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VideoGame/DragonAgeII characters can be found in their appropriate subpage. For characters from the original ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', see [[Characters/DragonAgeOrigins here]]; for individual races, see ''Characters/DragonAgeRaces''.

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[[folder: Hawke]]
!Hawke

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[[caption-width:350: "''A hero [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/2965-Age-of-the-Dragon-Dragon-Age-2-Song named Hawke]]''".]]

The PlayerCharacter, a refugee of the Blight who eventually becomes the Champion of Kirkwall. The male Hawke is voiced by Nicholas Boulton and the female Hawke is voiced by Jo Wyatt.

[[hardline]]

* ActionGirl: If female.
* AntiHero: Like the Warden, Hawke can be played as one.
* {{Badass}}: Inevitable.
** AdaptationalBadass: Played with. Hawke is already a certified {{Badass}}, but Varric is often found telling stories in the Hanged Man that exaggerate it to truly ridiculous levels. By Act III, there are people claiming that Hawke [[spoiler:uses the Arishok's skull as a gravy boat]] and sleeps on a bed of dragon bones.
** BadassNormal: If a warrior or rogue
*** BadassAbnormal: As a warrior with the templar or reaver specializations.
** BadassBeard: The default Male Hawke sports some pretty impressive beardage, and character creation allows the player to further expand it.
** BadassUnintentional: In the beginning of the game, Hawke is just trying to protect his/her family. When s/he gets to Kirkwall... [[ForegoneConclusion Yeah]].
* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Brother/Sister]]: When using the "Aggresive" dialogue wither either sibling. It's easier to pull this off with Carver however, especially if you play a Snarky!Hawke who takes every opportunities to mock his self-esteem issues.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: [[spoiler:Hawke defeats the Arishok and is rewarded with the title of Champion]]...
** AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: ... And becomes even ''more'' badass as a result.
* BatmanGambit: Rivalries can essentially become these, as Hawke baits the given party member into revelations. Highlights include Aveline bum-rushing him/her Zangief Kid-style for being called a coward and getting Merrill to grow a backbone.
* BerserkButton: Do NOT mess with Hawke's family if you want to live. In fact, despite Snarky!Hawke being irreverent and unflappable at practically all times, when Leandra is kidnapped in Act 2 and Hawke's sibling in Act 3, Hawke's whole demeanour changes and the amount of anger in his/her voice that still seeps through his/her TranquilFury [[BewareTheNiceOnes indicates how fast you should be running away right now.]]
** Hell, even Paragon!Hawke's standard lines about not wanting to hurt anyone in those situations are uttered in a way that indicates that may not be his/her first instinct.
** By the same token, even a pure Paragon will have trouble foregoing the Renegade response when Meredith drags [[spoiler:Hawke's mother, who was brutally murdered by a blood mage]], into her incessant anti-mage crusade: "Leave [[spoiler:my mother]] '''out of this'''." Knight-Commander or no, if there was one moment in the game when Meredith's stoic demeanor was a mere facade, that was it.
** Even Snarky!Hawke demonstrates this when reacting to Carver insinuating that they where to blame for Bethany's death;
--> '''Carver''': Sure, make light. We all know what happens when someone leaves big brother/sister's protection.
--> '''Hawke''': ''*[[MoodWhiplash Stone-faced]]*'' Fair is fair, but you are taking this little pissing match ''[[DudeNotFunny too far!]]''
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Brother/Sister Instinct]]: Optional with either sibling, but it's easier with Bethany.
** The first thing you do when Ser Wesley identifies Bethany as an apostate is get right in his face with fire in your eyes, and this is ''before'' you even get the chance to choose what you want to say to him.
* BigGood: Hawke is this to the people of Kirkwall, if pursuing the paragon path.
* BloodKnight: If you choose the bottom dialogue choices. Cold, detached, cruel, and ''always'' uses extreme violence at every opportunity.
* BuffySpeak: Hawke--especially a snarky Hawke--can lapse into this at times. Special mention goes to framing Serah Conrad, when you can tell an addled and drunk templar you saw Conrad sacrificing goats to the Great Demon, and doing many other... demon-y things.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Snarky!Hawke seems to revel in being this.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Silly!Hawke pulls one with Ser Jalen in the Viscount's Keep after completing the "Raiders on the Cliffs" quest.
** Hawke literally invokes this trope in ''Mark of the Assassin.''
--> '''Tallis''': What do you call killing someone and taking his property?
--> '''Hawke''': Tuesday.
* CelibateHero [=/=] ReallyGetsAround: Can be played as either or, or anything between the two.
* TheCharmer: Snarky!Hawke always seems reluctant to give up a joke, sometimes even bordering on {{Cloucuckoolander}}, but when the situation calls for it, they can spin a line to tell the listener what they want to hear with technique second only to Varric.
* CosmicPlaything
* CountryCousin: Rural Ferelden-born Hawke is one to the noble Amell Family.
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Sister/Brother]]
** KnightTemplarBigBrother: Can be one at times.
* DeadpanSnarker: The second dialogue wheel option is the "sarcastic" option most of the time:
--> '''Hawke''': She fills her time making poisons... and cake. Tell me you didn't try the cake.
** ''Flemeth'' of all people, seems to enjoy verbal sparring with Snarky!Hawke.
--> '''Flemeth''': Kirkwall? My, so far simply to flee the darkspawn?
--> '''Hawke''': Do you have any better suggestions? I hear the Deep Roads are now vacant?
--> '''Flemeth''': *laughs* Oh ''you'' I like!
* DealWithTheDevil: Hawke is forced to make one of these with Flemeth - help her with her ThanatosGambit in exchange for getting the Hawke family and Aveline to safety. [[SubvertedTrope By the end of the game, there seem to be no negative consequences, at least for Hawke.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The reaction of pure shock on Meredith's face when she enters the room to find [[spoiler: Hawke has defeated the Arishok]]. Cassandra even has this reaction of utter disbelief that Hawke did so [[spoiler: in ''single-combat'']]
** Agressive!Hawke actually punches [[spoiler: a Rock Wraith in the Deep Roads]] ''in the face''.
** Cassandra reacts with similar disbelief in ''Legacy'' when Varric tells her the tale of Hawke [[spoiler:defeating one of the first Darkspawn in existence ''who brought the Blight to Thedas in the first place.'']]
* DudeNotFunny: In-universe, a few of the snarky comments elicit this response, particularly from Aveline.
** If Hawke opts to snark while [[spoiler: the Viscount is cradling his son's body]], he tells him/her outright that he doesn't find ''any'' humor in the situation. If Aveline is in the party, she even [[WhatTheHellHero calls Hawke an "ass" for that comment]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: No matter how {{Badass}} or despicable your Hawke can get, there's nothing stopping you from being nice to dear ol' Ma.
** MommasBoy: A badass one.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim / EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Every romance option in the game is bisexual, outside of Sebastian. Other characters sometimes come on to Hawke regardless of gender, like the First Enchanter.
* EyeTake: Hawke's reaction to Aveline needing three goats and a sheaf of wheat.
* FacialMarkings: The default appearance for Hawke gives him/her a red blood smear on the bridge of his/her nose.
* FetishFuel: InUniverse at the very least. A sarcastic response to a quest towards the end of the game is met by statements along the lines of "I'd pay to see that" in a very intrigued tone of voice by almost any ally you may have brought along, or the quest giver himself.
--> '''Hawke''': "So I shouldn't slit my wrists and dance naked under the moonlight just to fit in?
** If you don't bring any romanceable companions along (or if you take the quest while alone), even ReasonableAuthorityFigure ''Orsino'' seems intrigued.
-->"Well, if ''that's'' what you intend... perhaps I'll join you after all."
* FighterMageThief
* FightMagnet: Hawke can't even drop off a piece of mail without fighting more faceless, rooftop-hopping enemies with pointy weapons than most 80's action movie heroes did in their entire careers. To quote a rather plaintive snarky!Hawke:
--> '''Hawke:''' Someday, I'd like to go one week without meeting an insane mage. Just one week.
** When Varric and Sebastian talk about Starkhaven, Sebastian says that it is a lot like Kirkwall, but "with fewer dead people." Varric is quick to point that Starkhaven doesn't have Hawke there.
** After completing "Lost And Found" in Act 3, Snarky!Hawke's response to Aveline's mutterings about the past coming back to haunt one is that s/he can't go twenty minutes without getting jumped by someone who s/he's pissed off at some point.
* FilkSong: courtesy of Miracle of Sound. Link beneath the portrait.
* FolkHero: Varric's exaggerations are the retelling of the Champion's story through the public's eyes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Paragon!Hawke and Snarky!Hawke [[BerserkButton don't react well]] when it comes to children being hurt.
** Which makes it more significant when even Paragon!Hawke [[OutOfCharacterMoment threatens a child]] because Hawke's mother has been kidnapped.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From at least some people's perspectives post-game.
* GoodIsNotNice: Possible, if playing as an anti-hero (for a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes given value]] of good, at any rate).
** It's also very possible to play Hawke as a HeroicSociopath if you go down a more Aggressive route.
* HeroicBSOD: After the quest "All That Remains" Hawke spends the next few cutscenes in a depression. S/he seems fine by the time gameplay resumes, [[BehindTheMask but Hawke can confide in friends]] [[HurtingHero that this is not the case.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Quite possible to do if you play a Mage and tell other members of your kind to join the Circle [[spoiler:and align yourself with the Templars by the end]]. Extra points if you're playing as a Blood Mage.
** Even possible when aligned ''with'' the Mages. Several quests have Hawke purposefully have to track down rogue mages whose WellIntentionedExtremist nature will ultimately cause more problems, often calling them out on this.
* HurtingHero: Just look at some of the entries on this page. Also depends on dialogue but there are certain points in the game where Hawke will be in a depression no matter what.
* InformedAttractiveness: As with ''Origins'', the player can make their Hawke look worse than darkspawn taint and other characters will still consider them beautiful and attractive--although it's mostly the love interests who comment. Even Varric, who's already [[CargoShip spoken for]], will comment on your Hawke's beauty.
* InTheHood: Several hooded outfits are available for rogues.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:May take this attitude after his/her mother's murder.]]
* LampshadeHanging: A Hawke that takes the neutral DeadpanSnarker option often will do this a lot.
* LargeHam: The Male Hawke's voice actor sounds like he's channelling {{BRIAN BLESSED}} when he's shouting in combat. Which is rather amusing, because he's generally a lot more reserved in conversation... Could just be a case of NotSoAboveItAll.
--> '''Hawke:''' '''NEED! TO REST!''' '''HAVE AT YOU!''' '''I CAN'T KEEP THIS UP!''' '''[[NoIndoorVoice FOLLOW MY LEEEEAD]]!'''
* LastNameBasis: Much like [[MassEffect Shepard before]], everyone refers to Hawke by his/her last name.
** This is actually a little amusing when you hear the party members refer to Carver or Bethany by their first name and then immediately after, in the same sentence, refer to Hawke by his/her last name.
** This is also [[JustifiedTrope justifiable]]. Hawke may be the only Hawke left alive, or at least known by the masses. Either way, [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Hawke]] is a bit more impressive a name to be using than [[HelloInsertNameHere Marian/Garret/Whatever]] when telling a story, which is exactly what's going on. Varric is just staying consistent with what people know by not having various characters refer to you by [[IHaveManyNames less known names]], even if they're more accurate.
** In certain European/early American traditions, when addressing the first born child in a formal/unfamiliar manor, you would call them Miss/Mister [Surename], and then all the younger siblings by Miss/Mister [Given Name], so this could be seen as a less formal/more familiar version of this tradition. Especially when considering that Hawke is more or less head of household
** More than once, Hawke will introduce him/herself as such; apparently, he/she prefers the last name basis.
* LonelyAtTheTop: Played with. The party mostly sticks around, but Hawke's family doesn't. As Hawke gets closer to glory, [[spoiler: Leandra is kidnapped and murdered by a blood mage serial killer, Bethany either dies in Lothering, gets sent to the Circle, dies in the Deep Roads, or becomes a Grey Warden. The same fates await Carver, except he joins the Templars. Every step up the ladder Hawke takes, s/he becomes steadily more alone. By act 3, only Gamlen, Bodahn, and Sandal are left.]] It makes Hawke's offer for the chosen love interest to move in with him/her much more poignant.
* MagneticHero
* MemeticBadass: Hawke is an in-universe example, at the very least through Varric's storytelling.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Several horrible events in the story are indirectly Hawke's fault.
** [[spoiler: In ''Legacy'', Hawke may have caused Corypheus to inhabit one of the two Grey Wardens after defeating him.]]
** In fact, Hawke seems to know that s/he does this.
--> '''Hawke''': Summoned a horror. Of course. Why ''wouldn't'' I do that?
* NotSoDifferent: To the Qunari, which is lampshaded several times. The Saarebas "Ketojan" in Act 1, says that if Hawke submitted to the Qun, their role wouldn't change and later the Arishok claims that Hawke is what the Qunari would be without principles.
** Tallis later hints at this, if Hawke becomes a [[WorthyOpponent "Basalit'an"]] to the Arishok, all Qunari now know and respect Hawke as an equal.
* NumberTwo: In a way; starting in Act 2, the Viscount relies on Hawke more and more on keeping the peace between the Kirkwall and the Qunari. [[spoiler: By Act 3, Hawke is Kirkwall's champion and the single most influential noble in the city.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Snarky!Hawke seems to employ this and BuffySpeak as a tactic to lure enemies into a false sense of security, because clearly Hawke can't possibly be as dangerous as they thought, [[TemptingFate right?]]
* RagsToRiches: Over the course of the game, Hawke goes from penniless refugee to noble to the Champion of Kirkwall.
** [[spoiler: RagsToRoyalty: And if you support the Templars in the end, Hawke becomes viscount/viscountess. Unfortunately, his/her reign doesn't last long due to his/her mysterious disappearance.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In the ''Destiny'' trailer. Like the ''Sacred Ashes'' trailer before it, it's limited to the trailer only.
* RedMage: In the same vein as Bethany.
* RightManInTheWrongPlace: Hawke became one of the most notable figures in Thedas history almost completely unintentionally.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: After reclaiming your family estate and becoming a noble at the beginning of Act 2, it turns out that in the 3-year interlude, Hawke was helping improve life in the lower towns and coming to those in need, regardless of social standing. The Viscount even comments that that kind of attitude hasn't been seen in Kirkwall in a long time.
* TheParagon: The dialogue choices at the top of the wheel turn Hawke into a selfless, caring person who always puts the needs of others first.
* SadClown: A potential interpretation of a sarcastic Hawke [[spoiler:especially after his/her mother's murder.]]
* SiblingRivalry: Potentially with Bethany or Carver thanks to the friendship/rivalry system. Carver is inclined towards this by default.
* ShroudedInMyth: The entire frame of the story is clearing up what happened and what didn't.
* TheSnarkKnight: Hawkes who respond to dialogue primarily with the snarky choices will generally develop this kind of personality.
* SpiderSense: A Mage Hawke demonstrates this on several occasions, having the innate Mage ability to sense shifts in the Veil and locations where it is particularly weak, such as Sundermount.
* ThisIsSparta: "I...will...not...be toyed with!"
* {{Ubermensch}}: Can be played heroically or anti-heroically, but his/her actions change Thedas forever.
* VillainProtagonist: {{Averted}}, in contrast to the first game. You can be an AntiHero in the vein of [[MassEffect Renegade!Shepard]], but the outright thuggery possible in ''Origins'' is mostly absent here.
* WorthyOpponent: Can become one to the Arishok who deems Hawke "Basalit'an" denoting Hawke as an outsider worthy of respect.
** Tallis later tells Hawke that this is how Hawke is considered by ''all'' Qunari; clarifying they do not think of Hawke as an enemy, but as an honourable outsider worthy enough to parley with or request assistance from.

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!Bethany Hawke
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Hawke's younger sister. Younger Twin of Carver. She is an apostate, trained by her apostate father. Voiced by Rebekah Staton.

[[hardline]]

* ActionGirl: Has no fear charging into any situation with her magic, even as she tries to hide it.
* AllWomenLoveShoes: Makes no less than three comments about shoes when prompted.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Contrary to it being a FanNickname for a female PC, Bethany is the one that gets called LadyHawke.
* BigBrotherWorship: She starts off the game heavily tilted towards "friendship" and is constantly supportive of Hawke during her time in the party. Her codex entry for a mage Hawke states that she idolized her older sibling.
* BadassAdorable: Capable of kicking lots of ass, though there is much emphasis placed on her cute demeanor and vulnerability as an apostate.
* BreakTheCutie
* BreastExpansion: For a short time, during Varric's exaggerated prologue sequence you might notice something besides Bethany's magic prowess being expanded upon. After she has the normal female model.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Like father, like daughter.
* CountryMouse: When she's in the party, she will comment that she misses the fields of Lothering, compared to the cramped streets of Kirkwall.
* DaddysGirl: Strongly implied after the end of ''Legacy''. Malcolm justifiably spent a lot more time with Bethany than with either Hawke or Carver, especially if Hawke is a warrior/rogue and Bethany is the family's only mage child.
* DarkerAndEdgier: A character-based version of this trope. If she [[spoiler:becomes a Grey Warden]], she becomes grimmer and surprisingly pessimistic. This is because [[spoiler: Bethany's Grey Warden storyline removes the glamor of being one, after the first game made the life of a Warden seem like the stereotypical fantasy hero's. There is no Blight, and the rest of her life will be spent in misery, hunting down darkspawn warbands.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Occasionally.
** Some of her banter with Anders in ''Legacy'' delves into snark, especially when he tries to scold her for voluntarily [[spoiler: joining the Circle.]]
* DeathByOriginStory: First casualty of a mage Hawke's family.
* DysfunctionJunction: Initially, she is the sole exception, with the rest of the party having dark pasts and personalities to match them. She isn't nicknamed "Sunshine" for nothing...
* TheEeyore: As a [[spoiler: Grey Warden, she becomes this. Nothing stops her from angsting and lamenting the life of a Warden. Justified in that a Warden's life really does suck when one stops to think about it.]]
* FantasticRacism: Bethany hates qunari; she had a friend in the family that Sten murdered.
** Which leads to a horribly ironic FridgeBrilliance moment if you're playing as a Mage. [[spoiler: The Ogre that killed her was bred from a Qunari Broodmother]].
** [[spoiler:It also becomes EnemyMine in Mark of the Assassin.]]
* GodIsGood: Her view of the Maker; of the game's three mage party members, she is the devout Andrastian.
* GravityMaster: If she's alive in Act III, she will be a Force Mage.
* GreenEyedMonster: If Hawke is romancing Sebastian, Bethany frequently displays this;
--> '''Bethany''': Lucky bitch!
* HeroicBSOD: She gets one during the [[spoiler:templar route if she was sent to the Circle]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Her biggest wish is to be normal, and she resents all of the hardships brought upon her family in order to keep her safe. Her codex entry mentions that, should Hawke be a mage him/herself, she deeply envied how her eldest sibling embraced their powers instead of fearing them.
** She'll say this line almost word for word in a random dialogue with Merrill.
** Subverted in ''Legacy.'' She admits being "normal" would require an entirely different family. She admits, despite the hardship of being an apostate, she wouldn't have it any other way.
* LeeroyJenkins: At the end of Act II, [[spoiler: if she joined the Circle, she gathers a cadre of mages to help Orsino fight the Qunari, despite his orders for them to pull back, and her entire group gets slaughtered.]]
* MauveShirt: Only if Hawke is a mage or [[spoiler:if she dies during the Deep Roads expedition]].
* PlayingWithFire: Bethany definitely qualifies, starting with fire spells, a staff that shoots fire, and using fire spells in cutscenes when she attacks.
* PlotlineDeath: If the player is a mage, Bethany dies instead of Carver.
* [[spoiler: PutOnABus: If she doesn't die in the Deep Roads expedition, Bethany is forced to join either the Circle or the Grey Wardens.]]
** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: She rejoins your party for the final battle.]]
* RedMage: Does not have the party heals or revives of Anders, or the hell-raising blood magic of Merrill, but has access to a great deal of offensive and defensive magic, plus healing, which Merrill lacks. Properly built, she is one of the most versatile mages in the game, subverting the MasterOfNone stigma associated with them. As an Elemental/Force Mage, this becomes [[LightningBruiser even more apparent]].
* [[spoiler: TheResenter: If she joins the Grey Wardens, she becomes this to Hawke, but will grow out of it by endgame.]]
* SacrificialLamb: If Hawke is a mage.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:If Hawke takes her along for the Deep Roads expedition and Anders isn't in the party]].
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Like the other female mage, Merrill. It's probably there to hide the black seam between the head and body in character models, that doesn't mean Bethany doesn't look stylish in her vibrant red scarf.
* ShipTease: If Sebastian isn't romanced and Bethany is still alive by that point, the two hit it off very well.
** In ''Mark of the Assassin'' whilst rescuing Hawke, Sebastian smiles at her and she [[DistractedByTheSexy suddenly loses track of what she was saying]].
* SiblingRivalry: Potentially with Hawke. However, you have to work at it, because she starts off with the approval bar heavily tilted towards "friend". Party banter includes hints that this was her relationship with Carver.
* SiblingYinYang: With her twin, Carver.

