What did you do about the Inquisition at the end of Trespasser?

I was super happy about being able to disband - my dalish Inky never wanted to be part of the Chantry, and she had earlier in the game been inspired by the story of how the first Inquisition laid down their arms when they were no longer needed. Can't recall her exact reaction though, but I think it was the happy response.

Now she is going to spend most of her time hunting down her silly boyfriend in secret!

I've done it both ways. But my first "canon" run I kept it as a Chantry peacekeeping force. It's a gamble, but we may need that force to stop Solas.

The one you consider 'Canon'



That's interesting. How do you mean?

My canon Inquisitor Lavellan did an angry disband. As he said to Solas after Haven, he expected people to turn on him eventually and in some ways he was surprised it took them so long. Nevertheless, he was thoroughly p****ed off with them all. Also he took the lessons of history. Ameridan handed over the first Inquisition to the Chantry and look what they did to it. Divine Leliana had also advised him to let it go. She thought he was better working from the shadows (well he is an assassin). Besides she could easily end up assassinated and he'd be stuck with serving whoever the Chantry voted in next. He hates the Chantry so there is no way he wanted to continue to be a part of it.

He was a bit worried about Briala but trusted that Leliana would at least keep her safe. If Gaspard was too stupid to see that the reforms would benefit Orlais in the long run that was too bad. He now has nothing but contempt for the nobility of Ferelden. He couldn't believe that speech from Teagan after all the Inquisition had done in keeping Ferelden safe. This is why I thought the angry disband speech was just perfect.

He has gone back to the Freemarches to build on what he started with his clan in Wycome, with the support of the Viscount of Kirkwall. It also leaves him freer to visit his lover Dorian in Tevinter when events allow. Plus concentrate on tracking down Solas.

You know, right up until Solas revealed his plan, I was ready to do the exact same thing 

Canon disbanded. He wanted to chase tail for the rest of his life.

I don't have a "canon" Inquisitor. I've played too many times to pick one as "The One." I've both kept it together and disbanded, though probably done the latter more often. Either way, I always pick the "angry" option because pretty much everyone in Trespasser pisses me off.   I'm not a fan of folding into the Chantry like the original Inquisition did, but since staying independent (why did we have all those treaties and agreements again?) wasn't an option, it's the only way to keep the organization in power. For disbanding, I do like the idea of telling all the nobles off and can't wait until the shit hits the fan again and there's no Inquisition to save their butts. Serves 'em all right.

Disbanded. Like Jensen before her, my Inquisitor never asked for this; she would have happily thrown in the towel after Corypheus was done, let the mantle fall on someone else's shoulders and run off into the hills with Cullen to live a quiet life, never to be seen or heard from again. Having everyone chastising her at the beginning of Trespasser was a bit frustrating when all I wanted was to say, "You're so right! Purpose fulfilled!" and leave them all to it.

I disbanded. Solas just knows it too well: that makes it a liability. I also don't want to create a repeat of the Templars and their deterioration over the centuries. I trust Leliana, but I have no idea who her successor will be, or who the successor's successor will be. Better not to give the Chantry that much power again.

It's not like my Trevelyan doesn't have resources without the Inquisition.

The ex-Inquisitor himself is part of a prominent family in the Free Marches, even if he's not on good terms with them. The Teyrn of Ostwick at least would probably want to be on his good side.
He's a friend of the freaking Divine, which by extension gets him access to Ferelden since the Divine is a good friend of both the king and the king's mistress.
He can always blackmail Celene and Briala if their gratitude is not enough.
His relationship with the Iron Bull gets him access to the gratitude of the many people the Chargers have helped, plus contacts with quite a few other mercenary companies.
The College of Enchanters owes their existence to him, not to mention he's a mage himself.
He's a friend of the Viscount of Kirkwall, who is the best friend of the Champion of Kirkwall.
His friendship with both Blackwall and Leliana gets him access to at least some of the Grey Wardens.
His friendship with Cassandra gives him access to both the Seekers and some of Nevarra's nobility.
Sera gives him the much more organized Red Jennies.
Dorian gives him access to Tevinter's reformists, which may be able to get concessions from some of the traditionalists if circumstances are dire enough.
He's earned the gratitude of a resurgent noble family in Antiva.
Even Vivienne might be willing to help out of gratitude despite the fact that their mage factions are opposed to each other.

There's probably more that I'm not thinking of right now, but the ex-Inquisitor's resources go far beyond the Inquisition itself.

Well I guess until I decide which playthrough I am going to import into DA 4 ( IE the Warden Question). I guess I will just have to go with my initial thoughts.

Kara Trevelyan kept the Inquisition as a much smaller Honor Guard under Divine Victoria (Cass) in order for them both to stay honest. The Inquisition would serve as a perfect check on the Chantry's new power and control and make sure the Divine stayed true to her ideals of subtle change and doing the right thing, while having close proximity to Cassandra would ensure that Kara herself would not become corrupted with either the Inquisition or out on her own. Point number 2 since Kara went out of her way to make her mark on history Thedas is in a much more vulnerable position. Granted a lot of this was not exactly her plan but she disbanded the Templars, she exiled the Grey Wardens, the Chantry is trying to rebuild and reform itself for the new times, the Order of the Seekers is trying to rebuild, as is Orlais from suffering from its massive Civil War. In her mind there would be no one with the option of stopping Solas left on the continent, at least in the South, nevermind convincing him to not go along with his plans.

Nevertheless she recoginises the Inquisition could be corrupted and become the very thing she hopes to avoid, so she does everything in her power to try and limit the power of her Inquisition. She makes it a lot smaller under the Divine, and she goes out and starts forming...I guess morality cells around Thedas. And encouraging them to set up their own cells that she does not know about all in an attempt to lessen her own personal power.

It was a pretty easy decision for me.

Ended it. My inquisitor has no interest being a tool of Orlais used to bait Ferelden (and possibly Tevinter).