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This page is for listing the tropes related to post-release DLC characters who are found in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
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!!Legacy
[[folder:Corypheus]]
The BigBad of the ''Legacy'' DLC; a mysterious darkspawn sealed away many years ago by the Grey Wardens. As Malcolm Hawke was the last mage to reinforce those seals, Corypheus now seeks the blood of Malcolm's children in order to escape.\\
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''For more info, see [[Characters/DragonAgeRecurringNonPlayableCharacters this page]]. '''Beware, massive spoilers ahead.'''''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Warden-Commander Larius]]
!!Warden-Commander Larius
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianGeorge
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->''"Always a punishment for playing with things you don't understand..."''
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The former Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains, Larius left the Grey Warden order when the time for his Calling came, though he still hasn't died yet. He is found within Corypheus's prison, claiming that Corypheus must not be released into the world and begging for Hawke's help in killing him.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He was once Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains and he was such a badass that when he went on his Calling, he survived fighting the darkspawn horde for ''months'' on end. Unfortunately, this meant that due to the advancing Taint in his body, the darkspawn began to see him as one of them and stopped attacking him altogether. This meant that he was forced to wander the Deep Roads, [[FateWorseThanDeath desperately looking for a way to end his suffering.]]
* BodyHorror: What happens to Grey Wardens whose warranty has expired is an ugly sight indeed.
* CommandingCoolness: He's succumbed to the Taint far enough that he doesn't remember his own name at first, but there's pride in his voice when he remembers that he was once Commander of the Grey.
* CrazySane: The Taint didn't leave him with all his mental faculties, but ''unlike'' Janeka, he can recognize Corypheus's calling for what it is and resist it, while she's more coherent but is an UnwittingPawn.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, he gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Hawke can find the farewell letter he wrote to the Wardens under his command when the time came for him to go on his Calling. He speaks with a sort of fatherly wisdom and urges them all to be unafraid when their own time comes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place after the final fight with Corypheus; try playing again after ''Inquisition'' and [[spoiler:count the [[OutOfCharacterAlert times Corypheus slips out of character]]. He's suddenly coherent (which he attributes to the lack of Corypheus's Calling), he thanks Hawke for his "freedom", and when he turns away from Hawke at the end, you can see him briefly smirk.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming a Ghoul can be considered this, given how much suffering is involved and how difficult it is to end said suffering.
* GoodIsNotNice: The sadistic choice he presented Malcolm with demonstrates the lengths that the Wardens can and will go to for the greater good. Made worse by the fact that [[spoiler: he ''knew'' Leandra was [[WouldHurtAChild pregnant]] when he threatened to harm her.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He doesn't regret [[spoiler: holding a pregnant Leandra hostage to get Malcolm to cooperate]], though he claims he was bluffing. Given how dangerous Corypheus is, you can see where he's coming from.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: He basically held Leandra hostage to gain Malcolm's cooperation.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers one to [[spoiler:Janeka]] if Hawke [[spoiler:chooses to switch their support to Larius during the confrontation atop Corypheus's tower.]]
* SadisticChoice: To [[spoiler:Malcolm Hawke; either Malcolm uses blood magic to seal away Corypheus or Malcolm will never see Leandra again.]]
* SanitySlippage: Crazy happens when the Taint takes over. [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, the fact that he's quite lucid after Corypheus's defeat is a clue that he's been possessed.]]
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat:
** If Hawke sides with Larius, then in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Bianca Davri mentions that he was a mage, despite him not being one in ''Dragon Age II''. [[spoiler: It's because he was possessed by Corypheus, who is a mage.]]
** This is also seen if ''Inquisition'' is played using an imported save where the player never completed the ''Legacy'' DLC - Larius is the default option.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Threatened to possibly kill Leandra in order to secure Malcolm's cooperation, despite the fact that he ''knew'' that she was pregnant with Hawke at the time.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Senior Warden Janeka]]
!!Senior Warden Janeka
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Natasha Little
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->''"This prison will be broken. The Blights will end."''
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A Grey Warden mage, Janeka is seen leading a group of Grey Wardens into the Vimmark Mountains to seek a way to free Corypheus. She believes that she can bind Corypheus to her will and use him to end future Blights once and for all. This has caused her to come to blows with Larius.
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* ActionGirl: As a Warden, it comes naturally.
* CurbStompBattle: If you switch sides after learning what Larius did to gain Malcolm's cooperation, she turns him into LudicrousGibs in about a second. [[spoiler:Corypheus turns it back on her, shielding himself against her binding spell and reflecting it back at her, knocking her to the ground.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with her, she gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: Tries to summon Corypheus to bind him to the Grey Wardens. [[spoiler:Key word being 'tries'; Corypheus easily turns it back on her and knocks her flat on her ass (having just woke up and with no idea what was going on, no less), followed by possessing her after death if she's the one Hawke sides with.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She says she feels like "a whole new person" after she's released from Corypheus's influence, despite admitting she can still hear the call.[[spoiler: In hindsight, Corypheus is taunting Hawke... which is supported by her smirking briefly after she turns her back to Hawke and the party.]]
* OhCrap: Gets a major one [[spoiler:when she realizes binding Corypheus is a lot tougher than she imagined.]]
* SmugSnake: Comes across as one if you oppose her; if you side with Larius in the beginning, Carver even mentions wanting to wipe her smug smile off her face. [[spoiler: If you side with her, Corypheus effortlessly deflects her binding spell despite the fact that he's only just woken up and doesn't even know where he is.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: She's the one who was responsible for sending the Carta to attack Hawke (and sibling), intending to lure them to the prison, free Corypheus, and let the Wardens use him to defeat the darkspawn once and for all. She does admit, when asked, that she wouldn't have resorted to sending the Carta if she'd thought that Hawke would willingly cooperate, but she's not at all apologetic about the rest of it.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: After all's said and done, she comments that she's going to go on the Calling after she's reported everything to the Warden-Commander.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Malvernis]]
!!Malvernis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
->''"Does anyone else hear drumming?"''
-->--'''Anders'''
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A [[OptionalBoss secret]] boss encountered in the Vimmark Chasm if Hawke returns to an obelisk after obtaining the Warm Orb.
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* BloodMagic: Capable of an extremely damaging blood magic spell that can tear through even tanks.
* TheCorruption: The reason why he was sealed in the first place. Good move.
* DemBones: Before he even starts the fight, he summons a massive amount of skeleton archers.
* DishingOutDirt: Uses Rock Armor.
* TheDreaded: So much so that dwarven warriors would willingly live under the sun and forsake going to the Stone when they died, just to make sure he/it never got free. Even the brainwashed Carta cultists didn't seem to want to let him loose.
* FlunkyBoss: Most of his boss fight stages involve summoning spectral enemies to fight.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Exactly ''what'' Malvernis is remains a mystery. He has many traits in common with demons, but there are enough important differences to render the answer ambiguous.
* GuideDangIt: Easy to miss, and once missed is {{Permanently Missable|Content}}. It doesn't help that the quest log contains no mention of him, meaning that unless you're curious enough to investigate thoroughly (or have read a walkthrough), you will probably not know [[spoiler:that you have to take the Warm Orb back almost to the very beginning of the prison]].
* NintendoHard: Starts off the fight by summoning an enormous amount of ghost skeleton archers while he sits back and remains invulnerable. Then he awakens as a powerful Blood Mage who can summon more spectral warriors and teleport around the battlefield while throwing out powerful spells, before transforming into a High Dragon that can rain fire upon the entire war zone. The only consolation is that there's a [[BossArenaIdiocy large trap which can be used on him]] in his third form.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: As noted above, it's very easy to completely miss him. If you don't pick up the Warm Orb, you can't even start the quest to defeat him (not that you're told you ''have'' a quest). If you don't take the Warm Orb to the specific place it needs to go, you can't fight him. And if you get past a certain point in the prison, a gate slams shut behind you and you no longer have the option to fight him.
* RedBaron: The Pestilent One.
* ScaledUp: The third part of the fight is kicked off by a transformation into a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent ghost dragon]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Sealed inside lyrium by the dwarves to prevent contamination of the Stone.
[[/folder]]
!!Mark of the Assassin
[[folder:Tallis]]
!!Tallis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption Redemption]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by and modeled after''': Creator/FeliciaDay
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->''"You go elbow-deep in wyvern shit and I'M the weird one?"''
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An elven thief who teams up with Hawke in ''Mark of the Assassin'' to steal a gem called the Heart of the Many from Duke Prosper.
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* ActionGirl: Her introduction cements this.
* AntiMagic: Her Cloak ability gives her temporary resistance to magic. The rest of her personal skill tree works on anything, but is especially effective against mages. It's revealed [[spoiler:she's an agent of the Qun]].
* TheBadGuyWins: While calling her a villain might be a bit of an exaggeration (even if [[spoiler:the Qunari]] are definitely ''not'' nice), ''Mark of the Assassin'' ends with her succeeding in her objectives regardless of your actions.
* BlamingTheVictim: If the [=DLC=] is completed after Act II, Hawke criticizes her [[spoiler:revelation as a Qunari agent by bringing up the Arishok's wonton slaughter of innocent people. She returns by stating that Hawke simply doesn't understand the Qun and can't blame him for not doing so after witnessing the Arishok's actions, placing the blame on Hawke for not looking beyond the fact that the Arishok slaughtered countless people for his own failures.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: [[spoiler: Well, Qunari, but she's an elf too. Almost all of Tallis' dialogue about the Qun veers into this territory. Anyone who raises a critique, such as the treatment of the Saarebas mages, Tallis simply ignores it. Whereas if Hawke brings up the Arishok's slaughtering the city in Act II, she treats it as Hawke not being able to understand the Qun after watching the carnage. Both Hawke and the companions ''notice''.]]
* CutenessProximity: No one can resist mabari. "''Who's a cute puppy?'' I suppose we can't keep him, can we? His owner is probably waiting back at camp."
