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Characters appearing in the various Dragon Age novels, consisting of those present in The Stolen Throne, The Calling, Asunder, The Masked Empire, and Last Flight.

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The Stolen Throne

    King Maric Theirin 

King Maric Theirin

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Maric depicted in The World of Thedas Volume 2.

Appears in: The Stolen Throne | The Calling | Until We Sleep

The protagonist of The Stolen Throne and The Calling. After his mother, Moira the Rebel Queen was betrayed and murdered by Bann Ceorlic, he took command of the rebel army and overthrew the Orlesian usurper Meghren. He married Rowan Guerrin, who died a few years after giving birth to Cailan. He later lifted the ban on Grey Wardens entering Ferelden. He died about five years prior to Origins.

He finds it difficult to make decisions regarding the lives of others, and desperately wants to be a good man but many of the decisions he makes as king make him feel that it is impossible.


  • Authority Equals Asskicking: The King of Ferelden is not to be triffled with.
  • Back for the Dead: His final fate in Until We Sleep, where Maric is revealed to have been forcefully wired to an ancient Tevinter Blood Magic artifact called the Magrallen, which uses his Reaver-descendant blood to augment its power. Unfortunately, by the time Alistair arrived to rescue him, Maric's body is so ravaged that the Magrallen is the only thing sustaining him, forcing Alistair to Mercy Kill him to end his suffering.
  • Being Good Sucks: He has to give up a lot for his kingdom and it hurts him. But it never stops him.
  • Break the Cutie: He kills his first love in a fit of rage brought about by his best friend's manipulations. His second love dies a few years later. It nearly drives him to suicide.
  • The Chains of Commanding: The pressures of ruling wearing him down lead to him joining in on the plot of the second novel.
  • Cool Sword: He finds a dwarven sword that glows blue in the presence of darkspawn as a Shout-Out to Sting. The Warden can acquire it in Origins's "Return to Ostagar" DLC.
  • Deadpan Snarker: He has a witty retort for just about everything. Where do you think Alistair got it from?
  • Dissonant Serenity: He's just as snarky when fighting as when he's not.
  • The Good King: His reign is fondly regarded by many Fereldans.
  • The Ghost: He is absent from Origins on account of being presumed dead years earlier, but his shadow lingers over the story, as Loghain vows to defend Maric's legacy with increasingly drastic measures, Cailan attempts to live up to said legacy and gets himself killed doing so, and Alistair suffers a lot of grief because of his lineage.
  • Good Feels Good: Well, Fiona convinces him that doing good will make him feel better.
  • The Hero: He's the protagonist of the first two novels and one of the more moral characters in the franchise.
  • Heroic BSoD:
    • In "The Stolen Throne", Maric starts the story in one due to the recent betrayal and death of his mother. And his reaction to Katriel's betrayal and finding out she allowed him to kill her afterwards stinks of this.
    • He spends most of "The Calling" in one due to Rowan's death between novels, although he disguises it with sarcasm. Fiona eventually snaps him out of it.
  • Lotus-Eater Machine: In the Calling, Maric is brought to the Fade by a demon inhabiting a dead dwarf. He winds up in a dream where Katriel is still alive and they are together.
    • While connected to the Magrallen, Maric resided in a Fade dream where he was still king of Ferelden, Cailan was still alive and he had recognized Alistair as his second son. Notably, he knew it wasn't real, but maintained the fantasy because it was preferable to reality.
  • Love Hurts: He killed Katriel in a fit of rage brought about by Loghain's manipulations. Eventually, Maric fell in love with his wife, Rowan, but she died of Blight sickness a few years later, nearly driving Maric to suicide. He falls in love with Fiona, but their duties mean that they could never be together (besides, as a Grey Warden, her days are numbered anyway; and the people of Ferelden would never accept an elven queen).
  • Never Found the Body: He was lost at sea. He turns out to be alive in The Silent Grove.
  • Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Eventually with Rowan, but miscommunication over the type of love and affection as well as the involvement of other lovers cause them much heartache before their relationship stabilizes.
  • Reluctant Ruler: It took him years to realize that he actually had what it takes to be king.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: At the end of The Stolen Throne, he has one against Severan after Katriel dies. He also goes on one against the traitor nobles who murdered his mother after luring them into an ambush.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: Subverted in "The Calling''. While Maric goes with the Grey Wardens on their mission, it's because Maric wants an excuse to abandon his royal duties.
  • Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: He's the protagonist of both prequel novels but dies before Origins. Or so it seemed.
  • Tranquil Fury: Exhibits this after executing one of the nobles who murdered his mother. When one of the remaining men protests that their families will fight him to the bitter end if he kills them, Maric calmly and coldly replies that the children of his mother's killers will have one day to denounce the treachery of their fathers and swear allegiance to him. If they agree, he will spare them. If they refuse, he will kill them all and give their lands to subjects who understand the consequences of betraying him.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: With Loghain. The two snipe at one another constantly, but it is clear that they are true friends. They have a falling out over Katriel's death, but when Maric attempted to starve himself to death after Rowan died, Loghain was the one who was able to talk him down. The two remained close friends for the rest of Maric's life.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: While many bad things happen to Maric, he remains idealistic.

    Loghain Mac Tir 

Loghain Mac Tir

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne | The Calling | Origins | Awakeningnote  | Inquisitionnote 

Voiced by: Simon Templeman (English)Foreign VAs

A hero throughout Ferelden, Loghain is the general of the army brought to fight the Darkspawn at Ostagar. His plans, however, are a little different from what King Cailan expects.


For more information about him, see this page.

    Queen Rowan Theirin 

Queen Rowan Theirin (nee Guerrin)

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne

Wife of Maric, mother of Cailan and sister of Eamon and Teagan, Rowan is the female lead of The Stolen Throne.


  • Action Girl: Lead and fought alongside soldiers during the rebellion.
  • Arranged Marriage: With Maric.
  • Horseback Heroism: During the rebellion, she led Maric's cavalry.
  • Life Will Kill You: She dies young between The Stolen Throne and The Calling of a wasting disease. While Maric wonders if it was caused by exposure to the Blight, the Blight usually kills much faster than years down the road; it's more likely to be, say, cancer.
  • One of the Boys: Deconstructed. She initially treats Maric more like a sibling than a lover. By the time she does try to romance Maric, its too late and he gets seduced by Katriel.
  • Love Triangle: With Maric and Loghain. The latter solves it rather pragmatically when he persuades Rowan to marry Maric and become queen, because Ferelden needs her.
  • No Guy Wants an Amazon: Fears this, given her combat skills and muscular body. However, many people in-universe still find her plenty attractive.
  • No Social Skills: As a woman that has spent most of her life being raised to lead her family's army, Rowan struggles to display affection. When she reveals that she loved Maric in the Deep Roads, he is legitimately surprised, as he thought their relationship was only a political marriage.
  • Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Eventually with Maric, but miscommunication over the type of love and affection as well as the involvement of other lovers cause them much heartache before their relationship stabilizes.
  • Royals Who Actually Do Something: Makes her living commanding the rebel cavalry.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: According to Loghain, definitely. Though she does it to get Maric's attention... and ends up overhearing him and Katriel. Ouch.

