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OOC permissions
- backtagging absolutely yes
- threadhopping ask first
- fourthwalling no thanks
- off-limits non-con, otherwise I'm cool with most things. Just ask and I'll answer.
- physical contact more than welcome and often initiated by zevran himself.
- mental contact sure, why not?
- fighting/injury he's a rogue and an assassin, so like, if you want to he'd go for it. I don't mind him getting fucked up either.
- death no thank you
- other there may be talk of sex work, murder, and suicide in some of his threads. i'll always warn accordingly in headers and ask people beforehand if they're cool with it though.
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NAME: Zevran Arainai
CANON: Dragon Age: Origins
CANON POINT: post final battle
AGE: 36ish
HEIGHT: 5'5"
SEXUALITY: bisexual
HISTORY: beep boop
PERSONALITY:
"Death happens, as we like to say. And when I get paid for it, death happens more often."
Zevran was orphaned, raised in a brothel, and then thrust into a guild of assassin's at a most vulnerable age. Yet none of those terrible circumstances seem to affect him as much as they might someone else in his position. He is a man who lives in the moment, who knows that at any second he could die - that nothing is permanent, and what moments we have are fleeting and should be appreciated to their fullest. It is why he lives as he does, and treats every day is if it were his last. He is sarcastic, flirtatious, seemingly never serious even when confronted about his past. Wynne makes an effort to try and dig a little deeper, to try and get him to admit his regret for his sad, sad past, but Zevran only teases her in turn, sarcastically replying that he feels so terribly that he might cry, which only serves to infuriate the woman and make Zevran laugh harder. The past cannot be changed, so why should he try in vain and waste what precious little time he has left in his life?
He was bred to be an assassin, and he is a good one (save for the grey warden mishap, apparently) with no qualms about killing his marks. He sees the art of killing like a good hunt, enjoying the thrill of the chase and the inevitable outcome; and much like a hunter he believes his prey deserve a clean, proper death, and will even sleep with his targets if it means that their last moments before he plunges the blade in are pleasurable. Like all assassins, he was taught to close off his heart, to not feel lest he misstep and let his emotions get the better of him. It was a lesson he had thought he learned well enough, but his last mission prior to heading to Ferelden would prove otherwise. The love he felt for Rinna, the woman he would eventually kill for a twisted test during that mission, was as terrifying as it was beautiful, and watching her die while spitting in her face assured that Zevran would keep his heart closed off for a long time. Eventually, if romanced, he can open up and love again - but it is not without problems and confusion, where he admits to the fear of being so vulnerable again, and not wanting to lose someone he cared for so deeply.
During his time with the Crows and the whores of the brothel, he was taught, too, the ways of seduction. And he is good at that too; able to seduce his marks and lead them to their deaths with little issue. He is charming and quick-witted, always with a suggestive quip at the ready for anyone and everyone - because he certainly does not discriminate; his only rule with a partner being that the sex is done well, otherwise, he is easily to please and open to plenty. And while he pushes and teases and taunts, Zevran is fully capable of respecting boundaries and stopping if people want him to. For the most part. he's annoying.
All of this may make him seem like kind of an asshole - especially when he so flippantly disregards other's feelings at times just for a laugh, pushing people out of their comfort zone every chance he gets. and while not entirely incorrect, Zevran really isn't a bad guy. He just wants to live his life and enjoy himself, not waste it lingering on what could or should have been. He is easy to appease, does not judge, but still has moments where he will question choices made by those around him - few and far between that he does - especially in regards to dalish elves, thanks to the faint connection he still holds for his deceased Dalish mother. He is somewhat sentimental however; lamenting the loss of a pair of Dalish gloves that his mother used to have. and in a less personal example: the leather boots he wished he had gotten prior to leaving Antiva, knowing that he would likely never return home to get them now. But, oh well, there was little he could do about either situation.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
assassin abilities
expert poison making
stealth, dual weapon fighting, incredibly fast. Nothing magical or supernatural though.
CANON: Dragon Age: Origins
CANON POINT: post final battle
AGE: 36ish
HEIGHT: 5'5"
SEXUALITY: bisexual
HISTORY: beep boop
PERSONALITY:
"Death happens, as we like to say. And when I get paid for it, death happens more often."
Zevran was orphaned, raised in a brothel, and then thrust into a guild of assassin's at a most vulnerable age. Yet none of those terrible circumstances seem to affect him as much as they might someone else in his position. He is a man who lives in the moment, who knows that at any second he could die - that nothing is permanent, and what moments we have are fleeting and should be appreciated to their fullest. It is why he lives as he does, and treats every day is if it were his last. He is sarcastic, flirtatious, seemingly never serious even when confronted about his past. Wynne makes an effort to try and dig a little deeper, to try and get him to admit his regret for his sad, sad past, but Zevran only teases her in turn, sarcastically replying that he feels so terribly that he might cry, which only serves to infuriate the woman and make Zevran laugh harder. The past cannot be changed, so why should he try in vain and waste what precious little time he has left in his life?
He was bred to be an assassin, and he is a good one (save for the grey warden mishap, apparently) with no qualms about killing his marks. He sees the art of killing like a good hunt, enjoying the thrill of the chase and the inevitable outcome; and much like a hunter he believes his prey deserve a clean, proper death, and will even sleep with his targets if it means that their last moments before he plunges the blade in are pleasurable. Like all assassins, he was taught to close off his heart, to not feel lest he misstep and let his emotions get the better of him. It was a lesson he had thought he learned well enough, but his last mission prior to heading to Ferelden would prove otherwise. The love he felt for Rinna, the woman he would eventually kill for a twisted test during that mission, was as terrifying as it was beautiful, and watching her die while spitting in her face assured that Zevran would keep his heart closed off for a long time. Eventually, if romanced, he can open up and love again - but it is not without problems and confusion, where he admits to the fear of being so vulnerable again, and not wanting to lose someone he cared for so deeply.
During his time with the Crows and the whores of the brothel, he was taught, too, the ways of seduction. And he is good at that too; able to seduce his marks and lead them to their deaths with little issue. He is charming and quick-witted, always with a suggestive quip at the ready for anyone and everyone - because he certainly does not discriminate; his only rule with a partner being that the sex is done well, otherwise, he is easily to please and open to plenty. And while he pushes and teases and taunts, Zevran is fully capable of respecting boundaries and stopping if people want him to. For the most part. he's annoying.
All of this may make him seem like kind of an asshole - especially when he so flippantly disregards other's feelings at times just for a laugh, pushing people out of their comfort zone every chance he gets. and while not entirely incorrect, Zevran really isn't a bad guy. He just wants to live his life and enjoy himself, not waste it lingering on what could or should have been. He is easy to appease, does not judge, but still has moments where he will question choices made by those around him - few and far between that he does - especially in regards to dalish elves, thanks to the faint connection he still holds for his deceased Dalish mother. He is somewhat sentimental however; lamenting the loss of a pair of Dalish gloves that his mother used to have. and in a less personal example: the leather boots he wished he had gotten prior to leaving Antiva, knowing that he would likely never return home to get them now. But, oh well, there was little he could do about either situation.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
assassin abilities
expert poison making
stealth, dual weapon fighting, incredibly fast. Nothing magical or supernatural though.