PERSONALITY

Purple Hawke represents a sarcastic and blunt personality. This Hawke is characterized by a cynical, humorous, and sometimes aggressive approach to situations, often delivering biting remarks and sarcastic observations. They are not necessarily evil, but they tend to be more direct and less diplomatic than other personality types. 

BIOGRAPHY

Marian was born around 9:06-9:07 Dragon in a small village near Amaranthine. Marian's father Malcolm was an apostate mage who died three years before the beginning of the game, while her mother Leandra Amell is a noble from Kirkwall. Marian has two younger twin siblings—the mage Bethany and the warrior Carver.

The family was forced to move to Lothering when Bethany's magic manifested when she was nine. They'd been living in Lothering for ten years when the Fifth Blight started in Ferelden. As a mage, Marian stayed in Lothering to safeguard Leandra and Bethany. After the defeat at Ostagar, the family escaped the darkspawn attack by fleeing north to the Free Marches.

In 9:30 Dragon, the Fifth Blight has just begun and, following their victory at Ostagar, the darkspawn fall upon the village of Lothering. The Hawke family is among the last to escape alive. Marian's mother Leandra suggests that they flee to Kirkwall, where her younger brother Gamlen holds the Amell estate. On the road they stumble into Aveline and her templar husband, Wesley, also survivors of the massacre. During their escape, they run into further bands of darkspawn. Though the party defeats many of these creatures, victory comes at a cruel price: Aveline's husband contracts the darkspawn taint and Bethany is slain by an ogre. Surrounded by darkspawn and on the verge of death, Marian's party is rescued by an attacking high dragon. The dragon turns out to be Flemeth, the Witch of the Wilds. Flemeth offers them safe passage to Gwaren in exchange for a favor. Marian has no choice but to agree.

Marian's party boards a ship to Kirkwall but finds that the city is filled with an influx of Fereldan refugees, all fleeing the Blight. The city guard has been turning them away and banning them from the city. Worse, they discover that Gamlen has gambled away the Amell estate and fortune. Gamlen has contacts who bribe Marian's party into the city, but only if they agree to work off a tremendous debt as indentured servants. Marian has no choice but to agree to be under the contact's employ.

One year later, Marian has managed to work off the debt but still lacks the funds needed to properly care for the entire family. Marian is persuaded by an associate, Varric, to become a business partner in his and Bartrand's Deep Roads Expedition. Though Bartrand betrays both Marian and Varric during the expedition, the treasures found within the Deep Roads have brought Marian both fame and fortune. However, if Hawke's surviving sibling accompanied Hawke into the Deep Roads, he/she was tainted by the Blight. If accompanied by Anders, the sibling can be offered a choice: death or joining the Grey Wardens. If the sibling did not accompany Hawke into the Deep Roads then the surviving sibling will either be inducted into the Circle of Magi or the templars depending on the sibling's class.