    Katriel 

Katriel

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne | The Calling

An elven spy brought from Orlais to Ferelden to seduce and betray Maric, before succumbing to her growing feelings for him. She causes a battle plan to fail catastrophically, and after Loghain and Rowan find out about it, she willingly allows Maric to kill her, just not before leaving detailed instructions on how to take Severan down.


  • Ambiguous Situation: Her appearance in the Fade outside Maric's dream during the events of The Calling. Is she a spirit wanting to help Maric and the others by taking Katriel's form? A rival demon simply trying to screw over the one who sent the party to the Fade? Or is it actually Katriel's ghost? The possibilities are rasied, but never answered.
  • Action Girl: Of the rogue variety.
  • Becoming the Mask: She eventually grows sympathetic to the rebel cause.
  • Dual Wielding: Twin daggers, as is common with DA rogues.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: "Katriel's Grasp", a pair of light gloves, can be purchased from Gorim's shop in "Origins". The item description briefly sketches out Katriel's basic history and that she was sent to assassinate him, but notes that the details of her failure in that regard are "another story".
  • Femme Fatale: Her MO.
  • High-Heel–Face Turn: She joins the rebels for Maric, just like Loghain did.
  • Honey Trap: Comes with being a bard.
  • Redemption Equals Death: And she knew it.
  • Wounded Gazelle Gambit: How she first meets Maric. She is "attacked" by a group of thugs in Gwaren just as the prince is passing by.

    King Meghren 

King Meghren the Usurper

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne

The Orlesian-appointed King of Ferelden. He has a nasty habit of piking heads to the castle walls and having rape-and-torture parties in the castle. Other hobbies include exploiting and demeaning the people of Ferelden while begging his cousin the Emperor to let him return to Orlais.


  • The Caligula: Well, torture and rape parties, raging mental instability, seems to fit.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Against the warnings of his advisors, Meghren orders mass executions of anyone suspected of sympathising with the rebels to discourage people from siding with Maric after West Hill. This backfires spectacularly: instead of suppressing further revolts, such brutality only encourages further rebellion from the populace, and drives most of Meghren's grudging supporters amongst the nobility and the Chantry to side with Maric.
  • Duel to the Death: Slain in one of these by Maric when the war finally came to an end with the fall of Denerim to the rebels.
  • Ironic Echo: After killing him, Maric has Meghren's head put on a pike outside the Royal Palace, as Meghren did to Maric's mother and countless others of his supporters.
  • Kick the Dog: He mistreats the Arl of Amaranthine just for kicks. He also nearly beats an elven servant to death for serving him food that had slightly gone bad.
  • Kissing Cousins: It's a rumor in Orlais that he was the Emperor's lover and that is why he was sent to Ferelden.
  • Miles Gloriosus: Starts fancying himself as a great warrior after his forces win a major battle over the rebels, even though he was never near the battlefield.
  • Noodle Incident: In a previous attempt to enforce Orlesian culture on Ferelden, Meghren used to enjoy throwing masquerade balls, and punishing any attendees with a less than fashionable mask. He only stopped throwing the balls after an assassin nearly killed him at one such event.
  • Reassigned to Antarctica: Technically the reason he is the current regent. He frequently begs the Emperor to bring him back to Orlais.
  • Villainous Breakdown: Has one when it transpires that Maric survived the Battle of West Hill, the army he dispatched to recapture Gwaren from the surviving rebels has been defeated and riots against his rule are breaking out all over Ferelden.
  • You Have Failed Me: A combination of the crushing defeat of Orlesian forces at the Battle of River Dane and Meghren's complete failure to suppress the Rebellion make Emperor Florian see further attempts to reinforce the occupation of Ferelden as a lost cause and abandon Meghren to his fate (though Meghren manages to hold out with his remaining forces against the rebels for another three years before being deposed and killed).

    Severan 

Severan

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne

A cunning advisor and mage to Meghren. He uses his position to take liberties that no other mage could dream of short of being an apostate. He plays Meghren's insanity to his favor but makes the mistake of crossing Maric.


  • Ambition Is Evil: Severan's goal is to gain actual political power despite being a mage. To accomplish this, he has no problem with allowing Meghren to terrorize Ferelden.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: He didn't become the royal mage for nothing.
  • Batman Gambit: He hired Katriel to get close to Maric and assassinate him. This fails miserably. He hadn't thought that Katriel would betray him, or that Maric would take vengeance personally.
  • Dragon-in-Chief: Meghren may be the nominal King of Ferelden, but Severan's the one who really runs the show.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: When Meghren rounds on Grand Cleric Bronach and demands she denounce Maric's return as that of a demon impostor to the point of threatening her with violence, even Severan wonders if he should not intervene (though he does note it's more out of concern that the Chantry will raise a fuss if Meghren harms one of its representatives)
  • Ignored Epiphany: Before cutting her ties with him, Katriel warns Severan that Meghren's regime is a lost cause and Severan would do well to get out of Ferelden before his association with the King gets him killed. Severan doesn't heed the warning.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: He gets two in rapid succession-
    • When Meghren rages at him regarding Maric's survival at West Hill, Severan retorts that they never found Maric's body and reminds the king he had wanted more time to confirm Maric was slain before publicly announcing the prince's death.
    • When Meghren angrily demands his nobles provide soldiers to crush the brewing rebellion, Severan accurately points out the nobility won't send troops to their king if they're terrified their lands will rebel out from under them the second they do.
  • Kick the Dog: He recalls jailing a prostitute who gave him a somewhat backhanded compliment.
  • Man Behind the Man: Meghren was far too crazy to be effective without him pulling the strings.
  • The Starscream: Implied he would have betrayed Meghren when the rebellion was over.

    Bronach 

Bronach

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Appears in: The Stolen Throne

Ferelden's Grand Cleric, Mother Bronach tries to both convince Ferelden's people to accept their Orlesian-appointed King, while simultaneously trying to temper the worst of Meghren's excesses and convince him to at least try and appeal to his subjects for their support.


  • Corrupt Church: Zig-zagged. While she parrots the Chantry line that Meghren is the rightful king of Ferelden and demands Maric and the rebels accept his rule, she does try to convince Meghren to appeal to his subjects by some other way than just brutalising them.
  • Don't Create a Martyr: She supports Meghren's decision to have Maric killed rather than taken prisoner at West Hill for this reason, arguing it's better Maric be killed in battle than risk a backlash from having him paraded through the streets of Denerim.
  • Fantastic Racism: Downplayed; she's clearly not fond of Severan, though that seems to be more with the fact he's an ambitious climber with too much influence over Meghren than solely because he's a mage.
  • Ignored Expert: She repeatedly advises Meghren to appeal to the Fereldan people by marrying a Fereldan noblewoman and adopting some of the local customs. Meghren, who disdains the Fereldans as barbarians, refuses to hear of it.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: About the only time she and Severan agree on something is when Meghren demands mass executions of any suspected rebel sympathisers to put down the revolts breaking out after Maric's survival becomes public knowledge, both of them recognising using further brutality on the rebelling Fereldans will only make the situation worse.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: As the rebellion against Meghren gains momentum and he becomes more and more violently unstable, Bronach flees Denerim after branding Meghren a tyrant and usurper and proclaiming Maric the rightful king of Ferelden.
  • Token Good Teammate: Compared to Severan and the other sycophants in Meghren's court, she's this.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Her ultimate fate is unknown.

The Calling

For recurring characters, see above.

