Roksana Lavellan

minor Dalish huntress

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***„Komu w drogę, temu siekiera w plecy.”***

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- Roksana Lavellan to Keeper Istimaethoriel Lavellan

("*Where there is a will, there is an axe in somebody’s back."* -- translation from Elvish by Varrick Tethras, all rights reserved)

Born on 9:10 of Age of Dragon, Roksana of the Clan Lavellan is an impoverished member of the clan, not directly related to the Keeper Istimaethoriel by blood. She is constantly vexed, pessimistic, jaded and more practically - disillusioned huntress doing her trade mainly to survive between one move of Aravels to another which are frequently organised by the anxious Keeper who, Roksana believes, is wandering the entire clan aimlessly. At first she isn’t very skilled at killing people, but mostly hunting animals like fennecs, bears, rams and so on. She is also skilled in angling.

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Very slim body (malnutrition), pleasant „girly” face, moderate hazel eyes with a lot of eye shadow and eyeliner (both made from mixture of soot and squid ink diluted with spindleweed). Dark hair sporting a very short ponytail, small attractive ears. Lips are on the bigger side - prominent and somewhat tempting (if only the words spat by them weren't so fussy…). Also keeping nicely trimmed henna brows. Sporting a faint vallaslin devoted to Sylaise on her left eye (more on her religion below). Significant marks: half of the left arm is gone - from the palm up to the elbow.

### **Personality**

Pessimistic, vexed, sassy and disillusioned with the world. A product of troubled times, a hurt soul, frequently blaming others for her failures. Also very vivid imagination and free-spirited. When she was little she admired magic, but father quickly talked that out of her head long time ago - probably for her safety. She has little regard for rules and laws. An anarchist to be sure. And chaotic as well. At one moment she might be caring for little Elven children begging for food, just to be cruel and materialistic huntress fighting for spoils the next. One second a brooding, overwrought woman, the other second happy-go-lucky, uplifted yet irritating fairy. Confused (and confusing when being around her) like the two fishes pulling the rope the opposite way. Not very reliable. Often selfish. Quite emotional.

She always learns the hard way - making a lot of mistakes. Being a slow (but stubborn) learner does not help either.

### **Talents and Skills**

Survival skills (hiding among flora, setting up camp, lighting bonfire), animal hunting, angling. Proficient at all kinds of bows, ranging from short and long ones, through composite, compound, up to reflex bows. Not skilled with blades - unless it's skinning and gutting animal spoils. She makes her own crude arrows made out of (mostly) sandal wood with different kind of bird feathers attached to it. Roksana does not shy away from the use of poison. When planing (crafting) arrows she dips them in the Deathroot poison as much as she can have it, which isn't easy to come by. Clan Lavellan looks down upon the usage of poison in hunters’ trade.

### **Religion**

Roksana used to be strong believer in Elven pantheon of Creator Gods. Later due to eye-opening events she questioned all of that, save the lingering love for Mythal. She kept her vallaslin of Sylaise just as a token - talisman of good luck rather than symbol of devotion to the deity. When asked about her belief in the Maker she answers ambiguously: *Either he does not exist or really left all people for good. But it was Humans who sinned.* She does not care for Andrastian fanatics and despise the Chantry and all that is in relation to it.

## Biography

### **History**

Keeper Istimaethoriel does not say much about her mother, save that she was Clan’s chronicler. Roksana’s mother died at childbirth and father - a minor clan hunter taught her all he knew until contracting the blight when Roksana turned 31 years old in 9:41 Dragon. The death of her father changed her greatly. Roksana grew even more irritated and unbearable and soon the clan began the design a plan how to get rid of the annoying member. One day when she decided to leave the clan to broaden her horizons Keeper Istimaethoriel was all too willing to send her in a role of a spy to upcoming Divine Conclave to the Temple of Sacred Ashes in Ferelden. Keeper Istimaethoriel was a practical person - should Roksana failed at the Conclave, it’d be a minor loss for the clan. Should she succeeded she’d banished from the clan all the same.

And so, the sassy and ignorant She-Elf went on her very first adventure that would transform her into the historical figure and saviour of Thedas.