!Carver Hawke
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Hawke's younger brother and older twin of Bethany. He wields a two-handed sword, and has a massive chip on his shoulder due to being overshadowed by both siblings. Voiced by Nico Lennon.

[[hardline]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Not nearly as bad as Merril, but he can get like this when trying to woo women.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He feels inferior to his siblings since Bethany is a mage and Hawke is either another mage or a superior fighter.
** Bethany mentions that Carver felt this when their Mabari hound chose to imprint on Hawke.
** Merrill completely misses his attempts to flirt with her, as she already has a crush on ''Hawke''.
*** This also seems to have been the case back in Lothering with one of Carver's friend, Peaches. If playing as female, a letter alludes to an encounter Carver and Peaches had in a barn, but if playing as a male, the letter has Peaches obviously infatuated with Hawke instead. Ouch.
* AntiMagic: Gains the Templar specialization. [[spoiler: May or may not become a Templar to get it.]]
* BadassAbnormal: [[spoiler: As either a templar or a warden]].
* BerserkButton: Despite his resentment issues, Carver really hates it when people threaten Hawke, as is natural for a sibling.
* CharacterDevelopment: Carver goes through a surprising amount of this if sent to the [[spoiler:Grey Wardens]]. When he returns, he's far less awkward, less judgmental, more accepting of his sibling, and no longer seems to feel the need to prove himself. The other party members note this change in ''Legacy''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: If [[spoiler:he joins the Templars]], he reveals that this is his opinion of them and what prompted him to join them.
--> "Father believed in a [[spoiler:Templar]]. Why can't I?"
* DeathByOriginStory: Happens to a rogue or fighter Hawke quicker than you can say "spoiler".
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Lampshaded Trope. Anders comments that Carver is the kind of person who could find [[spoiler:being a Grey Warden meaningful]]. Turns out he's totally right.
** He also reveals that this was his reason for joining [[spoiler:the Templars]] if you take him with you for ''Legacy''.
* FantasticRacism: He's not that big on mages in general considering how much of his life has been dictated by his family's magical talents.
** Fairly mild, all things considered. After telling Anders he doesn't like him, Anders calls him out on hating mages. Carver counters that his problem with Anders isn't that he's a mage, but that he won't shut up about it.
** Also, while often disparaging mages, the only person in the party that he actually gets on with is Merrill, ''who is a Blood Mage''.
* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:If he joined the Templars, he says this to Meredith in the endgame sequence when she tries to have Hawke executed, regardless of whether Hawke sides with the mages or the templars.]]
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: He often whines about Hawke's magic, but if he's in the party when Fenris finds out the Hawke is a mage, he will tell Fenris to leave his sibling alone.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: If [[spoiler:he joined the Templars]] and you bring him along in ''Legacy'', it's subtly implied while questioning him about [[spoiler:why he joined them]] that he wishes he could have been a Warden.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Despite his issues with mages, ''Legacy'' implies he has a bit of a crush on Merrill and sees him awkwardly ([[ObliviousToLove and with no success]]) try to ask her out. This happens if he ends up a [[spoiler:Templar]].
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Most of his dialogue and actions revolve around his intent to prove himself as more than "Hawke's little brother" to everyone else. The frequency of which renders him fairly unpopular with the rest of the party. If he [[spoiler:becomes a Grey Warden, he feels that he's finally become who he was meant to be.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is rather abrasive due to his inferiority complex, but when it comes down to it, he cares for his friends and family.
** Particularly when he tells Fenris off and says he'll have to go through him if he's got a problem with Mage Hawke, and especially at the end if he's a Templar when [[spoiler: he effectively tells Meredith to shove it.]]
* KnightTemplar: One of his possible paths. Ultimately doesn't have the personality for it.
* LeeroyJenkins: You can practically hear it when he runs towards the Ogre in the Prologue. Oh Carver, we know you mean well, but what did you ''think'' would happen?
* MageKiller: If he survives to Act II, he will have access to the Templar warrior specialization, even if he doesn't actually join the Templars.
* MauveShirt: If Hawke is a warrior or rogue or [[spoiler:if he dies during the Deep Roads expedition]].
* MeaningfulName: In-universe example, Carver is named after a templar who helped his father escape Kirkwall.
* MiddleChildSyndrome / JerkassWoobie: You can almost hear him saying "[[TheBradyBunch It's always 'Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!']]" every time he opens his mouth, but anyone who has lived in an older sibling's shadow can relate to him.
** In a poignant moment in Act 1 he admits he feels lost in Kirkwall. Hawke is busy being the breadwinner and their mother is still mourning Bethany, so barely anyone even notices him most of the time.
* NobleBigot
** NobleBigotWithABadge: Can become a Templar.
* NotSoDifferent: Varric jokes that he looks like ''Gamlen'' and when Sarcastic!Hawke calls him out on his whining, he's horrified to realize he's starting to sound just like his Uncle.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: This is a big problem for him in regards to his siblings, particularly Hawke.
* PlotlineDeath: If the player is a warrior or rogue, Carver dies instead of Bethany.
* {{Pride}}: His arrogance early on is his biggest flaw. [[spoiler:If he becomes a Grey Warden, he finally gets over it.]]
* [[spoiler: PutOnABus: If he doesn't die in the Deep Roads expedition, he joins either the Templars or the Grey Wardens.]]
** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: He rejoins the party for the final battle.]]
* [[spoiler: ReallyGetsAround: If Carver is a Warden, he tells this to Isabela in dialogue that since Grey Wardens have difficulties bearing children, he has to try extra hard.]]
* TheResenter: Big time. [[spoiler: He gets over it if he becomes a Grey Warden.]]
* SacrificialLamb: If Hawke is a warrior or rogue.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:If Hawke takes him along for the Deep Roads expedition and Anders isn't in the party]].
* SiblingRivalry: Carver begins the game slanted towards rivalry. This was also his relationship with Bethany.
** When they were kids, he used to nail her braid to the bed while she slept.
* SiblingYinYang: With his twin, Bethany.
* TookALevelInBadass: Carver considers himself to have finally done this if he becomes a Grey Warden.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Varric. Also with Isabela, which crosses into BelligerentSexualTension at times.

!Anders
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age_II_Anders_2046.jpg

A returning companion from ''Dragon Age: Origin - Awakening''. He has left the Grey Wardens and come to Kirkwall to use his healing magic to help refugees. He is the current host of the Spirit of Justice, however Anders's hatred for the Circle of Magi has corrupted Justice into the demonic Spirit of Vengeance. He is a potential love interest. Voiced by Adam Howden.

[[hardline]]

* AWizardDidIt: Invoked, but not actually true--"A wizard did it" is his sarcastic reply if he's in the party when you give the maps to the Deep Roads to Bartrand. Actually, he stole them.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: It's implied that Anders falls in love with Hawke even if you don't romance him. (For example, not starting his romance at the first oppurtunity gets you rivalry points.) Obviously, this is subverted if you do romance him.
* AnIcePerson: One of his starting spells is Winter's Grasp. It also makes for an interesting bit of meta-lampshading about how much he's changed when you consider that, in ''Awakening'', he was first seen using ''[[PlayingWithFire fire]]'' magic.
* AntiHero: Type II. [[spoiler: Though he later slides down the scale until he becomes a Type IV, or goes through a straight up FaceHeelTurn depending on your stance on the mage-templar conflict.]]
** ByronicHero
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Can potentially become this if you have him at high rivalry and try to convince him that his merging with Justice was wrong and that there are other ways for mages to win their freedom, so that he will join Hawke when he sides with the templars.]]
* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit: He knew exactly how Meredith would react when he destroyed the Chantry and he was depending on it for his plan to work. It did.]]
** GoneHorriblyRight: If you're his Rival, he ''really'' comes to regret doing it.
* BerserkButton:
** The Templars, and the foundation upon which they stand including the Circle and the Chantry. But especially Templars.
** BloodMagic as well, to a slightly lesser extent. Of course, part of why Blood Magic offends him so much is that it's the main thing the Templars use to justify confining mages.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: More subtle than most, but the presence of Vengeance fundamentally alters Anders' viewpoints on a lot of things. Having a significant part of who and what you are made up an entity formed around an unyielding concept, coupled with the lack of an understanding of time (time is irrelevant in the Fade, so Vengeance doesn't understand the concept of "waiting") a distinct slant on his perceptions. It doesn't excuse his actions, but it does make them understandable.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Bethany, though she finds him more reminiscent of her father then anything else.
* BiTheWay: Like Fenris and Merrill, his interest in men is never even alluded in the straight romance. This brings up debates on whether his sexuality changes based on the gender of the player character.
** It doesn't change [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6576620&lf=8 Word of Gaider]], in particular the last post.
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: If brought along for ''Legacy'', Anders becomes a thrall of Corypheus. He snaps out of it after a brief boss fight.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Anders was flirty and cheerful with a soft spot for cats in ''Awakening''. Things change big time in this game.
* CombatMedic: Still retains his healing powers. He uses them on sick refugees in Kirkwall.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Yes, he somehow manages to be ''both'' tropes. For both male and female Hawkes. If you romanced Merrill or Fenris, he states his disapproval in the bluntest, and most hypocritical, ways imaginable before the Justice quest.
* CruelMercy: [[spoiler: Letting him live after blowing up the Chantry.]]
** Or even worse, [[spoiler:convincing him to side with the Templars. Takes a maxed-out Rivalry meter, but boy is it worth it.]]
* [[spoiler:DarkIsEvil: He becomes noticeably more ruthless in Act 3, when his outfit turns black.]]
* DeadManWalking: By the third act, he's convinced that he is this. [[spoiler:It turns out this is because he knows he will most likely be executed after igniting the mage/templar war.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: [[BerserkButton Just don't ask him about the Chantry]].
* DeathSeeker: Becoming his Rival reveals that he has shades of this due to his difficulty in keeping Vengeance under control.
** He still has traces of it if a Friendship was pursued, although he's less obvious about it.
* DemonicPossession: Originally, Anders allowed his friend Justice, who was a benign spirit, to posses him, but Anders' inherent anger at the perceived injustices against mages perverted Justice into Vengeance.
* DrJerk: Variation. He's quite kind to his patients, to the point that they're willing to risk their lives for him. Everyone else who doesn't share his views, however, is open for jerkery.
* EnemyMine: With Fenris. [[spoiler:As time goes on and his paranoia increases, he starts treating ''everybody'' aside from Hawke and Varric with suspicion.]]
* EstrogenBrigadeBait
** His popularity among the female crowd seems to have greatly increased due to his [[AdamHowden voice actor]] being so likable in real life.
* [[spoiler:EvilCostumeSwitch: Though you don't realize it until later.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: Possibly subverted, as you can choose not to kill him.]]
* FanNickname: What with the (no long 'spoiler') revelation of Justice (corrupted to Vengeance) possessing Anders for this game, the forumites got used to call him 'Janders' (or 'Vanders') in honour of 'their' new identity.
* FateWorseThanDeath: He sees being made Tranquil as this.
** [[spoiler: And if you make him side with the Templars through the rivalry route.]]
* [[spoiler:FallenHero]]
* FightingFromTheInside: Anders must constantly push back the influence of Vengeance or become a true abomination and lose himself.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Check out the banter between him and Justice (as well as Justice and Nathaniel) in Awakening. Heads will explode.
* FreudianExcuse: Revealed to Hawke in brief rambling in his clinic. From a young age he was estranged from his home, terrorized and confined by templars. If he had a sense of the injustice, it blurred with his lifelong grudge, begetting vengeance.
** He's got another one: he's under constant pressure to keep Vengeance under control. He's losing.
* FridgeHorror: He gets an {{In Universe}} one. For much of the game, he talks about how Justice used to be as though he were a paragon of virtue. After losing control of Vengeance [[spoiler:and almost/killing a young girl]], Merrill explains to him that there has ''never'' been a "good" spirit and that they are ''all'' dangerous. That he is totally silent after learning this says it all. Again, if you're on a Rival path, he finally comes to terms with it after [[spoiler:blowing up the Chantry]].
** It gets worse at the beginning of Act 3. Anders confides that even he's scared that lately he's started experiencing blackouts, which previously had only happened when Justice took over, when Anders lost control. This implies that [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Vengeance is now manifesting at will, and now seeks to control Anders]].
* GayOption
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Whenever he starts losing himself to Vengeance, his eyes glow blue.
* HairOfGold: Nicknamed "Blondie" by Varric, but the trope is continually subverted; he's grim and understands that change for mages will come slowly, if at all. By Act 3, [[AvertedTrope very little of his kind-healer-fighting-against-his-darker-side persona remains.]]
* [[spoiler: HeWhoFightsMonsters]]: Eventually [[spoiler: blows up the Chantry, with the Grand Cleric and Maker knows how many people inside so that a compromise cannot be reached and the mages and templars will have to fight a war.]]
-->'''Anders:''' [[spoiler: I removed the chance of compromise, because there is no compromise!]]
* HeroicBSOD: When Vengeance (almost) kills a mage girl they had just saved from being made Tranquil, he realizes his control is slipping. While Hawke may help (or not help) him through this, the Codex says he abandons the cause of mages for a few years in regret.
* HotBlooded: Deconstructed. His passion for mage liberation is what [[spoiler:kicks off the Mage-Templar war.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: He has been possessed by the Spirit of Justice, who becomes a Demon of Vengeance. If he's a Rival, [[ItsAllMyFault he blames it on himself]] more than usual.
* HurtingHero
* {{Hypocrite}}: Oh, where do we even start?
** Criticizes Merrill about her obsession with the mirror and her casual views on Fade spirits. She will in turn point out his own obsession with the Circle and how he willingly let a "good" spirit into his body. Anders is self-aware of this, and at one point wonders if this makes him unqualified to help mages.
** He is petty and disrespectful towards Aveline and Fenris because they do not share his pro-mage stance, and yet criticizes Hawke for romancing Fenris, who has "let [[{{Understatement}} one bad experience]] colour his entire world", instead of someone "more open-minded". If Fenris is in the party, he calls him out on it.
** Despite Anders being vehement about how wrong it is to enslave mages, if you choose to [[spoiler: sell Fenris back to Danarius]], Anders ''applauds''.
*** Although this could be seen as due to Anders and Fenris mutually loathing each other.
*** ...not to mention, it's a sign of Justice/Vengeance's corruption. Initially Justice would seek.. well, justice for all, and would have never stood for that. However, having been corrupted into Vengeance, he only seeks (warped) 'justice' for mages, and he considered Fenris an obstacle to that goal. Thus: celebration of this 'obstacle' being removed.
** He disapproves of a romance with Merrill, alleging that she'll eventually turn on Hawke in favor of her demons. She calls him out on this if present for the conversation.
*** [[spoiler: The hypocrisy of this hits critical mass when you realize that he says this during a quest where he's tricking Hawke into helping him blow up the chantry.]]
** [[spoiler: If spared after destroying the Chantry and brought to confront Meredith, him calling out her zealotry as "madness" could be construed as such.]]
*** Indeed, if [[spoiler: you spare him and side with the mages, he'll state his belief that ''every single templar'' had ''always'' wanted to enact the rite of annullment and slaughter the mages, using the same absolutist view of his enemies that only the very worst of them use against mages. Even Meridith admits there are good mages, she just feels that their rights are outweighed by the safety of everyone else.]]
** A great deal of this hypocrisy appears to come from Vengeance's influence. Vengeance [[BlueAndOrangeMorality doesn't subscribe to human sensibilities or morals]] the same way a human would, and is an irrational entity by human standards. Anything that favors his ends makes sense as far as he's concerned, and this clearly has a fundamental influence on Anders' thought processes as well.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Anders can be ''very'' petty and hypocritical. But in the end, all Anders wants is to help people, and he's willing to go to grand lengths to do so.
* [[spoiler: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope:]] In the beginning of the game, as far as mages are concerned, while he firmly advocates their freedom and rejects turning them over to the templars, Anders is actually quite reasonable. He outright condemns blood magic and demons, allows murder only as a last resort, and is perfectly willing to work with reasonable men like Thrask. By Act III, that persona is gone, and he refuses to accept anything less than total freedom for all mages, no exceptions. [[spoiler: Thus, "no compromise" when he blows up the Chantry.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: The decision to have him killed for the destruction of the Chantry rests with you, so this trope can be played straight or subverted. Though even if you do kill him, he gets the war he wanted. If he does live, Sebastian vows to make sure Anders will face justice someday.]]
* KickTheDog: If you bring him along for Merrill's second companion quest, he'll flat-out say to her that [[spoiler:she should have died instead of Keeper Marethari. Ouch.]]
* KindheartedCatLover: Sadly, Anders had his cat Ser Pounce-A-Lot confiscated by the Grey Wardens after it nearly got him killed by accident. He's still very fond of cats, and puts out milk for the local strays. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when Anders [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]].]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: Becomes one, ironically, ''towards'' the Templars over the course of the game.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Inverted; if his romance is pursued, his Act 3 codex entry explicitly states that he views Hawke as the one thing in his life keeping him sane. [[spoiler: Not that it makes a difference in the end. ]]
* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard: Anders lies to Hawke and co. to help him gather reagents to blow up the Chantry, telling them it's for a potion to rid him of Justice. It especially stings if Hawke is in a relationship with him.]]
* [[spoiler: TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Starts off entirely open about his pro-mage agenda. Eventually, he becomes less than honest and uses Hawke for his own purposes.]]
* [[spoiler: MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: If you kill him after he blows up the Chantry.]]
* MyGreatestFailure
** Allowing Justice to possess him, which turned one of his closest friends into a demon. [[spoiler: Though this may not be his fault...]]
** During one of his companion quests, he loses control of Vengeance and threatens (possibly kills) an innocent girl.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: If you're on a Rivalry path with him, he expresses ''much'' more regret about [[spoiler:blowing up the Chantry]], and even states that Justice may have become a demon from the moment they merged.
** If you're on the Rivalry path, after completing "Justice" Hawke can convince Anders to undo whatever it was he was doing in the Chantry at the end of the quest, with Anders becoming horrified at the prospect of actually succeeding and running off to stop it before it is too late. [[spoiler: Since the Chantry explosion still goes through, it seems that Justice sabotaged this attempt]].
* [[spoiler: NecessarilyEvil: He recognizes that blowing up the Chantry is a horrible thing to do, and does seems guilty about it, but he honestly believes it's for the best.]]
* [[spoiler: NoPlaceForMeThere]]
* NotAsYouKnowThem: Though to be fair, a lot of this can be explained by his joining with Justice, and it is lampshaded several times. Even the other characters get sick of his constant talk of "the mages' plight" at times.
* [[spoiler: NotSoDifferent: From the Templars. Especially Meredith.]]
** [[spoiler: Also Velanna. He did once say to her;]]
-->[[spoiler: [[FunnyAneurysmMoment You know that chip on your shoulder? I think it has replaced your head]].]]
* NotSoDifferent: From Fenris, despite claims to the contrary. Both have similar backgrounds as members of oppressed populations and share an unreasonable hatred of anybody belonging to the same groups as their oppressors. They both enjoy taking the opportunity to somewhat pettily snipe at anybody who disagrees with their views, especially each other.
** Maybe not so unreasonable; they both witnessed the worst of a certain group (whether it was templars or mages) and they know it could happen anywhere.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: According to WordOfGod, Anders is a nickname because [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6511895/3#6639653 his family is from the Anderfels]].
* [[spoiler: OutlawCouple: If you romance Anders, spare his life after he blows up the Chantry, and commit to him before the FinalBattle, the two of you will go on the run together, since he is now the most wanted man in Thedas.]]
* PermaStubble
* PrinciplesZealot: While not as bad about it as the qunari (he compromises in [[WhamEpisode "All That Remains"]] due to the serious circumstances), [[spoiler:due to a glitch, he is the only party member who cannot be convinced to side against his faction. This will apparently be fixed in the upcoming patch.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: Whether you agree with his solution or not, it turned out [[spoiler:Meredith was in fact going quite mad and cracking down to a point where even her own templars turned against her.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential: A conversation with Isabela reveals that he uses magic for sexual applications.
* {{Retcon}}: If you take Anders with you on the quest "Finding Nathaniel", his death is explained away by saying he went into hiding--the corpse they recovered was simply a badly burned mage.
* ShootTheDog: His friend Karl begs Anders to kill him rather than continue living as a Tranquil.
* SplitPersonality: Between his own mind and Vengeance.
* SuddenlySexuality: While Isabela has always been openly bi, and we don't know enough about Merrill and Fenris when we meet them to suggest they're not, Anders did not come across as anything but straight when he first appeared in ''Awakening'', flirting with the ladies in the party and talking about how he wants to settle down with a nice girl one day.
* [[spoiler:TokenEvilTeammate: If you choose to spare him and keep him in your party in Act III.]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInJerkass]]
* TroubledButCute
* {{Ubermensch}}: His goals regarding the Magi are transformative, to say the least, and he breaks a lot of eggs to get there, knowing full well he will probably be either killed or hated for his actions. Nevertheless, in his mind, society HAD to change or he would make it change.
** TheUnfettered
* [[spoiler:WelcomeBackTraitor:]] Can be either played straight or subverted. If you [[spoiler:told him to run after he blows up the Chantry]], he will still return to you in the Gallows. Naturally, what happens after that is up to you.
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist]]
* [[spoiler: WithUsOrAgainstUs: As part of his decline, by Act III he's become paranoid of anyone who does not explicitly share his views on granting mages immediate freedom, going so far as blowing up the Kirkwall Chantry alongside the only political figure capable of pacifying both Templars and mages just to ensure that everybody would have to pick a side.]]

