History FanFic / AgeOfDragons

The series is also excellent because you don't have to have actually played ''Dragon Age'' in order to follow the story.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Hawke and Inquisitor Ruya clearly achieve this, though Hawke admits to the toll doing so took on him.
* BadassAdorable: Lenore Amell [[spoiler:The Messenger gets a few moments of this]]
* BadassArmy: The Inquisition and the Wardens

* BadassCreed: Brehan gets a moment of awesome by spitting the Dalish Oath [[spoiler:into the face of the Divine herself, reducing the woman to tears]]
* BadassCrew: The entire blight killing gang

* BadassFamily: The Amells, and by extension the Hawkes. Ruya pointing out that one of her great-grandparents was an Amell is enough to scare Jerath and Anders [[spoiler:Both of whom are extremely powerful abominations]]
* BattleCouple: Pretty much every couple that gets any page time
* BearsAreBadNews: Kieran likes to turn into one when a door needs to be broken down
* BenevolentBoss: Hawke especially, though most of the main characters have shades of this
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Hawke. Lenore, Sera, and Loghain Junior are lesser cases
* BigBrotherInstinct: Hawke's defining characteristic, though it could also be simply a result of being a Hawke or Amell as the same trait shows up in Lenore, Carver, and Leandra.
* BigDamnHeroes: A Warden specialty.
* BlatantLies: Brosca loves these. Carver is prone to dipping into this on occasion when someone asks what he's been up to lately [[spoiler:Except he turned out to be telling the truth]]. Caleb and Varric, however, are the grand masters of the art.
* BullyingADragon: At various points characters do this literally.

* ChekhovsGun: Several show up
* ChildhoodFriends: Lenore and Cullen. Their renewing their friendship towards the end of the series is absolutely heartwarming.
* CloudCuckoolander: Lenore and Merrill
* TheComicallySerious: Sten, and to a lesser extent Jerath
* CoolOldGuy:
** Tisallan. He's older than all existing civilizations, having been born in Arlathan itself. Caleb asks him for advice. Tisallan's response?

** Loghain also turns into one eventually, though he's a far grumpier version than Tisallan.
** Brehan, by the time of the events of Bloodline of the Dragon
* CurbStompBattle: Happens pretty much anytime Jerath decides to draw his sword.
* DeadpanSnarker: Several characters, but Hawke and Jerath especially. Tisallan may have been the first ever SnarkKnight in Thedas.

* DefectorFromDecadence: Dorian
* DefrostingIceQueen: Morrigan to Jerath, and on some levels Fenris to Hawke. Vivienne defrosts a little in some of the alternate worlds.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Anders, Jerath, Kieran, and Loghain Junior, though the latter two much more benevolent versions]]
* DoomMagnet: Both Hawke and Ruya.
* DoomedByCanon: Duncan [[spoiler:Made even sadder by him and Saitada falling in love prior to the battle at Orzammar]]. Bethany and Leandra are also this.
* DualWielding: Multiple characters, most notably Jerath.
* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Hawke and the Inquisitor especially. Hawke occasionally laments his apparent inability to turn down a quest.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Rather than the ignominious death he gets in the game, Keenan gets to have one of these.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Anders is very much not.]]
* {{Elfeminate}}: Subverted for Brehan and Fenris, played straight for Jerath.
* AFatherToHisMen: Cullen
* FireForgedFriends: Each story has a group of these, and part of what makes Bloodlines great is that the descendants of the original groups become FireForgedFriends themselves [[spoiler:Loghain Junior's parentage makes this especially heartwarming]]
* FlirtingUnderFire: Done by a lot of characters, but Iron Bull and Sulana often seem to treat fighting for their lives as foreplay.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler:If any character's eyes change, bad things are about to happen]]
* GoodIsNotNice: Saitada, Jerath, and occasionally Hawke.

* HiddenBackupPrince: Alistair is one for Cailan. [[spoiler: Matril is one for Sebastian Vael.]]

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Delivered by several characters over the course of the story. Duncan Theirin giving this to Agatha Amell actually serves as their friendship bonding moment.

