The Character Romance thread (Official)

I don't really want the Inquisitor back in any capacity.

I want the Inquisitor back but in my heart I know we're still so many years from a canonically disabled protagonist like that.

Ah, the old Inquisitor debate... I spent a lot of time after Trespasser arguing for the Inquisitor's return, either as the protagonist or a protagonist in a dual scenario. I think their connection with Solas is too important to waste. And... why bother? With their Rule™ they have for a new protagonist each game? The idea of experiencing Thedas from different perspectives is all well and good, but not at the expense of the story you set up. They shouldn't compromise a good story because - to quote Dorian - "That's how it's always been done. Excellent reasoning."

Not only that, but they said DA:I was cut in half, plot-wise, so presumably The Solas Threat™ was originally planned to be concluded with Quizzy anyway...

As far as Quizzy being a mentor figure goes, well, the problem with that isn't the idea itself, but rather the fact that it would be extremely difficult to pull off correctly. Simply choosing one of 3 personality options like Hawke would be a travesty, and the Inquisitor's personality being chosen based on choosing to kill or redeem Solas would similarly do them no justice. What the Inquisitor went through, their opinion of Solas, how they plan to stop him, and how all of that will change based on DA4's plot is far too complicated for an ex-protagonist NPC. Additionally, their initial reasoning for attempting to redeem or kill can vary wildly.


They need let us control the Inquisitor. There is no other way. Of course, that still leaves the possibility of dual protagonists, which I find interesting. And don't even get me started about the argument that they can't do anything because they lost a limb I have an arsenal of text ready for anyone who does


And Nightscrawl , this is really late but yes, a female Inquisitor can flirt with Vivienne, and as far as I know gets an identical shut-down. Something to the effect of "What would be the point of that?"

I definitely agree that it's odd that not just male Quizzies, but any Quizzy who isn't a female elf cannot even attempt to flirt with Solas, unlike most romance options where you just get turned down instead. It's bad for roleplaying if nothing else, like your character is omniscient about other characters' orientations.

I'd go for the all bi romanceable characters. I never cared that Kaidan was bi (some did). I just wanted to imagine myself in Shepard's shoes and able to romance him. I have very little interest in playing female to make that happen. I'd rather be celibate or even straight. Though the days of me being satisfied with playing a m/f romance are long gone.

Dagna is an intelligent woman. She will build a mechanical arm for the Inquisitor. Inquisitor will get a new skill tree for the arm with different powers. It would not be hard for the Inquisitor to return as the main character

Inquisitor's story is done imo, sure he's got the problems with Solas to deal with but there's no reason a new character can't also have a compelling reason for dealing with Solas.

Ideall he'd be our boss, ie we're a part of the Inquisition working in Tevinter, but I don't have faith in that idea manifesting.

While I understand the feeling, if the Inquisitor comes back as a playable character, there is simply too large of a difference between the starting combat abilities of a newly disable rogue or warrior as compared to the combat abilities of a newly disable mage.

Where the rogue and warrior will have to learn new ways to fulfill their old roles, the mage, at least theoretically, will be relatively unaffected by the loss of a hand.

The simplest way to resolve the issue is some sort of newly made magical or mechanical hand to replace the old one.

Although, I can think of two other ways that might be plausible to work around the class inequality.
1. Have a time jump long enough to hand wave the adjustment period that the rogue and warrior Inquisitor will need between DAI and DA4.
2. Say that gaining and then losing the Mark completely fucked up the mage Inquisitor's magic, creating a need to relearn everything in a different way.

Personally, if the Inquisitor returns, I think that the best way to handle the situation would be a combination of the three options.  A new prosthetic hand (one that isn't somehow magically just the same as the hand it replaced), some adjustment time, and an explanation of how the Mark somehow nerfed the mage's ability to use magic.

Its still working in the shadows to fight Solas, I imagine a part of that is you know, still recruiting agents.

Also I'm not inclined to care about people who make stupid choices, but ymmv.

I'm not sure if I'd classify Danse as a KISA. He's certainly a dedicated soldier, but I think he's something of a "if it's for the greater good, a few sacrifices are warranted" type of guy. Preston Garvey is probably the closest to a KISA in FO4, but oh my lord is he horrible to keep around. If you let him walk within 10 feet of you he'll give you a quest. Makes for terrible pillow talk.

They recently had a free trial weekend. I played it up until meeting Danse (completed that intro quest), and heading over to Diamond City. I just couldn't get into it at all. It's a shame because I did want to like it.



The reason I'm bothered by the idea of just magicking the arm back, or using a prosthetic, is because it takes away my agency. My Inquisitor is a SnS warrior and this was a traumatic event for him. It was pretty upsetting that we didn't even get to emote about that during Trespasser. So if he shows up in the next game with some fake arm, there will have been this event in my character's life, shown in the game itself, that we never get to comment on?? That sucks.


As for the dual protagonist route, I think some of you are reading too much into that and the amount of content that would be devoted to it. It's not like they would design the game around having two of everything. Every time I've seen it discussed it has been with the idea that it would be similar to Ciri in Witcher 3 (I haven't played this game, only read about it). In that, you control her for a time, for certain events. It's not like she has her own set of romance options and the like; Geralt is still the main character, with all of the complexity that that entails.

Male Inquisitor's can't flirt with Blackwall. He can give you advice on pursuing Cassandra though, which was a nice touch. I want more interactions like that. Also more flirts/rejections would be nice, but if it hurts the word budget i rather they use it on something else. Like more romance lines between the protag and the said character you're romancing. My problem with Andromeda in regards romance is the lack of content. Only Jaal, Cora and Peebee feels complete, if that makes sense.

As someone mentioned a few post above why are the starting companions always straight? These are the ones that would make most sense to do bi. You'll spend the entire game with them, and they are almost always human so most people will romance them anyway. Would make sense that the most popular romance choices was available to everyone.

Also for Dragon Age 4 we need a Dwarf romance. I've lusted after Varric for two games now, its not fair. He belongs to Hawke of course, but still.