Name: Dorian Pavus Canon: Dragon Age Age: 33 Gender: Male Canon Point: post-Trespasser Background Link:Background Inventory:
staff (stripped of magic) 2 rings (stripped of magic) amulet (stripped of magic) belt (stripped of magic) Mage Armor Bound book of notes Inert listening crystal
Personality: Dorian was always going to be in the spotlight and he embraced that role. He seeks out attention while also making a show of how little he needs it. He knows his strengths and plays to them, fully aware that he can sound like an egotistical jerk. He is sometimes confused on the difference between criticism of that behavior pattern and more general criticism of when he screws up.
He doesn't hold back when praising or criticizing people. He apologizes when he thinks it's called for and makes an effort to get along with most people who aren't actively trying to end the world. He's reluctant to share his pain but will make sure everyone knows when he's annoyed.
Dorian believes he did the right thing in refusing to marry Livia Herathinos but he also feels selfish for his choice. He agrees with his father's politics in general and thought he’d been disinherited as well as disowned. Instead, he found out on his father’s death that even though they hadn’t spoken in more than two years, his father had kept him as his heir. Now Dorian has a seat in the Magisterium and is painfully aware of the ways in which his refusal to do wrong as he sees it have potentially hobbled him in his plans to overhaul the government. He’s been focusing his energy on creating a new parliamentary faction, the Lucerni. So far, this has meant brushing up idealistic younger Magisters on their rhetorical and dueling skills. (“We can go shopping. It will be fun.”)
Dorian is very lonely. His parents' ambitions isolated him, the way the Circle accelerated him ahead of his peers isolated him, his desire for a romantic relationship with a man has isolated him. With the Inquisition, being from Tevinter isolated him. In the Magisterium, his belief that Tevinter’s glory days are best left behind it, isolate him. He deals with that isolation by trying to "find common ground" with the people around him.
When he's upset, Dorian lashes out verbally. He has difficulty expressing deeper emotions directly. When called on it, he doesn't hesitate to let the people around him know it’s unwelcome. He prefers to make jokes and insinuations. "I had a lot of very important drinking to do," is an admission of feeling guilty, for example. It's not that he thinks he's fooling anyone. That comment gets a sarcastic "Well spotted," should the Inquisitor push. He doesn't feel comfortable expressing himself openly because he was raised knowing that showing vulnerability in the presence of the wrong people was a good way to become dead or Tranquil. Plausible deniability is key for him. In Norfinbury, this will also extend to the way he deals with the town’s emotional manipulations. It’s similar enough to possession that Dorian will try to keep people from questioning his control of himself.
Dorian stands against blood magic and Tevinter's breeding program but he has a tendency to subconsciously accept Tevinter supremacist rhetoric in a lot of ways. He sees the abuses slaves go through as individual acts. In the Hissing Wastes, when he encounters the slaves the Venatori have abused, he finds their condition horrifying. He doesn't connect that horror with the system that allowed the abuse to take place. Similarly, he romanticizes elven culture without actually talking to elven freemen in his own country.
Since learning some new facts about Tevinter in the Arbor Wilds, Dorian has begun to question his country’s belief in its place in the world but he spent the previous thirty years of his life asking the wrong questions to make this an easy or smooth transition. He’s aware of some of the ways in which he’s a racist, classist twit but that doesn’t necessarily stop him from having knee-jerk reactions that are completely inappropriate or making judgments based on ideas that are grounded in feelings more than truth.
Dorian will put his life on the line for things he believes in like trying to save the world from the Venatori but he doesn’t risk it foolishly. And when it comes to being attacked, Dorian returns the favor. He happily helped Inquisitor Cadash hunt down his countrymen. When The Iron Bull tried to kill them, he helped the Inquisitor kill the Qunari spy instead. He can come across as callous but that’s because he’s more focused on surviving than on making people comfortable. He knows what kind of world he lives in and doesn’t hesitate to call other people out on it, especially the Inquisitor. They may be killing for a good cause but it’s still murder.
