Bran Cavin

Seneschal Bran is the administrative assistant and chief advisor to Marlowe Dumar, and responsible for managing Kirkwall's bureaucratic establishment. He is found in the Viscount's Keep, and helps Hawke in some quests regarding the Qunari. According to Leandra, he has a son around Hawke's age. Arrogant, vain and disdainful towards his social lessers, Bran is a consummate politician and cynical realist, always looking for what course of action would most benefit the office of the Viscount, even at the long-term cost of lives, money or the city's prosperity. Bran is also very contemptuous towards Hawke, considering the Fereldan refugee to be just another disreputable vagabond in a city awash with far too many, and the two have a frequently contentious relationship.

Quotes

 * (Act 3)"The Good of All' is inexorably tied to what is good for the templars."
 * (Act 3)"A dangerous thing, taking sides. I avoid it wherever possible."

Trivia

 * If you did not recruit Isabela or have Isabela in your party while talking to Anders, you can see him getting treated for what is assumed to be a sexually-transmitted disease, at Anders' Clinic during Visit Anders in Act 2.


 * In Mark of the Assassin, he is seen talking with Serendipity, a transgendered elf, from The Blooming Rose.


 * In Act 3, if Hawke asks him why he wouldn't want the Champion's help, Bran will reply with, "Do the words 'political maelstrom' mean anything to you?" This is a reference to Mass Effect 2, in which Ambassador Udina will ask Commander Shepard almost the exact same thing.