Thyra Surana-Tabris (/t'ɪrə/ née Surana; born 9:12 Dragon) is a Mage from the Circle Tower of Kinloch Hold. Along with Sarran Tabris, she is one half of the Heroes of Ferelden. Since the end of the Fifth Blight, Thyra serves as King's Chancellor to King Alistair Theirin.
Overview[]
Physical Appearance[]
Thyra is a dark-skinned Elf who stands at about 155cm (5'1"). Her build is slightly muscular. She keeps her hair at shoulder-length and tends to have two braids framing her face and two braids that meet at the back of her skull. She is typically wearing a short golden tunic, light black pants, and knee-high black boots. In combat, she has black leather gloves.
Personality[]
Thyra is relatively short-spoken, but not to an impolite degree. She often asks many questions but won't hesitate to give space to those who are less open about their business. That said, she will put duty before privacy, and will push people out of their comfort zones if she feels it will reveal necessary information. Her ultimate goal is the safety of Ferelden and its people, and nothing will stand in her way of that.
After the Fifth Blight, Thyra focused most of her attention to the politics of Ferelden, working with King Alistair and Warden-Commander Sarran to broker peace between all of the people who fought together during the Battle of Denerim.
Thyra holds personal animosity toward the Chantry due to being a Mage, despite being a devout Andrastian. While she supports the following of The Chant of Light, she is quite aggressive toward the Chantry and those that follow it, such as the mothers, brothers and sisters, and templars.
Talents and Skills[]
- Persuasion — Thyra is not classically charismatic, but her simple way of carrying herself and to-the-point speech makes it is fairly easy for her to convince people to give her the information she wants or do what she needs of them. For the same reason, she is usually able to threaten and intimidate those smart enough to realize, no, she isn't joking.
- Herbalism — Time in the Circle has made her privy to the plants and herbs used in most potions and poultices. Despite this, there was never much foliage in the Tower, leading her to become overly curious of the flora of Ferelden. She leans toward flowers, finding comfort in the act of sketching them and collecting them by pressing them into books.
- Magic: Entropy — When it comes to spells, Thyra finds that magic pulled from the school of Entropy come to her the easiest. Despite this, she pushes herself to find a good balance across all four schools, rarely relying solely on Entropy spells.
Biography[]
History[]
Thyra Surana was born in the Denerim Alienage in early 9:12 Dragon to Ishall Surana, a captured Dalish elf, and Mahana Surana, an Alienage-born woman. Thyra began showing signs of magic around the age of three, resulting in the Kendells guards having her relocated to the Circle Tower of Kinloch Hold in 9:15 Dragon and her parents murdered as falsely-accused apostates. Thyra was never told about who her parents were or where she came from, but she was never curious about it anyway.
Due to her magical prowess, she caught the eye of First Enchanter Irving in 9:19 Dragon, and was taken as his apprentice. Thyra never agreed to make the apprenticeship official, but Irving's eagerness to teach her sparked the beginning of their close relationship. If asked, Thyra would describe Irving as a father-figure, a title earned from a mix of his mentoring and how he never reprimanded her when she expressed her wish to escape the Circle.
In 9:21 Dragon, Thyra met and befriended Jowan, an apprentice who slept in the bunk above hers. Thyra liked how much he thought and rambled about things that seemed insignificant, and Jowan liked that she listened quietly and occasionally calmed his worried thoughts. While she wouldn't describe their friendship was particularly deep, Thyra thoroughly enjoyed her relationship with Jowan and would openly describe him as her best friend, even after his reveal as a blood mage.
In her early teens, Thyra befriended Solona Amell, a human with a fascination in elven history. Solona helped give Thyra vallaslin after reading about Dalish blood writing, though the design was made up by the two of them and holds no proper meaning. While the templars were horrified to learn of this ritual, First Enchanter Irving praised Thyra for embracing her people's culture and commended Solona for her studies. Solona was later killed by templars during her Harrowing.
Thyra held a tense but amiable friendship with the templar Cullen, appreciating his kindness but finding his minor displays of favoritism to be insulting at best. She often encouraged him to express that same kindness to other mages. When he was present at her Harrowing, she was flattered, only to be distraught when she discovered he had been the one assigned to kill her if necessary. After the events of the Broken Circle, she felt immense pity for him, and hoped she might be able to form a proper friendship with him in the future.
During her Harrowing, Thyra was immensely sad about Mouse's story. Even when it was revealed to be false, she wondered how many mages died the way Mouse described, and determined it to be abhorrent that templars could kill mages during their Harrowing simply for being "too slow."
In-game[]
In late 9:29 Dragon, Thyra was recommended by First Enchanter Irving as a recruit to Warden-Commander Duncan. This was a result of Thyra's consistent interest in leaving the Circle, despite Irving taking her as his apprentice. Irving later told her that even though he would have personally wished to keep her as his formal apprentice, he knew she would have eagerly taken the opportunity to become a Grey Warden if it had been her decision, which was ultimately his logic in suggesting her to Duncan.
