Susanna Caron

**Susanna Caron** is an Orlesian Warden who took over the running and rebuilding of the Fereldan Grey Wardens following the death of Robert Cousland.

## Appearance and Personality

Susanna is a tall woman, at 5'10". She has long brown hair that she usually keeps pulled into a ponytail and brown eyes. While she is by no means unattractive, nearly a decade spent in the Grey Wardens has given her several scars and she carries a permanently serious expression.

Susanna is stern, somewhat humorless, and cares more about fighting darkspawn than she does about anything else, but she genuinely cares for the people under her command. Above all else, she believes in doing what is best for the men and women of the Grey Wardens even if it makes her unpopular.

### Talents and Skills

Susanna is a skilled and deadly fighter who usually dual-wields a pair of daggers, although she is also quite skilled with a bow when she needs to be. She's also good at stealth, lockpicking, and poison-making.

As expected for a former bard, Susanna is quite persuasive and politically savvy, albeit quite willing to use dirty or underhanded tactics to get the desired outcome.

## History

Susanna was born in 9:00 Dragon to the chevalier Andre Caron and his wife Daphne. She spent most of her childhood with the upbringing of a typical Orlesian noblewoman and was taught to be proper and graceful.

When Susanna was thirteen, she was sent to Val Chevin be fostered and to finish her education under the tutelage of the noblewoman Lisette Fortier in the hopes that she would marry his son. Lisette, however, thought that Susanna's family wasn't worth notice and that Susanna herself was a poor match for her son. Instead, she trained Susanna to spy, steal, infiltrate, and assassinate, and the young woman eventually became a bard.

While Susanna was undoubtedly good at her job and a major asset to the Fortier family, she was never all that comfortable being a bard. Knowing that she was expendable and that could be betrayed at any point in time weighed heavily on her and worried her. When she was twenty years old, the Grey Wardens came to Val Chevin looking for new recruits, Susanna went to the Warden-Commander and asked to be taken in, and he agreed.

Susanna passed the Joining and became a Grey Warden, serving with honor and distinction. Even despite its drawbacks, Susanna loved being a part of the Order and it felt a lot more meaningful to her than killing nobles in petty power struggles.

When rumors of a Blight in Ferelden reached the Wardens of Orlais, Susanna prepared to travel to Ostagar to aid in its defeat, but King Cailan forced the conflict before the Orlesian Wardens could offer any assistance. After Cailan's death, Loghain Mac Tir closed off the Ferelden borders and left them unable to provide any real assistance.

A year after the Battle of Ostagar, word reached Orlais that the Blight had been ended and that the consequences had left Ferelden without any Grey Wardens: Riordan had been killed in action, Alistair Theirin had left the order to become the King of Ferelden, and Robert Cousland, the young nobleman who had been recruited at the beginning of the Blight, had sacrificed his life to defeat Urthemiel. Susanna, along with a few other senior Wardens from Orlais, were present at the Hero of Ferelden's funeral.

Not long after the funeral, Susanna was approached by her commander and asked to take command of the Ferelden Wardens directly. Knowing what an honor it was to be chosen, Susanna agreed, was given new weapons and armor, and was sent to Vigil's Keep to rebuild the order in Ferelden.

## Relationships

**Robert Cousland**

Susanna never knew the Hero of Ferelden personally, only that he had died ending the Blight. She held great respect for him for sacrificing his life and doing his duty as a Grey Warden.