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“Compassion is the key to keep the evil far enough to be discernible.” — Eleena to her friend Orsino, 9:35 Dragon
Eleena is also very close to her family, wishing to protect them all. She was 24 at the start of DA2. When she fails to save Malcolm from a disease (the Taint, actually), Bethany from an Ogre and Leandra from a mad mage, she falls into alcoholism to forget and inhibit her feelings of pain and guilt. Meeting the Kirkwall gang helped her go through the madness of this life. Especially Fenris. Even if they went their separate way after sleeping together, he still took care of Lina. After DA2, they went together to Skyhold to assist Varric. The fear of losing each other made them decide to finally marry each other after all these years, even if none of them are really Andrastian believers. They both went to Tevinter to avoid Fenris fate to happen to others, and free the slaves. She has blue tattoos on her face and neck (Kirkwall Heraldry), the same shade as her eyes. Varric calls her “Healeena!” when he needs healing!
[Eleena Amell Hawke & Fenris’ story inspired Playlist (Chronological order)](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UFmHQ57zhi1F5RylO02sf?si=15216cd0e6074364)
Eleena Amell Hawke & Fenris’ story inspired Playlist (Chronological order)
[“Heal Me” is a Fenhawke bard song I commissioned from **Somni♥ + music box version ↓**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOgyYZk0ts)
“Heal Me” is a Fenhawke bard song I commissioned from **Somni♥ + music box version ↓**
Eleena Amell Hawke
| Title | Champion of Kirkwall |
|---|---|
| Gender | Cis Woman , She/Her |
| Class | Mage |
| Specialization | Spirit Healer |
| Force Mage | |
| Affiliation | Apostate |
| Personality | Mainly Diplomatic/Helpful, a bit Sarcatic/Humouristic |
| Date of creation | 2021 (First version in 2016) |
| World State | 1rst |
| Full Name | Eleena Amell Hawke |
|---|---|
| Name Meaning | • Eleena is a variation of Helene, meaning Shining light or bright one. |
| • She used to be called Loustica as I named all my first protagonist after Loustica or Lucia. Eleena keeps the same meaning: a light source. | |
| • Amell is her mother Léandra’s birthname. She uses it a lot after 9:37 to avoid getting recognized as the “Hawke”. After 9:41, she goes back to Hawke, as it’s simpler. |
| Titles & Aliases | When? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Champion of Kirkwall | 9:34 Dragon | Although she has never liked the attention, Eleena is proud of her title. Especially as an apostate mage. It’s her chance to show a facet of mages to the world, one that can heal and strengthen others, instead of fearing them. |
| Blue Wraith (of Tevinter) | 9:44 Dragon | Travelling to Tevinter alongside Fenris, they hunt down slavers. Fenris’ lyrium abilities and her ice magic make them known as the “Blue Wraiths (of Tevinter)”. |
| Nicknames for Eleena | By who? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| El | Everyone | She is very fond of that nickname. |
| Everyone who knows her call her El at least one in her life. | ||
| Hel or Hell | Carver Hawke | She is very nostalgic of that nickname. |
| In his more “rebellious phase”, Carver used to call her Hell. He’s more mature now, but sometimes call her that way just to tease her. | ||
| Eli | Merrill | She is very affectionate of that nickname. |
| Merrill is like a little sister to Eleena, this nickname warms her heart every time. | ||
| Lee | Isabela | She is very affectionate of that nickname. |
| Isabela likes to say “Lee Hawke” would be a very cool pirate title, if her best friend would like to become one, someday. | ||
| Lina | Fenris | She is very enamored of that nickname. |
| She calls him “Fen” in return. | ||
| Healeena or Healerna | Varric Tethras | She is very amused of that nickname. |
| He screams this when he is in need of Healing. | ||
| Waffles | Varric Tethras | As a (mainly) diplomatic Hawke, Varric calls her Waffles when they go to Château Haine. |
| Nicknames Eleena gives | To who? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fen | Fenris | It might just mean “Wolf”, but it’s a way Fenris liked to be called, when it’s from Eleena. |
| Merry | Merrill | Linked to her spontaneous and cheerful personality. |
| Bela | Isabela | Based on “Bella” meaning beautiful, gorgeous. |
| Ricky | Varric Tethras | Varric hates that nickname and it’s exactly why Eleena continues to use it :) Just a thing “besties” does to tease each other, and eventually loving these nicknames. |
| Carv | Carver Hawke | Diminutive for Carver, obviously. Also represents the “smol/younger brother” from when they were just kids. |
