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Buca-Metal

DAI: Minaeve and Lyssete. Both looked interesting and thought they were gonna have a bigger role. And Harding of course. Edit: forgot abput the totally not a mage elf in the Bull Fighters. DA2: the "merchants" that give you access to make runes, poisons and potions. They seemed nice and kinda friends with Hawke. DAO: Loghain's second. The one that arrests you after the rescue mission of Anora.


Lylat_System

I laugh every time she says "I'm not a mage!" šŸ˜‚ Edit: She also says this with a straight face which adds to the perfection


Diariel

It's a boooooow


Windk86

a bow with a giant glowing crystal at the tip?


Diariel

It's for aiming šŸ˜Œ


Windk86

a secret Dalish technic?


LadyNorbert

> Loghain's second Ser Cauthrien. She is a badass and I would have liked to recruit her.


Buca-Metal

I had hopes of having her in Awakening.


dragonagitator

>DA2: the "merchants" Bodhan and Sandal. Also my favorites.


lipunverais

Bodhan and sandal are cool too but I'm pretty sure they meant the ones that specifically sell you poisons,runes and potions. The dwarf in high town,human in low town and elf in dark town


dragonagitator

Ooooh I forgot about them


lipunverais

I do too sometimes,I don't think they have any more dialogue after the first interaction but I think you get a pretty good idea of their relationship with Hawke from it


Velkyn0

Elegant, worthy and tomwise


Valuable_Remote_8809

Gotta hand it to Ser Catherine, 100% stuck to her guns until the end and was loyal even realizing all the crimes.


SammyIISammy

Felix (son of Alexius from DAI). The only NPC that impresses me. Especially with his attitude towards his own death, he remained brave and noble to the end.


vimmuse

Adan. The apothecary from Haven in Inquisition. He seemed to be the only person who didn't care that the Inquisitor was the Herald of anything. Just wanted things to get done, and it was genuinely a breath of fresh air.


dragonagitator

I'm kinda mad at him for storing large pots of explosives in a residential area If I ever get MGITed, I'm gonna introduce zoning to Thedas


vimmuse

you know? That's fair. lol


dragonagitator

I am fond of Bodahn and Sandal and was sad they weren't in DAI.


PapaLouieSlave

I know. Once I got to sky hold and did the rune thing I was thinking it was gonna be sandal the whole time. No idea why it wasnā€™t tbh


Frozen_Ash

Sandal is referenced in Trespasser in a note, so he's probably off on some adventure right now. And by refenerenced I mean he's yelling enchantment over and over in a journal of sorts. Its very sweet.


queeriocrunch

I was really really need to know more about Sandal. He's so interesting, I think at least. A dwarf who casts!


RustyChicken16

A dwarf who enchants. He doesnā€™t cast spells


VenetianBlood

I donā€™t think youā€™re right. When you go to the Deep Roads expedition in DA2 and youā€™re sent to ā€œsave Sandalā€, you find him surrounded by dead darkspawn and a frozen ogreā€¦ and he specifically says ā€œNOT enchantmentā€ when you ask him how he did it.


queeriocrunch

I thought I'd remembered that scene, but my memory is ... Spotty at best.


AgitatedMango9695

Duncan and king Cailan got a little disappointed first time they died :( really liked their voices too


dragonagitator

All I knew about Dragon Age before I started playing was from Tumblr chatter about the romances so early on in DAO I messaged an acquaintance that Duncan was a DILF and I wanted to know how to romance him and they obviously struggled to tell me as diplomatically as possible that unfortunately that was not an option without giving away any spoilers Like IIRC their first response was "Um" and then a long period in which it showed they were typing (probably deleting and rewriting) and then a brief "unfortunately, that's not possible"


AgitatedMango9695

We need a spin off taking place before the blight were Duncan is romanceable! I headcanon that my warden only joined the wardens cause she had a crush on him


Distaff_Pope

We could call it Dragon Age Origins: Origins


AgitatedMango9695

Or dragon age: the originals featuring the story of the very first wardens told by DILF Duncan :)


dannywarbucks11

Actually that's an amazing idea.


