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My Kathlin Cadash named her nuggalope Ser Nuggington, Arl of Nugsleigh. (She may have stuck an Inquisition flag in a field in the Hinterlands and declared in the Arling of Nugsleigh so he would have something to rule over.)

Angrimm Cadash was a weirdo who rode a horse. I mean, what else can you expect from a dwarf that converts to Andrastianism? But at least he called it Salroka.

Very nice! I don't see many clean-shaven dwarves, but I like to see some (especially since the beard options in DAI weren't that fantastic.)

Both beards AND hair were much better in DAO, sigh.

I would have settled for bluish black. Until I added a utility, my "black" hair turned muddy brown unless I was in a dark room. I had a Cadash and a Lavellan whose hair I changed to white and red because I found it so annoying. The utility is the only reason I have black hair on Vetra Cadash, and even then it doesn't look black sometimes (actually, I've used more mods on her than anyone, I think.)

I loved the braided beards! Even though my Warden was just scruffy and not beardy, huhu. If he'd been a fancy nobleman he'd probably be sporting some serious beardage.

I'm hoping for more unique hairstyles in the next game. Not just for dwarves, but for everyone. I've been waiting for dreadlocks for so... so... long. Or some big curly hair, or a few practical but pretty braided styles?

Sten in DAO had pretty decent locks, although they were more braids than locks. But they were nice. Idk if the male PC had access to that style, though.

I would like it as a hair option because to me it seems rather unisex. I could see several of my Inquisitors rocking Sten's old hairstyle.

yeah he did, but I would take it at this point.

You can do some sexy/beautiful things with braids. All while not having them get in the way of stuffs.

We'll see. The crusade for better hair marches on.

That is adorable!

I have to ask you all something. I have a problem doing romances with my dwarf because of the height thing. My Dwarven ladies in DAI never romance anybody because of that. I mean, I have quite the fleshed out head canon romance going on with Varric, but you know what I mean.

How do you deal with that? Or do you just Deal With It.

I suggest staring at fanart of adorable dwarf/nondwarf pairings until you succumb to the cuteness.

Speaking of... Merela, that is precious!

I prefer the interracial pairing. I don't think that I would be able to do it any different, even if we finally got a dwarf LI. I have never done an inquisition play through with a Cadash going after Scout Harding. Plus, I can't get over Cadash/Cassandra.   Height doesn't affect love to me. 

Eh, it was a problem for me in DAI, not because I mind a height difference, but I do mind a height difference animated poorly, etc. They took the time with IB's mostly, but that's not one I can bring myself to play. I tried, really, REALLY hard to play Blackwall's and I'll probably never finish the PT. Blackwall himself I like a lot. I just thought the romance itself felt poorly paced and incomplete, and they didn't take the time to do the animations with a dwarf correctly (I've used a mod for romancing Cullen with a f!Cadash, and it only has slightly more problems than Blackwall's that was supposedly animated for dwarves, IMO.) Not everyone is as bothered by it as I am, though. I prefer male romances, but I've played w|w romances (I really enjoyed romancing Leliana with a Tabris and a Surana in DAO.)  Sera makes some comments at the beginning that make trying to romance her with a dwarf that I just can't imagine my dwarves getting past; I could probably romance her with a qunari or a human. Josie is adorable, but I haven't been able to bring myself to follow through on one with her. I'm not actually sure if there are many animation problems with either of those two. Ironically, it felt to me as if Blackwall's was the one they expected to be the default romance for f!dwarves, which is really depressing.

My "canon" solution is Harding. But for at least one of my Cadash's I used a mod to play Cullen's, and it accidentally has some very cute moments. I had no problem romancing Alistair or Zevran with dwarves in DAO, though. When I get around to playing male dwarves, I've seen enough of Cass's to know I'll enjoy it. I haven't seen Dorian's with a male dwarf, so I'm not sure if the animations grate or not.