    Fiona 

Fiona

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An elven mage and Grey Warden who accompanies Maric, Duncan and the others into the Deep Roads and shows the grieving Maric how to live again. In Asunder, she re-emerges as the Grand Enchanter of the College of Magi, and continues to hold that role in Dragon Age: Inquisition.

For more info, see Dragon Age: Inquisition – Non-Playable Characters

    Warden-Commander Genevieve 

Warden-Commander Genevieve

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Appears in: The Calling

A female Commander of the Grey whose obsession with finding her brother borders on insanity. She is from Orlais, but despite Loghain's suspicions is not working to overthrow Ferelden. She is willing to do anything and sacrifice anyone to find Bregan, even if it costs the lives of her entire squad and the King of Ferelden himself.


  • Action Girl: Despite her faults, Genevieve is a skilled fighter. She lands the final blow on a high dragon the Wardens encounter in the Deep Roads.
  • Broken Pedestal: The Grey Wardens to Genevieve. Genevieve always dreamed of being a Grey Warden, but when a Warden finally came to recruit, her brother Bregan was chosen instead. Bregan had no desire to become a Warden, but knowing his sister's greatest wish, he agreed to be recruited on the condition that Genevieve was accepted as well. Once the reality of being a Grey Warden set in, Genevieve came to understand the full depth of the sacrifice her brother made; knowledge that somewhat soured her opinion of the order.
  • Cruel Mercy: Why Genevieve used the Rite of Conscription on Duncan. She only did so in the hope he would die during the Joining.
  • Hero Antagonist: She is doing what she is doing ostensibly to end a Blight before it begins.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Screams a hate-filled one at Duncan in the Fade: she explains that when she used the Rite of Conscription to recruit Duncan, she hadn't done it to save him... she'd done it in the hope he would die in the Joining after getting a taste of her fiancee Guy, a Grey Warden accidentally murdered by Duncan in a robbery gone wrong, went through to protect people like him, only to have the Maker "play one more cruel joke" on her and let him survive.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: So she claims. She really is just using the Wardens to live out her childhood fantasy.

    Kell ap Morgan 

Senior Warden Kell ap Morgan

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Appears in: The Calling

"Our duty is to defend mankind from the Blight. There is a difference. We have stood up against the onslaught of the darkspawn time and time again, and that is our task. It is not for us to judge, to gamble with the lives of those in our care… It is for us to make the hard decisions that must be made. We cannot pretend that this also makes us gods."

A former Avvar Jarl turned Grey Warden. He is Genevieve's second-in-command and owns a warhound named Hafter.


  • Designated Point Man: Due to his increased ability to sense Darkspawn, he takes point during the mission to the Ortan Thaig.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: He leads the Darkspawn following the Architect away from Duncan, Fiona, and King Maric so they can escape to the surface.
  • Never Found the Body: Several years after his death, the Wardens investigated the location of his death. They found his bow amongst a large pile of Darkspawn corpses, but no sign of his body.
  • Number Two: To Genevieve.
  • Shoo the Dog: He tries to get Hafter to leave with the others before his Heroic Sacrifice, but the dog refuses to leave his side.

    Nicolas 

Nicolas

Appears in: The Calling

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A Orlesian Grey Warden who accompanies Genevieve into the Deep Roads.
  • Carry a Big Stick: He uses a mace and shield in combat.
  • Facial Scruff: Has a mustache in the latest Orlesian style.
  • Lotus-Eater Machine: Gets put in one by a Sloth Demon in the Deep Roads, and refuses to come out of it due to being reunited with Julien. The other Wardens and Maric reluctantly decide to leave him in it when they can't get him to snap out of his fantasy.
  • Those Two Guys: With Julien.

    Julien 

Julien

Appears in: The Calling

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A quiet Orlesian Grey Warden and lover of Nicolas.
  • BFS: He wields a greatsword in combat that is nearly as large as him.
  • Neck Snap: He is killed by a high dragon in the Deep Roads when it knocks him through the air and he breaks his neck upon landing.
  • The Quiet One: He does not speak a lot, although Nicolas makes up for it.
  • Those Two Guys: With Nicolas, who is crushed when Julien is killed.

    Utha 

Utha

A female dwarven Grey Warden who used be one of the Silent Sisters.

For more info, see Characters - Dragon Age Awakening.

    Bregan 

Bregan

Appears in: The Calling

A Grey Warden who, when he went on his Calling, was captured by the Architect. He eventually joins him in an attempt to kill all the Old Gods before they can be made Archdemons and free the darkspawn, as well as achieve lasting peace with them by turning all humanity into ghouls, if they can survive the Joining.


  • A Father to His Men: Bregan was apparently well-liked by his fellow Wardens, which is why he was promoted ahead of his sister.
  • Body Horror: His corruption makes him almost completely resemble a hurlock.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Bregan turns on the Architect when the latter kills Genevieve, even though he'd been trying to kill her himself.
  • Redemption Equals Death: He has Maric order his death to atone for his sins.
  • The Resenter: Bregan never wanted to become a Grey Warden, but the recruiter refused to allow his sister to join the Order unless he signed up as well. His resentment of Genevieve is partly why he tries to kill her at the climax of the book.

    The Architect 

The Architect

A strange sentient darkspawn emissary with a mysterious goal.

For more info, see Characters - Dragon Age Awakening.

Asunder

    Rhys 

Rhys

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Appears in: Asunder | Inquisitionnote 

Rhys is a Senior Enchanter of Orlais' White Spire Circle of Magi who is suspected of murdering five apprentices. He is also Wynne's son, although he does not get along with her.


  • The Call Knows Where You Live: Unfortunately for Rhys, he is inevitably drawn into Circle politics when he succeeds his mother as the leader of the Aequitarians.
  • Calling the Old Man Out: Rhys harshly criticizes his mother Wynne over the course of Asunder, both for using her massive privilege to advocate against mage independence and for never coming to see him after they met for the first time following the Blight.
  • Combat Medic: He's a spirit healer like his mother, but is also capable of holding his own in a battle with combat spells.
  • Deadpan Snarker: In contrast to Adrian, who freely complains when mistreated, he prefers to express his displeasure of things in snark. This is so much so that he even makes sarcastic jabs at Lord Seeker Lambert after he's been beaten half to death, stabbed, and then imprisoned by the man's forces.
  • Demonic Possession: Lambert implies that Cole is not actually a mage, but a demon subtly influencing Rhys, and will eventually make him his host throughout the novel. Rhys asserts that this is not the case. It is confirmed at the end that Cole is a spirit and was influencing Rhys in some way, but whether Cole is demonic or even malevolent is ambiguous. Given Cole's childlike mentality, as clearly evidenced both by his actions and his POV, that he would be capable of manipulating a senior Enchanter, not to mention the rest of the group, so readily seems unlikely.
  • Distressed Dude: He is imprisoned twice in the novel, once when he's suspected as being behind the White Spire murders and again after Lambert attacks the Conclave and takes all the mages prisoner. He needs to be rescued by another character's intervention both times. This carries over a bit into Inquisition, where the player can rescue him and Evangeline from Red Templars via a war table mission.
  • Heroic BSoD:
    • He all but shuts down after witnessing Lambert banish Cole and mortally wound Evangeline while he was too weak to stop either.
    • A more humorous example occurs when Wynne reveals that his father was a Templar. Rhys has to take a few moments to wrap his mind around this revelation.
  • Living Emotional Crutch: For a time, Rhys is Cole's only friend and Cole shows an extreme dependence on him, willing to go anywhere or kill anyone to keep him safe—he even stops committing murders not because he understands it's wrong, but because he knows Rhys will be mad at him if he does. Rhys understands that this isn't a healthy relationship, as he admits even early on that he isn't enough to help Cole all by himself.
  • Parental Abandonment: Being born in the Circle, Rhys never knew either of his parents until Wynne sought him out after the Fifth Blight. The fact that his father was a Templar as well didn't do him any favors.
  • Papa Wolf: Rhys is very protective of Cole, often prioritizing his safety throughout the book. He doesn't take it well when Cole is threatened, and even stands up to Lord Seeker Lambert to try and save him despite being heavily injured at the time.
    Adrian: Haven't you done enough for him?
    Rhys: No, I don't think anyone has.
  • Parental Substitute: Has this vibe at times with Cole, thanks to the fact that Rhys is notably older than him and spends time having to teach him right from wrong, as well as comforting him over his past.
  • Refusal of the Call: Although Rhys is charismatic, popular and hates the Chantry control over the Circles, he is very reluctant to become involved in Circle politics.
  • Strong Family Resemblance: Based on Rhys's appearance in Heroes of Dragon Age, he bears a strong resemblance to his father, Knight-Commander Greagoir.
  • Unwitting Pawn: Throughout Asunder, Rhys is used to further the schemes of several different parties, between Wynne trying to make him central to the Divine's reforms of the Circle's Rite of Tranquility, Adrian using him as a martyr to spark the mage rebellion, and Lord Seeker Lambert trying to use him as a scapegoat on which to crush the mages of the White Spire.

