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Ruck is a young Dwarf who was stranded in the Deep Roads for five years. Like anyone abandoned there, he's grown deformed and half-mad from consuming darkspawn flesh, likely in the early stages of ghoulification. However, he is willing to trade with you, and is essentially a store in the middle of the Dark Roads.

->''"I am your Paragon."''

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* DeathByDespair: [[spoiler:If Bhelen's telling the truth about not poisoning him.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: His journal notes his jealousy at their getting an entire Glory Proving dedicated to them upon receiving a military command, something he never got when he received his.

** If the told of Bhelen's actions, Duncan will basically shrug and say, "Dwarven politics again."

* YourCheatingHeart: According to ''The World of Thedas'', [[spoiler:it quickly became an open secret that she was having an affair with Hespith.]]

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Not personally, but after the Dwarf Commoner is discovered at the Proving and locked up in his dungeon, he plans to cut Rica loose as well, and casually informs his guards that they can have their way with her since he no longer cares about getting his investment back from her.

!!The Carta

[[folder:Beraht]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/PatFraley

->''"You keep your head down and say 'aye' to any job I decide is low enough for scum like you."''

The leader of the Carta, one of Orzammar's largest crime syndicates, and a member of the merchant caste. He dreams of becoming a noble and moving to the Diamond Quarter. The Dwarf Commoner PC and his/her sister, Rica, are forced to work for him due to their Casteless status.

* AmbitionIsEvil: Dreams of becoming a noble and moving to the Diamond Quarter.
* BullyingADragon[=/=]TooDumbToLive: Oh sure, mouth off to your two ex-carta thugs (one of whom just won a tournament against Orzammar's most seasoned darkspawn veterans) who just broke out of your personal jail and cut their way through your hideout guards like weeds to escape. That'll intimidate them into submission, Beraht.
* TheMafia: He certainly runs the Carta like one.
* SelfMadeMan: His lack of brand, shop and ability to provide a legitimate pass to the Commons imply that he's likely a member of the Merchant Caste. However, his dreams of becoming a Noble are hampered due to his well-known connections to Dust Town and role in the Carta.
* StarterVillain: For the Dwarf Commoner.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Not personally, but after the Dwarf Commoner is discovered at the Proving and locked up in his dungeon, he plans to cut Rica loose as well, and casually informs his guards that they can have their way with her since he no longer cares about getting his investment back from her.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: It's stated a few times that he has "good friends" in the upper Castes.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Plans to have Brosca and Leske tortured to death for getting discovered at the Proving, even though they were JustFollowingOrders. (Granted, he didn't tell them to impersonate a contestant, but since they found said contestant too blind drunk to compete, the narrative makes it clear they ''had'' to to ensure that the warrior he bet on won, as he would have tortured and killed them for failing anyway.)

[[folder:Jarvia]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Salli Saffioti

->''"Well, you picked the wrong side, stranger. It doesn't matter who's king, as long as there's a queen!"''

Beraht's second-in-command and rumored lover, who takes over the Carta after his death. Like him, she cultivates allies among the people of Orzammar, both common and noble, which makes it difficult for the authorities to act against her. Both Bhelen and Harrowmont will ask the Warden to eliminate her in order to curry favor with the assembly.

* BenevolentBoss: It's hinted she does care to some extent about her men (at least probably more than Beraht). If you chose a different origin than the Dwarf Commoner, it’s possible to [[BerserkButton make her lose her cool]] by taunting her about how you just slaughtered her whole Carta.
-->'''Casteless Thug''': Jarvia was no Paragon, but she looked after her own.
* CombatPragmatism: When you finally meet and fight her in person, she faces you [[JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards surrounded by several of her henchmen, including several archers]], in a closed room [[HomeFieldAdvantage full of traps]] and spends half the fight in stealth mode.
* DepravedBisexual: Implied to have been in a relationship with Beraht before he died, and pulls an IHaveYouNowMyPretty with a female PC of any background. Still in the Carta regardless.
* {{Gayngster}}: If the PC is a female Warden of any race, Jarvia specifically tells her goons to kill the entire party, "but leave the pretty one -- I have plans for her." (The male Warden is "the mouthy one.")
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: She's strongly hinted to intend to do this with the Warden, [[DepravedBisexual regardless of the Warden's gender]].
* JustifiedCriminal: Many of the people of Dust Town consider her one, to the point that they'll attack the Warden for killing her.
* TheMafia: Takes over as the boss after Beraht's death.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: As with her boss, she's got lots of connections, and is actually fairly well-liked among the inhabitants of Dust Town, because she looks after them. At least, she's liked by the ones that aren't cowering in fear at the mere mention of her. After she's killed by the Warden, a group of them attempt to avenge her death.

