HOT GOSS MEME

[cozen]

1. Post a top-level containing gossip or trivia about your character that other characters can be aware of. And be self-indulgent about it. Make up ridiculous rumors. Bold and underline the fact that your character has good hair and more people should notice it. Be as detailed or as mysterious as you want. It’s Christmas!

2. There’s a form! You can leave categories on the form empty (or delete them) if you don't have anything to say. They're just to help with brainstorming and browsing. You’re also free to make changes, use colors or symbols to distinguish between true and false gossip, or whatever else makes the meme best work for you.

3. Almost anything goes, but this is mostly for information characters wouldn’t have to go out of their way to see/hear/know. So if you want to include something that would require someone to be very attentive or obsessed or creepy to learn, make sure you explain that.

4. Browse everyone else’s responses, reply if you have something to say or if you think another fact/rumor should be on someone's list, ask follow-up questions if you have them, but most of all use the information IC.

5. No one is late. Do this meme whenever you want and have time. The deadline, if there is such a thing, is when the IC banter meme goes up in early January, so people can use your comments here as prompts for things to hassle your character about.

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CHARACTER:
DIVISION:
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

A wanted criminal in Antiva.

The lost daughter of a duchess.

RELATIONSHIPS

Who's kissing who.

But also who's friends with who.

And who hates who.

WORK & POLITICS

A perfectionist who edits the punctuation on other people's reports.

Guaranteed to be anti-elf whenever the opportunity arises.

Messed up on their last assignment.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Sings in the middle of the night.

A never-nude.

Has a drinking problem.

MISCELLANEOUS

Once had a temper tantrum about cold oatmeal.

Hit a training dummy so hard it split clean in half.

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[altusimperius]

CHARACTER: Benedict Quintus Artemaeus
DIVISION: DUNGEON
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

member of the Magisterium

was an interior decorator or something for a while whatever

Betrayed Riftwatch

RELATIONSHIPS

Thinks he's better than everyone

Colin visits him a lot

Athessa??

Once aggressively made out with Marcoulf in a hallway, what was that about

Betrayed Kitty Whilst BETRAYING RIFTWATCH

WORK & POLITICS

DUNGEON

MAGISTER

SLAVE OWNER

Would Probably Do Anything For His Best Bud Corypheus

Did He Ever Even Come Back Or Is He Still In Minrathous Being A Traitor

Great eye for textiles

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Blood magic???

DUNGEON

likes to paint

MISCELLANEOUS

Dead??

Once cried when he cut his finger

Might've killed a dude at a de la Fontaine house party but that could've been anyone

[doneisdone]

CHARACTER: Teren von Skraedder
DIVISION: Scouting
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

from some gross fishing town in Nevarra

criminal?

joined the Wardens pretty late in life

RELATIONSHIPS

no sexuality to speak of, unless You Know

will not approach, can only be Summoned

untrusting of mages

buds with Coupe

thick as thieves with the Wardens (except Ellis you know what you did)

has beaten up Nikos Averesch and would gladly do it again

the griffons think she's their mom

WORK & POLITICS

REALLY into Nevarran bullshit

just about as shady about Warden things as a shady Warden can be

gets really weird about Outside Wardens

throws knives at her officemates when she's bored

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

sits on her druffalo to do needlework when she doesn't want anyone to bother her

Very Clean

sleeps at weird hours

almost certainly a witch of some kind

MISCELLANEOUS

burned down a chantry with a dude in it

crashed a dragon into a tower

got her eye scar from fighting a red lyrium sea monster

has more knives than any reasonable person should

may or may not have killed another member of Riftwatch and WOULD DO IT AGAIN

[okayimin]

CHARACTER: Sister Sara Sawbones
DIVISION: Research
INFO PAGE: Clonk

HISTORY

From Ozammar.

Exiled under mysterious circumstances, which absolutely means she fucked a Lord/did not fuck a Lord/tried to fuck a Lord/killed a Lord.

Of low birth and a very rough upbringing.

Rumored to have either been kicked out of or a deserter of the Legion of the Dead.

There are rumors she has direct ties to the Carta. (if you're in/adjacent to the Chantry, it's significantly easier to find out that these rumors are very true.)

Acting as a go between for the Chantry in an effort to monopolize lyrium trade entierly. (if you're in/adjacent to the Chantry, it's significantly easier to find out these rumors are not true and the Mothers are not happy about it)

Note: The following is exclusive to the Carta/Carta adjacent/folks who run with the especially seedy crowd.

Is actually the daughter of a deshyr and that's why she knows how to do healing.

Old Sawbones was an exiled deshyr and Sawbones is her daughter.

Turned down a Carta deshyr and was imprisoned for it.

Was a leader of one of the food riots and was imprisoned for it.

RELATIONSHIPS
Note: The following is known by Orlesian gentry and can be heard freely from them.

