Carver Hawke/Dialogue

Carver's dialogue contains a list of conversations he shares with his companions.

Carver and Anders

 * Anders: You don't like me, Carver?
 * Carver: I don't like you.
 * Anders: That's unfortunate. Hating someone just because they're a mage is a shameful thing.
 * Carver: I don't hate you because you're a mage. I hate you because you won't shut up about it.
 * Carver: Oppression this, templars that. I'd heard enough long before you.
 * Anders: Maybe it's time you put some thought into it.

If Hawke is male: Otherwise:
 * Carver: What are you looking at?
 * Anders: Your brother is a mage. As was your sister and father?
 * Anders: Your sisters are... were both mages, as was your father?
 * Carver: And I'm not. What of it?
 * Anders: Nothing, it's not always passed to all siblings. But it's good to know that you understand our plight.
 * Carver: Shove your plight.

If Hawke is female: Otherwise:
 * Anders: I'm sorry about your sister. She sounds like a special girl.
 * Carver: Why? Because she was a mage?
 * Anders: Your other sister says she was a good person. That she never turned down a chance to help people.
 * Anders: Your brother says she had a good heart. Being on the run never made her bitter.
 * Carver: Yes, yes. I'm sure the Chantry's got a shrine with her portrait on it.
 * Anders: I was trying to be nice.
 * Carver: Stick to surly. It works for you.


 * Anders: Nice day to be planning a trip into the Deep Roads, don't you think?
 * Anders: The Blight, the dampness, the festering darkness filled with tainted rats...
 * Carver: Shut up.
 * Anders: You've got a real chip on your shoulder, you know?
 * Carver: I've got a big blade on my shoulder, magey.
 * Anders: Right. Wonder what you're compensating for.

LEGACY If Carver joined the templars: Depending on the sex of Hawke: or Depending on who is in the party: or If in a romance with a female Hawke: or If in a romance with a male Hawke:
 * Anders: So, templar. Is the order everything you wished for?
 * Anders: Pithed any good mages lately? That's what you do now, right?
 * Anders: It must wear on you, given your lineage. No wonder you're quiet.
 * Carver: Be grateful. You're free because you know my brother. Don't push it.
 * Carver: If I could take you without risking my sister, you'd never see daylight again. Clear?
 * Anders: Oh, yes ser, please ser.
 * Isabela: Aww, why can't templars and mages bond over a common love of women's clothing?
 * Carver: My sister cares for you. I stay silent for her sake. Be thankful.
 * Hawke: Both of you, please.
 * Sarcastic Hawke: Staffy and Helmet should learn to get along.
 * Carver: For some reason my brother cares for you. Be thankful. Understood?
 * Hawke: Staffy and Helmet should learn to get along.

Carver and Aveline

 * Carver: Did you approve my application?
 * Aveline: I can't make you a guard, Carver.
 * Carver: We were both soldiers. Why won't they take me?
 * Aveline: I was an officer. And I follow orders.
 * Carver: (Laughs) No you don't.
 * Aveline: I also think of others before myself. You seem tired of that, and that's dangerous.
 * Carver: Just when it's not my choice. You told them not to take me, didn't you?
 * Aveline: Yes.


 * Carver: I'm surprised you still travel with us, Aveline.
 * Aveline: Carver, don't.
 * Carver: You're ever so busy with the guardsmen. It must be a burden to slum with the refugees.
 * Aveline: It's oddly comforting that you insult me like I'm family.
 * Carver: That wasn't... no, I didn't mean that.
 * Aveline: I know. But you should be glad that's how I took it.


 * Aveline: I don't like some of the people you've been associating with, Carver.
 * Carver: Talk to my brother/sister. He/She's the one in charge.
 * Aveline: Maybe, but I know you get around.
 * Aveline: This city's full of people who are dead set on ending badly. I don't want to see you end up the same way.
 * Carver: Would asking you to stop spying on me help in the least?
 * Aveline: No.


 * Aveline: So, Carver, have you thought about what you'll do if your expedition doesn't pay off?
 * Carver: This is our only chance and you know it.
 * Aveline: You're so damned proud you couldn't pick up a trade?
 * Carver: And who would take on a Fereldan apprentice? Maybe in another year I could work my way up to pissboy.
 * Aveline: Fine, let's crawl down some holes. Good bloody luck for your sake.


