History DragonAgeOrigins / TropesFToK

* ForWantOfANail:
** The existence of the other ''Origins'' player characters is indicated in the game (or in some of the [=DLCs=]). All of the origin stories happen; whichever one you're currently playing is the main character only because Duncan was in the right place at the right time.
** And then there's the DLC quest ''Darkspawn Chronicles'', where it shows to some extent what would have happened if the Grey Warden candidate from any of the origins never survived the Joining ritual.

--> [[DragonAgeOrigins/TropesAToE Tropes A-E]]
--> [[DragonAgeOrigins/TropesLToQ Tropes L-Q]]

* HousepetPig: "Nugs" are the fantasy equivalent of pigs, one of the player's companions, Leliana, finds them so adorable, she wants to keep one as a pet, and the player can eventually obtain a particularly cute nug and give it to her a gift, whom she names Shmooples. Afterwards, Shmooples can be found around her tent at party camp, apparently unperturbed by having to live on the surface.

* FamilyExtermination: If the Warden makes Bhelen King of Orzammar, he launches a campaign of extermination against his rival Harrowmont's entire extended family.

** Oghren definitely thinks so. He remarks that he wishes he'd known Branka preferred girls to him - just before stating he has ADateWithRosiePalms. If a female Warden has Oghren in the party when she visits the Pearl and requests a female prostitute, Oghren will walk in on them. And if your female Warden invites Leliana along for her tryst with Isabela, Oghren faints.

** A gem of banter between Alistair and Oghren where Oghren advises Alistair to relieve his stress by [[ADateWithRosiePalms "Polishing the old weapon, eh."]] Alistair is disgusted, but as the conversation goes on, it turns out Oghren ''is'' talking about polishing a weapon. Maybe.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: There are some mods that allow players to eviscerate Arl Howe because some players feel his death taking place in a cutscene lets him get off ''too easy''. And most players are more than happy to reject Vaughn's offer in the City Elf origin so they can kill him themselves. You can literally tell him you will enjoy kicking his ass.

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** Going against every instinct of people familiar with ThePowerOfFriendship, the Mage origin story is really designed to screw you over if you just blindly believe in your mage buddy. If you go along with his plans, he will implicate you in a serious crime and is in fact entirely guilty of everything he is being accused of. The smart play is to consider your options and how to keept yourself safe first rather than blindly throw your lot in with someone in a bad situation who will do whatever it takes to save himself. Though ultimately it doesn't matter since you get conscripted either way.

** [[spoiler:[[MsFanservice In spite of Morrigan otherwise looking pretty damn hot]] and the overall sexy factor, context makes the Dark Ritual (if you choose to go through with it) somewhat {{Squick}}y.]] It's also worse if you're [[spoiler:a female character and are romancing Alistair, in which case, ''he'' has to do the ritual - and the game forces the player to watch (well, until it blacks out). Even if you didn't romance Alistair, the scene is made incredibly uncomfortable by the fact that he looks ''terrified'' when Morrigan joins him in bed. It also doesn't help that Alistair and Morrigan pretty much hate each other.]]

** Hardening Alistair and/or Leliana. Hardening the former is the only way to make it possible to recruit Loghain without Alistair stomping off and leaving (provided he has agreed to be Anora's husband). Hardening the latter will change her slightly; a romanced Leliana will be the Warden Queen or Prince-Consort's mistress, for instance, during the epilogue. However, there's no way to know this is possible, and there's no indication that they ''are'' hardened until certain events test it.

* KillEmAll: In the ''Darkspawn Chronicles'' DLC, you can do this to a lot of named [=NPCs=] that would be in Denerim. Yes, including [[spoiler:Alistair's sister. (Too bad you can't get Herren, though...)]]

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* IDrankWhat:
** One can only wonder where Oghren's home-brewed ale comes from, as hinted by him and Zevran in their party banter.
** Also, TheReveal about what the Joining actually entails, although this is more of a case of I Have To Drink What?.