!Aveline Vallen
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age_II_Aveline_9816.jpg

The daughter of an exiled Orlesian Chevalier. She believes that honor and pride come second to pragmatism. Voiced by Joanna Roth.

[[hardline]]

* ActionGirl: Hell yes!
* AmazonianBeauty: So far, she's the most muscular woman in the Dragon Age (or in {{BioWare}}) games to date--that's not to say she doesn't have a feminine figure.
** Though the prologue and a brief cutscene in Act III are the only times you'll get to see it.
* BadassNormal: Deserves special mention, see EstablishingCharacterMoment below.
* BerserkButton: As mentioned below, do NOT question her loyalty or accuse her of coddling her guards.
* BiTheWay: Implied. After hooking her up with Donnic, she asks if Hawke ever thought about the two of them. [[LesYay The conversation does not change for Lady Hawkes]].
* BreastPlate: Initially played straight during the prologue sequence, though justifiably so; it takes little effort to forgive leather armor for being form-fitting. Heavily averted for the rest of the game - the metal plate the guards wear is the same general shape for both men and woman, giving Aveline no more chances to show off her assets.
* CannotSpitItOut: Towards Donnic. She tries courting him in more subtle ways, but her methods seem to make sense only to her. Depending on how this is handled he may conclude that ''Hawke'' is awkwardly hitting on him.
** InsaneTrollLogic: Eventually, her efforts to woo him get so bad that even when she does explain the reasoning behind her Hawke can't argue directly with them because ''they make no sense''. You get the chance to call her out on it.
* CityGuards: Joins the Kirkwall guard after fleeing Ferelden and can be promoted to Captain of the Guards after a mission where she investigates her superior's corruption.
* ComicallySerious: Especially when paired with Silly!Hawke.
* CommissionerGordon
* CowboyCop: Even as DaChief, she has no problem telling authority where to shove it and will bend the rules for the sake of her friends.
** However do not EVER question whether she is going soft on the men under her command and coddling certain individuals (Donnic). When the Templars force you to investigate her on this in Act 3, you set out to prove that Donnic is doing the same routes as the other men, if not more dangerous, and most of her men are fighting for their life twice a week to keep Kirkwall safe.
* DaChief: Eventually reaches this position on the Guard.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her official art is... [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110121223257/dragonage/images/7/7d/Aveline_4.jpg considerably more mannish]] when compared to her in-game model.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of the first things she does is tackle a darkspawn that severely wounded her husband and ''punch'' it into submission before lever-cutting its head off with its sword. She proceeds to attempt to fight a horde of darkspawn with the intention of saving her husband or dying with him.
* GreenEyedRedhead: Fits the basic description: red hair, green eyes. But she's not a love interest character as is the usual case.
* HeterosexualLifePartners / PlatonicLifePartners: With Hawke.
* IdiotBall: PlayedForLaughs. She's a bright, talented and quick-thinking guardswoman... but her intelligence plummets when it comes to dealing with Donnic. Case in point? While trying to be romantic with him ''she turned it into a conversation about the sharpness of swords''.
* MatchmakerQuest: Her sidequest involves her attempting to court Guardsman Donnic. Eventually they get married.
* MeaningfulName: An in-universe example; Aveline was the name of the first female Chevalier.
* AMotherToHerMen
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Ser Wesley and Guardsman Donnic are the exceptions that prove the rule; almost everyone else finds her intimidating and off-putting, as other party members point out. According to Isabela, she's a "woman-shaped battering ram."
** Hawke also can express an interest in her, which she won't actually realise until ''after'' she's hooked up with Donnic.
* NoSocialSkills
* NotSoAboveItAll: In ''Legacy'', she finally gets back at Anders for all of his [[JerkAss arsey comments]] by ripping the piss out of him.
--> "Any second I'll surrender to the almighty power of 'Guard Captain' and enslave all mages. Look out. Authority. Wooooooo."
* ObliviousToLove: If Hawke flirts with her -- particularly during her MatchmakerQuest.
* RunningGag: Aveline being able to lift a cow. Comes up often in party conversation, particularly during Mark of the Assassin
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:If she sides against Hawke during the endgame, she decides that she owes Hawke too much to fight him/her and walks out after delivering a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Hawke. Her fellow guardsmen quickly follow suit.]]
* StoneWall: Her specialization focuses on defense and protecting party members.
* TeamDad: Gender-flipped. Most of her conversations with the party involve her providing some form of advice or critiquing their lifestyle choices. It's also said that she has people spying on most of the others and bends the rules a bit if necessary in hopes of keeping them out of trouble.
** Is also very protective of Hawke and the only person besides the love interest who really takes time to console a devastated Hawke [[spoiler:after his/her mother's murder.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Establishes herself as being on the "Good" side of things at all times early in Act I, despite having only just taken the job. It's also why she has no problems with Hawke if you play as a more ChaoticGood character.
--> "I can trust you at least try to do right."
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:Aveline invokes this when Arishok says he must take Isabela back along with the book she stole: "Oh, no. If anyone's going to kick her ass, it's me." She gives Friendship points if you go to bat for Isabela against Arishok, and Rivalry points if you hand Isabela over.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: A Type A, especially towards Hawke and Isabela. [[spoiler: Wesley and Donnic both seem to be the only people who constantly gets her softer side.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [[spoiler: Isabela]] towards the end of the game.
** Also a case of this with Hawke, especially a Snarky-Hawke. It may also have a case of BelligerentSexualTension subtext if you flirt with her.
*** With a rival!Hawke, the most touching moment in their friendship comes right after Aveline [[BadAss beats the ever loving shit out of him/her.]]
* WidowWoman: Ser Wesley, her templar husband, dies shortly after meeting him due to darkspawn taint. Either you or Aveline can kill him. She'll eventually remarry though.

!Dog
No, not [[DragonAgeOrigins that]] Dog, though he [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute might as well be.]] The Hawke family's loyal mabari companion. Dog isn't a full party member, but can be summoned to give some extra help.

* AssistCharacter
* AngryGuardDog: To his enemies.
* BadassGrandpa: According to the timeline, Dog must be in his double digits by the game's final act, which is quite old by dog standards. This doesn't stop his badassery in the slightest.
* BigFriendlyDog: To everyone aside from his opponents.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Though he's not actually evil, really. It does give him an unsettling appearance, though.
* CanineCompanion
* CountryMouse: Kirkwall doesn't really give him the space a dog the size of a pony needs.
* DogsAreDumb: Like with all mabari, ''very'' averted.
* {{Expy}}: Of the original Dog.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Everyone in the party loves Dog. With the exception of Anders, but only because he's a cat person.
* HeroicDog
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute
* UndyingLoyalty

!Fenris/[[spoiler:Leto]]
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age_II_Fenris_1201.jpg

An elven slave turned living weapon. He used his power to escape his master Danarius, a Tevinter Magister who is trying to reclaim his "property." He is a potential love interest. Voiced by Gideon Emery.

[[hardline]]

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV or Type III on his rare good days]]
* AmnesiacDissonance: Among other things, he resents the lyrium markings and the power that was inflicted upon him. In his final companion quest "Alone", he discovers [[spoiler: that he had actually wanted them, even competed for them, for the sake of using the boon offered to the winner to free his family.]]
* AcheyScars: His lyrium markings are the reason he hates being touched.
* BadassAbnormal: While the lyrium gives him phasing abilities, much of his skill with a blade is just that; skill. He had it before the lyrium. [[spoiler: and it was that skill that allowed him to win the right to get the lyrium markings in the first place.]]
* BadassAngster: He despises mages, as well as slavery because of his history with both. Doesn't stop him from using his lyrium-powered phasing powers to crush hearts, though.
* BerserkButton: His EstablishingCharacterMoment is his violent reaction over being called a slave--being taunted with it also comes up several times during his personal quests. He hates mages--particularly the Magisters of Tevinter, and the blood magic connected to them.
* {{Bishonen}}: He's most likely older than twenty, but considering the new, leaner elven body model, he certainly fits the aesthetic.
* BiTheWay: Like Anders and Merrill, his interest in men is never even alluded in the straight romance. This brings up debates on whether his sexuality changes based on the gender of the player character.
** It doesn't change [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6576620&lf=8 Word of Gaider]], in particular the last post.
* BrutalHonesty: He's extremely blunt with his criticism of anything he dislikes, especially if it relates to magic or its users.
* TheComicallySerious: His generally dour demeanor gets him ribbed on by some of the more jokey companions.
** ... Although if you keep him away from people who push his buttons, he makes his share of jokes.
** And Silly!Hawke's comments usually get at least a smile out of him. He even chuckles with regularity.
* CursedWithAwesome: The lyrium scars emblazoned on him by his master cause Fenris no small amount of pain, but give him extra strength and endurance, as well as the ability to go partially intangible.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He was a slave in the Tevinter Imperium, and had his skin laced with lyrium in a process so torturously painful that it wiped his memory.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes, and with emphasis on the deadpan.
* DespairEventHorizon: If you choose to [[spoiler:betray Fenris and give him back to Danarius. Your betrayal so utterly breaks his spirit and his faith in freedom and friendship, he just gives up without a fight. He doesn't even have the strength to show anger at you about it. Later, you get a letter from Danarius thanking you, telling you that Fenris has been memory-wiped again and is now perfectly obedient.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: He never wears shoes and he will occasionally say with disgust, "I think I stepped in something."
* [[spoiler:DoNotCallMePaul]]: His response to [[spoiler: his sister calling him by his real name at the end of "Alone" after he finds out she betrayed him]] is an angry "Stop calling me that!".
* [[DontYouDarePityMe Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: Despite his frequent mentioning of his past, he despises people attempting to empathize with him about it.
* DrowningMySorrows: He can be seen drinking quite a lot at least two times during the game. Especially when he's about to confess something about his past.
* EnemyMine: He takes this approach about working with any mage except for, potentially, Hawke, and if asked about it when he's recruited he states that he'll be watching the party's mages very closely. It's especially evident in his interactions with Merrill. Much of his dialogue with her is antagonistic over her blood magic and her naive attitudes regarding elves outside the Dalish, and Hawke can even gain rivalry with him for being nice to her. He tolerates her as a teammate - if only because Hawke is around. He's not much less hostile towards Anders, though with Bethany he merely suggests that she should be in the Circle.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The surviving leader of a group of slave hunters grabs his shoulder and calls him a slave. Fenris turns and shoves his hand through the guy's chest, crushing his heart and killing him instantly (and messily).
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: That pretty much runs the norm for elves anyway. Especially if they have white hair, green eyes, and a dark and troubled past.
* FantasticRacism: He believes that all mages, no matter their intentions will eventually become power-hungry maniacs (which, to be fair, seems to be the norm for the Tevinter Imperium) unless constantly controlled. [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with the mages in The Final Straw, Fenris will turn against him/her unless he has been permanently locked in as a friend or rival or if Hawke calls him on the hypocrisy of supporting the enslavement of mages.]]
* FriendsWithBenefits: With Isabela if the player isn't romancing either of them.
* GayOption
* GoodScarsEvilScars: All over his body. They look more like tattoos, however, and they're ''pretty'' like the veins of leaves.
* HatesBeingTouched: See above, between Fenris, Morrigan, and Arianne this might be becoming a signature of the series. If romanced he will obviously move out of this (with Hawke at least). In one of their possible romance scenes, he'll nearly attack Hawke when s/he surprises him with a touch.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Hates the party mages who are careless about their abilities - Anders for thinking he can take a spirit into him and remain in control and Merrill for believing herself justified in using blood magic. He is much more lenient toward Bethany, who is wary of her abilities and wishes she could be normal, and potentially a mage Hawke.
* HollywoodAtheist: Subversion. His banter with Sebastian reveals that while he's not entirely convinced that the Maker exists, he does keep something of an open mind.
* HomelessHero: Fenris squats in his former master's abandoned Hightown mansion.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While naturally doesn't approve of dealing with demons, Hawke can gain friendship points with Fenris if s/he turns on Anders/Justice in the Fade during Night Terrors for opposing a deal with a demon.
** He believes Mages are too powerful to be trusted and will inevitably abuse their power, so they should accept being enslaved and controlled by the Chantry. He himself is an escaped slave [[MagicKnight with magical powers]] who is being hunted by his former master and will mercilessly kill those who are no longer a threat to him if they piss him off enough. At least half of his arguments for corralling and controlling mages could also apply to him. Anders calls him out on it once or twice. Hawke can point out this hypocrisy at the endgame if [[spoiler: s/he sides with the mages, prompting Fenris to turn against Meredith and support Hawke.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: Tells Merrill in party banter that he doesn't have "puppy eyes". [[spoiler:Yet, if romanced, that's the kind of look he will give Hawke to a flirting response at the end of the "Alone" quest.]]
* IdentityAmnesia: The lyrium-infusion process wiped his memory.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: A possible example. Despite his general hatred and suspicion of anything magic related, getting romantically involved with a mage Hawke doesn't seem to bother him in the slightest. Well, not in the magic department, anyway.
** During party banter with Anders, Fenris will admit that he considers Hawke (or Bethany) a strong mage who doesn't need supervision.
*** This is even present if you only pursue a Friendship with him as a mage. At the end of his first Questioning Beliefs, he will toast Hawke with a happy smile on his face, stating, "Here's to you, Hawke. A finer mage, I have never met." Considering that he seems to hate ''every other mage'' (sans Bethany), this says a lot.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Will warn Anders in this manner, if he had been romanced and [[spoiler:has dumped Hawke.]]
-->'''Fenris:''' You... are living with Hawke now?
-->'''Anders:''' What of it?
-->'''Fenris:''' Be good to him/her. Break his/her heart, and I will kill you.
* INeedAFreakingDrink
* IntangibleMan: The lyrium-infusion gives him the power to make himself partially intangible.
* [[ItsNotYouItsMe It's Not You, It's My Past]]: Gives this apology to Hawke after their first night together, [[spoiler: having momentarily gained back and instantly lost his pre-ritual memories.]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Fenris fought to participate in Danarius' experiments so he could use a boon to free his family. Danarius is quite amused to hear Fenris claim that he never asked for his markings.]]
** Also, for somebody who hates mages as much as he does, his {{Leitmotif}} is ''very'' similar to ''Mage Pride''...
*** [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}} [=/=] FridgeBrilliance: ... And then you discover that there's a reason for that. He's related to one. It makes perfect sense for the themes to be similar.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He's obviously prejudiced against mages because of his past experiences, so most of his opinions on them are pretty harsh. However, he ''does'' actually make a good point on occasion.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Viciously insulting an already devastated Merill at the end of her personal quest.]]
* TheLadysFavour: Per WordOfGod, the red wristband he begins wearing after spending the night with Hawke is Hawke's favor to him.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The only companion that has a named theme in the official soundtrack, "Fenris' Theme", a slow and melancholy piece that combines PlayingTheHeartStrings with bits of a soft OneWomanWail.
* LightningBruiser: As a warrior specializing in two-handed weapons, Fenris can hack through low-level enemies almost as easily as he can stick a hand through someone's chest. His unique specialization combines the best passive skills from Hawke's Reaver and Berserker classes into one lethal package, allowing him to increase his attack speed and restore his stamina every time he kills an enemy, causing his battle effectiveness to snowball. Low survivability, the one weakness of two-handers, is partially mitigated by his Lyrium Ghost sustained mode.
* LivingWeapon: Brainwashed by his Tevinter owner into this.
* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative]]: [[spoiler:He has a sister named Varania. Like Alistair before him, the reunion didn't end up well. Except in Fenris' case, the sister can wind up dead - by his own hand.]]
* LostForever: Unlike the other companions his personal questline and romance can be completely derailed if you don't use him in the right area at the right time.
* MeaningfulName: Shares his name with the monstrous wolf Fenris of Norse mythology, who will slay Odin during Ragnarök (the apocalypse). In Dragon Age lore, it means "little wolf" in Arcanum, the language of the Tevinters, and was chosen by his former master. [[spoiler: Leto directly translates as "summer" in some Slavic languages, and "he who is always happy" in Latin. Considering his current less than sunny disposition, this goes to show how much he's lost.]]
* MoralityPet: Although he is eager to pounce on the faults of mages, his relationship with Bethany is generally quite cordial. Hawke can qualify as a second example, especially if s/he is a mage and is engaged in a romance with him.
* MoreThanMindControl: By his own words, a slave does not dream of freedom but thinks only of satisfying his master. Fenris's initial escape had been an accident, not deliberate, and even after months spent outside of his master's influence, upon his return it felt unthinkable for him to do anything but obey. Danarius also claims that Fenris had once felt affection for him. Of course, it bears remembering that he's a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Tevinter Magister]].
* NeverLearnedToRead: Comes with the territory as a former slave. Hawke can teach him though and will occasionally remark upon his reading in ambient dialogue at the estate.
* NoSocialSkills: His intense bitterness and lack of life experience outside of Tevinter slavery left him bitter, largely tactless, and extremely poor at forming relationship.
* NotSoDifferent: From Anders. The two are both former slaves (of a sort) that share an intense, unreasonable hatred of those similar to their oppressors who are ruled by their rage. They both seem to take pleasure in taking petty digs at each other.
* OptionalPartyMember: You can only meet him by doing a side quest in Act 1.
* PardonMyKlingon: He uses Tevinter swear words when he is upset.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:After his above KickTheDog moment to Merril, he will (grudgingly) admit that the Keeper must have truly cared for her if she was willing to sacrifice herself for her, and (in his own [[JerkAss way]]) encourages her to live up to her memory.]]
** He gets several other moments, like during the quest A Bitter Pill, when he [[spoiler:shows genuine concern and sympathy for the elven slave Orana and gets angry if you decide to take her as your slave]]. There are also many moments between him and [[spoiler:Hawke, especially if Hawke is in a friendly romance with him, or are at least friends, even if Hawke is a mage. Most of them enough to qualify as CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming]].
* PhlebotinumRebel
* PowerGlows: His lyrium scars glow when he is [[IntangibleMan phasing]].
* PrimalStance: Compare his posture with, say, Merrill's.
* ProperlyParanoid: He suspects slavers around every corner and a trap behind every stroke of luck. He's usually right.
* ScarsAreForever: Due to being infused with lyrium when he was transformed. They cause him some amount of pain, more so when touched.
* TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TranquilFury: ''Constantly'', to the point that he has an actual class ability (Veneer of Calm) that gives him a bonus to damage as his health drops.
* TroubledButCute
* UnstoppableRage: He usually doesn't emote much, but once any of his [[BerserkButton buttons]] is pushed, he's quick to reveal just how much fury he keeps bottled up.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hawke can give him one of these for breaking his word about leaving Hadriana alive.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy

!Isabela
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age_II_Isabela_3400.jpg

A pirate who first appeared in ''Origins''. After her ship sank, she became a smuggler in Kirkwall. She is a love interest for Hawkes of both genders. Voiced by Victoria Kruger.

