Aerinwyn Mahariel

## Aerinwyn "Aerin" Mahariel

Blight Era Aerinwyn Mahariel

Aerinwyn Mahariel (born 29th of Bloomingtide, 9:06 Dragon) is a Dalish hunter, bondmate to Tamlen, and mother to a little girl named Faenra Mahariel. In an incident she dislikes talking about, she was conscripted into the Grey Wardens and lead a band of misfits to victory during the 5th Blight.

## Overview

### **Physical Appearance**

Aerin is relatively short for an elf (approx. 4'11), often jokes as being a very tall dwarf with pointy ears. She had reddish brown hair, pretty much a dark auburn. Her eyes are bright green that are more rounded, similar to a cat. She has a smaller nose but it points up ever so slightly, and she almost always has a lopsided grin that tilts up more on the left side. Her ears are large, and stick out more than she likes, and they are also decorated with many gold earrings. Mahariel has tan skin, but only due to being out in the sun as often as she is. She has some wicked tan lines. Despite being shorter, she has well defined muscles, especially in her back, arms, and legs.

Over the course of her life, Mahariel gains a handful of scars, the most prominent being on her left ear where she almost had the ear cut clean off during the Blight. Later she will acquire a scar coming down her left eyebrow and into her left cheek. A lip scar on the right side, and a massive scratch mark on the back right part of her neck that goes down to her shoulder and back. While she will gain many others, those are the more prominent ones.

Aerin later adds onto her Vallaslin, getting more full body vallaslin, and a "Sick as fuck" tattoo of the Warden Commander crest on her back, but in a very obviously Dalish style that fits with her Vallaslin.

### **Personality**

Mahariel is smart, but in her own way. Many humans do not see her as a thread due to her Dalish heritage, and she uses it to her advantage, purposely playing the fool to lull people onto a false sense of security and then strikes when she needs to. Nine times out of ten, if she's talking, she's probably talking out of her ass. She's smart, just an unconventional smart. Being smart doesn't mean she always does the smart thing, just ask Leliana, she's an idiot at times. When she isn't trying to charm everyone out of their valuables, she's a practical joker and developer of ridiculous schemes that somehow almost always work out. For her. Unfortunately her plans never work out for anyone other than her, which is why she is known to have absolutely terrible ideas and, really, no one should listen to her.

Aerin can be a down right bitch. Her fuse is short, and her temper is legendary. In a professional setting she is often known more for her short fuse and not for her absolute ridiculous persona displayed around those she cares about. Aside from that, she is incredibly protective of her own, especially her only daughter, and will kill someone if they harmed even one hair on her head.

### **Talents and Skills**

* Hunting
* Trap Making
* Archery
* Woodworking
* Gardening
* Consuming an unholy amount of cheese
* Finding and stealing an unholy amount of cheese
* Hiding an unholy amount of cheese on her person (where did it come from? Nobody knows)
* Beating darkspawn into oblivion
* Coming up with the most brilliant of plans, ever.
* Sleeping
* "Sleeping"
* Charming almost anyone with her absolute ridiculousness
* Scaring the Arishok
* "Acquiring" things
* Telling Stories and Jokes

## Biography

**History**

On a rather sunny day on the 29th of Bloomingtide, 9:04 Dragon, deep in the Kocari Wilds, a very tiny elf was born to the now deceased Keeper Mahariel, and his bondmate. This elf was Aerinwyn Mahariel. Unfortunately, not long after her birth, little Aerin was abandoned by her mother and left with a family friend, Ashalle. Ever since that day, Ashalle and her bondmate (before his passing) raised young Aerin along side their own son, Junar. The two elves grew up along side each other, causing havoc with their friends, Tamlen and Fenarel. While Aerin was raised by Ashalle and her bondmate, Keeper Marethari took an interest in the girl from a young age, tutoring and lecturing her when she could get Aerin to sit still long enough. Since Aerin's father was the previous Keeper, Marethari believed that Aerin would come to possess the same powerful magic of her father. Even when Merrill was brought to the Clan, it was still believed that Aerin would soon come into her magic. Unfortunately that was never the case.

All the same, every year when the Clan passed through the Wilds, Aerin was still expected to go with Keeper Marethari (and later Merrill) to thank the Witch of the Wilds for their safe passage through the Wilds. It is during this first instance when Aerin meets and befriends young Morrigan. Their friendship is one build on ridiculous schemes (thought up by Aerin) and Morrigan following along, sassing the tiny elf as she went. Needless to say, they're best of friends.

Aerin's inability to sit still (and her "Amazing plans") have gotten he into more than enough trouble in the clan. Her 'Halla Story" is a thing of legend. It serves not only as a legend to give some background on the types of plans Aerinwyn Mahariel is known to make, but also as a warning to all Dalish as to what trouble a group of younglings can get up to when left unsupervised for too long with a particularly charismatic ringleader. While the events of the Halla Story worked well for the young Mahariel, earning her the title of Youngest Dalish War Chief, it did not work out so well for the rest of the clan...

After much deliberation, Aerin was apprenticed to a hunter at the age of 11, and spent as much time as she could diligently learning the trade from her Master. So much so that she frequently worked herself to exhaustion. By the age of 15 she admitted her feelings for Tamlen, and a few months later she realized she was with child. Aerin gave birth to her daughter Faenra Mahariel the day after her 16th birthday and during that time she became a dedicated mother to her child, despite still being a child by Dalish standards.

### **In-game**

Order of shit (approximately):

Ostagar. Lothering. Circle. Begrudgingly to Redcliffe to help Connor. Hear about a Golem, so down to Honnleath. Dalish. Up to Denerim to take care of Marjolaine. Soldier's Peak. Orzammar. Ashes. Back to Redcliffe. Denerim. Redcliffe. Dark Ritual. Finish Blight.

Aerin learns to read and write during the Blight, couldn't do that before.

### **Post-game**

Here's what happened after the events of said game, brosef.

## **Relationships**

Morrigan: Actual BFF

Alistair:

Leliana: It takes awhile, but these idiots eventually get together.

Zevran: In the beginning, Aerin is a raging bitch and hates every human except Morrigan. SO naturally she gravitates to Zevran. They basically have a FWB relationship until she starts to catch feeling for a shem (Leliana) and when Zevran begins to realize this, she backs off intentionally. Zevran is still quite the bro and he is Faenra's Favorite Uncle.

Sten: Actually scared of Aerin. No one knows why. He has mad respect for her, but basically would argue against fighting her because he is pretty much scared of her. Not because she is a small angry elf. Because her harebrained schemes are so ridiculous, so random than no one could ever think of them And they always work. Even if they don't work the way she expected them to work, they work. And that amount of luck coupled with the chaos called Hurricane Aerin is enough for him to never want to face her in a battle. (But he can totally take her in a 1 on 1 fight).

Shale:

Wynne: Basically Aerin's adoptable grandmother/shem mom or something. Wynne absolutely has the power to ground Aerin for her ridiculous shit and if you don't think it happens, think again. Wynne has 100% grounded Aerin.

Velanna: These two have reached a level of Bro that was only thought to be capable among Aerin and Morrigan. It's dangerous. They're on the same mental wavelength. Run.

## **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:

## **Gallery**

* Portrait of Aerin
* Aerin being done with your shit.
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