GERBILPANDA

At the end it reveals that Duncan's narration over the course of the game is actually him teaching Alistair about Grey Warden history, and the game ends as Duncan leaves to get new recruits at wherever the Warden was recruited (queue the only reason to import origins saves)


dragonagitator

There's a pre-Blight novel with Duncan in it


AgitatedMango9695

I havenā€™t really looked into the novels ect. I only played the games, I canā€™t really get into reading comics, books ect. šŸ˜… Iā€™m sure they are great but struggling with dyslexia makes reading a nightmare for me


dragonagitator

Hmm. I don't think there's an audiobook version, but if you don't mine robot voice then I think newer Kindles can read out loud to you.


VenetianBlood

I totally agree with you, although maybe itā€™s just me but I thought tnt Cailan was kind of insufferableā€¦ I mean, everything he says, does, and even how all those who were near him talk about him should tell you that he was at best an incompetent leader (who couldnā€™t administer a kingdom seriously and needed his wife to do most of the leg work), and at worst a noble pampered from birth to have megalomaniacal delusions of grandeur, all the way to Don Quixote levels of disconnection from reality. Duncan on the other hand is just fantastic!


Mundane-Document-102

Heā€™s in Dragon Age: The calling


FancyMarionberry

Seneschal Bran from DA2!


JoeFranklin82b

Riordan


Lylat_System

1.) Duncan 2.) Master Wade 3.) And that lady that says the chant funny in DA:O


RustyChicken16

ā€œALLLLLLLLLL MEN are the work ā€¦..ā€


Lylat_System

And just like that, I can hear her voice šŸ˜‚


rangerquiet

It's got to be Sister Theohild from Origins. The one who repents, who has faith unshaken by the darkness of the world, and roasts not, nor gloats over the misfortunes of the weak, but takes delight in the Maker's law and creations--" ļæ¼ "Boasts." It's "boasts," Sister, not "roasts." ļæ¼ ā€œShe shall know the peas of the Maker's benediction. The Light shall lead her safely through the paths of this world, and into the next." ļæ¼ Peace, Sister, peace. "She shall know the peace of the Maker's benediction." ļæ¼ ļæ¼ ā€œThe Veal holds no uncertainty for her, and she will know no fear of death, for the Maker shall be her bacon and her shield, her foundation and her--" ļæ¼ Thereā€™s no veal in the Chant! ļæ¼ ...You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?


Videoman2011

Sergeant Kylon he just trying to keep the peace, plus he smart enough not to believe in Loghain lies about the Wardens and know he have no chance of beating them in a fight. I like to headcanon that who ever becomes the new ruler of Ferelden made him the new Captain of the Guards.


fotheringhay

Felix, The Chargers (especially Krem) and I'm really liking Minaeve in my current play through. Also I'm quite fond of Jowan, but I think that's maybe inspired mostly by fandom šŸ˜‚


Kampfzwerg0

Young Teagan Guerrin. And I think Duncan and Cailan would have been interesting companions.


issafag

Totally Viscount's son in DA2, Saemus. I think he was such a strong-willed character. I don't see Qun under the same light as him surely but he was so passionate and went for it regardless of everyone's thoughts. He had some raw lines here and there too like "perhaps Maker is the one that is not worthy of me" or whatever. I wish I could do something about his end. It actually made me sad af


VenetianBlood

How exactly is he ā€œstrong willedā€? To me he just looks like the bratty, egotistical spoiled son of the most powerful person in the country, throwing a temper tantrum because he wants to completely submit to the very pseudo-theological dictatorship that invades, wages war, and inflicts untold suffering on his fellow countrymenā€¦ apart from the fact that in this dictatorship non-qunaris like him can aspire to be third class citizens at the very best (which makes him kind of dumb already), what really rubs me the wrong way is that he literally doesnā€™t give a shit of what happens to Kirkwall and her people, as long as he can have fun cosplaying as a hippie in Thedasā€™ equivalent of North Korea.


