So, finals are over, so now I've finally got time to bother introducing myself.  Totally sorry for ignoring, like, the last five intro posts, I'll make it up to you in scenes, I swear.

The short version: Hi, this is Desi. He has Storm of the Century, and he only thinks he knows how to use it.

The long version: Hi, this is Desi Ledaal. And I'm Rachel (~liaku on IJ, which is never updated, and ~liaku on LJ, if you want to friend me on either), but I'm not the important one here.

So, ugly secret comes first: he's a blood mage.  Hopefully he can keep that little detail under wraps for a while.  He hates Kinloch Hold with a burning passion, so he's only too eager to get out of there, but only with his brother in tow because someone has to tank, and it ain't gonna be squishy mage here. He's a bitter, emo little brat towards the Chantry and anyone affiliated, though he'll behave himself 1) if they're a templar, because he's not quite that bad at making life-changing decisions, or 2) if Beth's around, because she's a doll.

Otherwise, not much really bothers him when it comes to other people.  He's pretty chill and not at all unfriendly (just a bit of a cynic), eager to get out and do stuff since he's spent way too long not doing anything as an apprentice, so grab him and go adventuring, and you'll have a happy little mageling.  constans is his big brother, who he still loves dearly despite the whole Tranquil thing, so play nice and you get +approval from Desi.

He'll be tailing Beth to Amaranthine, so that's his ticket into the plot.  I'm open to pretty much anything as far as scenes and storylines go (famous last words, I know), so feel free to ping me with ideas!  I'll be updating his storylines soon, so if we've got something planned, remind me. :P  You can grab me here, at his contact post, DesiLedaal on AIM, or email at zestina@gmail.com.  I'll try to make a habit of chilling in IRC too.

Hello folks! My turn to introduce myself, it seems. First things first, I found this place though SIB, so the swoopers might recognize me over there as mygoodrabbit. I'm pretty shy in the community though, I haven't posted anything of my own yet, just done a lot of replying. I'm not very used to LJ formatting on the whole yet and though I've been RPing in various formats (tabletop, forum, chatroom, WoW, you name it) for years and years now, I've never done an LJ-style game. I hope you'll bear with me as I figure out how things work around here! I'm really excited about this game, DA is such a great setting and, well, having looked at all these characters you've made, there's a hell of a lot of promise here.

I'm playing Constans, a twenty-five year old human Tranquil. He is Desiderio's older brother, and has been as he is now for about two years. He was a good student in his previous life, fairly popular among the other apprentices, and at 23 suspiciously overdue for his Harrowing before he suddenly turned up Tranquil, which has lead to unconfirmed rumors around the tower that the Rite of Tranquility was forced on him for reasons that vary depending on the paranoia of the teller. The official word on the matter is that he volunteered for the Rite, a tale which he will affirm if questioned.

Constans has spent much of the last two years learning enchantment (go ahead, get it out of your systems, you know you want to), which is intensive and surprisingly physically demanding work, as it often requires the manipulation of metals. In addition to the enrichment that enchantment brings the Circle, the work keeps him isolated with other Tranquil much of the time, out of sight and mind of the rest of the tower... apparently a status the the senior mages find desirable.

It seems as though he is going to be traveling beside his brother, the other mages and the contingent of Templars to Amaranthine, his enchantment skills being presented as an additional gesture of aid to the Wardens on behalf of the Circle.

Hi everyone, I have been talking about nothing but this RPG for the last four days, and am just thrilled to have been accepted. I have very limited journal RPG experience but have been playing D & D for years and just recently have taken up in the Twitter RP Army (Sten and Leliana).

My character is Thren Canondais, and apostate who was taken in and raised by the dwarf who rescued him from his birthfather.

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Well, allow me to throw my hat in here with the other new recruits! My name's Doran, though a lot of you know me as Tech.

I will be playing Ser Alderic Thearre, who fills the Templar premade. I did deviate just a tad from the pre-written bio, only in when he was sent to the Tower. (I actually didn't realize it until this morning. Oops!) He was sent to the Mage's Tower when he was 13, almost immediately after the Blight, as the Tower was in need of Templar recruits after Uldred's attack. Witnessing that aftermath was definitely no fun for someone so young! In the end, though, he was incredibly enthusiastic about his studies, and ended up taking his vows and becoming a Templar when he was 18 -- young, compared to the age Templars were christened in the past, but the Tower was undoubtedly in need of "official" Templars at that point.

He's been a Chantry man more or less his entire life, and since he was set on the path to becoming a Templar so early, he's fairly sheltered and very much devoted to the Maker and his duties as a Templar. He's been at the Tower for 15 years now, and had only really left it a handful of times since then, to go on Apostate hunts. So, naturally, this journey to become a Grey Warden and fight the Blight is going to be a new and unusual experience for him.

