Kallian Tabris (Ashura)

## Kallian Tabris

Warden-Commander of Ferelden

Kallian Arainai, formerly Tabris, is a city elf from Denerim who was recruited into the Grey Wardens by Duncan and was named Hero of Ferelden after landing the killing blow on the Arch-Demon Urthemiel. Page under construction.

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

"Nothing Anders had heard mentioned how young she was, how small, or how wide her blue eyes were in her porcelain-doll face. If he met her on the street he’d think she was a lost waif, not the woman who united a nation against an ancient threat and landed the killing blow on an arch-demon. But he’d met her in the middle of a battle, covered in blood, and now he knew better. If she was a doll, she was the kind you found in the pulp novels always being traded around the Circle, that ended up possessed by a demon and murdering people in their sleep. Only nicer, and presumably with less murdering. This metaphor was getting away from him a little." In the Turning of the Seasons: Freedom

Kallian looks younger and much more delicate than she is. She has a dancer's build, fine brown hair that gets tangled a lot, and slightly crooked teeth.

### **Personality**

A good and loyal friend with a long history of bad decisions.

### **Talents and Skills**

Mostly killing things. Swinging around swords and hitting people with them.

## Biography

### **History**

Here's what happened before the events of the game, son.

### **In-game**

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

### **Post-game**

In 9:31 Kallian Tabris, a young elf from Denerim, defeated the Arch-demon and was appointed Commander of the Grey by Queen Anora, whose throne she had helped to stabilize by convincing her to marry Alistair, the illegimate brother of her late husband King Cailan. Alistair and Kallian had several fallings out over the situation, especially when Kallian kept her word to Anora and refused to execute her traitorous father, Loghain, but to instead recruit him into the Wardens. But while tensions between the formerly close friends were often high, they both remained devoted to the cause of Ferelden and the Wardens. In time, while Alistair will likely never forgive Loghain, he at least came to both see the practical sense of it, and to develop enough fondness for the Queen that he could concede not wanting to cause her further pain. The royal couple are not in love, but neither do they dislike each other – they have a good working relationship and a friendship finally developed over proximity.

Kallian married her lover, the Antivan assassin Zevran Arainai, later that year – the young elf was now twice married by the time she was nineteen years old. (Zevran put up a token resistance, but it was important to Kallian to have her relationship blessed by Andraste and the Maker, and while he might pretend to be indifferent, the besotted Antivan would do anything for her.) The honeymoon was short, as she was soon dispatched to the Wardens’ new lands in Amaranthine, formerly the demense of the traitor Rendon Howe. The Darkspawn threat had not ended with the Blight, and the Wardens’ numbers needed to be rebuilt. Upon arrival she discovered Vigil’s Keep under attack by darkspawn and the contingent of Wardens from Orlais slaughtered to a man. With the help of a recruit, Mhairi; a runaway apostate named Anders; and her old companion Oghren, Kallian retook the Keep and rescued a handful of survivors, including Varel, the Seneschal.

Kallian recruited Anders (against the wishes of the Templars), Oghren (against the wishes of his partner Felsi) and Mhairi (who had already volunteered) into the Wardens. Mhairi didn’t survive the Joining, but the others were later joined by a Velanna, a Dalish mage; Sigrun, a dwarf from the Legion of the Dead; Justice, a spirit bound in the body of a dead Warden; and Ser Gilmore, a former knight of Highever – as well as Kallian’s Mabari war hound, Dane. They defeated the darkspawn, including the leaders of two rival factions, the Mother and the Architect. Unfortunately, in saving the land, the city of Amaranthine itself was sacrificed. Many of the people there never forgave the Warden-Commander, though her assassin husband did deter many thoughts of revenge.

Once the region was stabilized, Kallian disappeared. Seneschal Varel had been killed in the siege of Vigil’s Keep, but it was left in the hands of competent and trustworthy officials chosen by Kallian, King Alistair, and Captain Garavel of the Vigil guard. Kallian’s influence in Ferelden was weak at this point, both for the sacrifice of Amaranthine and anti-elven racism. She would soon meet Loghain again, who apologised for his earlier actions and gave her solid advice about managing government and a heroic reputation.

While most people thought she'd gone to Antiva to find Zevran, Kallian in fact returned to Denerim. She'd discovered with some shock that she was pregnant, just before the siege of Vigil's Keep, and with her partner travelling she went to her family in the alienage. The birth was extremely difficult, and along with the physical difficulties, she suffered from severe post-partum depression for a long time after the birth.

Much later, in late 9:37, she received a letter from Anders, apologizing for letting her think him dead (among other things) and asking for help fleeing from Kirkwall. Kallian and Zevran arranged an escape route with Isabela, and set about searching for a way to either separate Anders and Justice, or let them come to a kind of peace together.

## **Relationships**

**Alistair**

At first close friends, he took a long time to forgive her for not executing Loghain. He was one of the only people to know when she was in Denerim, and only visited when Shianni all but dragged him there. In time - a long time - he came to terms with her decision and they were able to attempt to be close again.

**Anders**

He was one of her closest friends until they both disappeared. They both understood what it was to be trapped, targeted because of something you couldn't help, and wrongly accused. Anders felt betrayed and abandoned when Kallian left Vigil's Keep without notice, and when he and Justice fled Amaranthine, she believed him dead. It was Alistair who told her, years later, that he'd run across Anders with Hawke in Kirkwall. Not too long after that, Bodahn got her a message asking for her help. Despite some lingering anger, she came to the rescue. Now they're travelling together again, and despite the outward ease in the friendship, there's still some resentment between them.

**Zevran**

Reader, she married him. Kallian is a prickly ball of anger, mostly, and the irreverent jokes finally had an effect. Also, he's rather pretty.

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## **Miscellaneous**

What else happened, or what else can you tell us about Your OC, bruh? Think of things like likes, dislikes, fears, strengths and weaknesses, etc. This is as close as you'll get to being able to word-vomit about your OC while keeping the article organized and will probably be the longest section. Feel free to add sub-headings as necessary with sub-heading 2:

## **Links**

### Non-Reddit links (AO3, DeviantArt, Tumblr):

Few Against the Wind: She makes an appearance in this (mostly Hawke/Anders, for the moment) fic series. Kallian doesn't really appear as a proper character until The Paths of This World, when she takes Anders on the run.

## **Gallery**

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