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'''Maevaris Tilani''' is a [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] [[Magisters|Magister]] recognized by the Imperial Senate (though seemingly not a Senator herself) and the widow of [[Varric Tethras]]' cousin Thorold. Varric calls her Mae.
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'''Maevaris Tilani''' is a [[Tevinter Imperium|Tevinter]] [[magister]] recognized by the Imperial Senate and the widow of [[Varric Tethras]]' cousin Thorold.
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== Background ==
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Maevaris was born to Magister Athanir Tilani. Though she was called male at birth, Maevaris identified as a woman and started openly living as one at the age of fifteen, which caused a massive scandal in Tevinter. Her father, who had permitted her to do so, in part because he was unwilling to lose his only heir, was considered too inoffensive and well-connected to be driven out of the Senate. Athanir was a kind and gentle man, often used and discarded by his supposed allies in the Magisterium. He was arrested and subsequently executed by Imperial [[templars]] in 9:32 [[Dragon Age (time period)|Dragon]]. Maevaris was convinced that this was the result of her father becoming involved in a scheme he didn't believe in and then being abandoned by his allies when it went awry. She quietly took her revenge, though it was still enough for many to realize that Maevaris would not be as tractable as her father had been. This made her enemies, enough that her inheritance of her father's seat in the Magisterium was called into question.
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The Tilani family made up for its lack of political clout with a considerable fortune, the result of long-standing ties to the [[dwarf|dwarven]] [[Ambassadoria]]. Maevaris forged an alliance with Thorold [[House Tethras|Tethras]], the dwarven merchant and representative of [[Orzammar]], and by 9:35 Dragon she had successfully outmaneuvered her opponents and claimed her inheritance. She had also promised her hand in marriage to Thorold. Though they were never officially married, their union was universally recognized as being a sincere and affectionate one. When he died of an accidental fall while visiting [[Minrathous]] in 9:37 Maevaris inherited all of his considerable fortune as well as his contacts in the Ambassadoria. Thorold's death was rumored to have been the doing of Maevaris' enemies, and she is said to have spent the following year of mourning exacting quiet vengeance.
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Maevaris is a magister of unique reputation. She walks the balance of fear and respect and few who oppose her dare do so openly.<ref>{{Cite wot2|44}}</ref>
   
 
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=== ''Dragon Age: Those Who Speak'' ===
  
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Alistair, Isabela and Varric meet Maevaris at a ball in Tevinter. Maevaris promises her protection to [[Alistair]], [[Isabela]] and Varric. She introduces Lord [[Devon]] whom she asked to watch for Isabela's ship and keep it off the registry. It appears that she was gathering information on [[Aurelian Titus]]. When he arrives and the trio attacks him, she fights on their side, claiming that she can't let anything happen to Varric and that as a magister she will stand by her word. When the fight is over, she urges Alistair, Isabela and Varric to leave before the guard arrives: there will be questions and it'd be better if a magister is the one answering them.}}
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Alistair, Isabela and Varric meet Maevaris at a ball in [[Qarinus]]. Maevaris promises her protection to [[Alistair]], [[Isabela]] and Varric. She introduces Lord [[Devon]] whom she asked to watch for Isabela's ship and keep it off the registry. It appears that she was gathering information on [[Aurelian Titus]]. When he arrives and the trio attacks him, she fights on their side, claiming that she can't let anything happen to Varric and that as a magister she will stand by her word. When the fight is over, she urges Alistair, Isabela and Varric to leave before the guard arrives: there will be questions and it'd be better if a magister is the one answering them.}}
   
 
=== ''Dragon Age: Until We Sleep'' ===
  
=== ''Dragon Age: Until We Sleep'' ===
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The [[Qunari]] assault [[Ath Velanis]] at the command of their new [[Sten|Arishok]], led by [[Alistair]] and [[Isabela]] as they confront Aurelian Titus. Meanwhile [[Varric Tethras|Varric]] infiltrates the fortress undetected and searches for [[Maric Theirin]]. While there he liberates Maevaris Tilani who had been taken prisoner and tortured by Titus. She then reveals to Varric Titus' scheme to restore Tevinter to its former glory and directs him to the laboratory where King Maric is most likely being held.
  
