Amell family

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The Amell family originates from Kirkwall, and are nobility there.

History
Lord Aristide Amell was one of the most wealthy and influential men in Kirkwall, known for the opulent balls he would host at his mansion. Following the arrest of Lord Viscount Perrin Threnhold by the city's Templar Order, it was universally agreed that Lord Amell would succeed Threnhold as Viscount. Even the Templars agreed that the Amells were worthy successors; however, misfortune struck when Aristide's niece, Revka, gave birth to a mage child. The child was given to the Circle Tower in Ferelden to be raised, but the ascension of a family "tainted" by magical blood would have been a scandal, and Marlowe Dumar was appointed Viscount instead.

After that incident, the fortunes of the Amells soured. Damion was accused of smuggling, and Fausten nearly bankrupted the family paying to get charges dropped, while Aristide's treasured daughter Leandra shamed her parents by eloping with the apostate Malcolm Hawke and running away to Ferelden. With Leandra gone, her brother Gamlen Amell was left to care for the aging Lord and Lady Amell through a wasting sickness and three bouts of cholera. When they finally passed away, Gamlen became the new Amell lord.

Lord Gamlen proved ill-suited to the position. He quickly gambled, drank, and whored the once vast Amell fortune away. He also married a commoner, Mara, with whom he had one daughter, Charade. Mara left Gamlen without ever informing him of his child. Left with no other option, he eventually sold the once-proud family mansion to slavers to pay off his debts, and was forced into a Lowtown hovel.

The Fifth Blight struck Ferelden in 9:30 Dragon, overrunning Lothering three years after the death of Leandra's husband. Fleeing the horde that destroyed their home, Leandra and her three children made their way to Kirkwall. Unfortunately, one of her children was killed by an ogre before escaping Lothering.

Upon the family's arrival in Kirkwall, Leandra was shocked to learn what had happened to her family's estate and fortune. To pay for their family's entry into Kirkwall, as well as settle some of his own debts, Gamlen sold the Hawke children into indentured servitude. The Hawkes served their term for a year, living with Gamlen for the time. The Hawke siblings eventually learned of their uncle's misdeeds regarding the Amell estate, and kicked the slavers out of their ancestral home. While Leandra Hawke arranged a meeting with Viscount Dumar to ask for the mansion back, the eldest of the Hawke siblings financed a Deep Roads expedition. The expedition made them rich, and provided them with the funds to buy back the Amell family home.

Known members

 * Lord Aristide Amell
 * Lord Fausten Amell
 * Revka Amell
 * Damion Amell
 * Leandra Amell
 * Gamlen Amell
 * Garrett/Marian Hawke, the Champion of Kirkwall (Garret and Marian are default names, and are not canonical)
 * Bethany Hawke
 * Carver Hawke
 * Charade Amell
 * Daylon/Solona Amell, ( The Warden if of Magi Origin (Daylon and Solona are default names, and are not canonical)

Trivia

 * Amell means "power of an eagle", this could explain as to why the family crest has two eagles on it.