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beebundt · 2 years
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just finished first playthrough of da2, thinking about some post-game ship captain isabela and her 2nd hand (and lover)
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sanzosin · 1 year
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When your friend tries too darn hard to  be wingman!
got nostalgic and missed my Hawke...now replaying dragon age 2 again :D
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illusivesoul · 7 months
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silesianna · 1 year
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Who needs a wizard game drama when you can be replaying a more than a decade old game
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SO, an idea! Freckled captain Isabela, what do you say fellow sailors Other portraits: Female Hawke | Male Hawke | Merrill | Aveline 
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valleyedprism · 1 year
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Hawke, probably: Champion of Kirkwall is such a mouthful. You can call me [dramatic pose] “The COcK” 💃🏻💃🏻
Isabela, quietly from the back: that’s a mouthful too!
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zoezenii · 2 years
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I don’t care what BioWare says. Fenris x Hawke x Isabela are the ultimate ot3 and my Hawke romanced them both~
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knife-eared-jan · 2 years
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#wives #uwu
They look so pretty with their darker skin mods and Isabela with Echeveria’s awesome dress and dreads mods for Isabela! 
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Isabela
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Race: Human
Gender: Female
Class: Rogue
Title: - Captain (Origins)
- Smuggler (Dragon Age II) 
- Admiral (As of 9:41 Dragon)
- Queen of the Eastern Seas (self-proclaimed)
Affiliation: - Raiders of the Waking Sea 
- Areida Hawke
Specialization: - Duelist - (Origins) 
- Swashbuckler - (II) 
- Duelist - (Inquisition)
Family: - Hari (mother)
- Luis (ex-husband)
Voice: - Mika Simmons (Origins) 
- Victoria Kruger (Dragon Age II,. Dragon Age: Inquisition)
Appearances: - Dragon Age: Origins 
- Dragon Age II 
- Dragon Age: The Silent Grove 
- Dragon Age: Those Who Speak 
- Dragon Age: Until We Sleep 
- Heroes of Dragon Age 
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (mentioned) 
Isabela is the captain of the pirate ship Siren's Call and one of Areida Hawke's companions.
Background
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Isabela's birth name is Naishe. She was born in Rivain to Madam Hari, a notorious thief and charlatan, and an unknown father who was described as "large, hairy, and good with his hands" by her mother. When she became a pirate, the first ship's captain she served under began to call her "Isabela," his "little beauty," as a joke and she eventually adopted the name as her pseudonym.
Madam Hari was a thief and charlatan who had infamously posed as a Rivaini seer to help a village in the Rivaini interior in exchange for coin. When she got bored, she would leave the village to steal from other people or con them into buying mystical charms like the Rivaini Fertility Talisman. These trips could last weeks, and Hari would often take her daughter with her to help. The young Isabela took to dishonesty quickly. But Madam Hari grew disillusioned with the life of a fraud and eventually she converted to the Qun to give meaning to her life. She sold Isabela into marriage with a business associate of the Antivan Crows, Luis, when she refused to convert. While Isabela offers numerous interpretations of the bargain her mother struck when she was given away, she is noted as having told Varric Tethras once that her mother gave her away in exchange for nothing more than the promise that she would be looked after. Luis took her to Antiva City and they were married three weeks later, just shy of Isabela's nineteenth birthday. As a result, Isabela has a poor opinion of her mother.  
Luis was a rich man, buying Isabela many fine things and hiring a tutor to teach her to read and write, but the marriage was loveless and she was treated as his "plaything." Though Isabela enjoyed the first few months of her life with Luis, she quickly became bored, and then angry when it became clear she was expected to act as "befitted the lady of the house". After a year, Isabela began to deliberately antagonize him, thinking he'd let her go. Around this time, she met Zevran Arainai in Antiva City, and promptly started an affair, based mostly on physical attraction and a desire to test her boundaries with Luis. Zevran also taught her the basics of knife combat.
Realizing that his young wife was out of control, Luis resolved to get rid of her. According to his journal, he planned to "lend" her to certain business acquaintances who had expressed an interest. He was assassinated in his bed a week later by Zevran. Isabela provides differing accounts of the exact circumstances of his assassination to different parties. The Antivan Crows keep their records secret, and so the identity of the person who wished Luis dead has never been revealed. Though it is unclear whether Isabela contracted the assassination, she helped Zevran accomplish his task by giving him the location of the key to Luis' room.