Has doubtless had sexual relations with multiple Grey Wardens.

Is doubtless supplying surface women to the Carta.

Is doubtless supplying comfort women from Ozammar to the Chantry.

Absolutely is not part of the Chantry and is in fact a kept woman for a particular Lord/Viscount/Prince with particular fetishes.

Absolutely is part of the Chantry, but specifically because of a particular Mother/Cleric with particular fetishes.

Carta Exclusive

She's nicer to Noble Hunters, so she definitely prefers women.

WORK & POLITICS
Note: The following is pretty much exclusive to those within the Chantry/adjacent to the Chantry.

Intensely critical of Divine Renata I's edicts (march of the Dales, striking the canticle of Shartan from the Chant ect) and overly concerned with alienage welfare for a clerical sister.

Supportive of the Circle system, with some disturbing rumors that she is of the opinion that Circles ought to follow Tevinter's system of colleges with shared scholarship between brother and sister clerics and mage scholars.

An obsessive record keeper who is overly concerned with the preservation of scholarly writings.

Grossly exacting and demanding of others research efforts.

Considers herself above the rules with regards to banned or restricted texts.

Carta Exclusive

Knows when to keep her mouth shut.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES
Chantry exclusive:

Fussy about her routines.

Horrible roommate as she frequently returns very late and then stays up till all hours.

Has fits and moods where she refuses to speak and disappears for days.

Via Orlesian Gentry:

A dry little thing with no great love except books.

Overly invested in her medical practice and charitable efforts.

Short in both stature and manner.

MISCELLANEOUS

She's such a rude little thing, isn't she.

[sulahnan]

CHARACTER: Athessa Sulahnan
DIVISION: Scouting
INFO PAGE: Womp

HISTORY

Unclear whether she's Dalish or not.

Maybe she's Rivaini?

She was a dancer in Rivain.

Barrow and Fitcher's long-lost daughter.

RELATIONSHIPS

Kissing Derrica

Wants to kiss Sidony

Very close with Bastien

Fucked Kostos but who hasn't

Getting pretty buddy-buddy with Colin

Hatemance with Benedict

Definitely fucked Eshal

Definitely fucking Deimos

Hates Nikos

Either really hates or has a crush on Leander, hard to say

A bad influence on Matthias and Laura

Wait, did she fuck Byerly's cousin?

Definitely seduced Byerly's cousin.

WORK & POLITICS

Stupid until she needs to be smart

Her stupidity might be an act, actually

Will take on any job that involves bringing down slavers

Recently got blood-puppeted by a mage on a mission

More likely to side with mages than templars

Seems too keen where the Qun is concerned

Probably only a few incidents short of being a revolutionary

Innately good with animals

Known blasphemer

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Unhealthy sleeping habits

Smokes too much elfroot

Likes to press flowers in books

Climbs things she's not supposed to

Does she let the giant pet bat sleep in her bed??

Always smells nice, like lavender and cedarwood

MISCELLANEOUS

She calls herself stupid too much for it to not be a Thing

Might have a footlocker full of money under her bunk

[overharrowed]

CHARACTER: Julius
DIVISION: Diplomacy
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Was a committed Circle Mage

Not so committed he didn't run off rather than fight in the Mage-Templar war, though

His father is very rich

His father is very stupid


RELATIONSHIPS

Depending on who you ask, he seduced between 1 and 20 merchants/nobles/scholars/random bystanders between leaving Kinloch Hold and joining the Inquisition

No two people seem to agree how long he and Petrana have been involved, with answers ranging from "since Julius arrived" to "wait, they're involved?"

Has definitely shagged at least one templar

WORK & POLITICS

Was pro reinstating but reforming Circles when he arrived

Is for sure still looking to reinstate Circles now

Is a total apostate now

Probably given all of his political opinions by his rifter girlfriend

Is angling to get his father's bannorn

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Moved his things into Petrana's room but actually just slumps over at his desk to sleep because he never stops working

Doesn't venture into Kirkwall proper much except for work reasons

Unclear whether he's any good at Wicked Grace or not

MISCELLANEOUS

tba if I think of anything

[sohighandwild]

CHARACTER: Ket Perrino
DIVISION: Scouting
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Was going to be executed because she murdered a guy

Was falsely accused and has done nothing wrong

Had a plan to escape before she got an anchor shard

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Likes dice but doesn't care for card games

Friendly but not too friendly, you know?

