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House Trevelyan is a house of faith and service, whether to Ostwick or the Chantry. The older Trevelyans inherit the family titles, lands, and duties; the younger enter the Chantry as clerics and templars. The mages born into the family are expected to serve Ostwick and the Chantry from the Circles like any other Trevelyan. The family tree is littered with well regarded names and children are raised to take pride in what they’re meant to do.

Maxwell Trevelyan, the youngest of Bann Trevelyan’s seven children, is not a mage and does not end up a cleric or a templar.

That suits him just fine.

This is my precious asshole Maxwell. He's actually not an asshole; he's earnest, kind, compassionate, and also a brutal warrior.

The Trevelyans are east Asian.

World State: Queen Elissa Cousland saved the mages at the Ferelden Circle, saved the werewolves and recruited the Dalish, crowned Bhelen Aeducan king with Caradin's help, saved Connor and didn't taint Andraste's ashes, crowned Alistair king and convinced him to do the dark ritual with Morrigan, and accidentally set Amaranthine on fire. Garrett Hawke lost his brother Carver while fleeing Lothering and his sister Bethany to the Wardens, killed the Arishok while exposing the zealots in the Chantry that forced the Qunari invasion, romanced Fenris, sided with Orsino, spared Anders' life, and vanished into the wilds with his friends. Except for Varric, who got caught by Cassandra and ended up a member the Inquisitor's Inner Circle.