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My Warden, Evander, was a HN warrior that looked up to Dane (that's what I named Dog). I threw some Malcolm Cousland from Sacred Ashes and mixed in Bryce and Fergus for aesthetics.

I saw the DA ][ trailer and rolled with an Aggressive vanilla Hawke on release (Isabella romance and all).

For DA: ]I[ I want to do something different. I will still be going Human this time. However, despite the marketing campaign and fancy trailers, I'll be calling my Inquisitor Oliver (Green Arrow) and he's going to be a legendary Archer Rogue. Dragon Age needs some legendary archers.

So who will you base your first Inquisitor on? -- Soulofshezarr (talk) 01:23, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

Well my Warden is a Dalish bardic archer and I have a templar Hawke and a female healer Hawke so I think my inquisitor will be my offensive mage. Not sure which race probably an elf, I don't know why but I like elves. Jsharkey621 (talk) 03:19, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

As a general rule, I don't draw from other sources for character creations. I don't have anything in mind for the Inquisitor yet as far as appearance goes. I will do what I've always done for DA characters. I will decide on a personality type and then play around in the character creation to find different looks that I like.

On a side note: for my primary DA:O character, Izen, I just happened to create a character who looked like Bryce and Eleanor completely by chance. This was before I had even played the game.

With the Inquisitor, we can probably pick any appearance we want. For now, I am leaning toward a human male who has had a tough life. Middle-aged perhaps. Maybe saw a little of the Orlesian war with Ferelden. Maybe lost his father to that war. Don't know yet. In any case, he's got some anger issues, but he keeps it under control. He tries to do what's right and good, but he's also a realist, and won't hesitate to be dark when he has to. He'll make those unsavory deals to carry out his mission and his purpose. And he won't look back. He'll stay focused on the truth. I don't know what games he'll follow. I'm thinking Izen Cousland the dual weapon warrior and King of Ferelden, followed by a female rogue archer Hawke who tried her best but mostly failed to do anything grand because of events beyond her control, and then maybe the Inquisitor as a mage. Seems balanced. If they all meet some day they will be from each class. Or maybe I will use my anti-mage for Inquisitor, which I have only played around with in a non-canon capacity in DA:O.

However, if I make a kossith Inquisitor I might bend my rule a little and base her appearance on Olga from Asura's Wrath. But only because her character design screams kossith, IMO. But like I wrote, I don't draw from existing characters for my own characters, so I might not do that at all, or I might only do it non-canonically. Believe it! (talk) 04:18, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

This is how I create my first characters as well. As for your Inquisitor idea, if your Inquisitor was 20 in the end of the Fereldan rebellion, he would be 60 years old in Dragon Age III. Not really a viable scenario :P 07:13, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

For my Qunari Inquisitor Im going to be a mage with his freedom somewhat gets power hungry and uses his magic to dominate with the Inquisition. Except that will be for the rise of the Inquisition just to show thats its not to be taken lightly.

For my human mage I have no idea but he will probably be aggressive but does his best to save Thedas without becoming everything people fear about mages.--Guerrilla S019 (talk) 04:20, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

My Inquisitor will be an elven rogue, who uses tactics and manipulations to win. The closest isnpiration to his methods is Lelouch from anime Code Geass. He'll want to be 4th elven hero like Shartan, Garahel and my Dalish Warden. His Inquisition has one goal - eradication of demons from Thedas. He has no trust for magic and demons however, that's why he rather have templars instead of mages on his side in this binary world made by lazy developers.78.8.149.9 (talk) 07:10, October 22, 2013 (UTC)StubbornMageSlayer

A half-elven (ok, I have to pick Elf) warrior. I am hoping they bring back dual wielding for warriors, since that's what I would prefer. If not then I may go rogue. Being half dalish my inquisitor will follow a chaotic-neutral or chaotic-good path. --Elshiro (talk) 11:02, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

In DAI is no good or evil or shades of gray, there are only mages and templars. YOu can't be chaotic good or chaotic neutral, you can be only pro-mage or pro-templar. I also wanted to be neutral, but that's impossible with Bioware's boring binary system. You can be with mages or against them, there is no shade of grey. You can be with mages or against them, there is no room for neutrality. Journalists stripped me from illusion of neutrality.78.8.149.9 (talk) 11:22, October 22, 2013 (UTC)StubbornMageSlayer

