Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Bridget Clarke - Antagonist to Celia
content warnings:
child abuse, child neglect, child trafficking, parental figure death
content warnings:
child abuse, child neglect, child trafficking, parental figure death
9:30 Dragon
Bridget was allegedly found by Forrest Clarke as a babe, kicking and screaming even then. Much like Celia, she was brought in to the fold of the Crows, but being a much younger age, had no prior life to look back upon.
She has many memories of him, but they are faded and vague, accompanied by those of Celia, whom Bridget had seen as an older sister when she was brought back to the Clarke Estate at five years of age. Forrest demanded much of her, both body and mind, pushing the girl to her limits repeatedly despite Celia's attempts to mitigate the damage caused by such ferocity.
9:42 Dragon
At the age of 12, Bridget returned from shadowing another Crow to find the house dark and cold; inside, all that remained were splatters of blood and a brutalized corpse, torn apart from the inside. Though some remnants of magic remained, detected later in the night after the young girl found a Crow and informed them of her "Uncle's" death. Although she maintained a calm exterior, the adrenaline and fear infected her thoughts; there had been no sign of Celia, and although she feared the worst, Bridget also knew there was a very real possibility her 'sister' was responsible.
Bridget was thrown into the fray of burgeoning young Crows, forced to prove themselves or perish. Although Forrest's tutelage had been cutthroat and brutal, never had it been chaotic such as this. Disoriented, Bridget struggled to adapt at first, but quickly found her footing when another trainee threatened her life. He paid for the slight with his own.
9:52 Dragon
As time passed, Bridget continued to train, blossoming into a promising Assassin; still, the memory of the night she had been left on her own stung, a scar across her thoughts. She sought any information on Celia; her whereabouts; whether she was even alive. For ten years, Bridget found only rumors and hearsay, nothing concrete enough to pursue.
Until word of an upstart group fighting against the Gods that had been released, wreaking havoc upon the world, and the accompanying mercenary band that was whispered to be led by a former Antivan Crow. A woman who went by the name of Linh - none but those who had lived with the woman would recognize it as such, but Bridget knew it to be Celia's.
Rogue: Duelist / Assassin
Stealth
Dirty Fighting
Mark of Death
Deadly Strike
Hurricane of Blades
Explosive Daggers
A Thousand Cuts