Dossier: Dragon Age
- Muse: Ashina de Riva née Tabris
- Fandom: Dragon Age
Applicable Verses & AUs
This dossier applies to the following verse(s) and/or AUs:
Available Timelines:
- Veilguard — 9:50 - 9:54 Dragon
- Pre-Veilguard — 9:45 - 9:49 Dragon
- Inquisition — 9:40 - 9:44 Dragon
- Kirkwall — 9:35 - 9:39 Dragon
- Origins — 9:30 - 9:34 Dragon
Pre-Canon and Post-Canon timelines also available upon request.
Quick Summary
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Summary
Ashina de Riva is a Master Assassin of House de Riva of the Antivan Crows.
Basic Info
Biographical Data
- name: Ashina de Riva
Tathas Adaia Arainai("deceased" as of 9:33 Dragon)Ashina Tabris
- nickname: Ash
- Snapdragon (Varric Only)
- alias: The Grey Raven (Bane of the Antivan Crows - 9:31 to 9:33 Dragon)
- The Dark Wolf of Denerim (9:31 to 9:33 Dragon)
- Warden Tathas Arainai - The Hero of Ferelden ("deceased" as of 9:33 Dragon)
- gender: Female
- pronouns: She/Her/Herself
- apparent age: 45 +/- years (9:51 Dragon)
- 44 +/- years (9:50 Dragon)
- 39 +/- years (9:45 Dragon)
- 34 +/- years (9:40 Dragon)
- 29 +/- years (9:35 Dragon)
- 24 +/- years (9:30 Dragon)
- date of birth: 9:06 Dragon
- 30th of Harvestmere (10th Month)
Personal Identity
- sexual orientation: Biromantic Bisexual
- polyamory: open to plotting
- MBTI: ISTJ-T
- Enneagram: —
Physical Description
- species: Elf
- race: City Elf
- ethnicity: Antivan
- additional ethnicities/cultures: Ferelden
- height: 157 cm
- 5 ft 1.81 in
- body shape: —
- hair: Black/Dark Brown
- Dark Red Undertones/Highlights
- Curly
- Shoulder Length
- eyes: Amber Brown
- complexion: Brown Skin
- Warm Orange-Red Undertones
- Battle-Scarred
- Tattooed
Demographics
- planet of origin: Thedas (planet name unknown)
- place of birth: Denerim Alienage - Ferelden
- homeworld: Thedas (planet name unknown)
- nationality: Antivan
- Ferelden (formerly)
- home town: Salle - Antiva
- Denerim - Ferelden (formerly)
Communication
Social Standing & Affiliations
- affiliated organizations: Antivan Crows
- House de Riva
- extended affiliations: Grey Wardens (defected)
- employer(s)/patron(s): Antivan Crows
- Fifth Talon of House de Riva
- Viago de Riva - Fifth Talon
- occupation(s): Master Assassin of House de Riva
- Warden-Commander of Antiva
- Warden-Commander of Ferelden (formerly)
- De Facto Arlessa of Amaranthine (formerly)
- title(s): Fifth Talon's Second[3]
- Commander of the Grey - Antiva
- Dark Wolf of Denerim
- Hero of Ferelden — Warden Tathas Arainai (formerly)
- Commander of the Grey - Ferelden (formerly)
- De Facto Arlessa of Amaranthine (formerly)
- Champion of Redcliffe (formerly)
Spiritual Beliefs
- beliefs: Faithless
- Faithful (formerly)
- patron deity: —
- The Maker (formerly)
- pantheon: —
- Andrastian (formerly)
Relationship Status
- relationship status: Single (rp conditional)
- shipping bias: Zevran Arainai (default if not otherwise romanced)
- Sten
- Morrigan
- Anders
- Sigrun
- Viago de Riva
- Andarateia Cantori
- Lucanis Dellamorte
- Emmrich Volkarin
- Davrin
- Bellara Lutare
Origin Attributes
- class (primary): Master Assassin (Rogue)
- class (secondary): Duelist (Rogue)
- class (tertiary): Shadow (Rogue)
- class (additional support): Bard (Rogue)
- fighting style: Dual Wield Blades
- Archery
- Poisons
Current Status
- current moral alignment: Chaotic Neutral
- current role(s): Fifth Talon's Second[3:1]
- Master Assassin of House de Riva
- Warden-Commander of Antiva
- current location(s): Treviso - Antiva
- Salle - Antiva
- current residence(s): Cantori Diamond - Treviso - Antiva
- Villa de Riva - Treviso - Antiva
- Villa de Riva - Salle - Antiva
- current vehicle(s): —
- current situation status: —
- current conditions: Power of Blood (Rogue)
- Blighted (Warden Joining)
Background
Birth & Early Childhood
Born as Ashina Tabris on the 30th of Harvestmere, 9:06 Dragon, in the Denerim Alienage in Ferelden, she is the only child of Cyrion Tabris and Adaia Tabris née Arainai.
Ashina is trained by Adaia from an early age in the skills of a rogue, much to Cyrion's chagrin, especially when he learns that his wife has been teaching their child about poisons and thievery as much as she has the martial skills of a rogue — though even Cyrion is unaware of just how brutal some of the training Ashina is put through truly is, as neither she nor Adaia speak of it, and Ashina does not know any better to question it.
Childhood & Adolescence
Adaia essentially begins teaching Ashina in much the same ways as any Crow fledgling, albeit without the torture that House Arainai is often known for — she hopes to protect her child from the Crows, should they ever find them, and so she does the only thing she knows in order to do so, and that is to train her child as much as a Crow as she can to handle fighting Crows in the future in order to survive if necessary.
In 9:24 Dragon, at the age of 17, Ashina loses her mother when humans kill Adaia in the streets of the Denerim Market just outside the Alienage gates. Little does she know that these humans were, in fact, Crows, who had been hunting down Adaia for the last seventeen years after she had fled House Arainai, the Crows, and Antiva.
Adulthood
In 9:30 Dragon, at the age of 24, Ashina is faced with an arranged marriage that she does not want, having avoided such for the last several years with time to grieve for her mother's loss, only for the Alienage's hahren to finally set an ultimatum with Cyrion that if he didn't arrange a match for Ashina, then Valendrian would.
Future Outlook
Quotes & Catchphrases
- "I killed them like dogs, Shianni. Not just them. All the humans who hurt you." — said to her cousin, Shianni, after freeing her and the other women stolen from the Alienage - 9:30 Dragon.
- "Believe in whatever you like; absent creators or whimsical gods. Follow prophets or ashkaati, or omens in the earth and sky. You will find wisdom only if you seek it." — quoting Sten's wisdom from their time traveling together during the Fifth Blight.
Trivia
- Ashina's first kills were the ones she made freeing herself after being kidnapped, and she killed each and every guard and human noble that she came across, leaving a river of blood trailing behind her as she fought to try to reach Shianni in time.