* KleptomaniacHero: Most of the Blight crew. Brehan makes sure to point out how hypocritical Alistair is being when he later yells [[spoiler:at his son]] for being the same thing
* LadyAndKnight: Alistair and Cathiel, as well as Ruya and Cullen are bright options. Jerath and Morrigan, despite technically being on the side of good, are much closer to the dark archetype
* LadyOfWar: Saitada, and Cathiel to a lesser extent.
* LapPillow: Morrigan and Jerath engage in this several times.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Kieran does this a lot, even yelling at the author after the party ends up in the Deep Roads
* LetsDance: Salla's call to battle at the end of Bloodline of the Dragon. It starts one of the most awesome running fight scenes in the series.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Characters with minor bit parts end up playing larger roles, such as Rory Gilmore and Nesiara.

* MagicKnight: Ruya is quite skilled with a sword. [[spoiler:Her son Gavren inherits this trait, and Kieran has shades as well.]] Hawke can use a sword, but relies mainly on his magic and lets Fenris and Aveline handle the swordplay
* MercyKill: Jerath is prone to delivering these. He keeps count.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: For a rather young elf, Jerath is disturbingly prone to this. [[spoiler:Turns out there is a good reason for this]]

* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Fereldans subvert this.
* NoSell: Various templars can do this to magic, especially Carver and Jerath toward the end of the series.
* NoodleIncident: Hawke and Varric have quite a collection of these, as does Sera.
* OddFriendship: Varric's brain breaks just a little upon learning that Cullen and Lenore actually used to be involved.

* OneManArmy: Hawke is referred to as this several times. It's accurate.

* OneTrueThreesome: Lenore, Brosca, and Zevran. And it's adorable.
* OnlySaneMan: Saitada tries to be this. How well she succeeds is occasionally up for debate.

* {{Polyamory}}: Lenore, Brosca, and Zevran

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: In all stories
* RapeAsBackstory: For several characters. [[spoiler:Jerath turns out to have one, it's the reason for his 'doesn't like to be touched' and 'doesn't drink' issues]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Varric, Cullen, Ruya, Leliana, and Alistair all end up as this.
* RefugeInAudacity: A favorite tactic of Hawke. [[spoiler:Though adopted, both his children inherit this trait.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: Both Saitada and Alistair have this where Loghain is concerned.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: Several characters get these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Alistair and Cathiel. [[spoiler:And later their son, Duncan.]]
* RulingCouple: Alistair and Cathiel

* SickeninglySweethearts: Oghren accuses Brehan and Leliana of being this.
* SilkHidingSteel: Many of the female characters.
* SuicideByCop: Anders attempts this. [[spoiler:Jerath helps him commit a HeelFaceTurn instead]]
* SupernaturalSensitivity: Brehan's ability to sense darkspawn borders on BlessedWithSuck

* TimeSkip: Several occur during or between stories

* TricksterMentor: Solas, to Ruya [[spoiler: And later her son, Gavren]]
* TrueCompanions: A group of these forms the core of each of the stories.

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:Jerath, and later Loghain Junior]]

* WarriorPrince: Alistair [[spoiler:and his son, Duncan]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Kas is this around Sera. Varric and Solas have trouble wrapping their minds around it. Kathan and Sulana also have this trait at times.

* {{Ambadassador}}: Dorian and Matril end up as these.

* BadassAdorable: Kathan and Sulana
* BadassGay: Matril and Kas, along with their respective partners, are most definitely this.
* BattleCouple: Several Inquisitors and their partners are this, but Sulana and Iron Bull take it to a whole new level.
* BloodKnight: Sulana and to a lesser extent Kas
* BrokenBird: Matril can nearly be said to have multiple personality disorder. He manages to weaponize this later.
* CallBack: Kathan wants to hit people with signs.

* CrazyAwesome: Kathan puts special emphasis on crazy. Sulana is saner, sometimes.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite various individuals not liking Kas one bit, they all agree she did this. All the Inquisitors but Vathran and Tan do this.

* FromBadtoWorse: Vathran manages to take the crapsack world that is Thedas and break it more

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Iron Bull and Sulana, and to a lesser extent Kathan and Cassandra.
* HumbleHero: Several Inquisitors are this, particularly Kathan and Sulana, both of whom really didn't want the job. Tan and Vathran, however, subvert it.

* IronLady: Kas Adaar. Her name basically translates as 'melee-weapon flamethrower' and it shows.

* ManchurianAgent: Sulana and Matril both end up as this for Mythal. Matril doesn't take it well.
* [[AFatherToHisMen A Mother to Her Men]] Kas may not be the nicest person in Thedas, but she does not tolerate anyone screwing with her people.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vathran's motto.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Despite being a brutal man with no redeeming features, Tan may have accomplished this.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kathan, in spades [[spoiler:It even works on Solas despite Solas knowing full well its an act.]]