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* ActionGirl
* AscendedExtra: In the first game, she was a rogue who taught your Warden the duelist specialization in the Pearl. She also was a quick romantic encounter with Leliana, Zevran, Leliana ''and'' Zevran, or Alistair. She returns in the second game with a new model and a new voice actress as a party member.
* AnythingThatMoves: According to her, she's had relations with Men, Women, Elves, and a [[MythologyGag cross-dressing dwarf]]. She doesn't recommend that last one.
** Subverted if Hawke attempts to pimp her to the pathetic Emile de Launcet. Even sluttiness has its standards.
*** Subverted farther than that, ironically enough, if Hawke pursues a romance with Isabela. [[spoiler: Isabela's behavior is mostly for her image as a pirate, and while she has no problems with a FriendsWithBenefits relationship, she doesn't have nearly as many of those as she implies.]]
* AThreesomeIsHot [=/=] AThreesomeIsManly: If you're romancing her when she propositions Zevran, she's quick to invite you to join in.
* BadassNormal
* [[spoiler: BigDamnHeroes: If you have a high enough friendship or rivalry level, she pulls this during the qunari invasion by returning their relic, thereby creating a relatively peaceful solution to the problem.]]
* BiTheWay
* BottleFairy
* BrainBleach: Invokes this reaction in Hawke and the other party members more than once.
* CallBack: When the Warden meets Isabela, she is dueling people who claim she cheated them of their coin. After defeating them, they run off. When Hawke meets Isabela, she is dueling people who claim she cheated them of their coin. After defeating them, they run off.
* TheCasanova
* [[spoiler: ChangedMyMindKid: On the eve of the qunari invasion, she abandons the party because they're after her personally. She turns around and returns to give them back their relic. Mind you, the trope will be subverted depending on your relationship with her.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: ''Mark of the Assassin'' reveals that if romanced, she can be this towards Hawke. However, she does tell Tallis that she's OK with Hawke and Tallis being together as long as she asks nicely.
* CoolBigSis: To Merrill and, to a much lesser extent, Bethany.
* CorruptTheCutie: Jokingly invoked in several conversations with Bethany.
** Also does this to a lesser extent with Merrill (teaching her how to do body shots), and Carver (goading him into grow into its fangs and sink them deep.)
*** In ''Legacy'', her influence is confirmed to have rubbed off on Merrill if you bring them both along with Anders. You'll learn that Merrill was looking through his grimoire in the hopes of finding "[[FetishFuel dirty spells]]" to "[[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow make things more interesting]]" with Hawke. Isabela's response? "That's my girl!"
** Also invoked with, of all possibilities, [[ICallItVera Bianca]], which appears to end the playful flirting between Isabela and Varric.
** Invoked with Aveline after they settled into the role of VitriolicBestBuds by Act III, where she offers tips on how to spice things up with Donnic in the bedroom. Considering Aveline's response to Isabela asking if Donnic's "[[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex flipped [her] arse over tits and]] [[UnusualEuphemism hammered her like a bent nail]]" Isabela apparently succeeded.
* DistaffCounterpart: She shares quite a few similarities with Zevran and they get along quite well.
* DoubleEntendre / InnocentInnuendo / UnEntendre: Sex drips off her tongue every time her mouth opens. For every subversion, she plays it twice as hard, even while Carver is chastising her for it.
** Carver manages to get her back in Legacy [[spoiler: if he's a Templar.]] He'll turn a stanza of the Chant of Light into one big double entendre, and Isabela's not sure if she's aroused or scared, but she likes it.
** A notable subversion occurs with Varric and Aveline also in the party, and serves as a CallBack to a similar conversation between Alistair and Oghren. [[spoiler: For once, Varric and Isabela really were just talking about weapons.]]
** One of her armor upgrades is called "Rigid Boning." There is ''no fucking way'' that is accidental.
* DrowningMySorrows
* DualWielding
* DuelToTheDeath: With Hayder. Isabela suspects foul play, so when she meets Hawke, she asks for potential back-up.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Retroactively.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Isabela is a pirate to the core, but she would never condone slave trading, which led to her betraying Hayder before you first meet her.
* FriendsWithBenefits: While a tremendous flirt, she only appears to have such a relationship with Hawke (if Hawke accepts) and, depending on the relationship of the player, Fenris.
* FragileSpeedster: Her specialization abilities can make her one of the rare borderline StoneWall examples. She becomes harder to hit and less effective at hitting -- not very useful in of and itself, but paired with a skilled Scoundrel form the combat equivalent of a two-man con.
* {{Gainaxing}}: Examine her bust while making her run sideways relative to the camera.
* GayOption
* GenreSavvy: Knows that Hayder will double-cross her in Act 1 and in Act 3 Hawke hatches a plan to double-double-cross Castillon by pretending first to betray her and turn her over to him.
* GuideDangIt: Averted with sleeping with her -- she comes on to Hawke quickly, and follows through early in Act II, before players even kiss some love interests. Played surprisingly straight with genuine romance, however, to a point where even the official guide gets it wrong, and her romance is only completed half an hour or so before the game's end.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: She'll try to excuse any altruistic acts as self serving in some manner. Nobody buys it.
** Most obviously in Act 2 where [[spoiler: her BigDamnHero entrance has her irritatedly say that "This is your damned influence, Hawke!"]]
* HitMeDammit: Enables this as a plan to get to Castillion. Also one of her many battle quotes
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Gives Hawke this one if he's romancing Merrill.
-->'''Isabela:''' I get the feeling the girl's involved in something deep and dangerous. Look out for her will you? Make sure she doesn't hurt herself. ... Oh, and if you ever do anything nasty to her, I'll cut off your balls.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Not so much in-game - she prefers innuendo - but ''every single one'' of the talents in her unique skill tree is a pirate reference of some kind. Notable because almost every other skill's name tries to be serious or informative. Not Isabela.
** She has an armor upgrade named [[OfCorsetsSexy Rigid Boning]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: At the start of Act III, especially.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Every time you go to the Qunari Compound with her in your party, she will suddenly bail and run off. At first, it seems odd that she would do this, but as you find out later [[spoiler: she stole one of the Qunari's prized relics. If she were to enter the compound she would most likely be caught and either killed or taken prisoner.]]
* KnifeNut
* TheLadette
* LampshadeHanging: She lampshades quite a few things.
-->'''Isabela:''' If we kill them we get their stuff!
-->'''Alistair:''' Isabela, you look... different.
-->'''Isabela:''' Don't we all?
* LoveableRogue
* MoralityChain: The player can be this to her, particularly at the end of Act II.
* MoralityPet: Isabela's friendship with Merrill may be the only one that the pirate has that isn't based on teasing them. In fact, when Merrill wishes that she had an 'interesting' life like Isabela, she tells Merrill that she's a good person and deserves better than that.
* [[MrViceGuy Ms. Vice Gal]]: She revels in sex, violence, greed and drunken revelry.
* MsFanservice: She has about a foot of cleavage to back this up. And no pants. And frequent {{panty shot}}s. Less than thirty seconds after she invites herself to the party, she invites Hawke up to her room. This appears to be approximately fifteen minutes after meeting, as well.
* MyGrandmaCanDoBetterThanYou: One of her in-battle taunts.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: By stealing the qunari relic, Isabela set a chain of events in motion that resulted in the qunari attacking Kirkwall, the death of innocent people, and a power vaccuum that allowed Meredith to abuse her power and bring the mage/templar conflict closer to exploding.]]
* NoodleIncident: She's behind a few of them. One of which involving a duel that somehow grew into a 20 person brawl in the streets.
** Also, in Legacy banter with Fenris:
-->'''Fenris''': Interesting story I heard about you, Isabela...
-->'''Isabela''': Yes, yes, all right. I just want it known I never asked for the goat. And the fire was accidental.
-->'''Fenris''': I... that wasn't the story.
* [[OddFriendship Odd Romance]]: Hooks up with ''Fenris'' of all people in Act 3, if you do not romance either of them.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Isabela is not her birth name, but it's the only name she'll respond to.
* OptionalPartyMember: She doesn't have to join the party, and if you don't go to the Hanged Man at the right time, you may never even see her.
* ParentalAbandonment: She was sold into marriage at an implied young age by her mother and never knew her father.
* PirateGirl: Her ship is named the Siren's Call. At some time during the game, it sinks. She inherited it from her deceased husband, a merchant whom Zevran killed.
* [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything Pirate Who Doesn't Do Anything]]: Not by choice. Due to the loss of her ship and crew [[spoiler: as well as the Qunari tome]], Isabela is forced to spend most of the game standing around the Hanged Man, drinking and acting vaguely pirate-y when not with Hawke.
** There are a few sidequests that can allow her to get her pirate career up and running again. Her final companion quest can end with her getting a ship, and a sidequest in ''Mark Of The Assassin'' can end with her getting a crew. However, the player is always given a reason to not let her do so (for example, getting a new ship requires letting an unrepentant slaver [[KarmaHoudini escape justice]]), and she even if she gets them, she sticks with the drinking and vague pirate-y behavior for the rest of the game.
* ReallyGetsAround: Her sex life is a constant topic in conversations with the party.
** RunningGag: "Have you slept with ''everyone'' in Ferelden?"
* {{Sex God}}dess: She claims to be so good in bed, she can turn even the straightest woman lesbian/bisexual.
** [[MemeticSexGod It reaches in-game Memetic levels]] as time goes by, as she and Varric recall several patrons who attempted to (unsuccessfully) flirt with her and she recalls her vast sex life.
* ShipperOnDeck: Found out through party banter. Also doubles as an IncrediblyLamePun. In ''Mark of the Assassin''', she catches onto Carver's crush on Merrill and is very eager to help. Carver, understandably, isn't too keen on the idea.
* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: [[spoiler: She may return, however.]]
* STDImmunity: Averted. It's all but outright stated that Isabela does face repercussions for her grandiose sex life, but Anders is able (though not willing) to cure these without much trouble.
* {{Stripperific}}: Isabela has the bustiest model in the game and she has the outfit to show it off. Also, no pants.
* TheTease: Big time, especially to Carver.
* TrickBomb: She is a Rogue, so she can use different types of bombs.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [[spoiler: Aveline]] towards the end of the game.
* WidowWoman: [[SubvertedTrope Not that she's complaining]]. [[AssholeVictim Her husband was an arse]].
* YouFightLikeACow:
-->'''Isabela:''' You hit like my grandmother!
* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: [[spoiler: She leaves your party for good if you haven't completed her Act II Questioning Beliefs Quest, which is obtained by getting her Friendship or Rivalry to at least 50..]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Class A Boot variant.

!Merrill
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dragon_Age_II_Merrill_7269.jpg

A Dalish Elf who was Keeper Marethari's first in the Dalish Elf Origin. She returns in Dragon Age II as a companion after leaving her clan for mysterious reasons. She is a potential love interest. Voiced by [[{{Torchwood}} Eve Myles]].

[[hardline]]

* ActionGirl: See BewareTheNiceOnes below. Let's face it; Merrill's every bit as [[BuffySpeak actiony]] as the other ladies.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Shunned by her clan for being a Blood Mage. [[spoiler:Keeping the Eluvian that tainted Tamlen and the Dalish Warden doesn't help things either.]]
* AscendedExtra: She was a temporary companion for half of the one-hour long Dalish Origin, there to give the player a mage temporarily. By the developers' own admission, she did not appear long enough to have a personality. In ''Dragon Age II'', she returns as a full companion.
* BadassAdorable
* BadPowersGoodPeople: She's sweet, innocent, and naive, and means harm to no one. She's also a practicing blood mage and demon summoner. This is the cause of most of her problems with others in-game.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Merrill is [[strike:probably]] the nicest, kindest, and most adorable character in the sequel. And she is also a practicing blood mage, a demon summoner, the only mage in the party who has ''[[BlackMage no]]'' [[BlackMage healing spells]], and access to at least half a dozen spell trees full of hideous death in flavors ranging from 'mass human flambe' to 'torn apart by eldritch tentacles' to 'I will punch you in the soul!'
* BiTheWay: Like Anders and Fenris, her interest in women is never even alluded in the straight romance. This brings up debates on whether her sexuality changes based on the gender of the player character. Though if romanced by a woman, she will still express attraction towards men.
** It doesn't change [[http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6576620&lf=8 Word of Gaider]], in particular the last post.
* BlackMagicianGirl
* BloodMagic
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Frequently.
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: Her final loyalty quest is very much this, especially if you do it wrong. In the worst-case scenario her entire clan she worked to restore to their former glory will end up dead.]]
* BuffySpeak.: Sometimes. For example, she calls Carver's fighting style "swording" and carver a "sworder" because she really doesn't know what style he uses.
* CanNotSpitItOut: If pursuing the friendly or flirty paths with her, it's implied Merrill develops a crush on Hawke, but most of the other love interests step forward more quickly. If Hawke romances Isabela, too, the player must explicitly tell Merrill of Hawke's affection for the elf before Merrill can even state how she feels.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first game, she comes across as having a straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense demeanor as opposed to her CloudCuckoolander tendencies in the second game.
* CloudCuckoolander: Merrill wonders how Qunari scratch their heads. She wonders if they rub their horns on trees like Halla[[hottip:*:[[CallARabbitASmeerp AKA Fantasy Deer]] ]] do. That is but one of many random ponderings that come out of her mouth.
** Should her romance path be completed, she will move in with Hawke in Hightown. Her codex states that she's stunned the neighbors by [[DoesNotLikeShoes walking barefoot]], picking flowers out of people's gardens, and [[{{Squee}} cooing]] at the nobles' guard dogs among other adorable antics.
** If she moves in, Hawke seems to have the sneaking suspicion she's the one who's been swinging on the chandelier in the Estate.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Also happens a lot.
--> '''Merrill''': Don't be silly. A dowry would only matter if you were courting him.
--> '''Aveline''': Merrill...
--> '''Merrill''': *gasp!* You're courting him!
** Also when she ruins one of Hawke's attempts to distract some guards
--->'''Hawke:''' You've got to come help! There's a building on fire!
--->'''Guard:''' What? The loot will burn!
--->'''Merrill:''' There is no actual fire, is there?
--->'''Hawke:''' ... its a ''trick'', Merrill.
--->'''Merrill:''' Oh! Well, it's very clever then!
--->*guards attack*
* CovertPervert: She reacts with glee at the possibility of finally hearing anything "dirty", especially Isabela's stories.
** In act three, she mentions that she misses having all the qunari around; they didn't smile much, but they were [[WalkingShirtlessScene easy on the eyes.]]
** When speaking to party members in the final battle, and regerdless of whether or not she was romanced, it's possible to get this exchange:
-->'''Merrill:''' "Does all this feel like a dream to you, too?"
-->'''Hawke:''' "In a moment, I'll look down and see I have no pants on."
-->'''Merrill:''' *giggles* "The Champion of Kirkwall, going to battle naked. Why can't I ever have that dream?"
*** ''Legacy'' also reveals that she's been reading Anders' grimoire in the hope of finding "dirty spells" to "make things more exciting" between her and Hawke, if you romance her.
**** FridgeBrilliance; an act 1 conversation between Anders and Isabela reveals that Anders does, in fact, use magic during sex. If Merrill overheard that or had it relayed to her by Isabela, she has a reason to be looking through his spellbook.
* CuteClumsyGirl: According to the short stories about the love interests, Merrill has an issue with watching where she is going. She also gets lost frequently.
* DeadpanSnarker: Even though she has trouble understanding sarcasm in others, Merrill is still surprisingly good at dishing out snark of her own at certain times.
-->'''Ilen''': How has your time been amongst the shemlen?
-->'''Merrill''': It's been nothing but roses and rainbows, Master Ilsen. The Alienage is lovely in the spring. The collapsing shacks and the drunken brutes are offset nicely by the knee-deep mud.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: If asked why she's nervous during her initial introduction:
-->'''Merrill:''' I've never met a human before. Dalish mothers frighten their children with stories about you, you know. ({{beat}}) Not you, personally, of course. I'm sure they don't have any tales about you. Or not scary ones, at least. ({{beat}}) Not that you're not notable enough to have a story... [[ShuttingUpNow I'll just shut up now]].
* DitzyGenius: Merrill's lack of understanding of the social world makes people around her think that she lacks understanding of what she's doing with her magic. But as proven above, it turns out that she knows very well what she's doing, even better than some of the mages in the party.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Like most elves.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Leads to comedy gold considering several characters have a fondness for [[DeadpanSnarker dry, sarcastic humor]].
** Only really applies early on, when she's not used to humans - she can be quite sarcastic herself, in fact. Though she's always pretty bad at catching innuendo.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Just like Isabela, Merrill appeared earlier in the ''Dragon Age'' franchise for a brief time.
* EnemyMine: A bit one-sided given her generally friendly nature, but she gets this from both Anders and Fenris for her insistence on using blood magic and demons.
* TheExile: Subverted: Hawke's first assumption is that Merrill wants to join the party because she was exiled, but she left of her own volition. [[spoiler:Played straight if her Act III quest ends with her clan surviving.]]
* FatalFlaw: Merrill's is that she doesn't understand that her actions have consequences that she cannot completely control, and those consequences may not stop with her.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Finding out that that seemingly-innocent {{Adorkable}} elf was a blood mage who has dealt with demons is a bit of a surprise, even if you're finding this out within fifteen minutes of when you first met her.
* FishOutOfWater: Not that she fit in that well with the Dalish, either.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Whilst she has very little screentime in the previous game, she does appear to be extremely interested in using the Eluvian mirror to find information, this plays a big part in her companion quests in this game.
* GaiasVengeance: She possesses a mix of Keeper magic and her own experimentation with blood magic.
* GayOption
* GirlNextDoor: According to the developers in the second Dev Diary.
** Evokes the BigBrotherInstinct to life-threatening extremes, even in those who should know better. Even Carver shows uncommon tenderness toward her. Fenris is the only one without a smidgen of pity for her.
* GoodBadGirl: Very much. She tries to get Isabela to teach her how to do a SexyWalk and even looks through Anders' book of spells in hopes of finding some Dirty Spells to spice up her bed time with Hawke.
* HeroicBSOD: A small one happens if Hawke brings her along on the "Night Terrors" quest, where [[spoiler: she gives in to a Pride Demon's temptations and briefly turns on the party.]] She's pretty shaken up afterwards if you go visit her home.
** [[spoiler: A much, ''much'' bigger one comes after her Act III quest.]]
* TheIngenue: For all her cheerful innocence, she's also dangerously naive about the risks of blood magic and demons.
-->'''Merrill:''' There's nothing inherently evil about blood magic. It's magic, like any other.
-->'''Anders:''' (disgusted) Are you really that stupid?
** Though she later points to Anders that he's screwed up worse on this account than she has.
--->'''Merrill:''' Are you all right?
--->'''Anders:''' I nearly killed an innocent girl. How could I be all right?
--->'''Merrill:''' I'm sorry.
--->'''Anders:''' You're sorry? For me? This could be you! You could be the next monster threatening helpless girls!
--->'''Merrill:''' Anders... there's no such thing as a good spirit. There never was. ''All'' spirits are dangerous. I understood that. I'm sorry that you didn't.
* LiteralMinded: Very much so.
-->'''Arishok:''' They say we were careless with our trap, that this is our fault. But even without the saar-qamek, there would have been death. This elf was determined to lay blame at our feet.
-->'''Merrill:''' But your feet didn't do anything wrong! Did they?
* MediumAwareness: Most of her party banter in the third and final act consists of her worrying about what she sees as a upcoming end to the parties adventure.
* MoralityPet: To Isabela.
-->'''Merrill:''' Why is it that you always win at cards?
-->'''Isabela:''' *chuckle* Because I cheat, Kitten.
--> ({{beat}})
-->'''Isabela:''' This trinket... it's elven, isn't it? From your clan.
-->[[PetTheDog (Isabela hands the trinket back)]]
-->'''Isabela:''' Don't bet anything you're not prepared to lose. Here... have it back.
* [[spoiler: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the Keeper reveals how the Pride Demon tricked her and she is forced to kill her.]]
* NoSenseOfDirection: Her codex reveals that she somehow found herself in the cupboards of the Chantry, a dog track in Darktown, and ''[[BeyondTheImpossible the Viscount's bathroom]]'' in her attempts to walk home.
** While on Sundermount, she mentions that she gets lost a lot on the mountain. THE PATH ONLY GOES ONE WAY.
* NoSocialSkills: She has next to no understanding of life outside the Dalish.
* ObliviouslyEvil: She genuinely means well, but her naive attitude toward the dangers of blood magic and the Eluvian make her dangerous in spite of her good intentions. Although she ''does'' express some awareness of the risks and states that she's prepared to face the consequences, she does not seem to take into consideration that those consequences are not likely to stop with her, or that people who care about her might choose to endanger themselves to protect her.
* ObliviousToLove: Merrill develops a crush on Hawke seemingly at their first meeting, but seems to not realise if Hawke actually flirts and returns the affections, up until Hawke has to just directly tell her.
** She also has this in regard to Carver when he attempts to flirt with her, although her aforementioned crush on his older sibling may be what stops her noticing this.
* RescueRomance: If the rivalry path is taken, she falls for Hawke as s/he tries to save her from herself.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: [[http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae354/Saibh_photos/DevDiary%200110/ScreenHunter_76Jan101634.jpg?t=1294698013 A bit more hipster]] than the traditional flow with the person as they move variant.
* ShipperOnDeck: She ''fully'' supports Aveline/Donnic. As well as Hawke and one of the other love interests if her own romance arc is not pursued.
* ShuttingUpNow: Tends to talk her way into a hole, and ends her dialogue like this.
-->'''Merrill:''' I'll try not to hit anyone. On our side, I mean. [[MotorMouth I'm babbling again. Let's go.]]
* [[SkilledButNaive Skilled, But Naive]]: She's the most powerful offensive mage outside of possibly Hawke, but she's got so little life experience that half the party has to watch out for her.
* {{Squee}}: On occasion, usually when concerning other party members' love lives.
* SquishyWizard: When played correctly. While it is technically possible to build her out of this trope, doing so will be detrimental to the power of her spells, and Merrill is best used as either a controller, area-effect mage, or specialist in sheer damage to specific targets.
* WhatTheHellHero: Anders and Fenris both give her these for her blood magic and demon dealing.
--> '''Fenris''': ''So a demon called out to you, and you answered. Brilliant.''
* WomanInWhite: After successfully romancing her, Merrill switches from her scarf and earth-tone clothes to a white robe with silvery chainmail and shoulder plates. The whole outfit makes it quite clear that being the significant other of a rich noble has its perks...
** HilariousInHindsight: If you had Sebastian and Merrill in your party, you may have heard Merrill call Sebastian out on his impractically "shiny armor".
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Gets kicked out of the Dalish for the whole blood magic thing. Also, unless you make exactly the right choice during her Act III companion quest, [[spoiler:they'll attack, and she'll have to help you kill them]].