    Cole 

Cole

A mysterious young man who has somehow become invisible to everyone except for spirit mediums such as Rhys and Wynne. Cole has killed at least five mage apprentices in order to prevent himself from disappearing completely.

For more info, see this page

    Evangeline de Brassard 

Knight-Commander Evangeline de Brassard

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Appears in: Asunder | Inquisitionnote 

The Knight-Captain of the White Spire Circle, Evangeline is an idealistic Templar who believes that the Templars exist not only to defend the people against mages, but also to defend mages against the common folk, demons and other threats.


  • Action Girl: The most physically powerful member of the party in Asunder.
  • Defector from Decadence: Once it becomes apparent that Lambert is looking for an excuse to wipe out the mages, she decides to join the mage rebellion both for the violation of her ideals, and for Rhys's sake.
  • Disney Death: Lambert mortally wounds her at the end of Asunder, but Wynne sacrifices her life to bring her back from the brink of death.
  • Humanoid Abomination: She becomes the new host of the Spirit of Faith by the end of the book, but she does note that she's not sure if this changes anything for her physically or mentally yet.
  • Rank Up: She holds the title of Knight-Commander by the time of Inquisition.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Though she had growing doubts throughout the story, Lambert ignoring a direct order from the Divine and leading a large contingent of templars into the Enchanter's conclave causes her to lose faith in the order as it was being run and join the defecting mages, if only for Rhys' sake.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: Delivers one of these to Lord Seeker Lambert
    Lambert You are a disgrace to the Order, to your family and to the Maker.
    Evangeline: Of all those things, you're wrong about my family. My father would be proud of what I've done. He always said tyranny was the last resort of those who have lost the right to lead.
  • To Be Lawful or Good: Initially, Evangeline is a strict adherent to her duty as a templar and believes keeping order to be important above all, even if part of that includes potentially murdering three innocent mages to assist in Lambert's coverup. After having one of said mages (Rhys) save her life at risk to himself, and after seeing how badly the templars failed Cole, she begins to question this stance, even offering to let them escape even though it would make them illegal apostates. Learning that Lambert was never acting "legally" in the first place causes her to break from the order completely.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: Evangeline sincerely believes that templars protect mages from themselves as well as protect other people from magic, either unaware of or not understanding the rampant abuse mages suffer in the Circles. As an extension, she fully believes the Rite of Tranquility has only ever been used to protect mages from being possessed and therefore there is no worth in learning to undo it; this is something thoroughly proven wrong in the games, which have several cases of mages, even ones who passed their Harrowing, being made Tranquil for flimsy or even malicious reasons.

    Adrian 

Senior Enchanter Adrian

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Appears in: Asunder

Rhys' best friend and former lover, Adrian is also a Senior Enchanter of the White Spire Circle. She has a very bad temper and is very vocal about her hatred of the Templars.


  • Anti-Hero: She is highly abrasive and an all around unpleasant person, but her heart is in the right place. She eventually becomes a villain when she murders Pharamond and frames Rhys so she can start a mage rebellion.
  • Black Magician Girl: An older example, but with the proper personality. She explicitly states that she doesn't know any healing spells.
  • Cruel Mercy: Rhys contemplates throwing her off the walls of Andoral's Reach for her sins, but instead ends their friendship and tells her to live with her guilt and regret over it.
  • Evil Sorcerer: Of the fairly unusual Well-Intentioned Extremist/Anti-Villain, rather than cackling, variety.
  • Fiery Red Head: She's a redhead with a bad temper.
  • The Friend Nobody Likes: Even among the Libertarians, only Rhys is able to get on her good side, much less want to befriend her. How she ended up the new First Enchanter of White Spire at the end with that kind of popularity is anyone's guess.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: She's very jealous of Evangeline.
  • I Did What I Had to Do: How she justifies her actions in murdering Pharamond and framing Rhys; she says Wynne would have talked the mages out of rebelling unless she had a personal stake in the fighting, and considers her killing Pharamond an act of mercy, since the elf begged to die rather than be made Tranquil again.
  • Jerkass: Rhys is the only person she seems able to get along with. Until she betrays him to start the revolution.
  • Karma Houdini: Her murder of Pharamond is one of the leading factors in how the incident at Kirkwall became a full fledged world war. As of the end of Asunder, only Rhys knows of this, and while he was furious with her, he did not tell anyone else about it.
  • Playing with Fire: Almost every spell she uses is a fire spell.
  • Spanner in the Works: She deliberately derails the careful plotting between Wynne and Divine Justina to ensure that there would be full rebellion.
  • Tsundere: One whose dere side may actually even more difficult to find than both Fiona's and Morrigan's. It only seems to come out around Rhys (and later the horses) and even then it's mostly when she's drunk.
  • Unlucky Childhood Friend: Although she was the one who broke off her relationship with Rhys, her jealousy of Evangeline makes her realize that doing so was a mistake. She blows any remote chance she had of being with Rhys when he learns that she murdered Pharamond (framing him for the deed) and decides that he doesn't want to have anything more to do with her.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: She claims to be willing to do anything to free the mages. Then she murders Pharamond to start a revolution.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Even though Adrian is partially responsible for starting the Mage-Templar war, she is never mentioned in Inquisition, leaving her final fate unknown.

    Wynne 

Wynne

One of the most respected enchanters within the Circle, and former companion to the Warden. Also, Rhys' mother.

For more information about her, see this page.

    Shale 

Shale

A sentient golem who serves as Wynne's companion.

For more information about them, see this page.

    Lord Seeker Lambert van Reeves 

Lord Seeker Lambert van Reeves

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Appears in: Asunder

The leader of all Templars in Thedas. Lambert is a ruthless man who takes control over the White Spire Circle when it became apparent that the Knight-Commander stationed there could not solve the murders.


