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[[WMG:King Maric Theirin]]

The protagonist of ''Literature/TheStolenThrone'' and ''Literature/TheCalling''. After his mother, Moira the Rebel Queen was betrayed and murdered by Bann Ceorlic, he took command of the rebel army and overthrew the [[TheCaligula 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.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Very much so early in ''Literature/TheStolenThrone''. [[spoiler:Like father, like son.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BeingGoodSucks: But that doesn't stop him.
* BreakTheCutie: Quite a lot.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: The pressures of ruling wearing him down lead to him joining in on the plot of the second novel.
* CoolSword: Appears to be a ShoutOut to [[Literature/TheHobbit Sting.]] It's also present in the Return to Ostagar DLC.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[spoiler:Where do you think Alistair got it from?]]
* DissonantSerenity: He's just as snarky when fighting as when he's not.
* TheGoodKing: His reign is fondly regarded by many Fereldans.
* GoodFeelsGood: Well, Fiona convinces him.
* TheHero
* HeroicBastard: Maybe. The sheer lack of relevance Maric's father ("a relation of Teyrn Voric of Gwaren") in his story make it seem like Moira had him out of wedlock. [[spoiler: LikeFatherLikeSon, eh Alistair?]]
* HeroicBSOD: A relatively subtle one from when Rowan dies to when Fiona snaps him out of it. And he is still a DeadpanSnarker.
** Not to mention a minor one at the beginning of the novel since the story picks up just after the betrayal and death of his mother. [[spoiler:And his reaction to Katriel's betrayal and finding out she allowed him to kill her afterwards stinks of this.]]
* LoveHurts
* NeverFoundTheBody: WordOfGod is that he was lost at sea.
** [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Although according to the canon set forth in ''ComicBook/TheSilentGrove'', it's hinted that he ''may'' still be alive.]]
** [[spoiler: BackForTheDead: His final fate in the continuation of the above, ''ComicBook/UntilWeSleep'', where Maric is revealed to have been forcefully wired into an Ancient Tevinter BloodMagic artefact called the Magrallen, using his Reaver-descendant blood to augment it's 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 MercyKill him to end his suffering]].
* ReluctantRuler
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: At the end of ''Literature/TheStolenThrone'', [[spoiler:he has one against Severan after Katriel dies.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: He's the protagonist of both prequel novels but dies before ''Origins''.
* SupportingProtagonist: To Duncan in ''Literature/TheCalling''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Loghain.
* WideEyedIdealist: And that's shattered pretty quick.
** He's still relatively idealistic after all that's happened though, especially compared with Loghain. It's just not quite as severe as it was before.

[[WMG:Queen Rowan Theirin (nee Guerrin)]]

Wife of Maric, mother of Cailan and sister of Eamon and Teagan, Rowan is the female lead of ''Literature/TheStolenThrone''.
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* ActionGirl
* ArrangedMarriage: With Maric. Notably ''not'' a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage and the two have to work at it.
* HorsebackHeroism: During the rebellion, she led Maric's cavalry.
* [[spoiler: LifeWillKillYou: She dies young between ''Literature/TheStolenThrone'' and ''Literature/TheCalling'' 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.]]
* LoveTriangle: With Maric and Loghain. The latter solves it rather pragmatically when he persuades Rowan to marry Maric and become queen, because Ferelden needs her.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Fears this, given her combat skills and muscular body. However, many people in-universe still find her ''plenty'' attractive.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SheCleansUpNicely: According to Loghain, ''definitely''. Though she does it to get Maric's attention... and ends up overhearing him and Katriel. ''Ouch''.

[[WMG:Katriel]]

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.
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* ActionGirl
* BecomingTheMask: She eventually grows sympathetic to the rebel cause.
* DualWielding: Twin daggers, as is common with DA rogues.
* FemmeFatale: Her MO.
* HighHeelFaceTurn: She joins the rebels for Maric, just like Loghain did.
* HoneyTrap: Comes with being a bard.
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]] And she knew it.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: How she first meets Maric. She is "attacked" by a group of thugs in Gwaren just as the prince is passing by.