Tidy

Not especially fond of the outdoors

MISCELLANEOUS

Will definitely have a drink with you if you ask; will have two if you're buying

A Crow owes her a favor

[skulltasm]

CHARACTER: Skull T. Skullington
DIVISION: Head of Diplomacy!
INFO PAGE: Clink

HISTORY

Was a pirate before his untimely demise

Was a mage before his untimely demise

Originally from Tevinter

Originally from Nevarra

Originally from Rivain

Possibly an old Mortalitasi teaching skull

Is actually a spirit inhabiting a skull

Is actually a ghost of the original skull's living counterpart

Name might be Thaddeus

Is very old

Is not very old

Was found on a Qunari dreadnought and brought to Riftwatch for some reason

RELATIONSHIPS

Eshal's former assistant

Deimos' therapist

Byerly's therapist

Coupe's favorite nutcracker

Coupe's favorite doorstop

Best friends with Salvio

Friendship ended with Salvio, now Val is my best friend

Also super tite with John Silver

WORK & POLITICS

New co-head of Diplomacy!

Definitely not in any position of authority, especially not Diplomacy

Likely to play devil's advocate for the sake of being contrary

Has been known to translate and verify documents, provided someone else takes down dictation and turns the pages

Unfortunately speaks many languages quite well

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Has a thing for philosophy

Also a thing for art and art history/theory

Likes to impersonate people with unsettling skill

Likes to prank people, or at least startle them

Likes to make faces out of ectoplasm

MISCELLANEOUS

It's a skull in the jar what more do you want

[whatthefuckami]

CHARACTER: Anne Bonny
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

elected pirate queen in a vote by her peers

washed up on the shores of tevinter with no memory of who she was or where she came from

got those scars in her hands from continuing to fight a phoenix after she lost her grip on her daggers

got those scars in her hands from stabbing a man to death with handfuls of broken glass

helped steal tons of gaatlok out from under the noses of a qunari cabal

stabbed her own crew to death over a game of cards

RELATIONSHIPS

where'd that jack rackham get off to anyhow

probably chased him off

was once proposed to by a knight who'd been cursed to live as a bear until a maiden agreed to marry him. she slayed him instead of saying yes.

has a secret lover in antiva her captain doesn't know about

WORK & POLITICS

hates tevinter, can't be trusted

loves tevinter, can't be trusted

here to get inside information for wicked acts of piracy

abandoned here by her ship because she was fomenting mutiny

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

tried to kill a man who ventured into her chambers uninvited

eats everything with a knife and her fingers because she never learned better

actually knows how to talk like a lady and just chooses not to

can't read, just pretends when she's put on the spot

carves up bits of driftwood when she needs calming

MISCELLANEOUS

keeps jack rackham's balls in a box under her bed

[justashotaway]

CHARACTER: Laura Kint
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

nevarran

not really nevarran, just pretending

killed a bunch of people

with those hideous claws

she was cursed as a baby

they were forced under her skin by a wild apostate drunk on power

they were a gift from the maker

her mother saw an angry badger when she was with child

RELATIONSHIPS

matthias

i mean. just look at them.

can smell who you've fucked if you aren't smart about it

never spoke to a soul before she came to riftwatch, her first words happened in kirkwall

had to have the concept of friendship explained to her

WORK & POLITICS

a spy for nevarra, the murder's a cover story--otherwise wouldn't they have taken her away by now

a spy for the chantry, nevarra can't overrule their demands

training to be a spy for riftwatch to be sent back to nevarra and make reports

being kept around as a favor to nevarra, who doesn't want her back

speaks four languages

speaks six languages

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

has booby traps hidden throughout her room

eats all her food with the claws, gross

once asked what circles were

doesn't sleep

can do a backflip if you ask politely

MISCELLANEOUS

loves oranges

can out-eat you at spicy food

does she know about contractions????

[heirring]

CHARACTER: Wysteria
DIVISION: Research
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

A Rifter; has been pestering her way around Riftwatch for a little over a year.

What kind of Rifter, from what kind of place??? A mystery.

One time, heroically showed up to the Battle of Ghislain at the last second. What was accomplished? No one knows; but she was apparently there and there was a dramatic post-battle reunion with a good friend.

RELATIONSHIPS

Is close, very personal friend with Alexandrie of House Asgard ne de la Fontaine.

Has had approximately a half a dozen shouting matches with Val de Fonce in public, though whether they can truly be called shouting matches when one party (spoilers: not her) is just smug and the other (her) is just very red in the face and beside herself with fury is debatable.

Has likely trapped you or someone you love in a forty minute conversation about seemingly nothing whatsoever.

WORK & POLITICS

Works a lot in the research labs, and keeps a fairly disorganized and chaotic workspace.

Is the unofficial, self-appointed assistant to the Seneschal. She has probably slacked off on filing your expense reports. Oops.

Pro-mage, pro-circle, pro-big government.

Has slightly too many opinions about magic for someone who isn't a mage.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Co-founder of the Riftwatch Croquet League

Owner of a deeply not-haunted house in Hightown.

Top hobby: being exhausting; second top hobby: nerd shit.

MISCELLANEOUS

Likes pretty but fairly sensible dresses; enjoys a good hair ribbon.

