Carver Hawke/Dialogue

Dragon Age II companions

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

Dragon Age II

Combat comments

Before a fight:

• Incoming!
• You ready? I'm ready!
• Alright, watch me!
• Time to prove something!
• I'll show them what I can do!
• I can do this, you'll see!
• I'm ready and waiting, let's see what you have.
• Look out! They've got back up!

During a fight:

• Watch for the big one!
• That's a strong one!
• How did that get by?!
• Stay out of reach! That one's big!
• What's that one throwing?!
• Watch out!
• Too far, see?
• With what? Too far!
• From here, we can regroup and do this!
• Gather 'round me! Regroup!
• I'm coming, hang on!

Kills an enemy:

• That was all me! Right there!
• I did that! Right there!
• That's how we did it back in Ferelden!
• Everyone see that? Down!
• You. Me. And an audience! That's what this is all about!
• Who's laughing now, huh?!
• I've got this one!

After a fight:

• Always watching out for your little brother, huh?
• You got us through that one, good start.
• Take a step, kill, repeat, repeat, repeat.
• It'll take a census to tally the dead when we're done.

No effect:

• Come on, come on! Something else.
• Blighted thing! I'm not getting through!
• Nothing is happening!
• This weapon is useless!
• Guess I'll try... what? Something else?

Recovering from KO:

• I'm back up!
• Can't keep me down!
• Not letting that happen again!
• I wasn't completely down! I can still do this!

About to KO:

Low on stamina:

• This better end soon!
• Can't keep pushing!
• Getting -getting tired of following you!

Someone else KO'd:

• (If Hawke falls) No, you don't get to be a hero on my watch!
• (If Hawke falls) Get up! Don't do this!
• (If Hawke falls) Don't you die on me, not after all this!
• (If Hawke falls) You're not leaving me like this! Come on!
• (If Hawke falls) You'll be alright. Damn it! You'll be alright!
• (If Anders falls) We lost the Warden? That's not right!
• (If Aveline falls) Aveline is down? Maker's breath!
• (If Bethany falls) Sister? Bethany!
• (If Fenris falls) Your pet elf has fallen!
• (If Isabela falls) We would lose the fun one. Get her up!
• (If Merrill falls) The elf girl is too soft, she's down.
• (If Varric falls) The dwarf has dropped a few more feet!
• They can't do that! I won't let them do that!

After a fight:

• Always watching out for your little brother, huh?
• You got us through that one, good start.
• I suppose you helped that time, a little.
• Of course we did.
• I think that's all of them.

Taking a potion:

• This will help, right?

Stuck:

• Something has me! Maker!

Trap:

• Someone left us a present.
• Since when can I do that?
• Need your little brother for that?
• So you can't do everything.
• Looks like you need a hand.
• I thought the eldest was the best at everything.
• Look at that, perfect.
• Couldn't've done it without me.
• A fine job if I say so. And I do.

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.

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• Carver: What are you looking at?
• Anders:
  • (If Hawke is male) Your brother is a mage. As was your sister and father?
  • (If Hawke is female) 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.

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• Anders: I'm sorry about your sister. She sounds like a special girl.
• Carver: Why? Because she was a mage?
• Anders:
  • (If Hawke is male) Your brother says she had a good heart. Being on the run never made her bitter.
  • (If Hawke is female) Your other sister says she was a good person. That she never turned down a chance to help people.
• 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.

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• 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.

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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

(If on friendship path with Aveline)

• Aveline: Maybe, but I know you get around.

(If on rivalry path with Aveline)

• Aveline: Who says I don't mean him/her too?
• 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.

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• 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.

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• Aveline: Tell me, how did your family escape Lothering? Almost everyone who hadn't fled...
• Carver:
  • (If Hawke is male) My brother. If he wasn't with us, I don't think we'd be here.
  • (If Hawke is female) My older sister. If she 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 brother/sister.

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(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.

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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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)

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!

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• 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.

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• Isabela: You look like a man I once dueled.
• Isabela: He was a little intimated 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.

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• 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.

Carver and Merrill

• Carver: So, you're not like a lot of other girls.
• Merrill: No, I'm an elf.
• Carver: Right, alright then.
• Merrill: Oh, did I miss something dirty?
• Carver: What? No! It wasn't dirty. It wasn't anything.
• Merrill: Oh? Right, because I miss a lot of dirty things and sometimes I wouldn't mind hearing them.
• Carver: Would you now?

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• Carver: Your people came a long way Merrill, but I like to think that 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. Did I miss something dirty again?
• Carver: No.