| Beth | Bethany Hawke | Diminutive for Bethany, obviously. Also represents the “smol/younger sister” from when they were just kids. |
| Léa | Léandra Amell | It rhythms with “Mama” , as she used to call “Mama Léa” as a toddler. It just stayed all these years. |
| Andy | Anders | Anders from the Anderfels seemed like a joke, so she started calling him Andy. |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halani Virnehn | Mutual Crush, Fellow Healer at the clinic in Lothering | Deceased (9:30) | Eleena started having feelings for an elven girl who helped her a lot back in Lothering. They took care of countless sick people and kept Eleena’s magic a secret. |
| They never actually had the time to have a story together. She died during the attack of Lothering, while Eleena was busy taking care of her family, first. | |||
| Fenris | Husband (9:41) | Alive | She started flirting with Fenris because his frank replies amused her and she loves to tease… but she eventually fell in love with him. Every aspect of his life — at least the ones he felt confident enough to share — resonated with her, and their common pain grew into care, attention and finally, love. |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leandra Amell Hawke | Mother | Deceased (9:34) | Leandra and Eleena has always been close, even if she was closer to her father due to their common magic and interests. They still deeply cared about one another. Leandra teached El how to be elegant, formal and overall, a pleasant person. |
| Her death truly put Eleena in a state of depression, drinking almost every night out to forget that horrible sight. She once again felt guilty and desperately helpless, incapable of saving her. She has swore to protect Malcolm — he died, Bethany — dead too, Leandra — joining them now. Only Carver remained and she was scared to lose him to Meredith’s madness. | |||
| Malcolm Hawke | Father | Deceased (9:27-9:30) | Malcolm taught Eleena all she knows about magic and herbalism. Her magic was centred around healing and ice, which could both be used to help as a medic. To hide her powers to Lothering villagers, she barely used them in secret and mostly used her herbalism knowledge instead. |
| Bethany Hawke | Younger sister | Deceased (9:30) | Eleena and Bethany were very closed. Always training with Malcolm and Carver in the forest to remain discreet about their magical abilities. |
| They shared everything, from clothes to accessories, gossips and secrets. Her death deeply wounded Eleena. She is a healer, yet she couldn’t save her one younger sister beside making that promise to her late father… Eleena was stuck in denial for a while after her passing. | |||
| Carver Hawke | Younger brother | Alive | Eleena has always been closed with her siblings. Carver grew cold and rebellious against Eleena — and the rest of the world — upon Bethany’s death. |
| Who could blame him, when he was a warrior and El a healer and they still failed to protect her. With time, he grew and accepted it wasn’t any of their fault. | |||
| He eventually joined the Templar Order, first out of rage toward Eleena for refusing to take him along in the Deep Roads. But mostly to protect his remaining family, by covering up for Eleena’s apostate status. | |||
| I like to imagine he remains in the group, as if he was a Grey Warden instead. Meeting more and more often with the rest of Eleena’s group, he quickly feel in love with Merrill and they ended up marrying one another after a couple of years travelling the world together. | |||
| Gamlen Amell | Uncle | Alive | Leandra used to tell a lot of stories about her little brother, Gamlen, to Eleena and the twins. All the shenanigans of their childhood, how he helped her and Malcolm sneaking out… But meeting him in person seemed like a whole different human being. His gambling addiction and reclusive attitude made him seem cold. |
| Although they might not always agree on everything, she cares a lot about him. And he does too, even if he doesn’t want to admit it. | |||
| Charade Amell | Cousin | Alive | Being Gamlen & Mara Hartling’s daugther, it makes Charade Eleena’s cousin. But Gamlen wasn’t aware he had a daugther. As someone very close to her family, Eleena helped Charade to get in touch and catch up with Gamlen. It was tricky at first, but they overcame the distance between them. |
| Revka Amell | Cousin once-removed | Unknown | They’ve never met. Eleena only heard stories from her parents about Revka. |
| Aristide Amell & Bethann Walker | Grandparents | Deceased (9:11 & 9:10) | They’ve never met. Leandra’s parents told her to choose between Malcolm or them, and she choose Malcolm. As they left on bad terms, she didn’t talk about them much. Eleena heard more about her grandparents from Gamlen. |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aveline Vallen / Hendyr | Confident | Alive | Their relationship is rather… tempestuous. They constant arguments somehow made their relationship grow stronger over the years. Through it all, they fought side by side, even when their opinions diverged. |