[esquive]

CHARACTER: Marcoulf de Ricart
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Who?

Some Orlesian

Fought in the Orlesian civil war; supported Gaspard.

RELATIONSHIPS

Is the Tweedle Dee to Anna's Tweedle Dum.

Has never spoken to any mages, particularly not Tevinter ones, in his life

Probably has closer relationships with horses than anyone in Riftwatch and you can't prove otherwise.

WORK & POLITICS

Does what he's told and doesn't ask questions. WIll do any odd job.

...And the doesn't talk about it afterward. He isn't a narc and war crimes he may or may not have committed or existential horror he may or may not have been dragged into are none of your business.

Spends a lot of time in the stables; does some farrier work.

Friendship ended with everyone; Blunder Supreme the Griffon is his new best friend.

Allegedly a great swordsman, but there's very little evidence of that in practice.

Andrastian, suspicious of mages, believes in the right of monarchies and wish you would all stop being rabble rousers. Normal McNormalson.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Great fashion. Excellent hats.

Your Job Can Be Your Hobby.

Enjoys embroidery.

MISCELLANEOUS

Friends with all the ladies who do the laundry.

[katabasis]

CHARACTER: Flint
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

A pirate of some renown out of the north

Clearly from Tenvinter, and has strong opinions about burning Tevinter to the ground.

Was involved in some kind of uprising in the north prior to making his way to Kirkwall.

Somehow got himself into the position of division head; surely there must have been some find of foul play involved in that, right?

What are the odds that he's some kind of secret blood mage?

Or a Tevinter spy?

Or--

RELATIONSHIPS

Has a rather cool relationship with a majority of the Division Heads for inexplicable reasons.

Is related to Nell in some capacity.

Spends a lot of time with the Provost's wife behind closed doors.

Just generally seems to have a thing for other people's significant others, come to think of it.

Probably has avoided saying your name in conversation, but it's unclear if that's just how he talks or if he straight up doesn't remember what your name is.

I mean him and Mr Silver must be some kind of thing, right?

WORK & POLITICS

Head of Forces.

Not your friend.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Reads a lot; secret nerd.

Keeps a fairly spartan living space adjacent to the Forces office, but ferried back and forth between the Gallows and the Walrus, his ship in the Kirkwall harbor. Presumably he has more personal effects onboard.

Spends a lot of time around the Kirkwall docks

MISCELLANEOUS

Has been banned from one or two Kirkwall public houses for unclear reasons

[unshut]

CHARACTER: Fitcher
DIVISION: Scouting
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Antivan

A clerk

RELATIONSHIPS

Frequently spotted in Barrow's company; old friends? current lovers? Impossible to say.

Close with Laura in some capacity; unclear how or why, except perhaps that she's taken the girl under her wing in some respect.

Byerly Rutyer kissed her hand once and she didn't seem to mind.

WORK & POLITICS

She has excellent penmanship.

Surely the rumors of her being formidable in a fight are greatly exaggerated.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Hosts a regular cards night in the Gallows dining hall. All comers welcome, and promptly folded into Fitcher's 'circle of friends.'

Habitual gambler; in debt to half of Riftwatch at any given time.

Bit of a gossip, but pleasantly so.

Enjoys cheap theater and bards (the singing kind)

Is fairly devout as far as the Riftwatch standard goes - spends at least an hour a week in the chapel like a good Andrastian ought to.

MISCELLANEOUS

Smokes a pipe.

[nonvenomous]

CHARACTER: Richard Dickerson
DIVISION: Scouts
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Rifter

Cleric to a god of knowledge nobody here has heard of or cares about

Not even a very good cleric actually

RELATIONSHIPS

Arrived with Loxley the wonderqunari

Interested in talking to anyone about themselves and their personal drama

Not interested in talking about himself

Did talk about himself to Sawbones once

WORK & POLITICS

Diligent, reliable, follows orders well and keeps good records

Will pretend to have ethics unless the assignment calls for not having them

Hangs around the chantry and is shady about their lord and savior sometimes after he’s been drinking

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Research, libraries, learning, languages, Very Bad Romance Novels

like the kind of shit you wouldn’t want someone to find in your room

Cruises Lowtown at night, gets robbed a lot

Stone cold liar and thief

Just some dude who likes rules and reads a lot

MISCELLANEOUS

May do magic we just don’t know

Pet snake that just lives in his coat or something

[libratus]

CHARACTER: Ilias Fabria
DIVISION: Diplomacy
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Nevarran obvs

Nobility obvs

One of those spooky death mages, but boring about it

Hadn't seen the sun for 10 years prior to joining Riftwatch

RELATIONSHIPS

Always chatting up that one blonde mage.

No, the other one.

And the brunette one with the floppy hair.

No, the other one.

Or all of them??

Or else he's celibate as a Chantry brother, who can say.

