As Above, So Below is a play-by-post RPG based on the Dragon Age series of video games. Play takes place during the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition as our characters navigate cutthroat politics, tumultuous relationships, and the looming threat of a sky torn asunder. Set in a world of dark fantasy, we explore mature topics while crafting thoughtful and compelling plots focusing on OC stories with minimal canon involvement. We're an advanced RP for those who are comfortable with creative writing. 18+, 3/2/2, Faceclaims optional.
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Standing at average height for a qunari woman Asaara is still tall and muscular. Her skin is a dark grey with some freckles upon her face and body. Her hair is white and hangs in soft curls down to her waist. Whenever she has some sort of work to do Asaara braids her hair in one long braid but usually she just lets her curls hang free. It takes a lot of work but she takes great pride in her hair so she tries to always make sure it well taken care of. Her horns that curl along her head have golden rings closer to the base as well as golden tips. Asaara also have several piercings in each ear where she has some simple golden jewellry.
It was long since Asaara wore traditional qunari clothing. She usually keeps to high-waist dark pants, tight high boots a loose shirt and some sort of big colorful scarf draped across her torso. She enjoys looking nice, but she prefers to be comfortable and practical as well and tries to find a balance between it.
Asaara is a loud person, the type of person whose laughter carries across a room and does so often. She likes to be entertained and entertain and isn't afraid to take up a lot of space, not only physically. If anything even remotely interesting is suggested to her she will probably say yes as she has a thirst for experiencing new things (she also has a thirst for alcohol which she drinks generously of). There is a lust for life in Asaara that she isn't afraid to show. Overall she is a more emotionally driven person who wears her heart on her sleeve, as well as her opinions.
She has never felt any shame or fear about expressing her thoughts and opinions, an honesty that has been both appreciated and gotten her into trouble. It is important to Asaara to not be rude, but to try to be a decent person, sometimes her words slip out to fast though and her honesty can sometimes be too harsh and rude. Opinions are also voiced openly and she can be quite stubborn about changing them. Tie that in with her being quite competitive and you get a person who can at times be extremely annoying to deal with. It has helped her a lot with her work, training and excelling at things. It's sometimes just impossible for her to give up on things.
Though she has a wild air about her and strong opinions and a curiosity that makes her ask too many questions, she is hard-working. She has managed to do well as a ben-hassrath. This would mostly be due to Asaaras love for people, she is sociable and flirty and loves to tease. But when it really does matter she knows how to express her concerns in a professional way. Which is much unlike her private persona that instead enjoys to pry and and flirt, especially with people who get embarrassed by such teasing.
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Asaara had a standard Qunari upbringing and was a fairly standard Qunari child. From the start she was curious, keen to learn and sociable. She did however, probably due to her curious nature, get into trouble for questioning what she was told and getting herself into trouble. The tamassrans soon realized that she had an abundance of energy that she needed an outlet for. so at the age of 12 she was assigned to become ben-hassrath. She took to her role quickly, though she still often found herself in trouble due to not 'properly respecting authority' it was clear that she would do whatever her duty was. There might be questioning and complaining, but in the end she worked hard and enjoyed a job well done.
The years seemed to fly by and Asaara loved her role, she loved feeling like she contributed and did something important, she liked the excitement and challenges. Then she and another ben-hassrath got the mission to retrieve a tal-vashoth, someone who they expected would fight back. The plan of course was to get him back for a final re-education but eventually there will be a plan that won't work. He fought back, the woman he had been living with for the past year fought back. Looking back Asaara isn't sure what went wrong, maybe she got too confident, too relaxed. But suddenly she had a sword sticking out from her stomach. She collapsed and everything went black. Raindrops on her face was what brought her back. The tal-vashot and the woman dead on the ground and her partner gone, assuming that she was dead. The sound of sobbing reached her ears and as she turned towards the broken wagon she saw a small human girl bundled up in a blanket crying.
She wasn't sure where she had found the energy but she had stood up and walked over to the girl and reached out a hand to her. They had walked down the road silently together for a while before Asaara had collapsed again. The next time she woke up was in a bed in a small wayside chantry. The girl, Juniper (5 years old at that time), had been by her side. They were provided food and room by the chantry sisters and when Asaara was better she started paying them back in favors such as fixing a leaking roof, mending fences and other similar stuff. Juniper stayed with her all that time. Asaara planned to return to her home of course, and let them know that she wasn't dead but she did not feel like she was in a rush. She had favors to return, she had a girl to take care of. Besides, it couldn't hurt to gather some intel.
Time went by, Asaara built herself and Juniper a small cottage close to the chantry and the village close by. They became part of the community, there was always some odd job for Asaara to do, and she started growing vegetables. Occasionally she would work as a guard for caravans or similar things and thus got to travel and visit bigger cities. It was all amazing and freeing, not having all the controlling duties and roles to confirm to. Just being free and experiencing things. So the years went by, Juniper turned 11 and Asaara 29, it had been six years. But Asaara had not defected, she was going back, she was loyal to the Qun. She just had some other things to do first, everyone needs a break sometimes.
And when the revered mother and sisters of the chantry wanted to go to haven and catch a glimpse of the divine they asked Asaara along, for security, and Juniper would not be left behind.
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