 * Aveline: Tell me, how did your family escape Lothering? Almost everyone who hadn't fled ...
 * Carver: My sister/brother. If she/he wasn't with us, I don't think we'd be here.
 * Aveline: But you seem quite skilled as well.
 * Carver: I'm not my sister/brother.

When talking to Aveline during A Friend in the Guard and ask, "Do you miss being a soldier?"
 * Hawke: This must be a very different pace from serving King Cailan.
 * Aveline: It's just one more change, though. The real end for me was Ostagar.
 * Aveline: What about you Carver? You were there. Do you feel something similar?
 * Carver: No.
 * Aveline: All right, then.
 * Aveline: Bit of a tit, your brother.

LEGACY If Carver is a templar:
 * Aveline: You're making a name for yourself in the templars.
 * Carver: And you've earned one as captain.
 * Aveline: Have I?
 * Carver: Things the way they are, I wouldn't have anyone else in the position.
 * Carver: Or watching out for my sister.

Carver and Fenris

 * Carver: So... this master of yours wants your markings back? Skin and all?
 * Fenris: So his hunters told me. Unwillingly.
 * Carver: So why not cover them up? Wouldn't that make you harder to find?
 * Fenris: Let them come. I am not one to hide.
 * Carver: Still, if it were me--
 * Fenris: It's not.


 * Carver: So you've really never thought of hiding from those hunters?
 * Fenris: To what end?
 * Carver: So you could, I don't know, have a life?
 * Fenris: What life do you have? There are no hunters after you at all.
 * Carver: I have a life!
 * Fenris: One that you complain about. We are not always free to do as we wish, as you should well know.
 * Carver: I do have a life.
 * Fenris: Then I stand corrected.


 * Carver: You're very different from other elves.
 * Fenris: Oh? You know them all?
 * Carver: No. I just... you look different. There's no denying that.
 * Fenris: It is what I am. And unlike the problems you claim to have, I really did have no choice.
 * Carver: Do we know anyone who isn't brooding every hour of the day?
 * Fenris: Like attracts like, it seems.


 * Carver: You know, Fenris, I have a tattoo.
 * Fenris: You have a what?
 * Carver: A tattoo. A lot of us got them before Ostagar. It's a Mabari. For strength.
 * Fenris: Does it curse you with the ability to reach into a man and tear out his insides?
 * Carver: Uh. I can make it bark.
 * Fenris: Please don't.

(Next line depends on the third companion present)
 * Anders: Yes, refrain.
 * Aveline: Agreed.
 * Isabela: Rather see it wag.
 * Merrill: That's... ew.
 * Varric: Seconded.


 * Hawke: (Sighs)

LEGACY
 * Fenris: You must hate the darkspawn, after what they did to your home.
 * Carver: Absolutely. And the magic that brought them to this world.
 * Fenris: Then we're agreed on something.
 * Hawke: I'm not sure that's healthy.
 * Carver: For mages, definitely not.

Carver and Hawke
LEGACY Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Everything lower than Lowton should just be filled in. The lot of it.
 * Hawke: Shut up.
 * Carver: Yes, yes, too simple for the great machinations of the Elder Hawke.
 * Hawke: No, really, just shut up.

If Legacy is started after Leandra's death: If Hawke romanced Merrill:
 * Carver: Another mess. Is it terrible that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?
 * Hawke: She knew what to expect.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her.
 * Carver: If I knew how to fix that, well... it doesn't matter.
 * Carver: Let's just get this mess cleaned up.
 * Carver: So you and Merrill.
 * Hawke: Yes, Merrill and I.
 * Carver: I'm happy for you.
 * Merrill: I missed something again, didn't I?

Carver and Isabela

 * Isabela: I saw you at the Blooming Rose the other night.
 * Carver: What? No you didn't.
 * Isabela: I suppose someone else stole your chin to romance Faith?
 * Carver: (Scoffs) That's unlikely. She wasn't even working.
 * Isabela: Mm-hmm. Got you.

The next line changes depending on your third party member:
 * Aveline: Carver!
 * Varric: Oh ho! Nicely done.
 * Merrill: I don't get it.

If one of the previous lines didn't trigger, and Hawke has not slept with anyone in the Blooming Rose:
 * Hawke: Carver, what would Mother say?


 * Carver: You're just... that's not what I... shit!