WORK & POLITICS

Project Haven leader

Polite To Everyone

A Loyalist, apolitical, or just committed to question-dodging?

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

A smoker.

A never-nude.

Wears seventeen layers of robes.

Has been wearing the same seventeen layers of robes every day for the past year.

Uses necromancy to avoid ever having to sleep.

Except whenever you need to speak with him, then he's asleep.

MISCELLANEOUS

Refuses to improve his Trade out of spite.

Slowly amassing an undead army beneath the Gallows to destroy Riftwatch, probably.

That gross rotten horse in the stables is definitely his.

[heorte]

CHARACTER: Ellis
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Fereldan

Came to Riftwatch by way of who the fuck knows where

Does anyone know anything about him???

Might have been living in some unfortunate means for a stretch of time

RELATIONSHIPS

He's probably celibate

Maybe.

Spends a lot of time with Wysteria and Tony

Also Sawbones

Weirdly tense relationship with Teren but is that really notable

WORK & POLITICS

Grey Warden-ing

Used to be a prize fighter.

Or maybe a soldier?

No he was definitely a farmer.

Good for carrying heavy boxes and hitting ugly monsters with a mace.

Does he have political opinions who can say

Warden tidbit

Actively supported Clarel, vanished when everything went sideways

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Spends a lot of time in the library

Quiet, tidy

Cooks good stew, passable anything else

Gets up too fuckin' early to work out

Seems like he doesn't drink

MISCELLANEOUS

Likes his mace more than most people, come to think of it

[hornswoggle]

CHARACTER: John Silver
DIVISION: Diplomacy
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Clearly a pirate of some repute

Was involved/encouraged some kind of uprising in the North before gliding into Kirkwall's harbor

Possibly (probably???) crushed a man's head under his peg leg, murdered a couple other dissenters, etc, etc

But he's so nice, maybe that's a lot of hooey

Did he actually come from Nascere, where was he before he was a pirate, does anyone actually know?

RELATIONSHIPS

Wow he sure is friendly with everyone

Fucked a mermaid

No he was involved with that Max person

Not anymore obviously

Didn't he say he had an Orlesian mistress?

He and Flint are awfully close...

WORK & POLITICS

Guess he's master of information now

Spends a lot of time going back and forth between Diplomacy and Forces

Still quartermaster of the Walrus, whatever that means

Doesn't seem like he's fond of Tevinter, the Divine, etc, but how noteworthy is that for an avowed pirate

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Spends most of his time split between Division offices and Kirkwall's docks

If you show up at the right tavern at the right time most nights he's telling outlandish stories to mixed crowds of pirates and dock workers

Literally every tavern owner knows him

Doesn't have to pay for any of his drinks

MISCELLANEOUS

Soon to be owner of a cute parrot

[tender]

CHARACTER: Derrica
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Hails from Rivain

Spent some time on pirate ships in some capacity before arriving in Kirkwall

was in Dairsmuid Circle before (during???) the Annulment

Possibly a Seer, can anyone confirm

RELATIONSHIPS

Protective of Laura and Matthias

Possibly sleeping with Athessa

Either very friendly or very involved with Leander

Has a few pirate/sailor-flavored main squeezes

Patient and kind with most everyone

WORK & POLITICS

Wow she hates templars and the Divine a lot

Strong disapproval of the Chantry

Fairly capable healer

Hits very hard for someone so short

Mage rights

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Hangs around the infirmary being useful

Hangs around Lowtown taverns

MISCELLANEOUS

Very up to hold hands

Not a lot of mysteries here

[inkindled]

CHARACTER: Matthias
DIVISION: Forces
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

Free Marcher, and it's obvious

poor peasant

maybe he's an orphan?

became a rebel mage

then, war

RELATIONSHIPS

holds hands with Laura

friends with Derrica and Athessa

Flint is his boss

intensely worships basically every mage in Riftwatch

except the wimpy pro-circle mages

WORK & POLITICS

Forces assistant

which means he does a lot of moving paperwork around

DEEPLY anti templar, anti Circle, anti Chantry

Mage Rights

once wrote Matthias Kinney in the margin of work notes and gave it to Flint to sign, then the force of his embarrassment reduced him to ash

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

will eat anything you put in front of him

like, anything

usually eats with his hands

the untidy corner of the dormitory room is his

constantly outgrowing his clothes

MISCELLANEOUS

he can't read

he CAN read

can't swim

the only magic he can do is fire magic

hates dogs, loves pie

is twelve years old

or is he nineteen

[assistente]

CHARACTER: Seneschal Salvio Pizzicagnolo
DIVISION: Base Operations
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

an assistant to a seneschal

who became a senescahl

maybe against his will?

a mage. maybe. no one's sure.

