Jove Trevelyan

The ambush was flawlessly executed. The Spymaster couldn't have planned a better one herself and it was worrying that the Red Templars were improving their tactics but those were concerns for another time. At the moment, Jove was more concerned with not getting overwhelmed.

He held his shield high, sneaking blows in when he could but it was rare he was given a chance to strike out. The Red Templars gave them no rest and very few opportunities to turn the tide.

"They've got the Boss!" Bull's voice was easily heard over the chaos of battle.

Jove dove his sword through the knight in front of him and kicked him off the blade. For a few blessed seconds he had a view of the battlefield and of Elareth surrounded by Red Templars, closing in on her like a wave.

"No!"

Something struck him from behind, a rogue most likely and Jove dropped to his knees from the force. He tried to stagger to his feet, to reach his love, but another blow caught him across the head. His last sight was Elareth opening a rift right over the heads of the Red Templars.

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He woke, which was the second surprise of the day, but the shackles around his wrists and the lack of armor were not.

Apparently, he had been captured by the Red Templars. This did not bode well for his future.

Inquisitor’s Name: Jove Trevelyan

Alternate Name?: Jove Donner of Tantervale if Trevelyan Inquisitors don't want him to be related.

Race, Class, & Specialization: Human, Sword & Shield Warrior, Templar

Varric’s Nickname for them: Jovial

Default Tarot Card: Three of Pentacles embodies the principle that hard work and service are rewards unto themselves.

How they are recruited: While exploring in the Hinterlands the Inquisitor comes upon a Templar fighting to defend a group of refugees from a group of apostates. The Inquisitor can either come help or not. If they choose to help to defeat the apostates Jove introduces himself at the end of the fight.

He is a Templar from the Free Marches who was supposed to be at the Conclave with his fellow Templars but he was delayed. After hearing of the Breach and the events at the Conclave he has been wandering the Hinterlands looking for who might be responsible.

Jove asks to join the Inquisition because their goals are the same. He wants to avenge his fallen Templar brothers and close the Breach. He is incredibly easy to recruit if Cassandra is there in the party because she can make the offer as well.

Where they are in Skyhold: Jove is found inside the forge.

Things they Generally Approve of: Defending the innocent, recruiting Agents and building connections.

Things they Generally Disapprove of: Abandoning people to fend for themselves, ignoring those in need, and using the right of Tranquility.

Mages, Templars, Other?: Templars.

Friends in the Inquisition: Cassandra, Cullen, Blackwall and Varric.

Romanceable?: Romanceable by human, elf and dwarf only. Male or female.

Small side mission: Find Templar shields belonging to fallen friends of his.

Companion quest: Jove has gotten word that Ajax, the Templar who trained him, has been seen in Emprise Du Lion in the hands of the Red Templars. He asks the Inquisitor for help to rescue him. After fighting your way through waves of Red Templars to the tower where the man is being kept you discover he's already been infected by red lyrium though he shows no outward signs of becoming a Red Templar.


Option 1: The Inquisitor can choose to put Ajax down right there and then on the idea of sparing him from suffering the red lyrium infection.

Option 2: The Inquistior can choose to bring Ajax back to Skyhold and let Dagna study how red lyrium infects and grows in a person.

Ajax begs to be executed while Jove wants to bring him back to Skyhold on the rare chance that perhaps they can find a cure for red lyrium. Whatever option the Inquistior chooses does not effect Jove's approval. However, it does effect the dialogue after the mission. If Ajax lives Jove struggles with the guilt of having the old man live his last few years in suffering. If Ajax is executed he is angry but swallows it down to continue as a Companion.

Tarot card change:

Option 1: When romanced Jove's card changes to the Knight of Pentacles because though his visions may not be earth-shattering, and his methods are certainly not original, the Knight of Pentacles sees that everything he undertakes will meet with nothing but success. He is the least kinetic of the four Knights, probably the least ambitious, though he carries the burden of responsibility that the other Knights often throw away in their haste to find glory and excitement.

Option 2: If Ajax is executed his card becomes the Five of Pentacles because of the loss shown on the Five of Pentacles can be a humbling blow to one's self-esteem. This can be brought about in many ways, but even though an exterior event may seem to be the cause, this card often shows a loss that you bring upon yourself. Even though the Pentacles are a material suit, and Fives usually deal with real-world problems, the theme of poverty is not the true destitution shown on the Five of Pentacles. There is a spiritual loss that often precedes or accompanies loss of material wealth.

If Ajax survives and is brought to Skyhold, Jove's card becomes the Nine of Pentacles because nine is a number of perfection and completion; the Nine of Pentacles shows both of these, in both the material and spiritual realms. Though primarily a materialistic card, as all the Pentacles are, it does bear a spiritual side as well. A lifetime of work and refinement brings not only material rewards, but wisdom and satisfaction as well. Abundance in material wealth leads to abundance in emotion, and that leads eventually to abundance in spirit. This relationship is reversible too, for through spiritual development we gain the means to become even richer.

Codex Entry: The spare son of a minor noble family in Tantervale Jove was sent to the Templar Order as soon as he was old enough to lift a sword. He took to the lifestyle very well and became well liked and well respected among his peers. He could have possibly been named Knight Commander one day except for an argument when he was young recruit with the Knight Commander about using the Rite of Tranquility. Since then, he has lingered among the lower ranks of Templars, a great deal of potential wasted.

All Tarot Card meanings from here.