History WebVideo / DragonAgeRedemption

* ShownTheirWork: and how!

* AManIsAlwaysEager: Averted in Josmael's case.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Saarebas is defeated, but Tallis fails in her mission, Josmael loses his beloved and Cairn dies.]]

* BloodMagic: The Saarabas intends to use Fina's blood as fuel to open a HellGate. [[spoiler: Her blood does indeed contact [[MacGuffin the mask]], but he is bound before he can finish.]]
* ButtMonkey: Josmael. His troubles began before the series even started when his uncle, the Keeper, was captured by the Chantry. Then the Saarabas kidnapped his would-be bride as a blood sacrifice. Since the moment he joined the group, he's constantly a target for abuse. Even the barmaid at the inn smacks him on the head.
* CharacterTic: The Saarabas refers to everyone by their class("rogues", "reaver", etc) where applicable. This makes sense, as the Qun teaches one's job is what they are.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: How Cairn dies, saving Tallis from Saarabas's magic.]]

** She later tries to correct that mistake by trying to rescue Feena first. Which turns out to be a mistake.

** [[spoiler: Carin decided to go against orders (at least twice) to kill Saarebas on his own in revenge for his family's death. The first time [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero}} accidentally setting Saarebas free]], and the second time breaking the [[{{TrackingDevice}} phylactery]] ]]

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Fina]]

* {{Necromancer}}: One of the Saarabas's talents.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The Saarabas summons walking corpses to aid him in the final battle.

** There's also the fact that as far as the Qunari know, the Saarebas was taken by the Chantry, who would undoubtedly be trying to analyze him for potential Qunari weaknesses - which the Qunari very much do not want. Leaving behind a corpse would still be leaving behind a cadaver for the Chantry's analysis were it ever found. [[spoiler: Not that it stops Tallis from killing him, but hey.]]

* StrawAffiliation / MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Josmael passes on Dalish dogma about how all elves are one nation. Tallis considers herself Qunari and doesn't really care for the (presumably elvish) parents who sold her into slavery.

* NotSoDifferent: Tallis and Cairn. [[spoiler: Both defied their masters and went renegade to accomplish their own tasks. Tallis slaughtered an Orlesian because he kept and raped slave girls, and Cairn attempted to slaughter Saarebas because he killed his family.]]

** As the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series likes to discuss, since the Templars train to become capable of performing Anti-Magic, how does this really make them all that ''different'' from the Mages themselves? Granted against regular people they're just "metal guys in suits", but still, how is using semi-magical abilities as a tactical advantage against their opponents, not essentially the same thing?

* SlaveToPR: The Saarabas, according to his MotiveRant; he has been taught his whole life by Qunari society, that mages represent evil and chaos. [[BlueandOrangeMorality By doing such, he is fulfilling his role, as is demanded of all Qunari]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: How Cairn dies, saving Tallis from Saarabas' magic.]]

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Tallis's affiliation with the Qunari was meant to be a spoiler in the Mark of the Assassin DLC, while it's made clear in the beginning of the series.

* {{Necromancer}}: One of the Saarabas' talents.

** At one point Cairn uses Saarebas' phylactery to prevent him from using magic. Dragon Age phylacteries are unable to do anything of the sort; Templars merely use them to track the mage who's blood is in it. Templars themselves have AntiMagic abilities unrelated to phylacteries.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Tallis' affiliation with the Qunari was meant to be a spoiler in the Mark of the Assassin DLC, while it's made clear in the beginning of the series.
* ForTheEvulz: Nyree speculates (and Saarebas later confirmes) this is Saarebas's motivation for using blood magic and the Dalish mask, as he was treated like an animal and used only as a weapon. She says she'd want to destroy everything too if she was in his place.

* ForTheEvulz: Nyree speculates (and Saarebas later confirmes) that is Saarebas's motivation for using blood magic and the Dalish mask, as he was treated like an animal and used only as a weapon. She says she'd want to destroy everything too if she was in his place.

* AntiHero: Tallis, who's not only an assassin but also a follower of the [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Qun]], a faction feared by most of Thedas. [[spoiler: She also tests Josmael's ability to heal by tossing a dagger at him and steals from the Dalish, who previously welcomed her]].
** SociopathicHero: has at least a few shades of this due to her behavior, especially in the first few episodes.

* PlotHole: The Dalish Keeper, seen briefly at the beginning, has a beard, which elves don't grow, and lacks vallaslin, while being of age - something unheard of in Dalish culture. Josmael also has no vallaslin, though he may have been still too young to undertake the ritual.

A web series from the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' ExpandedUniverse written by and starring cult actress FeliciaDay. Day plays Tallis, an Elven assassin of the Qunari who gathers [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits a group of uneasy allies]] to take down a rogue Saarebas (a Qunari mage).

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Part of how [[SecretPolice Tallis]] got demoted to being an Athlok; after several missions gone wrong, she was tasked with recovering a valuable artifact from an art collector and bring it to the Qunari, and leave without letting anyone know she was there. When she got there however, she found he collected many things - [[WouldHurtAChild including]] [[SexSlave little girls]]. She freed the girls and completed her mission, [[KarmicDeath and nobody ever found all of the art collector's body parts]], but it was still a high-profile death and she was not supposed to leave any trace of her presence. As a result, the Qunari lowered her in rank.

** He ''was'' First to a Keeper that got nabbed by the Templars, so it's not like he had a particularly ''brilliant'' mentor, anyway.
** Which is even more impressive that we know that the Dalish can and will sacrifice themselves so they can ensure their Keeper survives. All in all, either they didn't like their Keeper or this seems to be the worst Dalish clan imaginable. The clan being devastated by a raid because the sentinels all got themselves killed before giving a warning also bears this out.

*** Considering she was raised in human society and was trained by the Qunari as an assassin and infiltrator, it's still very unlikely she wouldn't know something as basic about the main human religion as the difference between the Maker and Andraste.

** As the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series likes to lampshade, since the Templars train to become capable of performing Anti-Magic, how does this really make them all that ''different'' from the Mages themselves? Granted against regular people they're just "metal guys in suits", but still, how is using semi-magical abilities as a tactical advantage against their opponents, not essentially the same thing?

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Fina, sort of. She turns out to be a willing follower of the saarebas and alerts the mage when the others try to rescue her.]]

** They do launch into the final battle about two minutes later. There wasn't really time for a scolding.

** Actually, not so much, more like a lesson learned. Tallis clearly views attempting to save Feena as a mistake.
** It is likely that that incident taught her not to veer off from her mission then.

*** Cairn, being a Templar, often veers into this. Someone like Josmael, born with the gift of magic is ''clearly'' an abomination in the eyes of the Maker... but Reavers such as Nyree, who became what they are ''by ritually drinking dragon's blood'', he won't even bother to bat an eye at. What?
*** This might have to do with the warped priorities of the chantry more than anything else (reavers have magical abilities but aren't technically mages).

* MustNotDieAVirgin: Nyree makes this suggestion to Josmael before the final battle.

* CombatSadomasochist: Nyree has happy memories of drinking the blood of a Dragon she killed in order to become a Reaver, who are this trope incarnate. Since her motivation for becoming one was obtaining their ability to draw strength from pain, she was probably like this beforehand, too.