* PetTheDog: Vivienne gets several such moments with Dorian when helping him deal with Tan.

* RapeAsBackstory: Poor Matril has multiple such events in his past. Sulana was in danger of this, but the men who rescued her turned out to the heroic style of Templars.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kathan gives a rather epic and hilarious one to [[spoiler:Mythal, Fen'Harel, and Razikale.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade: In two stories where Brehan and Leliana don't reconcile, he and Cassandra get one of these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Matril ultimately turns out to be one of these
* SadisticChoice: Tan offers people a few of these. He gets in serious trouble when those people start taking third options
* SafeSaneAndConsensual: Iron Bull and Sulana. Subverted for Tan and pretty much anyone who catches his eye.
* ShipperOnDeck: Kathan is this for Iron Bull and Dorian. Dorian cheers for Kathan and Cassandra in return. Interestingly, Vivienne seems to be this for Dorian and Eben.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Matril is good with a bow, but if he can't shoot you he's got no problem cutting you down verbally. Kathan will also happily make you look like an idiot, often by acting like one himself.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Kas and every mage except Vivienne. Vathran and Solas. Tan and everyone except Leliana.
* TheyDo: Kas and Sera. And it's adorable.
* TricksterMentor: Solas performs this role a little too well with Kathan

* WhatTheHellHero: Kathan asks this question a lot.
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* BiTheWay: Unless you are paying close attention, you'll never pick up that [[spoiler:Brehan is this]]

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]]'' spans the entirety of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there. The saga goes through ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', into ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', and then through ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' before finally moving on to what the next generation of heroes (the children of Hawke and the Wardens, among others) get up too.

** The younger Jerath has no special abilities to speak of save for some templar training he can't really use. [[spoiler:He kills Abelas]]
** Kels: Fled Ferelden to Kirkwall and was rescued by Hawke from Erlina. Hawke entreats Cullen to take Kels and a few others under his wing in the templars. Kels never becomes an actual templar, but follows Cullen to the Inquisition and acts as his runner and right hand. Managed to effectively survive the entire series with no special powers.
* BadassFamily: The Amells, and by extension the Hawkes. Ruya pointing out one of her great grandparents was an Amell is enough to scare Jerath and Anders [[spoiler:Both of whom are extremely powerful abominations]]

The author goes further with ''Inquisition'', creating full separate realities where different individuals became the Inquisitor, walking ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400447 A Different Path]].''

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]] spans the entirety of the [[Franchise/DragonAge Dragon Age]] series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there. The saga goes through Origins, into Dragon Age 2, then through [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisition]] before finally moving on to what the next generation of heroes (the children of Hawke and the Wardens among others) get up too.

The series is also excellent because you don't have to have actually played Dragon Age in order to follow the story.

!!Provides Examples Of:

* AFatherToHisMen: Cullen

* BadassCrew : The entire blight killing gang

* BadassFamily : The Amells, and by extension the Hawkes. Ruya pointing out one of her great grandparents was an Amell is enough to scare Jerath and Anders [[spoiler:Both of whom are extremely powerful abominations]]
* BattleCouple : Pretty much every couple that gets any page time

* BenevolentBoss : Hawke especially, though most of the main characters have shades of this
* BewareTheSillyOnes : Hawke. Lenore, Sera, and Loghain Junior are lesser cases
* BigBrotherInstinct : Hawke's defining characteristic, though it could also be simply a result of being a Hawke or Amell as the same trait shows up in Lenore, Carver, and Leandra.
* BigDamnHeroes: A Warden specialty.

* CloudCuckoolander : Lenore and Merrill
* TheComicallySerious : Sten, and to a lesser extent Jerath

--> '''Tisallan''': Always walk a mile in the other man's shoes. That way, when you fully realize just how wrong he really is, you are a mile away. And he is barefoot.
--> '''Caleb''': Tisallan, you don't even wear shoes.
--> '''Tisallan''': I used to. But people kept walking off in them and never coming back

* DefectorFromDecadence : Dorian
* DefrostingIceQueen : Morrigan to Jerath, and on some levels Fenris to Hawke. Vivienne defrosts a little in some of the alternate worlds.
* DemonicPossession : [[spoiler:Anders, Jerath, Kieran, and Loghain Junior, though the latter two much more benevolent versions]]

* DoomMagnet : Both Hawke and Ruya

* DyingMomentOfAwesome : Rather than the ignominious death he gets in the game, Keenan gets to have one of these.