  • Authority Equals Asskicking: He takes on almost the entire cast of Asunder and wins.
  • Big Bad: Of Asunder. He suspects Rhys of being a serial killer and deliberately provokes the mages into rebellion so he can have an excuse to wipe them all out.
  • Blood Knight: He gets very excited during the final confrontation and is disappointed at how easy it is for him to put down the Mage Rebellion.
  • Cynicism Catalyst: He used to be a Templar in the Tevinter Chantry. He strongly believed that mages and non-mages could live in peace and worked with a mage friend to reform the Imperium. However, once that mage friend became a Magister, the mage became just as corrupt as the rest of Tevinter, shattering Lambert's idealism.
  • Icy Gray Eyes: His cold gray eyes are his most commented on feature and the most obvious sign that he is a cold, uncaring figure.
  • Jerkass: Nearly all characters in the book despise the man for his unrelenting attitude, but most fear him too much to do anything about it.
  • Karmic Death: He dies by Cole's hand after forcing him to remember his inhuman nature - and that the Templars forgot about the real Cole, inadvertently allowing him to starve in his cell.
  • Knight Templar: In the purest sense of the trope, he believes that all mages are secretly monsters and that even the slightest compassion for them will end in them becoming the evil overlords of Thedas. He'd sooner see the Divine fall than relent on any of his conclusions.
  • Loophole Abuse:
    • When Cassandra protests Cole's revelation that he killed Lambert in Dragon Age: Inquisition banter, she insists that Lambert should have been brought to justice. Cole states that Lambert found ways to use rules to hurt people, and to always come out "right", and that his killing Lambert was the only way justice could have been done.
    • In Asunder specifically, once Lambert illegally disrupts the Divine-sanctioned Conclave and holds all the mages in the White Spire prisoner, he starts leaning into the idea that Cole, a suspected demon, was influencing Rhys and the other mages, something which would have meant his actions were technically justified to the Chantry.
  • Not So Stoic: Though he is cold and emotionless for much of Asunder, he takes obvious pleasure in the brutal beatings he dispenses on Rhys, Evangeline, and Cole in the finale of the book.
  • Red Right Hand: Lambert's lifeless gray eyes are the most obvious sign that he's the worst sort of Knight Templar.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He eventually grows so dissatisfied by the perceived lack of control over the mages in Orlais that he declares the original treaty that bound the templars to the Chantry null and void, going rogue and taking the rest of the templars/seekers with him.
  • Sadist: According to Cole, Lambert "cared more about hurting mages than helping people", part of the reason why Cole kills him.
  • The Stoic: He almost never shows any sign of emotion.
  • The Starscream: In Inquisition, Cole mentions in a banter with Cassandra that Lambert intended to use the Templars to overthrow the Divine so that he would be the ultimate power in Thedas.
  • Unwitting Instigator of Doom: A posthumous example; banter between Cassandra and Cole in Inquisition reveals that the Mage-Templar War became more savage after his death because the Templars assumed he'd been assassinated by the mages in retaliation for what happened at White Spire.

The Masked Empire

    Empress Celene 

Empress Celene I

The Empress of Orlais, Celene ascended to the throne at the age of 16 after overthrowing her uncle, Emperor Florian. She has grand ambitions for her empire, but her political power has greatly weakened in the wake of the Fifth Blight and the mage revolution.

For more info, see Non Playable Characters - Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Briala 

Briala

Officially, Briala is the personal handmaid to Celene. Unofficially, Briala is Celene's most trusted advisor, spymaster, and lover. Briala uses her position to encourage Celene to adopt policies which will improve the lot of Briala's elven brethren in Orlais.

For more info, see Non Playable Characters - Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Ser Michel de Chevin 

Ser Michel de Chevin

Ser Michel is a Chevalier of Orlais and Celene's Champion. Michel is a fairly chivalrous soul, but he has some dark secrets in his past.

For more info, see this page

    Felassan 

Felassan

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Appears in: The Masked Empire

A Dalish mage who Briala met many years ago. Felassan speaks little of himself, but he has taught Briala much about the mythology of the Dalish elves.


  • Ambiguous Situation: Whether or not he actually died at the end of The Masked Empire. It certainly seems to be the case, but Word of God has said that there is potential for him to be brought back, as that "final blow" was struck against him in the Fade, he could have been made Tranquil instead. And since Asunder revealed that the Rite of Tranquility can be reversed, He's Just Hiding comes into full effect.
  • Anti-Magic: Felassan has a spell that will negate all other magical effects within an area. This ability gives Celene's group an edge when fighting a possessed Mihris.
  • Beware the Silly Ones: Felassan is witty, takes nothing seriously throughout the novel, and even makes gaffs like mistakenly chewing tree bark and then putting the chewed bark back on the tree. But he's also a powerful mage and capable of very cold decisions, such as letting Michel mistakenly free Imshael just because it benefits his goals. At one point, he seemingly comes very close to killing Briala, his own ally and student, because she was probing too much into his past—all without dropping his snarking wit.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Felassan has a witty retort to everything, even cracking wise when the rest of the main cast are in the middle of combat.
  • Heel–Face Turn: With the reveal in Inquisition's DLC "Trespasser" that Felassan was an agent of Fen'harel, in hindsight he was helping Solas plot to destroy modern Thedas all up until he grew to care about Briala, realizing that Thedosians are people with just as much a right to live as the ancient elves.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: It is strongly implied that Felassan knew that his master would kill him for refusing to let Briala tell him the passphrase to use the Eluvians.
  • Meaningful Name: In elvish, his name means "Slow Arrow," referring to a story about an arrow fired up into the sky which kills a monster right at the last second. As shown in The Masked Empire, Felassan is a very dangerous character whom no one seems to see coming amidst all the other threats present, as Celene realizes when he helps Briala steal the Eluvians from her.
  • Mysterious Past: Briala is his closest friend and even she knows nothing of his history. It's eventually revealed that he's a somniari (dream-manipulating mage) like Feynriel and it's hinted that he might not actually be Dalish, but neither Briala nor the reader ever learn anything substantial about his past, although the "Trespasser" DLC strongly implies that he was an agent of Fen'harel.
  • Trickster Mentor: He often presents lessons in the form of stories. It's up to Bria to read between the lines and figure what she's supposed to learn from the stories. Additionally, while genuinely helpful to Briala, there are moments where he seemingly leaves her to get herself out of danger because he figures she has the situation handled.

    Gaspard de Chalons 

Grand Duke Gaspard de Chalons

Gaspard is an exceptionally skilled and chivalrous Chevalier and one of the most powerful nobles in Orlais. Gaspard believes that Celene's cooperation with the Divine and Ferelden is a sign of weakness and seeks to install himself as Emperor.

For more info, see Non Playable Characters - Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Imshael 

Imshael

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Appears in: The Masked Empire | Inquisition

Voiced by: Gethin Anthony

A desire demon (though he/it prefers being called a "choice spirit") trapped by the Dalish clan encountered by Celene on her journey. Imshael tricks Ser Michel into releasing it, allowing it to pursue bloody vengeance on the Dalish clan for trapping it.