!Sebastian Vael
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An archer of noble birth, Sebastian comes as a DLC character in ''The Exiled Prince'', where the player must help him avenge the death of his family, the rulers of Starkhaven. His trailer is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEefvzjO81Y here]]. A potential love interest, though Hawke cannot actually sleep with him due to his vow of chastity. He is the only love interest that Hawke must be female to pursue. Voiced by Alec Newman.

[[hardline]]

* ActorAllusion: Alec Newman previously played [[{{Dune}} a noble son who lost his rightful heritage to a rival house, one than also began with the letter H.]]
* TheArcher
* BadassPreacher: He was originally a member of the priesthood before tragedy struck.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]GiveMeASign: At one point, Sebastian prays that the Maker send him a sign for what to do about his ConflictingLoyalty. [[spoiler: Then the Chantry blows up. If Anders survives, he decides to take it very badly. It's unknown how he takes it if Anders dies.]]
* BerserkButton: No one hurts Elthina on his watch. [[spoiler: Best watch yourself, Anders.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sebastian has very, very strong morals and there's nothing he likes more then doing good deeds. This doesn't change the fact that he can use that bow to turn you into a pincushion. And Maker help you if you hurt Elthina...
* BigNo: [[spoiler: He gives a good one if he's in your party when Anders blows up the Chantry.]]
-->[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37eiBVOWtFM Even parodied.]]
* [[BraveScot Brave Starkhavener]]
* CelibateHero: Due to the vows he made when he joined the Chantry. Even if romanced he won't break this vow. That said, Sebastian is definitely not a virgin before his Chantry vows as his dialogues with Isabella shows that as the prince of Starkhaven, he was a [[TheHedonist hedonistic prince]] but vowed to be celibate.
* ChurchMilitant
* CompositeCharacter: Of the two archer party members of ''Origins''. Has the "Chantry member with a illustrious past" back story of Leliana and the "vengeful noble" back story of Nathaniel Howe.
* ConflictingLoyalty: He is torn between keeping his vows to the Chantry and his desire to reclaim his family's throne. You can encourage him either way. And no matter what choice has makes in the end, he will decide not to pursue it until the main plot is resolved and Hawke no longer needs his loyalty.
* [[spoiler: DisproportionateRetribution:]] [[spoiler: If Hawke lets Anders live after he blows up the chantry, Sebastian vows to raise and army and burn Kirkwall to the ground to avenge Elthina, a pacifist who was so dedicated to the people of said city that she refused to abandon them even after being told by the hand of the Divine that her life was in danger.]]
* EasyEvangelism: Averted. While Sebastian does try to get the other companions to convert, they just brush him off. It's implied that he actually succeeds with Fenris, but Fenris denies it and it's played for comedy. In party banter, Sebastian admits that preaching rarely works, and he thinks leading by example works better.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait: In-universe, even! Bethany takes a shine to him in ''Mark of the Assassin'', either letting out a swooning "Oh, ''Maker''" when he smiles at her, or commenting "Oh, Sister, you lucky ''bitch''," if he's being romanced.
* FormerTeenRebel: His wild youth embarrassed his family into giving him to the priesthood in hopes that he'd grow up a bit.
* FriendlySniper
* GoodShepherd: He tries to be, at least.
* GovernmentInExile: In between acts, Sebastian tries to set up LaResistance so he can regain the throne. However, he doesn't get far due to his ConflictingLoyalty.
* [[spoiler: HappilyMarried: If the Legacy dlc is played after his last questioning beliefs scene in Act 3 it's revealed that he and a Female Hawke who romanced him as a friend are this. And no, she doesn't care about the lack of sex, though Sarcastic-Hawke will tease him about it.]]
* TheHedonist: His past life as prince had him living life decadently, sleeping with noblewomen and getting drunk. His parents made him join the Chantry because of that reputation.
* KnightInShiningArmor: ReconstructedTrope.
* NiceGuy
* ReligiousBruiser
* TheResenter: He was this towards his brothers for being favored by his parents. After their murder, he worries that he is not completely over this, and his desire for vengeance is actually a desire to get what his family never let him have.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Played with. When you first meet him, he is outraged by his family's murder, but is unable to do anything about it except ask you to kill the mercenaries responsible. After a TimeSkip, he's calmed down considerably and is much more hesitant to take vengeance, due to the revelation that the murders were ordered by old friends of his and his own worries that he seeks justice for the wrong reasons.
** [[spoiler: Though it happens all over again when the Chantry is destroyed. He will leave the party if Hawke won't kill Anders and swears to bring an army to Kirkwall for the sole purpose of bringing him to 'justice.' This despite pacifistic Elthina likely being ashamed of someone being killed in her name.]]
* ShipTease: If Sebastian isn't romanced and Bethany is alive, he really takes a liking to her.
* ShutUpHannibal: In his Act II companion quest, [[spoiler:if you don't do this to Allure, he will.]]
* SixthRanger: Well, ninth ranger to be exact. He is the only companion to be recruited in Act II, rather than Act I, though he is featured beforehand.
* SpareToTheThrone
* UndyingLoyalty: To Elthina. Even if he decides to retake his throne, he decides to put it on hold until he's certain that Elthina lives through the coming conflict.
* TheUnfavorite: His using his family's money for his personal pleasure made them send him to the Kirkwall Chantry. His parents also did not want him fathering any illegitimate children that could challenge his brothers' heirs.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He claims to be one but clearly lacks the ruthlessness required to fit the trope. His rivalry path involves turning him into a real one. [[spoiler:He also becomes one if Hawke chooses not to kill Anders.]]
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Family]]: Not only does he do this when confronting the mastermind behind his family's deaths, but [[spoiler: he also pulls it when Anders blows up the Chantry, killing Sebastian's surrogate mother Elthina in the process. If you decide to let Anders live, Sebastian not only leaves the party, but makes it clear that he'll be coming for Anders... [[ThisMeansWar with an army!]]]]

!Varric Tethras
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A dwarf with a fondness for storytelling. Voiced by Brian Bloom.

[[hardline]]

* [[spoiler: [[CainAndAbel Abel To Bartrand's Cain]]]]
* TheArcher: Well, The Crossbowman at least.
* AutomaticCrossbow: With sufficient upgrades, Bianca eventually becomes this.
* BadassLongcoat: Well, it's long for a dwarf.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Demonstrates this towards Bethany, but especially towards Merrill.
* [[{{BFG}} BFC]]: Bianca, Varric's tricked-out, custom-made, and rather ''large'' crossbow. The devs specifically made Bianca level up with Varric so as to make players never want to part the two without breaking the game.
* CargoShip: Invoked. His fondness for [[ICallItVera Bianca]] often rolls past mere praise into the realm of flirtation. He's not a romance option because he's already found the love of his life.
* CarpetOfVirility: Notable, as he's the first {{BioWare}} character since [[JadeEmpire The Black Whirlwind]] with real chest hair. Type I, of course. Fenris lampshades this when he asks why Varric doesn't have a beard. He muses it "fell down onto his chest."
* TheCharmer: WordOfGod has said that no matter what danger he's in, the moment you let Varric begin to talk, ''he's won''.
* CityMouse: Varric isn't comfortable anywhere without streets and buildings.
* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler: In searching for your mother when the necromancer has her, you're helped out by a blood mage eager for revenge for his sister. Turns out the helping mage is actually the Necro's apprentice, seeking him out again. Necromancer makes a plea for his former apprentice to join him again, to which Varric interrupts by throat-shooting the apprentice from behind with [[ICallItVera Bianca]], and then rationalizes that Hawke would have cut him down in a few moments anyway.]]
* ConsummateLiar: His ability to spin up a good line of bullshit can help Hawke avoid a fight once in a while. He lampshades this in a party banter with Aveline, where he says he lies a lot.
* CovertPervert: While he does flirt shamelessly with Isabela and bemoan a lack of dwarven barmaids, Varric's otherwise more interested in being a DeadpanSnarker... until Aveline convinces him to do some recruitment posters for the city guard. [[spoiler: He intentionally swaps the text with those for the local brothel's recruitment.]] This leads to a CrowningMomentOfFunny when Avelina points out that [[spoiler: while he filled the city guardhouse with whores, he filled the brothel with guardsmen.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDutifulSon: Varric played this role when he was a kid, taking care of his alcoholic mother, as Bartrand was too busy building their business empire.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: During a conversation with Anders, this exchange;
-->'''Varric:''' If you have something to say, just spit it out.
-->'''Anders:''' Are you sure you want to encourage me? I might be about to confess my undying love.
-->'''Varric:''' I get that a lot. So what's on your mind?
* FriendlySniper: He's the only member of the party on good terms with everybody else.
* GenreSavvy: He is a storyteller, after all:
** "I don't like this? That's right up there with 'WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong'!"
** He kills [[spoiler:Gascard [=DuPuis=] before he gets a chance to join Quentin.]]
* GuileHero
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: During his companion quest, he briefly turns himself into a dwarven [[{{Scarface}} Tony Montana]], rips through an army of mercenaries like it was nothing, and his brother spends the whole time talking about the awesomeness of Varric. Cassandra calls him out on this, and Varric tells the real story.
* HeterosexualLifePartners[=/=]PlatonicLifePartners: He's the only other party member that cannot be romanced, though he remains incredibly close to Hawke throughout their relationship.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: It is indicated in his inter-party banters that he does a lot of things in the background to help out other party members, like keeping thugs from causing trouble at Anders' clinic and that Merrill won't be have any trouble when she wanders into the wrong part of town (most nights). Apparently it costs him a fortune.
** Gave Merrill a ball of twine when she first arrived in Kirkwall, so she could find her way back home again. When she offers to return it in [[BrickJoke Act 3]] he tells her to keep it.
** If she wasn't romanced, its revealed that during the years between Act 2-3 after Merrill stopped leaving the house while obsessively working on the Eluvian. Varric apparently visits her every week to try to coax her out and out of his own pocket pays for food to be delivered to her door because she's forgetting to eat.
* ICallHerVera: He has a crossbow named [[TheTamingOfTheShrew Bianca]].
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: In addition to his narration, this is a hobby of his. He frequently tells stories about Hawke and their adventures, though the stories are [[UnreliableNarrator wildly exxagerated and very different from the truth.]]
* TheLancer: Due to [[UnreliableNarrator his role in the story]], Varric is the only party member who cannot leave the party, and provides a counterpoint to both Paragon! and Renegade!Hawke. With Silly!Hawke, it seems like the two of them are snarkng best buds.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Hawke can convince him to do this to Bartrand. Varric tries to convince himself he'll enjoy it, but he clearly regrets what happened to his brother, even bringing it up to Fenris when the elf is about to kill his sister.]]
* MommasBoy: Despite having to singlehandedly care for his alcoholic mother from a young age, he doesn't seem to resent her for it.
-->'''Varric:''' [[spoiler:I swear, I will ''find'' that ''son of a bitch'' - sorry, Mother - ''and kill him!'']]
* TheNicknamer: Merrill is "Daisy." Bethany is "Sunshine," Anders is "Blondie," Carver is "Junior" and "little Hawke," Isabela is "Rivani," Sebastion is "Choir Boy," and Fenris is "Elf". He doesn't have one for Aveline, which bothers her - he says it's because he can't think of anything better than "Red," which they agree is too common.
--> '''Aveline''': You don't call anyone by the real name, except me. Where's my nickname?
--> '''Varric''': Thats not true, there's Hawke and Bianca.
--> '''Aveline''': Hawke is a family name. And Bianca is a ''crossbow''.
** Hawke can also complain that Varric doesn't have a proper nickname for him/her, prompting Varric to bestow Hawke with a nickname that suits his/her personality - diplomatic!Hawke is Waffles, silly!Hawke is Chuckles, and aggressive!Hawke is Killer.
* NoodleIncident: He refuses to tell anyone how Bianca got her name. [[ShoutOut Just that]] [[JadeEmpire Mirabelle]] [[ShoutOut was taken.]] According to the descriptions of his personal abilities, he's written a song about it, but will only ever hum it quietly to help his concentration.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Bianca is the only known working crossbow of her kind in the DragonAge universe. [[spoiler: We meet the inventor in ''Legacy''. Sadly, he's been brainwashed by Corypheus and needs to be killed.]]
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: While he's not the only beardless dwarf in Thedas, he's one of the few who actually prefers the surface. One could attribute this to his being born on the surface after House Tethras was exiled. His brother, Bartrand, on the other hand shows many traits common among the Dwarven nobles of Orzammar, such as irritability, arrogance, intolerance of other cultures and an over-inflated sense of ego.
* PlotArmor: All the party members can either leave the party and/or get killed. Since Varric needs to stick around and survive the game in order to [[FramingDevice tell the story to Cassandra]], he's exempt from this.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He [[LargeHam indulges]] in a ClicheStorm of {{Pre Mortem One Liner}}s while single-handedly raiding his brother's hideout. [[UnreliableNarrator Subverted]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Varric was born of the House Tethras, disgraced nobles exiled from Orzammar after his father was caught fixing Provings. Unlike Bartrand, Varric is more flexible and willing to compromise to achieve his ends, willing to get his hands dirty if needs be, and recognises Hawke as someone to be counted on get things done. He joins the Deep Roads Expedition to keep his brother from harm, is willing to follow Hawke into dangerous territory to rescue Sandal, and despite the implication being that he's probably more wealthy that Hawke, still chooses to live in the Hanged Man down in Lowtown.
* TheSpymaster: He runs a spy network to help his friends and family.
* SweetTooth: If Merrill is to be believed.
-->'''Merrill:''' His mind draws [demons] the same way pastries draw Varric.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Bianca. [[strike: It's]] She's an AutomaticCrossbow, with a mounted grenade launcher that Varric uses when firing Miasmic Flask, and a hidden bayonet the size of an arming sword.
* TeamMom: Like Aveline, party-member banter reveals things Varric is doing behind the scenes to try and keep members of the group out of trouble, such as bribing the Lowtown gangs to leave Merrill alone.
* UnreliableNarrator: For portions of the story, he'll exaggerate certain events just to make the story interesting or if he's hiding something. Cassandra will ask questions occasionally and discern Varric's hyperbole and the truth.
** Subverted because his exaggerations is actually the story of the [[FolkHero Champion]], as remembered in history. He's technically telling the truth, FromACertainPointOfView.
** PlayedForLaughs later on, when the game suddenly switches to Varric [[OneManArmy killing a ridiculously implausible number of enemies by himself]] and making a BeyondTheImpossible crossbow shot. Cut back to an extremely skeptical Cassandra, and then gameplay returns to normal.
** The in-story explanation for the ''Legacy'' and ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLCs within the FramingDevice is that Varric left it out at first, "assuming" Cassandra wouldn't be interested.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Carver.
* WarriorPoet: He actually writes poetry in his spare time.

!The Spirit of Vengeance

Technically not a party member, but closely associated with one. Originally the Spirit of Justice from ''Awakening'', Anders allowed him to become his new human host in a joint effort to free mages from the Circle. But Anders' anger at this injustice corrupted the spirit--when Hawke meets them, he is a Demon of Vengeance. Voiced by Adam Leadbeater and Adam Howden.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Did he become a KnightTemplar but remain a spirit, or does he fall from grace and become a true demon? Anders' opinion changes depending on whether he's a Friend or a Rival.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Vengeance does not understand time (time doesn't matter in the Fade) and doesn't truly understand things like "mercy" or "forgiveness." Thus he is driven by the unyielding desire to constantly lash out at the injustices Anders perceives, regardless of who it ultimately hurts.
* FallenHero: The difference between Vengeance and a true demon is practically non-existent.
* {{Foreshadowing}} In "Awakening" Anders and Justice had a conversation about the differences between spirits and demons and whether Justice could become a demon. May also count as HarsherInHindsight.
** Another conversation between Justice and Nathaniel about what would happen to Justice after the decay of Kristoff's body ends with him considering the idea of possessing a ''willing'' living human host.
** The Warden can even ask Justice if he desires vengeance for what happened to Kristoff and there is a thin line between avenging a wrong and outright vengeance.
* GuestStarPartyMember: During the side-quest "Night Terrors", Vengence takes control of Anders and fights alongside you.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Inverted. While Justice originally encourages Anders to seek freedom for all mages, Anders wanted revenge more than justice, and Justice was corrupted.
* KnightTemplar: He still seeks to protect the weak and punish the wicked, but Anders' anger has made him completely merciless.
* LargeHam
* MoralEventHorizon: An ''in-universe'' example. Anders will consider this to be Justice's (and by extension his own) in Act II if he [[spoiler:isn't restrained and ends up murdering a young girl]]. Even if you ''do'' stop him, it still [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone shocks him to the core]]. Vengeance, on the other hand, is ''much'' quicker to throw this label around.
* NotAsYouKnowThem: Justice has become a demon: Vengeance.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: For Anders.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Anders constantly fights to keep Vengeance under control--but occasionally Vengeance comes out. When he does, Anders' eyes glow blue.
* WhatHaveIDone: Anders blames himself for Justice's corruption. [[spoiler: The Mysteries of Kirkwall texts imply, however, that Tevinter blood magic under Kirkwall may have been more responsible.]]
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Vengeance is significantly less discerning about who qualifies as ally or enemy than before.


[[/folder]]

[[folder: Hawke Family & Estate]]

!Leandra Hawke

She is the mother of Hawke, Carver, and Bethany by Malcolm Hawke, an apostate who died prior to the opening of the game. She has living relatives in Kirkwall. Voiced by Deborah Moore.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted to hell and back. On paper, the backstory of her romance with Malcolm Hawke looks like the typical dashing rogue sweeping the innocent noblewoman off her feet with his charms, his wit, and his exhilarating lifestyle. Malcolm, for his part, fits this image pretty well, being an outlaw from the Circle of Magi and a one-time mercenary. Then, come ''Legacy'', Hawke learns a lot more about Malcolm and he turns out to be a nice guy, and a shining example of an honorable apostate.
* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream]]: [[spoiler: Her face was removed and planted on another body, with her fully aware but unable to do anything about it. She's freed when Hawke kills Quentin, but dies shortly after.]]
* [[spoiler:BodyHorror]]: [[spoiler:Leandra is murdered and pieced together by Quentin and kept alive by his magic.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonConversation]]: [[spoiler:Leandra briefly appears at the Hawke Estate at the end of ''Legacy'' and speaks with Hawke.]]
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Though in her case, she gave up her title and fortune willingly. It's just that when Lothering was destroyed, she was expecting to be able to get it back to provide shelter for her family. She does in Act 2, though not without some considerable work on Hawke's part.
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: She was disowned by her parents for eloping with an apostate, though this didn't stop them from favouring Leandra over Gamlen.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Well, she still is for the most part.
* ParentsInDistress: During the prologue, you must protect your mother, as she is the only non-combat member of your family.
* PleaseWakeUp: When Bethany or Carver dies.
* RebelliousPrincess: Not royalty, but her family, the Amells, were highly prestigious nobility in Kirkwall. She sacrificed her station and everything she had to marry Malcolm Hawke, an apostate mage.
* SoProudOfYou: Tells Hawke how proud she is of him/her [[spoiler:[[TearJerker right before she dies in his/her arms.]]]]
** She also leaves a note saying this among Hawke's papers in their home. [[spoiler: You can even find it after she's dead for more TearJerker moments.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Accuses Hawke of letting the dead sibling run off to get killed. She admits, in later conversation, that she blames herself more than anyone else for the loss of Bethany or Carver to the ogre.
* YouDidEverythingYouCould: [[spoiler: As she is dying of Quentin's blood magic, she uses her last moments to console a devastated Hawke that she does not blame him/her for anything, instead thanking him/her for freeing her.]]