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

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• 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 best sworder in Kirkwall.
• Carver: Merrill...
• Merrill: I said something wrong again, didn't I? Maybe I'll just stop talking.

Carver and Varric

• Varric: You know, Junior, it's eerie how much of a resemblance there is between you two.
• Carver:
  • (If Hawke is male) We're brothers. What's eerie about that?
  • (If Hawke is female) She's my sister. Of course there's a resemblance.
• Varric: Ooh, you thought I meant Hawke. I was talking about Gamlen.
• Carver: Maker, I hate you dwarf.

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• Carver: Don't look at me.
• Varric: What's your issue now, little Hawke?
• Carver: Don't call me...just don't alright? 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.

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

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• 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 nobody sees who do the real work.
• Carver:
  • (If Hawke is male) So my brother is a king now? Just what he needed.
  • (If Hawke is female) And my sister is a queen in this scenario. Perfect.
• Varric: Point. Missing it. Ah well.

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• 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.

Legacy

Carver's remarks

• (During Act 1) "Maybe we don't need Bartrand's stupid expedition. There must be something valuable down here."

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(If Carver is a templar)

• "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."

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• "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.
• "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)

• Carver: Whatever we find down here, I don't want this getting back to mother.

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

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• Carver: That Larius - that's what people become if they're corrupted? I mean, they showed us ghouls before Ostagar, but never live. Never talking. That's never happening to me.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: I'll check under your bed when we get home.
• Carver: You do that. Get the laundry while you're at it.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: Well, make sure that doesn't happen.
• Carver: It's that easy? Oh, well, everything's fine then.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: Then don't let it.
• Carver: It's that easy? Oh, well, everything's fine then.

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(If Carver is a templar)

• Carver: One day we'll take the Deep Roads. Do what those Wardens can't seem to get done.

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: Probably not that simple, but I'd like to see it.
• Carver: Wouldn't we all.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has not been completed)

• Carver: Mother shouldn't have to deal with this. As if you don't give her enough to worry about.

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: You're the one who 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.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Carver: That... man, and how corrupted he is? Remember that. That's what I'm fighting for.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: It is appreciated.
• Carver: You're damn right it is.
• Hawke: Then we agree.
• Carver: Well... good.
• Hawke: Good.

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden and All That Remains has not been completed)

• 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.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: Oh yes, bon-bons and peppermints until I am absolutely stuffed. All right, I didn't mean it like that.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: What's that supposed to mean?
• Carver: I, er, nothing. Nothing. Let's just figure this out.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: I don't think you know what I do.
• Carver: Maybe that's best.

(Or, in a rivalry)

• 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.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: Right. Funny.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: Trying hard, brother.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: That's the plan.

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(If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has been completed)

• Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden in Act 3)

• Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: And dumb luck. That's the other reason you're alive.
• Carver: (Laughs) Credit where it's due, I suppose.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: First things first, Warden.
• Carver: Right. You, then everything else. Got it.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden and All That Remains has not been completed)

• 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.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: Oh yes, bon-bons and peppermints until I am absolutely stuffed. All right, I didn't mean it like that.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: What's that supposed to mean?
• Carver: I, er, nothing. Nothing. Let's just figure this out.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: I don't think you know what I do.
• Carver: Maybe that's best.

(Or, in a rivalry)

• 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.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: Right. Funny.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: Trying hard, brother.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• Hawke: That's the plan.

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(If Carver is a templar and All That Remains has been completed)

• Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden in Act 3)

• Carver: Another mess. Is it bad that I'm glad Mother isn't around to suffer this?

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a templar in Act 3)

• Carver: Everything lower than Lowtown should just be filled in. The lot of it.

(Humorous Hawke)

• 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.

(Aggressive Hawke)

• Hawke: Shut up.
• Carver: Yes, yes, too simple for the great machinations of the Elder Hawke.
• Hawke: No, really, just shut up.

(Diplomatic Hawke)

• 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.

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(Breaking the seals)

• Carver: I suppose he won't stop coming after us unless we do this.

(Humorous Hawke)

• Hawke: If you like, we could leave a strongly worded note on his sarcophagus and go.
• Carver: You're so clever.

Carver and Anders

(During 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 live in some sewer.
• Anders: But we'd all be so sorry to see you go...

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(If Carver is a templar)

• 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.

(If Hawke is male)

• Carver: Be grateful. You're free because you know my brother. Don't push it.