[[WMG:Fiona]]

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 ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'', she re-emerges as the Grand Enchanter of the College of Magi.
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* ActionGirl
* BodyHorror: When possessed by the Demon and as the darkspawn corruption spreads.
* DefrostingIceQueen: To Maric when she realizes he is not like the Count.
* FantasticRacism: A victim and perpetrator of it.
* HotBlooded: She has a tendency to let her temper get the better of her ''all the bloody time.''
** And presumably the reason why Duncan [[ICallItVera named]] an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] after her, according one of the [[DownloadableContent item packs]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
* [[spoiler: TheImmune: [[AmbiguousSituation Possibly]]. It's hinted at the end of "The Calling" that after having her premature Calling reversed, she might not have to go through it in the future. ''Asunder'' reveals that she's still around thirty years later, but it should be noted that the time it takes for Wardens to succumb to the Taint varies between each individual]].
* [[spoiler: MissingMom: In ''Literature/TheCalling,'' she reveals to Maric that she has given birth to his illegitimate son, and makes him promise to tell the boy that his mother was a human woman who died when he was born. It has since been confirmed by WordOfGod that yes, that child was Alistair.]]
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be abrasive, judgmental and pushy, but clearly genuinely cares about her friends and unlike other characters with similar beliefs (Anders and Adrian spring to mind) she doesn't manipulate others for her goals, even on the matter of mage freedom.
* OlderAndWiser: After 30 years she returns still incredibly hotblooded and stubborn, but a bit more willing to listen to reason.
* PrecisionFStrike: During the Conclave in ''Asunder'', when it's pointed out to her that [[spoiler: the Divine is willing to help the mages]], her response is an emphatic, "Fuck [[spoiler: the Divine]]!" Unique as it's also the only use of the word ''fuck'' so far in the whole ''Franchise/DragonAge'' franchise.
* RapeAsBackstory: Only it's actually relevant. She was the sex slave to an Orlesian noble from ages seven to fourteen, and assumed that all noblemen if not all humans were like that.
* [[spoiler: RebelLeader: In ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'', she becomes this to the mages.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Maric isn't convinced he isn't doing this.
* {{Tsundere}}: More Tsuntsun, but she eventually shows her deredere side.

[[WMG:Rhys]]

The protagonist of ''Literature/{{Asunder}}'', 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.
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* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Woman Out]]: Rhys has several choice words with his mother over the course of ''Asunder''.
* CombatMedic: Like mother, like son.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DemonicPossession: 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. [[spoiler: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.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: 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 [[spoiler: his father was a Templar]]. Rhys has to take a few moments to wrap his mind around this revelation.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the Libertarians, and especially Adrian, he ends up playing this role more often than he'd like.
* ParentalAbandonment: 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 [[spoiler: a Templar]] as well didn't do him any favors.
* ParentalSubstitute: Has this vibe at times with Cole.
** PapaWolf: Rhys is very protective of Cole. He doesn't take it well when Cole is threatened.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Although Rhys is charismatic, popular and hates the Chantry control over the Circles, he is very reluctant to become involved in Circle politics.
** TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Unfortunately for Rhys, he is inevitably drawn into Circle politics [[spoiler: when he succeeds his mother as the leader of the Aequitarians.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Throughout ''Asunder'', Rhys is used to further the schemes of at least four different parties.