### **In-game**

* first comment when accosted by Varrick in Haven: „None of this shit should have happened!” of which the Dwarf approved with smile
* turned down offers from Sera and Iron Bull
* chose Templars, befriended Cole
* conscripted Templars and incorporated them into Inquisition
* made Empress Celene, Count Gaspard and Briala to work together
* „allowed” Florianne de Chalons to become a personal jester
* sacrificied Stroud
* banished Grey Wardens
* reasoned with Calpernia
* personally executed Samson
* let Morrigan drink from Well of Sorrows
* recognised Flemeth as Mythal and bowed to her
* befriended Cassandra and Dorian
* strongly befriended Varric and helped him get rid of all red lyrium sites
* helped Cullen fight with his lyrium addiction
* helped Cole see his humane side
* saved her Clan from Wycome Marchers
* forgave Thomas Rainier by making him join Grey Wardens
* got into Solasian Temple
* slain all ten dragons
* promoted Vivienne de Fer to become the next Divine (that plan failed though)
* defeated Corypheus
* aided Valta in her quest in the Deep Roads
* killed Hakkon and judged Storvacker by letting the bear join the cause
* disbanded the Inquisition
* will try to help Solas change his way of thinking in the future (at first she wanted together with him restore Elvhen people)

### **Post-game**

After disbanding the Inquisition, the Skyhold Keep was entirely handed over to Ferelden authorities. Roksana Lavellan journeyed north to the Free Marches, visiting her estate in Kirkwall (courtesy of Viscount Varrick) and the Viscount himself. Later on, she travelled to Wycome to check on her own Clan and see how they fare thus far.

{this section shall be updated at a later time, currently I have no idea what would possibly transpire next :-) }

## **Relationships**

Roksana being a chaotic being tried her strenghts with three men:

* Blackwall (aka Thom Rainier), but was turned down by him...;
* Solas, but the idea of romancing in dreams was not her cup of lyrium;
* Cullen - the romance flourished and both deeply cared for each other; two years after defeating Corypheus during the Exalted Council Roksana didn't want to answer to Cullen’s proposal, but they still were lovers for the coming next two years until they broke up reasons unknown; only Varrick gives a few vague clues in his newest book that possibly Cullen’s sister was involved in stirring up trouble between the two…

Currently Roksana Lavellan is not involved in any romances. She is even more bitter and vengeful.

## **Miscellaneous**

👎 Miss Lavellan detests: cheese, Orlesian culture and it’s people (for destroying the Dales, even though „their” holy Andraste had given Dales to Elves), Sera, Tallis, blood magic, homosexual relationships (so omnipresent in Thedas…), female Dwarves, spiders and most notably the Philosophy of Qun. Her chess game is below subpar, constantly losing to Cullen. She does not fancy mounting beasts, prefering journey by foot instead (unless we’re talking Cullen that is, but it is the past anyhow…). Additionally she hated the Anchor. In the past it had been giving her pains comparable to the advanced cases of rheumatism (which resulted in the loss of half of her left arm).

👍 She very much likes Varrick (he constantly tease her with „crazy shrew” nickname, of which she often gets back with an appropriate designation - „hairy midget”) and admires Garret Hawke. She is very invested in history, old books and all kind of ancient scrolls and journals. She understands the nuances of Elvhen past (courtesy of Solas) as well as being very interested in Tevinterian past. Her favourite architecture styles are old Arlathian and old Tevinterian. She loves to listen to the songs of bards and eat roasted fennecs along with scrambled duck eggs. Crafting odd new arrow types and simple traps is a hobby.

## **Gallery**

* a „girly” pleasant face
* disillusioned Dalish huntress
* romancing don’t come easy for her
* Roksana and Cullen after learning Dorian is the fairy
* when somebody mentions the Chantry «triggered»
* „Sorry mate, but your services are not needed at this time. Good day!”
* «I can’t get my eyes off him!»
* Roksana deeply cared for her friendship with Varric - the only Dwarf she could become friends with
* after learning that Cullen has lost yet another match in stripping poker
* former true love was the Knight-Captain
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