History Characters / DragonAgeInquisitionWarriors

* BattleCouple: With the Inquisitor if romanced. Can also form one with [[spoiler:Dorian]] if neither are romanced but are bought together often enough.

* CannotKeepASecret: His BackStory and his actions during the game basically show he's not a very secretive spy.

* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:He says this if he decides to betray you to the Qunari in the ''Trespasser'' DLC. It might be a lie given that, as he says it, he calls the Inquisitor "bas" instead of "boss," meaning a person outside the Qun not worthy of respect.]]

* OddCouple: If neither are romanced, he can end up with [[spoiler: Dorian.]] Doesn't get much odder than a [[spoiler: [[AntiMagicalFaction Qunari]] with a [[TheMagocracy Tevinter magister]].]]

* WalkingTheEarth: When the Inquisition finds him, he's traveling alone to recruit for the Order. He can resume this in the epilogue for ''Trespasser'', seeking out the condemned or vulnerable to give them hope.

* BadassBisexual: He's attracted to men and women, that is when he's not killing things. ''Lots'' [[BloodKnight of things]].

-->'''Bull''': ''[upon seeing icicles hanging from a statue's breasts]'' Hey, look up: lady with giant titsicles.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:As Thom Rainier, he was bribed to kill a member of the Orlesian court and sent his men in to do the dirty work instead, which ended in them killing the man ''and'' his wife and children. Then he fled justice and let his men take the fall for him. He grows out of this during his companion quest, arriving to tell the truth in time o stop his second-in-command from being hanged in his stead.]]

Warden-Constable Blackwall is a Grey Warden who was once stationed in Val Chevin, and elects to join the Inquisition. He is a romance option for a female Inquisitor of any race.\\\
Written by Sheryl Chee.

The Iron Bull is a captain of a mercenary company, and a Ben-Hassrath Qunari who doubts his allegiance to the Qun. Officially, he joins the Inquisition to report back to the Qunari, but unofficially, he's there to protect the innocent and kill demons for pay. He is a romance option for an Inquisitor of either gender and any race.\\\
Written by Patrick Weekes.

Warden-Constable Blackwall is a Grey Warden who was once stationed in Val Chevin, and elects to join the Inquisition. He is a romance option for a female Inquisitor of any race.

The Iron Bull is a captain of a mercenary company, and a Ben-Hassrath Qunari who doubts his allegiance to the Qun. Officially, he joins the Inquisition to report back to the Qunari, but unofficially, he's there to protect the innocent and kill demons for pay. He is a romance option for an Inquisitor of either gender and any race.

->'''Voiced by:''' Alastair Parker

-->'''Cole:''' Your knife is big.\\
'''Blackwall:''' ''[snickers]'' It's a sword.\\
'''Cole:''' [[InnocentlyInsensitive It's bigger than mine.]]\\
'''Blackwall:''' And now you've made it awkward.

-->'''Blackwall:''' [[spoiler:Cole, if you knew what I am, what I'd done, why didn't you tell the others]]?\\
'''Cole:''' Everyone hides dead things. Everyone pretends. [[spoiler:[[TheAtoner You wanted to fix it]]]].\\
'''Blackwall:''' [[spoiler:I'm a murderer]].\\
'''Cole:''' [[spoiler:You don't want to be. You made a new you. You are Blackwall. You killed Rainier]].\\
'''Blackwall:''' If only that were possible.\\
'''Cole:''' [[spoiler:You would stand between Rainier and the carriage. But you can't. It doesn't work like that. So you carry the bodies to remember]].\\
'''Blackwall:''' [[spoiler:I suppose I do. ]]

--> '''Inquisitor:''' How did you escape?\\
'''Blackwall:''' You'd be surprised what a man armed with a rock and a headache can do.

--->'''Blackwall:''' For the Wardens, battle is a sacred duty, a vigil kept to guard the world against destruction. It's not a game.\\
'''Iron Bull:''' Right. [[BlatantLies Same here]].\\

'''Blackwall:''' Do heads count?

--->'''Blackwall:''' There's always some dog out there. Some fucking mongrel who doesn't know how to stay away.

-->'''Blackwall:''' There's always something to die for. But something worth living for? That doesn't come every day.

-->'''Blackwall:''' Grey Wardens can inspire. Make you better than you think you are.

--> '''Iron Bull:''' Dorian's a sweet guy. He's gentle, and he cares under all that bluster. I'm hoping we're good for each other.

-->'''Iron Bull:''' Quite the stink-eye you've got going, Dorian.
-->'''Dorian:''' You stand there, flexing your muscles, huffing like some beast of burden with no thought save conquest.
-->'''Iron Bull:''' That's right. These big muscled hands could tear those robes off while you struggled, helpless in my grip. I'd pin you down, and as you gripped my horns, I. Would. ''Conquer''. You.
-->'''Dorian:''' Uh. What?
-->'''Iron Bull:''' Oh. Is that not where we're going?