  • Affably Evil: He presents a calm and reasonable personality when speaking to Michel or the Inquisitor.
  • Briar Patching: Tells Ser Michel that destroying the stone wards would kill Imshael. Turns out, that was a lie. Breaking the stones ends up freeing the spirit.
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Inflicts this on the Dalish clan that trapped it. Even Gaspard, a veteran of many battles, is visibly disturbed.
  • Cruel Mercy: A variation of this trope. World of Thedas Volume 2 reveals that he actually spared the children of the Dalish clan he slaughtered. However, he sent them on to another clan so they would be forced into a desperate situation during the coming winter.
    "The mouths of hungry youngsters create such good choices for others."
  • Demonic Possession: Possesses Mihris.
  • Evil Is Petty: The excerpt from his perspective in World of Thedas shows that, in addition to his more sadistic choices, he's not above general dickery such as reminding a bound captive that they can't scratch an itch on their nose.
  • A Form You Are Comfortable With:
    • Appears to be a short, balding human man when meeting Michel.
    • Presents himself as a young dark-haired man wearing apostate robes similar to that of Anders from Dragon Age II when meeting the Inquisitor.
  • Insistent Terminology: Choice. Spirit.
  • One-Winged Angel: Should the Inquisitor choose to fight Imshael, he turns into a Fear Demon, a Rage Demon, and finally a Pride Demon.
  • Optional Boss: He appears as an optional, multiform boss in "Inquisition".
  • Sadist: Felassan sarcastically tells him to "have fun" when he heads up to brutally kill all of Clan Virnehn, and Imshael's response is "I always do". His general mannerisms make it clear that he enjoys watching his victims suffer from the choices he forces them to make.
  • Sadistic Choice: As suggested by the term he prefers people use for him, he loves to present victims with two misleading options in order to manipulate them. He offers Michel two choices upon their first meeting: free Imshael and gain access to the eluvians or leave the spirit trapped and take the slow route to Val Royeaux.
  • Shut Up, Hannibal!: The Inquisitor can simply go straight to blows, or hear him out and then come to blows.
  • Skippable Boss: Killing Imshael isn't necessary to capture the keep he's guarding. He'll leave without a fight if you agree to make a deal with him. But he'll murder Michel on his way out.

    Mihris 

Mihris

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Appears in: The Masked Empire | Inquisition

A Dalish mage and the First of the clan that Celene comes across. Her entire clan is killed by a vengeful Imshael after Michel accidentally releases it.


  • Aesop Amnesia: In Inquisition, she dismisses Solas as a "flat-ear" despite seeing her entire clan killed in an incident that could have been prevented if they had been willing to let Briala, another "flat-ear" reason with them.
  • The Cameo: Appears in a brief mission in Inquisition, where she asks the Inquisitor's help in searching an ancient elven ruin. The Inquisitor has the option of killing her over some treasure.
  • Demonic Possession: By Imshael.
  • Fantastic Racism: Hates shems, as expected from a Dalish. Also despises 'flat-ears' like Briala.
  • Humble Pie: On the receiving end in Inquisition, courtesy of Solas.
  • Red Right Hand: Prior to being possessed, her staff emitted a white light. After being possessed, the light becomes red. Briala notices this and deducts Imshael's presence.
  • Revenge Before Reason: She allows Imshael to possess her in order to take revenge on Michel for murdering her lover and for releasing the spirit. Mihris even joins up Gaspard after he promises her a chance at Michel.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: With Michel as the target.

Last Flight

The Dragon Age

    Valya 

Valya

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Appears in: Last Flight

The viewpoint character of the Dragon Age segments of Last Flight. Valya is an elven mage from the Hossberg Circle of Magi who seeks to join the Grey Wardens as a refugee from the mage-templar war. She finds the diary of Isseya and learns the true story of the extinction of the griffons.


  • Action Girl: She lacks experience, but she is a capable combatant when she is pushed.
  • Badass Bookworm: She's matched in her enthusiasm for research only by Sekah.
  • Naïve Newcomer: Valya is young and has been confined to the Circle all her life prior to being recruited.

    Sekah 

Sekah

Appears in: Last Flight

A mage apprentice from the Hossberg Circle and another prospective Grey Warden.


  • Almighty Janitor: He's capable of holding his own in a fight, but he's still an apprentice because he didn't undergo the Harrowing before the mage-templar war started.
  • Creepy Child: At sixteen, he is one of the youngest recruits. And yet, he faces the darkspawn horrors with unflinching fascination, and is obsessed with the Grey Warden duty. He is also the only recruit to have fought darkspawn prior to arriving in Weisshaupt.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Dies at the hand of the ash wraith when he chooses to heal his friends rather than shield himself. Fittng, as he understood best the Grey Warden sacrifice.
  • Sacrificial Lion: He's killed by an Ash Wraith in the last chapter.

    Caronel 

Caronel

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Appears in: Last Flight

An elven Grey Warden from Ferelden.


  • The Charmer: Valya and Berrith are instantly smitten upon meeting him, and he affects a detached yet personable facade.
  • Magic Knight: Wields both a sword and uses spells. He appears to be an arcane warrior.
  • Ship Tease: Valya has a crush on him and it's implied that Caronel feels the same way about her.
  • Stepford Snarker: Even when discussing his friends' death, he remains casual and aloof.
  • Survivor Guilt: He lost many fellows in arms at the Red Bride's Grave, and still bears the mental scars.

    Reimas 

Reimas

Appears in: Last Flight

A templar who left the Order when it abandoned the Chantry to fight the mages.


  • Defector from Decadence: She left the Templars out of disgust for their abandoning the Chantry to fight the mage rebellion.
  • Disappeared Dad: Her father was a hedge mage who, when he was outed to the templars, chose to commit suicide rather than face a life in the Circle he feared he wouldn't survive.
  • Internal Reformist: She joined the templars so she could improve the lot of mages.
  • Muggle Born of Mages: Her father was a hedge mage, but none of his children inherited magic.
  • Odd Friendship: She and Valya become friends, despite the two of them formerly belonging to opposing sides in a war that is devastating Thedas.

The Exalted Age

    Isseya 

Isseya

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Appears in: Last Flight

The viewpoint character of the Exalted Age segments of Last Flight. Isseya is an elven mage and sister to Garahel, the Hero of the Fourth Blight.


  • Action Girl: She was a skilled mage and griffon rider even before she learned blood magic.
  • The Archmage: She accomplished many incredible feats of magic. In fact, the enchantments she used to hide the griffins are still working centuries later, which Valya notes is remarkable.
  • Bad Powers, Good People: One of the few heroic blood mages in the series, although she thinks otherwise.
  • Blood Magic: She eventually asks Calien to teach her blood magic. While she does many amazing things with blood magic, she never completely understands it.
  • Body Horror: As the taint advances in her body, her hair falls out, her voice changes, and she has to wear scarves around her face and a hood to keep from alarming people. As this is roughly twelve years after her Joining, it's either the greater exposure to the darkspawn as a result of the Blight or her overuse of blood magic.
  • Brother–Sister Team: She and Garahel joined the Wardens at the same time, and worked together as Wardens did.
  • Celibate Hero: She swore off romance when she became a Warden: between the Blight and the Wardens's limited lifespan, she believes that any attempt at romance will just end in sorrow.
  • Fling a Light into the Future: She leaves clues behind about where to find the purified griffon eggs in various records at Weisshaupt fortress that only an elven mage would be able to figure out, partly so that the griffons could be repopulated once the plague dies out and partly because she feels the current generation of Wardens has failed the griffons.
  • Heroic Self-Deprecation: She becomes convinced that she's a monster for creating and administering the griffon Joining.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: She tries to purge the taint from the griffons, and this accelerated her own taint. As such, she had a very early Calling.
  • Miles to Go Before I Sleep: She holds off going on her Calling until the Fourth Blight is over and she's done what she could to save the last griffon eggs.
  • Power at a Price: Her overuse of blood magic winds up accelerating the darkspawn taint inside her, forcing her to go on an early Calling.
  • Sanity Slippage: She eventually starts hearing demons whenever she uses blood magic. And then she starts hearing the Calling.