!Malcolm Hawke

The apostate mage father of our hero. He strongly believed that mages who could control their powers should be allowed to live outside the Circle. He died three years before the start of the game. In ''Legacy'', Hawke investigates his/her father's past.

* BadassBaritone: Once you hear his voice, you'll never want him to stop speaking.
* [[BadassCreed Badass Prayer]]: "Be bound here for eternity, hunger stilled, rage smothered, desire dampened, pride crushed. In the name of the Maker, so let it be."
** As well as his own personal mantra;
--> '''Malcolm''': Magic will serve what is best in me, not that which is most base.
* BadassBookworm
* [[spoiler:BloodMagic: He was a blood mage, though he is regretful of that.]]
** DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Of all the game's blood mages, he has the most understandable reason for even using the stuff. He used it to seal away Corypheus, a tremendously powerful darkspawn. And he did this because the Grey Warden-Commander Larius threatened Leandra and dialogue heavily implies that Leandra ''was'' pregnant with Hawke at the time.]]
** [[spoiler:[[PragmaticVillainy Pragmatic Blood Magic]]: He used it when it was absolutely necessary, and judging from Bethany's aversion to it, never used it again. Even so, he was deeply disturbed by the Grey Wardens' use of demons to guard the seals to Corypheus's prison.]]
* ComesGreatResponsibility: A lesson he lived by and taught his mage child(ren).
* CursedWithAwesome: He considers his magic to be a curse, and deeply hoped that his children would not be mages. Things didn't turn out that way for at least one of his kids, but he was a good dad anyway.
* DisappearedDad: Died at some point before the start of the game.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen
* HeroicVow: "Though I have left the Circle, I made a '''vow:''' Magic will serve that which is best in me, not what is most base."
* MagicKnight: Although he was always better at magic.
* TheObiwan: To his children.
* PrecursorHeroes
* PosthumousCharacter
* SignificantDoubleCasting: Voiced by Nicholas Boulton, who also voices the male version of Hawke.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Malcolm did not want his children to have magic lest they take on the burden he has dealt with his entire life. It happens at least once with Bethany.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's implied that he bound four demons in the past, [[spoiler:yet you can only fight three of them.]]

!Gamlen Amell

Hawke's uncle and Leandra's younger brother. Helps the family get into Kirkwall and provides their housing pre-expedition to the Deep Roads.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Played tragically [[spoiler:when Leandra dies. His anguish at her death is heartbreaking, and he reverses so much of his old resentment in place of regret.]] Played heartwarmingly in the next act, [[spoiler:should Hawke reunite him with his illegitimate daughter, Charade. If you speak kindly of him to her, they will reconcile, and at the end, Gamlen will admit that if he sired as an admirable man/woman as Hawke, Malcolm Hawke must have been a great man himself, and worthy of his sister.]] Despite being a grumpy, pitiful, and altogether resentful deadbeat, that one moment lifts his character up so much.
* CharacterDevelopment: Gamlen starts out a sleazy man resentful of his sister for inheriting the estate despite running off with an apostate mage. Over the game, both [[spoiler: Leandra's death and the relevation and meeting of his daughter Charade]] turn him into a better man, forgiving Leandra when he believes Malcolm was worthy of her.
* DirtyOldMan: Visits the Blooming Rose fairly regularly. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Also asks a female Hawke about details if she hooks up with Isabela]], which is more than a little creepy. During ''Mark of the Assassin'', Isabela can ask Hawke to talk to him. Apparently, he's often...inappropriate.
* DisappearedDad: To his daughter Charade. After finally meeting her, it's stated that he becomes a much more attentive father.
* TheDutifulSon: Not that it earned him any points with his family.
* FreudianExcuse: Being TheUnfavorite and [[spoiler:losing the love of his life to his greed]] has made him a very bitter man.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: He lost the Hawke Estate and fortune to settle gambling debts. He never gets it back and is left living on a stipend.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Might not be a pleasant person initially, but he does love his sister.
* KarmaHoudini: Never seems to suffer any serious punishment or imprisonment for selling Leandra's childen into indentured servitude to pay off his debts, squandering the Amell Family fortune, selling the Estate to ''slavers'', and altogether committing massive amounts of fraud, even after you discover that their father's Will left ''everything'' to Leandra.
** Although you can subvert this by preventing him from meeting [[spoiler:his daughter]] and rubbing your success in his face while he remains in crappy old Lowtown.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Speaking to him in the Blooming Rose has him tell you that he won't say anything to your mother if you won't.
* ParentalAbandonment: Emotinally type. They pretty much took him for granted and milked him until death [[spoiler: and then left him wit nothing in their will. No wonder the guy is so messed up]].
* TheResenter: Dislikes his sister for running off with an apostate leaving him to tend for his dying parents. And all they talked about was her. [[spoiler:Even then, he still mourns Leandra's death.]]
* TheUnfavorite: Even though Gamlen took care of his dying parents after Leandra was disowned for eloping with Malcolm, one of their parent's last word was "Leandra" and they gave Leandra control over Gamlen's part of the inheritance.
* WorkOffTheDebt: The means by which he gets Hawke's family into Kirkwall; a year of indentured servitude to people he owes big time.

! Charade Amell

Gamlen's daughter with his ex-wife Moira.

* ActionGirl
* TheArcher
* ClassyCatBurglar
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The two men she hired to get her father's attention read her letter and decided to turn on her and steal the gem. She never saw it coming. Doesn't help them at all.
* MeaningfulName: Her plan of theft and intrigue is all a plot to get close to her father.

!Bodahn and Sandal

A pair of dwarven merchants that later go on to become Hawke's manservants. Voiced by Dwight Schultz and YuriLowenthal, respectively.

* AscendedExtra: Bodahn and Sandal were originally just merchants that offered [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts overpriced equipment]] and enchantments for your gear. They eventually become Hawke's loyal servants who stick alongside him/her until the end.
* CloudCuckooLander: Sandal.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sandal once again.
* CreepyChild: Repeatedly speaking to Sandal eventually causes him to spout some mildly ominous prophetic phrases.
* [[spoiler: [[HalfHumanHybrid Half Dwarven Hybrid]]: ''Legacy'' strongly implies that Sandal is the son of a dwarf and either a human or elf.]]
* HiddenDepths: It's clear that there's ''something'' going on with Sandal. There's his prophecy, there's the NoodleIncident, etc. Also, a bit of dialouge in ''Legacy'' strongly implies that Sandal [[spoiler: is the bastard child of an Aeducan noble and a human or elf mother.]]
* HonouraryUncle: While never actually called this, it seems clear that Bodahn and Sandal became part of the family, particularly how devastated they are at [[spoiler: the death of Leandra]].
* NoodleIncident: It's still not clear how Sandal can waste Darkspawn offscreen, though it seems to have something to do with [[strike:his runes]] [[MemeticMutation enchantment]]. Though the reason ogres suddenly freeze in his presence is, in his own words, "Not enchantment!"
** Which is [[FridgeLogic confusing]], because the rune he gave you is a frost rune.
*** Better yet, the rune had something to do with the "boom", which would indicate its exact opposite element.
** Then there's another one in [[spoiler:Templar Hall]] where there's five abomination corpses, two desire demon corpses, and even a Pride Demon, which is much deadlier than an Ogre.
* TeamDad: Despite Hawke insistance that Bodahn doesn't need to pay them back for rescuing Sandal, Bodahn nonetheless takes it on himself to manage the day to day runnings of the Hawke Estate.
* UndyingLoyalty: Bodahn displays this towards Hawke for saving Sandal in the Deep Roads.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bodahn mentions being married in ''Origins''. No mention of his wife is made this time around.
** Given that she's mentioned as having lived in Denerim, its entirely plausible she may have perished when the city was over-run with Darkspawn at the end of ''Origins''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Chantry]]

!Cassandra Pentaghast

A Templar Seeker who interrogates Varric about the Champion.

* CharacterDevelopment - Despite only being a part of the framing device, Cassandra seems to mellow out as Varric tells the story. In the beginning, she's rude and nasty, threatening Varric with a knife. By the end, she's quite willing to hear out Varric's story, and even [[spoiler:lets him go without incident.]]
* [[CoDragons Co-Lancer]]: Along with [[spoiler:Leliana]], to the White Divine; she is described as Justinia's "right hand".
* ConspiracyTheorist: Maybe not so much as the Chantry in general, but some of the ideas they have about the events of the game are a bit...out there.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's basically part of Thedas' equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition, wears all black, and is extremely grouchy... [[spoiler:and she's also trying to stop a major war from breaking out for entirely selfless reasons.]]
* FoeYay: Varric insinuates she develops a crush on a male Hawke after a point in his story. She denies it.
* GeneralRipper: She initially assumes that Hawke is the mastermind of the war that's about to tear the world apart and that ''everything'' that has led up to this point was all part of his/her EvilPlan. [[WrongGenreSavvy However...]]
* GoodIsNotNice
* GroinAttack: Comes close to doing this to Varric Tethras during the introduction when she shoves a sword through a book to get him to start talking about the Champion of Kirkwall.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She will be the main character of Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker
* HeroWorshipper: Varric implies that Cassandra is being swept up in Hawke's legend. She'll deny it if it's male Hawke, but with female Hawke she will admit she has respect for a woman who built herself up from nothing.
* [[spoiler:JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though she's kind of a bitch to Varric in the beginning, it turns out that she's trying to ''prevent'' the Mage-Templar war.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being essentially part of the Chantry's Inquisition, she does seem quite willing to hear Varric out, even if what he has to say doesn't put some parts of the Chantry in a very good light.
* [[spoiler: TheReveal: Finding out that she's working with Leliana in the last scene of the game.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She is both a member of the Nevarran royal family and a Templar Seeker.
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Does this to Varric to get him to start talking.
* {{Tsundere}}: Especially if Hawke is male, as Varric will imply that she has a crush on him. Which she promptly denies.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Between narrations she adamantly tries to pin the blame of all the events of the game on a BigBad. [[spoiler:There is none. Varric even says that Meredith, corrupted by the ArtifactOfDoom, was irrelevant.]]

!Grand Cleric Elthina

The Grand Cleric of Kirkwall. She is something of a mentor to Sebastian.

* BadassPacifist: Elthina is able to look [[OneManArmy Orsino]] and [[KnightTemplar Meredith]] in the eyes and basically tell them to go to their rooms. They will comply.
* BigGood: The only person keeping Meredith and Orsino from straight-up murdering each other. [[spoiler:Once she's gone, all hell breaks loose]].
* CoolOldLady
* GoodShepherd
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* TheMentor: To Sebastian.
* MoralityChain: To Meredith, Orsino and [[spoiler:Sebastian, as once she dies he [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge forgets the lessons of peace and forgiveness she taught him and swears vengeance on Anders]]]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Again, to Sebastian.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Willing to listen to Hawke despite the fanatical rantings of Sister Petrice and is opposed to violence against the Qunari despite their mass conversions. She's also one of the very few powerful people in the Chantry willing to give consideration to the mages.
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
* TeamMom: By Sebastian's account, she's "like a mother to everyone in the Chantry".
* UnflinchingWalk: When [[spoiler: a qunari assassin kills Mother Petrice]] right behind her, she doesn't even ''blink'', except to pause and tell Hawke to inform the Viscount.

!Sister/Mother Petrice

A seemingly benign Chantry priest who is working to have the Qunari removed from Kirkwall so they don't interfere with Chantry rule.

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins: Even if she gets he comeuppance, Kirkwall eventually comes to war with the qunari, which ends with them being kicked out: exactly what she wanted.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* BlondesAreEvil
* TheChessmaster
* DevilInPlainSight
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: If you side against her. She's denounced by Elthina and then killed by a qunari.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: Possibly subverted. If you side with her, she gets no serious comeuppance beyond a stern lecture from Elthina and a demotion. However, it's possible that she was killed in the Chantry explosion. Granted, that would be overkill on karma's part, but take what you can get.]]
* [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch: Fans cheered when Sister Petrice was shot in the head by a Qunari.]]
* ManipulativeBitch
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: If you side against her, you can expose how much of a colossal bitch she is before Grand Cleric Elthina. Her expression afterwards ''reeks'' of this trope.]]
* SinisterMinister
* SmugSnake: It's obvious she considers herself a [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]], and even more obvious that she doesn't have the chops.
** Though when you first meet her, she admits she's new to the whole [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] thing.
** [[spoiler: It's actually possible for her to succeed in her plans... but only if Hawke decides to work with her. Considering that Petrice goes out of her way to antagonize Hawke early on... yeah, she didn't think this through.]]
* TooDumbToLive: When you first meet her she walks down an alley with a bunch of thugs. Subverted, in that she was testing the skill of her rescuers.
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Templars]]

!Knight-Commander Meredith Stannard

Leader of the Kirkwall Templars. Since the current Viscount only holds power due to the support of the Templars, this makes her a very influential woman. Voiced by Jean Gilpin.

* [[spoiler:ArtifactOfDoom: Her lyrium broadsword is one.]]
** FridgeHorror: When you first meet her, she actually seems like a [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]] ReasonableAuthorityFigure, even if you're playing a mage. [[spoiler:Given [[ItGotWorse what happens towards the end of the game]], it's questionable how she did on her own and how much was influenced by the lyrium idol's new form.]]
* [[spoiler: AndYourLittleDogToo: During the FinalBattle, Meredith may grab your LoveInterest, stab him/her, and taunt Hawke about it.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Quoth [[WordOfGod David Gaider]]: "Meredith is not to be fucked with."
* [[spoiler: BigBad: About as close that the game gets to having one given its GreyAndGrayMorality and EvilVersusEvil conclusion.]]
* BigDamnHeroes - How she first meets Hawke, pulling the party out of the fire as things started to look bad.
* BlondesAreEvil
* ChekhovsGunman: Briefly seen at the beginning of Act One and occasionally mentioned. It's not until the end of Act Two she starts gaining significance.
* ChurchMilitant
* ConspiracyTheorist: [[spoiler:Turns on Hawke in the endgame on both paths out of an insane belief that Hawke is somehow behind the entire conflict.]]
* [[spoiler: CoolSword: Her lyrium broadsword.]]
* DarkActionGirl
* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: During her boss fight, she animates statues to fight against you. She dies by accidently turning herself into one.]]
* DeliberatelyBadExample: As compared to Cullen, her second. You know things are bad when the guy that wanted to use the Right of Anullment on the Fereldan circle thinks someone is going kind of overboard.
* EnemyMine: If you're playing a mage, she overlooks your status as an apostate ''without hesitation'' in order to help drive back [[spoiler:the Qunari]] in Act II.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In one of Anders' loyalty mission, you'll find a letter that states that Meredith rejected a proposal by an especially extreme Templar to make ''all'' mages Tranquil.
** This is one of the comparatively few signs of [[spoiler: her corruption to the lyrium idol. By Act III, she's adopted the proposal after all.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:In the templar campaign of The Last Straw, when Meredith calls for the slaughter of mages who surrendered unto the Champion, Silly!Hawke calls it out as being petty when s/he decides to spare them. Meredith angrily glares at Hawke while her men carry out Hawke's orders.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilWeapon: Her lyrium broadsword is melted down from an ArtifactOfDoom, with all of it's [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity effects]] intact.]]
* [[spoiler: FantasticDrug: As a Templar, she's been addicted to Lyrium. It's side effects include delusions, paranoia, dementia, obsessive behavior, and hallucinations. [[FridgeBrilliance Her behavior matches this perfectly.]]]]
* [[spoiler: FinalBoss: Regardless of which side you take in the mage/templar conflict, Meredith is your final opponent.]]
* FoeYay: Silly!Hawke can call her and Orsino on it.
* {{Foreshadowing}} : One of the more common loading screnes shows a painting of her becoming dark and corrupted.
* FreudianExcuse: Her sister was an apostate-turned-abomination who killed their family (Meredith survived, obviously) and many villagers before eventually being slain by the Templars.
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Snarky!Hawk even comments on it.
* GeneralRipper: Enemy X being blood mages.
* IgnoredEpiphany: During [[spoiler:the final battle with her]], she openly wonders if she's doing the wrong thing by fighting against the mages. She then blows it off with her next line of dialogue, and goes straight back to fighting.
* IronLady: Varric calls her such at one point.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Before she takes control of Kirkwall, she's implied to be one of the more lenient knight commanders as she doesn't oppress the mages at every turn, mostly because she's got much bigger fish to fry. She even admits to Orsino that she ''knows'' not all mages are villains and when you tell her that Emile de Launcet was lying about being a blood mage, she laughs it off. If you're playing a Mage Hawke, she basically shrugs off the fact that you can use magic [[EnemyMine so that you can both protect the city]]. Unfortunately, [[ItGotWorse this doesn't last]].
* [[spoiler: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope]]
* KnightTemplar
* LadyOfWar: Subverted. Her first on-screen action is a BigDamnHeroes BackStab that saves Hawke's life... but then she decapitates the attacker with a {{BFS}}. Grace and elegance be damned.
* LightIsNotGood
* [[spoiler: MadnessMantra: As she finally loses it during the final battle, she starts quoting the Chant of Light.]]
* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: Subverted. She ''tries'', but all she gets is petrified.]]
* PetTheDog: Siding with Meredith and working with her in Act III shows us a human side to her. If [[AManIsNotAVirgin Emile de Launcet]] is convinced to surrender without incident, she thinks of executing him, but his father pleaded that he was merely an idiot. Hawke can comment that he said he was a blood mage just to impress girls. Meredith laughs, and simply imprisons him.
* ProperlyParanoid: She might seem unhinged, seeing blood mages and abominations right and left. Then again, [[spoiler:seemingly half of all the mages you meet in the story are maleficars and/or blood mages, including two of your party members and even First Enchanter Orsino!]] Of course, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy acting on her paranoia led to the situation becoming exactly what she was paranoid about]]: it's outright stated by Anders that the Mage Underground, which was mostly composed of apostates using otherwise legal magic, was completely destroyed by her by Act III. Whoever was not made Tranquil was probably a blood mage, because it was the only way to survive an encounter with a Templar brigade.
* [[spoiler: RedEyesTakeWarning]]
** [[spoiler: GlowingEyesOfDoom]]
* RegentForLife: After [[spoiler:Viscount Dumar's death]], Meredith takes control of Kirkwall. She soon begins using her power to crack down harder on mages, causing further tension between mages and templars. She refuses to consider appointing a proper successor, claiming that as long as evil exists, Kirkwall needs its templars more than it needs a new viscount.
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]: At the end of the game.
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]
* SlaveToPR: [[spoiler: She claims to be this when invoking the Rite of Annulment, claiming that the people of Kirkwall will want blood in retaliation for the destruction of the Chantry. Ultimately, though, she reveals that she is pursuing her own agenda, as [[WellIntentionedExtremist the destruction of the Kirkwall Circle is not enough to satisfy her sense of "justice".]]]]
* [[spoiler: TakenForGranite]]
* ThisIsSPARTA: "Blessed are those who stand before the corrupt and the wicked and DO! NOT! FALTER!"
* [[spoiler: UngratefulBitch: Even if you support the Templars, Meredith still tries to kill you.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown]]
* VillainousRescue: She is introduced saving Hawke from a qunari Saarebas.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* [[spoiler: WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity]]
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: As the conflict with the mages becomes more dire, she becomes convinced that anyone who doesn't completely support her is either a blood mage or a blood mage thrall.
* [[spoiler:YouMonster: The first diplomatic dialogue option when confronting Meredith before the FinalBoss Battle in the mage campaign of The Last Straw.]]