(If Hawke is female)

• Carver: If I could take you without risking my sister, you'd never see daylight again. Clear?

(Depending on who is in the party)

• Anders: Oh, yes ser, please ser.

(Or)

• Isabela: Aww, why can't templars and mages bond over a common love of women's clothing?

(If Hawke is in a male and in a romance)

• Carver: Be grateful. For some reason my brother cares for you. Be thankful, understood?

(If Hawke is female and in a romance)

• Carver: My sister cares for you. I'm silent for her sake. Be thankful.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: Both of you, please.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Helmet and Staffy should learn to get along.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: Both of you, shut it.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• 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:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) Both good points. But not now, okay?
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) Less complaining, more survive-the-dungeoning.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality.) I want some peace and quiet. How about that?

Carver and Aveline

(During 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.

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(If Carver is in a friendship with Hawke)

• 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.

(If Carver is a templar and rivals with Hawke)

• 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.

(Or, if Aveline married Donnic)

• 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.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• 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...

(Depending on who is here)

• Varric: No shit.
• Fenris: Insufferable.
• Isabela: Legendary.
• Anders: Maker, yes.
• Sebastian: I've heard as much.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Spoiled, annoying, thick-headed, brattish little nitwit of a... oh, have we stopped?

Carver and Fenris

• Fenris: You must hate the darkspawn, after what they did to your home.

(During Act 1)

• Carver: And to Bethany.
• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) Mother is still sick with grief.
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) Well, I hate them a lot.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) There was nothing we could do back then.
• Fenris: I never knew her. I'm sorry for your loss.
• Carver: Thank you.

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(If Carver joined the templars)

• Carver: Absolutely. And the magic that brought them to this world.
• Fenris: Then we're agreed on something.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: I'm not sure that's healthy.
• Carver:
  • (Friendship) (Laughs) For me or him?
  • (Rivalry) For mages, definitely not.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Tempered by an understanding that not all mages bear responsibility... right?
• Carver:
  • (Friendship) Yes... yes. Reason rules over all.
  • (Rivalry) Oh, stow it.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: "Magic" or "mages"?
• Carver:
  • (Friendship) There are exceptions... occasionally.
  • (Rivalry) Depends on the mage, doesn't it?

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(If Carver joined the Wardens and is on the rivalry path)

• 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.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: Good for you.
• Carver: Oh, thank you.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Our hero.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: Saving the day at last.
• Carver: Yeah. So shut it.

(If Carver joined the Wardens and is on the friendship path)

• 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.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: Good for you.
• Carver: I hope so. Good for someone anyway.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Our hero.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• 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.

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(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? 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.

(If Hawke is in a romance with Isabela)

• Hawke: No you don't. No, she doesn't!

(If Sebastian is in the party)

• Sebastian: Don't do that to the Chant!
• Isabela: Shush, you.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• 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.

(If Hawke is in a romance with Isabela)

• Hawke: No you don't. No, she doesn't!

(If Varric is in the party)

• Varric: Junior took down the Rivaini? Who's telling this story?

(If Aveline is in the party)

• Aveline: You'd better not.

Carver and Merrill

(During Act 1)

• Carver: So... what are you doing later?

(If Hawke is female)

• Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your sister. That happens a lot, come to think of it.

(If Hawke is male)

• Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother'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?

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(After Act 1)

• Carver: So, Merrill. Do you have any plans I could interrupt?

(If Hawke is female)

• Merrill: Oh, probably trying to stop creepy things from eating your sister. That happens a lot, come to think of it.

(If Hawke is male)

• Merrill: Probably casting spells at whatever's trying to gnaw through your brother'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?

(If Isabela is in the party)

• Isabela: Interesting.
• Merrill: I missed something again didn't I?

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(If Hawke is in a romance with Merrill)

• Carver: So, you and Merrill, huh?

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality or has a rivalry with Carver)

• 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.

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(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.

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(If Carver is a templar and Hawke is in a friendly romance with Sebastian)

• 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.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• 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.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: Aww. Would you feel better if I slept with him? Because I totally would. Right here.
• Carver: Sister, please!
• Sebastian: Yes, love... rein it in.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: I'm happy. Play nice with your new brother.
• Carver: If you insist.
• Hawke: I do.

Carver and Varric

(During 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.

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(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.

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(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.