    Garahel 

Garahel

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Appears in: Last Flight

The Hero of the Fourth Blight.


  • The Ace: Garahel is handsome, charming, a brilliant strategist, a great warrior, and a skilled leader.
  • Foregone Conclusion: Garahel will sacrifice himself to kill the Archdemon and end the Fourth Blight. This is explained in the first chapter for readers who are unfamiliar with that part of Dragon Age lore.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: He gives his life to deal the final blow to the Archdemon.
  • Magnetic Hero: One of his strengths is noted to be how he attracts people to his cause, compared to Isseya who is far more withdrawn.
  • Offscreen Moment of Awesome: In between time skips, Garahel travels throughout Thedas, gathering a huge and diverse army to fight the Blight, just like the Hero of Ferelden would do four hundred years later.
  • Really Gets Around: Garahel was quite promiscuous before he met Amadis. He even managed to sleep with a Qunari some 100 years before the Qunari arrived in Thedas.

    Calien d'Evaliste 

Calien d'Evaliste

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Appears in: Last Flight

An Antivan crow and a blood mage.


  • The Atoner: He gives up blood magic at the end of the novel. It's partially because the templars are starting to crack down on blood mages with the Blight over, but he also feels guilty about what he helped Isseya do to the griffons.
  • Bad Powers, Good People: While Calien starts the story being fairly amoral, he refuses to abuse his blood magic powers.
  • Cain and Abel: He suspects that he might have killed his long-lost brother on a mission for the Crows.
  • Exact Words: He learned blood magic from an abomination the Crows were contracted to kill by the Templars. After fighting it and critically injuring the abomination, he made a deal with the demon possessing the apostate to learn blood magic in exchange for healing her. He healed her a little bit, then stabbed her in the heart.
  • The Not-Love Interest: He's Isseya's most trusted confidant, but she's sworn off romance and he never makes any romantic gesture toward her.
  • Tyke-Bomb: He was raised to be a Crow from a very young age.

    Amadis Vael 

Princess-Captain Amadis Vael

Appears in: Last Flight

A lady of Starkhaven and the leader of the Ruby Drakes mercenary company.


  • Action Girl: She's a skilled fighter.
  • Battle Trophy: As the Blight continues, Amadis takes to wearing a bracelet made from ogre fangs.
  • Boyish Short Hair: At the start of the Blight. This creates a contrast between her and other noblewomen.
  • Black Sheep: The Vaels are a pious family, but Amadis runs a mercenary company that openly employs apostates.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: She and Garahel have a brief falling out when the Queen-Regent of the Anderfels refuses to give Garahel the support he needs unless Garahel sleeps with her. While Amadis agrees that Garahel needs to do it, she's clearly uncomfortable with it.
  • Interspecies Romance: With Garahel, an elf.
  • Lady of War: She's both a princess of Starkhaven and the commander of a mercenary company. Additionally, despite having some tomboyish traits like her short hair and musculature, she also has a notable appreciation for the finer things in life, even in the midst of the Fourth Blight.

    Lisme 

Lisme

Appears in: Last Flight

A gender fluid Warden mage.


  • Covered with Scars: She got several burn scars after having to use several fire spells at close range to ward off a group of Darkspawn that surrounded her.
  • Dishing Out Dirt: Her specialty with magic is causing tremors, which she uses to collapse an entrance to the Deep Roads the Darkspawn use during their siege of Hossberg.
  • Shoot the Dog: Lisme gives Isseya permission to Join Lisme's griffon. Unfortunately, this turns Lisme's griffon into a Leeroy Jenkins and costs both the griffon and the rider their lives.

    Ogosa 

Ogosa

Appears in: Last Flight

A casteless dwarf who joined the Grey Wardens during the Fourth Blight.


  • Bear Hug: Greet Isseya with one when they are reunited at Fortress Haine, which causes Isseya to gasp for breath afterwards.
  • Braids of Action: Her hair is styled into braids with pierced copper coins on the ends. Ogosa chose this Chasind hairstyle as a rebellion against typical dwarven hair styles.
  • Facial Markings: As a casteless dwarf, her face is covered in tattoos marking her status.
  • Jumped at the Call: She eagerly joined the Grey Wardens when their calls for recruits reached Orzammar, eager to escape the persecution against her for being casteless.

Tevinter Nights

Three Trees to Midnight

    Myrion 

Myrion

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

A lower-class mage whose job was to light the lanterns of the streets of Ventus. Myrion managed to hide his status as a mage when the Qunari invaded and worked to escape the city with Strife.


  • Born into Slavery: He was born a slave and was only freed when his magical abilities manifested and the owner of the factory where he worked adopted him into his family.
  • Fire-Forged Friends: During their effort to escape from the Qunari and navigate the Arlathan Forest, Myrion and Strife overcome their initial hatred for each other and work well together, with Strife inviting Myrion to stay with the Dalish instead of going back to Tevinter society and getting caught in the war again.

    Strife 

Strife

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Appears in: Tevinter Nights | Ruins of Reality | The Missing

An elf who grew up in Starkhaven's alienage, Strife eventually joined a Dalish clan that resides in the Arlathan Forest. He was sent to spy on the Qunari in Ventus when the city fell and later joined the Veil Jumpers, who investigated the mysterious threats emerging in the forest.


  • Fire-Forged Friends: Working to escape Ventus and navigate the Arlathan Forest with Myrion causes both to come to respect each other. Strife even invites Myrion to join their clan instead of going back to Tevinter society.

    Irelin 

Irelin

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Appears in: Tevinter Nights | Ruins of Reality | The Missing

A shapeshifter mage in the same Dalish clan as Strife who also helped to found the Veil Jumpers with him.


    Bas-taar 

Bas-taar

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

The commander of the invasion of Ventus, Bas-taar is a Qunari warrior who care only for the parts of the Qun that allow him to brutalize those he conquers.


    The Huntmaster 

The Huntmaster

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

A hunter assigned to the invasion of Ventus and recruited by Bas-taar to pursue Myrion and Strife.


  • Everyone Has Standards: Despises Bas-taar for his brutality and ends up allowing Myrion and Strife to escape rather than continue pursuing them after disposing of Bas-taar.
  • The Mole: He is actually a Saarbrak, assigned to root out Qunari who violate the Qun.

Down Among the Dead Men

    Audric Felhausen 

Audric Felhausen

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

A guardsman in Nevarra City drawn into an investigation of Lord Penrick Karn's premature possession.


    Myrna 

Myrna

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

A Mourn Watcher of the Mortalitasi who works with Audric to investigate Karn's possession.


