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Revision as of 13:19, 26 September 2020
"No one can tell me who I am. I have to decide that myself."
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Overview
Basic Information
Full Name: Ilai Surana (born Iallius, nicknamed Ilai by a nanny at the Circle, has since forgotten birth name)
Nickname(s): Amor 'love', mi flamma 'my flame' (Zevran)
Alias(es): Isenril, Irial
Occupation: Warden-Commander of Ferelden, Arl of Amaranthine, Hero of Ferelden
Age: 19 as of Wintermarch, 9:31 Dragon
Date of Birth: Haring 24, 9:11 Dragon
Nationality: Tevinter (unknown, raised Fereldan)
Orientation: Bisexual
Libido: Average
Religion: None (believes in the Maker, but does not worship Him).
Threat Level: 7/10. Ilai is a competent enough mage, though prior to his conscription, he utterly lacks experience and has never been in a true fight. A specialist in a single branch from all four schools of magic, Ilai is nothing if not versatile, and he is extremely inventive when combining these spells, generally to great effect. His understanding of tactics and strategy is decent, though nothing special, and he is quick on his feet and agile, making him good at dodging. He also has a very cunning mind, which he quickly learns to apply to exploiting enemy weaknesses and using the environment to his advantage, and he has sufficient knowledge of herbalism to know which potions would serve him best in battle. As Ilai gains more experience, masters more spells, and learns blood magic and Dalish nature magic, he only becomes more skilled and dangerous, and by the end of the game, he is truly a force to be reckoned with. He is still somewhat physically fragile, like most mages, and he has few means of defending himself once somebody gets past his magic—but that is generally quite the hurdle for most people to overcome.
World State: Playthrough 3 ('Blood Mage')
Physical Information
Voice: Mystical
Height: 5'6" / 1.68 m
Eye Colour: Brown
Hair Colour + Style: Black, straight, short, with a few strands hanging over his eyes
Dominant Hand: Left
Body Type: Slender, almost soft build
Distinguishing Features: Taller than most elves, large ears, gentle-looking
Accent + Intensity: Fereldan, slight
Tattoo(s): None
Scar(s): One on his lower left cheek after fighting the high dragon
Piercing(s): None
Glasses? No
Background Information
Hometown: Vyrantium (does not remember)
Current Residence: Kinloch Hold
Language(s): Common, eventually some Antivan
Social Class: Lower class by virtue of being an elven mage
Education: Given a standard Circle education in everything pertaining to magic, including the four schools, defending himself from demons, the basics of the Fade, maintaining a staff, herbalism, etc. Also educated in reading, history, mathematics, religion, etc.
Family: See below
Romanced: Zevran Arainai
Pet(s): Cailan, mabari war hound, adopted after Ostagar
Adopted? Technically, yes, by the mages of the Circle following his arrival there.
Rap Sheet: Yes, including blood magic, reckless and illegal use of his magic, thievery, and so on.
Prison Time: None
Personality Information
MBTI/Jung Type: ENTP "Debater"
Archetype: The Everyman and the Explorer
Enneagram: Challenger and Achiever
Moral Alignment: Neutral Evil, eventually evolves into Chaotic Neutral
Temperament: Sanguine
Angered By: Racism, bigotry towards mages (not fear, bigotry), Dalish haughtiness towards non-Dalish elves, self-righteous moralising, anything that triggers his identity issues
Intelligence Type: Intrapersonal
Neurodivergence(s): N/A
At Risk: His struggles with his elven identity, belief that he needs to belong to a particular group of elves in order to be a real elf, and sense that he's a lesser elf because he does not lead him to any number of unhealthy coping mechanisms and to acting ruthlessly and selfishly in his pursuit of his ambitions. His ambition, greed, and occasional power hunger often lead him down dark paths where he acts out of his own self-interest, without thinking of the consequences for others, and he cannot always talk his way out of the consequences. He risks becoming something he's not to solve his identity issues and turning into a monster to satisfy his ambitions.