Mark of the Assassin

Carver's remarks

• "You can train a wyvern for riding if you break it young. It takes a skilled man, and a small man."
• (After dealing with the huntsman) "Turnips are too good for that bastard."
• (When clicked, anywhere) "Not one person here has spoken to me. It's like I'm your squire."
• (When clicked, after being released from the Dungeons) "So anyone can be a Qunari? What were the horned ones before that, then?"
• (When clicked, after entering the Retreat) "Why are we still trusting this girl?"

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(During the fight with Leopold)

• Carver: Lure him to the cliff!

(If you poisoned Leopold previously)

• Carver: Good work, that'll make him easier to handle.

Carver and Hawke

(After the ambush in Hightown)

• Carver: Why can't we ever meet any normal people?
• Tallis: I'm normal!
• Carver: You jumped off a roof and stabbed a man in the back.
• Tallis: In a completely normal fashion!

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(During Act 1)

• Carver: Maybe I should join the Qun
• Carver: They're warriors. They respect strength, determination. They have no family ties.
• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) Really? That's the draw?
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) You might struggle with the "obedience to authority" part.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) And they kill you if you whine. You'd hate it.
• Carver: Ha! Got you.
• Carver: I'm not joining the bloody Qun. But Gamlen... he'd fall for it. Hmm...

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(If Carver is a templar)

• Carver: Try not to cause too much trouble, will you? I have to uphold the tenets of the order now.

(Friendship and rivalry)^{[confirmation needed]}

• Hawke:
  • (As a friend) Am I... compatible with those tenets?
  • (As a rival) Should I be worried, templar?
• Carver: Don't you remember how we scrambled to buy influence? It worked, obviously.
• Carver: No one is touching Hawke of Hightown. Not without a lot of weight behind them.

(Alternative)

• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) I don't think I'm cut out to follow your tenets.
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) Well, you know where you can "uphold" them.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) I'll try and work in some mage-oppression too.
• Carver: Right. You and I can keep it civil until you're done... whatever it is you think you're doing.

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Carver: So, still playing at these little adventures.

(Friendship)

• Carver: You never did know when to put away your toys.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: So "grow up" is what my little brother is saying.
• Carver: Seems odd, doesn't it?

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: But they's such fun! And you're so old now.

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: And you never knew when to shut up.
• Carver: Harsh, but fair.

• Carver: Have your fun. But it has to end someday. Everything does.

(Rivalry)

• Carver: Seems like you could be doing something bigger with your name.

(During Act 2)

• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) You should come see the estate before you judge.
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) Do you have an estate? I have an estate.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) Seems like sour grapes.

• Carver: Right. The family fortune. And yet you're still chasing stuff like this.
• Carver: Sounds like it's ringing hollow, Brother.

(Or if during Act 3)

• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) The mantle of Champion sits pretty comfortably.
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) Um, hello: Champion.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) I'm the Champion. What do you want?

• Carver: Right. I know how you got the title. How often do you think that's going to happen?
• Carver: Everything ends. Someday.

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• Carver: Is this revenge?
• Carver: You're mad at me for something, so you drag me out to "Baron Paucity de Rochfort's" grand fete?

(If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality)

• Hawke: I figured there'd at least be free food.
• Carver: I do like free food.
• Hawke: I've got your back.

(If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality)

• Hawke: (Chuckles) I've been calling him "Duke Prosperity," but Paucity de Rochfort is much better.
• Carver: Le Baron du Stinky-Cheese...

(If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality)

• Hawke: Yes, inviting you to a party is an insidious punishment I've been planning for months.
• Carver: Probably going to make me eat the moldy cheese, too.

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(About the three statues in the Dungeons)

• Carver: Look at these guys. "Arr. Would yer like me to swab yer poop deck, matey?"
• Hawke: Carver, stop.
• Carver: Sorry.

Carver and Anders

(While trying to find Hawke)

• Anders: I told you we shouldn't have turned left back there!
• Carver:
  • (If Hawke is female) Maker forgive me not having my sister's sense of direction!
  • (If Hawke is male) Excuse me if I don't share my dear brother's sense of direction!
• Anders: For Andraste's sake! Leave Hawke out of this!
• Carver: Perhaps we'll find our way by considering the plight of mages in modern- shut your bloody face.

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• Anders: Just think, if your mother had stayed in Kirkwall, this could have been your life. Servants. Chateaus. Foxhunts with visiting royals.
• Carver: Spare me.

• Anders:
  • (During Act 1) Isn't that what you want? No magic, no running, no one looking down at you...?
  • (If Carver is a templar) You wouldn't prefer that over the rules of the order?
• Carver: The only thing worse than being surrounded by apostates is being surrounded by Orlesians.
• Anders: That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.