Don't worry about him being a stony faced, unapproachable Templar like a good many of his brethren, though! He admittedly doesn't make friends easily (by his own choice), but he's a genuinely good-natured and well-meaning man, even to Mages. He even had a good friend in the past who was an Elven Mage, so he understand the plights those two groups undergo. His duties always come first, but that doesn't mean he can't be polite.

Unless you're a terrible horrible no-good very-bad Apostate or Maleficar, of course. Which we seem to have a lot of! Between all of them, and Deidre, the poor guy's going to have his work cut out for him.

Aaand there you have it! Like Rai down there, I am ridiculously excited about being a part of the community. I haven't been in a group like this in a long time, but everything I've seen so far -- both the community itself, and all of the characters you guys have created -- are top notch. I'm looking forward to it! Feel free to pester me any time about storylines/connections/etc, I'd be happy to plot stuff out or even just chat.

Thanks for accepting me! (And geez, sorry for the wall of text.)

Hello everyone! The name is Dani and this is the first time I've ever RPed on a journal-type (I.E. InsaneJournal, GreatestJournal, LiveJournal, etc.) game since I spent my former RPing time on forums and stuff. So, I guess you could say that I'm a newcomer to this sort of thing. Nonetheless, I was super excited to join this RPG and ultra-super excited for Saturday. :D

So here is Faer Arandil (FAY-AIR AH-RAN-DILL) and he's a Dalish Elf mage who, until recently, was the Keeper's Assistant of his clan since it was likely that he would eventually fill her shoes later down in the road. But, because of a little run-in he had with shemlens (humans), he and his childhood friend, Jaden Tahal (tahal), were forced to be exiled from their clan and is currently on the run from the Templars in the Brecilian Forest. That's right, folks, he's an apostate mage.

His magic consists of all four branches of Entropy, Summoning and Death with the added specialization of Shapeshifting.

Personality-wise? Well, Faer isn't exactly what you would call the extrovert since he's not really approachable. In fact, he's very shy and bashful, doesn't say much and only speaks when he feels there's real need for it (which is very rare.) He's a private person who enjoys his independence and only calls a few certain people his friends as he isn't one to really trust easily. But, he's fiercely loyal and honest (perhaps even a little too honest as times), compassionate and always willing to stick up for the less fortunate. He's snarky at times can seem a little aloof and snobbish, but he's really not and actually enjoys laughing a lot more than you would think. As for battle tactics, his hate for confrontations allow him to act as the supporter who will power up allies, weaken foes and he will never deliver the final strike.

Considering he's been in the Brecilian Forest all his life, it's probable that he'll really only know other Dalish Elves, but we can always plot for the future. He is a well-rounded character, so we can go every which way you desire for him. :]

Well hello to everyone! My name is Terri, or T, or some people here might know me as Rai... well, I pretty much answer to "Hey you," so call me what you like! :D

I represent one Miss Viara (vai-ara, not vee-ara) Tremaine, your friendly neighborhood pirate. Though, that's 'Captain' to you. At least at first! She is a relatively friendly pirate, though. Miss Vi is of odd descent, being half-Orlesian, half-Dalish (and therefore all human!), and raised on an island belonging to the country of Rivain until she decided to swim a bit too far out in the ocean, got caught in a squall, and got rescued by a ship called The Siren's Call, captained by one Miss Isabela, along with her twin brother Darek. Since then, ships have been her home, and she even has her own ship now! It's called The Northern Star. Being a pirate after Isabela's training, she is a Dual-Weapon-wielding Duelist, who prefers short swords or rapiers and daggers.

Her ship is oddly populated, and full of elven pirates, along with one Master Chef Bhobigo Ferrik, a peg-legged red-headed dwarven pirate, terror of the high seas and the kitchen. (Don't mess with his saffron. Seriously. He will cut you.)

Her ship and crew tend to leave more lingering impressions than Captain Vi herself, who is very short and slight due to being a sickly baby. She is also not normally loud and vivacious like most pirates -- although she can be, when the situation calls for it -- but instead she tends to be quiet, thoughtful, deliberate, and practical. She is hesitant to let people in, but her true friends she guards as viciously as she would family. She is exceptionally observant and fairly intelligent, and she likes keeping secrets. And she has lots and lots of secrets. She also enjoys climbing onto high things and fine cooking -- she can be very picky about food. But she is still a pirate! She will drink and cuss and swear and fight, and she does do lots of illegal things, all the time, along with just as many legal things -- you know, just to keep it fresh.

In closing, I'd just like to say -- I am probably way too excited to get going with a new community of roleplayers; it's been a long time for me. I am ready and willing to do just about anything, so shoot me a line to plot, scheme, plan, or just plain talk about things! Yay!

Hello, hello, one and all! I'm Kimberly, and this fellow right here is one Jaden Tahal. He's filled the "Dalish Elf" premade. And he is, in fact, a Dalish elf. As such, he's lived most of his life in the forest with his clan, away from cities and humans and other various creatures. The first Blight occurred when he was still a child, which lead to his being taught how to handle a sword, which he's pretty handy at. He is now on the run with his old friend, the Apostate Mage, trying to escape some pesky Templars who wished to bring his friend to the Chantry.