!Knight-Captain Cullen

A returning character from Origins, where he was one of the surviving templars of the Circle tower massacre. Sent to Kirkwall due to his newfound radical view on mages, he is now Meredith's second in command, and your primary contact in the Templar allegiance. [[spoiler:Eventually gets freaked out by her increasing brutality, and turns on her.]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: If the Grey Warden was a female mage, some dialogue suggests he still loves her.
* AntiVillain: He hates mages with a passion, but [[FreudianExcuse there's a very good reason for that]]. He also points out that the Templars aren't there to merely guard the people from mages, they're there to guard the mages themselves.
* AscendedExtra
* TheDragon: To Meredith.
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Knight Templars Have Standards]]: [[spoiler:He is increasingly alarmed by Meredith's fanaticism.]]
** [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]] : He will [[spoiler: turn on Meredith to protect Hawke once it becomes clear how batshit insane she's become, and allow Hawke to leave peacefully despite him/her siding with the mages.]]
* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:He says this when Meredith tries to have Hawke executed.]]
* HeroAntagonist
* KnightTemplar: Though he does have a line he won't cross.
* MindRape: Why mages scare him.
* NobleBigot: He may not be particularly pro-Mage, particularly after what Uldred did in the first game, but he is willing to treat them fairly and ultimately stand up to Meredith and go to bat for Hawke. This is particularly telling if Hawke themself is a mage.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Compared to most of the templars in the game, he's actually one of the more fair minded and level headed ones; he believes in the mission and the necessity of keeping watch over the mages, but he also believes they should be treated humanely. This is no more evident in the Templar ending, when he [[spoiler: defies Meredith and orders three mages to be spared the Right of Annulment, since they are not blood mages. Not because they answered questions about Orsino's plan or anything, but because untainted mages do not deserve to be slaughtered.]]
** He even believes that [[spoiler:the Right of Annulment should be used only to kill known and suspected maleficar and let untainted mages live, and orders his templars to think likewise in direct defiance of Meredith if the Champion encourages him to mutiny]]. Which is a ''direct inversion'' of his attitude from [=DA1=], showing his CharacterDevelopment.
* {{Retcon}}: At the end of Origins, he is either a rogue templar, having murdered several mages and is now hunted by his own comrades, or he replaces Greagor as the Commander at the Ferelden Circle, using fear as his primary means of enforcement on mages. In DA2, not only is he not a madman or totalitarian, but he can [[spoiler: potentially defy Meredith when she becomes the very things the Origins endings portray Cullen as]].
** Well, there's an ending for Cullen where he does stay on without going crazy. Doesn't have the greatest reputation, though, which presumably explains why he's in Kirkwall now instead. The Codex mentions that Gregaoir sent him there because he was mentally unstable. [[spoiler: Ends up being one of the best decisions he ever made.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: The kid who ran away from the female mage warden when she invited him for a quicky has come a long way, [[spoiler: eventually raising his sword against Meredith and living to tell the tale.]]

!Ser Thrask

A templar who has been stationed in Kirkwall since before Meredith came to power. While he is loyal to the order, he has doubts about Meredith's harsh methods.

* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]
* CovertPervert: Surprisingly, he can be found at the Blooming Rose.
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little Daughter]]: Thrask's daughter was a mage, and became an abomination to escape slavers.
* [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence]]: [[spoiler:He rebels against Meredith once he decides that she has gone too far in containing the mages.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam]]: [[spoiler:Grace kills him before he gets the chance to negotiate with Hawke.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction if [[spoiler:he helps kill Ser Karras.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: Subverted later on, as he becomes an AntiVillain.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

!Ser Wesley

Templar and Aveline's husband. He and his wife join the Hawke family when they flee Lothering. He has been infected with the Blight, and prior to escaping Lothering, must be mercy killed.

* EnemyMine: Despite Bethany (and possibly Hawke) being Apostates, is convinced to put aside his duty as a Templar while they escape the Darkspawn.
* FantasticRacism: Against mages. Pretty standard for a Templar.
* HonorBeforeReason: He threatens the apostate Bethany when they first meet, despite being heavily wounded. Fortunately, Aveline makes him see reason.
* IGaveMyWord: He admits that he ''will'' be forced to do [[HonourBeforeReason his duty]] to arrest Bethany and Mage Hawke once they are safe out of danger, but pledges that until that time, he will protect them from danger as [[EnemyMine they have an accord]].
* MauveShirt
* MercyKill: He is being slowly and painfully turned into a mindless ghoul. Either you or Aveline must kill him.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Averted, since he's married to Aveline.
* PetTheDog: Says a prayer for Hawke's fallen sibling; particularly poignant if it's Bethany.
* SacrificialLamb
* TheSadisticChoice: Do you kill him, make his wife do it, or let her decide who does it? She chooses herself in the latter case.
* WeHardlyKnewYe

!Ser Otto Alrik

A sadistic templar whom Hawke and his/her companions encounter in the quest "Dissent".

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Oh, come ''on''. "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Tranquil Solution]]", anyone?
* BaldOfEvil
* BeardOfEvil
* BlueEyes: Of the ''extremely sinister'' pale kind.
* ChekhovsGunman: If she is sent to the Circle, in her letter, Bethany will mention him as a "creep" and one of the Templars she specifically avoids. FridgeHorror and [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Brother/Sister Instinct]] get turned UpToEleven when you find out what kind of man he is, especially since his target, Ella, is one of Bethany's apprentices.
* EvilOldFolks
* FinalSolution: Have a guess.
* FlatCharacter: He's evil, sadistic, trying to turn all mages Tranquil... and that's really about it. [[spoiler:Somewhat justified in that you kill him before any questioning could realistically begin.]]
* ForTheEvulz: He doesn't even ''try'' to justify his actions to the party.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Implied through his threatening Ella to make her Tranquil that he intends to use her as a sex slave.
* KnightTemplar: Taken BeyondTheImpossible. The Rite of Tranquility
* MindRape: Is not above using the Rite of Tranquility on mages that have passed their Harrowing, especially on young females.
* ObviouslyEvil: One of the few antagonists who is never portrayed in any shade of moral grey.
* [[KillEmAll Tranquilise Em All]]: Bear in mind that most mages view being made Tranquil as AFateWorseThanDeath.

!Samson

A former templar who works in helping runaway mages.

* FantasticDrug: Shown to be a lyrium addict. [[spoiler:His getting back in good graces with Meredith to become a templar is basically just to feed his addictions.]]
* GloryDays: Samson laments that he used to be a good templar back when he was with the Order.
* PetTheDog: You can choose whether or not to request that Samson rejoin the Order.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mages]]

!First Enchanter Orsino

The First Enchanter of the Kirkwall Circle of Magi.

* [[spoiler: AmbiguouslyEvil: Orsino was clearly involved in some pretty shady stuff, like working with Quentin, harboring blood mages, and being one himself. However, his motives are left so ambiguous that it's hard to really put a label on him.]]
* TheArchmage
* BadassBookworm
* [[spoiler:BloodMagic]]
* BrokenPedestal: May become one to [[spoiler:Bethany if she joined the Circle and Hawke take the Templar path. She can be convinced to switch sides if Hawke reveals that Orsino protected the SerialKiller Quentin. The very same Quentin that murdered her mother.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He reaches it in the Mage endgame when most of his mages get killed.]]
-->'''Orsino''': [[spoiler:Why don't they just drown us as infants? Why wait? Why give us the illusion of hope?]]
* [[spoiler: DetachmentCombat]]
* AFatherToHisMen: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]]. His willingness to protect his charges from Templar scrutiny means he is more likely to let transgressions slide. Then again, his opposite number in the Templars is [[GeneralRipper Meredith]]...[[spoiler:and when he sees so many of them die, he snaps and turns himself into a monster.]]
* DirtyOldMan:
-->'''Hawke''': So I shouldn't slit my wrists and dance naked under the moonlight just to fit in.
-->'''Orsino''': Well, if that's what's going to happen, perhaps I should come with you after all.
* FoeYay: Silly!Hawke can call him and Meredith on it.
-->'''Hawke''': If you two keep doing that in public, people will start ''talking.''
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:In the lair of Quentin, you find letters for him about getting him reference materials signed "O", meaning that Orsino is at least partly responsible for killing Hawke's mother]].
** [[spoiler: His [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Staff of Violation]] has a three-headed snake/dragon motif. A similar design has been seen in the form of statues scattered throughout a Blood Mage hideout in ''Origins'', plus one under Vigil's Keep in ''Awakening''.]]
* [[spoiler: HeWhoFightsMonsters]]
* [[spoiler: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope]]
* [[spoiler:LaughingMad: In the Templar ending.]]
* OneManArmy: The man annihilates a platoon of qunari by himself at the end of Act II.
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel]]: [[spoiler:He turns himself into a Harvester.]]
* TheRival: To Meredith
* SchrodingersGun: [[spoiler:In the Mage ending, he off handedly admits that he indeed knew of Quentin's experiments, but is clearly repulsed by them and only used Quentin's findings to turn into a Harvester out of desperation. In the Templar ending he is much more forthcoming when admitting the connection between himself and Quentin, claiming he kept the killer's existence a secret in order to avoid provoking Meredith and adding to the anti-mage fervor. It's possible a sense of guilt led him to downplay his involvement in the mage ending, while his anger and slipping sanity in the Templar ending resulted in a more embittered account.]]
* [[spoiler: StupidSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Going OneWingedAngel in the Mage path just meant the Champion had to waste time killing him.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Apparently the youngest First Enchanter elected in the history of the Circle. Either all the rest of them were tremendously old upon assuming their positions, or contending with Meredith has really aged him.

!Quentin

A maleficar serial killer who preys on Kirkwall's female populace.

* AxeCrazy: One look at his absolutely demented expression should be enough to tell you the kind of guy this man is.
* BloodMagic
* CallingCard: Prior to kidnapping his victim, he sends them a bouquet of white flowers.
* ChekhovsGunman: Quentin's handiwork is the subject of an early sidequest.
** [[spoiler: ChekhovsBoomerang: In the endgame, it's not only revealed that Quentin and Orsino worked together in some capacity, but Orsino uses Quentin's magic to go OneWingedAngel.]]
* [[spoiler: TheDragon: To Orsino...sort of. Maybe. It's complicated.]]
* EvilSorcerer
* AGodAmI
* IgnoredEpiphany: During a Codex entry written by Quentin, he wonders if he is doing the right thing and if he should just surrender and be killed when someone inevitably finds him. He brushes it off, figuring he already too far gone and if he was doing the wrong thing, [[BoltOfDivineRetribution the Maker would have smote him long ago.]]
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouCrazy]]
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]
* MadScientist
* {{Necromancer}}
* [[spoiler: {{Necromantic}}]]
* SerialKiller
* WeCanRuleTogether: To [[spoiler: Gascard. You can convince him to not accept, though Varric [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim won't let him make a choice]].]]

!Grace

An apostate who escaped from the Starkhaven Circle thanks to her blood mage lover.

* BabyGotBack: Seriously.
* BloodMagic
* [[spoiler: LoveMakesYouEvil]]
* [[spoiler: MurderIsTheBestSolution]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Lets us count the ways. A crazed Blood Mage that forced Hawke to kill him was her lover. Immediately asks you to murder one of the only decent Templars around so she can escape. Despite your best efforts to help her escape she gets herself caught and bitterly blames Hawke for it when you meet her in the gallows. [[SarcasmMode Surely]] there's no way this can possibly come back to haunt you?
* [[spoiler: RevengeByProxy:]]: Attempts this with a hostage [[spoiler: Hawke cares about]].
* [[spoiler: UngratefulBitch: She somehow convinces herself that her own failure to escape the templars is Hawke's fault.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Chew out Hawke for selling her out to the templars regardless of whether Hawke actually did.

!Idunna

An "apostitute" who works at the Blooming Rose.

* HeelFaceTurn: If allowed to live, a letter you receive later informs you that she regrets her actions, and points you towards several locations where the blood mage coven she was part of hid [[TomeOfEldritchLore books pertaining to their spellwork.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Tries to do this to Hawke but fails.
* TheVamp: As soon as Hawke starts asking questions, she starts up with the overly flirtatious remarks and body-language. Then, when that doesn't work, in comes the MindManipulation.

!Alain

A hapless apostate from Starkhaven who seems to end up in the worst situations regularly.

* ButtMonkey: Seriously, this guy is a pretty benign mage, but he always ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the apostate group that Decimus and Grace lead.

!Feynriel

A half-elven boy who's been dodging the attention of the Circle even as his magical powers grow harder and harder to disguise, making him the target of the Kirkwall Templars... and a gang of slavers... [[ItGotWorse and several demons.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Offscreen, but worth mentioning. A noblewoman in the Act III quest "Who Needs Rescuing?" recounts how Feynriel saved her life from a pack of thugs; impressively, he managed this while his body was still in Tevinter.
* BreakTheCutie: Snapping him out of demonic illusions too quickly will result in him begging to be made Tranquil.
* DareToBeBadass: Hawke can pull this with him to make him control his Fade-walking powers.
* DarkIsNotEvil: If you help him fight off the demons in the Fade, he journeys to Tevinter and learns to control his power from a magister, remaining a good mage at heart.
* DisappearedDad: Vincento walked out on Feynriel's mother when he discovered she was pregnant, partly because his work as a trader couldn't allow family time, but mostly because he wasn't interested in having a son. It obviously had quite an effect on Feynriel, because in "Night Terrors," the Desire Demon's LotusEaterMachine scenario involves him being accepted by Vincento and taken along with him on his travels.
* DreamWeaver: As a dreamer, or "somniari," he can enter the Fade without Lyrium and exercise a certain degree of control over it- to the point that he can kill people in their dreams.
** Hell, one quest reveals he can make people kill each other while they're still awake. ''From a different continent.''
* TheDreaded: If he is possessed by a demon in "Night Terrors," a terrified Guardsman in Act III calls him [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Dreamstalker]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: He can be made Tranquil at the end of "Night Terrors"
* FishOutOfWater: The Circle, the Templars, and the Dalish all lack the will or the knowledge to help him cope with his powers and to control them. Eventually he goes to Tevinter, where he finally master his powers; sadly, he also feels out-of-place place here due to the ruthlessness and cruelty of the magisters.
* HeroicBastard
* HeroWorshipper: Demonstrates shades of this behaviour to Hawke in his letters.
* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Human Dad Nonhuman Mom]]: Dalish mother, Antivan father.
* TookALevelInBadass

!Marethari

The Keeper of the Sabrae clan, newly settled by Sundermount to flee the Blight in Ferelden. The Dalish Warden of the first game came from her clan, as did the unfortunate Tamlen.

* TheArchmage
* BigGood: To the core.
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession]]
* EccentricMentor
* FigureItOutYourself: When it comes to Merrill, she expects Hawke to do what she would do without properly informing her/him of the truth behind [[spoiler:the eluvian]].
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Do enough damage to the pride demon and Marethari will turn back to normal, expressing disbelief that the party decided to TakeAThirdOption by simply being strong enough to kill the demon itself. This is a lie and falling for it will result in the fight resuming and Merrill getting stabbed for letting her guard down.]]
* IdiotBall: Yes, she's a wise and benevolent leader for the Dalish, but in Act III it's revealed that [[spoiler:she ''knew'' that a demon was manipulating Merrill into trying to restore the eluvian]] and, no, it ''never'' occurred to her to explain it. Doubles up as an OutOfCharacter moment when you consider how much unrelated stuff she ''does'' share with Hawke.
* TheMentor: To Merrill
* [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard]]
* [[SubvertedTrope Not-So]] SimpleStaff: [[BladeOnAStick The thing's ordained with several sharp blades]] and [[PlayingWithFire it's fire-elemental as well]].
* TheObiWan: Again, to Merrill
* [[spoiler: ObiWanMoment: The Act III quest Pride's End]]
* [[spoiler:WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: If she'd only ''told'' Merrill what the Pride Demon was really doing and properly explained herself, chances are that she wouldn't have ended up being deadified.]]

!Tarohne

The head maleficar in the quest "Enemies Among Us"

* BloodMagic
* StepThreeProfit: Her EvilPlan to restore the glory of the Tevinter Imperium basically amounts to this. Step One: Turn templars into abominations. Step Two: Drive Meredith crazy. Step Three: ??? Step Four: Profit!
* UncannyValleyMakeUp: It makes her look just as crazy as her plans.
* YoureInsane: A snarky Hawke may comment to her: "Good to know you're barking mad."
* YouMonster: Hawke has the option of calling her "worse than a monster."

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Qunari]]

!The Arishok

The leader of the qunari army. He appeared in the "Destiny" trailer as Hawke's opponent.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
** LargeAndInCharge
** If you pay attention in the extended version of the Destiny trailer, you can see that the staircase behind the Arishok is literally carpeted with all the guards that he had to fight through, apparently alone and without suffering so much as a scratch.
* BadassBaritone
* BadassLonghair
* BaddieFlattery: If Hawke becomes his WorthyOpponent, the Arishok gives this during the final confrontation.
--> '''Arishok''': (to Hawke) "You alone are Basalit-an." (to nobles) "This is what respect looks like, bas! Some of you will never earn it!"
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Comes with being a qunari.
* BullyingADragon: Initially just wanting to complete his task and get the hell out of Kirkwall, most of the populace really seem to do their hardest to try to piss him off, particularly Sister Petrice, which just serves to make him hate the city even more to the point where he's finally had enough. It is played with, however, as most of the anti-Qunari {{Muggles}} feel like the dragon is bullying ''them'' as qunari are best known to the general public as conquerors who kill anyone that doesn't follow the Qun.
* CatchPhrase: According to the Viscount, it's "Begone".
* ChekhovsGunman: The Arishok was mentioned in the previous game as Sten's superior.
* TheChessmaster: Shows signs of this when he explains that [[spoiler: the theft of the poison gas formula instead of the blackpowder formula in Blackpowder Courtesy]] was entirely planned by the Arishok, knowing he could then get Hawke to track it down and deal with it, and that [[spoiler: the gas would kill the thieves anyway]]. It worked.
* [[spoiler: ClimaxBoss: His defeat is your [[GloryDays Finest Hour]], and the setup for the real final battle.]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* DualWielding: Dual-wields a longsword and an ax.
* DuelBoss: Hawke can choose to challenge him to a CombatByChampion. Either that or fight him and his guards with your party members.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Arishok is not his name, it is his title/rank. Qunari names are more akin to social security numbers, and they go by their titles in everyday life.
* ForegoneConclusion: The ''Destiny'' trailer reveals that you'll have to fight him.
* HannibalLecture: Delivers one to the nobility of Kirkwall at the climax of Act 2.
* HornedHumanoid
* KnightTemplar: In a sense, but not the same as the rest of them. Every day he's in Kirkwall he sees the corruption, depravity, weakness, chaos, and foolishness that spits in the face of the Qun. [[spoiler: Eventually he decides to do something about it.]]
* LawfulStupid: He even cops to it if you call him out.
--> '''Hawke''': I see a man willing to start a war on principle.
--> '''The Arishok''': [[ShutUpKirk What would the Qunari be without principle?]] [[WorthyOpponent You, I expect.]]
* LightningBruiser: The guy is big, he hits hard, and he hits fast.
* NeverTrustATrailer: [[spoiler: The Arishok is featured extensively is all marketing for the game, making it seem as if he's the BigBad. While important to the story, he has nothing to do with the game's final act.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He muses that if the Qunari lacked their "principles", they would be just like Hawke.
* NotSoStoic: Generally acts calm and reserved, beneath which lies a terrible rage that really shows when unbridled.
** It comes out during the [[DuelBoss battle with him]], where he rather surprisingly [[ChewingTheScenery takes bites out of the scenery]] along with your health bar.
* ObviouslyEvil: Deconstructed. Almost everybody hates the Qunari and makes them out to be monsters because of their reputation for being militaristic heathens. Because of this, the Arishok and his followers get the blame for almost everything from destroying culture to deception and murder, no matter how much the Arishok tries to make it clear that converting Kirkwall to the Qun is the last thing on his mind [[spoiler:until he decides he's taken enough crap from Kirkwall and launches a full-scale invasion; [[SelfFulfillingProphecy turning him into the antagonist many accused him of being]]]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Implied and then outright stated to everyone, the only person in Kirkwall he believes is worthy enough to defeat him is Hawke.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: For three years he and his people mostly keep to themselves in their corner of the docks. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a subversion, as he spent most of the six years he was stuck in Kirkwall searching for the relic Isabela stole and on the side, planning his take over after he became fed up with the corruption of the city.]]
* PerpetualFrowner
* PrinciplesZealot
* ShouldersOfDoom
* ShootTheMessenger: After you tell him that [[spoiler: his envoy was killed]] he actually says that if anyone else had delivered that message, they'd be dead right now.
* SuicideByCop: If Hawke has his respect, he reveals strong implications of this. He doesn't believe [[spoiler:the takeover of Kirkwall]] will have lasting success, nor does he want it to; he just doesn't see any other way to extricate himself from it. Killing him is one way to grant him release from his own principles.
* [[spoiler: ThenLetMeBeEvil]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Kirkwall is full of {{Badass}}es, on both sides of the field, but the Arishok couldn't care less about anybody who isn't [[MemeticBadass Hawke]]. This is made abundantly clear when [[DaChief Aveline]], a woman hardcore enough to beat darkspawn to death with her ''bare hands'', confronts him about [[spoiler:the elven fugitives]]; he all but ignores her and focuses on talking to Hawke instead.
* WorthyOpponent: You can earn this as an achievement from being honest with him and gaining his respect.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He can't return to his homeland unless he completes his mission: [[spoiler: capturing Isabela and the relic she stole.]] A lot of his more villainous actions are partly motivated by his frustrations over this.
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Subverted. [[spoiler: The Arishok refuses to tell you what he plans to do with Isabela after capturing her, though it clearly won't be pleasant.]] Afterwards, party banter between Fenris and Isabela reveals that [[spoiler: if taken, Isabela would've likely been brutally {{Brainwashed}} into an [[EmptyShell empty]] menial worker for the Qun.]]
** That's actually an either/or situation. Either [[spoiler: either she'll be converted into a follower of the qun, in which case she'd probably be put into a spiritual or administrative position; i.e., she'll be a leader,]] or [[spoiler: if she refuses to be converted, she'll be sent to the mines and worked to death.]] The Qunari waste nothing.