On the same night, she left the house with nothing but two daggers (given by Zevran, who carried seven on his person) and a sack full of jewelry she used to bribe sailors into helping her commandeer the Siren's Call, her husband's ship. They sailed to Llomerryn, where the sailors abandoned her. A day later, Isabela used her untested knife skills to duel a man she has only referred to as the Jackdaw, betting that if she could best him in single combat, he would have to help her hire a crew and find a job. Isabela won the duel, though she's unsure whether the Jackdaw let her win out of pity. She found herself a new crew and a new captain (as she knew she would be unable to captain her own ship and wanted to learn under someone who could). She later killed the captain over an insult and took back control of the Siren's Call. There are rumors that she and the Jackdaw started a passionate love affair, though he disappeared never to be seen again a year after they met. After she became a pirate, Isabela became extremely promiscuous, and soon became a raider—the self-proclaimed "Queen of the Eastern Seas."  By the time she landed in Kirkwall, she had been a captain for approximately 10 years.
Involvement
Dragon Age: Origins
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Ilona Cousland and her companions meet Isabela at The Pearl along with Isabela's first mate Casavir. She is seen arguing with three other men. When a fight breaks out soon afterwards, she defeats the group of men due to her superior dueling skills. Her ship is staying in Denerim to let her men fill up on supplies and other "pleasures". Zevran, who met her in Antiva, introduces her as the "Queen of the Eastern Seas and the sharpest blade in Llomerryn."
Impressed by her dueling skills, Ilona asks Isabela to teach her those skills. Isabela makes a deal with her that she will only do so if she can beat her in a round of Wicked Grace, a game of cards. During the game, Ilona catches Isabela cheating, impressing the sea captain as the game was just a way for her to see if Ilona had the reflexes for her to learn the dueling skills.
Dragon Age II
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Act 1
Isabela is first encountered by Areida Hawke in a Lowtown tavern named the Hanged Man, brawling with Lucky and his cohorts. Afterwards she asks Areida to back her up in a duel she's arranged with Hayder, a man she worked with in Antiva and enforcer of the crime lord Castillon, who's been looking for her all over the city. That night, Areida and her companions accompany Isabela to Hightown where they are ambushed by Hayder's men. They then track Hayder himself to the Chantry and kill him.
Isabela reveals that she worked as a smuggler, transporting lyrium, jewels and criminals. She fell out of favor with Castillon, an Antivan merchant with ties to the Felicisima Armada, after she freed the "cargo" of 200 Blight refugees he'd hired her to transport. It is never revealed where she was intended to deliver these slaves, only that Kirkwall was not her destination. Castillon ordered her to retrieve a valuable relic to pay him back for the loss of his slaves, but she lost it in the storm that wrecked her ship on the reefs near Kirkwall. Isabela is confident that getting the relic for Castillon will get him off her back.
Act 2
Isabela enlists Areida's help in retrieving the Qunari relic called the Tome of Koslun from another thief called Wall-Eyed Sam. Isabela reveals that she stole the tome from the Orlesians, who were attempting to return it to the Qunari. While fleeing a pursuing Qunari dreadnought, both it and Isabela's ship were caught in a storm and shipwrecked, thus explaining the Qunari's and Isabela's current predicaments.
After Areida and Isabela track Wall-Eyed Sam to the Dark Foundry, Isabela runs away to chase him, leaving the rest of the party alone to plow through Tevinter mages and Qunari led by a Sten. After leaving the building, Areida finds Isabela's Letter on Wall-Eyed Sam's body. It says that she made off with the Tome of Koslun and is planning to leave Kirkwall. Having developed a close friendship with Areida however, Isabela has a change of heart and returns during the Qunari invasion on Kirkwall to deliver the relic to the Qunari, saying that Areida's influence was what made her come back. Appreciative towards Isabela for doing the right thing, Areida in return agrees to a one-on-one duel with the Arishok in exchange for Isabela's life. Areida is able to defeat the Arishok in battle, therefore preventing the rest of the Qunari from assaulting Kirkwall even further and from taking Isabela.
Act 3
Isabela enlists Areida's help once again, this time in a plot to lure Castillon into a trap by using Isabela as bait. She first has Areida pretend to betray her and turn her in to Velasco, Catillon's right hand man, then leaves a trail for Areida and the others to follow as she is being taken away. After Velasco takes Isabela to Castillon's Landing to wait for Castillon's arrival Areida, Isabela, and the other companions attack and kill Velasco and his men once he realizes that is was a trap. While waiting for Castillon, Isabela advises searching through the warehouse for leverage. The group finds documents outlining Castillon's plans to expand his slaving organization to the Free Marches. When Castillon arrives, Isabela uses the documents to blackmail him. She threatens to reveal his slavery ring plans to the Kirkwall authorities unless he gives her his ship and promises to never hunt her again. Castillon agrees and Isabela gives him the documents and lets him go.
After Anders blows up the Kirkwall Chantry, Isabela sides with Areida in defending the mages when Knight Commander Meredith declares the right of annulment on Kirkwall's circle of magi. Before the final battle, Isabela reaffirms her loyalty to Areida.
