Eien-Imalia Monette.

About

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Basics.

Full name: Eien-Imalia Celeste Monette
Alias: Imalia (noted by Dorian or his team), Commander, The Red Fox/Wolf
Age: 32
Date of Birth: 5 Wintermarch, 9:09 Dragon
Place of Birth: Hercinia, Free Marches
--Raised in the Markham Circle of Magi.
Natonality: Free Marcher/Orlesian
Occupation: Warden-Commander of Hercinia
Orientation: Homosexual
Status: Married to Dorian Pavus
Religion: None | Athiest.
Spoken language: Hercinian Native/Vulgar (commoner) Tevene, Orlesian, Rivani Pirate Slang, and Common

Build.

Sex: Cis Male
Height: 6'6"
Weight: 195lbs

Eye Color: heterochromatic: right: crystal blue. left: steel grey

Hair Style & Color: It has to be specific. It is required of him. A Monette desires for their young men to be clean cut and shaven for they are nobility and it must be shown. Yet, for House Ravenson, they care not of how the appearance of your facial hair is, as long as it is maintained. Hair atop one’s head is different. Importance has changed. Roles have switched. Warriors and Templars have favored looks and they wish their sons to hold true—therefore it must be cut and free from their faces. Cut how short though? It is something they care nothing of, as long as it doesn’t cover his features nor hide his scars, and most of them find it more appealing to style their scarlet locks with a mohawk or the mane of a powerful stallion fitting for a barbarian and nothing befitting a scholar.
And he’s a SOLDIER whether he likes it or not.

Physique: Stamina must be built for mages. Their arms must hold the weight of staves just heavy as or heavier than that of a sword and/or its shield. He has learned to hold more than he should, keeping up with the heightened metabolism granted by what energy is sucked from him from not only his magic but that of a WARDEN’S burden. Yet he keeps with his bodily appearance for it must be in the best condition given under the circumstances of his occupation. There is nothing nice about a weak Warden—so he must be strong. His athleticism must be that of what any warrior can deliver or better.

Features.

Scars:
Each are stories embedded within tan flesh, wrinkling his skin with gnarled burns and poorly stitched tears. Some spoke tales of masochistic battles in life or death. Others spoke of heroic actions. Burns came about with stories of trial and error within experimentation whereas those greater than a patch of darkened skin came of legendary tales of dragons fighting to protect their claimed land. His scars are novels daring to be read. Those that are graced at his cheek and mar his skin come from a greeting with death down in a caved in tunnel trying to escape the blighted deep roads.

Markings:
Such as tradition goes, they are always ever so strange. Not all are noticeable, some are quite small. ‘Pon the corner of his sits a marking of décor. Tis acknowledgement of rank among peers of magic within his family-- specific rank, that is, of graduation and specialization. Others hold no traditional value whatsoever, like the blackwork at his throat and chest and the magical runes that decorate his arms.

Voice:
It has a gentle accent, light Orlesian, but whole-heartingly Marcher. A rasp sits low in his register, yet he keeps his tone fairly kind and rarely does he find himself grow loud. Aside from laughter, one does not raise his voice higher than need be. Though a sharp tongue does wag ‘neath commanding voice. Deep as it is gentle, chord does hold bass yet also tends to keep a soothing rate. Nothing is more comforting to hear, until the Commander loses his temper. [ example. ]

Class.

Class: Mage Apostate Witch. (title given once he abandoned the circle by his family)
Sub-Class: Melee Fighter
Specialization: Knight-Enchanter
Weapon(s) of choice: Énigme -- Enigma, a staff made of stormheart and dragon bone, and Illusion, his magical blade. He does own an inherited bastard sword-- Gardien de la Foi -- Faithkeeper, but rarely does he use it.
Preferred weapon type: Swords over Magical Staves. Will often default to halbreds and spears.

Class Facts:
--Templars hold a ponderous hold on his Marcher side of the family. Due to this, he is proficient in sword fighting. It has not only helped with him growing as a Knight, but as a fighter nonetheless.
--It is not uncommon to see him carrying a sword. Eien knows there are areas of Thedas that are still very much against mages -- Harrowed or not.

❝magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.❞

Personality.

