Genevieve

Commander Genevieve was commander of the Grey Warden detachment to Ferelden from Orlais in search of a Warden captured by darkspawn in The Deep Roads. She was a bitter woman who was driven by loss and duty. Her actions, along with those of the other Wardens Duncan, Fiona, Julien, Nicolas, Utha, Kell and Hafter, cement Loghain's mistrust of the Grey Wardens even as they convince King Maric to restore their order in Ferelden early in the Dragon Age.

Background
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Genevieve always dreamed of being a Grey Warden, but when a Warden finally came to recruit, her brother Bregan was chosen instead. Bregan had no desire to be a Warden, but knowing his sister's greatest wish, agreed to be recruited on the condition that Genevieve was accepted as well.

Once the reality of being a Grey Warden set in, Genevieve came to understand the full depth of the sacrifice her brother made. Some 30 years later when Bregan steps down as the Warden Commander and goes to his Calling, Genevieve is made Commander knowing that her brother, the unwilling Warden, had been the more respected, more loved and more talented Grey Warden of the two.

Shortly afterwards, Genevieve's betrothed, a Grey Warden named Guy, is murdered by a Val Royeaux cut-purse named Duncan, and her bitter grief deepens. In spite of his actions, Genevieve conscripts the reluctant boy, mentoring him.

Months later, she experiences nightmare visions of Bregan still alive in the Deep Roads, captured by darkspawn. Whether she is more afraid to let her brother go, or afraid that his knowledge of the locations of the Old Gods will precipitate a Blight is in question, but she convinces the order to mount an expedition to find him. Loghain Mac Tir and Maric Theirin are the only living survivors of a small group that escaped through the Deep Roads to Gwaren during the Fereldan Rebellion; they are the only humans known to have traveled the tainted highways of the forgotten underground empire and escape alive.

Involvement
Because of this, Genevieve hopes to persuade Loghain to guide them into the Deep Roads. Suspicious of Orlesians in general and Grey Wardens in particular, Loghain, not surprisingly, refuses to go. However, King Maric, seeking to escape his grief and depression over the death of Queen Rowan, volunteers to guide them. Genevieve accepts the offer and the Wardens smuggle the King out of Denerim before Teryn Loghain realizes their intent. The other Wardens question her sanity in placing the King of Ferelden in such danger, with only Duncan aware that she will go so far as see Maric dead to achieve her goals.

After travelling in the Deep Roads the party realises they are getting closer to Bregan and the group (shortly after the deaths of Nicolas and Julien) mutiny under the leadership of Kell. They decide that after they have slept they will return to the surface as too much has been lost already. While they sleep Genevive sneaks off to find Bregan. It is later revealed that she has joined with The Architect and become a ghoul like Bregan. She aids The Architect until the story progresses to the tower of the Circle Of Magi, where she realises it was all a mistake and betrays The Architect where she dies at the hands of The Architect's magic. }}