 * Carver: So, Isabela. You captained a ship? That's a lot of men to handle. For you to command.
 * Isabela: Well aren't you just adorable fumbling for a topic.
 * Carver: You say that like I'm harmless.
 * Isabela: As harmless as a pup that will someday grow into its fangs and sink them deep.
 * Carver: Sure, keep teasing. I'll show you how much of a pup I am.
 * Isabela: I know. That's why I do it.


 * Isabela: You look like a man I once dueled.
 * Isabela: He was a little intimidated by my reputation as a vicious pirate, but rose to the challenge.
 * Carver: He looked like me, you say?
 * Isabela: It went on all night, under the stars, the waves lapping at our ankles.
 * Carver: On the beach? In the surf? How did you get proper footing?
 * Isabela: We didn't. There was quite a bit of tumbling around, and we were soaked and sore by the time the sun came up.
 * Carver: Did you... win?
 * Isabela: I managed to get on top in the end, but I considered it a tie.


 * Carver: Why is it always about sex with you?
 * Isabela: It's not. Sometimes it's about sex with other people.
 * Carver: You see? It comes up every single time we talk.
 * Isabela: We're just talking, Carver. If it comes up, that's not my fault.
 * Carver: What? I mean... that's not what I meant. It... it doesn't!
 * Carver: I hate you so much.

LEGACY If Carver is a Templar
 * Isabela: You certainly fill out a skirt, Carver. A shame, I suppose you're all religious and such now.
 * Carver: Do you know how long the Chant of Light is? The stamina it requires?
 * Isabela: Go on.
 * Carver: With passion'd breath comes darkness, but with many against Her, She finds His Light untiring as it parts the Veil.
 * Isabela: I'm not sure if I'm aroused or scared. I like it.

If Aveline is in your party:
 * Aveline: You'd better not.

If Varric is in your party:
 * Varric: Junior took down the Rivaini? Who's telling this story?

If Sebastian is in the party:
 * Sebastian: Don't do that to the Chant!
 * Isabela: Shush, you.

Carver and Merrill

 * Carver: So, you're not like a lot of other girls.
 * Merrill: No, I'm an elf.
 * Carver: Right. All right then.
 * Merrill: Oh! Did I miss something dirty?
 * Carver: What? No! It wasn't dirty. It wasn't anything.
 * Merrill: Oh. Right.
 * Merrill: Because I miss a lot of dirty things and sometimes I wouldn't mind hearing them. (Laughs)
 * Carver: Would you now?


 * Carver: Your people came a long way, Merrill, but I like to think we have Ferelden in common.
 * Merrill: I never saw Lothering. Did you walk as much as we did? Probably more, you didn't start with halla. Our ship stunk.
 * Carver: Your ship?
 * Merrill: There was something foul in the hold. I can still smell it.
 * Carver: Oh. Well, that must have been unpleasant.
 * Merrill: It was.
 * Merrill: Did I miss another dirty thing?
 * Carver: No!


 * Merrill: Do you miss it? Ferelden, I mean.
 * Carver: Sometimes.
 * Merrill: Blackberries. They don't seem to grow here. And there were little songbirds with black caps on their heads.
 * Carver: I sort of miss the dogs barking.
 * Merrill: Yes! It's mostly been humans barking at me here. Not nearly as cute.


 * Merrill: How did you learn swording?
 * Carver: "Swording"?
 * Merrill: Those things you do with the sword. It looks tricky. Was it hard to learn?
 * Carver: It takes a lot of practice.
 * Merrill: Well, you seem good at it! I bet one day you'll be the best sworder in Kirkwall.
 * Carver: Merrill...
 * Merrill: I said something wrong again, didn't I? Maybe I'll just stop talking.

LEGACY
 * Carver: So, Merrill. Do you have any plans I could interrupt?
 * Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your sister/brother. That happens a lot, come to think of it.
 * Carver: I was thinking more along the lines of the Hanged Man? Although I suppose the same warning could apply there.
 * Carver: What I mean is, or meant to say is... wow, how do you still muddle me?

If Aveline is in the party:
 * Aveline: (Chuckles) Been there.

If Isabela is in the party:
 * Isabela: Interesting.


 * Merrill: I missed something again, didn't I?

Carver and Sebastian
LEGACY
 * Sebastian: Is something troubling you, brother?
 * Carver: I'm not your brother.
 * Sebastian: I'm not familiar with Fereldan tradition, but I married your sister. I believe that makes us brothers.
 * Carver: A "chaste marriage." Some invention of yours, no doubt.
 * Hawke: Aww. Would it make you feel better if I slept with him? Because I totally would. Right here.
 * Carver: Sister, please!
 * Sebastian: Yes, love... rein it in.

