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CHARACTER

Name: Theophania (Tiffany) Hart
Canon/OC: DA OC
Journal: fairforce
Race: Human
Nationality: Fereldan
Occupation: Seeker of Truth
Division: Diplomacy or Forces probably
Mage or Not: nah
Age: 30

History



Born a middle child to a minor lord and lady in Ruswold Valley, Tiffany was destined to a soldier's life. Her parent joke that their M.O. in starting a family was to build themselves a personal army, which they achieved: twelve of the fourteen Hart children are knights, largely still in the service of House Hart. One younger brother, Nestor, is a mage formerly of the Ostwick Circle, now missing and presumed dead.

Tiffany lived a different life. At six, she was earmarked as special and was taken for training as a Seeker of Truth. She remains in touch with her family to this day--all of them very loving and supportive and interested in her life.

Tiffany’s training was largely uneventful and exactly what one would expect for a Seeker. Her belief in the order’s importance and relevance to the world was only strengthened by the lessons that she learned and the history that was imparted to her. Safeguarding the Chantry and the Divine seemed very important. Tiffany’s relationship with the Chantry grew more complicated as she grew older. She maintained her belief in Andraste and the Maker, and is still a devout practicer of Andrasteism. But she came to understand that there was healing that needed to be done, in order to bridge the gap between Andrasteism and those that its harsher precepts had hurt. This personal mission became very important to Tiffany.

In her early 20s, Tiffany completed her vigil in a watchtower high in the Frostback Mountains. She went up with a page, Earl, and an older Seeker, Lord Seeker Burton Bell. Everything seemed normal, until--shortly after Tiffany completed the vigil, the trio became trapped in the watchtower: first by a terrible winter storm, second by an ice dragon who had brought said storm, and then lastly by the rift that opened up suddenly in the region. The dragon, Icefang, had chosen the mountain as her nesting site, and gave birth to a little squadron of dragonlings that suffered ailments and peculiar fade-touched defects due to the close proximity of the rift. Icefang killed Bell and spent the next year or so happily tormenting Tiffany and Earl.

Tiffany eventually slew Icefang and she and Earl fought free of the demons--then returned home to find the world in even greater disarray than when Tiffany had left to sit her vigil.

Up until this point, Tiffany has been living fairly happily training new recruits to the Seekers of Truth and helping to rebuild their order. She has been dispatched to Riftwatch after the abomination incident, in order to take stock of the situation, and then has orders to remain and work with Riftwatch as a liaison and as a help, and to send reports back of their activity to make sure everything is in order.



Personality

Tiffany is strong, brave, and unironically true. She has big parts of the Chant of Light memorized and definitely has favorite parts.

At her core, Tiffany is kind and steadfast and has always tried her hardest to help those weaker than her and those in the most need. She was a big sister before she was anything else, and she's never lost her deep sense of responsibility and second-mother traits that fell to her as part of her birth order in a large family. The Harts were very loving but a military family too, very stiff-upper-lip types, so she doesn't smother--she's just always there to lend a hand. She's a fixer, not a listener, and has a hard time not jumping to action in times of crisis. People who just want to vent should find someone else.

She is a devout Andrastian, and a firm believer in the reform and necessity of the Seeker order. Her personal mission is to help fix the relationship between the Chantry and the Templars and the mages and the wider world--to help people see the goodness that she sees in the work and in the teachings that came from Andraste's presence in the world. She tries hard to listen to the stories and experiences of others and understand where they are coming from. Her comfortable upbringing and the blessing of early importance that was bestowed on her when she was very young have made her hard to relate to in the past--though she's better these days, having bumped up against some of these darker experiences. Her self-assured righteousness can be grating to the wrong people, especially if her sincerity is at all doubted.

Her greatest flaws are centered around her iron-clad certainties. Tiffany finds it hard to change her mind about things that she knows to unequivocally true, though the surest way through to her is to appeal to her heart. There are core tenants that she would find it impossible to abandon, and she could never deny the Maker or Andraste.

Tiffany has been trained in isolation and has not had much of a chance to interact with the greater world, even though she's in her early thirties. She has had a few challenges to her faith and her understanding of the world, and she's going to Riftwatch knowing full well that she's going to meet a lot of new challenges and new minds, and it's going to be hard. She's steeling herself for this exposure but she will still be shocked by what she finds.

She has a good sense of humor and can even laugh at the serious or sillier parts of her faith and all of the teachings that the Chantry preaches. Like who doesn't enjoy a little light-hearted heresy now and then?

She likes dogs better than cats and horses better than cows. She enjoys white wine, long walks in the rain, and working out at sunrise. Her favorite color is lilac. She can whistle but she can't do that thing where you roll your tongue. Totally beyond her capabilities.

Opinions & Affiliations

the Chantry -- good, needs work but generally good at heart. Does a lot to help people. Cohesive morality and guidance is good.

the Qun -- no thank you.

the Mage/Templar War -- a sad result of a broken relationship and questionable judgement.

Templars -- in favor of, as long as they do what they're supposed to do. Too often they don't. That's a problem. In general she feels compelled to help protect Templars and feels that--for all their flaws!--they have gotten a bad reputation as a whole, which is not necessarily deserved.

Circle Mages -- in favor of. Supports restoring the Circles.

Apostates and rebel mages -- iffier on these. It's understandable why things broke bad but they would be better off if they had some guidance.


Adaptation Notes N/A

Strengths & Weaknesses

Good at:
- Taking orders
- Giving orders
- Delegating and leadership
- Reciting the Chant of Light
- Teaching, especially combat training
- General camp survival (setting up a tent, making a fire, hunting, gathering, hobbling horses, cutting firewood, making a broom out of a pine bough)
- Standing up for the Little Guy


Bad at:
- Listening to bad opinions without (kindly!) objecting
- Listening in general without acting on the problem and fixing it
- Tends toward self-righteousness
- Having a lot of real world experience
- Complicated problems. Let's just hit it so it goes away
- Accepting too many dramatic world-shaking changes at once


Inventory

- Seeker Armor
- A big sword
- A horse named Bacon
- Bacon's horse armor
- Miscellaneous camping supplies
- A letter from the Seeker order stating the reason for her presence and her orders
- A little bit of money for herself
- A little more money for Riftwatch (a donation)

Motivation

She wants to help.

Her official mission is to take stock of Riftwatch, especially in light of the situation with the abomination visit, and then to remain and work with Riftwatch and report back to the Seekers. Her personal mission is to help fix the image problems that the Chantry has. Low key also to find her brother. A good place to check is maybe with rebel mages and apostates, right? Do they have like a network for talking or something...?

SAMPLES

one and two.