Shianni

“So we should take everything the humans say at face value? We're all lazy, vulgar, thieves then? That's what they say, isn't it?”

Shianni
Race	Elf
Gender	Female
Location	Denerim Alienage
Quests	City Elf Origin Unrest in the Alienage The Final Battle
Family	City Elf (cousin) Soris (cousin) Cyrion Tabris (uncle) Adaia (Late aunt)
Voice	Beth Graham
Appearances	Dragon Age: Origins

Shianni is an outspoken member of the elven community in Denerim as well as the cousin of the City Elf.

Involvement

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This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age: Origins.

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In the City Elf Origin, Shianni is the elf who wakes up the City Elf at the beginning, reminding him/her that today is their wedding day. Shianni is later seen getting into trouble with the son of the Arl of Denerim, Vaughan, which escalates when she knocks out Vaughan with a wine bottle. When Vaughan and his friends later disrupt the City Elf's wedding and kidnap all the women present, Shianni is among the abducted. She is later seen in a room with Vaughan and his friends. At this point, the City Elf may choose to make a deal with Vaughan in letting him go with Shianni and Soris' bride, or to kill him which could have caused a trouble to the whole Alienage. Regardless of what the City Elf chooses, Shianni had been already raped.^[note]

She is also the specter that appears to the City Elf Warden within The Gauntlet as part of A Test of Faith quest when the party goes to find the Urn of Andraste.

Shianni during the Alienage crisis

Several months later, Shianni is a main point of contact during the Unrest in the Alienage quest when the Warden enters the Denerim Alienage to investigate a mysterious plague that has recently spread there.

If the Warden is human, she will be particularly abrasive to him or her, though may be somewhat friendlier if Soris was freed from the Arl of Denerim's Estate earlier on. She is one of the few people within the Alienage who believes foul play is involved with the so called "quarantine".

If the Warden is a city Elf, Shianni will mention the wedding, which will generate a comment of surprise if the love interest of the Warden is in the party at the same time. She will also gift the Dawn Ring as a thanks to the Warden if the Alienage is defended during The Final Battle.

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In the epilogue, a City Elf Warden may name Shianni as the first Bann of Denerim's Alienage at the end of the game.

Note: If she becomes a Bann she will be murdered by a human bigot several years later.

Furthermore she may become the new hahren, regardless of whether she was put forward as Bann or not.

Notes

• Shianni's raping is confirmed when King Cailan asks about the Denerim Alienage and the City Elf Warden can respond "I killed an arl's son for raping my friend". This has the distinction of being the only time that Cailan's cheerful demeanor slips, as he can only sputter, "You-- WHAT?!?"
• Shianni will appear as a spirit in The Gauntlet and give the player an item if the City Elf Origin is chosen. Like all the spirits therein, this Shianni is a reflection of the Warden's doubts, not the actual person, and therefore will still appear even though Shianni is alive.

Quotes

• "Wake up, Cousin! Why are you still in bed? It's your big day!"
• "Touch me and I'll gut you, you pig!"
• "When the world was at its worst, there you came--fire in your eyes, like something out of a storybook. I'll never forget that."
• (to other elves during Unrest in the Alienage): "Didn't the wedding teach you people anything? Nobody is coming here to help us. We have to help ourselves."
• "Andraste's ass, you'd think I'd learn some social graces!"
• (to the Warden during The Final Battle): "The Maker sure gave you the gift of good timing, didn't He?"

Gallery

Nola (left), Shianni (center) and another elf

Shianni during the Battle of Denerim