!Ketojan

"Ketojan" is the name given to a Saarebas, a qunari mage, by Sister Petrice.

* [[spoiler: BetterToDieThanBeKilled: If you slay the Arvaarad, he will commit suicide rather than risk the possibility that he has been corrupted by demons, as is demanded by the Qun.]]
* BodyHorror: His lips are sewn shut and sealed through some sort of magic.
* ChainedByFashion
* [[spoiler: FaceDeathWithDignity]]
* [[spoiler: ManOnFire: His means of suicide.]]
* MaskPower
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He was given the name Ketojan by Sister Petrice. Among the qunari, he's reffered to by his rank of Saarebas.
* PrinciplesZealot
* TheUnintelligible: Until his lips are unsealed by an Arvaarad (mage handler).

!Maraas
A minor character and Tal'Vashoth, Maraas leaves the Qun to take up life as a mercenary.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Leaves the Tal'Vashoth raiders because he's doesn't want to steal or murder from caravans, and becomes a mercenary. In his words, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality this makes him worse]] than the Tal'Vashoth; he's selling his sword and his honor for coin.
* [[HiredGuns Hired Spears]]
* MeaningfulName: After leaving the Tal'Vashoth, he chose to name himself Maraas, making him the first kossith encountered to explicitly have a name rather than just a rank/role. Maraas means "Nothing" in the Qunari language, referring to how he has no role or purpose beyond that which he chooses.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: His original reason for leaving the Qun, as he was tired of strict adherence to purpose and a role in life.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Refuses to work for people with titles, as they "don't have jobs, they have causes."

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Other Characters]]

!Bartrand Tethras

Varric's brother, who leads an expedition to the Deep Roads that Hawke joins as a partner.

* BadBoss: He punches a henchman who gives him bad news.
* [[spoiler: [[CainAndAbel Cain to Varric's Abel]]]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:He's essentially a look at things to come with Meredith.]]
* {{Jerkass}}
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:If he snaps out of his insanity, he is horrified at what he's done and asks Varric to ensure that House Tethras doesn't fall with him.]]
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage]]
* SelfMadeMan
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown]]
* [[spoiler:WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity]]: [[spoiler:The idol that he takes drives him horribly insane yet makes him quite powerful.]]

!Donnic Hendyr

A member of the Kirkwall city guard.

* BadassNormal: As normal as the setting gets; no magic, no legendary weapons and armor, only as much martial training as Aveline introduces to the guard, and faces throngs of gangsters on what he considers to be a good day. He gets a JamesBondage moment when Aveline rescues him, but after that he's a dedicated asskicker.
** [[spoiler: He helps out in the FinalBattle, if Aveline is in you're active party.]]
* ByTheBookCop
* CityGuards: Holds the rank of Guardsman.
* HappilyMarried: If you finish the quest correctly, to Aveline.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Completely averted; he clearly has the hots for Aveline from his very first appearance, and he explicitly states when he thinks [[FanNickname Lady Hawke]] is hitting on him that he prefers women with "backbone."
** On the other hand, Donnic will think Hawke is trying to use him as a go between/matchmaker to Aveline and states that he doesn't like someone without backbone... when in fact Aveline was the one who's trying to do exactly that!
* OddFriendship: Apparently he comes by Fenris' house once a week for a round of cards.

!Lord Viscount Marlowe Dumar

The Viscount of Kirkwall is appointed after the death of Lord Viscount Perrin Threnhold at the hands of the templars. During his reign, the Templar Order has grown extremely powerful in Kirkwall, and have become the center of Chantry strength in eastern Thedas, holding their Circle of Magi in a terrifying, iron grip.

* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster
* BigGood: In Act 2.
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: The Arishok calmly throws his severed head down a flight of stairs.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers one when [[spoiler: his son dies. Sadly, he never recovers, leaving the city vulnarable to the qunari.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: He is killed during the qunari invasion of Kirkwall. May also count as OhAndXDies given that the ''Destiny'' trailer and the introductory sequence both strongly indicate it.]]
* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Our Viscounts Are Different]]: Viscount Focus Group, mainly. Also Viscount Personable and Viscount Target.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Along with the Grand Cleric, Dumar is one of the few politically powerful players (for a given definition of powerful) in Kirkwall who ''doesn't'' seem bent on sending the whole place to hell.
* SlaveToPR: A good man at heart, but afraid of taking any decisive action for fear of assassination by one of the extremist Kirkwall factions.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:The ''Destiny'' trailer shows him being killed by the Arishok]].
* TraumaCongaLine: Not as much as some of the other characters, but he gets one. He's powerless to do anything about problems he knows full well are coming but is still held responsible for them, his son [[spoiler:runs away to join the Qunari, is rescued, then kidnapped again and murdered by a Chantry priestess to provoke a war with the Qunari,]] and when [[spoiler:that war finally happens, he gets executed by the Arishok]] even though he had little if anything to do with it. His life more or less goes downhill from the start of the game onwards.


!Saemus Dumar
The son of the viscount, Seamus is rebellious and idealistic in his political views. He is also very sympathetic to the qunari, making him something of a controversial figure.

* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: Nonetheless, in conversations with him it's clear that Dumar loves his son despite their disagreements.
* TheWhitePrince
* WideEyedIdealist

!Flemeth

A returning character from ''Origins'', who rescues the Hawkes from darkspawn in Lothering, and asks them to deliver a package to the Dalish for her in exchange. Voiced by Kate Mulgrew.

* AmbiguousSituation: She states lightly that she may not be an old woman but instead an actual dragon and hints to Merrill that there is more to know about who she is than ''just'' Flemeth. This and some other implications suggest she might very well be a dragon or even an Old God, if you remember that Morrigan learned the ritual from her in the first place and her statements at the end of Witch Hunt. Yet everything about her is indeed ambiguous and by the end of the second game [[spoiler:you still don't really know what's up with her.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Despite what we are told, she really hasn't done a single villainous thing.[[hottip:*:At least on-screen.]] Yet what we're told isn't exactly pleasant.
** TricksterMentor: Despite the above, much of the advice she gives to Hawke, Bethany, and Merrill actually makes a lot of sense. You know things are bad when Flemeth, of all people, is counted among the reasonable.
* BigDamnHeroes[=/=]VillainousRescue: She saves the party from a seemingly unending army of darkspawn during the prologue.
* BrokenAesop: Hawke can point this out on her advice.
--> '''Flemeth''': It is only when you fall you learn whether you can fly.
--> '''Hawke''': Cheap advice... ''from a dragon''
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Why was she so unconcerned with the Warden killing her in the first game? Because she had already prepared for her resurrection. She treats the whole thing like changing clothes.
* DeadpanSnarker: To the point that she outright approves of snarky responses from Hawke.
* EvilIsHammy
* EyesOfGold
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: It's possible that she was playing this straight with the Warden-Commander in ''Origins'', where she appeared as a harmless old woman, but the two forms Hawke sees are both pretty scary. She even does a bit of LampshadeHanging after Hawke assumes that the badass witch-queen version is her ShapeshifterDefaultForm.
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: Her character model certainly got in upgrade from crazy old wild woman, though she still does look old. May just be an art upgrade coupled with actually taking care of hair.
* HornedHairdo: Her hair is wrapped up into a set of horns. Dragonish looking ones.
* HumanoidAbomination: Explicitly stated when she appears. Aveline describes her as a "Witch of the wilds", and Bethany muses that she's an apostate, but anyone who's played ''Witch Hunt'' will know that she's neither. Fenris also notes that he has seen many blood mages, demons, and abominations while in Tevinter...but Flemeth is none of those things.
** Even Anders is immediately tuned into the fact that she is neither abomination, demon, or mage, and given that the man [[DemonicPossession sharing a mind]] [[DoubleConsciousness and memories of a spirit]] who has been around for Maker only knows how long has no idea what she is certainly says something...
* IHaveManyNames: She says this to Hawke after being asked who she is.
** ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: One of the names she lists is "an old hag who talks too much."
* MesACrowd: We only see one of her at a time, but she considers bodies "limiting things" and asks "must I be in only one place?" Considering the number of people who want to kill her, this is a good idea.
** Although the backup doesn't know if the original survived the first game or not.
* OneSceneWonder
* StayingAlive: Morrigan makes it quite apparent in the first game that Flemeth was not killed by the Warden. It turns out she kept a contingency via the amulet she gave to Hawke.
* TakeThat: One that has more impact on the player than it will on Hawke. When Hawke asks if [[HeroOfAnotherStory Morrigan]] is Flemeth's enemy, she basically replies with "No". Given that Morrigan spends a good amount of time trying to kill her, this says a lot about how much of a threat Flemeth thinks she is.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In both ''Origins'' and ''II'', she can be seen turning into a High Dragon. Although she will point out to a snarky Hawke that for all he/she knows she really ''is'' a dragon and the [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith old woman is the shifted form]].

!Xenon

A living corpse with a loud, echoing voice hidden in the underbelly of Kirkwall. He is the mysterious merchant who runs The Black Emporium, which houses many powerful but expensive items. One of it's most important features is providing easy access to rare items, such as Maker's Sigh. Voiced by Nicholas Boulton.

* AgeWithoutYouth: He sought immortality and got it...but not for his body.
* AndIMustScream: Though he doesn't seem to mind.
** Oh he minds, he just doesn't show it in front of the customers. The codex mentions that the only reason he runs the Emporium is that he's desperately looking for a cure for his condition.
* ArmsDealer
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shoplifting is punishable by golems.
** Xenon also mentions that the templars occasionally make the mistake of coming to the Emporium. "The bloodstains take just weeks to clean up."
* BodyHorror: Due to numerous attempts at magically restoring his youth, he has a number of extra appendages on his corpse-like body.
* CloudCuckooLander: His mind has began to decay long with his body.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: And exhibitor of them.
* CoolOldGuy
* DealWithTheDevil: Got his immortality through a deal with powerful witch(suggested to be Flemeth).
* LargeHam
* OneSceneWonder
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* ThisIsSparta: PLEEEEEEASE. DON'T FONDLE ANDRASTE.
** '''''DON'T!''''' '''MAN'''HANDLLLLLLLLLE! The ''URRRRRRRRRRRRR''CHIN!

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!Corypheus

The BigBad of the ''Legacy'' DLC; a mysterious Darkspawn sealed away many years ago by the Grey Wardens, and later had those seals reinforced by Malcolm Hawke. Corypheus now seeks the blood of Malcolm Hawke's children in order to escape.

[[spoiler:In reality, he is one of the original Tevinter Magisters who was corrupted, supposedly by their attempt to enter the Golden City and became a powerful Darkspawn emissary. This event also marked the birth of the Darkspawn.]]

* [[spoiler:AllMythsAreTrue: Anders believes that the Golden City tale of the Chantry's canon is just propaganda to justify imprisoning mages. As it turns out, not only is the story true but Corypheus is ''one of the Magisters who tainted it''. Corypheus implies that the Golden City was not the fluffy-clouds paradise the Chant tells of, but rather was ''already'' blackened when he and the magisters arrived.]]
* TheArchmage
* BadassGrandpa
* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins: If the hints to his survival are true.]]
* [[spoiler: BodySurf: It's strongly implied that he survived his battle with Hawke by body-jumping into the nearby Larius or Janeka.]]
* BigBad: Of the ''Legacy'' {{DLC}} and, technically, [[spoiler: as one of the original villains behind the Blight he is one to the entire world. In addition, a Codex entry speculates that he might be responsible for Kirkwall being an EldritchLocation, which, if true, would make him partly responsible for the events of the main plot.]]
* BodyHorror
* ChekhovsGun: The trailer for the DLC implies that Corypheus is a Darkspawn, yet records you can find during gameplay show that people saw him as being as intelligent as a human being. [[spoiler:That's because [[WasOnceAMan he]] ''[[WasOnceAMan was]]'', [[WasOnceAMan once]].]]
* ElementalPowers: In between fighting him head on, he unleashes a slew of surprisingly powerful attacks.
** PlayingWithFire: Unleashes two or three advancing walls of flame.
** DishingOutDirt: Conjures a maze of rock to box in the party.
** ShockAndAwe: Electrifies the rock maze to limit mobility even more.
** AnIcePerson: Drops massive icicles in gaps of the rock maze.
* [[EvilCounterpart Eviler Counterpart]] Has many things in common with The Architect, but while the latter is morally grey, he does have good goals. Corypheus is not implied to have any sort of noble goal whatsoever.
* EvilSorcerer: [[spoiler:Even before he became an actual monster.]]
* [[spoiler:FishOutOfTemporalWater]]
* [[spoiler:HaveYouSeenMyGod: He is visibly disturbed by the fact that Dumat is no longer around to answer his calls.]]
* HumanoidAbomination
* LargeHam
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Subverted, as he wasn't ''aware'' that he was doing anything.]]
* MindControl: [[spoiler:While sealed, Corypheus sends out a Calling similar to that of the Archdemons, allowing him to control anyone with the Darkspawn taint. Corypheus does this unconciously, and is confused to see his victims once freed.]]
* NightmareFace: The guy is pretty horrific to look at ''normally'', to say the least. What with half his face stretched out and strange growths coming off it. [[ItGotWorse It gets worse]] when he's pissed.
* ThePowerOfBlood: [[spoiler:This is the power that ''bound'' him. Despite being a Tevinter Magister who worshipped Dumat, Corypheus is never actually seen using any Blood Magic.]]
* {{Pride}}: Well, what do you expect from [[spoiler:a Tevinter Magister]]?
* SealedEvilInACan
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Of Dumat apparently. Corypheus and the other Magisters went to the Golden City at Dumat's request, believing they would be rewarded with light. Instead, they found only darkness.]]
* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan]]

!Tallis

An elven thief who teams up with Hawke in ''Mark of the Assassin'' to steal a gem called the Heart of the Many from Duke Prosper. [[spoiler:She is secretly a qunari assassin.]] Voiced by and modeled after FeliciaDay.

* ActionGirl
* AntiMagic: Her Cloak ability gives her temporary resistance to magic. The rest of her personal skill tree works on anything, but is especially effective against mages. It becomes FridgeBrilliance once it's revealed [[spoiler:she's an agent of the Qun]].
* BiTheWay
* CareerKillers
* DeadpanSnarker
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:As a follower of the Qun, working with Hawke and his/her companions counts as this. After her identity is revealed, they're more antagonistic towards her, particularly Anders and Fenris.]]
* [[spoiler:[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Barkeep]]: She is known as Tallis because that is her role in qunari society; Tallis is the qunari word for "to solve". [[NoNameGiven Like them, she doesn't actually have a name]].]]
* FlechetteStorm: She can use her daggers for both melee and ranged attacks.
* GirlOfTheWeek: If the player does all the flirtation options, then Tallis becomes this to Hawke.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only available for the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC.
** Also a literal "Guest star", given [[FeliciaDay who voiced/modeled her]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She's the protagonist of ''DragonAgeRedemption''.
* HitmanWithAHeart
* [[InkSuitActor Ink Suit Actress]]: She is modeled after FeliciaDay. Of course, since Day also played her in the live action ''DragonAgeRedemption'', it would be bizarre if this wasn't the case. Day also did the motion capture for Tallis.
* KnifeNut: Leading to Varric nicknaming her "Shivs".
* {{Koan}}: Does manage to give one of these.
--> '''Tallis:'''(when questioned about freedom) Is a sparrow buffetted by the wind free to choice where she flies?
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Is implied to be the reason why she chose to seek out Hawke.
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Parodied. There's a RunningGag where she attempts this with multiple people in order to get a key, and keeps failing for various reasons. [[hottip:*: The first two didn't have the key, and the third [[NotDistractedByTheSexy simply wasn't into her.]]]] Though according to her, she's done this multiple times in the past, and Hawke just caught her on a bad day.
* [[spoiler: SecretPolice: Her previous job before she was kicked out. She's trying to rejoin.]]
* StealthHiBye: Very good at this.
* [[spoiler: TurnInYourBadge: Part of her backstory is that she was kicked out of the Ben-Hassrath, the religious enforcers of the qunari. She's trying to atone for this and rejoin them.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you ''don't'' use the flirt options.
* WideEyedIdealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and [[spoiler:genuinely believes that the Qun is the best path for Thedas.]]


!Duke Prosper

An Orlesian noble who lives on an estate outside of Kirkwall. He owns the Heart of the Many, the gem that Tallis is after.

* AffablyEvil: Until Hawke and Tallis start to become more trouble than they're worth.
* AristocratsAreEvil
* AutomaticCrossbow: Prosper wields a pistol-like crossbow that fires [[AbnormalAmmo explosive energy balls, as well as a green goo that's harmless by itself, but paints an "Attack Me!" sign for wyverns.]]
* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: Of ''Mark of the Assassin''
* CoolHelmet
* [[spoiler:DisneyVillainDeath]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. As he falls to his death, he bounces off a rock rather graphically.]]
--> "You see that? [[spoiler: He bounced!]]"
* TheDragon: He has a Chasind bodyguard as well as his wyvern Leopold. [[spoiler:It's implied that he might be one to Empress Celene.]]
* EvilGloating: Varric chastises him for [[spoiler: "Spending his last minute busy monologuing"]].
* FluffyTamer: He calls his wyvern Leopold.
* FrenchJerk: Well, Orlesian Jerk, but that's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture more or less the same thing.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Implied. He tells the party that they will make fine trophies on his wall.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Not only does Prosper fail to understand the value of the information he's given (thereby saving the lives of several qunari), but he unintentionally hands it over to Tallis.]]
* SmugSnake: He's smart enough to be successful at [[DeadlyDecadentCourt The Game]] and [[spoiler:is fluent in the qunari language]] but he is still a complete UpperClassTwit who fails to realize that [[spoiler:he had the opportunity to kill the majority of the followers of the Qun in Chantry territory. Granted, the information was given to him without context, but Prosper never tried to get clarification.]]
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: If Hawke decides to be diplomatic and try to save Prosper from falling off a ledge, Prosper tries to stab Hawke. It goes about as well as you'd expect.]]
* UpperClassTwit
* [[DragonRider Wyvern Rider]]

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* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Basically, Tarohne is the one who sets the Templar/Mage politics in Kirkwall rolling.
** Well, not really. Varric's remarks about the problems InherentInTheSystem of the whole Templar/Mage relationship make it obvious that the deepening suspicions that Tarohne introduced with her insane schemes were hardly new. This definitely led to some of the first big crackdowns though...

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Basically, Tarohne is the one who sets the Templar/Mage politics in Kirkwall rolling.

* UndyingLoyalty: For saving Sandal in the Deep Roads.

--> '''Hawke''': *''Stone-faced''* Fair is fair, but you are taking this little pissing match ''[[DudeNotFunny TOO far]]''!

** [[BadassCreed Badass Prayer]]: "Be bound here for eternity, hunger stilled, rage smothered, desire dampened, pride crushed. In the name of the Maker, so let it be."

** DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Of all the game's blood mages, he has the most understandable reason for even using the stuff. He used it to seal away Corypheus, a tremendously powerful darkspawn. And he did this because the Grey Warden-Commander Larius threatened Leandra.]]

* SignificantDoubleCasting: He appears to be voiced by Nicholas Boulton, who also voices the male version of Hawke.
* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Malcolm did not want his children to have magic. It happens at least once with Bethany.

* KnifeNut

** His popularity among the female crowd seems to have greatly increased due to his voice actor being so likable in real life.

* NotSoDifferent: From Anders. The two are both former slaves (of a sort) that share an intense, unreasonable hatred of those similar to their oppressors who are ruled by their rage. They take seem to pleasure in petty digs at each other.

* TheUnfavorite: Even though Gamlen took care of his dying parents after Leandra was disowned for eloping with Malcolm, one of their parent's last word was "Leandra" and they gave Leandra control over Gamlen's part of the inheritance]].

* [[KillEmAll Tranquilise Em All]]: Bear in mind that mages view being made Tranquil as AFateWorseThanDeath.