| Anders | Trusted Friend | Alive | It was the first time Eleena met another mage apostate beside Bethany and Malcolm, and Anders made her learn a lot about the Circle life. There are rumours of it, but they’re that, rumours. What he lived was real and it encouraged her to fight for the mages, although keeping in mind they are dangerous. Eleena is pretty neutral on the subject, understanding why Circles exist in the first place, but not agreeing to how it works now. |
| These two were closed friends: often hanging out with the rest of the gang at the Hanged Man, helping each other at the clinic as they’re both healers, or simply talking about his manifesto. She supported him, but always confronted Anders when he went too far. | |||
| That fateful day in 9:37, she felt guilty for the incident. She helped him gathering the materials, she helped him to distract Elthina but more importantly, she supported him with her full trust and this mistake led to many innocent deaths. | |||
| Lina decided to let him live. There has been enough death in a single day and killing him won’t bring them back. He’s a healer, it’s time for him to act like one. She gave him a chance to do something to repair his mistake, a second chance he was never offered in his life. | |||
| Isabela | Best friend | Alive | When they met, the two would have never guessed their friendship would grow as strong as it did. Their personality being so broadly different from each other. But trust quickly grew between drinks, and they slowly got a closer look to the real — hurt — personality they hid, when they were drunk enough to drop their masks. |
| Through it all, they fought together for their ideals. For freedom and love. And when their roads led to opposite directions, they stayed in contact via any means possible. Not even the Waking Seas could break their bond. Honestly, I don’t think something ever could. | |||
| Varric | Best friend | Alive | Varric has always been by Eleena’s side. His help, wit and constructive feedback made her a better leader for this merry band of misfit. They’re best friends in the most protective, familial way. They always have each other’s back, and like Isabela — not even the physical distance could ever break that. |
| Merrill | Sister-like | Alive | Merrill instantly reminded Eleena of the late Bethany. She was an inspiring blood mage like their father, Malcolm. She could spot that same innocence and thirst of knowledge in Merrill’s eyes.Their friendship evolved until they became like sisters to one another. Not a single day passed without Lina thinking how well she would get along Bethany. |
| After 9:37, Carver finally gathered the courage to ask her out and they got married quickly after, before Inquisition events. | |||
| Sebastian Vael | Not particularly close / Enemy | Alive | Eleena tried to help everyone in Kirkwall, no matter their status or social rank. When Sebastian asked her for assistance, she did not hesitate to hand him a hand, but their friendship didn’t grow much past that. His vision and hers was widly different and they had close to no mutual interest to discuss or activities to bond. |
| When he asked her to kill Anders, she knew he went too far. | |||
| Tallis | Friend | Alive | Although these two only spent a couple days together, they quickly grew into friends. It almost seems Eleena has a thing for elves and easily get along with them. |
| El could read in Tallis’ eyes when she was honest and when she lied, and decided to trust her. | |||
| After Château Haine events, they stayed in touch at times via mail, updating each other and asking for little help every once in a while. | |||
| Orsino | Close friend | Deceased (9:37) | In 9:34, Eleena became the Champion after defeating the Arishok. Her new status allowed her to help even more citizens of Kirkwall and gain respect for her and her mages acolytes. Anders, Merrill and Lee never tried to hide and the Templars “allowed” their presence. This made Orsino call for help. Lina strongly related to the problems at stake with the ever growing tension between Circle Mages and Templars. The two of them often met to discuss how they could change things in the most peaceful way possible, sometimes dragging Anders and Merrill along. As much as they managed to make the life in the Circle more comfortable for its inhabitant, there were still too many rules and lack of freedom due to the increasing fear of mages. The two of them continued their non-violent fight until that eventful afternoon of 9:37 that led him to betray even his deepest ideals, to Eleena’s horror… |