1. Yes, morality isn't really a thing in DA, it's more about your perspective. 2. You will likely have to be supporting/against a lot of groups, not just mages. 3. DA:I is not about the Mage-Templar war, it's about the Tear in the Veil. the M-T war, the Orlesian Civil War (That's one of the events going on right?) and a whole bunch of other events are distracting everyone from the Tear, this is why the Inquisitor believes the Tear isn't a coincidence, but purposely made at this time of chaos. Being Pro-Mage or Pro-Templar will likely be very important in the main story, but there are other conflicts you'll be involved in, like with the Qunari or Tevinter, maybe which side of the Orlesian C.War you'll support, so you can get allies and support in removing the Tear (BTW, please don't reply with anti-mage stuff, I don't want a off-topic argument and I'm not saying which side is right, I'm just saying the M-T war isn't the only event occurring in DA:I). Welshman15 (talk) 12:17, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

I am very aware that the main problem is the demon invasion and shame nobody care about that more than about mage-templar war like for example Sports72Xtrm. Unlike her I don't call my enemies other than their name, I don't even give reasons for my mistrust for magic.78.8.149.9 (talk) 12:38, October 22, 2013 (UTC)StubbornMageSlayer

My Warden was a female noble who married Alistair, used the dark ritual, and became queen of Ferelden. Alistair's heir, the old god baby, is missing and she killed Morrigan in Witch Hunt. She and Alistair has no heir being both teinted and she plans to groom her brother Fergus for the throne should Alistair and her go to their calling. Yet the bannorn does not submit to anyone who does not have Theirin blood and many believe there will be another Fereldan Civil War, this along with threats of an invasion from Orlais has kept the kingdom on edge.

My Hawke, was a mage champion who followed in his father's footsteps. Believing that magic can be used for good and followed a code similar to his father's: to use his magic to change the world for the better and not for personal gain. In the end, he was forced to fight the Templars to protect the mages from an unjust brutal slaughter; he fled Kirkwall and became a fugitive, hunted by the Chantry, Templars, and maybe even the Grey Wardens. Forsaking his title, his land, his wealth to do the right thing, Hawke spared his friend Anders despite his betrayal, and has resolved to accomplish their mission: to free his fellow mages, free the Free Marches from Templar and Chantry rule, and reform the Circle of Magi as an autonomous Order of Magi that regulate themselves, protect the innocent from those who abuse their power such as blood magi and demons, and to teach magi to control their powers. Hurtled into the chaos he fights....and the world will shake before him.

My inquisitor will be a warrior female dwarf of the warrior House of Cardash. A relative of Shale, she became the only survivor of her secret order the Inquisition, devestated in a demon battle at the torn Veil. She resolves to gather allies. She believes that the Tevinter Imperium and the Circle of Magi can be a self auntonomous organization free from the Chantry's oppression and smothering supervision and seeks to reform both to be free of corruption. Being a dwarf, she has restated King Endrin Stonehammer's vow of friendship of the dwarves to the magi of Tevinter and will form an all dwarf templar order not meant to imprison magi but to aid in their fight against blood magi and demons. With this partnership, the magi and her inquisition hope to deal with whatever was behind the tearing of the veil.

She's also going to get her some of that Varric. :) (Sports72Xtrm (talk) 12:27, October 22, 2013 (UTC))

I don't know what class or race I will use on my first Inquisitor. I do know it will be a man named Animal.--KCMueller (talk) 22:32, October 22, 2013 (UTC)

On my 1st playthrough, I will be a male human Inquisitor warrior, though I'm debating whether to use a greatsword or a longsword and shield. He will lead the Inquisition to stopping the war between mages and templars, maybe form alliances with sympathetic groups from both side, given that there are some templars who are mage sympathetic; also, we must find out what caused the tear in the Veil and hunt down the various demons and abominations many have never seen before they cause chaos. And of course, both sides require lyrium, so my Inquisitor may have to go through official channels or smuggling to get it. And my Inquisition will need new men if they die in battle, so we may recruit anyone, like the Grey Wardens.

Then on my 2nd playthrough, I'm wondering if I can be a female Qunari mage, a Sarebaas who escaped Par Vollen as a child, grew up in human lands, seeing the chaos around the world, resolves to change things.--Unic of the borg (talk) 02:29, October 23, 2013 (UTC)

It would be interesting if during the acquisition of lyrium we discover more Red Lyrium.--Guerrilla S019 (talk) 02:35, October 23, 2013 (UTC)

And then what to do with it? Study or use, because end justifaces the means?78.8.139.94 (talk) 06:46, October 23, 2013 (UTC)StubbornMageSlayer

Only if it's from a distance. Remember, close contact with red lyrium eventually makes the user insane, as with Bartrand and Meredith (I don't feel sorry for the latter). Even a small piece can warp the mind, as we saw with Varric. It's dangerous and I'd like to keep that lyrium as far away from anyone as possible.--Unic of the borg (talk) 23:03, October 23, 2013 (UTC)