Role of Inquisitor and Inquisition in DA4

I thought it was interesting that apparently we get to recreate them at the very beginning, not part way through, and it would seem that our choices may even influence the early part of the game. I take that to mean they are going to use some of the choices from Trespasser even if it is only the one concerning whether the Inquisition was handed to the Divine or disbanded and affects the dialogue by Varric and Harding. However, I suppose it might also include the instructions from the Inquisitor should they catch up with Solas.

Of course, they could do a TIM on us and the Inquisitor appears via the communication crystal to give orders. So initially they are simply directing affairs but eventually TIM did come out into the open to confront us as an antagonist in ME3, so they could do a similar thing except the Inquisitor comes out into the open to help.

I am very sad about the missing and the start of DA:TV.
The Inquistion looks very dumb here and it doesn't make sense to me.
I hope that gets better along the way.

The Inquisitor not being there can simply be explained as they didn’t get there in time. We don’t have access to Eluviams so can’t teleport around Thedas instantaneously. If the Inquisitor was in Orlais for example, it’d take a few weeks at least. Silas simply could have started the ritual before the others got there, so Varric’s squad were the only ones there able to respond.

That would be the simplest explanation, which would mean that the game did follow on pretty much straight after the Missing. If that is the case time wise, I'm okay with that. I still think they could have come up with a better strategy than the one employed by Varric, unless he was hoping to talk him to death.    Perhaps it was that Varric should distract him whilst the others tried to disrupt the ritual.   So,  it wasn't just a last minute panic reaction on the part of Rook.

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Ph, I hope to be able to have the Inquisitor be quite cross with Varric trying to talk Solas down as he’s doing his ritual as opposed to stopping him while he’s distracted. My Inquisitor would have many plans in place, and trying to talk to Solas when it didn’t work a decade ago is not one of them.

I would support this, if that's what happen's. Since you brought up TIM, I will do a playthrough to create a male Inq to look like TIM.

First, thank you Hanako for that confirmation. After years of virtually no information I feel I am trying to drink out of Niagra Falls recently (and trying to avoid story spoilers as well )

Now, onto important questions. Where is the Inquisitor and any Shadow Inquisition still left? The best answer is simply what Hanako pointed out, while the Shadow Inquisition has to do with mundane types of travel, the Enemy has Eluvians. Now, why Fen"harel left the door open (or if one of the members of our little party had a special key) is another topic altogether. One idea I had also explains how Fen'Harel was found by the initial party with no real Mook Protection. Part of what we didn't see in the Preview was the Inquisitor and Friends in epic battle with the forces of the Dreadwolf and our party is urged on by said Inquisitor to do what we can while they fight free to join us.

On plans to deal with Fen'Harel when locating him, let's start with a quote from pugilistic philosopher, 'Iron' Mike Tyson who famously said "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face". I'm sure the Inquisition had a Plan A, but then Varric went and left his Chest Hair in his other character model so that was shot all to Void. Seriously, what exact plan did you expect against a godling who routinely, effortlessly destroyed troops of Qunari warriors and spies in Trespasser? "Look at the bones (and lifelike statuary) man!" While Varric does have an elevated sense of his ability as a storyteller, the whole interchange in the trailer screamed more 'I'm playing for time and looking for an answer' than 'I can talk a godling that I didn't really know out of this.' Just an impression I got. Of course, it would be interesting to see how those other choices Rook didn't take in the trailer will still lead to the two Evanuris being released. Maybe the Inquisitor comes and knocks over the statues instead. In any case, I think Fen'Harel's ritual site and how far advanced it was left little choice for the use of some more elaborate plan. You go to (God) war with the dwarf you have, not the one you want.

Courtesy luketrevelyn over on the General Discussion thread from some of the Discord Q&A with John Epler


Not a surprise really. If they are putting all the resources into a separate Inquisitor creation and Q&A then that character has to get more than a bit role. Not entirely sure that means a playable part protagonist like Rook but that shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. I'm just surprised (though pleased) that they put this much effort into integrating the Inquisitor into this story. Just hope they live to the end so one of their dialogue options is "I TOLD you I was going to save it again."