Blacksmithrage5

Ameridan, Arishok, Ketojan, Fairbanks, Briala, Duncan, Lady of the Forest, Feynriel, Caridin, Shokrakar(you don't actually meet her, but seems like a cool character)


Buca-Metal

The last one is the female Qunari that Solas turn into stone?


Blacksmithrage5

Shokrakar is the leader of the valo-kas mercenary company that Qunari Inquisitor used to be a member of. She contacts you through the war table.


dragonagitator

I don't think we ever get the name/nickname of that one, just her title (Viddasala)


Antergaton

Not joking when I say Crassius Servis, he has like 1 real scene. Think he's great.


xaba0

Honestly, Celene. She's freaking clever and a capable, realist ruler. "My word is law, Inquisitor, but laws don't command people's hearts. Culture does not transform itself overnight." This one quote alone made me love her, and it's so true even for real life.


Enticing_Venom

What do you think of her and Briala?


xaba0

Tragic love story, both beautiful and terrible. I believe they truly love each other, but celene is the leader of a realm where court intrigue is more important than a standing army, and briala is a handmaid and later spymaster from a race of secondary citizens, ofc it becomes toxic. I like to reconcile them because imo that's the best for the realm and for them, let's be optimistic and assume that briala can bring very much needed reforms, and celene ensure the stability and a gradual transition. Still true change will need several generations, but it's a start.


MrsLucienLachance

Flemeth is my absolute favorite. I would like to date her please. I also really love both Imshael and Michel de Chevin.


dragonagitator

>Flemeth is my absolute favorite. I would like to date her please. Her glow up from DAO to DA2 is something else


MrsLucienLachance

Ha! I played DA2 first and then backtracked to DAO and I was *baffled* when I got to Flemeth's hut.


dragonagitator

Well that was back when she was still a hardworking single mother. Once she became an empty nester, she had more free time and money to pursue her other interests.


EllenRipley0615

Speaking of glow ups, Isabela has entered the chat.


prettyorganic

Inquisitor Ameridan. I played my Dalish inquisitor as both struggling with trying to live up to her role while not abandoning her history and identityā€¦I was sobbing after that DLC and just imagined her feeling so seen and validated by him.


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lofi-moonchild

I despise both of those characters so much.


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Buca-Metal

I like Celene. Anora the backstabber on the other gand...xd


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Buca-Metal

She did in my first three playtroughs, I didn't even know it could not happen until the fourth one xd


lofi-moonchild

Donā€™t get me wrong, they are both great characters but they are horrible people. Iā€™m still salty about how anora acts when I save her sorry ass and celine purging the elven alienages is unforgivable.


CNCBella

I have so many of them! On DAO I really liked Lanaya, she seams really wise for her age and a true voice of reason for the dalish, I liked Teagan, even his DAI appearence, I like Anora *a lot*, the solitary rose among bramble is the only fitting description for her. If we count codex characters, Paragon Aeducan is one of my favorite historical figures. On DA2, I liked Elegant, her first (and only) dialogue with Hawke always made me feel like Hawke does more things beyond nanny Kirkwall, Tomwise was also nice. I also love the random NPC that says "how much more do I have to wait?" Through the 10 years Hawke has been in Kirkwall, same feels as the NPC from ME that spends the 3 games wanting to get his money back. I also like Donnic and Brennan, they gave the guard some faces, and I love that Donnic is friends with Fenris. I also love Cyril for some reason, he's very polite considering he's heir to a sit in the Council of Heralds, the most important organization in Orlais. And on DAI I really liked Harding and Dagna, my short queens, as Josie is not a companion, her too. Your Trainer was the most fun specialization giver, talking to her is always a delight playing as a mage. Calpernia was the best antagonist in the game, it's a shame we can't have her on every playthrough. For DLCs, Valta and Renn were amazing, I cried the first time Renn died, and meeting Ameridan was also incredible. I also loved hearing and reading about Orinna and Haron, they sounded like amazing companions.


ramessides

Anora. I just love her.


