Carver Hawke

“Once again I find myself in your debt...and your shadow.”

Carver Hawke
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Class	Warrior
Family	Malcolm Hawke (Father) Leandra Amell (Mother) Bethany Hawke (Twin Sister) Hawke (Brother/Sister) Gamlen Amell (Uncle) Charade Amell (Cousin)
Voice	Nico Lennon
Appearances	Dragon Age II

Carver Hawke is Hawke's brash, younger brother aged 18 years at the start of the game, and Bethany's fraternal twin. Carver is a warrior who specializes in Two-Handed weaponry.

Appearance

Carver will have one of several facial structures, depending on which preset the player starts character creation with for their Hawke. Furthermore his skin tone will also be matched with Hawke's while his hair will always be black to prevent clash of dark skin and fair hair. The same applies for Bethany, Leandra and Gamlen.

Involvement

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This section contains spoilers for:
Dragon Age II.

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If Hawke is a warrior or rogue, Carver will be killed during the attack on Lothering when he charges an Ogre in order to protect Leandra. However, if Hawke is a mage, then it will be Bethany who is killed by the Ogre, and Carver will survive and accompany his family to Kirkwall.

If you bring Carver with you to the Deep Roads, he will contract the Taint. If Anders is present in your party, he will reveal that a group of Grey Wardens are nearby. Choosing to find the Wardens will allow you to save Carver's life, at the cost of his leaving to undertake the Joining. If you choose not to seek out the Wardens, or Anders is not with you, he must be put out of his misery. If he undergoes the joining Carver leaves your party for most of the game, appearing during the final battle with the qunari and the Warden who rescued him. He will also be taken hostage in an effort to control Hawke during the final act of the game and Hawke will come to his rescue. Once you have decided where your allegiance is, Carver will seek you out and ask you to let him fight by your side, thanking you for saving his life, and following you through the remainder of the game. As a Grey Warden, Carver will be seen in the quest "Finding Nathaniel" in the Deep Roads fighting darkspawn, he will soon begin to argue with Hawke about him sticking his nose into everything only to be interupted by Nathaniel who asks if they know each other.

If Carver is instead left at home when you set out for the expedition, he will willingly leave to join the Templars.

If Carver joined the templars he will be seen soon after Orsino's rescue during the qunari invasion of Kirkwall. During the quest "Best Served Cold" he will be kidnapped by Grace and Thrask who are inciting a rebellion to overthrow Meredith, curiously even though the quest can be recieved from both Meredith and Orsino the group states that The Champion is working for Meredith probably believing that Meredith sends Hawke to find and kill them. After the "Best Served Cold" quest, Hawke will recieve a letter from Meredith or Orsino calling on the Champion's assistance once more, asking them to come to the Gallows. The Champion will be greeted by a mage or a templar who will explain what happened and will send them towards Lowtown. Carver alongside the templars will be exactly the opposite to Bethany who will be with the mages. In a last atempt to make Hawke join the templars, he will ask if Hawke will fight his/her brother, giving Hawke the option of responding that Carver has been itching to fight them for a long time. When The Champion goes to confront Meredith, Carver with Cullen will side with Hawke stating that he will not murder his brother/sister for her.

Friendship

Act 1:

Tranquility  : friendship (+10) if you let Carver handle the Fereldans when walking out of Lirene's Fereldan Imports.

Armor

In Dragon Age II, you cannot change what armor your companions wear, but you can upgrade it. Carver's armor may be upgraded by using the gift mechanics in Dragon Age II. You will find companion armor upgrades that can be purchased at shops in the tab designated by the Gem Icon. Carver's armor has four slots available for upgrades. These upgrades may be purchased or found at various locations in the game. Upgrading a companion's armor once unlocks the "A Friend In Need" achievement and fully upgrading a companion's armor unlocks the "I Got Your Back" achievement.

Carver's armor upgrades can be found in the following locations:

• Act 1: Fereldan Girded Plating (+21 Armor) (Birth Right Quest)

If Carver joins the Wardens he will be wearing plate armor with the Grey Warden insignia on his chest. If Carver joins the Templars, he will be wearing the standard Templar armor.

Talent Trees

• Two-Handed
• Vanguard
• Battlemaster
• Defender
• Warmonger

Quotes

• Bethany: Why didn't we run sooner?
• Carver: Why are you looking at us? We've been running since Ostagar!

(alternatively, if Hawke is a mage and unable to serve in the king's army)

• Bethany: Why didn't we run sooner?
• Carver: Why are you looking at me? I've been running since Ostagar!

• "You soulless bastards!" -- defending his mother from an ogre.
• "What kind of daft bastard does that?" -- after learning that Gamlen left the Amell will in the estate's vault.
• "If you've got a problem with my brother/sister, you've got a problem with me." -- to Fenris after he realizes Hawke is a mage.
• "It's like Mother, taking everything out on us. She was just scared. I don't have a place in the life she is trying to bring back."
• ( If Carver joins Hawke again if hawke is male Carver will say) The Hawke brothers togheter again just like old times

• Varric: "Bartrand used to be like that. Got jumpy every time he stepped outside."
• Carver: "I'd pay to see that."

Dialogue

Main article: Carver/Dialogue

Relationships with other companions

• Carver dislikes Anders, due to his constant mentioning of the plight of the mages.
• Carver has deep respect for Aveline, though he resents her a little.
• Carver seems very interested in Fenris and his tattoos.
• Carver likes Merrill and some of their dialogue may suggest he has a crush on her.
• Carver thinks Isabela is obsessed with sex.
• Carver and Varric appear to have a bit of a rivalry, though party banter reveals that their relationship isn't too antagonistic to meet up for drinks.

Gallery

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Close up of Carver

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Carver looking at a Darkspawn corpse

Attributes and the Friendship/Rivalry bar

Carver in Kirkwall

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Carver killing a darkspawn

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Carver and (Male) Hawke

Trivia

• Lukas Kristjanson wrote Carver for Dragon Age II.
• Carver is related to the human Warden from the Magi Origin through his mother, whose maiden name is Amell.
• In the Xbox Official Magazine, he was incorrectly named Cooper
• At Ostagar, his commander was one Captain Varel, who may be the same man as Seneschal Varel of Vigil's Keep in Awakening.
• Carver could live in the Amell estate along with his elder sibling, and mother Leandra.
• In Act 1, Hawke will receive a letter addressed to Carver from a woman in Denerim named Peaches, who makes reference to an implied sexual encounter between Carver and herself in Barlin's barn.
• When talking to Leandra, she will reveal that she gave Eighteen years of loving and feeding, and raising to Carver, thus making him eighteen years old at the time of The Destruction of Lothering.
• In dialogue at Gamlen's house, Hawke refers to Carver as the 'second child', implying Carver is the older of the Hawke twins.
• In Act 1, during the quest named "Family History", Carver will find out that his namesake was a Templar who had allowed Malcolm Hawke, Leandra's husband, to get out of Kirkwall and have the family move to Lothering, in Ferelden.
• During the battle with Meredith, Carver's hair may turn white.
• The choices for Carver in the Deep Roads are the same as Bethany, except Carver becomes a Templar if he doesn't go, but generally it's better for him if you make him a Grey Warden, and who knows, it may help in other games.