History Characters / DragonAgeInquisitionNonPlayableCharacters

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Unlike the Qunari encountered in previous games, Gatt outright admits there are parts of the Qun that are wrong. He settles on fixing it from within, rather than leaving.'

* HotBlooded: She has a tendency to let her temper get the better of her ''all the bloody time.'' This is presumably the reason why Duncan [[ICallItVera named]] an [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] after her, according to one of the [[DownloadableContent item packs]] from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.

* {{Foil}}: To Marjolaine. Both women are central figures to Leliana's life who exploit her abilities and feelings in order to achieve their personal agenda. The difference is that Justinia taught Leliana that there was a life beyond violent revelry such as the Game. She also feared that she won't be any different from Marjolaine and thus wanted Leliana to move forwards from the burdens of being her Left Hand. Meanwhile, Marjolaine taught her the dangerous art of being a bard and clearly showed no regrets about her actions against Leliana.

* {{Foil}}: To Marjolaine. Both women are central figures to Leliana's life who exploit her abilities and feelings in order to achieve their personal agenda. The difference is that Justinia feared that she won't be any different from Marjolaine and thus wanted Leliana to move forwards from the burdens of being her Left Hand. Meanwhile, Marjolaine clearly showed no regrets about her actions against Leliana.

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* WiseBeyondHisYears: Considering who he has for parents, it's not surprising. [[spoiler:Especially if he's partly Urthemiel.]]

* HeteronormativeCrusader: He [[spoiler: was planning to use BloodMagic on his own son to turn him straight.]] Unlike most examples in media, however, it wasn't out of religious fervor or believing homosexuality to be "evil", but because nobility in Tevinter puts immense pressure on its magisters to continue and cultivate their bloodlines, for the purpose of breeding "better mages"; naturally, Dorian prefering mens' company puts a damper in this plan

* AntiVillain: Compared to [[EvilSorcerer most Magisters.]] His feud with Dorian shows how good men can be brought low by prejudice and valuing the power of the family name over the happiness of its members.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Once upon a time, he told Dorian that BloodMagic was the weapon of the weak and the cowardly. [[spoiler: It doesn't stop him from working up a plan to use it on Dorian, to rewire his brain to make him heterosexual.]]
* HeteronormativeCrusader: He [[spoiler: was planning to use BloodMagic on his own son to turn him straight.]] It's implied at least that this is mostly because of the pressure placed on nobility in Tevinter to continue and cultivate their bloodlines.
* IHaveNoSon: When he finds out Dorian is gay. It's a memory that Cole finds in Dorian's mind. According to Cole, he wished that he didn't mean it.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Dorian accuses Halward of being more concerned about his "[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] legacy" than his son's well-being.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When [[spoiler:discovering the plan for his BloodMagic spell]] resulted in Dorian leaving his family, he really regretted it.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks like his son, plus about twenty years and with a less prominent mustache.

* UnexplainedAccent: He's the only Tevinter mage with a French accent. Not even his son has any trace of it.

-->'''Giselle'': [[OhCrap I...]][[HeelRealization see]].

* MoralMyopia: If a Dalish Inquisitor brings up the Exalted March against the Dales, Mother Giselle softens what the Chantry did by stating that by the time the Exalted March was called, the Elves had taken Montsimmard and sacked Val Royeaux, so "they were not innocent victims." She declines to mention the Dales and Orlais had been at war for ''years'' by that point, and Orlesian soldiers had done their own share of damage to the Dales.

* NiceGuy: About the only flaws the good Mother seems to possess are a slight disapproval of Dorian, for his libertine ways and Tevinter heritage, and some awkward attitudes regarding the Dalish. Her anti-Dorian sentiments doesn't get further than a few tame arguments and concerns about "rumors." In ''Trespasser,'' she even admits to being mistaken about him and wants to issue a public apology (because he would want an audience to see his reaction). Her attitude towards the Dalish is likely a factor of her profession - someone who's pledged her life to an expansionist religion is hardly going to start condemning her predecessors in the faith.

** It's impossible to find out unless the Inquisitor is Dalish and chooses a rather obscure dialogue option; but Mother Giselle is not as condemning of the Exalted March on the Dales as perhaps one might hope, couching it as purely political despite its religious trappings and failing to denounce what came afterwards when she brings it up at all. The harshest criticism she offers is that it was controversial.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Everyone above him in the Chantry leadership [[EverybodysDeadDave died at the Conclave]], leaving him as the highest ranking member alive. He's left distraught and unsure of his own authority, especially since the Chantry is explicitly ''matriarchal'' - meaning that he can't actually be in charge of it even if he wanted to be. He copes by trying to assert himself and by trying to get everyone to stick to established succession protocols, making him appear unreasonably obstructive to the Inquisition and the Inquisitor-to-be.

* EasySexChange: Subverted. Using magic to physically change one's sex isn't out of the question in Thedas. The problem is, magic is heavily stigmatized in Thedas outside of the [[TheMagocracy Tevinter Imperium]]; and even there, non-magical Tevinter citizens like Krem are often wary of it. As such, Krem says he would never let any gender-affirming magic go anywhere near his body.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Unlike the Qunari encountered in previous games, Gatt outright admits there are parts of the Qun that are wrong. He settles on fixing it from within, rather than leaving.
* RapeAsBackstory: Implied. Gatt says that his master brought him to Seheron that last time for "company" (when he was ''eight''), and that he originally stayed with the Qunari willingly because they killed the magister who hurt him.

* SuicideMission: One fate for her is to [[spoiler: go to the Deep Roads. She knows that she would not come back alive if so.]] She also tries one if you pardon her. Picking the right advisor on the War Table can talk her out of it.

* NiceHat: Like all in the Chantry.

* MeaningfulName: Abelas means "sorrow" in elven. At the end of the mission, Solas can comment that he hopes Abelas finds a new name.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Mostly Krem and Bull, but to a lesser extent, this is the case with the rest of them. [[TheUnintelligible Well, except Grim, at least out loud.]]
-->'''Krem''': The Chargers might give Bull more lip than you might expect, but every one of us would lay down our lives for the big ass.

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the Grey Wardens IDidWhatIHadToDo mindset. Specifically, she calls out the actions of those who invoke said trope as a defense, seeing it aas a form of KarmaHoudini when the Wardens should be held accountable for their actions.

* GodwinsLaw: At one point, she will even accuse an Inquisitor who refuses to accept the validity of faith-based interpretations (in favor of their own evidence-based beliefs) of being on par with ''Corypheus.'' ([[FromACertainPointOfView This is technically true]], except the Inquisitor isn't wantonly murdering innocent people who disagree with them.)

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: After Therinfal, he runs what's left of the Templars, so he becomes this.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Skinner is stated to prefer knives [[KnifeNut to a worrying degree]], but she is also seen using a bow when the situation calls for it.

* KnifeNut: Skinner.

* IllBoy: He's suffering from the Blight. [[spoiler: After his father is defeated, he returns to Tevinter to tell them what happened. Shortly afterwards, his illness catches up with him and he dies. If the Inquisition sides with the Templars, the Venatori execute him before it gets that far.]]

* FantasticRacism: Skinner hates shems (humans) for testing swords on her people, but it's not a pure racism; she's perfectly fine with Krem, Stitches, and Grim, and has no quarrel with a human Inquisitor. It's more likely that she only specifically despises humans who look down on elves.

* FantasticRacism: Skinner hates shems (humans) for testing swords on her people, but it's not a pure racism; she's perfectly fine with Krem, Stitches, and Grim, and has no quarrel with a human Inquisitor.