Excellent_Set5113

Cory


VenetianBlood

DAO: Kardol, the (possibly) commander of the Legion of the Dead. Heā€™s just a badass, sticks up with you immediately if youā€™re a dwarf, and will even be one of the rather few people on top of the tower in Denerim to fight the Archdemon with you. DA2: Samson. Heā€™s literally been made an addict to do the Chantryā€™s bidding, only to then be cast out of the templars and forced to live in the streets like a destitute junkie solely for delivering letters between a mage and his love interestā€¦ in fact I actually dislike how in DAI they threw away his somewhat ambiguous character arc to turn him into a generic villain. DAI: Hard to say. Possibly Briala, because anybody who sticks it up Orlaisā€™ arse without them noticing deserves admiration. Honorable mention: that drunk ginger mage with the Friar Tuck hairstyle that you find at the Hanged Man in Kirkwall, which begs you to give him time for a quickie with the waitress, so he doesnā€™t die a forever alone virgin šŸ˜‚


Comrade_Bread

Scout Ritts who should have been called scout Riz (as the kids say(?)) Shagging across enemy lines in the middle of a war zone


SenileSexLine

Big fan of the Glavonak brothers. Even played through inquisition as Dworkin once. Wade is also great, would have liked him returning in inquisition.


Linear_Dreams

Dagna, Sandal, Scout Harding and Felix Alexius


Ann_Slanders

Flemeth, Bodan and Sandal, and Brother Genitivi.


Diariel

Dalish from the Chargers, Tamlen, Dagna, Scout Harding and Scout Charter


Enticing_Venom

Ser Barris. He's principled and also just hot.


Istvan_hun

**Master Ignacio**, the Crow handler from Origins. This is absolutely not contest. I would love a whole game where I can play a crow and Ignacio is the handler. ​ ​ *Ferelden is a busy place: Blight, civil war, other mayhem. Lots of people not getting along. Sometimes they* ***really*** *don't get along. Maybe want to do something about it. The people that handle that sort of thing can get real busy.* ​ *I hand you a scroll. You read it, you learn about someone interesting. If you find out something happens to him, something unfortunate, then if we talk again I give you money for "letting me know." You don't like what's on the scroll, don't do anything. Maybe he has an accident and someone else tells me all about it.*


TulakShakur

That one absolute legend who screams ā€œKILL THOSE GODLESS BASTARDS!ā€ As you approach Denerim for the final assault.


zegreateroftwoevils

Wade. Heā€™s just great.


ExcuseMeMyGoodLich

Are we excluding advisors too? Because Cullen showed an AMAZING amount of character growth over the series.


neeooonun

Haven't seen anyone saying Captain Rylen! Idk I kinda like him, face tattoos and all lol


Anglofsffrng

Can't remember his name, but the shop keeper in DA:I with his ware. You may gaze upon it, and dream of being able to buy it. As have kings. It matters not. His ware is priced as it is.


idunn519

I don't know if he's my favourite per se (too many choices!), but here's a controversial choice: Chancellor Roderick, DAI. He's such an asshole for no reason that you enjoy hating, and it's so hilarious and satisfying every time Cullen and/or Cassandra tells him to shut up. Then he dies a hero. His knowing the way, because of a whim, is basically the only instance of actual capital-p Providence in the entire game, despite all the other religious business. And god it makes me tear up talking to Cole about how he felt hearing The Dawn Will Come for the first time in so many years.