Vices and Habits
Smokes? No
Drinks? Yes, occasionally
Drugs? No
Violent? Only when he needs to be, and is generally very slow to resort to it due to his reliance on his charisma and cunning.
Addictions? None
Self-Destructive? Not especially, though he is unintentionally self-destructive in his blind pursuit of his ambitions and fumbling attempts to resolve his identity issues and find his place as an elf.
Habit(s): Playing with Zevran's earring after he receives it, pinching his forehead when deep in thought, running his hand along the walls of buildings, scratching at his pimples, tugging his ear
Hobbies: Reading, practising his magic, studying architecture and examining old buildings
Likes: Old architecture, ancient Tevinter art, solving problems with charisma and cunning, fresh spices and semolina pudding, things that help him come to terms with his identity and reconnect with his heritage (e.g. learning Dalish nature magic)
Dislikes: The Chantry and the Circle, his lack of certainty outside the Circle, most Fereldan food, maleficarum who harm innocents, spiders
Tic(s): None
Obsession(s): Technically none, though his drive to resolve his identity problems by any means necessary borders on this at times.
Compulsion(s): None
Miscellaneous Information
House: Slytherin / Horned Serpent
Zodiac: Fenrir
Vice: Greed
Virtue: Diligence
Element: Earth
Mythological Creature: Sphynx
Animal: Fox
Mutation: Tainted
Biography
History
Ilai was born in Vyrantium, the result of a one-night stand between a pair of slaves. His mother died of blood loss shortly after giving him his name, Iallius, and he was afterwards raised by his father, Janius, who juggled his parental duties with his responsibilities towards his master. A few years later, Janius got together with another slave, Atrius, who planted a dream in his head of getting to freedom and giving Iallius the life he would never have in Tevinter. At three, Iallius escaped Tevinter with his two fathers, and they journeyed south to Ferelden.
Not long after their arrival in Ferelden, Iallius and his fathers came across a Dalish clan, and Janius and Atrius pleaded to be taken on, even promising to shed their Tevinter names in favour of elven ones. But though they were ex-slaves, they were rejected as flat-ears by the Dalish clan; disillusioned, Janius and Atrius took Iallius north to Denerim to seek out the alienage. What they found there, however, seemed like only another kind of slavery, if subtler, and both men refused to subject themselves and their son to that. With no other options, they took up a life of wandering, working odd jobs here and there while caring for Iallius. This came to an end only a few years later, when Iallius' magic manifested and the templars came, tearing him away and taking him to the Circle.
Ilai has no clear memory of any of this, however. His first real memory is the harsh treatment and coldness the templars gave him on the way to Kinloch Hold, and when he arrived, the nanny he was assigned to nicknamed him Ilai. In the years since, Ilai forgot his name, forgot his fathers, forgot where he had come from—forgot everything except the Circle. Though he fit in well at the Circle and was a talented student, a jack-of-all-trades who tried to master branches from all four schools of magic instead of just one, Ilai was never happy there. He wanted the freedom to use his magic as he saw fit, and he resented the Chantry for its views on mages and what it had done to his race. More than that, from a young age, Ilai felt a deep sense of disconnection and confusion regarding his elven identity. He felt obliged to be a true elf, given his race's poverty and oppression, but he was an elf in a human Circle, separated from his heritage and everything that could have made him an elf. This turmoil regarding his identity only deepened as Ilai got older, and in time, it would come to fuel most of his personality.