When confronted by Jowan and Lily, Thyra was quick to support him in his efforts to destroy his phylactery and escape. She hardly questioned him or his motives and worked hard to do everything she needed to. After learning Jowan to be a blood mage, her opinions didn't change and she reprimanded Lily for abandoning him. She was willing to be punished for being an accomplice to an escaped blood mage, but was recruited by Duncan with the Right of Conscription. When Irving spoke with her, they talked nothing of forgiveness, and Irving simply wished her the best of luck in her new life.
Thyra completed the Grey Warden Joining in 9:30 Dragon with Ser Jory, Daveth, and a city elf named Sarran Tabris; only her and Sarran survived.
During the events of Dragon Age: Origins, Thyra and Sarran made the following decisions:
| Quest | Choices Made |
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| Companions |
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| The Arl of Redcliffe |
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| The Urn Of Sacred Ashes |
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| Broken Circle |
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| Nature of the Beast |
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| A Paragon of Her Kind |
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| Denerim |
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| Stone Prisoner |
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| Post-Landsmeet |
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Post-game[]
Both Thyra and Sarran are declared the Heroes of Ferelden. While most who were present at the Landsmeet recognize Thyra and Sarran as two individuals, time eventually causes their identities to be misconstrued. Many people believe the Heroes of Ferelden to be one individual elf woman, referred to simply as "the Hero of Ferelden". Often times, the title "Hero of Ferelden" is used intentionally to refer to Thyra, despite the speaker knowing of both Heroes. This is due to Thyra being the more vocal of the two during the Landsmeet.
Thyra was appointed as Chancellor to King Alistair by her own request. She spent most of her time in the Royal Palace, guiding King Alistair's rule over Ferelden. Rumors were spread that she was Alistair's mistress, but anyone who spent any time in the palace could tell that their friendship was just that: friendship. These rumors ended when Thyra and Sarran marry a year after King Alistair's crowning.
Sarran was promoted to Warden-Commander. She was the Hero of Ferelden who experienced the events of Dragon Age: Origins — Awakening.
In around 9:40 Dragon, Thyra and Sarran set out to find a cure for the Calling.
Miscellaneous[]
- Thyra is largely Andrastian, believing heavily in the Chant of Light. However, she detests the Chantry and looks down upon Chantry brothers and sisters. This loathing goes double to Templars.
- Thyra firmly believes in royalty and royal lineage. Though she may not respect many nobles as people, she acknowledges the noble position with earnest. She found King Cailan to be a bit childish, but revered him almost like a god. Because of this, Loghain's betrayal felt like blasphemy to her, and she dedicated almost all of her energy into getting Alistair onto the throne.
- Thyra is infatuated with flora, being separated from it for so long due to her time in the Circle. One of her hobbies has her pressing flowers and leaves into the pages of books.
- Thyra is curious to a fault. She usually won't press people when they don't seem willing to share information with her, but she takes pleasure in extracting as much as she can out of any given person. Similarly, in her pursuit of flora, she has gotten her nose into poisonous plants...
- Thyra, if given the vocabulary, would consider herself to be asexual and aromantic. She says that she loves Sarran, but struggles to explain how it might be different to her love for her other friends. Sarran is content with that and they are both happy in their relationship.
Relationships[]
ALISTAIR[]
At first, Thyra was taken aback by Alistair's status as a Templar. That, combined with his laid-back attitude, made it difficult for them to understand each other. However, she gained much respect for him when he took a serious approach to their mission into the Kokari Wilds. Sarran was more combative with Alistair in the Wilds, which showed Thyra that Alistair was capable of being serious and Sarran was capable of being immature.
After the many deaths at Ostagar, it was inevitable for Thyra to form a tight bond with Alistair. Without him, it would be impossible for her and Sarran to figure out basic information about Grey Wardens, darkspawn, and even Ferelden itself. Alistair became a rock for her, something she could rely on. Their beds were often beside each other in their camps, and it was not uncommon for them to hold each other after their darkspawn nightmares. Even when they disagreed or argued, Thyra took care to give Alistair kindness and support, which ultimately resulted in him becoming Hardened without being treated harshly.
Upon learning of Alistair's king blood, Thyra clung even tighter to him. It became her personal mission to ensure Alistair would become the King of Ferelden once the Blight was defeated.
As Chancellor, Thyra's focus remained on Alistair. It was not uncommon for Alistair to give Thyra the final decision for difficult tasks, but she worked to build his confidence and support his choices. By the time the City of Amaranthine was assaulted during the events of Awakening, Thyra had ensured Alistair was mostly independent, which allowed her to join those battles alongside the other Grey Wardens.
MORRIGAN
Much like Morrigan, Thyra was unaware of much of the outside world. One would think they wouldn't get along due to their different views of Alistair, but both of them were able to look beyond that in favor of all their similarities. While Morrigan was quiet and subtle with her curiosities, Thyra was open and unashamed of them. This contrast had a longstanding effect on both of them: Morrigan learned to be more honest about her lack of experience, and Thyra learned how to shield her curious nature as to not allow others to take advantage of her.
Morrigan and Thyra's bond only strengthened when Morrigan approached her with talk of Flemeth's Grimoire. Thyra was more than willing to kill Flemeth for the sake of her friend,
- Leliana
- Sten
- Zevran
- Shale
- Wynne
- Oghren
