Hilarious! (Dalish Elf Warden)

You got to love the depth they put into this game! Hard to blame the shems for telling him about the ruins when he and Tamlen forced the info out of them. At some point, he'll come to the realization that Duncan's recruitment saved his life which should help his evolution.

For myself, I tend to do the "straight arrow" Warden more or less.  Religious but not a fanatic and open to other ideas.  The most rebellious my Dalish elf got was when she did smart-alecky responses during the telling of the "History of the Dales."  When thinking about head canon would prompt the PC to favor recruiting Loghain even at the loss of Alistair, it would have to start with a PC who hates Duncan, thus preventing getting close to Alistair.  I can think of a way for that to happen in the City Elf origin.  Less so for the other origins.  You definitely need to try all origins with a plausible head canon.  Currently doing dwarf commoner; what a contrast from dwarf noble!  

I actually did take Morrigan with me to the palace!

My Dalish Hero (who's name is literally Hero Mahriel) is going around to places with Morrigan right now it's so much fun too...

First time I've ever romanced Morrigan and i must say its surprisingly sweet so far. In my head, my warden was drawn to her the moment he set eyes on her which confused him no end, she's a shem! But he knew she was... different. And Morrigan's the same, she was given a task by her mother to manipulate and seduce the warden to create this old god baby but soon finds herself feeling more for him than she should. The scene where she gives him the ring is so cute, she talks really fast and for the first time ever this calm, collected woman is being.. awkward!

In my game, he's just starting to feel slight remorse for some of his earlier decisions. Its been a couple of months now and they've nearly gathered the needed allies and during his travels he's softened to his companions. He loves Leliana's stories and constantly badgers her to tell him one every night , he's really trying with Alistair although they still piss each other off and obviously his attraction to Morrigan is developing into something more. He's starting to be nicer to people he encounters, he's seen so much suffering on his travels that his young mind has been cracked wide open. The mage tower was an eye opener and when in the fade on his own he was actually terrified and realised that he actually cared for his fellow trapped companions and refused to lose them like he lost Tamlen.. He's also getting more comfortable with being a Grey Warden and is realising that what he is doing is honourable and his clan would be proud of him.

Sorry, haha as you can tell i love roleplaying my characters in my head. It helps me connect to my character and gives them more depth. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching my little elf actually develop over a period of time and have their personality change over the course of the game due to what they've experienced. Its been much more satisfying since all my other wardens had a set "must help all" kind of personality all the way through, they never really had a character arch themselves. I've decided that this warden is my "true" warden with his world state and that's what I'm going to carry over to the other games.

Such a great game when after 4 play throughs it can still hold as much interest as it did the first time. Love Dragon Age! And thanks all for your comments! I know I'm babbling on but i just adore this game, i hope they keep making them for as long as possible.

forgetmenot, you are finding just why so many of us enjoy the almost infinite replay-ability of Origins. Like many I think of the character traits and personality arc and then play the game to make the character fit that role. I have so many playthroughs (quit counting after 15) and yet I just started another playthrough with the dwarf casteless origin. Having a lot of fun with that one now.

Yes, I have made my return. Love basically rubbing it in some faces about being a Grey Warden. Not going all mean myself, though. I am playing this character more as one wanting to prove that even as casteless he is better at diplomacy than the nobles and even more open minded. Playing as a curious dwarf who wants to learn and know more about everything and being an advocate for major change... I find it rather enjoyable.

After you finish with Jarvia, you can still Prove yourself even if you have never started with the Harrowmount questline. Just talk to the Proving Master.

In the beginning he was resentful of what had happened to him so when he abandoned Redcliffe to its fate (he just kept thinking that if the roles were reversed the shems wouldn't help either) to seek aid elsewhere he goes straight to the nearest Dalish clan so at this point in his character arch he was still very much resentful of humans and after hearing what Zathrian went through he just attacked the werewolves and naturally sided with the elves. It felt much more natural for him to do this at this point in the story. As time has progressed and especially with the guidance of Wynne who reminds him of his keeper esp when she talks about what it means to be a grey warden and being the protector of all people he starts to realise his duty and the fact that not all humans are bad. He really regrets redcliffe so when he eventually went back he did everything in his power to save Connor, Isolde and Eamon