Carver and Varric

 * Varric: You know, Junior, it's eerie how much of a resemblance there is between you two.
 * Carver: (S)he's my sister/brother. Of course there's a resemblance.
 * Varric: Oh, you thought I meant Hawke? I was talking about Gamlen.
 * Carver: Maker, I hate you, dwarf.


 * Varric: You know, junior, you're looking at this all wrong.
 * Carver: Whatever it is you're about to say, I'm not interested.
 * Varric: I'm a professional younger brother. Trust me, the center of attention's the worst place to be.
 * Varric: When things go wrong, and they always do, that's where all the fingers point. Look at any kingdom in Thedas.
 * Varric: You've got people who warm thrones, and people who nobody sees who do the real work.
 * Carver: And my brother/sister is a king/queen in this scenario. Perfect.
 * Varric: Point. Missing it. Ah well.


 * Carver: Varric.
 * Varric: Carver.
 * Carver: Still think you're helping while burying us in debt to your brother?
 * Varric: Still riding side saddle while bitching at your betters?
 * Carver: Drinks later?
 * Varric: Never miss 'em.


 * Carver: Don't look at me.
 * Varric: What's the problem, little Hawke?
 * Carver: Don't call... just don't, all right? You're just looking for fodder for your stories.
 * Varric: You think you're that interesting?
 * Carver: I have enough trouble being overshadowed as it is. I don't need to get caught under an imaginary me, too.
 * Varric: Don't you worry. I'm not in the business of lullabies or children's stories.


 * Carver: I'm surprised these tunnels don't simply collapse.
 * Varric: Dwarves made them.
 * Carver: Then I'm surprised they're not smaller.

Carver's Remarks
In Act 1:
 * Carver: Maybe we don't need Bartrand's stupid expedition. There must be something valuable down here.

If Carver is a templar in Act 3:
 * Carver: I'm a long way from needing money these days. If I wanted to visit the Deep Roads,I'd join the Wardens. They can have their burden. And I'll keep mine.

If carver is a Grey Warden:
 * Carver: The Deep Roads again. Like I don't see enough of that. There's something to be said for a Blight. Everything comes up where you can see it. And kill it.

If Carver is a Grey Warden:
 * Carver: The Deep ROads again, I suppose I'm lucky. That first trip, I could have ended up only six feet down. (Shivers) Free Marchers bury their dead, right? Or is that Orlesians? Sometimes I forgot which country I'm in.

Carver and Hawke
In Act 1: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Whatever we find down here, I don't want this getting back to mother.
 * Hawke: Keeping secrets brother? Tsk.
 * Carver: She's worried enough. What good will it do her to know that this kind of thing is...in our blood.
 * Hawke: Maybe she knew.
 * Carver: Then she kept it to herself for good reason. Whatever we find, we need to bury it.
 * Hawke: We'll see and decide.
 * Carver: She's worried enough. What good will it do her to know that this kind of thing is...in our blood.
 * Hawke: Maybe she knew.
 * Carver: Then she kept it to herself for good reason. Whatever we find, we need to bury it.
 * Hawke: Not your choice.
 * Carver: She's worried enough. What good will it do her to know that this kind of thing is...in our blood.
 * Hawke: Maybe she knew.
 * Carver: Then she kept it to herself for good reason. Whatever we find, we need to bury it.

Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: If Carver is a templar: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: That Larius - that's what people become if they're corrupted? I mean, they showed us ghould before Ostagar, but never live. Never talking. That's never happening.
 * Hawke: I'll check under your bed when we get home.
 * Carver: You do that. Get the laundry while you're at it.
 * Hawke: Well, make sure that doesn't happen.
 * Carver: It's that easy? Oh, well, everything's fine then.
 * Hawke: Then don't let it.
 * Carver: It's that easy? Oh, well, everything's fine then.
 * Carver: One day we'll take the Deep Roads. Do what those Wardens can't seem to get done.
 * Hawke: Right, can't be that big of a job. Saving the world.
 * Carver: They couldn't make it look harder if they tried. And maybe they are.
 * Hawke: Probably not that simple, but I'd like to see it.
 * Carver: Wouldn't we all.
 * Hawke: Everyone else's job is easy, is that it?
 * Carver: They've have better than a thousand years. If any of this has an end, you think they'd get to it.

