Duran Aeducan

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**Duran Aeducan** is a Prince of Orzammar, middle son of King Endrin and Queen Sereda, and a former Grey Warden.

## Involvement

### Origin

He comes across the Legion of the Dead, traveling with them for a week until Natia joins, the two soon meet a grey warden and join up, hoping to gain and restore their honor, respectively.

### Battle at Ostagar

He fights on the front lines and survives, as he recovers in Lothering, he reunites with his fellow wardens.

### Orzammar

He returns to his home, and wrangles the election from his brother, whom he exposes for his treachery, and executes. He leads Natia, Shale, and Oghren, killing Branks, destroying the anvil, and becoming King. He restores his and Mary's son's birthright, naming him after Duncan.￼

## Personality

His personality gradually became healthier when he left Orzammar, and relapsed slightly when he returned. He exploits others to get ahead, has random, severe episodes of rage, feels empty inside, does not show his inner vulnerability or emotional distress. He is jealous of others' success and is constantly comparing himself to his brothers and ancestors. He exaggerates his stories to impress people, and feels pressure to be the best and most successful of anyone around him. He feels like he needs to present a curated image to the world around him, and feels like his true self is unseen and unimportant. He is exhausted by simultaneously balancing his image and ensuring he does not upstage Trian. He appears confident and competent in everything, seeming charming and polished. Secretly he is lonely, and feels misunderstood, and feels like he he trapped by a golden cage he was forced by everyone to create. Being the middle child, he feels like he is not allowed to blossom like Trian, nor be given lower expectations like Bhelen, he feels like he must always be ready to step in for Trian and hold him in check, and take care of his weak younger brother. Since he tries so hard at everything in his life, he gets frustrated when he has to put up with inefficiency and incompetence, often lashing out at those who do not show him proper respect, which he feels he is not only entitled to, but has earned, and that if people do not treat him like royalty, that he is nothing. He feels stuck in Trian's shadow, like he can never be good enough to be the heir, but is tempted by the popularity he has, but doing so would bring on the wrath of those around him who raised him to be the perfect child. He wants the spotlight, and that he can never reach success as he will never be King. He detests laziness and disorganization, and thus is repulsed by commoners and especially the casteless. He cannot relate to their inaction nor can he comprehend the complete lack of options that they are bound by, as his privilege blinds him. He feels comfortable around Bhelen as his lower status makes him feel proud and competent, but finds Trian exciting because he challenges him to be better. He is insecure and discontent, but only shares that with Gorim, whom he has sworn to secrecy. He craves the status of Trian, after he became King, it took him a long time to be comfortable with the fact that he could not go any higher, and forever remained threatened by Natia's popularity. He never gets past focusing on showing style, humor, and confidence, and feels that he has to be accomplished to be worthy of love. Being a Grey Warden helped give him a sense of self-worth and community, and forced him to give up some amount of status, image, and competition, though he still struggles with not being the leader. He still struggles for the approval of his peers. He faltered at the idea of giving up on his goals, but made new ones when he visited Orzammar and resolved to get revenge on Bhelen. He does surprisingly well as King as he does whatever it takes to get the people to love and respect him, doing the socially acceptable things for his image. After spending a year on the surface, he starts caring about the international image and wealth of Orzammar, and so drags them into the future to reclaim some of their former glory, hoping to go down in history, and thinking that being a King of a dump makes him a lowly King, and his sense of status is tied to Orzammar.

## Relationships

### Companions

* Morrigan
* Alistair
* Oghren
* Zevran
* Leliana
* Shale
* Sten
* Wynne

He sleeps soundly with Zev, who always lets him sleep in. Zev helps him relax from being always "on". Zev and Gorim are the only two people he believes truly do not judge him, and in turn he is unusually patient and forgiving with them. He slowly becomes more vulnerable and lets him in, and Zevran feels emotional intimacy for the first time, and proves his unconditional loyalty. Zevran feels honored to be able to see the real him, and accepts him for how closed off he is in public. Zevran's massages and sex help him feel more in tune with his body. He is good at being a team with Zevran as he takes on the support role that Gorim did, and they both have a similar dark sense of humor. Hearing Zevran's stories of low status gave him insight into his privilege and helped him realize that he was not special because of his birthright, and that anyone can have inherent value. He feels heard with Zev, and truly seen, as Zevran does not tie his worth to his achievements and actions, but rather in how he treats him.

### Origin

* Gorim
* Endrin
* Trian
* Bhelen

### Potentials

* Lyna
* Natia
* Elissa
* Solona
* Alim
* Kallian
* Daylen

## Songs

* Agony, Chris Pine, Billy Magnussen
* You're Going Down, Sick Puppies
* Blood // Water, grandson
* STAY, The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber
* I Did Something Bad, Taylor Swift
* The King, Conan Gray
* Break Your Heart, Taio Cruz, Ludacris
* Glory And Gore, Lorde
* Burning Up (Fire), BTS
* Bury It, CHVRCHES, Hayley Williams
* Seven Nation Army, The White Stripes
* Bitch Better Have My Money, Rihanna