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of her dialogue.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that she's only following the Qun to give herself a role rather than actually believing in it. The entire quest is her going directly against the Qun, using ExactWords to justify herself. She pokes holes in her own arguments before Hawke does, and outright admits that she struggles to believe as strongly as is required; every one of Hawke's companions calls her on this. Even her signature phrase, "The same path doesn't have to have the same destination," flies in the face of the finality every other Qunari has expressed throughout the game.]]
* DualWielding: Though she's more of a distance fighter.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:As a follower of the Qun, working with Hawke and their companions counts as this. After her identity is revealed, they're more antagonistic towards her, particularly Anders and Fenris; Bethany is also less than thrilled, though she takes it mostly in stride, while Isabela just observes the irony of her situation. Hawke seems less angry about the Qunari revelation, and more about the fact that she lied to them.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: [[spoiler:She is known as Tallis because that is her role in Qunari society; Tallis is the Qunlat word for "to solve". [[NoNameGiven Like them, she doesn't actually have a name]].]]
* ExtraDigits: She says she has six toes on her left foot, although this is an InformedAttribute since we never see it.
* FlechetteStorm: She can use her daggers for both melee and ranged attacks.
* GirlOfTheWeek: If the player does all the flirtation options, then Tallis becomes this to Hawke; as Varric notes to Cassandra afterward, neither he nor Hawke have seen or heard from her since. His banter in ''Inquisition'' implies that this is still true.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: During Aveline's sidequest, when Aveline finds the [[spoiler: black vial that has the revenant inside]]: "Oh crackers."
* GrayAndGrayMorality: In discussion about the Qun; where Hawke sees an oppressive society where IndividualityIsIllegal, Tallis sees one where everyone's needs are met, and all members have equal value. Hawke can admit she has a point. Alternatively, he can say she doesn't, and the Qun is little more than excuse to slaughter people who disagree.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only available for the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC. Also a literal "guest star," given [[Creator/FeliciaDay who voiced/modeled her]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She's the protagonist of ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption''.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The revelation that [[spoiler: Tallis is really Qunari would have come as more of a shock if she didn't have their sigil ''stamped on the stomach of her armor''. It's the same color and material as the rest of her outfit, but still, it's there.]] Also, when she 'disguises' herself to sneak up on the Duke and his men, it's... [[PaperThinDisguise rather remarkable]] that she succeeds.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Despite being a highly skilled assassin, she regrets having to kill people during a job if she can at all help it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: For how preachy she is about the Qun, Tallis breaks almost every regulation it has on a regular basis.]]
* InkSuitActor: She's modeled after Creator/FeliciaDay. Of course, since Day also played her in the live action ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption'', it would be bizarre if this wasn't the case. Day also did the motion capture for Tallis.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: During the wyvern hunt.
-->'''Tallis''': Wait, what happened to all the birds? And... everything? ...uh-oh.
* {{Koan}}: Does manage to give one of these, when questioned about freedom.
--> '''Tallis''': [[FreedomFromChoice Is a sparrow buffeted by the wind free to choose where she flies?]]
* KarmaHoudini: As mentioned above in TheBadGuyWins, [[spoiler: Hawke has no option but to help Tallis with her objective, which is stealing back a list of Qunari spies across Thedas, and is unable to prevent her from leaving with it to preserve their identities. While Hawke is allowed to disagree with the Qun and openly call them butchers, that's the extent of the criticism allowed.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Implied to be the reason why she chose to seek out Hawke.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Tallis being [[spoiler: a member of the Qunari]] might be a shocker if one doesn't know of ''Dragon Age Redemption,'' which spoils her affiliation in the opening minutes.
* MadeASlave: Conversations with Fenris and Sebastian mention she grew up in Tevinter and was once a slave. ''Redemption'' reveals her parents sold her into it. [[spoiler: The Qunari rescued her.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: In conversation, she downplays it: She thinks the Qun is the best path for Thedas, but she admits it could do the job better, in a "nobody's perfect" sort of way. However, through her actions, she clearly has serious issues with her duties and openly defies her superiors (something the Qun does not tolerate) with very thin ExactWords being her only excuse.
* NobleDemon: Sure, she's a very pleasant young woman; but her entire mission, which she wholeheartedly supports, [[spoiler: is to retrieve a NOC list of Qunari sleeper agents in Chantry territory so that the land will be observed and more easily conquered when the eventual new invasion happens.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Due to being an InkSuitActor, she looks quite different from other elves in the game.
* NoodleIncident: Should you encounter Leliana, Tallis suddenly seems to be afraid that the other redhead is going to filet her alive. Sure, Leliana is a Chantry enforcer and Tallis is [[spoiler:basically trying to help the Qunari invade]], but it's pretty clear the two have a history. Leliana seems just as astonished to see Tallis, if less alarmed.
* OddFriendship: With Hawke, particularly a mage Hawke, since [[spoiler: Tallis is a member of the Qunari, freely admits that she's [[DoesNotLikeMagic not a fan of magic]], and largely agrees with their philosophy that mages ''should'' be be locked up for their own good (and bluntly agrees with the Qunari principle of what happens to mages). Despite this, if Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', she has ''no'' problem with them and states that all Qunari know and respect them as an equal.]]
* OvertOperative: [[spoiler:Wears the same armor with the Qun symbol as she and Hawke are ''meeting the Duke''!]]
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Has a Qunari emblem on her armor.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: One part of her job. [[spoiler: The Ben-Hassrath are considered enforcers of religious law rather than soldiers - their job sometimes involves killing, but it can also be espionage or teaching new converts.]]
-->'''Tallis''': There are other paths. They do not all lead to the same destination.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[spoiler:When she suggests that under the Qun, Hawke could have a purpose.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Hawke''': I ''have'' a purpose. '''I protect Kirkwall'''.]]
** [[spoiler: Which makes her subsequent comment that this was [[CantArgueWithElves not what she meant]] a tad ironic, since she's [[FailedASpotCheck failed to realise]] that by fully embracing [[TheChampion the role]] that they have been given, Hawke actually ''is'' living by one of the central tenets of the Qun, at least in their own way. Even the Arishok can point this out in conversation.]]
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Parodied. There's a RunningGag where she attempts this with multiple people in order to get a key, and keeps failing for various reasons. [[note]]The first two didn't have the key, and the third [[NotDistractedByTheSexy simply wasn't into her.]][[/note]] According to her, she's done this multiple times in the past, and Hawke just caught her on a bad day.
* SecretPolice: [[spoiler:Her previous job before she was kicked out. She's trying to rejoin.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler: When confronted over the more murkier aspects of the Qun, she simply comments that they don't understand. She even states emphatically that submitting to the Qun would not make them slaves... to ''[[FailedASpotCheck Mage Hawke]]'', who ''would'' be made a slave under the Qun. She also tells Anders essentially that she knows how ''saarebas'' are treated, doesn't care, and wishes he would shut up about it.]]
-->'''Anders''': [[spoiler:But you think it's all right for them to sew up a mage's mouth or cut out his tongue?]]\\
'''Tallis''': [[spoiler:Right this second I do, yes.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Her banter with Snarky Hawke, which seemingly turns into a verbal sparring match over who can outsnark the other.
** Most of her her dialogue with the rest of the party tends to veer into this territory.
* SpiritedCompetitor: She dislikes collateral damage, but gets rather enthusiastic during the wyvern hunt. She seems unimpressed if Hawke doesn't care about getting a big one, but if they do...
-->'''Hawke''': Lay [the bait] all out. I'm bringing the Duke a trophy to talk about.\\
'''Tallis''': YES! I mean, if you're sure.
* StealthHiBye: Very good at this.
* TomboyishPonytail: Befitting an ActionGirl. If Hawke and Tallis speak to Leliana at the party, she compliments Tallis on it, saying, "Your hair is darling. Did you do it yourself?"
* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Part of her backstory is that she was kicked out of the Ben-Hassrath, the religious enforcers of the Qunari. She's trying to atone for this and rejoin them.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you ''don't'' use the flirt options.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her ultimate fate beyond the conclusion of the DLC remains unknown. It gets a little confusing in the next game, when a Tallis ends up helping the Inquisition through war table missions; Tallis is a title, not a name, so it may not specifically refer to her, and given what we know it could be anything from EnemyMine to LegacyCharacter. This gets lampshaded at one point when Varric asks after her, but Iron Bull has never met her.
* WideEyedIdealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and [[spoiler:genuinely believes that the Qun is the best path for Thedas. Her idealism also seems to have colored her view to such a degree that it's clear she doesn't actually understand the Qunari philosophy ''at all'', to the point you start to suspect it's part of why they kicked her out.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:If Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', Tallis mentions that because they defeated the Arishok in honorable single-combat, ''all'' Qunari have come to know and respect Hawke as an equal. This makes them one of the rare outsiders that they can trust to ask for assistance or deal with them fairly in a parley. It's implied to be the reason she sought them out.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duke Prosper de Montfort]]
!!Duke Prosper de Montefort
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Philippe Smolikowski
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An Orlesian noble who lives on an estate outside of Kirkwall. He owns the Heart of the Many, the gem that Tallis is after.
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* AffablyEvil: Until Hawke and Tallis start to become more trouble than they're worth.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Not at first, but in full effect after Hawke and Tallis cause trouble.
* AutomaticCrossbows: Prosper wields a pistol-like crossbow that fires [[AbnormalAmmo explosive energy balls, as well as a green goo that's harmless by itself, but paints an "Attack Me!" sign for wyverns.]]
* BeardOfEvil: It's actually ''forked''.
* BigBad: Of ''Mark of the Assassin''.
* BlueBlood: Empress Celene's mother Clarisse was his first cousin.
* BondVillainStupidity: He has Tallis and Hawke cornered by a hefty number of his guards. He gloats a bit, [[spoiler: reveals that Tallis is a Qunari,]] and then has Hawke and Tallis locked up in a cell. Why he didn't just have them killed then and there is a mystery.
* BullfightBoss: After he mounts Leopold, you can invoke this by standing at the edge of the arena and letting him charge. If Leopold misses, you can get some free damage in while they struggle to climb back up.
