[ Look, she's just not one for warm and fuzziness all over the network. It ruins the elusive and tough as nails image she's been trying to cultivate. She's really only managed that first bit, though. It's just sad, really. ]

Well, Samara, just so we're even, they call me the Champion of Kirkwall back home. I think it may be a sentence more than an honor, to be honest. [ The Warden-Commander should be able to sympathize. ] Most call me Hawke - my father's family name. My mother was Leandra Amell.

[ There's a pause as she considers what she's about to say next. The first is not something she offers up often. ]

I'm Marian. It's... good to meet you.