3 christ i Do Not Know since canon is unhelpfully vague about ancient elf nonsense. what are elves even, we just don't know. SO...... IDK...... i don't particularly subscribe to any like, yeah x was totally his sibling or anything rip
he seems to not have gotten along much with the rest of the evanuris (minus mythal???) so lmfao. if you consider those "siblings" he probably did not like any of them lbr
5 i equally have No Idea b/c canon is a vague monster that eludes me. idk if sheltered or overprotective works for him, he seems like he was that weird kid (if he even was a kid ever, again, what are elves) who watched tv all the time and lived in his head, aka the fade, so,
but seriously, he is that asshole who argues with everyone on everything 90% of the time and snaps at people who don't know the level of stuff he does due to actually living it so
i will say, modern au wise, i def headcanon him as that asshole in the humanities department who teaches primarily anthropology classes and people either like his class or (more often) completely despise him since he's a terror to work with
23 MAN SO. mister fucking "i'll bend u over and smooch u with tongue" on the first kiss and then blurting out "i love you" and zooming away on the second kiss,
dude seems to value like, i guess, a strong person? someone who questions the world and what is going on in it, who has convictions and doesn't treat people like dirt, lmfao
but, idk, the emotional and mental connection seems to be what he truly prizes and leans into, considering how much he honestly respects and loves lavellan for themselves in the romance, and how undone he is by their very existence
i can also see him being vaguely on the ace spectrum but like, i'm not like, super set on it. he just def seems to be more into the emotional destruction of his very soul while being in love, shrugs
if he's sexually interested, he clearly is a somehow smooth dick when he flirts, and yet gets overly flustered when presented with his or his partner's honest emotions, so i can see him fumbling quite a bit in bed l m f a o
at least until he gets his groove, even then, he'd def be hilariously touch starved and 10000% for getting stepped on. stares directly at fandom, get on this, u should kno this
so lmfao yeah he seems overly aware of who he is and all of his baggage and nonsense, but he's just also. a prideful asshole who believes he has a Correct and Good Plan despite the honest to god fact it can very easily blow up in his face again
9 lmflskdfj political beliefs.... rifp, so, she's definitely for elves and mages, and kind of has a p decent grasp on the general state of things before the conclave, at least vague big picture wise, since her clan seemed actively interested in it
she definitely finds the human political mess flat out nonsense a good chunk of the time, and has no sympathy for those who squash those beneath them for their own gain, etc
so, i.e. she's not very fond of templars or the chantry, but does her best to remain diplomatic and does try to make sure she's not judging every person for the actions of the group they're affiliated with, but still lmfao
but uuuhhhh as for how she actually deals with some of it, she tends to go for things that will grant change in the right/better direction, without completely causing a full upheaval - unless it's necessary
for instance, she reunites briala and celene b/c she sees it as the most stable option for orlais at the time to (hopefully) gain some rights for elves without a dangerous puppet game with gaspard
21 LMFAO ok well i kinda half answered that, i guess - she tries her best to be diplomatic and listen!! she's very sort of, idk, kindly straightforward about things for the most part, but she won't hesitate to stop you in your tracks or shut u the fuk up if you're being a supreme dickwad
she honestly has a rather level-headed personality and tries to be that as much as she can, esp since she was preparing to take over the clan eventually, like, she definitely at least had some training of how to lead, even if leading a dalish clan is absolutely nothing like a large para-military religious organisation rifp
also, anyone talking about slavery like it's something ok? she will snapโข lmfao. her dad was an escaped slave that was found nearly dead by the clan when he was barely 12-13 and lost his ability to speak due to the slash to the throat that was meant to kill him
37 UHHH she's actually pretty down to earth! she doesn't daydream a ton, although she does enjoy her time in the fade when it's not Nightmare Land, like most mages lmfao. the amount of control the anchor gives her is also very interesting to her, and she does enjoy it - as well as her time with solas there
she has nightmares for a while about haven, and she does Not have a fun time during trespasser for various reasons so lmfao, probably doesn't sleep great then
