Editing Amell family

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|nationality  = [[Kirkwall]] <small>([[Free Marches]])</small>
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|appearances  = [[Dragon Age: Origins]] <br> [[Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening]] <br> [[Dragon Age II]] <br> [[Dragon Age: Inquisition]]
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The '''Amell family''' is a noble family from [[Kirkwall]] in the [[Free Marches]] whose bloodline dates back to the [[Fourth Blight]].

== 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 [[Hawke Estate|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.<sup>[[Amell Family#Notes|[note]]]</sup> Even the Templars agreed that the Amells were worthy successors; however, the family was tainted by a number of scandals in the early Dragon Age and [[Marlowe Dumar]] was appointed as Viscount instead. 

[[Revka Amell]]'s firstborn child was found to be a mage and subsequently taken to the [[Circle]], Revka weeping in the streets behind the templars. In 9:05 Dragon, Aristide's treasured daughter [[Leandra Amell|Leandra]] shamed her parents by eloping with the [[apostate]] [[Malcolm Hawke]] and running away to [[Ferelden]]. Damion was accused of smuggling and his father, Lord Fausten, went bankrupt trying to defend him. When that wasn't enough, Fausten borrowed from the Council of Five, a Kirkwall organization known for ties to mercenaries and slavers. Despite his efforts, Damion was thrown in prison and Fausten eventually wasted away and died. Revka disappeared one day and her husband took their four remaining children away from Kirkwall (according to Leandra, all children were later found to be mages as well).<ref>{{Cite wot2|150-157}}</ref> 

[[File:Hawke Estate Exterior.png|thumb|275px|The Amell Estate in Hightown]]
With Leandra gone, her brother [[Gamlen Amell|Gamlen]] was left to care for the aging Lord and Lady Amell through a wasting sickness and three bouts of cholera. Lord Aristide eventually forgave his daughter and created a will that stated that Leandra and her children were to inherit the estate, while Gamlen was to live on a stipend, controlled only by his sister. Yet when he and his wife finally passed away, Gamlen kept the will a secret and became the new de facto Amell lord. Leandra failed to return home for her parents' funeral because she had recently given birth to fraternal twins, [[Bethany Hawke|Bethany]] and [[Carver Hawke|Carver]].

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 Hartling|Mara]], with whom he had one daughter, [[Charade]]. Mara left Gamlen without ever informing him of his child. The Council of Five sought out Gamlen to repay his uncle Fausten's debts. With no other options, he eventually sold the once-proud family mansion to slavers to pay off his debts, and was forced into a [[Lowtown]] [[Gamlen's House|hovel]].

The [[Fifth Blight]] struck Ferelden in 9:30 [[Dragon Age (time period)|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 during that time. 
[[File:GamlensHouse-maindoor.jpg|thumb|The home of Gamlen Amell in [[Lowtown]]]]
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, [[Hawke|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.
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The same expedition, however, led to the loss of Leandra's second child, who either died from the [[Taint]] contracted in the Deep Roads or was subsequently recruited into the [[Grey Wardens]], the [[Templar Order]], or the [[Circle of Magi]]. Either way, Hawke and Leandra became the only residents of the Amell estate after Hawke bought it back using the Deep Roads treasure.

Three years later, tragedy struck the family again. Leandra was [[All That Remains|abducted]] by an [[Quentin|insane serial killer]], and murdered by him. The head of the family was now her eldest child, who was later declared [[Free Marches#Champion|Champion]] of Kirkwall for defeating the [[Qunari]] who declared [[First Battle of Kirkwall|war]] on the city. 

Viscount Dumar was killed in the conflict. [[Meredith Stannard]], [[Knight-Commander]] of Kirkwall's [[Templar Order|Templars]], became steward of the city. She used her position to stop a new Viscount from being appointed, until ever-increasing tensions between the mages and the Templars resulted in her demise.