RELATIONSHIPS

painfully tries to maintain a level of perfectly equal and unbiased feelings toward everyone in Riftwatch

like, painfully

will tolerate anyone's company

which is how he ends up spending most of his time with the Skull and Wysteria

was madly in love with the former seneschal and maintains this post out of a sense of romance and loyalty

WORK & POLITICS

Seneschal for Riftwatch

maybe pro-Circle?? a Loyalist?? just scared???

painfully tries to maintain a lack of bias in all political matters

overworked. maybe by choice.

three seconds from snapping

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

eats in the earliest part of scheduled mealtimes

never eats in the office

does not tolerate eating in the office

very proud of his filing system, which makes sense mostly and only to him

MISCELLANEOUS

really good handwriting

still wears a robe

wears his robe to bed

keeps his staff in a corner of his office

sometimes hangs stuff on it

[exsecutus]

CHARACTER: Nikos Averesch
DIVISION: Scouting
INFO PAGE: Click

HISTORY

rich kid

revolutionary

as a teen, tried to commit regicide because of his deep and passionate anti system feelings

as a teen, tried to commit regicide because the dick was so good (looks @ Caspar)

banned from Nevarra for life but has def been back because fuck you

an effective assassin

a very effective drunk

RELATIONSHIPS

funds and works an Antivan-based spy organization with Caspar Perakis, hot revolutionary

in love with Caspar Perakis, hot revolutionary

identical twin brother to Kostos Averesch

or like almost identical

cousin to Sidony Venaras, but they aren't close in any way; cousin on his other side and bff to Marisol Vivas, who ran away and married a Vint and maybe betrayed everyone

once was nicer to Kitty Jones than anyone might expect

got beaten up by Teren, or maybe he beat her up, no that's incredibly unlikely


WORK & POLITICS

knife politics

would like to see the world burn

revolutionary, anti monarchy, anti chantry, anti everything

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

smells like wine, always

hangs out way too much in Lowtown, Darktown

owns a big mansion in Hightown where he secretly lives

would never survive outside of a city

sleeps around as much as his brother but pretends to be his brother while he's out on the town

sloppy

MISCELLANEOUS

a really good assassin

a really bad assassin

loves flamingos

terrific dancer

could go home anytime he wants

[staysail]

CHARACTER: Darras Rivain
DIVISION: Forces
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HISTORY

pirate

captain

his ship, the Fancy, was involved in a number of heists and mid-profile raids, mostly in the Waking Sea, the Amaranthine Ocean, and Rialto Bay

killed way too many people during a raid on a merchant convoy of six ships, led by the Bronze Dawn

RELATIONSHIPS

married for years to Yseult, the Scoutmaster

recently married to Yseult, the Scoutmaster, in a private ceremony in her office

not married to Yseult at all but still sleeps with her

WORK & POLITICS

captain of the Fancy, a nice little pirate ship

known for worshiping personal freedom

and for his fairness and his good humor--after a raid, his practice is to kill ship's officers, and allow those of lower rank to join his crew or jump overboard and swim for home

except for that time that he murdered and burned a whole merchant convoy like a few years ago, what was THAT about

he doesn't have a ship it's all a lie and he's here because he's penniless and has to rely on his wife to support him

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

sleeps in Yseult's private quarters

heads up the coast sometimes to meet his ship and crew

or secret pirate lover?

or is Yseult the secret pirate lover and they're here to take Riftwatch for all it's worth (which lbr isn't a lot)

MISCELLANEOUS

cut his hair after he lost a bet

Yseult cut his hair and used it in a bizarre ritual, which is why he's still here

[degenere]

CHARACTER: Valentine Nicasius Maxence Mérovée Olivier de Foncé
DIVISION: Research
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HISTORY

lifetime student at the University of Orlais

never actually completed his study or graduated in any way

disowned dramatically by his very wealthy and well connected family

never disowned, just says that because it sounds cool

RELATIONSHIPS

bestbestbest friends with Freddie and Jehan

in a threeway relationship with Freddie and Jehan

married to either Freddie or Jehan? maybe

argues a lot with Wysteria Poppell, for fun

publicly declared his intention to carry the Skull on adventures with him forever

WORK & POLITICS

works with the Research department

doesn't actually have anything to do with the Research department

bizarre one-sided feud with the Research department

working to blow up the Research department

doesn't care about anything but himself, including the war

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

keeps live animals in his room

keeps explosive powders in his room

has a secret passage from his Riftwatch room to a big house in Hightown where he invites all of his real friends to fantastic parties where everyone wears a mask

surprisingly good at camping and has all sorts of fancy camping gear that he won't share with anyone

MISCELLANEOUS

will fight you for dragons

actually has fifteen more names

that's not his incredibly handsome face, it's an incredibly handsome mask

[cozen]

CHARACTER: Bastien
DIVISION: Diplomacy
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HISTORY

From Val Royeaux.

Won’t shut up about being from Val Royeaux.

