That's actually a good cover story to get around outside tevinter.
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Oh my GOD, that was golden.
Dorian: *having regaled his companions with the tale, including dramatic hand gestures as accompaniment* And that is around the point I stopped being nervous about the Templar Order as a whole.
Inquisitor: *laughing so hard it hurts* A cross-dressing toothpick salesman!? Maker, and I thought I was a bad liar!
Varric: *chuckles* You are. The difference is, you can't bluff to save your life, whereas Drama King here probably has enough bluster and ego to successfully fool the Orlesian Court's entire legion of bards by his sheer audacity.
Dorian: I'm choosing to take that as a compliment.
Cassandra: *shakes her head and sighs* This is the most deplorable, ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
Vivienne: *narrows eyes* Indeed. And the most far-fetched.
Dorian: *dramatically smooths moustache* Believe what you choose, Madames Seeker and de Fer. Just note, if you please, that I am here to tell the story, whereas those Templars? Are quite decidedly not.