History YMMV / Asunder

* TheWoobie: Pharamond, an intelligent researcher who was made Tranquil for years and then possessed by a demon; the first thing he learns upon being cured of both is that his experiments accidentally ended in the horrific deaths of everyone who'd trusted and cared about him in Adamant, something which haunts him for the rest of the novel. Getting his emotions back after being Tranquil for so long also leads him to being unable to control them very well, meaning he spends a good chunk of his screentime being miserable or terrified out of his mind. [[spoiler:To top it all off, he's sentenced to being made Tranquil ''again'', the one thing he's most afraid of, and by the time Adrian kills him all he wants is to die.]]

* TheWoobie: Pharamond, an intelligent researcher who was made Tranquil for years and then possessed by a demon; the first thing he learns upon being cured of both is that his experiments accidentally ended in the horrific deaths of everyone who'd trusted and cared about him in Adamant, something which haunts him for the rest of the novel. Getting his emotions back after being Tranquil for so long also leads him to being unable to control them very well meaning he spends a good chunk of his screentime being miserable or terrified out of his mind. [[spoiler:To top it all off, he's sentenced to being made Tranquil ''again'', the one thing he's most afraid of, and by the time Adrian kills him all he wants is to die.]]

* HesJustHiding: Given that [[spoiler:Lambert]]'s fate is left unclear, some believe that he survived [[spoiler:Cole's attempt on his life]].
** {{Jossed}} by Inquisition, in which Cassandra [[spoiler: notes that Lambert is dead]] and Cole [[spoiler: readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do.]] It's even a plot point that [[spoiler: Lambert has a replacement that the Inquisition has to deal with.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Cole, despite being a serial killer, still manages to be sympathetic.

** Senior Enchanter Adrian ends up [[spoiler: killing Pharamond and framing Rhys (her only friend and the man she claims to love) to spark another battle.]] She has no excuse for this, beyond the bog standard "mages are oppressed" argument, and it's quite clear that Rhys justifiably hates her by the book's conclusion.

* TheWoobie: Pharamond.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The entire book seems designed to address fan complaints about [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII the previous game's]] story.

* FoeYay: Rhys and Evangeline are both obviously attracted to each other despite their initial animosity.

** {{Jossed}} by Inquisition, in which Cassandra [[spoiler: notes that Lambert is dead]] and Cole [[spoiler: readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do.]]

** Jossed by Inquisition, in which Cassandra [[spoiler: notes that Lambert is dead]] and Cole [[spoiler: readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do.]]

** [[Main/Jossed]] by Inquisition, in which Cassandra [[spoiler: notes that Lambert is dead]] and Cole [[spoiler: readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do.]]

** [[Jossed]] by Inquisition, in which Cassandra [[spoiler: notes that Lambert is dead]] and Cole [[spoiler: readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do.]]

** Lord Seeker Lambert arguably crosses this [[spoiler:when he completely disregards his orders to start the battle at the Spire.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Lord Seeker Lambert arguably crosses this at three different points. [[spoiler: Either when he completely disregards his orders to start the battle at the Spire, his brutal beatdown of Cole, or nearly killing Evangeline.]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some people want [[AntiHero Cole]] as a companion or even a love interest in a future ''Dragon Age'' game despite that, sympathetic characterization aside, he's a murderer who never once expresses an interest in romance.

** Though arguably it served to further trivialise [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII DA2's]] plot by having the mage rebellion come as a result of months of tensions post-Kirkwall and the final scene with the First Enchanters. This means that Anders' actions at the end of the game were just one long-term cause out of many rather than being the immediate trigger.
*** Also, Hawke Who?
**** [[WordOfGod Word of God]] addressed this one: the problem with bringing Hawke--and the Warden, for that matter--into the expanded-universe stuff is that they end up creating a single canon that might invalidate the players' individual choices. ([[ShipToShipCombat Imagine the fire and brimstone that would descend]] [[DieForOurShip if one romantic interest was picked to be canon, for instance]].) Beyond Alistair becoming king at the Landsmeet, there isn't anything else they've really confirmed about the Warden or Hawke's decisions.
** On the other hand, one could argue that Kirkwall reinforced the growing seed of doubt that the Chantry simply wasn't doing it's job properly. The idea that a single desperate Mage could cause an entire city to erupt into chaos was not new, but the realisation that it could take place in a city famous worldwide for the Templars having ''absolute'' authority?! Anders' actions may have not been the immediate trigger, but it was the spark that ignited a powder-keg that [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom no-one wanted to admit was there.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Some people pine for Cole to end up as a companion or even a love interest in a future Dragon Age game, despite the fact that he's basically a serial killer who never once expresses an interest in sex.

* TheScrappy: Adrian. The fan base overwhelmingly wants her dead, for some reason.
** [[HateSink Although being hated is exactly what she's there for]].
* TearJerker: [[spoiler: Wynne's HeroicSacrifice]].
* TheWoobie: Cole, despite being a supernatural serial killer. Also, Pharamond.