Brian Cousland

## The Hero of Ferelden

Brian Cousland is the youngest son of Bryce Cousland, tyer of Highever, and after the fall of his house at the hands of the treacherous Arl Howe, he joined the Grey Wardens of Ferelden, and by using their treaties, he started building an army for dealing with the threat of the Darkspawn.

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Brian is 5'10 tall and weighs 85 kg. He has brown skin, black eyes and scars centered mostly around his chest and upper back. He has short-spiked black hair. He has a tattoo of a wolf on his right arm, from a challenge he had with his brother when they were younger.

### **Personality**

Brian is quiet, caring, brave, cautious, hardworking and loyal. He enjoys witty and sarcastic humour. He's also very experienced for someone of his age, with his noble upbringing, he has spent a great deal of time into an library, therefore, most people consider him to be an intelligent individual.

### **Talents and Skills**

**Talents**

* Amateur Smithing - Having spent time at Soldier's Peak, he has picked up a little of smithingm
* Cooking - He worked as a junior Chef, assisting an elderly man, by the name of Niro, to continue running his stall in Highever.
* Killing things, specially Darkspawn.
* He can read faster at night, ad he was used to it.
* Can follow targets unnoticed
* Animal Handling - While animals dont always thank him, he's able to rehabilitate the ones he finds on his way.
* Decent Massuer - Picked it up just to 'interrogate' a 'client' that he was following. Decided to stick with it.

**Skills**

* Survival Skills, from living in a forest for 15 years and a desert for 5.
* Works well under pressure
* Strong Leader

## **Relationships**

**Alistair** - Being introduced to the young Grey Warden at his first day at Ostagar, he didn't think much of Alistair to begin with, although, battle after battle, they became allies and close friends. He counts Alistair as his brother, and did his best to prevent Alistair from becoming king, despite of his lineage, as he knew that was the last thing Alistair would like to happen.

**Leliana** -Having met the bard and chantey sister during his way on "village", they became fast friends, and enjoyed talking at night at the camp, about stars, the future, and shoes, much because Leliana's insisted.

**Oghren** - Brian was unimpressed with the Dwarf's displays of bravado and drinking, but he believed that underneath all that for-show persona, there was a kind man who regretted his wife's fate and tried to do better because of it. After the Archdemon's demise and the end of the Fifth Blight, Oghren formally joined the Grey Wardens and reunited with Brian in Amaranthine Fortress.

**Leliana -** He's a little surprised, and relieved, that she couldn't find much information about him. He personally doesn't find her frightening like other people in the Inquisition, he thinks she is sweet. She's never had a bad thing to say about him and even commends him when she finds out he's an assassin.

**Morrigan** - Initially he only trusted her out of necessity at Halamshiral. He became friendly with her eventually, but grew to distrust her once they learned of the Well of Sorrows because of her persistant requests to be the one to drink from it.

**Dorian Pavus** - WIP

**Sera** - Thought she was a quirky person at first who happened to be skilled with a bow.  However, very soon after inviting her to join the Inquisition, she starts having problems with everything that he does and they end up butting heads constantly.

**Solas - WIP**

**Vivienne - WIP**

**Blackwall - WIP**

**Varric -** They got along well even from the beginning. It helped that Lian was already a fan of his series 'Harding in Hightown'.  They share the same sense of humour and just mutually enjoy eachother's company. They become best friends in no time. Before Lian met Dorian, he was rather reserved, reclusive and at times sad. When any attempt that Varric made to talk with Lian resulted in Lian abruptly leaving, he gave Lian a journal, hoping that he could at least confide in a book, the act of kindness was definitely a big first step to helping Lian out of his shell.

**Iron Bull -** Having been a spy himself, he doesn't trust Bull, even though Bull openly admitted to being a Ben-Hassrath. He however, is aware of the gravity of his situation, needing any and all allies to take down the breach in the sky and to stop 'The Elder One' As soon as the Iron Bull saw Lian in action he knew, instantly, that the man was definitely trained by a Tevinter assassin. The two butt heads, especially when Lian refused to divulge any information to Bull regarding who had trained him.

## **Gallery**

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