championofsnark | (no subject)

BASICS

Your name or nickname: Itsame Dee
Your year of birth: 1984
A reliable DW account the mods can PM to reach you: theskyisnew
Who you currently play at 6I: Bruce Banner
Link to your hold comment: Here
Referral: I REFERRED MYSELF that probably doesn't work.

Character name: Marian Hawke
Character type: Fandom Character
Fandom/Canon: Dragon Age II
Character DW journal: championofsnark
Does this character have previous CR?: Nop

HISTORY

Hawke from Dragon Age 2. HOWEVER here are the specific choices that mine chose in the game that made it different from others:

*Hawke's sister Bethany is the mage and their brother Carver died before getting to Kirkwall. Bethany joined the circle and survived the falling out.
*All companions were at full positive regard by end of game. BFFs.
*Hawke did not hand Isabela over to the Qun, she came back for Hawke, they were friends with benefits.
*Hawke defeated the Arishok and became Champion (for all the bloody good that does)
*Hawke romanced Anders (WOMP WOMP) and let him live and escape in the end.
*Hawke helped Fenris be free and convinced him to help the mages.
*Merrill destroyed the Eluvian (thank Andraste, wtf Merrill)
*Hawke chose the Mages because fucking duh.
*All conversation choices were Sassy Purple Hawke
*She was the rogue class with specialization in knives and bows.
*Hawke joined the Inquisition during the red lyrium plot
*She chose to stay behind in the Fade to defeat the Nightmare and save the others.

What is your canon exit point?: The last point there, where Hawke stays in the Fade to what is probably her last fight as the others go.

PERSONALITY OVERVIEW

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PERSONALITY QUESTIONS

What skills does your character bring to the situation? Hawke is a skilled warrior. She's trained with pretty much every medieval weapon you can think of, but her specialty is in knives and a bow and arrow. She is an expert lock picker and incredibly stealthy when she wants to be. As a rogue she fights close and personal or far away, so she strategically picks based on the situation she's in. She knows how to create smoke bombs if given the right ingredients. Outside of the physical, Hawke is very comfortable with other people and loves to laugh and make jokes. She'll jump into a fight without thinking twice, but she'll make snarky commentary and troll her enemies in the mean time. She can be very distracting and thinks on her feet, using anything to her advantage if necessary. She is a survivalist and knows how to live off the land and on her own, although she'll bitch about it up and down since she also loves the high life. The very short period of time she got to do that. She's knowledgeable about magic and fighting demons, and basic first aid to keep her friends (or herself) from bleeding to death. She's an expert poker player.

Why did you choose this specific character for 6I, and how do you picture them fitting into the game? This is Marian Hawke to a T. She is a snarky trashfire of a person who tries incredibly hard to do the right thing and keeps failing no matter what. But she still tries to keep a smile on her face. She was joking basically up until the minute she died, or close to it as we saw her in the Fade. She's remarkably stubborn and determined, and she goes through periods of tragedy and depression, but always pulls herself up and is like STIFF UPPER LIP, MATE, COULD BE WORSE. She's cheerful and friendly and playful, and an actual physical badass, so pretty much the opposite of Bruce. The thing is she does hide a lot of her inner pain with a smile, and she's gone through a lot of tragedy, but she'd likely tell any of those stories as if it's the lead up to a joke. It would be nice to see if she'd have a point in time where she'd let her defense mechanism fall and be more somber. If ever.

How do you imagine your character will survive in 6I, and in what ways will they contribute to the settlement, if any? Hawke's key character trait is that she's a survivor. She's been in so many situations over her entire life that should have killed her, and she just kept struggling her way through it. She's an excellent warrior so she'll be good in a fight, and so she'll contribute that way too, but she'll also try to keep people laughing and believing that the world isn't coming to an end ... this minute. I'm not sure how that'll go over with the grumpier cats in game, but she's just as likely to snark as she is to give a high five. She's done being in charge of anything for the rest of her life though, so any leadership situation will make her go a whole bag of NOPE and walk away. No one wants her in charge. She doesn't really need other people, she can make her way on her own, but she does like people to drink with and possibly kill things with. She's loud and honest (about others), and definitely never masks how she feels about someone. If she hates you, you'll know.

How will your character react to...

Being separated, possibly permanently, from loved ones and their previous life, including loss of powers, if applicable? She's used to it now. When Kirkwall fell, all of her companions were separated and Hawke wasn't allowed to see any of them again. She's lived on her own. Her family is dead or distant from her. She did always hold out some hope that she'd find a way to bring them all together again, so there may come a point where she feels genuinely stuck and frustrated. She'll want selfishly for her people to come there, even if they're stuck too, because she's no saint. She'll do her best in this situation, but she was about to die anyway, so eh.

Their environment being manipulated, possibly in strange or extraordinary ways, and possibly in ways which restrain them? This is normal for her. She lived around mages growing up and around mages while in Kirkwall, so she's seen a lot of extraordinary things. Some very, very bad ones. She's currently been stuck in the Fade which isn't even really human or real, and always dreamlike, so this world is more real than that one. She's okay with being restrained, she'll just find a way around it somehow.

Being physically and/or mentally manipulated, such as having hallucinations or suddenly possessing special abilities they did not have before? Hawke hates being manipulated. This is a major trigger for her. She's been mentally, emotionally, and physically manipulated by people she knows, and the first two by someone she was in love with. She doesn't like deceit and will not respond well to feeling used. She's had hallucinations in her past and always hated it too, it makes her very unsettled to not be in control of herself. Also she was just stuck in the Fade where nothing is real and it's a nightmare of sorts.

POWERS & SPECIAL ABILITIES

She has no powers outside of being a roguish warrior badass. I listed her fighting skills up there!

WRITING SAMPLES

SAMPLE 1
Why did you choose this sample? well it's the only one I have of Hawke, but no one replied to me on TDM and I didn't want to wait, mea culpa anyone?
Linked or pasted sample: on TDM

SAMPLE 2
Why did you choose this sample? Because I play a lot with him and you can see my writing style and regularity!
Linked or pasted sample: all these mingle threads with Bruce