Personality-wise? He's as loyal to his friends as can be, though it's slow-going to win his trust. He's wary of 'outsiders', which includes just about anyone but other Dalish elves, and even them he'll keep at a safe distance. His little ideal life has been torn apart, and he's none too pleased about this, so he's a bit of a hot-head (not that he wasn't before) with a habit of acting before he thinks. He's not stupid, however; he just tends to act with his heart rather than his head.

So yes. This is turning out awkward as my brain proceeds to stop working. Currently, he and his friend are traveling the countryside, trying to keep out of reach of the Templars (who might be a bit bitter because of the way Jaden and Faer escaped them). I'm open for plotting and the like. Can't wait to get started! Dragon Age has got to be one of the MOST badass games I have played in my many years of gaming!

Hello, everyone! I'm Alice, and I'll be bringing you the Dwarf Mage premade--y'know, the one who really shouldn't exist naturally? According to all recognized facts about magic and dwarves? Yea-p. That's her.

Her name is Signe [pronounced sig-NEE or sig-NAY, as near as I can tell, though if anyone is much up on their Norse myth and wants to tell me the correct pronunciation I would be forever in your debt!] - she was once Signe daughter of Orsin of the Smith Caste, but when her distant cousin Dagna was made a Paragon for discovering how to make dwarves into mages, Signe was raised (along with every other good-for-nothing person who could claim feasible relation to the new Paragon) to the nobility and made Signe Dagna, or Signe of House Dagna. Of course, now that she's been exiled from Orzammar and made Casteless, she's right back to plain ol' Signe.

She's a young, clever girl, if a little bit withdrawn; but she's never been to the surface, and only left Orzammar once or twice in her life (and that, recently)--she's got a lot of those troublesome dwarven superstitions about the surface and topsiders. Like, are you definitely sure that we're not going to fall up into the sky and burn to death on the sun? ..... can you check? Just to make sure. She became a mage mostly because of peer-pressure and nepotism--the extended family pressured Paragon Dagna into "doing some good for us for once" and administering the Lyrium Treatment to at least one family member. Conscious of this, Signe has been working her butt off to prove that she's not just another good-for-nothing member of the newest and probably least worthwhile noble family in the Diamond District.

I'd love to plot with you guys~! Establishing any common history with her might be tough, if you're not the Dwarf Commoner or Orzammar Noble or someone else from Orzammar, since Sigs has been underground her entire life, but we can always plan something for later down the road!

edit: I think there is a reason that I should never be allowed to do anything after waking up at 6AM. It's actually Signy and I have been writing Signe all day and oh god I do not have a brain I need to go smarten up or something.

It's my turn, is it? Well hello there! My name is Kelsey and this skinny, young thing is Lalin. She is a elven rogue from Denerim with a knack for potions and poisons. Meaning she can heal you right up or make you vomit up blood, depending on her mood.

Her father walked out on her at birth, her mother a few years after that. She was raised by her grandmother, then, when her grandmother died, by her fellow street rats, then by a woman who expanded on her gift with herbs and taught her poisons. After that she was tumbled by a Alienage gang leader who honed thievery skills learned on the streets in her youth and taught her how to be sneaky, though not sneaky enough, apparently, considering her recent bout in the Denerim jail.

If there's anything the girl lacks in life, it's consistency.

She's a nice enough girl, who's life has taught her to roll with the punches and then get up and keep on going. Her "eh, whatever" attitude towards many of life's problems will likely get on your nerves at one time or another. She also has a tendency to ramble, inside her head and out and finds the silliest things hilarious, but give her a book or recipe or new fighting technique to study and this girl is all business.

She would like very much to get to know you. ;)

I'll go next, I guess! So, this is Bethen Avilla, Circle Mage, and whom I've dubbed as "Mini-Wynne", being the resident Spirit Healer and concerned mother hen. Long story short, Beth was born in Lothering, brought to the Tower roughly two years before the Blight hit, and was one of those children standing around in the apprentice quarters when the Warden came to rescue them. It's the trauma of living through the hostile takeover by blood mages and abominations that's shaped her into the obnoxiously goody-two-shoes type of person she is now. She was a fully fledged mage who worked in the library and assisted the senior enchanters before Alistair showed up and asked for volunteers; naturally, Beth leaped at the chance to join the Grey Wardens, as it's both an honor, and an opportunity for her to finally get to see the rest of the world for the first time in 17 years.

Personality wise, she's very sweet and even-tempered, will almost always Do the Right Thing, and is well read and book smart, but incredibly naive, gullible, and street stupid, a bleeding heart just waiting to be taken advantage of. So basically, this whole adventure is like the personal quest that will "harden" her. :P Questions? Plotting? Hit me up here, or on my contact post. I reaaaally look forward to playing with everyone! :D