative magical rituals.

She is short sighted

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## **Links**

### Reddit Writing prompt Threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/htgefc/spoilers\_alloctime\_to\_be\_storytellers\_the\_dragon/fygzvvs/?context=3

## **Gallery**

* At the Winterpalace
* THE Look
* At Skyhold
* Hair open
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