As time went by, Ilai ultimately came to see that fighting the Circle was pointless, and that he'd be better off working with what he had and carving out his own place, forging his own path, than struggling against it in vain. Believing that this would help resolve his identity issues, and already having a naturally cynical view of the world anyway, Ilai turned into something of a chameleon and showed the signs of being everything the templars feared. He grew selfish, power-hungry, manipulative, somewhat ruthless, curious about blood magic even—willing to do anything and step on any number of people in order to climb to the top and fulfil his plans within the Circle. Seeing no point in being good and kind when good and kindness were crushed in the dog-eat-dog world of even the Circle, Ilai came to see other people as tools to be used, and the many friends he made through his natural charisma he only kept so he could use. Never openly vicious, and always carefully polite and friendly so as to keep on the templars' good side, by the time of his Harrowing, Ilai was ready to start fulfilling his many plans and resolve the turmoil that still raged inside him. But a haughty spirit goes before destruction, and it only took a single wrench to destroy everything for which he had worked.
In-game
Dragon Age: Origins
| Quest | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Origin | Won Valour's staff without fighting; won Sloth's riddle challenge; realised Mouse was a demon. Betrayed Jowan to Irving; agreed to go along with Irving's plan; confessed to Jowan when caught by the templars. |
| Broken Circle | Saved the Circle. Released Trickster Whim; dealt with Shah Wyrd. |
| The Arl of Redcliffe | Saved Redcliffe, no casualties; brought in the Circle; Connor remained possessed; Jowan returned to the Circle. Bella remained in Redcliffe; paid for the Green Blade; Valena escaped the caste. |
| Nature of the Beast | Brokered peace between the elves and werewolves; traded with the hermit; gave the Grand Oak his acorn. Helped Cammen and Gheyna; killed Elora's halla; told Athras of Danyla's fate; found ironbark for Varathorn; saved Deygan. |
| The Urn of Sacred Ashes | Did not defile the Urn of Sacred Ashes; allowed Genitivi to spread word of the Ashes. Killed the high dragon. |
| A Paragon of Her Kind | Sided with Branka; Branka destroyed the Anvil; Bhelen crowned King of Orzammar. Killed Ruck and told Filda he died a hero; did not help Brother Burkel; told Zerlinda to go to the surface; helped Orta join the Assembly; uncovered origins of the Legion of the Dead; returned the stolen tome to the Shaperate. |
| Companions | Alistair found Goldanna; hardened. Allowed Flemeth to leave. Leliana killed Marjolaine; hardened. Persuaded the revered mother to give the key to Sten's cage. Helped Sten find Asala. Helped Wynne reconcile with Aneirin. |
| Side Quests | Persuaded guard to give Ostagar prisoner his lunch. Cured the mabari hound. |
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening + DLC
| Quest | Decisions |
|---|---|
| Main Plot | |
| Companions | |
| DLC | Amalia died. Killed Sophia Dryden; ordered Avernus to practice ethical research; gained the Power of Blood. |
Afterwards
Here's what happened after the events of said game, brosef.
Relationships
Here's what happened with the companions, yo.
Family
- Janius (blood father, slave in Teraevyn)
- Caria (mother, slave in Vyrantium, died giving birth to him)
- Atrius (adoptive father, slave in Teraevyn, Janius' partner)
Quotes
- (to First Enchanter Irving) "I never approved of Jowan's actions. Or of Jowan himself, for that matter."
- (to Flemeth) "Believed or not, some things must be accepted."
- (to Morrigan) "It is overwhelming, is it not? To come from a life of confinement to this—it is almost as excruciating as it is exciting. I feel I shall be crushed under the weight of all I need to do, some days."
- (to Uldred) "I am nobody's pawn, and you can certainly try to get rid of me."
- (to Morrigan) "The Circle has its place, and I had my plans there, but it was not a place of freedom. It is… complicated."
- (to Jowan) "You were all set to do it no matter what I did, Jowan, and Irving knew what you were up to—the templars would have caught you no matter what! Don't blame me for your stupidity, blame yourself for never seeing what I was. Do you honestly think I would have stuck my neck out to help you when there was nothing in it for me? Do you think I liked you enough to help? Because I never would have, and I never did. The foolishness belongs to you, but it is your actions that got me cast out of the Circle. If anything, you owe me."