If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has not been completed: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Mother shouldn't have to deal with this. As if you don't give her enough to worry about.
 * Hawke: Says the templar.
 * Carver: A respected order. A position with a future, even if it's difficult. Never mind. I don't expect you to get it.
 * Hawke: Given our lineage, she was more upset by you.
 * Carver: A respected order. A position with a future, even if it's difficult. Never mind. I don't expect you to get it.
 * Hawke: You're the one qho joined the templars.
 * Carver: A respected order. A position with a future, even if it's difficult. Never mind. I don't expect you to get it.

If Carver is a Grey Warden: Diplomatic Hawke: Humorous Hawke:
 * Carver: That...man, and how corrupted he is? Remember that. That's what I'm fighting for.
 * Hawke: It is appreciated.
 * Carver: You're damn right it is.
 * Hawke: Then we agree.
 * Carver: Well...good.
 * Hawke: Good.
 * Hawke: I'll arrange a "thanking queue" when we're back in Kirkwall.
 * Carver: Sure, make fun of the end of the world.
 * Hawke: Best time for it, I'd think.
 * Carver: Well...good.
 * Hawke: Good.

If Carver is a Grey Warden and All That Remains has not been completed: Humorous Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Or, in a rivalry: Humorous Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke:
 * Carver: Mother shouldn't have to deal with this. I give her enough to worry about.
 * Hawke: Hard to call this your fault.
 * Carver: Trouble follows our name I guess. The price of potential. At least you stay close to home. Must be nice.
 * Hawke: Oh yes, bon-bons and peppermints until I am absolutely stuffed. All right, I didn't mean it like that.
 * Hawke: What's that supposed to mean?
 * Carver: I, er, nothing. Nothing. Let's just figure this out.
 * Hawke: I don't think you know what I do.
 * Carver: Maybe that's best.
 * Carver: Trouble follows our name I guess. The price of potential. We Wardens will eventually save the world, and you...well, I'm sure you'll amount to something.
 * Hawke: Right. Funny.
 * Hawke: Trying hard, brother.
 * Hawke: That's the plan.

If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has been completed: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?
 * Hawke: We do attract a peculiar kind of fortune.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.
 * Hawke: I don't want to get into it.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.
 * Hawke: She knew what to expect.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.

If Carver is a Grey Warden in Act 3: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?
 * Hawke: We do attract a peculiar kind of fortune.
 * Carver: I died my way into the Wardens and you punched your way to Champion. We are esteemed.
 * Hawke: Go with your strengths I guess.
 * Hawke: I don't want to get into it.
 * Carver: I died my way into the Wardens and you punched your way to Champion. We are esteemed.
 * Hawke: Well deserved, every bit of it.
 * Carver: The corruption of that...man. I've been a Warden how long, and I've ever seen anything like that. I guess that's why I'm still alive. To stop that.
 * Hawke: And dumb luck. That's the other reason you're alive.
 * Carver: (Laughs) Credit where it's due, I suppose.
 * Hawke: I don't envy you the job.
 * Carver: The attacks that brought me here were almost a welcome distraction. A normal assault with a normal enemy. I should have known, really. Nothing normal about us.
 * Hawke: First things first, Warden.
 * Carver: Right. You, then everything else. Got it.

If Carver is a Grey Warden and All That Remains has not been completed: Humorous Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Or, in a rivalry: Humorous Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke:
 * Carver: Mother shouldn't have to deal with this. I give her enough to worry about.
 * Hawke: Hard to call this your fault.
 * Carver: Trouble follows our name I guess. The price of potential. At least you stay close to home. Must be nice.
 * Hawke: Oh yes, bon-bons and peppermints until I am absolutely stuffed. All right, I didn't mean it like that.
 * Hawke: What's that supposed to mean?
 * Carver: I, er, nothing. Nothing. Let's just figure this out.
 * Hawke: I don't think you know what I do.
 * Carver: Maybe that's best.
 * Carver: Trouble follows our name I guess. The price of potential. We Wardens will eventually save the world, and you...well, I'm sure you'll amount to something.
 * Hawke: Right. Funny.
 * Hawke: Trying hard, brother.
 * Hawke: That's the plan.

If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has been completed: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?
 * Hawke: We do attract a peculiar kind of fortune.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.
 * Hawke: I don't want to get into it.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.
 * Hawke: She knew what to expect.
 * Carver: The sides we're on, it's all but guaranteed one of us would be worrying her. If I knew how to fix that, well...it doesn't matter. let's just get this mess cleaned up.