{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If Hawke introduced Charade to Gamlen|Leandra's eldest child was eventually able to engineer a reconciliation between Charade and her father, Gamlen. Gamlen warmly welcomed his estranged daughter and a branch of the Amell family was reunited once more.}}

{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If Hawke sided with the Templars|After assisting the Templars in the brutal [[Right of Annulment|annulment]] of [[Gallows|Kirkwall]]'s [[Circle of Magi]] during the [[Kirkwall Rebellion]], Hawke was elevated to the position of Viscount. If [[Bethany Hawke]] was a Circle mage, Hawke can permit Knight-Commander Meredith Stannard to execute her during the annulment. In more recent times, Hawke left Kirkwall; the Champion's whereabouts are currently unknown.}}

{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If Hawke sided with the mages|Once again, the Amells collapsed at their peak. Hawke saved many innocent mages of Kirkwall from death at the hands of the Templars—and in doing so, they were forced to flee the city. The Champion's whereabouts are currently unknown.}}

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{{CodexConditionalParagraph|If Hawke sided with the Templars|The templars in Kirkwall began using [[Red Lyrium]] which made them paranoid. Eventually they turned on Hawke, forcing them to step down as Viscount. Hawke left Kirkwall to try and find out more.}}

{{CodexConditionalSection|If Hawke doesn't survive the events of [[Adamant Fortress]]|}}

Hawke sacrifices themselves in the [[Fade]] to atone for freeing [[Corypheus]] during the [[War against the Elder One|War against the Elder One]]. With Hawke distracting the [[Nightmare (demon)|Nightmare demon]] in the Fade, their Senior Warden ally and the [[The Inquisitor|Inquisitor]] are given a chance to escape. Hawke likely dies in the Fade.

{{CodexConditionalSection|If Hawke survives the events of Adamant Fortress|}}

After the Senior Warden's sacrifice in the Fade, giving Hawke and the Inquisitor a chance to escape, Hawke left to inform to the Grey Warden leadership at the fortress of [[Weisshaupt]] in the [[Anderfels]] of what had transpired to the southern Grey Wardens. What happened at Weisshaupt is unknown—save that all news out of Weisshaupt soon ends. It is said that Hawke eventually returned to help their associate, [[Varric Tethras]], rebuild Kirkwall.
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== Known members ==
* Lord '''Aristide''' Amell
* Lord '''Fausten''' Amell
* [[Revka Amell|'''Revka''' Amell]] – mother of the [[Magi Origin|Circle Mage]]
* '''Damion''' Amell
* Lady [[Leandra Amell|'''Leandra''' Amell]]
* [[Gamlen Amell|'''Gamlen''' Amell]]
* '''[[Hawke]]''' – the "Champion of Kirkwall"
* [[Bethany Hawke|'''Bethany''' Hawke]]
* [[Carver Hawke|'''Carver''' Hawke]]
* [[Charade|'''Charade''' Amell]]
* The [[Magi Origin|'''Circle Mage''']] – they may conditionally be known as [[the Warden]] / [[the Warden-Commander]]
* Revka's four unnamed children
* Kieran

== Family tree ==
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{{family tree | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| }}
{{family tree | | | | | | ARI |v| ANN | | | | | | | | FAU | | | | | | | ARI=Aristide Amell|FAU=Fausten Amell|ANN=Bethann Walker}}
{{family tree | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | }}
{{family tree | | MAR |y| GAM | | LEA |v| MAL | | DAM | | REV | MAR=[[Mara Hartling]]|GAM=[[Gamlen Amell]]|LEA=[[Leandra Amell]]|MAL=[[Malcolm Hawke]]|DAM=Damion Amell |REV=[[Revka Amell]]}}
{{family tree | | | | |!| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |,|-|^|-|-|.| }}
{{family tree | | | | CHA | | HW | | BET | | CAR | |FOR | | | WAR | |CHA=[[Charade Amell]]|CAR=[[Carver Hawke]]|BET=[[Bethany Hawke]]|HW=[[Hawke]]|FOR=Four unnamed mage children|WAR=[[Magi Origin|Human Circle Mage]]}}
{{family tree/end}}

== Codex entries ==
:{{:Codex entry: The Amell Family|style=iconmini}}
:{{:Codex entry: Malcolm Hawke's Reply|style=iconmini}}

== Notes ==
* Lord Aristide died in 9:11, 3 years before Perrin Threnhold assumed the title Viscount. There are other timeline discrepancies in the Amells' history. For example, while Leandra says that she was unable to attend her parents' funeral because of her twins' recent births, ''[[Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 2]]'' states that Aristide and Bethann died a year apart.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center" orientation="portrait">
Leandra.jpg|Leandra Amell <small>(default)</small>
Gamlen estate.png|Gamlen Amell <small>(default)</small>
Mariangarrett.png|Hawke <small>(default)</small>
Bethany profile.jpg|Bethany Hawke <small>(default)</small>
CARVER.jpg|Carver Hawke <small>(default)</small>
Charade Amell.png|Charade Amell
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== References == 
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