* FlirtingUnderFire : Done by a lot of characters, but Iron Bull and Sulana often seem to treat fighting for their lives as foreplay.

* HeroOfAnotherStory : Jerath and his crew occasionally pass through the stories of the others. Reading Order of the Broken Dragon before Inquisition will cause a lot of spoilers.
* HiddenBackupPrince : Alistair is one for Cailan. [[spoiler: Matril is one for Sebastian Vael]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer : Delivered by several characters over the course of the story. Duncan Therin giving this to Agatha Amell actually serves as their friendship bonding moment.

* KleptomaniacHero : Most of the Blight crew. Brehan makes sure to point out how hypocritical Alistair is being when he later yells [[spoiler:at his son]] for being the same thing
* LadyAndKnight : Alistair and Cathiel, as well as Ruya and Cullen are bright options. Jerath and Morrigan, despite technically being on the side of good, are much closer to the dark archetype

* LetsDance : Salla's call to battle at the end of Bloodline of the Dragon. It starts one of the most awesome running fight scenes in the series.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Characters with minor bit parts end up playing larger roles, such as Rory Gilmore and Nesiara.

* MercyKill : Jerath is prone to delivering these. He keeps count.
* MuggingTheMonster : Happens to the main characters often. In Bloodline of the Dragon Salla and her team actually ask their attackers if they know who they are attacking. Upon realizing the muggers don't, they introduce themselves. The muggers promptly wish them a pleasant evening and find other things to do.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution : For a rather young elf, Jerath is disturbingly prone to this. [[spoiler:Turns out there is a good reason for this]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast : Salla and her crew tell their names to a group of Crows. The Crows promptly vacate the premises, proving themselves the smartest people in Tevinter.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon : Fereldans subvert this.
* NoodleIncident : Hawke and Varric have quite a collection of these, as does Sera
* NoSell : Various templars can do this to magic, especially Carver and Jerath toward the end of the series.
* OddFriendship : Varric's brain breaks just a little upon learning that Cullen and Lenore actually used to be involved.

* OneSteveLimit : Averted. Some members of the younger generation are named after the older generation, such as Duncan, Jerath, Leandra, and Loghain.
* OnlySaneMan : Saitada tries to be this. How well she succeeds is occasionally up for debate.

* OneTrueThreesome : Lenore, Brosca, and Zevran. And it's adorable.

* {{Polyamory}} : Lenore, Brosca, and Zevran

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits : In all stories
* RapeAsBackstory : For several characters. [[spoiler:Jerath turns out to have one, it's the reason for his 'doesn't like to be touched' and 'doesn't drink' issues]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure : Varric, Cullen, Ruya, Leliana, and Alistair all end up as this.
* RevengeBeforeReason : Both Saitada and Alistair have this where Loghain is concerned.
* RefugeInAudacity : A favorite tactic of Hawke. [[spoiler:Though adopted, both his children inherit this trait]]
* RoaringRampageOfRescue : Several characters get these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething : Alistair and Cathiel [[spoiler:And later their son, Duncan]]
* RulingCouple : Alistair and Cathiel
* RunningGag : Saitada ordering someone shot or pointing out that 'at least morale is high'.

* SickeninglySweethearts : Oghren accuses Brehan and Leliana of being this
* SilkHidingSteel : Many of the female characters.
* SuicideByCop : Anders attempts this. [[spoiler:Jerath helps him commit a HeelFaceTurn instead]]

* ATankardOfMooseUrine : Never chug something Oghren hands you.
* TimeSkip : Several occur during or between stories
* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: Despite effectively being the 'big good' of the entire series, ]] Jerath borders on this at times
* TooDumbToLive : Hawke explicitly calls Sebastian this [[spoiler: After he makes the mistake of arresting the children of Thedas's premiere badasses]]

* TricksterMentor : Solas, to Ruya [[spoiler: And later her son, Gavren]]

* WarriorPrince: Alistair [[spoiler:And his son, Duncan]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse : ''Sidetrips'' and ''Order of the Broken Dragon'' answer a lot of these questions, and a few end up being ChekovsGuns many in-story years later.

