I can describe what some of the characters in my story look like(as well as other personal details) if anyone cares.
Iris: I guess about 18 or so years old, 5'4", slim figure, long dark hair that she ties in a DA equivalent to a French braid. She has blue eyes.
As my story goes. Iris is the daughter of a man named Harold, who was killed by the rookie Templar Erran ten years before Iris' Harrowing. Iris watched her father be impaled through the heart and she was dragged kicking and screaming to the Circle. Her mother did nothing except watch the ordeal in terror and Iris hasn't heard from her since. Iris proved to be a prodigy in magic, especially healing abilities. She was taken as a personal pupil by Enchanter Gilroy. And Iris' story begins one year after the Blight ended.
Nolan: I'd say about 23-25 years old, about 6'1", muscular physique, dimpled cheeks, very descriptive brown eyes, black hair(I guess about the length of the hair in my avatar,) he's also got a small beard and some stubble.
Nolan was the son of a Templar named Cuan, who was a good friend of Knight-Commander Greagoir until he was killed battling an abomination. Instead of going into an orphanage, Greagoir took Nolan in and allowed him to become a recruit at a young age, and looked after him. Nolan wasn't in the Circle Tower during Uldred's BS and didn't get back till after. Nolan is a lot like his father, he feels sympathy for the mages and does his best to do his job without resorting to violence. It's something he and Greagoir disagree about, since Greg believes softness to be the reason that Cuan died.
As for his relationship with Iris, they met after the Blight and started seeing each other privately. His kinder attitude appealed to Iris since it's a complete contrast to her normal experiences with Templars. And before Iris even took her Harrowing, he was already planning to propose and help her escape. And took steps, like replacing her phylactery with a vial of animal blood(I actually have a funny side story in mind where random Templars follow the phylactery and find a couple of Mabari mating.)
I originally included a scene where Iris found Nolan in a heated argument with Greagoir and listened in. Greagoir had found out about Nolan's affair with Iris and was hassling him over it. But it had to go. Long story short though, Greagoir thinks she's unstable because of her trauma and would be easy prey for a demon, but at Irving and Gilroy's insistence, she's being allowed to take the Harrowing rather than being forced into tranquility.
Gilroy: He's in his mid thirties, about 5'7", has a lean figure, he's also got a very pale complexion, white hair(about neck length, parted at the middle) and little color in his eyes(he's got achromia). I would also imagine him wearing a hooded robe since he doesn't like bright lights.
He's from a Circle of Magi in Antiva, but was sent to Ferelden at some point and one of the things his research is for is to cure his condition. I imagine him as something of a scientist as well as a mage. He feels that understanding people's anatomy and physiology better would allow healing magic to be more effective. I was originally going to give him a bigger role and make him achieve his goal through blood magic, but that had to go due to the word limit. He also learned shape-shifting(something he keeps to himself) from a Dalish keeper who was briefly trapped in the Circle in Antiva(eventually escaped).
Erran: I would imagine him as being generally average in many aspects. I haven't given him a lot of thought.
He was new to the Order and was at the local Chantry when word got to him about Iris' magic. He went to her house and tried to be calm and official. But when Iris' father, Harold, pulled a sword and tried to attack, but Erran blocked his attack and killed him in a moment of panic. Then forcibly brought Iris to the Circle. Iris hates him for it and he knows it, but Erran has lived with a deep regret over the way that night went down. He's never managed to muster up the nerve to talk to her about it though.
I was originally going to give Erran an older, Alrik-like partner named James. But as part of the constraints, he had to go.
Francois: Iris' best friend and a transfer from one of the Circles in Orlais. She's a more sexy type of girl, nice figure, lots of makeup, curly blonde hair, green eyes, and a notable Orlesian accent.
Angela: An elven girl whose only been in the Circle for about three or so years. She's the little sister-esque member of the group. Iris and Francois try to teach her things and be role models. Her name was originally Amanda, but I decided to change it.
Harold: I suppose he'd be middle aged, balding, a little overweight. Brown hair and eyes. The son of a soldier who works as a carpenter. Also a doting daddy and a loving husband. Originally, he was supposed to have an argument with Iris' mother while Erran was banging on the door. Her mother was encouraging him to let the Templars take Iris, but Harold mentions that he had three sisters who were all mages, and all of them died under questionable circumstances. James, the Templar I expunged from the story, was supposed to be the one who took all of his sisters.
Iris' mother: I don't even remember the name I had picked out for her. She was supposed to have more dialogue but was severely back burned due to lack of relevance. I would imagine that Iris gets her looks and characteristics from her, though. Also a relatively firm Andrastian, but she didn't try to talk Harold down out of a hate for magic, but because she wanted to avoid anyone being killed.
My preferred choice of continuity for this story(not dependent on it though, if choices that would hinder the events from taking place, they simply happen differently to fit) is to take place in a Ferelden where a female Amell Warden had made the Ultimate Sacrifice and been in love with Alistair, who was married off to Anora. And who had made relatively moralistic choices(destroying the anvil, ending the curse, saving the mages, electing Bhelen would be the gray area choice.)
As for what Iris and Nolan do after their escape. Let's just say I've got something big and juicy in mind.
Modifié par The Grey Nayr, 24 janvier 2012 - 01:08 .
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