Knight Commander Shawcross

''“This is the spot your mother jumped girl, she knew her sin. Like mother like daughter” - Knight Commander Shawcross to Andryanna, 9:66 Dragon''

Physical Appearance
A thin man, one who has clearly had a difficult life. The brutality showing in his harsh appearance. His weathered face and dark eyes reveal nothing on his inner most emotions or thoughts.

Personality
Ruthless, cold and calculating is a kind way to describe Commander Shawcross. Dark stories circulate frequently about the commanders actions in the war. He has a particularly nasty disdain for magic and mages, pulled from his experiences in the Kirkwall Circle. He expects loyalty, anything less will be met with harsh punishment, foolishness is something he will not tolerate and anything that disrespects or questions the Orders good name will be stamped out.

History
A veteran of the mage/templar conflict and one of the only Templars to survive Samson's red lyrium influence. Formally from the Kirkwall Circle and supporter of Knight Commander Meredith. He didn't join the Inquisition, instead taking a few loyal Templars off to hunt mages instead. Claiming to the Inquisition someone had to protect the people from dangerous magic, he did not approve of the Inquisitor's interference with the Templars' divine duty to control the mages and their wicked magic. Once the war was over he was given the position of Knight Commander of the Hossberg Circle, his nation of birth, for his dedication to the cause.

In-game
It was discovered that Knight Commander Shawcross had presided over decades of abuse of the mages by the Templars of the Hossberg Circle. The man's zealous hatred of the mages led him to allow all manner of cruel tortures be perpetrated against them. He made an enemy of Revered Mother Gertrude of Hossberg and she sent the Wardens to investigate him so that he could be stripped of his position. Unfortunately, Gwyn, Andie, and Gisele were forced to kill Shawcross.

Relationships
Revered Mother Gertrude- They have an antagonistic relationship. He seeks leave to perpetrate ever greater abuses, but the Revered Mother constantly pushes back against his wishes.