- (to Connor's desire demon) "I will not get something for nothing. I… renege. I ask for arcane secrets. I want to know specialised blood magic. In return…"
- (to Leliana, when giving her Andraste's Grace) "You're lucky you can remember."
- (to Avernus) "You're to blame for all this. Some things you just don't do. I would know. I trifled with things I barely understood, and innocents suffered for it."
- (to Mithra) "A 'different reception'? What shape would that have taken, I wonder? I did not expect kindness, only politeness, but you dismiss me as an outsider and turn your nose up at me because I am from human lands and was raised in a human Circle. Never mind that that was not my choice. You think I am someone lesser, someone who must be educated and shown the way. But I am neither, and the lesser one here is you, for the haughtiness you show another elf merely because of his birth. Much like the humans."
- (to Zathrian) "I have many vices, but unthinking vengeance is not one of them."
- (to Branka) "How many more lives will be lost for your power, Branka? How much of Orzammar's populace will you sacrifice for past glories?"
Dialogue
(during the Harrowing)
- Ilai: So you challenge helpless mortals to duels?
- Valour: You are insolent… but your will is unquestionably strong. Very well, mortal. You prove to me that you possess the strength to resist this demon. Go, prove your worth as you must. I am confident you will succeed.
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(at Ostagar)
- Priestess: I merely pass on the Maker's blessings. He looks kindly on all who will receive Him.
- Ilai: Does He destroy the homeland of those who will not?
- Priestess: I'll not discuss politics here. Take your hatred and begone!
- Ilai: Please. That you accuse me of hatred for a mere question, however critical it may have been, says far more about you and your Chantry than it does about me.
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(during Broken Circle)
- Greagoir: You must face and slaughter the abominations to get to the bottom of this. Are you sure you can handle them?
- Ilai: It will not be easy, I know, but I must try. It is… the right thing to do.
- Greagoir: Thank you. You have proven yourself a friend of both the Circle, and the templars. And I apologise for my harshness towards you before. I see now it was undeserved.
- Ilai: No harm, no foul, ser. It's all worked out quite well.
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(after The Attack at Nightfall)
- Lloyd: The men respect me now. I would never have gone out there if you hadn't shoved me. It… feels good to help out.
- Ilai: I'm glad you feel that way. It's a… nice feeling, isn't it? Knowing you did something good for… for its own sake. And not just because there was something in it for you.
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(at camp)
- Morrigan: If the Wilds have taught me anything, 'tis this: first you must survive. Do you disagree?
- Ilai: I don't. You're probably right.
- Morrigan: An interesting answer, for a mage.
- Ilai: Even the Circle can be cutthroat, if you look hard enough. I learnt how to make my way at a very young age.
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- Wynne: If you live apart from others, and your actions affect only you, then you may do as you wish. But if you have power, influence and strength, your every action will be as a drop of water in a clear still pond. The drop causes ripples, and ripples spread. Think of how far they will go, how wide they will become. How will they affect the pond? But I've lectured enough for today. I should stop before I wear out my welcome.
- Ilai: No, thank you. I… needed that. More than you know.
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(at the Dalish camp)
- Sarel: You are an outsider, and that we must rely on your largesse is a bitter pill for us to swallow.
- Ilai: But I am no human. I was raised by humans, yes, but I am not one. In fact, I do not even remember where I came from, and I have been apart from our people all my life. Would you treat me as a human and turn down my aid because of an accident of birth?
- Elven Woman: You are being most unkind, Sarel. Would you refuse our hunters help simply because of the hand that offered it?
- Sarel: You shame me, lethal'lan. I have allowed my bitterness to cloud my better judgement. Forgive me, Grey Warden. It is most difficult to forget the lessons these shemlen have taught us.
- Ilai: I find it most hard to believe the humans taught you to hate non-Dalish. I am an elf, raised among humans or not, and you will speak to me with more respect.
See Also
- Cut flowers
- Non-magical fighting
- Journey as a character
- Hanging out spot and combat comments
- Immorality for the greater good