[[WMG:Evangeline de Brassard]]

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.
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* ActionGirl
* [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence]]: [[spoiler: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 [[DefectingForLove Rhys's sake]].]]
* [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]]: [[spoiler:Lambert mortally wounds her at the end of ''Asunder'', but Wynne sacrifices her life to bring her back from the brink of death.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanoidAbomination]]: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOuttaHere]]: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: She'll always eventually pick the "good" option if forced to choose.
* WideEyedIdealist

[[WMG:Adrian]]

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.
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* AntiHero[=/=][[spoiler: VillainProtagonist]]
* BlackMagicianGirl: An older example, but with the proper personality. She explicitly states that she doesn't know any healing spells.
* [[spoiler:DarkActionGirl]]
* [[spoiler:EvilSorcerer: Of the fairly unusual WellIntentionedExtremist[=/=]AntiVillain, rather than cackling, variety.]]
* FieryRedHead
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even among the Libertarians, only Rhys is able to get on her good side, much less ''want'' to befriend her. [[spoiler:How she ended up the new First Enchanter of White Spire at the end with that kind of popularity is anyone's guess.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: She's very jealous of Evangeline.
* {{Jerkass}}: Rhys is the only person she seems able to get along with. [[spoiler:Until she betrays him to start the revolution.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Every time it seems she might show some hidden nobility or depth of character, she reveals herself to be even more unpleasant than previously believed.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: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.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]
* MotorMouth
* NotGoodWithPeople: Type 2. While she initially does not like horses at all, (and cannot get along with most people on a good day), they eventually bring out a gentle side of her.
* PlayingWithFire: Almost every spell she uses is a fire spell.
* [[spoiler: PoisonousFriend]]
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks]]: [[spoiler: She deliberately derails the careful plotting between Wynne and Divine Justina to ensure that there would be full rebellion.]]
* TooDumbToLive: She has a tendency to antagonize the Templars at the worst possible times.
* {{Tsundere}}: One whose ''dere'' side may actually [[UpToEleven even more difficult to find than both Fiona's and Morrigan's]]. It only seems to come out around Rhys (and later [[PetTheDog the horses]]) and even then it's mostly [[InVinoVeritas when she's drunk.]]
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: 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. [[spoiler: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.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She claims to be willing to do anything to free the mages. [[spoiler:Then she murders Pharamond to start a revolution.]]

[[WMG: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.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil
* AntiHero: He's very sympathetic, but he's still a serial killer.
* {{Asexuality}}: Doesn't seem to understand the real reason why Evangeline would be perturbed by the thought that he saw her changing. It doesn't even occur to him that others would object to him watching until that conversation. When she kisses him on the forehead later, he stumbles back very confused.
* [[spoiler:DeadPersonImpersonation]]: [[spoiler:The real Cole was starved to death by the Templars in one of the cells in the Pit. The Cole in ''Asunder'' is a spirit or demon that decided not to let Cole die alone and assumed Cole's identity after he died, eventually forgetting its true nature.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Followed the party through half of Orlais to keep Rhys safe after he becomes convinced Evangeline might be a threat. This, despite having no memory of life outside the White Spire and being absolutely terrified of most of his surroundings.
** In the fight with [[spoiler:Lambert]] at the end of the novel. Even after an absolutely ''vicious'' NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, he just keeps. Getting. UP.
* GhostAmnesia: Though he may or may not be a ghost, he has no clear memory of his previous life.
* KnifeNut
* MercyKill: His victims are all people who were in such misery that death would be a relief.
** [[spoiler:Eventually subverted when he stops killing people, because he realizes that doing so only brings Rhys trouble and makes him unhappy.]]
* NeverLearnedToRead: Implied.
* NoSocialSkills: Living most of your life unable to interact with anyone will do that. [[spoiler:Or being a very confused spirit.]]
* PoisonousFriend: To Rhys.
* PsychicNosebleed: After overusing his powers near the end of ''Literature/{{Asunder}}''.
* [[spoiler:SelfMadeOrphan]]: [[spoiler:His father killed the real Cole's mother after learning that Cole was a mage. Cole accidentally asphyxiated his sister while trying to quiet her when they were hiding from their father. Cole eventually managed to kill his father with the knife that... whatever ''this'' being that believes him/itself to be Cole is uses throughout ''Asunder''.]]
* SerialKiller
* SympatheticMurderer
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]]: [[spoiler:Lambert manages to banish him with the Litany of Adralla, forcing Cole to accept that he is indeed a demon. Or a spirit. [[AmbiguousSituation Honesty, we're not sure at this point.]]]]
* TookALevelInBadass: He eventually discovers how to use his invisibility to give him a huge advantage in combat.
* UndyingLoyalty: He would go to the ends of the earth to save his only friend, Rhys.
* {{Unperson}}: Happened to him sometime in the past. With the exception of Rhys, the people that see him forget him shortly after. [[spoiler:It eventually turns out that the Templars erased all evidence of the original Cole to cover up the mistake they made by accidentally killing him.]]
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[[folder:Novel Antagonists]]