Dragon Age: The Silent Grove
Isabela accompanies Varric and King Alistair to Antiva City, where they infiltrate the headquarters of the Antivan Crows. After meeting Prince Claudio Valisti, a former "business partner" of Isabela's late husband, Isabela warns Alistair to not trust a word Claudio says.
Isabela assists in infiltrating Velabanchel, and, along with Varric, holds off the Antivan Crows while Alistair goes after his target.
Isabela captains the ship she and her companions use to escape Velabanchel, later navigating through the Tellari swamps. She is the first to attempt to defend Alistair from an attack from Yavana's high dragon.
While leaving the swamps following their meeting with Yavana in the Silent Grove, Isabela is pierced by an arrow. Claudio Valisti turns out to be the culprit, and kidnaps Alistair in exchange for Isabela and Varric's lives. Isabela swears to hunt Claudio down and kill him. After retreating to the Silent Grove, Isabela demands that Yavana save Alistair. The witch replies that it is not her concern, but Varric bargains with her. Yavana places a mysterious enchantment on the pair, healing Isabela's wound. The two then storm Claudio's camp. Isabela engages Claudio in a duel. Claudio insists that Isabela was not good enough for her late husband, Luis, and that she is trying to seduce Alistair. He also says that she was dragged out of the gutter because of her marriage, and that Luis lavished her with wine and silks, and after bedding him and whispering kind words in his ear for many nights she had him assassinated. Claudio bests Isabela, and is about to deliver the killing blow when she cuts off his hand, slits his throat and stabs him through the heart.
Dragon Age: Those Who Speak
Isabela is the narrator of Dragon Age: Those Who Speak. She accompanies Alistair in his hunt for Aurelian Titus as a hired hand and a confidante.
They travel to Qarinus and attend a ball, where she meets a person she appears to be familiar with, Lord Devon. Isabela seems to have a long-lasting hatred for him. Devon is surprised that she is still alive. In a conversation "eye-to-eye" he mentions that Isabela owes him and threatens to reveal to Alistair what happened on the Venefication Sea. She intimidates him into silence by drawing her dagger. Finally, Aurelian Titus arrives. Alistair confronts him, but he flees, leaving his minions to fight for him. The last of them eventually wounds Devon. Isabela knocks Devon's assailant unconscious to the floor, but as he is muttering thanks she stabs him in the chest. She tells her companions that he was killed by Titus's man.
Varric tricks the location of Aurelian's home on Seheron from a captured cultist, and Isabela orders her crew to sail to the island. She keeps the crew terrified by telling them scary stories about horn-headed fanatics. As they approach Sehereon, they are attacked by two Qunari dreadnoughts.
The trio are captured by the Qunari and are moved to a Qunari war camp, Akhaaz. Isabela is kept in a cell separately from Varric and Alistair. She is interrogated by Rasaan, a tamassran who asks Isabela what the meaning of her name is. Isabela reveals that her first captain called her "little beauty" as his idea of a joke. Then Rasaan asks her what happened to him and Isabela answers that she killed him. She also admits that even if she made many mistakes in her life, she doesn't feel any guilt. When the tamassran asks more questions, Isabela has an outburst in anger, causing Rasaan to strike her and tell her that mistakes can be corrected before leaving the cell.
Rasaan eventually returns to Isabela's cell and repeatedly demands that she tell her her true name. She threatens Isabela with qamek, but Isabela still refuses to reveal anything. After Rasaan tries to gently persuade Isabela by saying she may know what happened to her mother, Isabela begins to open up about her past.
She reveals that her mother was a Qunari convert who sold Isabela to Luis because she refused to convert. Eventually, Isabela found herself deep in debt to the Felicisima Armada, and resorted to slave trafficking in order to pay off her debts.
One day, the Orlesian navy cornered their ships in the Venefication Sea. Lord Devon had packed the holds too tightly and Isabela failed to outmaneuver the Orlesians. Fearing capture, they threw the chained slaves overboard to drown. Isabela swore then that she would never traffic slaves again. Rasaan comforts Isabela, but when she still refuses to reveal her name, Rasaan strikes her again and attempts to force her face into the qamek. This would in effect make her viddath-bas rather than viddathari, as conversion to the Qun would be involuntary for Isabela.
Isabela overpowers Rasaan and escapes her cell. Isabela eventually locates the cell where Alistair and Varric are held. She releases them, telling them to escape, while she goes to rescue her crew. In the end, Isabela finds her crew and tells them about the dangers of trying to escape and asks them to choose whether they want to stay or come with her. Her crew decides to come with her.
However, before she has a chance to open up the cells, Rasaan appears. She says that the other Qunari thought she'd try to escape but she knew her better. The enraged Rasaan doesn't care about converting Isabela anymore, believing that the only solution is her death. In the fierce battle that ensues, Rasaan is eventually defeated. Isabela holds her dagger to Rasaan's throat, ready to kill. She then tells her that her birth name was Naishe but it isn't anymore. She then drives the dagger into the ground, deliberately missing Rasaan's head, thus showing that she had no intention of killing her.
