“These robes are gonna get their lesson.”
Ser Karras is a templar serving in the Kirkwall Circle. He is known for his strong anti-Mage views and for abusing his charges.
Involvement
In Act 1, Karras is involved in the quest Act of Mercy. After getting a letter from Ser Thrask, Hawke travels to the Wounded Coast and ends up outside a large cave. Thrask tells Hawke that a group of apostates who've fled custody after the Circle of Magi at Starkhaven burned down are hiding in the cave. He also says that Karras is on his way, and that he will most likely kill the mages. When Hawke enters the cave, the apostate leader, Decimus, attacks them on sight with a few of his followers. After he is killed, the surviving mages ask Hawke to help them escape. As Hawke exits the cave, Karras arrives at the head of a group of templars.
Hawke can:
- convince the mages to go with Karras and Thrask to the Circle.
- lie to Karras that the apostates are dead and that Decimus has fled to the Wounded Coast through the caves. This requires either a sarcastic Hawke or having Varric in the party. Varric will also feed Karras a line that Hawke is either Ser Hawke from the Fereldan Templar Order (warrior or rogue) or Enchanter Hawke from the Fereldan Circle (mage).
- kill Karras and the templars who came with him. Thrask will help Hawke.
If Karras is killed:
Several years later, a Templar Knight-Lieutenant suspecting the involvement of both Thrask and Hawke in Karras' death lures Hawke into an ambush in an attempt to avenge his death.
If Karras is not killed:
In Act 1, Alain in the Gallows courtyard tells Hawke that Karras promised to make him Tranquil if the boy tells anyone that Karras has been in his chambers.
In Act 2, Karras stands in the Gallows courtyard and, if interacted with, predicts that "As soon as the Qunari are gone, the mages will make their move, mark my words." If Hawke lied to help the mages escape, Karras says "You lied about the mages, but we caught them anyways."
In Act 3, Hawke can talk to Karras in the Gallows courtyard. He tells Hawke that Meredith "has sent to Val Royeaux for the Right of Annulment," which can give you Codex entry: The Right of Annulment.
Notes
- Ser Karras wields the Edge of Song and Glory longsword, which can be looted from his corpse.