-->'''Iron Bull:''' Mmmm... ''redheads''.

-->'''Iron Bull:''' Is that all you've got!? I lived through ''Seheron,'' you pieces of shit!

-->'''Blackwall:''' ''[if he's in the party]'' I look forward to informing Cullen.

--->'''Bull:''' And who killed you!? That's right! Iron fucking Bull!

--->'''Bull:''' Tal-Va-fucking-shoth.

--->'''Bull:''' ''[upon Cassandra walking in]'' Oh, for fuck's sake.

-->'''Bull:''' ''[upon seeing icicles hanging from a statue's breasts]'' Hey, look up: lady with giant titsicles.

-->'''Iron Bull:''' I like having an article at the front. It makes it sound like I'm not even a person, just a mindless weapon, an implement of destruction... That really works for me.

-->'''Iron Bull:''' Boss? I just want to say... ''you're the '''best'''.''

--->'''Bull:''' Boss, just so you know... whatever I miss, whatever I regret, this is were I want to be. If you ever need an ass kicked, the Iron Bull is with you.

-->'''Bull:''' It's not a secret. It's just too big for a quick chat. "Tell me about the Qun," is like saying "Tell me about economics." Most Qunari know just enough to get by. It's like blind dwarves trying to figure out a dragon by touch. Only the priests really have the whole picture, and they spend their whole lives figuring that crap out.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:If he defects from the Qun, he is terrified about going mad like the Tal-Vashoth he fought in the past, but he's just as terrified of not going mad because that would mean that many of the Tal-Vashoth he has killed were actually fully sane.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: His potential relationship with Dorian is made of this, which makes sense as their people have been at war for centuries. Your first indication that they're about ready to get it on is this exchange:

** Very little besides demons and magic can faze Bull, but he has a pretty spectacular moment when he realizes [[spoiler:Solas' suicidal strategy has set him up for checkmate.]]

* DoesNotLikeMagic: Bull tends to get extremely uncomfortable anytime magic and the Fade come up. He doesn't extend this to mages themselves though, which he even admits is not encouraged by the Qun, and expresses sympathy for Qunari mages. He also has no trouble being in a relationship with a Mage Inquisitor [[spoiler:or Dorian]].

* InsecureLoveInterest: He doesn't believe himself good enough for a Female!Inquisitor, and warns her he should not get too attached as he is just another soldier. [[spoiler: This makes sense considering TheReveal that he is not really Blackwall.]] It's also why, if neither of them are romanced, he refuses to court Josephine, despite Cole's hints that [[TwiceShy she feels some attraction towards him as well]].

-->'''Bull''': ''[imitating Krem's voice]'' "Hey, Chief. Let's join the Inquisition! Good fights for a good cause!" ''[normal voice]'' I don't know, Krem. I hear there are demons. ''[Krem voice]'' "Ah, don't worry about the demons, Chief. I'm sure we won't see many!" ''[normal voice, grumbling]'' Can't believe I listened... ''asshole''!

* GlassCannon: The Reaver class is all about taking damage and dealing it back. As a result, Iron Bull can deal the most raw damage of the three warriors, but also has the lowest defense, [[TropesAreNotBad not that this hinders him]]. If the Inquisitor takes the Champion spec, he notes that he's just too big a target to be a defensive fighter. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation This doesn't prevent the player from equipping him with a one-handed weapon and a shield, though]].

* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Blackwall could have just used the Right of Conscription to save Mornay from being executed. It is common knowledge that the Wardens are allowed to conscript criminals to the Wardens regardless of their crime. However, he instead chose to reveal who he was, which got himself arrested and forces the Inquisitor to commit unscrupulous acts to get him back (either replacing Blackwall with a similar looking criminal to be executed, having Cullen storm the prison with soldiers to take Blackwall forcefully, or use connections to force Orlais to hand him over, all of which Blackwall is unhappy about. Somewhat justified in that, at least from Blackwall's point of view, conscripting Mornay would be living the lie even further, and that it would not absolve Mornay of the crime he was accused of; by admitting himself to be Mornay's former commander and taking responsibility for the murder of the noble family, he shoulders Mornay's guilt instead of making it a case where the accused escaped justice by the timely arrival of a Warden, which also explains why he is unhappy with the Inquisitor for rescuing him from what he sees as a deserved punishment.]]

[[folder: Blackwall]]

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* GrayEyes: Hits several archetypes associated with the attribute: a lone-wolf mentor figure, a resolute, iron-willed idealist, [[spoiler: and a history as a calculating, amoral killer]].

* MeaningfulName: His role in the Qun, Hissrad, most closely translates to [[spoiler:"the liar".]] Bull is not happy about it.