The author goes further with Inquisition, creating full on separate realities where different individuals became the Inquisitor, walking [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400447 A Different Path]].

!!Provides Examples Of:

* AchievementsInIgnorance : Kathan claims most of his most spectacular moments are because nobody bothered to tell him he couldn't do something before he went and did it.

* AffectionateNickname : Kathan throws this out all over the place. [[spoiler:Including introducing the Dread Wolf to someone as 'my dog, Fluffy.]]
* {{Ambadassador}} : Dorian and Matril end up as these.
* AmbiguouslyBi : Kathan and Sulana may both be this. However, despite doing what he has to do in order to sell a con, Matril has a distinct preference for men.
* ApocalypseCult : Kathan gets rather fed up with the number of cults out there, especially after he manages to start a few more

* BadassGay : Matril and Kas, along with their respective partners, are most definitely this.
* BattleCouple : Several Inquisitors and their partners are this, but Sulana and Iron Bull take it to a whole new level.
* BloodKnight : Sulana and to a lesser extent Kas
* BrokenBird : Matril can nearly be said to have multiple personality disorder. He manages to weaponize this later.
* CallBack : Kathan wants to hit people with signs.
* CloudCuckoolander : Sulana can be this at times. How much Kathan really is this and how much is just him screwing with people is up for debate.
* CombatSadomasochist : Wounding Sulana just tends to make her even more dangerous.
* CoveredWithScars : Iron Bull and Sulana regularly flirt by comparing scars.

* CulturedBadass : Matril moves through the nobility of Thedas as though he were born there. [[spoiler:Subverted in that it turns out he was. He's a Vael and around 4th in line for the throne of Starkhaven]] Surprisingly to most, Kathan is also this through his varied and eclectic education.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu : Both Kas and Vathran punch Solas in the face. [[spoiler:Kathan does this too, but he takes the precaution of dosing Solas with an anti-magic poison first. What makes it even more awesome is he actually asked Solas for the recipe]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding : Despite various individuals not liking Kas one bit, they all agree she did this. All the Inquisitors but Vathran and Tan do this.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller : Despite being stated to be slightly taller than Iron Bull, Kathan regularly asks people if they were expecting someone taller.

* GodzillaThreshold : [[spoiler:The main reason Kathan didn't kill Solas was he acknowledged the world was going to reach this point.]]
* {{Handwave}} : Kathan never does answer how exactly he manages to get his information. [[spoiler:Solas flat out tells him he suspects Kathan has some sort of innate Fade link]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl : Iron Bull and Sulana, and to a lesser extent Kathan and Cassandra.
* HumbleHero : Several Inquisitors are this, particularly Kathan and Sulana, both of whom really didn't want the job. Tan and Vathran, however, subvert it.
* ImmortalitySeeker : Kathan subverts this, stating plainly that he thinks being immortal would suck and that Solas may have done the world a favor by introducing mortality.
* IncompatibleOrientation : Both Sulana and Kathan flirt playfully with Dorian, though in Kathan's case there is probably some question as to how incompatible the orientation actually is.
* IronLady : Kas Adaar. Her name basically translates as 'melee-weapon flamethrower' and it shows.
* KickTheDog : Practically Tan's hat, and he does it gleefully. Vathran's are more unintentional [[spoiler:Though they do lead to Jerath giving Cullen a brutal dog-kicking.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain : Despite being a brutal man with no redeeming features, Tan may have accomplished this.
* ManchurianAgent : Sulana and Matril both end up as this for Mythal. Matril doesn't take it well.

