“Once again I find myself in your debt... and your shadow.”
Carver Hawke is Hawke's brash younger brother aged 18 years at the start of the game, and Bethany's fraternal twin.[1] Carver is a warrior who specializes in Two-Handed weaponry. [2]After the death of Malcolm Hawke in 9:27, Carver signed up for military service, and fought in the Battle of Ostagar.
Involvement
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.[3] However, if Hawke is a mage, then Bethany will die instead; Carver will survive and accompany his family to Kirkwall.[4]
Carver will be particularly bitter in the Free Marches city. He feels no real connection to the city and believes Leandra is trying to force a past on the family that she had long left behind. As Hawke gathers money to pay for the Deep Roads expedition, Carver gradually sees why people fear magic. Having grown up surrounded by magic, Carver did not see it as something to fear, though he never truly understood it, until he witnesses the darker side of it from Kirkwall's blood mages. He eventually shows more sympathy toward templars, particularly after learning he was named after the templar who freed Malcolm Hawke from the Circle.
If Carver comes with Hawke to the Deep Roads, he will contract the Taint. If Anders was also brought along to the expedition, the mage will reveal that a group of Grey Wardens are nearby. Should Hawke chose to find the Wardens, Carver will be saved, at the cost of his leaving to undertake the Joining. If Hawke does not seek out the Wardens, or if Anders is not present, Carver must be put out of his misery. It is later learned that Carver survives the Joining to become a Grey Warden, but the new recruit does not come back to the Hawke family whom he contact very little.
If Carver is instead left at home when Hawke sets out for the expedition, he will willingly leave the Hawke family to join the templars. His training and duties as a new templar prevents him from joining his older sibling throughout their time in Kirkwall.
During the Second Qunari Invasion of Kirkwall, Carver can appear as a Grey Warden passing through Lowtown with Stroud and other Wardens. However, he cannot join Hawke to save the city from the Qunari. If Carver is a templar, he is present with Knight-Commander Meredith as she leads a group of templars in Hightown.
If Hawke is asked to find Nathaniel Howe in the Deep Roads, a Grey Warden Carver will be seen fighting darkspawn. As a friend, Carver thanks Hawke for helping him; otherwise, he start arguing about his sibling sticking their nose into everything, before being interrupted by Nathaniel who asks if they know each other.
As hostilities between mages and templars increase, Carver will be kidnapped by Grace and Thrask who are inciting a rebellion to overthrow Meredith, believing that the Champion is working for the Knight-Commander regardless of their allegiances in the mage-templar struggle.
During the Battle of Kirkwall in 9:37 Dragon, a Grey Warden Carver will seek out Hawke and ask them to let him fight by their side, thanking their sibling for saving his life. Otherwise, Carver alongside the templars will be exactly the opposite to Bethany who will be with the mages. In a last attempt to make Hawke join the templars, he will ask if Hawke will fight their 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 sibling for her. Carver may help out Hawke during the conflict. He will automatically join his sibling if Hawke does not have a full party.
Appearance
Carver will have one of several facial structures, depending on which preset the player starts character creation with for their Hawke. The same applies for Bethany, Leandra and Gamlen.[5]
There are three base facial shapes that each family member can have. Hawkes using the default Hawke appearance or any of the first three presets will get the first head shape, Hawkes using the second three presets will get the second head shape, and Hawkes using the final three presets (or any modded presets past that) will get the third shape.
Each of the three head shapes has three variations - one with a pale skintone, one with a medium skintone, and one with a dark skintone, and each with a different hairstyle. Which of these variations is used by the game depends on Hawke's skintone; the first four skin tones will result in the light-skinned version of Carver, the second four in the medium-skinned version, and the final four in the dark-skinned version. All versions of Carver will have black hair.
Friendship and rivalry
- See the approval page for more information.
Carver is very prideful and takes value in proving his worth to his family and comrades. Aggressive behavior impresses Carver, he is also a pro-Chantry supporter and supporting the Chantry's actions impresses Carver.
Carver despises being inferior to his sibling, selecting dialogue that makes Hawke "selfless" will make him dislike Hawke with the sole exception of family matters. He also does not approve of pro-mage options that try to be merciful to mages.
Gear
- Main article: Companion armor
Carver's armor upgrades can be found in the following locations:
- Act 1: Fereldan Girded Plating: Obtained at the end of the Birthright 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.
Carver specific gear
Recruit's Band of Distinguished Service, requires Warrior Item Pack 1 DLC.
Lineage, requires Legacy. It is however bugged and does not drop as of Patch 1.03.
Copper-Bladed Star, requires Warrior Item Pack 2.
Amulet of the Enthusiast, requires Mark of the Assassin.
Ability tree
Templar (from Act 2)
Quotes
- Main article: Carver/Dialogue
- (Defending his mother from an ogre) "You soulless bastards!"
- (After learning that Gamlen left the Amell will in the estate's vault) "What kind of daft bastard leaves that behind?"
- (To Fenris after he realizes Hawke is a mage) "If you've got a problem with my brother/sister, you've got a problem with me."
- "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."
- (After joining a male Hawke in Act 3) "The Hawke brothers together again just like old times."
Dialogue
- Bethany: We should've run sooner, why did we wait so long?
- 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: We should've run sooner, why did we wait so long?
- Carver: Why are you looking at me? I've been running since Ostagar!
- Varric: (About Anso ) "Bartrand used to be like that. Got jumpy every time he stepped outside."
- Carver: "I'd pay to see that."
- 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.
Gallery
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.[6]
- In the Xbox Official Magazine, he was incorrectly named Cooper.[7]
- In Act 1, Hawke will receive a letter addressed to Carver from a woman in Lothering named Peaches. If Hawke is male, Peaches will have an obvious crush on him which Carver clearly disapproves of, as he refused to introduce them. If Hawke is female, the letter 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. Which would make him 19 at Act 1, 22 at Act 2, and 25 at Act 3.
- 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.
- It is heavily implied that Carver has developed a crush on Merrill, though it is unlikely that she is aware of his feelings.
- In the Dragon Age II Demo, Carver is wearing the armor of the Kirkwall City Guard during the expanded intro if he is present during it, despite the fact that he never wears it in the game. When Varric amends his story, Carver will be wearing his normal outfit.
See also
- Codex entry: Carver Hawke
- Codex entry: Carver - After the Deep Roads
- Letter: Family Letters, the letter Carver sends to Hawke at the start of Act 2
References
- ↑ Gaider, David. "Hawke's parents and their history". BioWare Social Network. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Steimer, Kristine. "Gamescom: Kicking Ass in Dragon Age 2". IGN. 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Bramwell, Tom "Dragon Age 2 Preview". EuroGamer. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Hanlon, Seb. "DA2 Preview by The Escapist". BioWare Social Network. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Laidlaw, Mike. "Family Resemblance: Anything more than skin tone?". BioWare Social Network. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
- ↑ Gaider, David. "Is Hawke related to the mage warden?". BioWare Social Network. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ↑ Official Xbox Magazine March 2011, Issue 120 Page 15. Retrieved 2011-02-11
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