#anyway I’m at work now but when I get home I wanna draw Warden Sebastian……

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A 'what if?' to possibly contemplate - Sebastian's parents kicking him over to the Grey Wardens instead of the Chantry?

Ohhh, now that’s interesting…. I don’t know if Sebastian’s parents would’ve held the Grey Wardens in as high esteem as he does, so I don’t know if they’d kick him off towards them. Most of Thedas seem to regard them as uncaring extremists who are obsessed with darkspawn — bear in mind a lot of folks outside Ferelden aren’t totally convinced the Fifth Blight was even a real Blight because it ended so fast and never spread outside the country, unlike Blights in the past.

So I think the best way for this to happen is for his parents to force him into the chantry, as per canon, but then when he’s given the opportunity to run away, he actually takes it. Maybe he wanders a bit, living the free life he’s always wanted, but it’s… empty. He feels restless, and guilty.

Maybe he’s contemplating returning to the chantry, when he encounters a Grey Warden, who sees that Sebastian is a good fighter and is itching for a good cause, so he’s recruited. Sebastian is positively giddy, joining his childhood heroes, and frankly I think he has an even greater respect for the Wardens after going through the Joining and learning what it’s really like to be one of them.

I don’t know if Sebastian would mention his royal heritage to anyone. Not like it matters to the Wardens either way, and he’s pretty much been written off by his parents anyway, so what’s the point? So maybe no one knows who he really is.

And then… his family dies. I’m not sure how a Warden Sebastian would handle it. He’s not supposed to care about titles and the like anymore, and having heirs would be difficult if he’s been a Warden for a while.

For the sake of convenience, let’s say his family stays alive. Maybe they’ve found out he went and joined the Wardens, and his parents were furious enough that they fully disowned him. He’s disappointed, but not surprised.

A fun idea could be that he’s met Anders and possibly Justice. I’ve always thought a pre-chantry Sebastian and a pre-Justice Anders would be friends (or at least friendly). He’s naturally very concerned when they merge.

Maybe he comes to Kirkwall to try and convince Anders to come back to the Wardens, and he stubbornly remains until he changes his mind. So he still ends up in Hawke’s little group but in a different capacity.

(I did also have the thought that he could be the Warden that takes Hawke’s sibling to undergo the Joining, replacing Stroud. And that could lead to him being Hawke’s “Warden contact” in Inquisition and maybe they fall in love because I can’t NOT have SebHawke and then oh god no one of them has be left behind in the Fade fkshfkshd)