backstory

Backstory:

Youngest child of four, and only daughter

Half-Orlesian on her mother's side

Devout Andrastian - with a few of her own ideas

Recognizes women's roles in the Chantry as an avenue to independence from noble expectations

Bookworm with a talent for memorization and a passion for analyzing and debating the meaning(s) of the Chant

R.I.P. Inquisitor Lenora Trevelyan you would have LOVED being an unproblematic swiftie

Believes magic is a gift from the Maker (and can quote the line of the Chant that comes from if someone argues)

Believes in the need to protect mages from demons and from other humans' prejudice, although she's much more open to reform than Vivienne, for example - Lenora likes learning new things and doing better because of them!

Skills/Hobbies:

Archery, horseback riding, reading, embroidery, fencing

Relationships:

Besties: Josephine & Dorian

Older sister/surprisingly fun aunt: Cassandra

"I've adopted the Inquisitor": Varric (chill dad), Vivienne (scary mom)

Younger sibling: Cole (affectionate); Sera (derogatory)

Devoted knight who is NOT in love with her because she could NEVER love him back guys seriously stop asking he's so unworthy of her*: Cullen

*story he made up in his head, Lenora totally wants to smooch

Main Players in House Trevelyan:

Phillip: Lenora's dad; Bann of Ostwick (died at the Conclave)

Hélène: Lenora's mom; minor Orlesian nobility (died at the Conclave)

Edmond: Eldest Trevelyan son, heir to the bannorn, serious & responsible

Hugo: Middlest Trevelyan son, lovable rogue, drinking his way up and down the coast

Gilbert: Sweet baby Trevelyan son, Templar in Starkhaven (died at the Conclave)

Bernard: Lenora's uncle (Philip's younger brother), Knight-Commander of the Ostwick Circle (attended the Conclave but was in an outer camp with his men during The Incident and survived)