![]() Enticed by the coin offered, Rainier took the job. Despite this, his men followed him loyally and obeyed his orders without question.Īn ally of Grand Duke Gaspard, Ser Robert Chapuis, hired him to attack one of Empress Celene's allies, Lord Vincent Callier. On the surface, Rainier safeguarded his men's interests, but behind the facade his primary concern was with his own advancement and profit. ![]() Despite his Marcher heritage, Rainier's skill and dedication allowed him to become a well-respected captain in the Orlesian army and his charisma made his men very devoted to him. He learned strategy and honed his martial prowess. For the next few years, Rainier campaigned in Perendale and the Dales. Įventually, Rainier enlisted in the Orlesian imperial army. Rainier survived this, and a wyvern stalking the group, as did Wilfred and some others, but Wilfred was killed after attempting to steal water from another man while sleeping Rainier and the others left Wilfred's body where it lay, and eventually managed to return to civilization. With no food, they tried to subsist off some berries Wilfred had found, but the berries induced madness and hallucinations in the men, leaving them vulnerable to Ghasts, which stole their armor and attempted to drag them away as well. However, a violent storm overtook the group and forced them to flee to higher grounds due to flooding, which washed away their equipment and supplies. Several years before meeting Warden Blackwall or the Inquisition, he was part of a group of mercenaries sent to recover a man who had gone missing in the Silent Plains, along with an eager and able-bodied but inexperienced man named Wilfred. Thom quickly squandered his winnings from the tourney and took up mercenary work for two years. Many years later, he came to regret that decision. The chevalier put aside his own ambition to help Rainier win the tournament, and even offered to mentor him, but Rainier refused him out of pride. He won the melee of the Grand Tourney in his youth, albeit with the crucial aid of a fellow competitor-a chevalier called Ser Geoffroy de Bordelon. Thom Rainier originated from Markham in the Free Marches. Blackwall sent a message north announcing his intention to return to Val Chevin, but recruited a man named Thomas "Thom" Rainier during his journey. ![]() ![]() In 9:36 Dragon, Warden-Constable Gordon Blackwall journeyed to Montsimmard to see Warden-Commander Fontaine and confer with her about who would succeed her when she went on her Calling. His goal is to help others and act as a shield to his comrades, and this reflects his view of the Grey Wardens as an order of protectors. He managed to free himself of the rubble and navigated a crumbling darkspawn-infested cave system alone to reach and free his fellows.īlackwall's duties also include recruiting new Wardens. Shortly after the Blight, on a mission to secure all known Deep Roads entrances in Orlais, he was awarded the Silverite Wings of Valor for rescuing seven fellow Wardens when a tunnel collapsed. ĭuring the Fifth Blight in 9:30 Dragon, Blackwall was strongly opposed to Teyrn Loghain's decision to close the Fereldan borders, and exile of the Grey Wardens while the Fifth Blight raged. He was put in charge of Warden operations in northern Orlais and stationed in Val Chevin. īlackwall was a close friend of then Warden-Constable Alisse Fontaine and succeeded her in the position when she became Commander of the Grey in Orlais in 9:28. He prefers the life of the Warden to any other. In that isolation, he counsels that you have become something more than yourself. He is proud of the lives of isolation and valor those of his order lead. Nothing is known of Blackwall prior to his recruitment into the Grey Wardens from the city of Cumberland in 9:17 Dragon, but he is said to be one of the few who chose, of his own accord, to undergo the Joining.
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