* ArrangedMarriage: According to his journal, he was planning to arrange one between himself and one of Lady Helmi's daughters once he became king.

* TheGoodKing: What he becomes if he is elected by the Assembly, with a healthy dose of GoodIsNotSoft. [[spoiler: He encourages trade with the surface, gives the Casteless civil rights, allows them to join the army and, generally, moves Orzammar to the future]]. Banter between two dwarven ambassadors in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisition]]'' reveals that [[spoiler: he supports Empress Celene in the power struggle for Orlais, trades food and other essentials with her, and has Orzammar well supplied and organized despite trade difficulties]]. Contrast these with [[SlaveToPR Harrowmont]].

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:If he's elected king, he eases discrimination against the casteless and makes it easier for Orzammar to trade with outside world. The Noble caste throws a fit, but their obstinate regressiveness is what's slowly killing Orzammar society to begin with.]]

* PyrrhicVictory: If the Dwarf Noble decides to make him King. Bhelen has his eldest brother murdered, and gets his remaining sibling exiled, all to claim the throne for himself. Unfortunately, his exiled sibling comes back as a Grey Warden, ''still'' commands respect from the people of Orzammar and, instead of getting revenge, is ultimately the person to whom [[CruelMercy Bhelen owes his throne]]. Even worse, while Bhelen gets to be King, his [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter sibling]] ends up being declared a ''[[TheAce Paragon]]''.
** And if the Dwarf Noble is male and you make certain choices, the Warden also [[spoiler:has a child with a strong claim to the throne by virtue of his royal descent and his father's Paragon-hood, meaning that it may have all been for nothing.]]

A young girl of the Smith Caste, who wishes to study in the Circle of Magi.

A dwarven merchant whom the Warden and his companions rescue on the Imperial Highway outside of Lothering, Bodahn and his adopted son Sandal thereafter travel with the party, providing a ready source of supplies as well as enchanting services.

The adopted son of the dwarven merchant Bodahn Feddic. Sandal is...special, to say the least, as he is lyrium-addled. However, he has a unique and natural talent when it comes to enchanting, displaying skill that surpasses that of even grandmasters. He follows the party along with his father and the two offer their services in the party camp.

->'''Voiced by:''' Richard [=McGonagle=]

->'''Voiced by:''' Zach Hanks

--> '''Lady Helmi:''' Your mother would melt the Stone if she knew what you just did!

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WallyWingert

--> '''Lady Helmi:''' Your mother would melt the Stone if she knew what you just did!

->'''Voiced by:''' Helen Wilson

-->'''Oghren:''' Truth is, I don't know. She was almost crazier than when we were married, it looked like.\\
'''Shale:''' Almost? It is exaggerating, surely.\\
'''Oghren:''' Branka was always a bit twitchy. There was that day she took her forging hammer to my head for misplacing her tongs... ah, good times.\\
'''Shale:''' I am finding the nature of its relationship to this Branka difficult to imagine.\\
'''Oghren:''' Make-up sex. She really knew how to polish the old anvil, if you take my meaning! ''[whistles]'' Paragon! ''[laughs]''\\
'''Shale:''' I am done imagining, now.

->'''Voiced by:''' Wendy Braun

-->'''Hespith:''' [[spoiler:I was her captain, and I could not stop her... her lover, and I could not save her.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{David Lodge|Actor}}

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RobinSachs

* ArcVillain: If the player chooses to ally with Bhelen during the ''Paragon of her Kind'' quest, Harrowmont becomes the main antagonist in his stead. Despite appearring to be the better man of the two, Harrowmont will still send assassins to kill the Warden when they try to find Branka.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum

-->'''Gorim:''' Why not? I'll just wear a sign that says 'assassinate me before Lady Aeducan marries beneath her'.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NolanNorth

-->'''Ruck:''' [[RapidFireNo Nonononono!]] No Filda! No mother! No warm blanket and stew and pillow and soft words! Ruck doesn't deserve good memories! No, no, ''[[BigNo NO]]''!

->'''Voiced by:''' Corri English

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrianBloom

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatFraley

->'''Voiced by:''' Salli Saffioti

* ParentalAbandonment: Their father left the family, causing their mother to take to drinking shortly afterwards.

* PromotionToParent: Rica had to raise her younger sibling herself due to their father's abandonment and their mother's alcoholism.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidLodge

->''"Could everyone who isn't about to die please turn around for a moment? This may be unpleasant. Thank you."''

Sister of the Dwarf Commoner PC, Rica was forced into noble-hunting by the crime lord Beraht, while her sibling does Beraht's dirty work to pay off the debts from the lessons to make her act like a noble lady.