The Horror of Hormak

Callback

Luck in the Gardens

Hunger

    Evka Ivo 

Evka Ivo

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Appears in: The Next One | Tevinter Nights | Won't Know When | The Missing

A dwarven warrior who joined the order after being saved in the Deep Roads by a Grey Warden on his Calling. She recruited Antoine into the order after finding him dying of the taint. The two journeyed across Thedas on missions for the Wardens.


  • Battle Couple: She and Antoine grow closer in their travels and get engaged in Won't Know When.

    Antoine 

Antoine

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Appears in: Tevinter Nights | Won't Know When | The Missing

A former elven servant in Orlais who was infected with the taint after a Darkspawn attack. He was saved by Ivo who made him a Grey Warden through the Joining.


  • Battle Couple: He and Evka get close during their time fighting alongside each other and he proposes to her fighting Darkspawn in Won't Know When.

Murder by Death Mages

The Streets of Minrathous

    Neve Gallus 

Neve Gallus

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Appears in: Tevinter Nights | The Missing

A private investigator in Minrathous who opposes the Venatori and slavery. She is also an acquaintance of Varric.


  • Artificial Limb: Her right leg is missing below the knee and is replaced by a dwarven prosthetic. It's mostly fully functional but can interfere with her mobility.
  • Blue-Collar Warlock: She belongs to the lower class of Tevinter mages who don't have connections to the government or great mages houses. Neve has a healthy amount of contempt for those higher classes of mages and their corruption.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: Believes Tevinter society is broken and corrupt, but still carries on doing what she can to help those in need, even if all she can do is clear their name posthumously like Otho Calla.
  • Occult Detective: As a mage and private detective she specializes in investigating magic related cases and rooting out dark rituals and connections.

The Wigmaker Job

Genitivi Dies in the End

Herold Had the Plan

An Old Crow's Old Tricks

Eight Little Talons

    Caterina Dellamorte 

Caterina Dellamorte

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

The elderly head of House Dellamorte and First Talon of the Antivan Crows. Despite her age, Caterina is still widely feared and remains unchallenged as the leader of the Crows.


  • Never Mess with Granny: She may be in her seventies, but Caterina remains a formidable force both in force of will and combat. She disarms Emil after he is revealed as the killer and beats him down with her cane before joining in with the other three remaining Talons to murder him.
  • Training from Hell: Inflicted this on her grandsons Lucanis and Illario to make them into some of the best assassins within the Crows.

    Dante Balazar 

Dante Balazar

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

Head of House Balazar and Second Talon of the Crows. He was once in a relationship with Teia, but it ended poorly due to his lyrium addiction.


  • Functional Addict: Became addicted to lyrium after a contract that required him to go undercover as a Templar. He has tried several times to quit, but it never sticks, and while on withdrawals he is almost worthless due to the pain it causes. When Dante actually takes lyrium he is much more competent and put-together.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Finding a box of lyrium in your room after one of your fellow Talons is murdered and deciding to use it should have been the end of Dante, but luckily for him the poison it was mixed with became weakened enough for him to survive due to how difficult it is to mix lyrium and poison properly.
  • Troubled Abuser: He and Teia's relationship came to end when they got into a fight about his addiction and lying. He ended up coming at her with a bottle and ended up with a scar from her on his shoulder as a result. Dante deeply regrets it and while under the influence of a truth drug begs Teia to kill him for what he did.

    Lera Valisti 

Lera Valisti

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

Head of House Valisti and Third Talon of the Crows.


    Emil Kortez 

Emil Kortez

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

Head of House Kortez and Fourth Talon of the Crows. He is the second oldest Talon behind Caterina and an extremely wealth merchant prince.


    Viago De Riva 

Viago De Riva

Appears in: Deception | Tevinter Nights | The Wake | The Missing

Head of House De Riva, Fifth Talon of the Crows, and one of the many bastard sons of King Fulgeno II and one of his mistresses. Viago is master poisoner who frequently works with Teia Cantori.


  • Affectionate Nickname: Teia refers to him as Vi.
  • Hates Being Touched: Partly due to his fear of poisons, he is very uncomfortable with physical contact and keeps as much of his skin covered as possible.
  • Heroic Bastard: For all his protests to the contrary, Viago does have more of a heroic streak than many other Crows, taking on many operations geared towards ensuring the safety of Antiva. Seeing the corruption of Antiva and the incompetence of his half-siblings who might inherit the crown makes him consider bidding for the throne himself.
  • Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Finds Teia's more heroic take on the Crow naive and cautions her that the other Talons and assassins don't think that way.
  • Properly Paranoid: His own expertise in poisons makes him well aware how easy it is to kill with them. He tests all his food and drinks before eating, keeps his skin covered to avoid skin contact with poisoned objects, and carries numerous anti-venoms and cures on his person. This saves his life when Kortez attempts to kill him with an adder - Viago had built up enough of an immunity to survive the bite long enough for Teia to administer the antidote.

    Bolivar Nero 

Bolivar Nero

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

Head of House Nero and Sixth Talon of the Crows. His family were once the wealthiest elves in Antiva thanks to the riches gleaned from their pearl diving ventures, but have since fallen on more difficult times.


  • The Alcoholic: Spends almost every second of his page time with a wine glass or bottle in hand.
  • Dirty Coward: He spends most of the story terrified out of his mind and demanding that he be allowed to leave the island. Most evidence that points to him as the killer is immediately dismissed due to his cowardice and stupidity. Bolivar is also terrified at the prospect of a Qunari invasion, despite his dismissive attitude towards them.
  • Impoverished Patrician: His expensive lifestyle and mismanagement of House Nero has resulted in well-known rumors of how badly his family's finances are doing. Still, the reveal that he sold their pearl diving business to Dante shocks the rest of the Talons, who were not aware things were that dire for Bolivar.

    Andarateia Cantori 

Andarateia "Teia" Cantori

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Appears in: Deception | Tevinter Nights | The Wake | The Missing

A young elf who is head of House Cantori and Seventh Talon of the Crows. She was the youngest Talon ever at the age of twenty-six, having risen high thanks to her skills and the favor of Caterina. Teia often works alongside Viago on contracts in the field.


  • Heroic Seductress: Uses her beauty to lure many of her targets to their doom.
  • Lots of Luggage: Brings a comically large amount of clothes to the summit on the Verdant Isle, which takes up every single gondola but one to get it all across.
  • Never Hurt an Innocent: Believes that servants or other innocents should never be harmed in the Crow's operations. This is in sharp contrast to many of her colleagues, who eliminate potential witnesses or sacrifice the innocent to kill their actual targets all the time.
    Teia: The who matters. There are rules. Unless guilty, we don't kill the help. And cake should be sacred.
    Viago: No, you don't kill the help. Do you really think Bolivar, Emil, or even your precious Dante would think twice about slitting the throat of a witness - innocent or not?
  • Really Gets Around: She is often on the lookout for new partners to sleep with, with a preference for dangerous or brave men.
  • Token Good Teammate: Unlike the rest of the Talons, Teia has a more heroic view of the Crows and their work. Her victims tend to be powerful men who abuse women and others beneath them in society and she believes that civilians and innocents should be spared from elimination.

    Giuli Arainai 

Giuli Arainai

Appears in: Tevinter Nights

Head of House Arainai and Eighth Talon of the Crows.


Half Up Front

The Dread Wolf Take You


Alternative Title(s): The Stolen Throne, The Masked Empire, Asunder, The Calling, Last Flight, Dragon Age Expanded Universe Characters, Dragon Age The Calling

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