Crapadoodle. I totally meant to post in this before, but being scatterbrained has it's disadvantages. Nonetheless, welcome to the game and it's nice to see new faces around here!
This here is Faer Arandil, former Keeper's First of Merril's clan (the clan that is featured in the Dalish Elf origin) who was recently cast away from his clan because he accidentally displayed his magic in front of humans and, thus, templars were sent after him. He later was conscripted into the Grey Wardens.
You should already know that you've already gained extra awesome points for taking up an elf mage, because before you came along, Faer was the only one, LOL.
I'm not sure what to do with them, but I think it's possible that they could have met at some point, even if he had never really set foot outside the forest until this year. Either way, I'm definitely open to suggestions because I think these two have a lot of potential of epic plotness. :D