Anton Lupan

> *"I know those things were shortening my life but I needed them to **live**, you know."*
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## Background

Anton was born in a poor family somewhere in the south of Tevinter. His father was a craftsman who spent his free time tutoring non-mage nobles' children in different subjects. Once Anton turned 16, his father had saved enough money to send him to a proper school for 2 years. Anton proved to be quite good at maths and physics, so one his 2 years of school were over, he received a sponsorship to attend the University in Val Royeaux to study engineering.

In his time as a student he met Pierre Vaillant, a cunning, charming and curious fellow. His family comes from a small fishing village near Val Royeaux. Anton and Pierre became fast friends; on holidays Anton couldn't go home since it took to long to travel from Val Royeaux to Tevinter, so he would spend time at Pierre's family instead. There, they went out sailing a fair amount. Anton proved to be a natural at manning a boat. Pierre's family were kind to Anton and treated him like their own son, except for Pierre grandfather Hervé. He was known in the village for having been a part of Jack Hammer's crew, but after one long mission he came back and isolated himself in his hut, refusing to speak of his mission. He noticed his grandson's fascination with the sea from a young age and has always actively discouraged it, but that did not stop Pierre.

One summer day Hervé was out of his hut to grab a couple of drinks at the local pub. Pierre and Anton snuck into the hut and scoured around for anything related to the mission that Hervé refused to speak of. The found his travel journal and in there they read all about captain Jack Hammer's stumble onto the new continent. Hervé got back home before the 2 boys could sneak back out. The shock and anger he felt was enough to trigger a heart attack which killed him by the following morning. Pierre and Anton, saddened and shocked, decided that they will be the ones to conquer this new continent, so they made a promise to work together and save up enough money to buy a ship and sail into the east.

Their studies ended and they went their separate ways: Anton worked as head engineer in a project to renovate the Imperial highway going through Val Royeaux, while Pierre started working on ships to build up his nautical experience. The highway was done in 5 years. Between the 2 of them, Anton and Pierre scrounged up enough money to buy a ship, one which they called "Sperare" ("Hope" in Ancient Tevene). The two hired a small crew and got their first order from Val Royeaux to Tevinter. Pierre was set to lead the ship, while Anton would remain in Val Royeaux for the time to finish a job he'd got a little while before they bought the ship. Pierre never returned however, and Anton took it upon himself to find him.

He spent years working on ships and passing all his exams to the point where he was officially recognized as a captain. He set of towards Tevinter, to the Constantiana port; Sperare's first destination. While there he met with Quintus, Ismail, Zoe, Blacky and Roald. He hired them as his crew and then they set off trying to find what happened to Sperare. They found that Kapil, a renown pirate in the area, sunk the ship and took as hostage everyone on it. The group found the shipwreck of Sperare and after months of work, repaired it and got it ready to sail once again. During this time they recruited Vel and Eugenium.

With the ship in great shape and a reliable crew, it was time for Anton to find Pierre and gather supplies to sail East.

## Involvement

### Season 2

Anton is in the middle of his supply-gathering run when Zoe and the Season 2 party convince him to take them aboard as they head East towards Rivain. Anton proves to be a good host, giving everyone their own sleeping quarters, assuring that they have enough food for the guests and occasionally indulging them with a story. While helping the party, Anton finds out the whereabouts of his old friend Pierre and aids the party when they sneak into M's hideout.

### Season 3

Season 3's party find Anton in a drunken/drugged out stupor in a small pub in Costa Luna, a small village on the coast of Rivain. From him they find out that Sperare was shipwrecked by a kraken (which may or may not have appeared because of Mandarin and Mercè freeing an Elven Goddess). Most of Anton's crew was either killed or lost, and his only coping mechanism has been drinking and taking drugs. The party recruit Anton and help him enact his revenge on the kraken, which does seem to help him find some form of closure. He continues following the party around and helping them with their mission. He ends up sacrificing his life on The Sun, silently encouraging Mercè to kill him to prove the party's loyalty to Helion.