[[WMG:King Meghren the Usurper]]

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.
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* TheCaligula: Well, torture and rape parties, raging mental instability, seems to fit.
* IncestIsRelative: It's a rumor in Orlais that he was the Emperor's lover and that is why he was sent to Ferelden.
* KickTheDog: He mistreats the Arl of Amaranthine just for kicks.
* MilesGloriosus: 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.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Technically the reason he is the current regent. He frequently begs the Emperor to bring him back to Orlais.

[[WMG:Severan]]

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.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He didn't become the royal mage for nothing.
* [[spoiler: BatmanGambit: And a failed one. He hadn't thought that Katriel would betray him, or that Maric would take vengeance personally.]]
* DragonInChief
* KickTheDog: He recalls jailing a prostitute who gave him a somewhat backhanded compliment.
* ManBehindTheMan: Meghren was far too crazy to be effective without him pulling the strings.
* TheStarscream: Implied he would have betrayed Meghren when the rebellion was over.

[[WMG:Genevieve]]

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.
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* ActionGirl: Despite her faults, Genevieve is a skilled fighter. She lands the final blow on a high dragon the Wardens encounter in the Deep Roads.
* HeroAntagonist: She is doing what she is doing ostensibly to end a Blight before it begins.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: So she claims.

[[WMG:Bregan]]

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.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Bregan was apparently well-liked by his fellow Wardens, which is why he was promoted ahead of his sister.
* BodyHorror: His corruption makes him almost completely resemble a hurlock.
* HeelFaceTurn: Bregan turns on the Architect when the latter kills Genevieve, even though he'd been trying to kill her himself.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He has Maric order his death to atone for his sins.
* TheResenter: 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.

[[WMG:Lambert]]

The leader of all Templars in Thedas. Lord Seeker 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.
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* BigBad: Of ''Literature/{{Asunder}}''.
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler:He gets very excited during the final confrontation and is disappointed at how easy it is for him to put down the Mage Rebellion.]]
* FreudianExcuse: He used to believe in mage's rights, until his mage best friend betrayed him.
** He used to work in the ''Tevinter'' Chantry. Enough said.
* GrayEyes: The type that indicates his coldness.
* {{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.
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]]: [[spoiler: He's implied to have died 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.]]
* KnightTemplar: In the purest sense of the trope. [[spoiler: He'd sooner see the Divine fall than relent on any of his conclusions.]]
* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOuttaHere]]: [[spoiler: He eventually grows so dissatisfied by the perceived lack of control over the mages in Orlais that he declares the [[BindingAncientTreaty original treaty]] that bound the templars to the Chantry null and void, going rogue and taking the rest of the templars/seekers with him.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: He takes obvious pleasure in the brutal beatings he dispenses on Rhys, Evangeline, and Cole in the finale of the book.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Emphasis on "extremist". Absolutely nothing will prevent him from bringing the Circle back under control.

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* {{Badass}}

* ArrangedMarriage: With Maric. Might cross over to PerfectlyArrangedMarriage a little bit (though not entirely).
** That's understating the issue. The PerfectlyArrangedMarriage is exploded by the time it actually happens. It actually counts as a subversion.