Used to be a musician, used to be a thief, used to be a printer.

Initially showed up using a fake name because he printed a book of poetry so poorly received that its author accused him of rewriting it all without her permission and hired assassins to avenge her reputation.

RELATIONSHIPS

Knew Byerly and Alexandrie when they were young and wild. And Fifi. And Jenin. He got around.

Tight with Athessa and somehow on Yseult’s good side.

In tragic unrequited love with any one of those people, or maybe two or three of them at once.

Easy mode: sleeping with a local woman now and then.

Nosy mode: her name is Hazel and she’s a textile merchant who runs a shop in Hightown while her husband does the traveling and buying abroad.

WORK & POLITICS

Doesn’t have opinions about anything.

Has opinions about everything but is terrified of offending people.

Currently one of several Riftwatch folks wanted for murder in Orlais, whoops.

Useless in a fight, please protect him.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Knows half of Lowtown by name.

Will make anyone who stops in his line of sight after sunset go dancing with him so keep moving.

Source of the endless cello scales and exercises emanating from the Mage Tower windows. (But they stop after dinner.)

MISCELLANEOUS

Impossible to make him angry.

Probably because he’s a bit of an idiot.

[exequy]

CHARACTER: Kostos Averesch
DIVISION: Scouting
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HISTORY

Nevarran-Antivan.

Isn’t technically allowed in Nevarra.

His uncle is a Merchant Prince and his parents are professionally filthy rich.

Fought in the mage rebellion.

RELATIONSHIPS

Nikos Averesch’s mostly-identical twin—sometimes they hang out, sometimes they try to beat the shit out of each other.

Was really close to Nell until last spring, now can’t stand her. (Except when they have to work together. They aren’t babies.)

Friends with Athessa, Kitty, and Leander. Somehow.

Otherwise his only friends are a bunch of wisps.

Hates a lot of people, but hates Ilias Fabria and Caspar Perakis the most.

Will fuck you if you ask, but just once.

WORK & POLITICS

Circle Loyalist.

Gets mad if anyone else is a Circle Loyalist.

Committed rebel mage.

Gets mad if anyone else is a committed rebel mage.

Promoted to project leadership because he was sleeping with the old Scoutmaster.

Fired from project leadership for refusing to apologize to someone he’d insulted.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Rarely sleeps in the Gallows.

Has his mummified great aunt in the basement.

Has a pet raven that he occasionally shows actual affection.

Maybe the raven is a mummy.

Owes some people in Kirkwall a lot of money.

Weird about spirits.

MISCELLANEOUS

Once had a vicious brawl with an Orlesian on the floor of the dining hall, and the Orlesian was later mysterious eaten by a dragon while they were on a mission together.

Once tripped Ilias down some stairs.

Probably has an STD right now.

[vorbratta]

CHARACTER: Sonia Barra
DIVISION: Diplomacy
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HISTORY

Niece of Bann Verus of Wildcrest; the bann's distaste for Sonia's choice of lifestyle is a very poorly kept secret

If you've dipped your toe in the Denerim party circuit, you have probably met Sonia

Has been in a vicious prank war with one of her cousins for nearing on twenty years; she has a fondness for filling people's canteens with vinegar

Once drank a mercenary twice her weight under the table at a particularly rowdy party in response to a challenge; she was blackout drunk by the end of it but claims to remember it wholesale

RELATIONSHIPS

Cousins and close friends with Byerly Rutyer

May have made inappropriate use of the baths with Athessa

WORK & POLITICS

Not actually that great at this whole "work" thing but she is trying

Tricked Byerly into agreeing to mentor her in diplomacy

Despite currently being in direct succession to her uncle, she would like absolutely nothing less than to ever be in charge of Wildcrest

Is unfortunately squeamish of violence and the farther she is from the reality of a situation, the more stubbornly idealistic she is about ways to resolve it that don't involve people dying

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Sleeps in until noon if left to her own devices

Her room could be worse but it is...not tidy

Likes to paint, usually scenery

Never more than three hundred feet away from a bottle of wine at any given time

MISCELLANEOUS

She played the violin as a child. Badly.

Generally not musically inclined at all (please do not ask her to sing) but she can dance

Can't handle a weapon to save her life

Also can't fight to save her life

She's real good at running though

[byblow]

CHARACTER: Alistair
DIVISION: Forces
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HISTORY

Just some guy.

RELATIONSHIPS

Kissy noises @ Sabine.

Teren’s favorite.

Has weird tension with Barty for mysterious reasons that are definitely Barty’s fault because Alistair is an innocent baby who would never be rude anyone for no reason.

WORK & POLITICS

Helps with Sashamiri.

Teren is in charge of the Wardens now because she defeated him in hand to hand combat.

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

All of the griffons hate him because he teases them to their faces.

Smells like a dog.

Like, a clean dog, but still a dog.