38 mmmmm basically she'll approach things suspiciously if it presents a possible danger or threat, which you kinda gotta be as a dalish mage in thedas, lmfao
mahariel didn't. know them? and the dalish seem to purposely not really talk much about the dead, since they have so many dead in their history, and enough gloom hanging over their heads with the general dysphoria from their homeland and all, so lmfao,
mahariel knows some general stuff about their parents growing up, like, somewhat things about their personalities, etc, like how their dad apparently was more for the dalish trying to interact more with humans so they could better understand each other, etc
that probably did have a touch of influence on how they approached humans later on, tho their personality is also more towards "well, i'll try to give them some benefit of the doubt" anyway, but yeah
they didn't really fully know them, and the grief wasn't driven into them by people around them, so it's more of like. a half forged connection - something they sort of wish they could've had, but don't feel lesser or lost for not having? esp with the clan basically being a family to them anyway
13 lmflskdf mahariel was a good dalish and listened to all of the songs and tales, they actually really liked them lmfao. honestly, if they hadn't had a rather abrupt getting yanked away from their entire life aka the blight happen, they probably would've grown up to eventually become one of the clan historians/story tellers
they were also a good student when learning how to be a hunter, even picking up some lockpicking skills from humans after finding them constantly trying to get into the dalish's goods/stuff lmfao
mahariel just sort of trailed after him and picked up things so it wasn't a complete disaster LMFAO. and made sure he didn't get his head chopped off or something. he was definitely a bit of a mess and mahariel was just calmly along for the ride
regardless, obviously they just. kinda do what they do LMFAO, they're practical for the most part, they like comfy clothes when they're not in armor/practical stuff, and tend to go for blues/greys/blacks if they have a choice, otherwise greens and browns are good too
they're just. honestly pretty simple?? they're not super picky and will take what they can get lmfao....... only thing that super stands out is their ridiculous choice of makeup
they probably have one nice thing they hold onto clothing wise and the rest they're like. can we....... sell this............ this could...... feed my clan for a year........
otherwise, i will note that during the blight they barely take care of themselves. like, they're a Mess, and definitely depressed without really consciously realising it, it's bad.
their hair ends up really raggedy, they only really take care of their body when it's necessary, it's just. yeah, prime depression not taking care of self
i headcanon merrill had their hair in braids all over, but it kinda, fell apart when they got sick with the blight, and merrill did the braid before they left, so
they find humans baffling and often stupid, just in terms of how they treat each other and other races, etc, like. the utter fuck is wrong with humans half the time. wtf.
like, secretly, even to themselves, they just do not take care of themselves for ages during the blight, and don't voice what they're going through grief wise and everything else until they get more comfortable with the party and the people in it, like
they def don't fully open up for a long time, and i'm sure the others in the group kinda realise how they used mahariel as a sounding board and yet didn't see how much they were carrying, idk
otherwise they're pretty blunt and open about stuff, it's just Deep Shit they won't tell you immediately b/c why would they, there's other shit going on
honestly with mahariel blueing themselves, i'm just picturing them getting involved in woad and blue herbal dyes. suuuuch blue, once you get past the green
i sort of figure it's some sort of balm that's coloured and can be used as a makeup too? but mostly has some practical protective/whatever aspect to it, and they like blue, so,
and, OH MAN. Aisling and Dorian on slavery. Just. I understand why in-game it couldn't be a longer convo, but, seriously. the dalish are gonna have Opinions Here
like, in the hissing wastes, once they find out the ventatori are carting slaves in, she acts like a woman possessed and stalks across huge swatches of the desert to murder death venatori for that nonsense
probably did the very traditional dalish courting things with a mostly confused dude who did not grow up with them and had to constantly ask people like WHAT DOES THIS MEAN OH MY GOD
ashalle: .........da'len it's blue
mahariel: ?_? yes?
ashalle: .........ok u enjoy that, dear