The [[Qunari]] assault [[Ath Velanis]] at the command of their new [[Sten|Arishok]], led by [[Alistair]] and [[Isabela]] as they confront Aurelian Titus. Meanwhile [[Varric Tethras|Varric]] infiltrates the fortress undetected and searches for [[Maric Theirin]]. While there he liberates Maevaris Tilani who had been taken prisoner and tortured by Titus. She then reveals to Varric Titus' scheme to restore Tevinter to its former glory and directs him to the laboratory where King Maric is most likely being held.
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[[File:Maevaris -Ath Velanis Dungeon.png|thumb|250px|Maevaris imprisoned in the Ath Velanis Dungeon]]
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[[File:Maevaris -Ath Velanis Dungeon.png|thumb|250px|Maevaris imprisoned in the Ath Velanis dungeon]]
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Varric's attempt to free King Maric from the [[Magrallen]] causes everyone to be pulled into the [[Fade]]. Varric finds Maevaris in the Fade reunited with her deceased husband Thorold and is being catered to by male servants in a lavish pool. Maevaris is well aware that it is all just an illusion of the Fade but delights in indulging in the dream anyways. To Varric, she reveals Titus' plan to use the Magrallen to shape the minds and spirits of Thedas in order to brainwash the common folk so that the mages could rule the "ungifted" with impunity and gratitude. Varric resolves to stop him and asks Maevaris for her help. Maevaris is content to indulge in the Fade but after being reminded of the suffering she had to endure as Titus' prisoner, she becomes motivated to stop him as well. Maevaris then travels with Varric to rescue his other friends from the illusions the Fade has seduced them with. After liberating Isabela from her Fade nightmare she joins them to convince Alistair and Maric to help them kill Aurelian Titus. Once they are reunited, Maevaris opens a portal to allow Maric to attempt to ambush Titus while Alistair, Isabela and Varric distracted him, as well and conjuring a henge to protect Maric from Titus' demons.. After fleeing the Fade and killing Titus, she joins the others in the Ath Velanis laboratory and witness Maric's weakened state, barely kept alive by the Magrellen. Maevaris stated that she heard of rumors about the Dalish, and a magister exiled to the [[Anderfels]], which claimed to graft spirit onto the flesh to restore life, but it was a magic she had little knowledge of. At Varric's behest, Alistair destroys the Magrallen, killing Maric.
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Varric's attempt to free King Maric from the [[Magrallen]] causes everyone to be pulled into the [[Fade]]. Varric finds Maevaris in the Fade, reunited with her deceased husband Thorold and being catered to by male servants in a lavish pool. Maevaris is well aware that it is all just an illusion of the Fade, but delights in indulging in the dream anyway. To Varric, she reveals Titus' plan to use the Magrallen to shape the minds and spirits of Thedas in order to brainwash the common folk so that the mages can rule the "ungifted" with impunity and gratitude. Varric resolves to stop him and asks Maevaris for her help. Maevaris is content to indulge herself in the Fade, but after being reminded of the suffering she had to endure as Titus' prisoner, she becomes motivated to stop him as well.
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Maevaris travels with Varric to rescue his other friends from the illusions the Fade has seduced them with. They liberate Isabela from her Fade nightmare and convince Alistair and Maric to help them kill Aurelian Titus. Maevaris opens a portal to allow Maric to attempt to ambush Titus while Alistair, Isabela and Varric distract him, as well as conjuring a henge to protect Maric from Titus' demons.
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After fleeing the Fade and killing Titus, she joins the others in the Ath Velanis laboratory, where they witness Maric in a weakened state, kept barely alive by the Magrellen. Maevaris states that she has heard rumors about the Dalish and a magister exiled to the [[Anderfels]], and the ability to graft a spirit onto the flesh to restore life, but it is a magic she has little knowledge of. At Varric's behest, Alistair destroys the Magrallen, killing Maric.}}
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=== ''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' ===
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The [[Inquisition]] can aid Maevaris in her [[A Friend in Qarinus|bid]] to convince the Magisterium to condemn the [[Venatori]] and further erode Tevinter support for the cult. Afterwards they may assist Maevaris in [[The Tevinter Resistance|mitigating]] potential counter-attacks.
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An ambient conversation between Varric and a Skyhold runner shows him receiving a letter from Maevaris. Unlike most of the other mail he receives, he acknowledges that he will actually read this one.
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Along with Magister [[Dorian Pavus]], Maevaris eventually formed a group called the Lucerni to restore and redeem Tevinter.<ref>[[Epilogue (Trespasser)]]</ref>
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=== ''Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights'' ===
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'''''Luck in the Gardens'''''<br>
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With [[Dorian Pavus]], Maevaris has been keeping an eye on some of the Magisterium's scoundrels and trying to win a few over to their cause.
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She participates in the battle against the Cekorax, a new sort of monster that beheads its victims, with Dorian, Hollix, and Mizzy.
 