* CoolHelmet
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. As he falls to his death, he bounces off a rock rather graphically. Aggressive Hawke will also speed the process along by stomping on his fingers.]]
--> '''Isabela''': You see that? [[spoiler: He bounced!]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:It's implied that he might be one to Empress Celene.]]
* DragonRider: Has tamed and trained his pet wyvern "Leopold" well enough to be ridden.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler: He's so upset that he isn't getting black powder technology that he completely fails to realize he was just literally handed a way to expose and cripple the Qunari infiltration and intelligence network in a stroke, which is a mighty weapon ideed.]]
* EgomaniacHunter: When the dragons reappeared at the start of the Dragon Age, Duke Prosper was among the first to kill a High Dragon. Nowadays, he hosts the annual wyvern hunt to keep the population down, threatens to make trophies of team Hawke during his boss fight, and most impressively of all has a [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect krogan]]]] head mounted in his mansion.
* EvilGloating: Varric chastises him for [[spoiler: "spending his last minute monologuing".]]
* FluffyTamer: He calls his wyvern Leopold.
* FrenchJerk: Well, Orlesian Jerk, but that's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture more or less the same thing.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Implied. He tells the party that they will make fine trophies on his wall.
* IneffectualDeathThreat: Angrily swears that Empress Celene will [[spoiler:burn Kirkwall to the ground to avenge his death. In the aftermath, when Cassandra raises the point, Varric points out that Celene wouldn't do anything, as it would cause too much of a scandal at court if word got out that Prosper was dealing with Tal-Vashoth (and, to judge by his own words, on ''her'' orders).]]
* MoralityPet: ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' reveals that Empress Celene is this to him. Prosper was one of the few nobles who stood by her side after her parents were assassinated, and it's implied that he was something of a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] to her. He also actively helped with her plot to take the throne after Emperor Florian's death.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Not only does Prosper fail to understand the value of the information he's given (thereby saving the lives of several Qunari and hundreds more of their extended families and friends), but he unintentionally hands it to Tallis.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Gives one before the final battle.
--> ''If anyone is to do any slaying, it will be me.''
* SmugSnake: He's smart enough to be successful at [[DecadentCourt The Game]] and [[spoiler:is fluent in Qunlat (the Qunari tongue)]], but he's still a complete UpperClassTwit who fails to realize that [[spoiler:he had the opportunity to kill the majority of the followers of the Qun in Chantry territory. Granted, the information was given to him without context, but Prosper never tried to get clarification.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:If Hawke decides to be diplomatic and try to save Prosper from falling off a ledge, Prosper tries to stab Hawke. It goes about as well as you'd expect.]]
* UpperClassTwit: Albeit less so than some of the other Orlesian nobles encountered.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cahir]]
!!Cahir
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mark Healy
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->''"The Duke is a fool, his enemies a posturing, guileless lot; but ''you'' are worth testing."''
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Prosper's Chasind bodyguard. How he came to work for an Orlesian noble is unclear, but he clearly doesn't care for it.
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* BloodKnight: Unlike Arlange, he knows exactly what he's getting into when he fights Hawke, and relishes the opportunity.
* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: One who comes from a BarbarianTribe no less.
* TheDragon: To Prosper, although there's no actual loyalty involved. "Prosper can fight his own battles, and I shall choose mine."
* FacialMarkings: Is adorned with Chasind tattoos on his face.
* FlunkyBoss: "The Circle are not the only ones who know how to break a mage."
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Hawke comments on the strangeness of seeing a member of the Chasind so far from the Korcari Wilds, mentioning that they used to help their father trade with the Chasind who passed through Lothering.
* WorthyOpponent: As shown in the quote, he sees Hawke as someone actually worth fighting.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baron Arlange]]
!!Baron Arlange
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nicholas Boulton
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->''"I paid good coin to be the one who wins this contest! It was MY turn!"''
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An Orlesian noble participating in Duke Prosper's hunt, Arlange shows up after Hawke becomes the first to kill a wyvern, claiming that he paid good money to be the winner of the competition. He then attempts to kill Hawke so that he can claim credit for first kill, which doesn't end well for him.
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* BullyingADragon: Mixed with TooDumbToLive, particularly if playing Mark of the Assassin in Act III, by which point Hawke [[spoiler: has potentially killed the Arishok, a High Dragon, numerous powerful demons and blood mages, not to mention untold grunts, criminals and petty thugs in Kirkwall]]. Tallis even points out the stupidity of what he's doing in trying to threaten Hawke into backing off.
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is male]'' You do know this man could whip you like a rented mule with one hand tied behind his back?
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is female]'' You do know this woman has nasty little thugs like you for breakfast?
* CruelMercy: Prosper allows you to decide his fate the first time, and one option is to "let him live knowing he was beaten by a Fereldan." He comes back for more, but hey, double the XP!
* FantasticRacism: Hawke is "the Fereldan turnip" or "backwater mongrel", and Tallis a "knife ear". He veritably explodes with outrage when Tallis has the gall to talk back to him.
* FrenchJerk: As per the usual for Orlesian nobility.
* LargeHam: To the point where it seems if he spent less time ChewingTheScenery, he might have actually ''caught'' that wyvern!
* LaughablyEvil: He may be a prick, but his accent makes it incredibly fun to listen to him; his constant temper tantrums only make him so much funnier. (The fact that he has the same voice actor as male Hawke makes him even ''more'' entertaining.)
* MuggingTheMonster: No matter how obscure or famous Hawke is when you play the DLC, he still attacks you after you've already killed a pretty dangerous wyvern. Everyone in your party points out how hopelessly outclassed he is.
* NotWorthKilling: Hawke can initially refuse to fight him and later invoke this after showing mercy. [[GoodIsNotSoft The second time, however]]...
* PsychopathicManchild: Comes across as a five-year-old in a man's body.
* TooDumbToLive: If Hawke spares him the first time he fails to kill them, he'll try again after Hawke and the others escape from Prosper's dungeons. [[CurbStompBattle It ends about as well as you think for him.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Hawke can spare his life after [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] him and his heavily armed guards. Naturally, he decides the best way to repay such mercy is to try to kill Hawke ''again''.
* UpperClassTwit: Everyone can clearly see that he has more money than brains.
* YourMom: Invokes this trope and is on the receiving end of it when Prosper calls him on his BlatantLies about Hawke trying to cheat him of the kill.
-->'''Arlange''': [[NeverMyFault This is your fault]] for inviting a stinking turnip in the first place! Your mother would be ashamed!
-->'''Prosper''': ''[sneers]'' This from the man whose mother slept with half of Val Chevin.
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This page is for listing the tropes related to post-release DLC characters who are found in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
[[foldercontrol]]
!!Legacy
[[folder:Corypheus]]
The BigBad of the ''Legacy'' DLC; a mysterious darkspawn sealed away many years ago by the Grey Wardens. As Malcolm Hawke was the last mage to reinforce those seals, Corypheus now seeks the blood of Malcolm's children in order to escape.\\
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''For more info, see [[Characters/DragonAgeRecurringNonPlayableCharacters this page]]. '''Beware, massive spoilers ahead.'''''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Warden-Commander Larius]]
!!Warden-Commander Larius
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianGeorge
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->''"Always a punishment for playing with things you don't understand..."''
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The former Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains, Larius left the Grey Warden order when the time for his Calling came, though he still hasn't died yet. He is found within Corypheus's prison, claiming that Corypheus must not be released into the world and begging for Hawke's help in killing him.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He was once Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains and he was such a badass that when he went on his Calling, he survived fighting the darkspawn horde for ''months'' on end. Unfortunately, this meant that due to the advancing Taint in his body, the darkspawn began to see him as one of them and stopped attacking him altogether. This meant that he was forced to wander the Deep Roads, [[FateWorseThanDeath desperately looking for a way to end his suffering.]]
* BodyHorror: What happens to Grey Wardens whose warranty has expired is an ugly sight indeed.
* CommandingCoolness: He's succumbed to the Taint far enough that he doesn't remember his own name at first, but there's pride in his voice when he remembers that he was once Commander of the Grey.
* CrazySane: The Taint didn't leave him with all his mental faculties, but ''unlike'' Janeka, he can recognize Corypheus's calling for what it is and resist it, while she's more coherent but is an UnwittingPawn.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, he gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Hawke can find the farewell letter he wrote to the Wardens under his command when the time came for him to go on his Calling. He speaks with a sort of fatherly wisdom and urges them all to be unafraid when their own time comes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place after the final fight with Corypheus; try playing again after ''Inquisition'' and [[spoiler:count the [[OutOfCharacterAlert times Corypheus slips out of character]]. He's suddenly coherent (which he attributes to the lack of Corypheus's Calling), he thanks Hawke for his "freedom", and when he turns away from Hawke at the end, you can see him briefly smirk.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming a Ghoul can be considered this, given how much suffering is involved and how difficult it is to end said suffering.
* GoodIsNotNice: The sadistic choice he presented Malcolm with demonstrates the lengths that the Wardens can and will go to for the greater good. Made worse by the fact that [[spoiler: he ''knew'' Leandra was [[WouldHurtAChild pregnant]] when he threatened to harm her.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He doesn't regret [[spoiler: holding a pregnant Leandra hostage to get Malcolm to cooperate]], though he claims he was bluffing. Given how dangerous Corypheus is, you can see where he's coming from.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: He basically held Leandra hostage to gain Malcolm's cooperation.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers one to [[spoiler:Janeka]] if Hawke [[spoiler:chooses to switch their support to Larius during the confrontation atop Corypheus's tower.]]
* SadisticChoice: To [[spoiler:Malcolm Hawke; either Malcolm uses blood magic to seal away Corypheus or Malcolm will never see Leandra again.]]
* SanitySlippage: Crazy happens when the Taint takes over. [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, the fact that he's quite lucid after Corypheus's defeat is a clue that he's been possessed.]]
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat:
** If Hawke sides with Larius, then in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Bianca Davri mentions that he was a mage, despite him not being one in ''Dragon Age II''. [[spoiler: It's because he was possessed by Corypheus, who is a mage.]]