In conclusion, Dorian wants friends but has trouble being emotionally honest. He's lonely and has trouble forming meaningful connections. He's intelligent but blinded by the limits of that intelligence. He genuinely tries to do the right thing but sometimes his right thing is horrifying.
Flavor Abilities:
Dorian has dreams about Norfinbury trying to crawl inside his body.
Suitability:
In some ways Dorian is very unsuited to Norfinbury. He does not deal well with the cold and he strongly dislikes the outdoors.
In other ways, Dorian would be a good fit for a survival game. While he doesn’t enjoy it, he has successfully camped in an area with ongoing fighting. He’s resourceful and has been following Malika around as she looted and scavenged in a variety of locations. In Thedas, he could always count on his magic when dealing with monsters. In Norfinbury, he wouldn’t have his magic but that could work in his favor. He’ll be aware of his relative lack of fighting skills and be more cautious as a result.
[He stumbled along in the cold, muttering under his breath in Tevene at whoever had dragged him to this frozen hell. As he made his way from one cold building to another, he tried to remember summer in Tevinter.
The air would be warm and humid that far north. This late in the day the shadows would be getting long and it would be about time to have a glass or two of wine.
That reminded Dorian how much he missed wine and fruit and bread that didn’t taste like dust. And beer and red meat. Somehow, it was the small things like food that were worse than barely knowing anyone.
Almost as bad as the monsters some days. They weren’t quite like the demons in the Fade but they had some similar qualities: a feeling of menace, an amorphous appearance. The familiarity didn’t help.
He pulled out his tablet when he found shelter. Dorian had never dealt well with silence. He preferred to have people to talk to even if he barely got along with them.]
Hello. Anyone there? I was reminded today of hiking in the mountains. Something about pushing my way through snowdrifts reminds me of pushing my way through other snowdrifts.
[Somehow, it had been warmer in the middle of a blizzard than it was at night in Norfinbury.]
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Character Information
Name: Dorian Pavus
Canon: Dragon Age
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Canon Point: post-Trespasser
Background Link: Background
Inventory:
staff (stripped of magic)
2 rings (stripped of magic)
amulet (stripped of magic)
belt (stripped of magic)
Mage Armor
Bound book of notes
Inert listening crystal
Personality: Dorian was always going to be in the spotlight and he embraced that role. He seeks out attention while also making a show of how little he needs it. He knows his strengths and plays to them, fully aware that he can sound like an egotistical jerk. He is sometimes confused on the difference between criticism of that behavior pattern and more general criticism of when he screws up.
He doesn't hold back when praising or criticizing people. He apologizes when he thinks it's called for and makes an effort to get along with most people who aren't actively trying to end the world. He's reluctant to share his pain but will make sure everyone knows when he's annoyed.
Dorian believes he did the right thing in refusing to marry Livia Herathinos but he also feels selfish for his choice. He agrees with his father's politics in general and thought he’d been disinherited as well as disowned. Instead, he found out on his father’s death that even though they hadn’t spoken in more than two years, his father had kept him as his heir. Now Dorian has a seat in the Magisterium and is painfully aware of the ways in which his refusal to do wrong as he sees it have potentially hobbled him in his plans to overhaul the government. He’s been focusing his energy on creating a new parliamentary faction, the Lucerni. So far, this has meant brushing up idealistic younger Magisters on their rhetorical and dueling skills. (“We can go shopping. It will be fun.”)
Dorian is very lonely. His parents' ambitions isolated him, the way the Circle accelerated him ahead of his peers isolated him, his desire for a romantic relationship with a man has isolated him. With the Inquisition, being from Tevinter isolated him. In the Magisterium, his belief that Tevinter’s glory days are best left behind it, isolate him. He deals with that isolation by trying to "find common ground" with the people around him.