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Maevaris Tilani Library Edition.png|Maevaris as depicted on the cover of ''Dragon Age Library Edition vol. 1''
  
Maevaris Tilani Library Edition.png|Maevaris as depicted on the cover of ''Dragon Age Library Edition vol. 1''
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== Notes ==
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* Maevaris' appearance, and her nickname of "Mae", is be based on actress [[wikipedia:Mae West|Mae West]].<ref name="dgaider"> Gaider, David. [http://dgaider.tumblr.com/post/52763739911/on-transgender-characters "On Transgender Characters"]. David Gaider's Tumblr.</ref>
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* Maevaris' appearance, and her nickname of "Mae," is based on actress [[wikipedia:Mae West|Mae West]].<ref name="dgtumblr">[[David Gaider]]. [http://the-gaider-archives.tumblr.com/post/108930086798/on-transgender-characters On Transgender Characters]. Tumblr.</ref>
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* In ''[[Dragon Age: Until We Sleep]]'', it is revealed that Maevaris is Dragon Age's first true transgender character. Although [[Serendipity]] appeared earlier in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', the writers envisioned her as more of a drag queen; game engine limitations prevented this from being apparent.<ref name="dgtumblr" /> In ''[[Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1]]'' Maevaris is described as "fully female with the exception of her biology."<ref>''[[Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1]]'', p. 85, annotation by Chad Harding.</ref>
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* In ''Until We Sleep'', it is revealed that Maevaris is a transgender character and the second one known after [[Serendipity]].
  
   
 
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“I should take you home and have you spanked.”


Maevaris Tilani is a Tevinter magister recognized by the Imperial Senate and the widow of Varric Tethras' cousin Thorold.

Background

Maevaris was born to Magister Athanir Tilani. Though she was called male at birth, Maevaris identified as a woman and started openly living as one at the age of fifteen, which caused a massive scandal in Tevinter. Her father, who had permitted her to do so, in part because he was unwilling to lose his only heir, was considered too inoffensive and well-connected to be driven out of the Senate. Athanir was a kind and gentle man, often used and discarded by his supposed allies in the Magisterium. He was arrested and subsequently executed by Imperial templars in 9:32 Dragon. Maevaris was convinced that this was the result of her father becoming involved in a scheme he didn't believe in and then being abandoned by his allies when it went awry. She quietly took her revenge, though it was still enough for many to realize that Maevaris would not be as tractable as her father had been. This made her enemies, enough that her inheritance of her father's seat in the Magisterium was called into question.

The Tilani family made up for its lack of political clout with a considerable fortune, the result of long-standing ties to the dwarven Ambassadoria. Maevaris forged an alliance with Thorold Tethras, the dwarven merchant and representative of Orzammar, and by 9:35 Dragon she had successfully outmaneuvered her opponents and claimed her inheritance. She had also promised her hand in marriage to Thorold. Though they were never officially married, their union was universally recognized as being a sincere and affectionate one. When he died of an accidental fall while visiting Minrathous in 9:37 Maevaris inherited all of his considerable fortune as well as his contacts in the Ambassadoria. Thorold's death was rumored to have been the doing of Maevaris' enemies, and she is said to have spent the following year of mourning exacting quiet vengeance.