At the same time, Alistair duels Sten (now the Arishok) and defeats him. Alistair refuses to kill him and instead offers him to work together against Titus, an offer which Sten accepts. Accompanied by two Qunari dreadnoughts, Isabela, Alistair, Varric, Sten and her crew set sail once more in her restored pirate ship towards Titus' stronghold in Seheron. On board the ship, Isabela again reaffirms her determination to help Alistair with his mission.
Dragon Age: Until We Sleep
Qunari dreadnoughts attack Aurelian Titus' fortress and Varric infiltrates the building while Isabela and Alistair assault the fortress directly with the Qunari. Prior to this, Sten/the Arishok tells Alistair and Isabela the Qunari version of the myth of King Calenhad, and how he made a deal with a mysterious witch to drink dragon blood to become a Reaver and create Ferelden.
Varric's attempt to free King Maric from the Magrallen causes everyone to be pulled into the Fade. Isabela is found trapped in a nightmare created by magister Aurelian Titus in the Fade, where she is a Qunari and no longer remembers her true past. Varric and Maevaris Tilani find her but she doesn't recognize them as anyone but bassra and attacks them. Eventually Titus finds them and summons demons to kill them all. The trio all escape and once safe, Varric tries to remind her of who she really is and that this Qunari facade is not who she wants to be. Although she initially believes it would be easier to submit to others' expectations, she is eventually convinced that she does not want to be defined by others; thus making peace with her doubts and trials and also becoming content with her self perception and dignity as a hero. The trio then heads off in search of Alistair. They find Alistair with the real Maric in the Fade and together convince King Maric to aid them in killing Aurelian Titus. Isabela rejoins Alistair and Varric to attack Titus and distract him long enough to allow Maevaris and Maric to kill him. After escaping the Fade, she is present when Alistair shatters the Magrallen, killing Maric. Afterwards she asks Varric if Alistair made the right decision, to which he replies that he doesn't know. Afterwards, Isabela leaves her ship, her destination unknown.
Dragon Age: Inquisition
When Rosabelle Trevelyan asks Varric Tethras about Isabela's fate Varric states that she went back to the Raiders of the Waking Sea and is calling herself an admiral. Varric admits he isn't sure if she actually has a position of authority within the Raiders or if it's just another self-styled title.
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immawraffle · 1 year
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Changed my character tag from “DA2 Isabela” to “Captain Isabela”
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alenkorra · 2 years
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made a playlist for Eliza and Isabela, yeah... this pretty much sums up their relationship
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hustlemeanokay · 2 years
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A few new keychains :D We got Varric, Thane, Hawke, Saint, and Vert Der Ferk?!
So - I changed up the shop a bit. I moved the Punkary (proper) over to its own "on brand" shop which can still be found at Thepunkary.com - meanwhile, since this one was morphing into a lot of pop culture and pretty-ish stuff... there ya go.
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captainsvscaptains · 4 months
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Battle of the Captains
Round 3 Part 5 Poll 2
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What a glorious peacock of a man! Perhaps not the greatest captain seafaring-wise; but Stede's a fabulous captain personnel-wise. A captain who makes sure is crew is fed, watered, has enough enrichment in arts & crafts, and does the voices during the bedtime story!
Barnacles has autism swag!!! also he's very cool and silly but also productive and i love him :)))))
he also plays the accordion (badly) if that matters
Isabela is the pirate scourge of two coastlines, four nations, and countless tavern floors. She's equally skilled with dagger and insult, and it's hard to know which cuts deeper. It's rare to see her in one place for long, but with her ship reduced to timbers, Isabela's had to content herself with whatever bounty Kirkwall has to offer. And that means no end of headaches for the rich and foolish, and no end of amusement for her. She's as desired as she is feared, which is to say, a lot and often. Fall on her blade, or at her feet—a win is a win, in her book. Shipwrecked, hounded, Isabela hasn't decided if she's cornered yet. She's having too much fun.
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illusivesoul · 6 months
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Dont let your Donnic stop you from finding your Isabela
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whenever there is an inordinate amount of hate for a female character in fandom, i feel it is my solemn duty to defend her to my last breath. my purpose, even
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Isabela and Agustín in Ai Art
(Please don’t judge me)
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kaltacore · 1 year
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obsessed with the names in da2. carver's namesake is a man who granted his father freedom despite being the one who should have jailed him. other disciples came up with anders' name because he kept the one he had away from circle and templars and it is how it's been since then. fenris' name comes from his former master but he reclaimed it because he doesn't run away anymore. isabela adopted the name given her by a man who never took her seriously and then she became a captain isabela after she killed him. hawke is hawke because it's the way people refer to them and they're defined by people. all of their names. they tell a story
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