If Carver is a Grey Warden in Act 3: Humorous Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?
 * Hawke: We do attract a peculiar kind of fortune.
 * Carver: I died my way into the Wardens and you punched your way to Champion. We are esteemed.
 * Hawke: Go with your strengths I guess.
 * Hawke: I don't want to get into it.
 * Carver: I died my way into the Wardens and you punched your way to Champion. We are esteemed.
 * Hawke: Well deserved, every bit of it.
 * Hawke: She knew what to expect.
 * Carver: I died my way into the Wardens and you punched your way to Champion. We are esteemed.
 * Hawke: I'm not sure we can handle much more success.

If Carver is a templar in Act 3: Humorous Hawke: Aggressive Hawke: Diplomatic Hawke:
 * Carver: Everything lower than Lowtown should just be filled in. The lot of it.
 * Hawke: So kill everything lower than your upturned nose?
 * Carver: If you don't want rats, you get rid of the colony.
 * Hawke: And then whatever eats rats has to look your way.
 * Carver: Well, lets do nothing then. My mistake.
 * Hawke: Shut up.
 * Carver: Yes, yes, too simple for the great machinations of the Elder Hawke.
 * Hawke: No, really, just shut up.
 * Hawke: Seems a little harsh.
 * Carver: Really? You like chasing people back down their holes? I'd prefer they never came out in the first place.
 * Hawke: It's not a choice everyone has.
 * Carver: If they can't make it, doesn't mean I can't.

Breaking the seals: Humorous Hawke:
 * Carver: I suppose he won't stop coming after us unless we do this.
 * Hawke: If you like, we could leave a strongly worded not on his sarcophagus and go.
 * Carver: You're so clever.

Carver and Anders
If played in Act 1:
 * Anders: It must be hard being around so many darkspawn after what happened to your sister.
 * Carver: I'd happily spend the rest of my life doing nothing but making them pay. For everything.
 * Anders: Have you thought about joining the Grey Wardens? They've got a whole club for people just like you.
 * Carver: If I did join the Wardens, you can be bloody sure I wouldn't run away to go and live in some sewer.
 * Anders: But we'd all be so sorry to see you go.

If Carver joined the Templars: If Hawke is male: If Hawke is female: Depending on who is in the party: Or: If Hawke is in a male and in a romance If Hawke is female and in a romance: If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality:
 * Anders: So, templar. Is the order everything you wished for?
 * Anders: Pithed any good mages lately? That's what you do now, right?
 * Anders: It must wear on you, given your lineage. No wonder you're quiet.
 * Carver: Be grateful. You're free because you know my brother. Don't push it.
 * Carver: If I could take you without risking my sister, you'd never see daylight again. Clear?
 * Anders: Oh, yes ser, please ser.
 * Isabela: Aww, why can't templars and mages bond over a common love of women's clothing?
 * Carver: Be grateful. For some reason my brother cares for you. Be thankful, understood?
 * Carver: My sister cares for you. I'm silent for her sake. Be thankful.
 * Hawke: Both of you, please.
 * Hawke: Helmet and Staffy should learn to get along.
 * Hawke: Both of you, shut it.

If Carver joined the Wardens If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality.
 * Anders: You've taken to life as a Warden. I figured you for the type.
 * Carver: I'm not the coward you are, if that's what you mean.
 * Anders: The plight of every mage is my burden. You'd think with your lineage you'd understand.
 * Carver: Your whining ranks a little lower than the end of the bloody world. But do go on. And on.
 * Anders: Is it wrong to want a world worth saving?
 * Hawke: I want some peace and quiet, how about that?
 * Hawke: Both good points, but, not now, okay?
 * Hawke: Less complaining, more survive the dungeoning.

Carver and Aveline
In Act 1:
 * Aveline: Your form's sloppy, Carver. Stiffen up or the darkspawn will take your blade.
 * Carver: Right. I'll keep that in mind.
 * Aveline: And you're angry, why?
 * Carver: You didn't fare any better than I did the last time we faced darkspawn.
 * Aveline: If they take your blade, people die. That's not happening again. Stiffen up.
 * Carver: Yes ma'am.