** This is also seen if ''Inquisition'' is played using an imported save where the player never completed the ''Legacy'' DLC - Larius is the default option.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Threatened to possibly kill Leandra in order to secure Malcolm's cooperation, despite the fact that he ''knew'' that she was pregnant with Hawke at the time.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Senior Warden Janeka]]
!!Senior Warden Janeka
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Natasha Little
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->''"This prison will be broken. The Blights will end."''
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A Grey Warden mage, Janeka is seen leading a group of Grey Wardens into the Vimmark Mountains to seek a way to free Corypheus. She believes that she can bind Corypheus to her will and use him to end future Blights once and for all. This has caused her to come to blows with Larius.
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* ActionGirl: As a Warden, it comes naturally.
* CurbStompBattle: If you switch sides after learning what Larius did to gain Malcolm's cooperation, she turns him into LudicrousGibs in about a second. [[spoiler:Corypheus turns it back on her, shielding himself against her binding spell and reflecting it back at her, knocking her to the ground.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with her, she gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: Tries to summon Corypheus to bind him to the Grey Wardens. [[spoiler:Key word being 'tries'; Corypheus easily turns it back on her and knocks her flat on her ass (having just woke up and with no idea what was going on, no less), followed by possessing her after death if she's the one Hawke sides with.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She says she feels like "a whole new person" after she's released from Corypheus's influence, despite admitting she can still hear the call.[[spoiler: In hindsight, Corypheus is taunting Hawke... which is supported by her smirking briefly after she turns her back to Hawke and the party.]]
* OhCrap: Gets a major one [[spoiler:when she realizes binding Corypheus is a lot tougher than she imagined.]]
* SmugSnake: Comes across as one if you oppose her; if you side with Larius in the beginning, Carver even mentions wanting to wipe her smug smile off her face. [[spoiler: If you side with her, Corypheus effortlessly deflects her binding spell despite the fact that he's only just woken up and doesn't even know where he is.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: She's the one who was responsible for sending the Carta to attack Hawke (and sibling), intending to lure them to the prison, free Corypheus, and let the Wardens use him to defeat the darkspawn once and for all. She does admit, when asked, that she wouldn't have resorted to sending the Carta if she'd thought that Hawke would willingly cooperate, but she's not at all apologetic about the rest of it.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: After all's said and done, she comments that she's going to go on the Calling after she's reported everything to the Warden-Commander.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Malvernis]]
!!Malvernis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
->''"Does anyone else hear drumming?"''
-->--'''Anders'''
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A [[OptionalBoss secret]] boss encountered in the Vimmark Chasm if Hawke returns to an obelisk after obtaining the Warm Orb.
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* BloodMagic: Capable of an extremely damaging blood magic spell that can tear through even tanks.
* TheCorruption: The reason why he was sealed in the first place. Good move.
* DemBones: Before he even starts the fight, he summons a massive amount of skeleton archers.
* DishingOutDirt: Uses Rock Armor.
* TheDreaded: So much so that dwarven warriors would willingly live under the sun and forsake going to the Stone when they died, just to make sure he/it never got free. Even the brainwashed Carta cultists didn't seem to want to let him loose.
* FlunkyBoss: Most of his boss fight stages involve summoning spectral enemies to fight.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Exactly ''what'' Malvernis is remains a mystery. He has many traits in common with demons, but there are enough important differences to render the answer ambiguous.
* GuideDangIt: Easy to miss, and once missed is {{Permanently Missable|Content}}. It doesn't help that the quest log contains no mention of him, meaning that unless you're curious enough to investigate thoroughly (or have read a walkthrough), you will probably not know [[spoiler:that you have to take the Warm Orb back almost to the very beginning of the prison]].
* NintendoHard: Starts off the fight by summoning an enormous amount of ghost skeleton archers while he sits back and remains invulnerable. Then he awakens as a powerful Blood Mage who can summon more spectral warriors and teleport around the battlefield while throwing out powerful spells, before transforming into a High Dragon that can rain fire upon the entire war zone. The only consolation is that there's a [[BossArenaIdiocy large trap which can be used on him]] in his third form.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: As noted above, it's very easy to completely miss him. If you don't pick up the Warm Orb, you can't even start the quest to defeat him (not that you're told you ''have'' a quest). If you don't take the Warm Orb to the specific place it needs to go, you can't fight him. And if you get past a certain point in the prison, a gate slams shut behind you and you no longer have the option to fight him.
* RedBaron: The Pestilent One.
* ScaledUp: The third part of the fight is kicked off by a transformation into a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent ghost dragon]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Sealed inside lyrium by the dwarves to prevent contamination of the Stone.
[[/folder]]
!!Mark of the Assassin
[[folder:Tallis]]
!!Tallis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption Redemption]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by and modeled after''': Creator/FeliciaDay
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->''"You go elbow-deep in wyvern shit and I'M the weird one?"''
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An elven thief who teams up with Hawke in ''Mark of the Assassin'' to steal a gem called the Heart of the Many from Duke Prosper.
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* ActionGirl: Her introduction cements this.
* AntiMagic: Her Cloak ability gives her temporary resistance to magic. The rest of her personal skill tree works on anything, but is especially effective against mages. It's revealed [[spoiler:she's an agent of the Qun]].
* TheBadGuyWins: While calling her a villain might be a bit of an exaggeration (even if [[spoiler:the Qunari]] are definitely ''not'' nice), ''Mark of the Assassin'' ends with her succeeding in her objectives regardless of your actions.
* BlamingTheVictim: If the [=DLC=] is completed after Act II, Hawke criticizes her [[spoiler:revelation as a Qunari agent by bringing up the Arishok's wonton slaughter of innocent people. She returns by stating that Hawke simply doesn't understand the Qun and can't blame him for not doing so after witnessing the Arishok's actions, placing the blame on Hawke for not looking beyond the fact that the Arishok slaughtered countless people for his own failures.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: [[spoiler: Well, Qunari, but she's an elf too. Almost all of Tallis' dialogue about the Qun veers into this territory. Anyone who raises a critique, such as the treatment of the Saarebas mages, Tallis simply ignores it. Whereas if Hawke brings up the Arishok's slaughtering the city in Act II, she treats it as Hawke not being able to understand the Qun after watching the carnage. Both Hawke and the companions ''notice''.]]
* CutenessProximity: No one can resist mabari. "''Who's a cute puppy?'' I suppose we can't keep him, can we? His owner is probably waiting back at camp."
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of her dialogue.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that she's only following the Qun to give herself a role rather than actually believing in it. The entire quest is her going directly against the Qun, using ExactWords to justify herself. She pokes holes in her own arguments before Hawke does, and outright admits that she struggles to believe as strongly as is required; every one of Hawke's companions calls her on this. Even her signature phrase, "The same path doesn't have to have the same destination," flies in the face of the finality every other Qunari has expressed throughout the game.]]
* DualWielding: Though she's more of a distance fighter.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:As a follower of the Qun, working with Hawke and their companions counts as this. After her identity is revealed, they're more antagonistic towards her, particularly Anders and Fenris; Bethany is also less than thrilled, though she takes it mostly in stride, while Isabela just observes the irony of her situation. Hawke seems less angry about the Qunari revelation, and more about the fact that she lied to them.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: [[spoiler:She is known as Tallis because that is her role in Qunari society; Tallis is the Qunlat word for "to solve". [[NoNameGiven Like them, she doesn't actually have a name]].]]
* ExtraDigits: She says she has six toes on her left foot, although this is an InformedAttribute since we never see it.
* FlechetteStorm: She can use her daggers for both melee and ranged attacks.
* GirlOfTheWeek: If the player does all the flirtation options, then Tallis becomes this to Hawke; as Varric notes to Cassandra afterward, neither he nor Hawke have seen or heard from her since. His banter in ''Inquisition'' implies that this is still true.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: During Aveline's sidequest, when Aveline finds the [[spoiler: black vial that has the revenant inside]]: "Oh crackers."
* GrayAndGrayMorality: In discussion about the Qun; where Hawke sees an oppressive society where IndividualityIsIllegal, Tallis sees one where everyone's needs are met, and all members have equal value. Hawke can admit she has a point. Alternatively, he can say she doesn't, and the Qun is little more than excuse to slaughter people who disagree.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only available for the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC. Also a literal "guest star," given [[Creator/FeliciaDay who voiced/modeled her]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She's the protagonist of ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption''.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The revelation that [[spoiler: Tallis is really Qunari would have come as more of a shock if she didn't have their sigil ''stamped on the stomach of her armor''. It's the same color and material as the rest of her outfit, but still, it's there.]] Also, when she 'disguises' herself to sneak up on the Duke and his men, it's... [[PaperThinDisguise rather remarkable]] that she succeeds.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Despite being a highly skilled assassin, she regrets having to kill people during a job if she can at all help it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: For how preachy she is about the Qun, Tallis breaks almost every regulation it has on a regular basis.]]
* InkSuitActor: She's modeled after Creator/FeliciaDay. Of course, since Day also played her in the live action ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption'', it would be bizarre if this wasn't the case. Day also did the motion capture for Tallis.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: During the wyvern hunt.
-->'''Tallis''': Wait, what happened to all the birds? And... everything? ...uh-oh.
* {{Koan}}: Does manage to give one of these, when questioned about freedom.
--> '''Tallis''': [[FreedomFromChoice Is a sparrow buffeted by the wind free to choose where she flies?]]
* KarmaHoudini: As mentioned above in TheBadGuyWins, [[spoiler: Hawke has no option but to help Tallis with her objective, which is stealing back a list of Qunari spies across Thedas, and is unable to prevent her from leaving with it to preserve their identities. While Hawke is allowed to disagree with the Qun and openly call them butchers, that's the extent of the criticism allowed.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Implied to be the reason why she chose to seek out Hawke.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Tallis being [[spoiler: a member of the Qunari]] might be a shocker if one doesn't know of ''Dragon Age Redemption,'' which spoils her affiliation in the opening minutes.
