Mahariel family

The Dalish Warden is a member of the Mahariel family, which belongs to the Sabrae clan of Dalish elves, lead by Keeper Marethari. Though little is known of the Warden's immediate kin the Mahariel family assumedly descend, as is the normal for Dalish elves, from the noble elven Houses of the Dales.

The patriarch of the Mahariel family was the former Keeper of the Sabrae clan prior to Marethari. It is stated through conversation during the Dalish origin that the Dalish Warden's father and mother fell in love in somewhat controversial circumstances and were bonded with a certain amount of scandal. Indeed, it is possible that were he not the Keeper at the time the Dalish Warden's father might not have been allowed to marry.

Magic and martial prowess feature in this family due to its connection to Dalish Keepers and the potential for a Mahariel Warden to be either a rogue or warrior.

Trivia

 * The meaning of "Mahariel" is "swift," and is the name of an angel stationed at the first portal of Heaven. He provides new souls for the purified ones entering their eternal reward.