forbidden fruit, 297×420 , pencil drawing, 2024

Bon appetit!

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⇀ ooc. Backstory (cont.):

- one of 3 fledgelings in her group to survive training
- proximity to death her whole life has made her overly-comfortable with the subject ; many find this spooky & unnerving
- not many close friends, but subconsciously considers the Crows family

( 🧵 #edenstory )

⇀ ooc. Backstory (cont.):

- trained with the Crows under a very harsh guildmaster named Lazaro
- completed training at 18, snuck out to a local Dalish clan to take Falon’Din’s vallaslin
- took a contract in Antiva City as payment for her vallaslin, & left for Treviso after

( 🧵 #edenstory )

⇀ ooc. Backstory (cont.):

- Eden barely escaped & tried to find other Dalish clans
- none would take her in, fearing she was a bad omen
- made her way to Antiva City, did her best to survive on the streets
- a Crow saw her fighting off other urchins & took her to House de Riva

( 🧵 #edenstory )

⇀ ooc. Backstory (cont.):

- clan was mobile, mostly around Nevarra & southern Antiva
- 14 years ago, they accidentally went too far into the Imperium
- a Tevinter legion took the clan by surprise and wiped them out in a single day
- Eden was 10 years old & the only survivor

( 🧵 #edenstory )

⇀ ooc. Backstory summary:

- born Edenríel of Clan Ghilandin, only daughter of the clan’s keeper & a warrior
- Clan Ghilandin was one of the oldest Dalish clans, with strong ties to Falon’Din and Dalish funerary duties
- “Ghilandin” = “Guide to Death”; also word for crows/ravens

( 🧵 #edenstory )