* MadeASlave: Conversations with Fenris and Sebastian mention she grew up in Tevinter and was once a slave. ''Redemption'' reveals her parents sold her into it. [[spoiler: The Qunari rescued her.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: In conversation, she downplays it: She thinks the Qun is the best path for Thedas, but she admits it could do the job better, in a "nobody's perfect" sort of way. However, through her actions, she clearly has serious issues with her duties and openly defies her superiors (something the Qun does not tolerate) with very thin ExactWords being her only excuse.
* NobleDemon: Sure, she's a very pleasant young woman; but her entire mission, which she wholeheartedly supports, [[spoiler: is to retrieve a NOC list of Qunari sleeper agents in Chantry territory so that the land will be observed and more easily conquered when the eventual new invasion happens.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Due to being an InkSuitActor, she looks quite different from other elves in the game.
* NoodleIncident: Should you encounter Leliana, Tallis suddenly seems to be afraid that the other redhead is going to filet her alive. Sure, Leliana is a Chantry enforcer and Tallis is [[spoiler:basically trying to help the Qunari invade]], but it's pretty clear the two have a history. Leliana seems just as astonished to see Tallis, if less alarmed.
* OddFriendship: With Hawke, particularly a mage Hawke, since [[spoiler: Tallis is a member of the Qunari, freely admits that she's [[DoesNotLikeMagic not a fan of magic]], and largely agrees with their philosophy that mages ''should'' be be locked up for their own good (and bluntly agrees with the Qunari principle of what happens to mages). Despite this, if Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', she has ''no'' problem with them and states that all Qunari know and respect them as an equal.]]
* OvertOperative: [[spoiler:Wears the same armor with the Qun symbol as she and Hawke are ''meeting the Duke''!]]
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Has a Qunari emblem on her armor.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: One part of her job. [[spoiler: The Ben-Hassrath are considered enforcers of religious law rather than soldiers - their job sometimes involves killing, but it can also be espionage or teaching new converts.]]
-->'''Tallis''': There are other paths. They do not all lead to the same destination.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[spoiler:When she suggests that under the Qun, Hawke could have a purpose.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Hawke''': I ''have'' a purpose. '''I protect Kirkwall'''.]]
** [[spoiler: Which makes her subsequent comment that this was [[CantArgueWithElves not what she meant]] a tad ironic, since she's [[FailedASpotCheck failed to realise]] that by fully embracing [[TheChampion the role]] that they have been given, Hawke actually ''is'' living by one of the central tenets of the Qun, at least in their own way. Even the Arishok can point this out in conversation.]]
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Parodied. There's a RunningGag where she attempts this with multiple people in order to get a key, and keeps failing for various reasons. [[note]]The first two didn't have the key, and the third [[NotDistractedByTheSexy simply wasn't into her.]][[/note]] According to her, she's done this multiple times in the past, and Hawke just caught her on a bad day.
* SecretPolice: [[spoiler:Her previous job before she was kicked out. She's trying to rejoin.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler: When confronted over the more murkier aspects of the Qun, she simply comments that they don't understand. She even states emphatically that submitting to the Qun would not make them slaves... to ''[[FailedASpotCheck Mage Hawke]]'', who ''would'' be made a slave under the Qun. She also tells Anders essentially that she knows how ''saarebas'' are treated, doesn't care, and wishes he would shut up about it.]]
-->'''Anders''': [[spoiler:But you think it's all right for them to sew up a mage's mouth or cut out his tongue?]]\\
'''Tallis''': [[spoiler:Right this second I do, yes.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Her banter with Snarky Hawke, which seemingly turns into a verbal sparring match over who can outsnark the other.
** Most of her her dialogue with the rest of the party tends to veer into this territory.
* SpiritedCompetitor: She dislikes collateral damage, but gets rather enthusiastic during the wyvern hunt. She seems unimpressed if Hawke doesn't care about getting a big one, but if they do...
-->'''Hawke''': Lay [the bait] all out. I'm bringing the Duke a trophy to talk about.\\
'''Tallis''': YES! I mean, if you're sure.
* StealthHiBye: Very good at this.
* TomboyishPonytail: Befitting an ActionGirl. If Hawke and Tallis speak to Leliana at the party, she compliments Tallis on it, saying, "Your hair is darling. Did you do it yourself?"
* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Part of her backstory is that she was kicked out of the Ben-Hassrath, the religious enforcers of the Qunari. She's trying to atone for this and rejoin them.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you ''don't'' use the flirt options.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her ultimate fate beyond the conclusion of the DLC remains unknown. It gets a little confusing in the next game, when a Tallis ends up helping the Inquisition through war table missions; Tallis is a title, not a name, so it may not specifically refer to her, and given what we know it could be anything from EnemyMine to LegacyCharacter. This gets lampshaded at one point when Varric asks after her, but Iron Bull has never met her.
* WideEyedIdealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and [[spoiler:genuinely believes that the Qun is the best path for Thedas. Her idealism also seems to have colored her view to such a degree that it's clear she doesn't actually understand the Qunari philosophy ''at all'', to the point you start to suspect it's part of why they kicked her out.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:If Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', Tallis mentions that because they defeated the Arishok in honorable single-combat, ''all'' Qunari have come to know and respect Hawke as an equal. This makes them one of the rare outsiders that they can trust to ask for assistance or deal with them fairly in a parley. It's implied to be the reason she sought them out.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Duke Prosper de Montfort]]
!!Duke Prosper de Montefort
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Philippe Smolikowski
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An Orlesian noble who lives on an estate outside of Kirkwall. He owns the Heart of the Many, the gem that Tallis is after.
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* AffablyEvil: Until Hawke and Tallis start to become more trouble than they're worth.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Not at first, but in full effect after Hawke and Tallis cause trouble.
* AutomaticCrossbows: Prosper wields a pistol-like crossbow that fires [[AbnormalAmmo explosive energy balls, as well as a green goo that's harmless by itself, but paints an "Attack Me!" sign for wyverns.]]
* BeardOfEvil: It's actually ''forked''.
* BigBad: Of ''Mark of the Assassin''.
* BlueBlood: Empress Celene's mother Clarisse was his first cousin.
* BondVillainStupidity: He has Tallis and Hawke cornered by a hefty number of his guards. He gloats a bit, [[spoiler: reveals that Tallis is a Qunari,]] and then has Hawke and Tallis locked up in a cell. Why he didn't just have them killed then and there is a mystery.
* BullfightBoss: After he mounts Leopold, you can invoke this by standing at the edge of the arena and letting him charge. If Leopold misses, you can get some free damage in while they struggle to climb back up.
* CoolHelmet
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. As he falls to his death, he bounces off a rock rather graphically. Aggressive Hawke will also speed the process along by stomping on his fingers.]]
--> '''Isabela''': You see that? [[spoiler: He bounced!]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:It's implied that he might be one to Empress Celene.]]
* DragonRider: Has tamed and trained his pet wyvern "Leopold" well enough to be ridden.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler: He's so upset that he isn't getting black powder technology that he completely fails to realize he was just literally handed a way to expose and cripple the Qunari infiltration and intelligence network in a stroke, which is a mighty weapon ideed.]]
* EgomaniacHunter: When the dragons reappeared at the start of the Dragon Age, Duke Prosper was among the first to kill a High Dragon. Nowadays, he hosts the annual wyvern hunt to keep the population down, threatens to make trophies of team Hawke during his boss fight, and most impressively of all has a [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect krogan]]]] head mounted in his mansion.
* EvilGloating: Varric chastises him for [[spoiler: "spending his last minute monologuing".]]
* FluffyTamer: He calls his wyvern Leopold.
* FrenchJerk: Well, Orlesian Jerk, but that's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture more or less the same thing.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Implied. He tells the party that they will make fine trophies on his wall.
* IneffectualDeathThreat: Angrily swears that Empress Celene will [[spoiler:burn Kirkwall to the ground to avenge his death. In the aftermath, when Cassandra raises the point, Varric points out that Celene wouldn't do anything, as it would cause too much of a scandal at court if word got out that Prosper was dealing with Tal-Vashoth (and, to judge by his own words, on ''her'' orders).]]
* MoralityPet: ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' reveals that Empress Celene is this to him. Prosper was one of the few nobles who stood by her side after her parents were assassinated, and it's implied that he was something of a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] to her. He also actively helped with her plot to take the throne after Emperor Florian's death.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Not only does Prosper fail to understand the value of the information he's given (thereby saving the lives of several Qunari and hundreds more of their extended families and friends), but he unintentionally hands it to Tallis.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Gives one before the final battle.
--> ''If anyone is to do any slaying, it will be me.''
* SmugSnake: He's smart enough to be successful at [[DecadentCourt The Game]] and [[spoiler:is fluent in Qunlat (the Qunari tongue)]], but he's still a complete UpperClassTwit who fails to realize that [[spoiler:he had the opportunity to kill the majority of the followers of the Qun in Chantry territory. Granted, the information was given to him without context, but Prosper never tried to get clarification.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:If Hawke decides to be diplomatic and try to save Prosper from falling off a ledge, Prosper tries to stab Hawke. It goes about as well as you'd expect.]]
* UpperClassTwit: Albeit less so than some of the other Orlesian nobles encountered.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cahir]]
!!Cahir
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Mark Healy
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->''"The Duke is a fool, his enemies a posturing, guileless lot; but ''you'' are worth testing."''
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Prosper's Chasind bodyguard. How he came to work for an Orlesian noble is unclear, but he clearly doesn't care for it.
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* BloodKnight: Unlike Arlange, he knows exactly what he's getting into when he fights Hawke, and relishes the opportunity.
* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: One who comes from a BarbarianTribe no less.
* TheDragon: To Prosper, although there's no actual loyalty involved. "Prosper can fight his own battles, and I shall choose mine."
* FacialMarkings: Is adorned with Chasind tattoos on his face.
* FlunkyBoss: "The Circle are not the only ones who know how to break a mage."
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Hawke comments on the strangeness of seeing a member of the Chasind so far from the Korcari Wilds, mentioning that they used to help their father trade with the Chasind who passed through Lothering.