* [[spoiler: MissingMom: In ''Literature/TheCalling,'' she reveals to Maric that she has given birth to his illegitimate son, and makes him promise to tell the boy that his mother was a human woman who died when he was born. It is therefore presumed by many, though not confirmed, that Fiona is Alistair's real mother.]]

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be abrasive, judgemental and pushy but clearly genuinely cares about her friends and unlike other characters with similar beliefs (Anders and Adrian spring to mind) she doesn't manipulate others for her goals, even on the matter of mage freedom.

* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Although pretty is only if you like hyper-manly women. In the Fade Vision she does become much more feminine.

[[WMG:Evangeline]]

** And presumably the reason why Duncan [[ICallItVera named]] an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] after her, according one of the [[DownloadableContent item packs]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAge2''.

* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOuttaHere]]: [[spoiler: He eventually grows so dissatisfied by the perceived lack of control over the mages in Orlais that he declares the [[AncientBindingTreaty original treaty]] that bound the templars to the Chantry null and void, going rogue and taking the rest of the templars/seekers with him.]]

** And presumably the reason why Duncan [[ICallItVera named]] an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] after her, according one of the [[{{DLC}} item packs]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAge2''.

* PrecisionFStrike: During the Conclave in ''Asunder'', when it's pointed out to her that [[spoiler: the Divine is willing to help the mages]]: "Fuck [[spoiler: the Divine]]." It's the only use of the word ''fuck'' in the whole ''Franchise/DragonAge'' franchise.

** [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Although according to the canon set forth in ''ComicBook/TheSilentGrove'', it's hinted that he ''may'' still be alive. His final fate is revealed in ''ComicBook/UntilWeSleep'', where Maric is revealed to have been forcefully wired into an Ancient Tevinter BloodMagic artefact called the Magrallen, using his Reaver-descendant blood to augment it's 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 MercyKill him to end his suffering]].

** [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Although ''ComicBook/TheSilentGrove'' hints that he ''may'' still be alive.]]

* [[spoiler:DefectorFromDecadence]]: [[spoiler:Once it becomes apparent that Lambert is looking for an excuse to wipe out the mages, she decides to join the mage rebellion.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: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]]

* [[spoiler: ScrewThisImOuttaHere]]: [[spoiler: He eventually grows so dissatisfied by the perceived lack of control over the mages in Orlais that he invokes withdraws the templars from the Chantry.]]

* AntiHero[=/=]VillainProtagonist: Type V of the former.

* [[spoiler:EvilSorcerer: Of the fairly unusual WellIntentionedExtremist/AntiVillain, rather than cackling, variety.]]

* ChasteHero: Doesn't seem to understand the real reason why Evangeline would be perturbed by the thought that he saw her changing. It doesn't even occur to him that others would object to him watching until that conversation. When she kisses him on the forehead later, he stumbles back very confused.

The protagonist of ''TheStolenThrone'' and ''TheCalling''. After his mother, Moira the Rebel Queen was betrayed and murdered by Bann Ceorlic, he took command of the rebel army and overthrew the [[TheCaligula 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''.

* {{Adorkable}}: Very much so early in ''TheStolenThrone''. [[spoiler:Like father, like son.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: At the end of ''TheStolenThrone'', [[spoiler:he has one against Severan after Katriel dies.]]

* SupportingProtagonist: To Duncan in ''TheCalling''.

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

* [[spoiler: LifeWillKillYou: She dies young between ''TheStolen Throne'' and ''TheCalling'' 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.]]

* [[spoiler: MissingMom: In ''TheCalling,'' she reveals to Maric that she has given birth to his illegitimate son, and makes him promise to tell the boy that his mother was a human woman who died when he was born. It is therefore presumed by many, though not confirmed, that Fiona is Alistair's real mother.]]

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

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: And she knew it.