What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

I wish there was an option to skip Varric`s "fake" prologue after the first time, i know it doesn`t take much time to finish it but it gets a bit annoying when you have to go through it again and again everytime you realize you want to change something in the CC again  .

Anyway...

Today Sorcha Hawke escaped Lothering with her family and Aveline Vallen (lost Bethany to the Darkspawn) with the help of Flemeth. In Kirkwall, uncle Gamlen sold Hawke and Carver into indentured servitude as payment for their entrance in the city (they decided to work for the smugglers after angering the mercenaries).

After the year has passed, the Hawke`s were trying to go on Bartrand`s expedition to the Deep Roads, but with no luck. Bartrand`s brother, Varric , convinced them the best option was to  became partners in the expedition, the only problem being they needed to gather a lot of gold in order to do it. Also Varric told them about a Ferelden Grey Warden that may have a map of the Deep Roads.

They helped Aveline, who is now a guard, with some smugglers but her captain was not pleased with it, making her suspicious about him. They went to Lowtown at night, saved a guard named Donnic and found proof that the captain had dealings with the Carta. After exposing him, Aveline was appointed the new Captain, although it will take some time before she`ll be taking the charge.

Got rid of all the gangs that were attacking Kirkwall at night and found grandfathers`s will in the Amell old mansion`s basement.

Met the Grey Warden Anders and agreed to help him rescue his friend Karl in exchange for the maps. Turned out that Karl were made Tranquil and was helping the Templars capture Anders. In the end, Hawke discovered that Anders was possessed by a spirit of justice, Karl was killed as he requested and Anders gave Hawke the maps he promised.

Uhh... it was written and clearly designed for a human Inquisitor with race choice added in extended development? As in, developers confirmed it. Beyond that, what I found more immersive than it was probably intended is that essentially "Everyone And Their Dog Hates The Dalish" (including the writers apparently). We are sitting in an organisation founded by and on the dogma of a culturally genocidial cult afterall. Andrastians, even if they try to give a friendly vibe to their paternalistic nonsense, are by and large supremacist asshats. Exception to the rule is Leliana, who has actually has self-awareness. That is what I'd call reality check.

As for the city elves... uh, yeah. How many named ones we even meet? We have Briala who is arguably the best CE character in the franchise in my not so humble opinion; of those city elves I know anyway. Haven't read any comics. Apparently there are some which feature some Dalish-City interactions which are not written as "Dalish comical asshole ball", "city elf passive aggressive andrastian" or "don't rock the human boat from the alienange else we'll sell you out". DAI of course has to play ridiculous with Briala because "all sides in succession crisis same" (like, why the hell are some mad at Briala for being Celene's stockholmed fucktoy instead of, you know, the empress who ordered the purge because she had no other idea?). As for Sera, yeah, she's a good example for internalised racism, but ends up being extremely static until Tresspasser. Of course not helped by he dialogues with her really being written to push the player to go "huh, u crazy aren't ya, yuck, yuck, yuck!!". Beyond that, I can vividly remember an andrastian city elf at Skyhold who outclasses some human andrastians in being an asshole towards another elven NPC who is apparently Dalish.