* WorthyOpponent: As shown in the quote, he sees Hawke as someone actually worth fighting.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baron Arlange]]
!!Baron Arlange
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Nicholas Boulton
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->''"I paid good coin to be the one who wins this contest! It was MY turn!"''
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An Orlesian noble participating in Duke Prosper's hunt, Arlange shows up after Hawke becomes the first to kill a wyvern, claiming that he paid good money to be the winner of the competition. He then attempts to kill Hawke so that he can claim credit for first kill, which doesn't end well for him.
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* BullyingADragon: Mixed with TooDumbToLive, particularly if playing Mark of the Assassin in Act III, by which point Hawke [[spoiler: has potentially killed the Arishok, a High Dragon, numerous powerful demons and blood mages, not to mention untold grunts, criminals and petty thugs in Kirkwall]]. Tallis even points out the stupidity of what he's doing in trying to threaten Hawke into backing off.
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is male]'' You do know this man could whip you like a rented mule with one hand tied behind his back?
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is female]'' You do know this woman has nasty little thugs like you for breakfast?
* CruelMercy: Prosper allows you to decide his fate the first time, and one option is to "let him live knowing he was beaten by a Fereldan." He comes back for more, but hey, double the XP!
* FantasticRacism: Hawke is "the Fereldan turnip" or "backwater mongrel", and Tallis a "knife ear". He veritably explodes with outrage when Tallis has the gall to talk back to him.
* FrenchJerk: As per the usual for Orlesian nobility.
* LargeHam: To the point where it seems if he spent less time ChewingTheScenery, he might have actually ''caught'' that wyvern!
* LaughablyEvil: He may be a prick, but his accent makes it incredibly fun to listen to him; his constant temper tantrums only make him so much funnier. (The fact that he has the same voice actor as male Hawke makes him even ''more'' entertaining.)
* MuggingTheMonster: No matter how obscure or famous Hawke is when you play the DLC, he still attacks you after you've already killed a pretty dangerous wyvern. Everyone in your party points out how hopelessly outclassed he is.
* NotWorthKilling: Hawke can initially refuse to fight him and later invoke this after showing mercy. [[GoodIsNotSoft The second time, however]]...
* PsychopathicManchild: Comes across as a five-year-old in a man's body.
* TooDumbToLive: If Hawke spares him the first time he fails to kill them, he'll try again after Hawke and the others escape from Prosper's dungeons. [[CurbStompBattle It ends about as well as you think for him.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Hawke can spare his life after [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] him and his heavily armed guards. Naturally, he decides the best way to repay such mercy is to try to kill Hawke ''again''.
* UpperClassTwit: Everyone can clearly see that he has more money than brains.
* YourMom: Invokes this trope and is on the receiving end of it when Prosper calls him on his BlatantLies about Hawke trying to cheat him of the kill.
-->'''Arlange''': [[NeverMyFault This is your fault]] for inviting a stinking turnip in the first place! Your mother would be ashamed!
-->'''Prosper''': ''[sneers]'' This from the man whose mother slept with half of Val Chevin.
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This page is for listing the tropes related to post-release DLC characters who are found in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
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!!Legacy
[[folder:Corypheus]]
The BigBad of the ''Legacy'' DLC; a mysterious darkspawn sealed away many years ago by the Grey Wardens. As Malcolm Hawke was the last mage to reinforce those seals, Corypheus now seeks the blood of Malcolm's children in order to escape.\\
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''For more info, see [[Characters/DragonAgeRecurringNonPlayableCharacters this page]]. '''Beware, massive spoilers ahead.'''''
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Warden-Commander Larius]]
!!Warden-Commander Larius
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianGeorge
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->''"Always a punishment for playing with things you don't understand..."''
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The former Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains, Larius left the Grey Warden order when the time for his Calling came, though he still hasn't died yet. He is found within Corypheus's prison, claiming that Corypheus must not be released into the world and begging for Hawke's help in killing him.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He was once Warden-Commander of the Vimmark Mountains and he was such a badass that when he went on his Calling, he survived fighting the darkspawn horde for ''months'' on end. Unfortunately, this meant that due to the advancing Taint in his body, the darkspawn began to see him as one of them and stopped attacking him altogether. This meant that he was forced to wander the Deep Roads, [[FateWorseThanDeath desperately looking for a way to end his suffering.]]
* BodyHorror: What happens to Grey Wardens whose warranty has expired is an ugly sight indeed.
* CommandingCoolness: He's succumbed to the Taint far enough that he doesn't remember his own name at first, but there's pride in his voice when he remembers that he was once Commander of the Grey.
* CrazySane: The Taint didn't leave him with all his mental faculties, but ''unlike'' Janeka, he can recognize Corypheus's calling for what it is and resist it, while she's more coherent but is an UnwittingPawn.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, he gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Hawke can find the farewell letter he wrote to the Wardens under his command when the time came for him to go on his Calling. He speaks with a sort of fatherly wisdom and urges them all to be unafraid when their own time comes.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place after the final fight with Corypheus; try playing again after ''Inquisition'' and [[spoiler:count the [[OutOfCharacterAlert times Corypheus slips out of character]]. He's suddenly coherent (which he attributes to the lack of Corypheus's Calling), he thanks Hawke for his "freedom", and when he turns away from Hawke at the end, you can see him briefly smirk.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming a Ghoul can be considered this, given how much suffering is involved and how difficult it is to end said suffering.
* GoodIsNotNice: The sadistic choice he presented Malcolm with demonstrates the lengths that the Wardens can and will go to for the greater good. Made worse by the fact that [[spoiler: he ''knew'' Leandra was [[WouldHurtAChild pregnant]] when he threatened to harm her.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: He doesn't regret [[spoiler: holding a pregnant Leandra hostage to get Malcolm to cooperate]], though he claims he was bluffing. Given how dangerous Corypheus is, you can see where he's coming from.
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: He basically held Leandra hostage to gain Malcolm's cooperation.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He delivers one to [[spoiler:Janeka]] if Hawke [[spoiler:chooses to switch their support to Larius during the confrontation atop Corypheus's tower.]]
* SadisticChoice: To [[spoiler:Malcolm Hawke; either Malcolm uses blood magic to seal away Corypheus or Malcolm will never see Leandra again.]]
* SanitySlippage: Crazy happens when the Taint takes over. [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with him, the fact that he's quite lucid after Corypheus's defeat is a clue that he's been possessed.]]
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat:
** If Hawke sides with Larius, then in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Bianca Davri mentions that he was a mage, despite him not being one in ''Dragon Age II''. [[spoiler: It's because he was possessed by Corypheus, who is a mage.]]
** This is also seen if ''Inquisition'' is played using an imported save where the player never completed the ''Legacy'' DLC - Larius is the default option.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Threatened to possibly kill Leandra in order to secure Malcolm's cooperation, despite the fact that he ''knew'' that she was pregnant with Hawke at the time.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Senior Warden Janeka]]
!!Senior Warden Janeka
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Natasha Little
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->''"This prison will be broken. The Blights will end."''
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A Grey Warden mage, Janeka is seen leading a group of Grey Wardens into the Vimmark Mountains to seek a way to free Corypheus. She believes that she can bind Corypheus to her will and use him to end future Blights once and for all. This has caused her to come to blows with Larius.
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* ActionGirl: As a Warden, it comes naturally.
* CurbStompBattle: If you switch sides after learning what Larius did to gain Malcolm's cooperation, she turns him into LudicrousGibs in about a second. [[spoiler:Corypheus turns it back on her, shielding himself against her binding spell and reflecting it back at her, knocking her to the ground.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:If Hawke sides with her, she gets possessed by Corypheus.]]
* EvilIsNotAToy: Tries to summon Corypheus to bind him to the Grey Wardens. [[spoiler:Key word being 'tries'; Corypheus easily turns it back on her and knocks her flat on her ass (having just woke up and with no idea what was going on, no less), followed by possessing her after death if she's the one Hawke sides with.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She says she feels like "a whole new person" after she's released from Corypheus's influence, despite admitting she can still hear the call.[[spoiler: In hindsight, Corypheus is taunting Hawke... which is supported by her smirking briefly after she turns her back to Hawke and the party.]]
* OhCrap: Gets a major one [[spoiler:when she realizes binding Corypheus is a lot tougher than she imagined.]]
* SmugSnake: Comes across as one if you oppose her; if you side with Larius in the beginning, Carver even mentions wanting to wipe her smug smile off her face. [[spoiler: If you side with her, Corypheus effortlessly deflects her binding spell despite the fact that he's only just woken up and doesn't even know where he is.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: She's the one who was responsible for sending the Carta to attack Hawke (and sibling), intending to lure them to the prison, free Corypheus, and let the Wardens use him to defeat the darkspawn once and for all. She does admit, when asked, that she wouldn't have resorted to sending the Carta if she'd thought that Hawke would willingly cooperate, but she's not at all apologetic about the rest of it.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: After all's said and done, she comments that she's going to go on the Calling after she's reported everything to the Warden-Commander.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Malvernis]]
!!Malvernis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Legacy]]''
->''"Does anyone else hear drumming?"''
-->--'''Anders'''
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A [[OptionalBoss secret]] boss encountered in the Vimmark Chasm if Hawke returns to an obelisk after obtaining the Warm Orb.
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* BloodMagic: Capable of an extremely damaging blood magic spell that can tear through even tanks.
* TheCorruption: The reason why he was sealed in the first place. Good move.
* DemBones: Before he even starts the fight, he summons a massive amount of skeleton archers.
* DishingOutDirt: Uses Rock Armor.
* TheDreaded: So much so that dwarven warriors would willingly live under the sun and forsake going to the Stone when they died, just to make sure he/it never got free. Even the brainwashed Carta cultists didn't seem to want to let him loose.
* FlunkyBoss: Most of his boss fight stages involve summoning spectral enemies to fight.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Exactly ''what'' Malvernis is remains a mystery. He has many traits in common with demons, but there are enough important differences to render the answer ambiguous.