(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Anders: You wouldn't prefer that to roaming the Deep Roads?
• Carver: So it's a choice between darkspawn and Orlesians? Maker!
• Anders: Fair point.
• Carver: You'd be gone, though, right?

Carver and Aveline

(During Act 1)

• Aveline: You should see if any of the noblemen are looking for new men-at-arms.
• Carver: Are you trying to get rid of me?
• Aveline: It's a role with some autonomy. A good fit with your training and... tendencies.
• Carver: After serving King Cailan? You want me to suffer some poncy git who needs two servants to wipe his own ass?
• Carver: I'll find my own way, thanks.
• Aveline: I wish you would.

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• Carver: Been a bit light on the career advice since I got here.
• Aveline: You've been a bit light on needing it.
• Aveline:
  • (If Carver is a Grey Warden) Although, why the Wardens would care about a fop and his... his...
  • (If Carver is a templar) Although, why a templar was sent to observe such a... a...
• Carver: Utter waste of ability and time?
• Aveline: Yes!
• Carver:
  • (If Carver is a templar) I expect it's as close to diplomacy as the Knight-Commander gets.
  • (If Carver is a Grey Warden) He toys with big beasties. Who knows what he'll flush out of the dark?
• Carver: It's light duty. Can't lie about that.

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(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis)

• Carver: The place is a maze. Another pass and then double back?
• Aveline: Sounds good, we'll do that.
• Carver: Really?
• Aveline:
  • (If Carver is a templar) There a reason I should doubt you, Templar?
  • (If Carver is a Warden) There a reason I should doubt you, Warden?

Carver and Fenris

• Fenris: You're Fereldan-born, aren't you?
• Carver: Yes, we were.
• Fenris: I understand Fereldans have a certain... animosity with Orlais.

(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Carver: It seems a small concern in light of other things.
• Carver: I've met a few. Nice people. Not like this lot.
• Fenris: The excess does seem... excessive.

(Otherwise)

• Carver: People get bitter about being conquered and oppressed.
• Carver: We didn't get many Orlesians in Lothering. I just think they talk funny.
• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/sarcastic personality) Way to sound like a bumpkin, Carver.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) I think you talk funny.
  • (If Carver is a templar) Way to sound tolerant, templar.
• Carver: Thanks, Sister/Brother.

(If Hawke has a diplomatic personality)

• Hawke: And here I remember you mooning over that red-headed lay sister with the accent.
• Carver: She was nice, wasn't she?

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(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis)

• Carver: Orlesians. Can't build a hallway without turning it into a maze.
• Fenris: Keep going. I'm sure your training will kick in any moment.
• Carver: Still don't like me? I've tried to change.
• Fenris: You have. Now you're dangerous. Let's move.

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(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis. If done in Act 1, and regardless who Hawke worked for at the end of the prologue)

• Carver: Shitting...piss-eared Orlesians and their...blighted dungeons!
• Fenris: "Piss-eared?" Did you get that from Meeran?
• Carver: We're lost and all you can do is criticize me?
• Fenris: It passes the time.

Carver and Isabela

(If Hawke does not romance Merrill)

• Carver: So... how is Merrill? Sad that she couldn't come along.
• Isabela: She's fine, all things considered. Why do you—Wait.
• Carver: What?
• Isabela: You. Merrill. Andraste's granny pants, I can't believe I never saw it before!
• Carver: What? No! No no no no. You've got it wrong.
• Isabela: Stop fretting. I'm on your side, and I always win.
• Carver: She's not a game of cards!
• Isabela: Whatever. Good at matchmaking, not so good at the analogies.

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• Carver: Ridiculous.
• Isabela: (Sighs) What has your critical gaze fallen upon now?
• Carver: Why do Orlesians need to have so many parties all the time?
• Isabela: So it is merry-making that offends you.
• Carver: Posturing affairs, filled with foppish, wine-sipping, pinkie-extenders.
• Isabela: So along with mages, your life, and the weather most days, you also hate Orlesians and merry-making.
• Carver: Are you mocking me?
• Isabela: Never.

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(If Carver is a templar)

• Isabela: I always did like a man in uniform.
• Carver: You sure you wouldn't like a man out of uniform better?
• Isabela: I... hmm.
• Carver: Life's so full of hard choices, isn't it?

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(If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Isabela: I always did like a man on a mission.
• Carver: Wardens go deep. It's a hard calling. And we also save the world.
• Isabela: Very interesting.
• Carver: I'll tell you about it sometime, when I'm not, you know, saving the world.