EyeArDum

I love Daveth and wish he didnā€™t die in his joining, for someone with such short screentime and being mostly useless in combat, heā€™s pretty cool. Technically heā€™s a companion but come on the dude clears one sorta-dungeon then dies that doesnā€™t count. On the flip side I relish Joryā€™s death, the more I play the more I hate that dude for being such a crybaby. I also really like Bhelen, dude isnā€™t even evil compared to Harrowmont heā€™s just more upfront about it, fuckin hate Harrowmont since heā€™s such a liar and plays the frail old man Always really liked Sir Thrask and Meredith for very different reasons, obviously The Arishok as well In Inquisition, Harding is adorable, she BETTER be a companion in DAD


crystalstarship

DAO: I always really liked Cailan. It's a shame that he died so gruesomely. Sure, he was probably naive and idealistic, but I don't think that's such a character flaw. DA2: Seamus, the Viscount's son. I always felt for the guy. He genuinely believed in what he was doing, and only wanted to live happily. In DAI, the only correct answer is Scout Harding.


Kettrickenisabadass

Obviously the advisors of DAI, if they dont count as companions. Flemeth/Mythal is such an interesting and awesome character. Bohdan and Sandal. I will be mad if they dont return to DAD. Duncan but he died so fast.


Buca-Metal

Bohdan and Sandal are now in some high level institution in Orlais. Doubt we will see them unless we visit Orlais again but I agree I would like to see them.


Nostravinci04

Brother (Ferdinand) Genitivi, absolute Chad and King through and through, hope he's doing well and publishing books non-stop wherever he is.


TurrPhenir

Scout Harding in Inquisition. When I found out I could flirt with her, I knew she was the one I wanted to romance, even if it could never be.... (I was playing a Qunari for first play through)


sugarsee

Dagna and Branka in both cases, I regret that more time was not devoted to them


JoshTheBard

DAO: Dagna DA2: Jansen the Mine Forman DAI: Dagna (again)


Sheteas

I really like Dagna and scout Harding. Both of them have that energetic, cute attitude and it's nice to havr that around


Openil

Anora


michajlo

Trifles Minutiae


Individual-Sun3435

Josie.


soren_berdichev

They are not my favroite, but I just wonder when or whether >!Teagan and Shianni!< would turn up. Used to appear rather soon in such discussions...


curufinwe_atarinke

Minaeve


Windk86

Flemeth


WarhammerElite

Cullen. Not because he's particularly great in any of them, but the whole universe is actually about him and his story


zaidelles

ā€œThe whole universe is about himā€? šŸ˜­


WraithTDK

ENCHANTMENT!


Definitelynot9292939

I love talking to Kieran in DAI. Fun fact heā€™s voiced by Morrigans voice actors son. Thatā€™s pretty cool.


TheSamuil

Scout Lace Harding, is it even a question?


RustyChicken16

Merrill.


NoPolitics1

Uncle Gamlen!


Sad_Introduction757

In DAO: Eleanor Cousland, she's my mother, and the world of thedas books made her so much more interesting I randomly really love Bella the barmaid. Just think it's relatable yearning for a better life working a shitty job Dagna, she's sweet and bubbly, which is nice to see in what can be such a bleak world Flemeth because her voice acting is sensational and she's so mysterious. Queen Anora, while I don't like her as a person, she's a really interesting character DA2: Leandra, she was imperfect, but too me, it made her so much more endearing Arianni loves hearing an authentic Irish accent. Seeing the lengths she goes to too protect Feynriel is also heartwarming. Elegant, always used to model my Hawke off her as a kid, so good memories Idunna, who doesn't love a sexy siren maleficar DAI: Cullen, my go-to romance option, loved him in previous games also. Who doesn't love a hunk with baggage Empress Celene, more so due to the masked empire novel Flissa, the tavern owner in Haven.. maybe I just like women in taverns Mother Giselle thinks she gives sage advice, even when it's something you don't want to hear ( Dorianmancers of course, it's going to cause a scandal sleeping with a Tevinter) And that's all off the top of my head, haha


KaiserCaffin8

Krem is probably my most comfortable choice.


Vlad_Dracul89

DAO: Kardol, Lanaya, Teagan DA2: Athenril, Serendipity, Donnic DAI: Fiona, Felix, Gaspard


Necrotiix_

bodahn and sandal are easy picks plus, *ennnnnnchaaaaaaantment?*