| To continue to honour his fight, she took his staff and arboured it ever since. |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon | Mabari | Alive | Dragon is a mabari Carver saved during his time in Ostagar. He was sick when a mysterious lady brought the mabaris some plants to heal them. (The Warden, ‣ ) in 9:30 |
| Lucian | Blue River Bane Dracolisk | Alive | Within the Inquisition, she saw Dracolisks for the first time in her life. When they head to the Adamant Fortress in the Western Approach, the sand made any movement harder for their usual mounts and they used Dracolisks to facilitate their journey. Hers was Lucian, Phoebe was Fenris’. |
| Phoebe | Hunter Shade Dracolisk | Alive | Phoebe has a stronger personality compared to Lucian, pretty docile for a Dracolisk. More than once, Phoebe tried to run away, rebel or not follow. It only took a couple days for Fenris to get over this nuisance and tame the Dracolisk a bit. They had more in common that he would ever admit it. |
| Autumn | Mabari | Alive | Autumn is Francesca Invidus companion, and Dragon seems very happy to see another Mabari. |
| Milo♂, Bear♀ & Ruby♀ | Puppies | Alive | Ruby was named after the stone she found when she was digging near a tree and found a ruby ring. At first, everyone was scared it might be Red Lyrium but it was just a precious gem (not as precious as Ruby though). |
| Name | Description/Role | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ser Wesley Vallen | Acquaintance /Aveline’s late husband (9:30) | Deceased (9:30) | El only knew Wesley for a couple minutes, but he gave her a bad first impression. Not only was he a Templar, but he wanted to hurt HER family. |
| Regardless of this, she was saddened to assist to his death. He’s another man she couldn’t save… | |||
| Donnic Hendyr | Wicked Grace Card player /Aveline’s husband (9:34) | Alive | Beside Aveline chit chat about him, El only knows Donnic through their Wicked Graces evenings at Fenris’ mansion. He’s a fine player, although Fenris’ luck often wins over his strategy. |
| Athenril | Patron / Neutral | Alive | El only accepted to work with Athrentil because she seemed the “least worse” out of the two options she had when arriving Kirkwall. But when Athrentil asked for help again in 9:31, Eleena didn’t accept. She knew it was a shady business, again. And she was avoiding it as much as she could. |
| Anso | Contact | Alive | Anso has only been a very time-limited contact, but he’s someone very important to El. She knows Fenris and her might have never met, or at least not in these circumstances, if he didn’t ask for help on his behalf. |
| Bartrand Tethras | Patron / Hostile | Alive | She only accepted to work with him to assure her family to get out of Low Town slums, too dangerous for Léandra. But also to stop her mercenary work with Athenril as soon as possible, concious of it’s immoral sides. Bartand has always been the complete of opposite of Varric to Eleena: cold, distant and bossy. She still convinced Varric to keep him alive when he was going crazy due to the Red Lyrium Idol: family is family. |
| Norah | Waitress at the Hanged Man | Alive | Norah knows Eleena’s taste very well. A look at her mood and she knows if she needs water, ale, whisky or wine. |
| They’re both pretty close in a way. Eleena tips her generously and keep an eye on the freaks looking at her late at night. | |||
| Marethari Talas | Keeper of Merrill’s clan | Deceased (9:37) | Eleena didn’t know Marethari much personally, but by the little she saw, the Keeper seemed to hold a grudge against Merrill. |
| Sandal & Bodahn Feddic | Enchanter | Alive | At first very confused by their presence, Eleena grows to like the Feddic family, a lot. So much they’re like family to her. They’re funny, kind, helpful and amazing people. El would protect them at all cost. |
| Cullen Stanton Rutherford | Templar under Meredith | Alive | Eleena is very disappointed in Meredith’s second for not standing for his own ideals. At this point, she doesn’t know if he even have ideals on his own. But she is surprised in a good way when he sided with the mages and her as Meredith completely lost it. |
| Hadriana | Slaver | Deceased (9:34) | They’ve only talked for a minute, but it was the one too many. That, plus everything she’s done to Fenris and other elves disgusts El to the core. |
| Arianni & Feynriel | Elf blooded Dreamer | Alive | Eleena worked hard to save the Dreamer boy and make sure he arrived in Tevinter safe and sound to start his magical studies and learn how to not harm himself or other with his powerful magic. They’re still in touch, as he sent her and Fenris’ letters to inform them of his progress. |