In battle, his presence is held as intimidating-- stoic and quiet. It is as if he's focused and prepared for a fight. This is an appearance most know well. However, though out of war, that cold sheild seems to melt from his shoulders. Eien is much warmer when he's not fighting for his or anyone elses life. Though still a man of few words, he's always there sharing a smile with others or a drink among friends and allies.

Misc. -- Heterochromia is extremely common in his family. Normally found in the mages of his father's side, he actually gets it from his father. His uncle did not obtain the normal eye trend.
-- His tattoos on his arm do glow when in contact with other magic that isn't his own.
-- He has a terribly healed left shoulder. It was broken during an attempt to get away from a bear. Trying to protect a young child, he took a couple nasty blows to get her to safety. It not only broke his shoulder, but broke his nose as well. It is still out of place.
-- Adding on, he walks with a notable limp and often will wear a knee brace. It is an injury that occured during the Blight at the side of his old friend, Shaye Amell (now First Warden of Ferelden). Because of this, as a joke, they have matching tattoos over the scars of their injuries.
-- He is ambedexterious but frequently writes with his left hand.
-- He believes that his light noble ties mean nothing as a Warden. Being a warden comes first over his birth family.
-- During down time of not fighting Darkspawn, he and a few others delivered aid and protection to villiages the best they could for silent residency. As long as people never mentioned the Grey Warden's that lived there, they kept their word.
-- He was once engaged to a Templar. If you ask of his views on templars, it's not pretty to listen to.

Family.

Parents

Lord (or Knight-Commander) Aeris Ravenson -- Father. Alive.
Revered Mother Sayhone Monette-Ravenson -- Mother. Alive.

Siblings. Knight-Corporal Hayden Ravenson -- Middle brother. Alive ...barely.

Brother (more so Warrior of Conscience) Veriao Monette -- First Youngest brother. Alive.

Bard Robert "Wynter" Monette -- Second youngest (twin of Veriao). Alive

--Eien is closer with Veriao and Wynter more than he is with anyone else of his family. They frequently write each other, just to keep up to date with things around them.

Accomplishments.

Drakonis 9:29 Dragon – Though within the group of the younger mages of the Circle, at seventeen, he Harrowed as the third youngest within his immediate family.

Bloomingtide 9:29 Dragon – Leaves the Circle of Markham for Hercinia to live with family to go into deeper training as a shock trooper.

9:30 Dragon –

Returns to Markham with “promised ideas” of returning to not only the Circle for more studies with his magic, but also under tutelage of his own father to join either the Hercinian army or become a protector for the Chantry.

Other than returning to the Circle, he was convinced by his former lover to run with him. At this point, the two spend their time trying to get as far from their families and the horrors of the circle. Captured once, they break not a week later, but on the second capture, Eien is the only one who gets away. Here is when he openly joins the Wardens with no idea of what was happening in the South nor of whom these warriors were. They offered protection.

A month before the Battle of Ostagar, he is made into a Warden-Recruit working hard to make sure that he can prove that he can handle the Joining, even if his nerves are getting on him from rumors of those never returning. A couple weeks before the battle, he is made into a proper Warden (granted he still has a lot to learn).

Rather than getting arrested, under order of his Commander at the time, he goes into temporary hiding until more wardens can be found.

During this time he takes proper training of his classification as Knight Enchanter at 19.

(hero divergent) Came to the aid of reemerging Wardens to work alongside Cousland and Amell to end the stigma against them.
9:31 Dragon –

Becomes Senior-Warden at age 20, gains his familial (traditional) tattoos once his rank as an Enchanter is formally given.

Was one of the Wardens sent in with the Orlesian Warden’s to help push back darkspan in Ferelden.

Led a small team to help with the darkspawn purge of Ferelden. During this same time, he was placed under investigation of a proper rank up for what was seen as “the skill a commander could bring.”

9:33 Dragon – Is made Commander of the Grey of Hercinia at 23 for determination and leadership.

9:34 Dragon – Marries his Tevinter sweetheart.

9:36 Dragon –

Takes up the second class of becoming a melee fighter in order to improve his survivablity.

Slays a Sandy Howler with a combined team of mages (also for fun), gains his dragonhunting marking shortly after.

9:40 Dragon—

Joins the Inquisition under the sole want of finding out what is really happening to the Wardens.