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging : Sulana throws a lot of this at Solas. Kathan does too. [[spoiler:Except it turns out he's not so oblivious.]]
* AFatherToHisMen : Or rather mother. Kas may not be the nicest person in Thedas, but she does not tolerate anyone screwing with her people.
* PapaWolf : Vathran is a deconstructed version. His biggest mistakes come in part from wanting to build a world for his daughter in which elves are held in high regard.
* PetTheDog: Vivienne gets several such moments with Dorian when helping him deal with Tan
* RapeAsBackstory : Poor Matril has multiple such events in his past. Sulana was in danger of this, but the men who rescued her turned out to the heroic style of templars.
* RelationshipUpgrade : In two stories where Brehan and Leliana don't reconcile, he and Cassandra get one of these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething : Matril ultimately turns out to be one of these
* SadisticChoice : Tan offers people a few of these. He gets in serious trouble when those people start taking third options
* SafeSaneAndConsensual : Iron Bull and Sulana. Subverted for Tan and pretty much anyone who catches his eye.
* ShipperOnDeck : Kathan is this for Iron Bull and Dorian. Dorian cheers for Kathan and Cassandra in return. Interestingly, Vivienne seems to be this for Dorian and Eben.
* SpidersAreScary : One trait all the Inquisitors share is a fear of spiders. The reasons for these run the gamet from hilarious to tearjerking [[spoiler:Poor Matril]]
* SpottingTheThread : Kathan's ability to do this borders on the supernatural. Matril has this skill as well, though he's less open minded than Kathan and thus misses some of the more outrageous things like Solas's true identity.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat : Matril is good with a bow, but if he can't shoot you he's got no problem cutting you down verbally. Kathan will also happily make you look like an idiot, often by acting like one himself.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork : Kas and every mage except Vivienne. Vathran and Solas. Tan and everyone except Leliana.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kathan gives a rather epic and hilarious one to [[spoiler:Mythal, Fen'Harel, and Razikale]]
* TheyDo : Kas and Sera. And it's adorable.
* TricksterMentor : Solas performs this role a little too well with Kathan
* TheUnchosenOne : Kathan denies being in any way divinely chosen and is an atheist. [[spoiler:He manages to maintain being this even after threatening to become a god himself]]. Sulana doesn't consider herself chosen, but doesn't worry too much about it.
* UnwantedFalseFaith : Kathan really doesn't like it when people treat him as a messiah. Subverted by Tan and Vathran, both of whom cultivate it. Matril cultivates it at first before he begins to think that maybe it's not false after all.
* VagueAge : Dorian realizes that Matril cultivates this intentionally. Sulana's age is never given. She acts young, but is clearly old enough to be an experienced fighter.
* WaifFu : Sulana is a slender elven woman. She manages to impress both Cassandra and Iron Bull with her ability to kick ass.
* WhamLine : Kathan delivers several. [[spoiler:Most notably when he informs Solas that he knows exactly who Solas is, and then later when he calls Mythal out.]] Matril has a few of his own.
* WhatIsOneMansLifeInComparison : All of the Inquisitors are willing to sacrifice themselves at Haven. [[spoiler:Kathan gets a second such moment when he tells Solas that offering to save Kathan's life isn't reason enough for Kathan to be willing to let the Dread Wolf run around loose.]]
* WhatTheHellHero : Kathan asks this question a lot.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Skyhunter and her entire crew. Oghren. Duncan. Wynne.]]

* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon : Fereldans subvert this hard.

* HumbleHero : Several Inquisitors are this, particularly Kathan and Sulana, both of whom really didn't want the job. Tan and Vathran, however, subvert it hard.

* SafeSaneAndConsensual : Iron Bull and Sulana. Subverted hard for Tan and pretty much anyone who catches his eye.

* TrueCompanions:

* PapaWolf : Vathran is this. His biggest mistakes come in part from wanting to build a world for his daughter in which elves are held in high regard.

--> Tisallan: Always walk a mile in the other man's shoes. That way, when you fully realize just how wrong he really is, you are a mile away. And he is barefoot.
--> Caleb: Tisallan, you don't even wear shoes.
--> Tisallan: I used to. But people kept walking off in them and never coming back

* Elfeminate: Subverted for Brehan and Fenris, played straight for Jerath.

* Polyamory : Lenore, Brosca, and Zevran

* Adorkable: Kas is this around Sera. Varric and Solas have trouble wrapping their minds around it. Kathan and Sulana also have this trait at times.

* Ambadassador : Dorian and Matril end up as these.

* Handwave : Kathan never does answer how exactly he manages to get his information. [[spoiler:Solas flat out tells him he suspects Kathan has some sort of innate Fade link]]

* Adorkable: Kas is this around Sera. Varric and Solas have trouble wrapping their minds around it.

* AgentPeacock : Matril takes great pride in his appearance
* AmazonianBeauty : Sera definitely considers Kas to be this
* Ambadassador : Dorian and Matril end up as this.

* TheAtoner : Matril slowly becomes this as he grows into the role of Inquisitor.

* CrazyAwesome: Kathan puts special emphasis on crazy

* EarnYourHappyEnding : Despite various individuals not liking Kas one bit, they all agree she did this.