Maevaris is a magister of unique reputation. She walks the balance of fear and respect and few who oppose her dare do so openly.[1]

Involvement

BioWare canon
The plot follows BioWare's own canon, meaning that Alistair is king of Ferelden in the comic's story.

Dragon Age: Those Who Speak

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Those Who Speak.

Alistair, Isabela and Varric meet Maevaris at a ball in Qarinus. Maevaris promises her protection to Alistair, Isabela and Varric. She introduces Lord Devon whom she asked to watch for Isabela's ship and keep it off the registry. It appears that she was gathering information on Aurelian Titus. When he arrives and the trio attacks him, she fights on their side, claiming that she can't let anything happen to Varric and that as a magister she will stand by her word. When the fight is over, she urges Alistair, Isabela and Varric to leave before the guard arrives: there will be questions and it'd be better if a magister is the one answering them.


Dragon Age: Until We Sleep

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Until We Sleep.

The Qunari assault Ath Velanis at the command of their new Arishok, led by Alistair and Isabela as they confront Aurelian Titus. Meanwhile Varric infiltrates the fortress undetected and searches for Maric Theirin. While there he liberates Maevaris Tilani who had been taken prisoner and tortured by Titus. She then reveals to Varric Titus' scheme to restore Tevinter to its former glory and directs him to the laboratory where King Maric is most likely being held.

Maevaris -Ath Velanis Dungeon

Maevaris imprisoned in the Ath Velanis dungeon

Varric's attempt to free King Maric from the Magrallen causes everyone to be pulled into the Fade. Varric finds Maevaris in the Fade, reunited with her deceased husband Thorold and being catered to by male servants in a lavish pool. Maevaris is well aware that it is all just an illusion of the Fade, but delights in indulging in the dream anyway. To Varric, she reveals Titus' plan to use the Magrallen to shape the minds and spirits of Thedas in order to brainwash the common folk so that the mages can rule the "ungifted" with impunity and gratitude. Varric resolves to stop him and asks Maevaris for her help. Maevaris is content to indulge herself in the Fade, but after being reminded of the suffering she had to endure as Titus' prisoner, she becomes motivated to stop him as well.

Maevaris travels with Varric to rescue his other friends from the illusions the Fade has seduced them with. They liberate Isabela from her Fade nightmare and convince Alistair and Maric to help them kill Aurelian Titus. Maevaris opens a portal to allow Maric to attempt to ambush Titus while Alistair, Isabela and Varric distract him, as well as conjuring a henge to protect Maric from Titus' demons.

After fleeing the Fade and killing Titus, she joins the others in the Ath Velanis laboratory, where they witness Maric in a weakened state, kept barely alive by the Magrellen. Maevaris states that she has heard rumors about the Dalish and a magister exiled to the Anderfels, and the ability to graft a spirit onto the flesh to restore life, but it is a magic she has little knowledge of. At Varric's behest, Alistair destroys the Magrallen, killing Maric.


Dragon Age: Inquisition

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Inquisition.

The Inquisition can aid Maevaris in her bid to convince the Magisterium to condemn the Venatori and further erode Tevinter support for the cult. Afterwards they may assist Maevaris in mitigating potential counter-attacks.

An ambient conversation between Varric and a Skyhold runner shows him receiving a letter from Maevaris. Unlike most of the other mail he receives, he acknowledges that he will actually read this one.

Along with Magister Dorian Pavus, Maevaris eventually formed a group called the Lucerni to restore and redeem Tevinter.[2]


Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights

This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights.

BioWare canon
The plot follows BioWare's own canon, meaning it may not follow some of the player's choices in the games.

Luck in the Gardens
With Dorian Pavus, Maevaris has been keeping an eye on some of the Magisterium's scoundrels and trying to win a few over to their cause.

She participates in the battle against the Cekorax, a new sort of monster that beheads its victims, with Dorian, Hollix, and Mizzy.


Gallery

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Dragon Age logo - new Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 44
  2. ↑ Epilogue (Trespasser)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 David Gaider. On Transgender Characters. Tumblr.
  4. ↑ Dragon Age Library Edition Volume 1, p. 85, annotation by Chad Harding.
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