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"Everyone makes mistakes. Yours was just utterly stupid and avoidable." — Deirdre at Wynne, 9:30 Dragon
Deirdre grew up in Denerim alienage, taken to the tower once her power appeared. She’s 29 at the start of DA:O, which means she’s spent almost two decades living in the Circle Tower. She actually had a daughter with a mage called Iris, but she sadly died when the tower succumbed to Abominations. Her body is covered in burns she got while trying to save the other children. Zevran and her immediately have an affair, which turns out to be more than that. They end up marrying each other, but stay an “open couple”. The fire incident made her sterile so they never had children, not that they wanted any. Together, they travel to Antiva and other regions where his rogue skills and her usage of blood magic helped countless innocent lives, unintendedly.
Deirdre Surana-Arainai
| Title | Hero of Ferelden (Formerly) |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Pronouns | She/her |
| Class | Mage |
| Specialization(s) | Blood Mage |
| Rift Mage | |
| Affiliation(s) | Grey Wardens (Formerly) |
| Rivaini Seer | |
| Personality | Flirty, bitchy, witty |
| World State(s) | Second World State (Warden) |
| Other World States (She dies in 9:30 Dragon from the flames that killed her daugther) | |
| Date of creation | Technically around 2015-2016 |
| Her redesign: January 10th 2022 |
Iris Surana — Late daugther, who died from rage demons attacks in the Circle of Magi of Kinloch Hold.
Zevran Arainai —Husband
| Full Name | Deirdre (Tabris) Surana-Arainai |
|---|---|
| Name Meaning | ◆ Deirdre as a girl's name is of Irish and Gaelic origin meaning “Broken hearted/Sorrowful”. It might sound dramatic, but some of life's greatest moments come from overcoming dark times. |
| It is supposed to be pronounced “Dear-drah” in Irish, but I pronounce it in a French way “There-drr”. | |
| ◆ Tabris comes from her City Elf origin, it is the name of her father, she doesn’t use it. | |
| ◆ Surana comes from her Tower Mage origin, it is the name of her mother. Back then she lived in the city, too. | |
| ◆ Arainai is the last name of Zevran, her husband. |
| Titles & Aliases | When? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Grey Warden | 9:30 | She joined the Wardens in order to survive. After losing her child, she needed a goal in life. An existence far from this place, far from the circle, and all the memories it carried. |
| Hero/Heroine | ||
| of Ferelden | 9:31 | She left Ferelden soon after helping the remaining Grey Wardens, but her name — or at least, her title, remained well known. |
| The Dread Fox | 9:32 | Her nickname in Antiva, as a seller of either goods, drugs or poisons. Fox is related to her hair colour and playful attitude. |
| Nicknames for Deirdre | By who? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dee | Everyone | She is very amused of that nickname. |
| When people tried once too many time to pronounce her name right, they just start calling her “Dee” to make it easier for them. | ||
| Didi | Léliana | She is very nostalgic of that nickname. |
| Léliana and Deirdre’s paths diverged after the Blight, and it became hard to them to send each other messages, as they both moved around a lot. | ||
| Mommy | Her daughter… and most of the people who slept with her | She is very fond of that nickname. |
| Of course, her daughter Iris calling her mommy makes sense… | ||
| But a bunch of naked — or soon to be — people… that’s another story. | ||
| Dear /Deir | Zevran | Zevran calls her a bunch of affectionate Spanish words, but mostly “Dear” as a pun with her name. |
| Nicknames Deirdre gives | To who? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Zév/Cuervo | Zevran | She likes to call him her little crow, her Cuervo. |
| Lose | Wynne | An obvious pun with the pronunciation of her name. These two have never been friends, especially the last couple years before the Blight. |
| Mor’gan | Morrigan | It started as a mistake, but the little bitter reaction it triggered from Morrigan turned it into an habit. |
| Liana/Lili | Léliana | A cute way to shorten Léliana’s name. |
| Pup | Alistair | His whole “I follow instead of leader” and general behaviour reminded her of a young dog. A little puppy, for real. |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solona Amell | One night stand | Alive | Solona Amell is the default name for a (female) Amell origin warden. |
| Jowan | Ex | Alive | Before he got enamoured with Lily, Jowan and Deirdre were “dating” for a little while. |
| Anders | Sex Friend | Alive | He was horny, and so was she. |
| Cullen Stanton Rutherford | One night stand | Alive | It was fun to tease him. |
| Alistair Theirin | Slept together once | Alive | He was scared to die young and never know what it was like to sleep with someone — or Deirdre put these thoughts in his mind. The rest just followed. |
| Sten | One night stand | Alive | There were many books at the library in the Circle. Even one with a few words of Qunari. When he called her Kadan — my heart — she took it as an invitation. |
| Zevran Arainai | Husband | Alive | They were merely sex friends at first, letting steam of from their own personal issues, but it turned out to be a lot more romantic between them. They truly understood each others. Their needs, their past trauma, their pain. |
| Nathaniel Howe | One night stand | Alive | She told him directly that he was hot upon meeting him. When he bacame a Warden, Deirdre told him she knew a way to keep the nightmares away, if only for a moment. |
| **Isabela & Rory Kestrel** | Sex friend | Alive | Once becoming a Lord of Fortune, Zevran, Isabela, Rory and Deirdre started having fun together every now and then. |
| Many other men and women | One night stands or repetitive events | Alive | Even after getting engaged with Zevran, they kept their couple open. Romantically, they only had eyes for each other, but they wouldn’t deny a night of pleasure — together with a guest or two, or on their own. |
| NAME | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrion Tabris | Father | Deceased (9:52 Dragon) | She barely remembers him, although they met again during the events of Dragon Age Origins. She was almost thirty at the time, and didn’t really need him to be a “father figure” he never was in her life, anyways. He was but a stranger, with a familiar face. |
| Enchanter Sinclair Surana | Mother | Deceased (9:13 Dragon) | |
| Shianni & Soris | Cousins | Alive | |
| Iris | Daughter | Deceased (9:30 Dragon) | |
| ‣ | Half-sister | Alive |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Theirin | |||
| Morrigan | |||
| Leliana | Their friendship was like a devil and an angel… but they managed to find a common ground and grew good friends. | ||
| Sten | |||
| Wynne | |||
| Zevran Arainai | |||
| Oghren | |||
| Shale | |||
| Anders | |||
| Nathaniel Howe | |||
| Justice | |||
| Velanna | |||
| Sigrun |
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