Disclaimer: Dragon Age Origins/Awakening belongs to Bioware and EA Games

AN: This chapter has the one word prompt of 'name' and it features Shannen Hawke and Varric. Yes, this is the first chapter in this series that is set in DAII. It isn't much and it's also the description for the drawing of I have Shannen up on deviantArt. *snickers*

Setting: In which the Champion tells Varric his given name…

Mages and Templars and Wardens Oh My!

Chapter 7 – What's in a name?

Hawke wandered into the Hanged Man and waved over at Varric and sauntered over to the dwarf's table. He sat down and waved over to Norah to bring him an ale. Once the mug of watered-down alcohol was set in front of the mage, he took a long drink from the mug and sighed.

The dwarf chuckled at his friend's appearance and shook his head. "Someone else mistake you for a girl again?"

Hawke slammed the mug down on the table, rattling everything on top of it. "I just don't know why!" he exclaimed loudly, causing a few of the bar's patrons to hiss at him to be quiet. He gave them a rude gesture and sighed again. "I don't understand...I have stubble on my face, I don't wear those freaking robes that make me look like a girl..."

Varric laughed and gave his friend a pitying look, which made the mage sulk even more. Suddenly, something came to the dwarf's mind and he grinned.

"So tell me Hawke, I've always wondered why you joke around so much. You seem to always insult everyone you meet."

"I do not...I only insult people I really like."

"Then you must like everyone you meet," Varric muttered, and then smiled once again. "But that doesn't explain why you joke, insult people, and why you are a general wisecracking pain in the ass."

The tall mage put his mug down and rubbed his temples as if he had a migraine coming on. "It has a lot to do with my given name."

That got the storyteller's interest. "Oh? I don't think most of us know your name, Hawke...just...well, we just know you as Hawke. So what is your name?"

Hawke narrowed his hazel eyes at the dwarf. "I'll tell you only if you promise not to tell the others."

"But-"

"Promise me!"

Varric threw his hands up in surrender. "Okay okay...I promise not to tell our friends what your real name is." He saw his human friend sigh in relief and his body appeared to relax.

"Shannen."

"What?" Varric asked incredulously.

"Mother and Father thought that I was going to be a girl when I was born. Imagine their surprise that their firstborn was a healthy baby boy. Father wanted to change the name but Mother... she said that Shannen was going to be my name no matter what."

Varric pulled out a bottle of fine Antivan brandy and handed it to Hawke. "That explains...everything."

AN: Shannen Hawke is special…*snickers* And yes, he will be featured in his own story after See Who I Am is finished…whenever that will be if I can find my outline for it…*grumbles*

Anyone have any one word prompts for me? If so, put it in a review or Pm me…XD