Meredith Stannard

''"What I have done is protected the people of this city, time and again. What I have done is protect you mages from your curse and your own stupidity! And I will not stop doing it. I will not lower our guard, I dare not!" ''

Best known as Knight-Commander Meredith, the iron lady of the Templar branch of the Chantry in Kirkwall, Meredith Stannard was born in the white city of chains an orphan. She joined the Templars at a young age, taking solace and comfort in her training, she raised through the ranks quickly. After the passing of the fifth Blight over seas in Fereldan, and the arrival of Hawke in Kirkwall, she aided the people in the defence against the Qunari invasion, though she was too late to witness Hawke defeat the Arishok and become the Champion of Kirkwall.

Meredith used the power vaccum to take control of the city, and she began pressuring the mages harder and harder. The more they magic-users resited her violent iron grip, the tighter she squeezed, and the tighter she squeezed, the more the mages rebeled. Tensions rose to a boiling point, and finally ended when the mage freedom fighter Anders blew up the city Chantry removing any hope of compromise. The battle between the mages and templars was a bloody one, but regardless of Hawke's actions, Meredith turned against the Champion. Wielding a blade forged from pure red Lyrium, from a mysterious artifact that plagued Hawke and company since they found it in the Deep Roads, she attacked her allies and enemies alike. With her madness revealed, her supporters quickly turned on each other, and with the help of Zevran, Nathaniel and Cullen, Hawke managed to stop her, her own powers transforming her into a twisted statue in the Gallows. Ironically, her attempt to quell the mages in Kirkwall combined with Anders' actions was the cause of a series of wars breaking out across all of Thedas, and the very world would be put in danger by the feud of the Templars and the Mages.

Battle with Nightmare
To be written.