Vardall Amell

Vardall in 9:30 Dragon during his Harrowing

*“I was a young man full of hate and anger. I only saw black and it took me a long time to start seeing white.” - Vardall Amell to Leliana in Haven, 9:41 Dragon.*

Vardall Cassian Amell (born Verimensis 2, 9:13 Dragon), aka "Hero of Ferelden", "Warden", "Inquisitor", and "Herald of Andraste", is a former mage of the Circle of Magi of Ferelden. Being the Circle's best and most talented apprentice, Vardall was quickly recruited into the Grey Wardens by Duncan after an incident involving Vardall's former friend, Jowan.

Thanks to Morrigan's Dark Ritual, Vardall was able to kill the Archdemon and live to tell about it. He was then named the "Hero of Ferelden" and became the new Warden-Commander of Ferelden and Arl of Amaranthine. 2 weeks after the Battle of Amaranthine and for unknown reasons, Vardall attacked and burned the Ferelden Circle of Magi, and after a month and a half, Vardall destroyed an entire village in Bannorn, killing many innocents in the process. After that, he disappeared without a trace.

At 9:41 Dragon, 10 years after those events, Vardall mysteriously reappears during the Conclave in the Temple of the Sacred Ashes, being the sole survivor of the temple's explosion and receiving the anchor in his left hand, being titled as the "Herald of Andraste"

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Vardall is a very tall man, being much taller than the avereage men and even some Qunari, standing at 6’9. He's also very muscular and handsome, having an almost pale skin, deep black hair, beard and several scars over his body. His eyes are also very unique, having a bright blue color.

Over the years, Vardall's appearance changed in some ways. He abandoned his previous "mullet" hair style and adopted the same hair style Cullen has. His beard also becamed more thick, but not big and long as a dwarf beard. Another addition was some scars that Vardall recieved in his face, being one right bellow his right eye and a little one that crossed both his lips.

### **Personality**

Being a prodigal with magic since he was a kid, Vardall was treated very differently in the Circle's tower. His talent and being the favorite student of First Enchanter Irving made him being treated with indifference by most apprentices and even with fear by some Templars. Because of all this, Vardall never had many friends or people close to him, and that reflected on his personality, as he became more anti-social and isolated, preferring to study and pass his free time alone, practing his magic.

As he was growing up, Vardall saw more and more the abuses mages suffer from the Templars. Because of that, he developed an almost blind rage not only by the Templars but the Chantry as well. Besides all that, Vardall is a very kind and gentle man, being extremely loyal with those who earn his trust, always looking to help people the best he can. But he's rage doesn't end with the Chantry or the Templars, as Vardall has a strict code of not showing mercy to criminals and slavers. (Even he openly supporting and helping thieves, since those don't hurt innocents or steal from the poor.)

### **Talents and Skills**

* **Swordsmanship:** Having the knowledge of the ancient Arcane Warriors, Vardall is a deadly enemy in combat. He has become a master swordsman over the years, specializing in using greatswords in combination with his spells. Few opponents were able to escape or survive an encounter with him.
* **Arcane Mastery:** Vardall is a master of all spell trees, thanks to his time in the Circle tower and being the favorite student of First Enchanter Irving, what adds great flexibility to any combat situation. But even so, Vardall focuses primarily on the Primal and Spirit trees, having spells like Shock, Fireball, Winter's Gasp and Mana Clash as his favorites. He is also a great shapeshifter, having learned these skills from Morrigan. Even so, Vardall primarily uses his shapeshift abilities for locomotion and infiltration, not having great proficiency in using these abilities for combat purposes.

## Biography

### **History**

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### **In-game**

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### **Post-game**

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## **Relationships**

Vardall always make friends wherever he goes. During the Blight, he developed a very strong friendship relation with Alistair, calling him his brother. He also has a very strong friendship with Oghren, Zevran, Shale, Sten, Morrigan his Mabari hound, Sif, and Wynne, which Vardall openly admits that she was a maternal figure to him. Now with Leliana the story is another. Vardall loves her more than anything and would do anything to keep her safe. But even deeply loving each other, Vardall and Leliana still have their problems and some very different opinions, opinions that costed their relationship for quite a long time.

During the events on Amaranthine, Vardall reinforced his friendship with Oghren and developed new ones with Nathaniel Howe, Velanna, Anders, Sigrun and Justice. Also during this time, his connection with his Mabari, Sif, grew even bigger.

## **Miscellaneous**

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## **Gallery**

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