When he's upset, Dorian lashes out verbally. He has difficulty expressing deeper emotions directly. When called on it, he doesn't hesitate to let the people around him know it’s unwelcome. He prefers to make jokes and insinuations. "I had a lot of very important drinking to do," is an admission of feeling guilty, for example. It's not that he thinks he's fooling anyone. That comment gets a sarcastic "Well spotted," should the Inquisitor push. He doesn't feel comfortable expressing himself openly because he was raised knowing that showing vulnerability in the presence of the wrong people was a good way to become dead or Tranquil. Plausible deniability is key for him. In Norfinbury, this will also extend to the way he deals with the town’s emotional manipulations. It’s similar enough to possession that Dorian will try to keep people from questioning his control of himself.
Dorian stands against blood magic and Tevinter's breeding program but he has a tendency to subconsciously accept Tevinter supremacist rhetoric in a lot of ways. He sees the abuses slaves go through as individual acts. In the Hissing Wastes, when he encounters the slaves the Venatori have abused, he finds their condition horrifying. He doesn't connect that horror with the system that allowed the abuse to take place. Similarly, he romanticizes elven culture without actually talking to elven freemen in his own country.
Since learning some new facts about Tevinter in the Arbor Wilds, Dorian has begun to question his country’s belief in its place in the world but he spent the previous thirty years of his life asking the wrong questions to make this an easy or smooth transition. He’s aware of some of the ways in which he’s a racist, classist twit but that doesn’t necessarily stop him from having knee-jerk reactions that are completely inappropriate or making judgments based on ideas that are grounded in feelings more than truth.
Dorian will put his life on the line for things he believes in like trying to save the world from the Venatori but he doesn’t risk it foolishly. And when it comes to being attacked, Dorian returns the favor. He happily helped Inquisitor Cadash hunt down his countrymen. When The Iron Bull tried to kill them, he helped the Inquisitor kill the Qunari spy instead. He can come across as callous but that’s because he’s more focused on surviving than on making people comfortable. He knows what kind of world he lives in and doesn’t hesitate to call other people out on it, especially the Inquisitor. They may be killing for a good cause but it’s still murder.
In conclusion, Dorian wants friends but has trouble being emotionally honest. He's lonely and has trouble forming meaningful connections. He's intelligent but blinded by the limits of that intelligence. He genuinely tries to do the right thing but sometimes his right thing is horrifying.
Flavor Abilities:
Dorian has dreams about Norfinbury trying to crawl inside his body.
Suitability:
In some ways Dorian is very unsuited to Norfinbury. He does not deal well with the cold and he strongly dislikes the outdoors.
In other ways, Dorian would be a good fit for a survival game. While he doesn’t enjoy it, he has successfully camped in an area with ongoing fighting. He’s resourceful and has been following Malika around as she looted and scavenged in a variety of locations. In Thedas, he could always count on his magic when dealing with monsters. In Norfinbury, he wouldn’t have his magic but that could work in his favor. He’ll be aware of his relative lack of fighting skills and be more cautious as a result.
RP Samples:
Sample
[He stumbled along in the cold, muttering under his breath in Tevene at whoever had dragged him to this frozen hell. As he made his way from one cold building to another, he tried to remember summer in Tevinter.
The air would be warm and humid that far north. This late in the day the shadows would be getting long and it would be about time to have a glass or two of wine.
That reminded Dorian how much he missed wine and fruit and bread that didn’t taste like dust. And beer and red meat. Somehow, it was the small things like food that were worse than barely knowing anyone.
Almost as bad as the monsters some days. They weren’t quite like the demons in the Fade but they had some similar qualities: a feeling of menace, an amorphous appearance. The familiarity didn’t help.
He pulled out his tablet when he found shelter. Dorian had never dealt well with silence. He preferred to have people to talk to even if he barely got along with them.]
Hello. Anyone there? I was reminded today of hiking in the mountains. Something about pushing my way through snowdrifts reminds me of pushing my way through other snowdrifts.
[Somehow, it had been warmer in the middle of a blizzard than it was at night in Norfinbury.]