* GuideDangIt: Easy to miss, and once missed is {{Permanently Missable|Content}}. It doesn't help that the quest log contains no mention of him, meaning that unless you're curious enough to investigate thoroughly (or have read a walkthrough), you will probably not know [[spoiler:that you have to take the Warm Orb back almost to the very beginning of the prison]].
* NintendoHard: Starts off the fight by summoning an enormous amount of ghost skeleton archers while he sits back and remains invulnerable. Then he awakens as a powerful Blood Mage who can summon more spectral warriors and teleport around the battlefield while throwing out powerful spells, before transforming into a High Dragon that can rain fire upon the entire war zone. The only consolation is that there's a [[BossArenaIdiocy large trap which can be used on him]] in his third form.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: As noted above, it's very easy to completely miss him. If you don't pick up the Warm Orb, you can't even start the quest to defeat him (not that you're told you ''have'' a quest). If you don't take the Warm Orb to the specific place it needs to go, you can't fight him. And if you get past a certain point in the prison, a gate slams shut behind you and you no longer have the option to fight him.
* RedBaron: The Pestilent One.
* ScaledUp: The third part of the fight is kicked off by a transformation into a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent ghost dragon]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Sealed inside lyrium by the dwarves to prevent contamination of the Stone.
[[/folder]]
!!Mark of the Assassin
[[folder:Tallis]]
!!Tallis
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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''[[WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption Redemption]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dragon Age II - Mark of the Assassin]]''
!!!'''Voiced by and modeled after''': Creator/FeliciaDay
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->''"You go elbow-deep in wyvern shit and I'M the weird one?"''
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An elven thief who teams up with Hawke in ''Mark of the Assassin'' to steal a gem called the Heart of the Many from Duke Prosper.
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* ActionGirl: Her introduction cements this.
* AntiMagic: Her Cloak ability gives her temporary resistance to magic. The rest of her personal skill tree works on anything, but is especially effective against mages. It's revealed [[spoiler:she's an agent of the Qun]].
* TheBadGuyWins: While calling her a villain might be a bit of an exaggeration (even if [[spoiler:the Qunari]] are definitely ''not'' nice), ''Mark of the Assassin'' ends with her succeeding in her objectives regardless of your actions.
* BlamingTheVictim: If the [=DLC=] is completed after Act II, Hawke criticizes her [[spoiler:revelation as a Qunari agent by bringing up the Arishok's wonton slaughter of innocent people. She returns by stating that Hawke simply doesn't understand the Qun and can't blame him for not doing so after witnessing the Arishok's actions, placing the blame on Hawke for not looking beyond the fact that the Arishok slaughtered countless people for his own failures.]]
* CantArgueWithElves: [[spoiler: Well, Qunari, but she's an elf too. Almost all of Tallis' dialogue about the Qun veers into this territory. Anyone who raises a critique, such as the treatment of the Saarebas mages, Tallis simply ignores it. Whereas if Hawke brings up the Arishok's slaughtering the city in Act II, she treats it as Hawke not being able to understand the Qun after watching the carnage. Both Hawke and the companions ''notice''.]]
* CutenessProximity: No one can resist mabari. "''Who's a cute puppy?'' I suppose we can't keep him, can we? His owner is probably waiting back at camp."
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of her dialogue.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: [[spoiler: It's strongly implied that she's only following the Qun to give herself a role rather than actually believing in it. The entire quest is her going directly against the Qun, using ExactWords to justify herself. She pokes holes in her own arguments before Hawke does, and outright admits that she struggles to believe as strongly as is required; every one of Hawke's companions calls her on this. Even her signature phrase, "The same path doesn't have to have the same destination," flies in the face of the finality every other Qunari has expressed throughout the game.]]
* DualWielding: Though she's more of a distance fighter.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:As a follower of the Qun, working with Hawke and their companions counts as this. After her identity is revealed, they're more antagonistic towards her, particularly Anders and Fenris; Bethany is also less than thrilled, though she takes it mostly in stride, while Isabela just observes the irony of her situation. Hawke seems less angry about the Qunari revelation, and more about the fact that she lied to them.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: [[spoiler:She is known as Tallis because that is her role in Qunari society; Tallis is the Qunlat word for "to solve". [[NoNameGiven Like them, she doesn't actually have a name]].]]
* ExtraDigits: She says she has six toes on her left foot, although this is an InformedAttribute since we never see it.
* FlechetteStorm: She can use her daggers for both melee and ranged attacks.
* GirlOfTheWeek: If the player does all the flirtation options, then Tallis becomes this to Hawke; as Varric notes to Cassandra afterward, neither he nor Hawke have seen or heard from her since. His banter in ''Inquisition'' implies that this is still true.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: During Aveline's sidequest, when Aveline finds the [[spoiler: black vial that has the revenant inside]]: "Oh crackers."
* GrayAndGrayMorality: In discussion about the Qun; where Hawke sees an oppressive society where IndividualityIsIllegal, Tallis sees one where everyone's needs are met, and all members have equal value. Hawke can admit she has a point. Alternatively, he can say she doesn't, and the Qun is little more than excuse to slaughter people who disagree.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Only available for the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC. Also a literal "guest star," given [[Creator/FeliciaDay who voiced/modeled her]].
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She's the protagonist of ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption''.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: The revelation that [[spoiler: Tallis is really Qunari would have come as more of a shock if she didn't have their sigil ''stamped on the stomach of her armor''. It's the same color and material as the rest of her outfit, but still, it's there.]] Also, when she 'disguises' herself to sneak up on the Duke and his men, it's... [[PaperThinDisguise rather remarkable]] that she succeeds.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Despite being a highly skilled assassin, she regrets having to kill people during a job if she can at all help it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: For how preachy she is about the Qun, Tallis breaks almost every regulation it has on a regular basis.]]
* InkSuitActor: She's modeled after Creator/FeliciaDay. Of course, since Day also played her in the live action ''WebVideo/DragonAgeRedemption'', it would be bizarre if this wasn't the case. Day also did the motion capture for Tallis.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: During the wyvern hunt.
-->'''Tallis''': Wait, what happened to all the birds? And... everything? ...uh-oh.
* {{Koan}}: Does manage to give one of these, when questioned about freedom.
--> '''Tallis''': [[FreedomFromChoice Is a sparrow buffeted by the wind free to choose where she flies?]]
* KarmaHoudini: As mentioned above in TheBadGuyWins, [[spoiler: Hawke has no option but to help Tallis with her objective, which is stealing back a list of Qunari spies across Thedas, and is unable to prevent her from leaving with it to preserve their identities. While Hawke is allowed to disagree with the Qun and openly call them butchers, that's the extent of the criticism allowed.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Implied to be the reason why she chose to seek out Hawke.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Tallis being [[spoiler: a member of the Qunari]] might be a shocker if one doesn't know of ''Dragon Age Redemption,'' which spoils her affiliation in the opening minutes.
* MadeASlave: Conversations with Fenris and Sebastian mention she grew up in Tevinter and was once a slave. ''Redemption'' reveals her parents sold her into it. [[spoiler: The Qunari rescued her.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: In conversation, she downplays it: She thinks the Qun is the best path for Thedas, but she admits it could do the job better, in a "nobody's perfect" sort of way. However, through her actions, she clearly has serious issues with her duties and openly defies her superiors (something the Qun does not tolerate) with very thin ExactWords being her only excuse.
* NobleDemon: Sure, she's a very pleasant young woman; but her entire mission, which she wholeheartedly supports, [[spoiler: is to retrieve a NOC list of Qunari sleeper agents in Chantry territory so that the land will be observed and more easily conquered when the eventual new invasion happens.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Due to being an InkSuitActor, she looks quite different from other elves in the game.
* NoodleIncident: Should you encounter Leliana, Tallis suddenly seems to be afraid that the other redhead is going to filet her alive. Sure, Leliana is a Chantry enforcer and Tallis is [[spoiler:basically trying to help the Qunari invade]], but it's pretty clear the two have a history. Leliana seems just as astonished to see Tallis, if less alarmed.
* OddFriendship: With Hawke, particularly a mage Hawke, since [[spoiler: Tallis is a member of the Qunari, freely admits that she's [[DoesNotLikeMagic not a fan of magic]], and largely agrees with their philosophy that mages ''should'' be be locked up for their own good (and bluntly agrees with the Qunari principle of what happens to mages). Despite this, if Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', she has ''no'' problem with them and states that all Qunari know and respect them as an equal.]]
* OvertOperative: [[spoiler:Wears the same armor with the Qun symbol as she and Hawke are ''meeting the Duke''!]]
* PaperThinDisguise: [[spoiler:Has a Qunari emblem on her armor.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: One part of her job. [[spoiler: The Ben-Hassrath are considered enforcers of religious law rather than soldiers - their job sometimes involves killing, but it can also be espionage or teaching new converts.]]
-->'''Tallis''': There are other paths. They do not all lead to the same destination.
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: [[spoiler:When she suggests that under the Qun, Hawke could have a purpose.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Hawke''': I ''have'' a purpose. '''I protect Kirkwall'''.]]
** [[spoiler: Which makes her subsequent comment that this was [[CantArgueWithElves not what she meant]] a tad ironic, since she's [[FailedASpotCheck failed to realise]] that by fully embracing [[TheChampion the role]] that they have been given, Hawke actually ''is'' living by one of the central tenets of the Qun, at least in their own way. Even the Arishok can point this out in conversation.]]
* TheSchlubPubSeductionDeduction: Parodied. There's a RunningGag where she attempts this with multiple people in order to get a key, and keeps failing for various reasons. [[note]]The first two didn't have the key, and the third [[NotDistractedByTheSexy simply wasn't into her.]][[/note]] According to her, she's done this multiple times in the past, and Hawke just caught her on a bad day.
* SecretPolice: [[spoiler:Her previous job before she was kicked out. She's trying to rejoin.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler: When confronted over the more murkier aspects of the Qun, she simply comments that they don't understand. She even states emphatically that submitting to the Qun would not make them slaves... to ''[[FailedASpotCheck Mage Hawke]]'', who ''would'' be made a slave under the Qun. She also tells Anders essentially that she knows how ''saarebas'' are treated, doesn't care, and wishes he would shut up about it.]]