| Danarius | Slaver / Former master of Fenris | Deceased (9:37) | After hearing dreadful stories about him and all the horrible things he’d put Fenris through, Eleena picture the worst human being imaginable. Yet, it wasn’t enough. He was worse than she could have think of. Letting Fenris kill him was a relief, even if it didn’t erase his misdeeds. |
| Alistair Theirin | King of Ferelden | Alive | El was surprised to meet the King of Ferelden, Hero of the Blight, Archdemon killer himself. Even if she never went back to Ferelden since arriving Kirkwall, she kept herself informed of her homeland. She knew what the new royal family did to help Fereldan rebuild itself after the damage caused by the Blight. She was very admirative of seeing these two figures. Especially of them recognizing Eleena Hawke on sight. |
| Alyssa Cousland-Theirin | Queen of Ferelden | Alive | Eleena was delighed to meet the royalty of Ferelden in person. Alyssa was pregnant with Aaron at that time, always quarelling lovingly with her husband that “[She]’s just pregnant, not helpless”. It was wonderful for El to see two Legends beeing simply human. Their display of love and affection truly touched her, reminding Eleena of her late parents; althought, much younger. |
| Meredith Stannard | Leader of Kirkwall Templars | Deceased (9:37) | The tension between these two was immeasurable. Both representing exactly what the other hated the most. Meredith was cold, more focused on power and order. Eleena was warm, open to discussion, liking a bit of chaos. It obviously didn’t end well between these two. |
| Castillon | Isabela’s former associate / Enemy | Deceased (9:37) | He mistreated Isabela? He deserved his fate, as simple as that. |
| Larius | A friendly darkspawn | Unknown | Larius seemed to know Malcolm a lot. It has been a decade since his death now, and being remembered of how he used to be was welcomed. She choose to believe him instead of Janeka. |
| Corypheus | Tevinter Magister | Unknown | In 9:37, she sealed him again in his magical bounds thanks to Malcolm’s staff. But in 9:41, he appeared again. Her first reaction was laughing: “He got out? Again?”, but the it was anguish, knowing other people will suffer from this Magister’s hands. Eleena remained as long as possible in Skyhold to assist the fight against him, but wasn’t there to see the Inquisitor banish him in the Fade. |
| Cassandra Pentaghast | Seeker of Truth | Alive | Finally meeting the “woman who’s been trying to contact her for months” that Varric kept away, she realized Cassandra was a lot nicer than she would imagined at first glance. They didn’t have much time to talk, but it was an interesting exchange. El also felt sorry to know Varric was “tortured” (in his words) by Cass. |
| ‣ | Inquisitor | Alive | El met the Inquisitor Sulevin Lavellan at Skyhold, immediately surprised by her young age. When you only hear rumours of the “Herald of Andrasté herself”, “She can repair the Fade rifts and kill darkspawns in a flash” and see a little 21yo girl, there’s much to be amazed by. The two of them get along pretty quickly. |
| Solas | Fade expert of the Inquisition | Alive | Eleena spent a lot of nights at Skyhold with Fenris and Varric at the Herald’s Rest Tavern, remembering the good old times at The Hanged Man with the band. Sulevin and Solas often tagged along, with Dorian and Sera and the rest of Sulevin’s close friends. She didn’t speak much to them outside of these playful, out-of-time hours. The tavern really had a suitable name. |
| When she has learned Solas’ true identity, she was flabbergasted. He seemed so different to what Merrill and Halani told her about Fen’harel. | |||
| Cole | A spirit? | Unknown | Meeting Cole was particularly interesting. In some ways, she was scared the boy would turned out like Anders… but he seemed so different. Instead of becoming more human, he was remaining closer to a spirit than what Justice and Anders had going on. |
| Léliana | Spymaster | Alive | Lee had met Léliana back in Kirkwall but she failed to recognize her as the Spy Master of the Inquisition. She was immensely admirative of her skills. |
| Jean-Marc Stroud | Grey Warden | Deceased (9:41) | El knew Jean-Marc for a couple years now, even if the two of them never got very closed. They’re more co-worker than friends, but fully trust each other to get the job done without without making a fuss around it. Simple and effective. |
| When he stayed behind to save the Inquisitor Sulevin Lavellan and the rest of the group, she still mourn him. Yet another man she couldn’t save. And she tried. As a mage, she tried to open a gate, enter the Fade again. But there was nothing left. Just his sword and his “Grey Warden” heraldry shield. |