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(While looking for Hawke and Tallis)

• Carver: You just leave this to me. I can handle everything.
• Isabela: I'm starting to think you could.
• Carver: What was that? A compliment? I'm a little frightened.
• Isabela: I know! Let's get these people rescued before it happens again.

Carver and Merrill

(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis. If Hawke is in a romance with Merrill)

• Carver: A shame we didn't have time like this back in Kirkwall. Back then.
• Merrill: If we have to be lost somewhere, at least it's a nice hallway! Very well built, not at all likely to collapse.
• Carver: Right, well, let's get to it. My brother/sister will be missing you.
• Merrill: I'm glad you think so.

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(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis. If Hawke is not in a romance with Merrill)

• Carver: Okay, we're lost together. Both of us, not that we're "together" together.
• Merrill: If we have to be lost somewhere, at least it's a nice hallway! Very well built, not at all likely to collapse.
• Carver: Right, well, back to rescuing... wait. You're doing that on purpose!
• Merrill: (Giggles)

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(If Hawke is romancing Merrill)

• Merrill: Do you think wyverns are hard to take care of?
• Carver: I'm sure my brother/sister could manage it, if you got him/her one.
• Hawke: I could not!
• Merrill: Well of course you could.
• Merrill: Where would you take it for walks? What if it got hungry and ate the neighbors?
• Carver: (Chuckles) Enjoy your new pet.
• Hawke: She'll find one, too. Thanks for that.

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(If Hawke is not romancing Merrill)

• Merrill: Do you think wyverns are hard to take care of?
• Carver: You could tame it. Tame its wild heart.
• Hawke: (Snickers) I'm sorry. I really am.
• Carver: Quiet, you!
• Merrill: Where would you take it for walks? What if it got hungry and ate the neighbors?
• Carver: And there goes the moment.
• Tallis: That was adorable.

Carver and Sebastian

(While trying to find Hawke and Tallis)

• Carver: And we are back to front yet again.
• Sebastian: Blessed Andraste, guide us. Protect our friends in this dark hour.
• Carver: Right. Prayer. Useful, useful. Or we could do something.
• Sebastian: Guide us by the wisdom of your light... in silence.

Carver and Varric

(During Act 1)

• Carver: How do you put up with Bartrand? He's the most arrogant horse's ass I've ever met.
• Varric: It's not that hard, Junior. He's my brother.
• Carver: Don't start with that "unconditional love" rubbish.
• Varric: Forget family ties: I have blackmail material forever. At any point, I can launch into the story of how he peed himself at a grand ball.
• Carver: Yeah, all right, I'd pay to hear that.

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(During Act 2 or Act 3)

• Carver: Still playing the innocent while picking every purse in sight?
• Varric: Still... actually, you're doing all right.
• Carver: Thought I was. I suppose it's the same for you, really.
• Varric: 'Tis true, 'tis true. (Sighs)
• Carver: It's more fun hating each other, isn't it.
• Varric: Absolutely.

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(While looking for Hawke and Tallis. If Carver is a Grey Warden)

• Carver: So, we're lost.
• Varric: Just like old times.
• Carver: Maker, I hope not. I was an ass.
• Varric: (laughs) Fair comment, Junior. All right, let's get this done.

Carver and Tallis

• Carver: Why can't we ever meet any normal people?
• Tallis: I'm normal!
• Carver: You jumped off a roof and stabbed a man in the back.
• Tallis: In a completely normal fashion!

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• Tallis: So you're Hawke's brother.

(During Act 1)

• Carver: Yes. Carver. Carver Hawke.
• Tallis: I usually have to try a lot harder to annoy someone. What's your issue?
• Carver: It's nothing that an outsider need worry about.
• Tallis: Well, cold stares for everyone, then.

(If friendship)

• Carver: We still admit that, on occasion.
• Tallis: But you're on good terms.
• Carver: This second? I suppose so. The day's young, though.
• Hawke:
  • (If Hawke has a diplomatic/helpful personality) We're fine. Just... different.
  • (If Hawke has a humorous/charming personality) He'll bugger it up yet.
  • (If Hawke has an aggressive/direct personality) It won't last.

(If rivalry)

• Carver: That is a common accusation.
• Tallis: Strained, then?
• Carver: We're on different paths.
• Hawke:
  • (Diplomatic) Bit of an understatement.
  • (Humorous) With a lot of swearing, usually.
  • (Aggressive) He's an ass.