If Carver is in a friendship with Hawke: If Carver is a templar and rivals with Hawke: Or, if Aveline married Donnic:
 * Aveline: You're making a name for yourself in the templars.
 * Carver: And you've earned one, Captain.
 * Aveline: Have I?
 * Carver: Things the way they are, I wouldn't have anyone else in the position. Or watching out for my brother/sister.
 * Aveline: You're making a name for yourself in the templars.
 * Carver: And you're earning one, Captain.
 * Aveline: Am I now?
 * Carver: Just be careful. The order would be more than willing to...assume more authority for protecting the city.
 * Aveline: That's not how it works.
 * Carver: Not yet.
 * Aveline: You're making a name for yourself in the templars.
 * Carver: And you've changed yours, Aveline Hendyr. Let me know if you ever need him run out of town or something.
 * Aveline: (Laughs) I will do that, Carver.

If Carver is a Grey Warden: If Varric is in the party: If Fenris is in the party: If Isabela is in the party: If Anders in the party: If Sebastian is in the party: Humorous Hawke:
 * Aveline: I'm glad you found a place with the Wardens.
 * Carver: Well, it's not the city guard, but it'll do.
 * Aveline: Carver...it wasn't the place for you.
 * Carver: No, it's all right. It is. It cost a lot, but I get it. I really was a bit of a tit those days, wasn't I?
 * Aveline: Well...
 * Varric: No shit.
 * Fenris: Insufferable.
 * Isabela: Legendary.
 * Anders: Maker, yes.
 * Sebastian: I've heard as much.
 * Hawke: Spoiled, annoying, thick-headed, brattish little nitwit of a...oh, have we stopped?

Carver and Fenris
Carver and Hawke's responses depend on a variety of conditions. If played in Act 1: If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality:
 * Fenris: You must hate the darkspawn, after what they did to your home.
 * Carver: And to Bethany.
 * Hawke: Mother is still sick with grief.
 * Hawke: Well, I hate them a lot.
 * Hawke: There was nothing we could do back then.
 * Fenris: I never knew her. I'm sorry for your loss.
 * Carver: Thank you.

If Carver joined the templars: If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: Friendship: Rivalry: If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality: Friendship: Rivalry: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality: Friendship: Rivalry:
 * Carver: Absolutely. And the magic that brought them to this world.
 * Fenris: Then we're agreed on something.
 * Hawke: I'm not sure that's healthy.
 * Carver: (laughs) For me or him?
 * Carver: For mages, definitely not.
 * Hawke: Tempered by an understanding that not all mages bear responsibility...right?
 * Carver: Yes...yes. Reason rules over all.
 * Carver: Oh, stow it.
 * Hawke: "Magic" or "mages"?
 * Carver: There are exceptions...occasionally.
 * Carver: Depends on the mage, doesn't it?

If Carver joined the Wardens and is on the rivalry path: If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality: If Carver joined the Wardens and is on the friendship path: If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality: If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality: If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality:
 * Carver: I don't know that I hate them exactly. It's... deeper than that. But yes, after what happened to Bethany, I won't let that go. So I fight.
 * Hawke: Good for you.
 * Carver: Oh, thank you.
 * Hawke: Our hero.
 * Hawke: Saving the day at last.
 * Carver: Yeah. So shut it.
 * Carver: I don't know that I hate them exactly. It's... deeper than that. But I hate what happened to Bethany, and many more like her.
 * Hawke: Good for you.
 * Carver: I hope so. Good for someone anyway.
 * Hawke: Our hero.
 * Hawke: Saving the day at last.
 * Carver: Not so much. But I'm trying.

Carver and Isabela
In Act 1:
 * Carver: So...Isabela.
 * Isabela: Oh, Carver, I do love the way you say my name.
 * Carver: I...er...thank you?
 * Isabela: Carver, if you stop breathing every time a woman compliments you, you'll never be awake when the fun starts.

If Carver joins the templars: If Hawke is in a romance with Isabela: If Sebastian is in the party:
 * Isabela: You certainly fill out a skirt Carver. A shame, I suppose you're all religious and such now.
 * Carver: Do you know how long the Chant of Light is? How much stamina it requires?
 * Isabela: Go on...
 * Carver: With passion'd breath comes darkness, but with many against Her, She finds His light untiring as it parts the Veil.
 * Isabela: Not sure if I'm aroused or scared. I like it.
 * Hawke: No you don't. No, she doesn't!
 * Sebastian: Don't do that to the Chant!
 * Isabela: Shush, you.

