If you can handle him sending spy reports, you may learn a thing or two about the Qunari in return. He joins the Inquisition initially to spy but he's open about it, and he wants to help kill the invading demons. The Iron BullĪ huge horned Qunari, and previously of a mercenary spy group for the Qunari. His area of study draws him and Cole together. "He goes to ancient ruins where the Veil is thin, goes to sleep, and actually experiences the history of places no one else has seen in centuries."Īlso, added Weekes: "Solas' expertise with the Fade lets him manipulate magic in ways that would never occur to most mages." "Solas has trained himself to do something a lot like lucid-dreaming," explained Weekes. In fact, he's never been in a Circle - he's self-taught.Īnd being self-taught has enabled him to explore his fascination with the Fade - the ethereal other-world where magical power, and demons, come from - without prejudice. So it's no surprise to hear that Solas is has spent his life out of view as an apostate mage - a mage not in a Circle. He knows he's more than human, and he is absolutely deadly when faced with foes who want to hurt innocent people (which safely applies to most of the Inquisition's enemies)." SolasĮlves are considered a sub-race and mages are hunted if they're not effectively imprisoned in Circles (mage schools/prisons) - outside of mage-land Tevinter, that is. He can still make people forget him, but he's no longer the scared young man who couldn't stand against Seeker Lambert in Asunder. "If you want someone who can move around the battlefield undetected, sinking daggers into enemies who never see him coming, Cole is your guy. And not everyone will take kindly to his being there. If you let him join your Inquisition, "weird" things will happen, Weekes said. He can find people who are hurting, people in need, and he can help them." He can sense people's pain, which is actually what he was doing back in Asunder without realising it, when he found the mages who were terrified and desperate enough to be able to see him. "Now that he has accepted his nature, he's less constrained by human limitations. "A lot of people will always see him as a demon. "He's definitely somewhere on the demon-or-spirit spectrum of Fade creatures," Weekes said. If you'd still rather not find out - even though BioWare writer Patrick Weekes talked openly about it on the Dragon Age website (he's writing Cole for DAI, even though David Gaider wrote the Asunder book), then try to ignore the short blurb below the picture.Ĭole is a demon. He was known as the Ghost of the Spire - a mage tower.ĭiscovering who - what - Cole is, was a compelling arc throughout the book. Most people couldn't see him apart from those who willed him to kill them. ColeĬole was a major part of Dragon Age novel Asunder, and he's an intriguing character. Alistair also features in the game but not as a party member. In no particular order, I introduce you to your companions below: There are people here who also aren't adventuring companions, such as Cullen, I think - a Templar who's been in all the Dragon Age games so far. It doesn't sound as though she'll go into battle with you - at least not on a 'pick her to be in your party' basis.īioWare has said it's possible to annoy your followers to the point that they'll leave, and that it's theoretically possible to finish the game with only one. She's still fiercely loyal to the Divine (a kind of Pope) and still silent and deadly. I wonder if there's a 'side with my plan or fight' moment in store.ĭragon Age: Origins party member Leliana, the human rogue/bard, returns as a part of your Inquisition but as an advisor in charge of your agents and spies. Morrigan - perhaps the most iconic party member in Dragon Age: Origins - reappears but this time as a plot device, playing a mysterious role as the arcane advisor to Empress Celene. Only one of them has been a party member in a Dragon Age game before: Varric, the wise-cracking dwarf rogue/marksman, who has a fancy crossbow. There are nine possible followers/companions/party members in Dragon Age: Inquisition and BioWare has now revealed them all.
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