-->'''Anders''': [[spoiler:But you think it's all right for them to sew up a mage's mouth or cut out his tongue?]]\\
'''Tallis''': [[spoiler:Right this second I do, yes.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Her banter with Snarky Hawke, which seemingly turns into a verbal sparring match over who can outsnark the other.
** Most of her her dialogue with the rest of the party tends to veer into this territory.
* SpiritedCompetitor: She dislikes collateral damage, but gets rather enthusiastic during the wyvern hunt. She seems unimpressed if Hawke doesn't care about getting a big one, but if they do...
-->'''Hawke''': Lay [the bait] all out. I'm bringing the Duke a trophy to talk about.\\
'''Tallis''': YES! I mean, if you're sure.
* StealthHiBye: Very good at this.
* TomboyishPonytail: Befitting an ActionGirl. If Hawke and Tallis speak to Leliana at the party, she compliments Tallis on it, saying, "Your hair is darling. Did you do it yourself?"
* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Part of her backstory is that she was kicked out of the Ben-Hassrath, the religious enforcers of the Qunari. She's trying to atone for this and rejoin them.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you ''don't'' use the flirt options.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her ultimate fate beyond the conclusion of the DLC remains unknown. It gets a little confusing in the next game, when a Tallis ends up helping the Inquisition through war table missions; Tallis is a title, not a name, so it may not specifically refer to her, and given what we know it could be anything from EnemyMine to LegacyCharacter. This gets lampshaded at one point when Varric asks after her, but Iron Bull has never met her.
* WideEyedIdealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and [[spoiler:genuinely believes that the Qun is the best path for Thedas. Her idealism also seems to have colored her view to such a degree that it's clear she doesn't actually understand the Qunari philosophy ''at all'', to the point you start to suspect it's part of why they kicked her out.]]
* WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:If Hawke has become ''basilit'an'', Tallis mentions that because they defeated the Arishok in honorable single-combat, ''all'' Qunari have come to know and respect Hawke as an equal. This makes them one of the rare outsiders that they can trust to ask for assistance or deal with them fairly in a parley. It's implied to be the reason she sought them out.]]
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!!Duke Prosper de Montefort
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An Orlesian noble who lives on an estate outside of Kirkwall. He owns the Heart of the Many, the gem that Tallis is after.
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* AffablyEvil: Until Hawke and Tallis start to become more trouble than they're worth.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Not at first, but in full effect after Hawke and Tallis cause trouble.
* AutomaticCrossbows: Prosper wields a pistol-like crossbow that fires [[AbnormalAmmo explosive energy balls, as well as a green goo that's harmless by itself, but paints an "Attack Me!" sign for wyverns.]]
* BeardOfEvil: It's actually ''forked''.
* BigBad: Of ''Mark of the Assassin''.
* BlueBlood: Empress Celene's mother Clarisse was his first cousin.
* BondVillainStupidity: He has Tallis and Hawke cornered by a hefty number of his guards. He gloats a bit, [[spoiler: reveals that Tallis is a Qunari,]] and then has Hawke and Tallis locked up in a cell. Why he didn't just have them killed then and there is a mystery.
* BullfightBoss: After he mounts Leopold, you can invoke this by standing at the edge of the arena and letting him charge. If Leopold misses, you can get some free damage in while they struggle to climb back up.
* CoolHelmet
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. As he falls to his death, he bounces off a rock rather graphically. Aggressive Hawke will also speed the process along by stomping on his fingers.]]
--> '''Isabela''': You see that? [[spoiler: He bounced!]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:It's implied that he might be one to Empress Celene.]]
* DragonRider: Has tamed and trained his pet wyvern "Leopold" well enough to be ridden.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: [[spoiler: He's so upset that he isn't getting black powder technology that he completely fails to realize he was just literally handed a way to expose and cripple the Qunari infiltration and intelligence network in a stroke, which is a mighty weapon ideed.]]
* EgomaniacHunter: When the dragons reappeared at the start of the Dragon Age, Duke Prosper was among the first to kill a High Dragon. Nowadays, he hosts the annual wyvern hunt to keep the population down, threatens to make trophies of team Hawke during his boss fight, and most impressively of all has a [[spoiler:[[Franchise/MassEffect krogan]]]] head mounted in his mansion.
* EvilGloating: Varric chastises him for [[spoiler: "spending his last minute monologuing".]]
* FluffyTamer: He calls his wyvern Leopold.
* FrenchJerk: Well, Orlesian Jerk, but that's [[FantasyCounterpartCulture more or less the same thing.]]
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Implied. He tells the party that they will make fine trophies on his wall.
* IneffectualDeathThreat: Angrily swears that Empress Celene will [[spoiler:burn Kirkwall to the ground to avenge his death. In the aftermath, when Cassandra raises the point, Varric points out that Celene wouldn't do anything, as it would cause too much of a scandal at court if word got out that Prosper was dealing with Tal-Vashoth (and, to judge by his own words, on ''her'' orders).]]
* MoralityPet: ''Literature/TheMaskedEmpire'' reveals that Empress Celene is this to him. Prosper was one of the few nobles who stood by her side after her parents were assassinated, and it's implied that he was something of a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] to her. He also actively helped with her plot to take the throne after Emperor Florian's death.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Not only does Prosper fail to understand the value of the information he's given (thereby saving the lives of several Qunari and hundreds more of their extended families and friends), but he unintentionally hands it to Tallis.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Gives one before the final battle.
--> ''If anyone is to do any slaying, it will be me.''
* SmugSnake: He's smart enough to be successful at [[DecadentCourt The Game]] and [[spoiler:is fluent in Qunlat (the Qunari tongue)]], but he's still a complete UpperClassTwit who fails to realize that [[spoiler:he had the opportunity to kill the majority of the followers of the Qun in Chantry territory. Granted, the information was given to him without context, but Prosper never tried to get clarification.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:If Hawke decides to be diplomatic and try to save Prosper from falling off a ledge, Prosper tries to stab Hawke. It goes about as well as you'd expect.]]
* UpperClassTwit: Albeit less so than some of the other Orlesian nobles encountered.
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!!Cahir
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Prosper's Chasind bodyguard. How he came to work for an Orlesian noble is unclear, but he clearly doesn't care for it.
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* BloodKnight: Unlike Arlange, he knows exactly what he's getting into when he fights Hawke, and relishes the opportunity.
* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: One who comes from a BarbarianTribe no less.
* TheDragon: To Prosper, although there's no actual loyalty involved. "Prosper can fight his own battles, and I shall choose mine."
* FacialMarkings: Is adorned with Chasind tattoos on his face.
* FlunkyBoss: "The Circle are not the only ones who know how to break a mage."
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Hawke comments on the strangeness of seeing a member of the Chasind so far from the Korcari Wilds, mentioning that they used to help their father trade with the Chasind who passed through Lothering.
* WorthyOpponent: As shown in the quote, he sees Hawke as someone actually worth fighting.
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[[folder:Baron Arlange]]
!!Baron Arlange
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->''"I paid good coin to be the one who wins this contest! It was MY turn!"''
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* BullyingADragon: Mixed with TooDumbToLive, particularly if playing Mark of the Assassin in Act III, by which point Hawke [[spoiler: has potentially killed the Arishok, a High Dragon, numerous powerful demons and blood mages, not to mention untold grunts, criminals and petty thugs in Kirkwall]]. Tallis even points out the stupidity of what he's doing in trying to threaten Hawke into backing off.
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is male]'' You do know this man could whip you like a rented mule with one hand tied behind his back?
-->'''Tallis''': ''[If Hawke is female]'' You do know this woman has nasty little thugs like you for breakfast?
* CruelMercy: Prosper allows you to decide his fate the first time, and one option is to "let him live knowing he was beaten by a Fereldan." He comes back for more, but hey, double the XP!
* FantasticRacism: Hawke is "the Fereldan turnip" or "backwater mongrel", and Tallis a "knife ear". He veritably explodes with outrage when Tallis has the gall to talk back to him.
* FrenchJerk: As per the usual for Orlesian nobility.
* LargeHam: To the point where it seems if he spent less time ChewingTheScenery, he might have actually ''caught'' that wyvern!
* LaughablyEvil: He may be a prick, but his accent makes it incredibly fun to listen to him; his constant temper tantrums only make him so much funnier. (The fact that he has the same voice actor as male Hawke makes him even ''more'' entertaining.)
* MuggingTheMonster: No matter how obscure or famous Hawke is when you play the DLC, he still attacks you after you've already killed a pretty dangerous wyvern. Everyone in your party points out how hopelessly outclassed he is.
* NotWorthKilling: Hawke can initially refuse to fight him and later invoke this after showing mercy. [[GoodIsNotSoft The second time, however]]...
* PsychopathicManchild: Comes across as a five-year-old in a man's body.
* TooDumbToLive: If Hawke spares him the first time he fails to kill them, he'll try again after Hawke and the others escape from Prosper's dungeons. [[CurbStompBattle It ends about as well as you think for him.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Hawke can spare his life after [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] him and his heavily armed guards. Naturally, he decides the best way to repay such mercy is to try to kill Hawke ''again''.
* UpperClassTwit: Everyone can clearly see that he has more money than brains.
* YourMom: Invokes this trope and is on the receiving end of it when Prosper calls him on his BlatantLies about Hawke trying to cheat him of the kill.
-->'''Arlange''': [[NeverMyFault This is your fault]] for inviting a stinking turnip in the first place! Your mother would be ashamed!
-->'''Prosper''': ''[sneers]'' This from the man whose mother slept with half of Val Chevin.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: All over the place after the final fight with Corypheus; try playing again after ''Inquisition'' and [[spoiler:count the [[OutOfCharacterAlert times Corypheus slips out of character]]. He suddenly speaks differently (which he attributes to the lack of Corypheus's Calling), he thanks Hawke for his "freedom", and when he turns away from Hawke at the end, you can see him briefly smirk.]]
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