If Carver is a Grey Warden If Hawke is in a romance with Isabela: If Varric is in the party: If Aveline is in the party:
 * Isabela: You've certainly...filled out, Carver. Shame, really, I hear joining the Wardens separates the men from their "boys."
 * Carver: We rarely have children, true. But don't worry, that just means I try ever so much harder.
 * Isabela: Ooh, I like you all grown up.
 * Hawke: No you don't. No, she doesn't!
 * Varric: Junior took down the Rivaini? Who's telling this story?
 * Aveline: You'd better not.

Carver and Merrill
Act 1:
 * Carver: So...what are you doing later?
 * Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother's/sister's shins. Strange how many creatures go for the shins.
 * Carver: Shocking, that. No, I meant after we return to Kirkwall.
 * Merrill: You know, a lot of the creatures down here aren't very nice. Don't they teach manners underground?
 * Hawke: Merrill...
 * Merrill: I missed something again, didn't I?

If Carver is a templar: Id Isabela is in the party:
 * Carver: So, Merrill. Do you have any plans I could interrupt?
 * Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your brother/sister. That happens a lot, come to think of it.
 * Carver: I was thinking more along the lines of the Hanged Man? Although I suppose the same warning could apply there. What I mean is, or meant to say is...wow, how do you still muddle me?
 * Isabela: Interesting.
 * Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?

If Carver is a Grey Warden: Id Isabela is in the party:
 * Carver: So, Merrill. Do you have any plans I could interrupt?
 * Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother's/sister's shins. Strange how many creatures go for the shins.
 * Carver: I was thinking more along the lines of the Hanged Man? Although I suppose the same warning could apply there. What I mean is, or meant to say is...wow, how do you still muddle me?
 * Isabela: Interesting.
 * Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?

If Hawke is in a romance with Merrill: Aggresive Hawke:
 * Carver: So, you and Merrill, huh?
 * Hawke: Merrill and I. Yes.
 * Carver: Wonderful. Happy for you.
 * Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?

Carver and Sebastian
If Carver is a templar:
 * Sebastian: I'm glad that a sword of the Chantry has joined us.
 * Carver: Right. Keep it to yourself.
 * Sebastian: I'm sorry?
 * Carver: You don't understand this life. I didn't.

If Carver is a Grey Warden:
 * Sebastian: I'm honoured to have a Grey Warden with us.
 * Carver: It's unusual, that's for certain.
 * Sebastian: Yes, I know the restrictions of your sacrifice, I won't presume to understand it.
 * Carver: Thank you.

If Carver is a templar and Hawke is in a friendly romance with Sebastian: Humorous Hawke: Carver: Sister, please! Diplomatic Hawke: Aggressive Hawke:
 * Sebastian: Is something troubling you, brother?
 * Carver: I'm not your brother.
 * Sebastian: I'm not familiar with Ferelden tradition but I married your sister. I believe that makes us brothers.
 * Carver: A "chaste marriage." Some invention of yours, no doubt.
 * Hawke: Aww. Would you feel better if I slept with him? Because I totally would. Right here.
 * Sebastian: Yes, love...rein it in.
 * Hawke: Carver, please be happy for me.
 * Carver: For as long as this is what you want. The day after...
 * Sebastian: That day will not come. I am certain.
 * Hawke: I'm happy. Play nice with your new brother.
 * Carver: If you insist.
 * Hawke: I do.

Carver and Varric
Act 1:
 * Varric: What's the matter Junior? Three assassination attempts! You're the centre of attention! I thought you'd be happier.
 * Carver: They were trying to lure my brother into a trap, that's all.
 * Varric: It's a start. Keep at it and pretty soon, you'll get some thugs of your very own.

If carver is a templar:
 * Varric: I'll bet the Knight-Commander was thrilled one of her templars was attacked in the Gallows.
 * Carver: Ecstatic.
 * Varric: Did she make you clean up the mess?
 * Carver: We hired some dwarves. Proper ones, with swabbing beards.
 * Varric: Good to know the Paragons have steady work.

If Carver is a Grey Warden:
 * Varric: You've been away too long, Junior.
 * Carver: Running short of fodder for your stories?
 * Varric: Do you know another lovable lug with more sword than sense?
 * Carver: I've seen things far more threatening than your verse, my friend. Do your worst.
 * Varric: So be it. We shall meet in battle when properly drunk. And safe from darkspawn, blah blah blah.