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging : Sulana throws a lot of this at Solas. Kathan does too, [[spoiler:Except it turns out he's not so oblivious.]]

* RapeAsBackstory : Poor Matril has multiple such events in his past

* ShipperOnDeck : Kathan is this for Iron Bull and Dorian. Dorian cheers for Kathan and Cassandra in return.
* SpidersAreScary : The one trait all the Inquisitors share is a fear of spiders. The reasons for these run the gamet from hilarious to tearjerking [[spoiler:Poor Matril]]
* SpottingTheThread : Kathan's ability to do this borders on the supernatural. Matril has this skill as well.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat : Matril is good with a bow, but if he can't shoot you he's got no problem cutting you down verbally.

* TheUnchosenOne : Kathan denies being in any way divinely chosen and is an atheist. [[spoiler:He manages to maintain being this even after threatening to become a god himself]]

* VagueAge : Dorian realizes that Matril cultivates this intentionally.

* WhamLine : Kathan delivers several. [[spoiler:Most notably when he informs Solas that he knows exactly who Solas is, and then later when he calls Mythal out.]]

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]] spans the entirety of the Dragon Age series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there. The saga goes through Origins, into Dragon Age 2, then through [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisition]] before finally moving on to what the next generation of heroes (the children of Hawke and the Wardens among others) get up too.

* BadassNormal: ** The younger Jerath has no special abilities to speak of save for some templar training he can't really use. [[spoiler:He kills Abelas]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Several characters, but Hawke and Jerath especially.

* FireForgedFriends: Each story has a group of these

* UndyingLoyalty: Jerath invokes this in several [[spoiler: such as Carver Hawke, Nathaniel Howe, and Loghain mac Tir]]

* BadassNormal: The younger Jerath has no special abilities to speak of save for some templar training he can't really use. [[spoiler:He kills Abelas]]

* DoomedByCanon: Duncan [[spoiler:Made even sadder by him and Saitada falling in love prior to the battle at Orzammar]]

* DualWielding:

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast : Salla and her crew tell their names to a group of crows. The crows promptly vacate the premises, proving themselves the smartest people in Tevinter.

* OldMaster: Tisallan [[spoiler:He's only a few years younger than Fen'Harel, who happens to be his big brother]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Lenore and Dorian are prone to falling into this, especially involving [[spoiler:Cullen and the Inquisitor]]. Leliana and occasionally Varric have this tendency as well.

* DemonicPossession : [[spoiler:Anders, Jerath, Kieran, and Loghain Junior, though the latter two much more benevolent versions]

* BadassBoast: Several characters make these.

* CoolOldGuy: Tisallan

* BlatantLies: Brosca loves these. Carver is prone to dipping into this on occasion when someone asks what he's been up to lately [[spoiler:Except he turned out to be telling the truth]]

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]] spans the entirety of the Dragon Age series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there. The saga goes through Origins, into Dragon Age 2, then through [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition]] before finally moving on to what the next generation of heroes (the children of Hawke and the Wardens among others) get up too.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]] spans the entirety of the Dragon Age series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there. The saga goes through Origins, into Dragon Age 2, then through Inquisitions before finally moving on to what the next generation of heroes (the children of Hawke and the Wardens among others) get up too.

* Cloudcuckoolander : Lenore and Merrill

* Cloudcuckoolander : Sulana can be this at times. How much Kathan really is this and how much is just him screwing with people is up for debate.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kathan gives a rather epic and hilarious one to [[spoiler:Mythal, Fen'Harel, and Razikale]]

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]] spans the entirety of the Dragon Age series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there.

* BadassAdorable: Lenore Amell [[spoiler:Kieran as well]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Several characters, but Jerath especially.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Hawke and the Inquisitor especially

* FireForgedFriends: Several groups

* ShipperOnDeck: Lenore and Dorian are prone to falling into this, especially involving [[spoiler:Cullen and the Inquisitor]]. Leliana has this tendency as well.

* UndyingLoyalty: Jerath invokes this in several

[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400441 The Age of Dragons]]The Age of Dragons spans the entirety of the Dragon Age series and then goes a bit beyond into what happens with the children of the protagonists from the main game. It starts with assuming all the origins happened, and goes from there.

The author goes further with Inquisition, creating full on separate realities where different individuals became the Inquisitor, walking [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/400447 The Different Path]].

The author goes further with Inquisition, creating full on separate realities where different individuals became the Inquisitor.