Rim Katoh

Codex: Qunari in the Circle of Magi
While not a common sight, a few of our neighbors to the north in Seheron left the ways of the Qunari behind and settled across Thedas.

The fortunate thing for Mages in places under the protection of the Sunburst Throne is that your tongue will not be cut from your mouth and then your lips are sewn shut. While I’m sure that has passed the thought of some of the Templar during the arrival of the rare Qunari mage to a Circle to become an apprentice.

Now, of course, there is some controversy as there are when it comes to the Qunari. Most argue that they shouldn’t be admitted to Circles, a misconception that they do not have the drive to their elf or human counterparts to become fully-fledged mages. This, of course, is ignoring the fact that many believe they should be turned away for religious differences even if the entrant is more than willing to live by the Maker’s word.

It’s not agreed on the policy across all Circles yet, but I believe that eventually, the College in Cumberland will need to agree on something.

-- Observations from the First Enchanter of the Markham Circle

Biography
Warden Rim Katoh was already far from her home of Ferelden when the Fifth Blight struck, studying in the Starkhaven Circle, as she had come into her magic at an early age. She took on her harrowing in 9:31 Dragon at the age of 15, given that few had hope that a Vashoth mage would have little luck surviving in the Circle given the stories heard of how the Qunari across the sea handled and viewed magic initiates.

She emerged from her trials sane of mind, unpossessed, and proud.

Just a year later when a Warden Recruiter stopped in the Starkhaven Circle, Rim volunteered to join as she was already tired of her studies under the Circle. She longed (temporarily) for the adventure and freedom that being a Grey Warden could lend her rather than the same bookshelves and desolate hallways that she slowly began to consider prison to what she knew she could be.

She managed to convince the recruiter to take her on, traveling with them through the Free Marches as an initiate before undergoing her Joining with the Markham Grey Wardens.

Magic
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Life in the Starkhaven Circle
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Life as a Grey Warden
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Published Research
During her time with the Grey Wardens Rim has taken on many independent research projects in regards to how the taint affects an individual’s connection to the fade. She is ultimately looking to cure or abate the Taint’s hold on a Grey Warden, though her research has lead her to investigate what sort of natural occurrence might further empower different kinds of Spellcasting.

Inquisition
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Personal Quests
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Rim & the Last Few Years
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