MISCELLANEOUS

Writing to Queen Anora regularly now, vying to replace her second dead husband and take his rightful blah blah blah.

[bouchonne]

CHARACTER: Byerly Rutyer
DIVISION: Diplomacy
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HISTORY

Nephew of the current Bann of Dragonmount

Slept with his own sister

Very, very disinherited and very, very penniless

Wanted in Ferelden for murdering a friend of his in an argument over the bill

Is actually wanted in Ferelden for trying and failing to seduce Queen Anora

Wanted in Antiva for assisting in the murder of a nobleman

Aided and abetted in a wide variety of petty crimes, take your pick here

Spent a few years in Orlesian court-adjacent circles, was eventually driven out of Orlais for obnoxiousness

RELATIONSHIPS

Married to Sidony in a grotesque act of social climbing, her parents tried to have him killed

Publicly dated and was publicly betrayed by Alexandrie

Old friends with Bastien

Has slept with [insert literally any member of Riftwatch and/or citizen of Kirkwall here]

Sonia is his cousin

WORK & POLITICS

Head of Diplomacy (dear Maker why)

Can hook you up with anything. Like, anything.

Real allegiance isn't to Riftwatch at all -- he's secretly working on behalf of the Chantry

Hates elves, mages, qunari, dwarves -- everyone who's not rich Southern humans

Actually a pretty decent dude

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Smelly

Unclean room

Has accrued MASSIVE debt he needs to pay off due to a gambling addiction

Used to be drunk all the time, now that he's head of diplomacy he's only drunk 15% of the time

MISCELLANEOUS

Kind of a weirdly snappy dresser

[hassaran]

CHARACTER: Yseult
DIVISION: Scouting
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HISTORY

Current or former spy for [insert anyone, anywhere]

Has never actually been a spy, is just an actress faking it

Grew up in a noble family

Grew up in a circus

Former Chantry sister

Yet another pirate

Assassinated [insert prominent dead person]

RELATIONSHIPS

Recently hooked up with Darras Rivain

Married to Darras Rivain

Secretly abandoned a (different) husband and kids somewhere

Married to her work to a nun-like degree

Friendly with Bastien

Was friendly with Flint, now less so. Maybe they had a thing and broke up?

Isn't actually close with anyone, just faking it to seem more normal

WORK & POLITICS

Does a lot of fieldwork herself, seems hesitant to delegate

Extremely focused on beating Corypheus, not interested in other causes (elf rights/mage rights/social revolution, etc.)

Keeps secret files on everyone

Hard to anger, but easy to disappoint

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Based on the well-stocked drinks tray in her office, seems to prefer good dark rum or red wine

May be found working at all hours. Doesn't actually sleep?

Sometimes turns up at Fitcher's card games but rarely wins

Is on the run, so only goes out in Kirkwall in disguise

Has a griffon friend, Pockets, who is very clever at stealing

Sometimes found in the chapel at odd hours

MISCELLANEOUS

'Yseult' is a fake name

There's sometimes a black cat in her office

Lady Alexandrie

[coquettish_trees]

CHARACTER: Lady Alexandrie Asgard
DIVISION: Scouting
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HISTORY

Direct cause of no fewer than 74 duels and at least one death

Started court life as an absolute scandal due to being burned by a high ranking dude

Self-portrait was a landscape painting, artistic community sometimes still converses about whether that's deep and edgy or stupid

Caught a swan hat and kept it as a pet

Once wore nothing but a mask and champagne at a party

Slapped a Magister's heir in public in the middle of a diplomatic mission

RELATIONSHIPS

Publicly dated and publicly betrayed Byerly

Keeping Leander as a side piece

Entire relationship with Loki predicated on his use of blood magic

Had a Dalish wedding, what a scandal

Had a Northern Chantry wedding, what a scandal

Had an Old Gods wedding, complete with blood sacrifice, what a scandal

WORK & POLITICS

Either married to a Venatori agent or just straight up is one or is just pro-Tevinter, but any way you slice it: suspicious

Freelance Bard

Wrapped around the finger of Mage Rights [note: sometimes they don't say "finger"]

Isn't she a Chevalier?

LIVING HABITS & HOBBIES

Keeps actual factual slaves

Spends five hours getting ready every morning

MISCELLANEOUS

The sun has literally never touched her skin

[sarcophage]

CHARACTER: Leander
DIVISION: Scouting
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WORK & POLITICS
removed from his position in Project Jeshavis because:

he got in a lovers' quarrel with Lady Alexandrie

he won a fight with someone in leadership and they had him sacked

leadership doesn't want mages in charge of anything

his wasting illness is getting worse

Alexandrie's jealous husband used blood magic to give him lung fever

he has died of lung fever

MISCELLANEOUS

having died of lung fever, he is definitely being puppeted around by one of the Nevarrans