Show me your Hawke !

And spend some days/nights with his lover, without madmen and crazy blood mages... perhaps

Oh god. I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread for a split second so let me just post these in the right place here. 
Allison (my main hawke)


 
and Pretty boy

Alighiera Hawke again

You really should stop posting pictures of her because just looking at her makes me wanna squeal She has such an expressive face, which you've showcased so well by capturing all those different emotions. Wish I were as skilled in creating characters as all the people in this thread.

That being said, I think the default Hawke wearing the armor of the Champion is the coolest of them all:

My newest Hawke looking bored in Chateau Haine



Serious Hawke



Drunk Hawke after having too many pints with Donnic:

Nice Hawke and Sebastion, Phoray.

My Asian female Hawke. As always, tanned and short-haired being my unbreakable policy.


(Don't mind the rather obvious difference in skin tone of my Hawke's hands... The skin-tone mod I used couldn't render her hands, it seems)

As good-looking as my Hawke turned out to be, I have to say, there wasn't much thought put into this compared to my Warden's design. It was just, "Create yet another sexy badass female heroine to go with my long list of confident women." To be fair, DAII wasn't particularly my favorite game of all time, and having just replayed it for the first time in many years (yet to complete past Act 1), I didn't bear as much passion as I did when creating Shepard or the Warden.

I have a feeling it might be the a bit different for Inquisition, however, as the Inquisitor, AFAIK from the little knowledge I have of the game I haven't played, she's supposed to be part of mage-hunters or something (according to the Inquisitor codex), so there's at least some level of lore I could work with rather than just "Another female warrior/mage". Hawke's backstory is kinda hard for me to put as much creativity into her appearance design, as opposed to the Inquisitor whom I already have some ideas about how ruthless (or deceptive) she might look.

That being said, I am somewhat satisfied with how attractive my Hawke turned out to be... The only problem is I really have a major issue with her eyes. Can't get it right. It's not just the eye colors. Sometimes, her eyes become kinda alien-looking when she squints them making a sarcastic remark. I really hate how limited Hawke's customization options are.

Regardless, I might post more pictures of her in the future. There's gotta be one photo of her that won't look like it's from Bizarro World.

Thanks for the heads up. When I played the trial version of the game though (via Origin that allows you to play certain titles for free for a number of hours), I think I recall that the character creation screen appeared before any conversation options came up, so I probably have to have a backstory prepared in mind very early. lol Regardless, it's nice to know we can have difference races and different backstories based on those races again, just like Origins.

Anyway, a better close-up of my Hawke:


She kinda reminds you of Cassandra, doesn't she? Wonder if I'm using the same hairstyle as her, can't remember.

A little bit.  But I got the gist of it, mostly. It's not going to be some time till I play Inquisition anyway, so I'll just get to it when the time comes.

Sorry Either way, have fun when you finally get to it!

Oh, I know all of that. But those differences in overall backstory are still there, comparing to Hawke. Some people prefer that, no matter how small/big those differences are. Personally I prefer playing with Hawke/Shepard/Ryder type of protagonist. It's easier (at least for me) to focus on shaping protags personality when they're more defined, just as you described.

I agree. For my FemShep in Mass Effect 2, despite her being a pre-made heroine, I still got to have lots of fun having a headcanon where she had a vision of Morinth manipulating her into killing all her crewmates during the Suicide Mission/End Run. Probably did a lot of lore-breaking there with Shepard's prophetic vision, but it was still a lot of fun. The vision traumatized her, and she went from a bitter and vengeful Renegade doing whatever it takes to take down the Collectors that had killed her to a more calm and level-headed Paragade, especially after Garrus' loyalty mission, where she saw what his thirst for vengeance turned him into, a bitter shell of his former self. But I digress.

So yes, there are a lot of possibilities even for pre-made characters like that. It really depends on how well-written the pre-made storyline is though. I only had that creative spark with Mass Effect 2 only because the lore was so rich, and the characters so interesting, the latter being particularly true in ME2 over the other ME titles. I could've went a lot of ways roleplaying FemShep due to the large number of companions you got there. It's on a similar level of roleplaying as Origins, IMO, where you get many options you can play with and pick, especially when the Suicide Mission allows you to kill off anyone for dramatic effect. I think it helps that the loyalty missions have so many different styles to pick your brain (ranging from daddy issues to a court martial of all things), and they can really impact your Shepard's personality and perspectives too if you want to.