Evrion

Evrion was the middle son of Maferath and Gilivhan's three children,^[1] and an adopted son of Andraste.

Background[]

Evrion's father, Maferath, was an Alamarri chieftain, commanding the biggest and most powerful Alamarri tribe through his marriage to Andraste. As she was believed too weak to bear children, Maferath took a concubine to provide him with heirs. He sired three boys with the Alamarri woman named Gilivhan. After the concubine's death, Evrion and his brothers were adopted by Andraste and raised as her own.^[2]^[3]

After Andraste's death at the end of the Exalted March against the Tevinter Imperium, Evrion returned to the Alamarri lands with his father. Maferath gave his sons the task of helping him strengthen the lands under Alamarri rule to act as a barrier against Tevinter. Maferath entrusted his middle child with the lands north of his own, which would later become the modern Free Marches.

Evrion is described as the most pious of Andraste's sons; he was more concerned with spreading her word than with power, and did just that in the decade following her untimely death.^[1] When Maferath's betrayal was revealed, he disowned his father and dispersed his holdings among his people.

Unlike the lands controlled by his other two brothers, the ones under his command never developed into full-fledged nations. Instead, each of the towns and cities under his former command elected a separate ruler and would become independent city-states. Years later, the area came to be known as the Free Marches. Despite multiple attempts at conquest, including by Tevinter and Orlais, no one has ever managed to fully control these lands.^[1]

Two of his children later tried to lay claim to Andraste's legacy, and were in turn killed for it. His other children fell into obscurity, their fate unknown.