There's actually a pretty interesting conversation going on in the Miranda thread on the ME3 board, where we're all discussing how we RP Shepard and his overall attitude and the way his mind works based on his upbringing and background, in addition to how he views his relationship with Miranda (starting around post #81831).
http://forum.bioware...ect-3/page-3274
I bring this up because I had never really discussed any of my RP in such detail on this site before, and I kind of want to start a similar conversation here. How do you all play your Inquisitor, and how does your Inquisitor behave in their relationship with Cassandra? How does your Inquisitor's background influence their personality and the way he goes through with his relationship with Cassandra?
Oh gosh! It finally happened. A subject I am more than ready to contribute. I love to rp especially in the bioware games so this conversation delights me immensely. So thank you Ventus for bringing this up.
My Inquisitor is a mage from the circle of Ostwick. He discover his magical abilities at the age of eight but his fear of being sent away made him keep this secret from his parents. Of course he had help from his older brother who didn't want to see him go either. Unfortunately, these situation didn't last as my Inquisitor accidentally killed his brother in a squabble with him exposing his magic in a very horrific way to his father and mother. His father became furious and proceeded to beat the **** out of his mage son in a fit of rage. Luckily for my Inquisitor his Templar uncle who was visiting stop his father from almost killing him and of course took my Inquisitor to the Ostwick circle. Upon arrival the traumatize child met enchanter Lydia, she became an affectionate mother figure to him after learning the terrible circumstances young Trevelyan was brought to the circle. Later in his life Trevelyan fall in love with his best friend at the circle, an elf loyalist mage who was very idealistic about magic but sadly was very weak unable to control her magic. As his older brother once did Trevelyan try to protect his now girlfriend from the templars discovering her magical incidents and for a while it work. Unfortunately (again) his girlfriend became pregnant and when she delivered the baby the templars took it away from them.
The experience put a lot of strain in their relationship and so when Trevelyan was invited to a party by one of his cousins he jumped at the opportunity to take a breath. I should mention that I imagine the circle of Ostwick as flexible and more relax toward mages so noble mages like my inquisitor enjoyed of some freedoms. Anyway, when my mage Trevelyan returned he was shocked to find out that his girlfriend decided to become tranquil to numb the pain and not endangered people with her lack of skilled with magic which became worse with the baby thing. After these event my Trevelyan grew into depression obviously, becoming lazy and careless while gaining several pounds for over-indulging in drinks and food. He got better with his second love, a libertarian mage who push him to stop feeling sorry for himself and reminded him to enjoy life in a healthy way. Sadly, the relationship didn't last long because of their different views in magic. She was an Anders kind of libertarian and my Trevelyan a loyalist... by name only since he doesn't care about mage politics and refuses to participate in anything relating such topics. In a way I guess he could identify more with the Isolationists. To end this beautiful story, when his circle revolted it only made sense for me to make things more dramatic (since If you didn't notice I kinda like to make characters suffer) so I made the now ex of Trevelyan being the one who killed Enchanter Lydia. Yay.
With all that taken into consideration my Inquisitor is pretty much a sad panda who uses sarcasm and sense of humor as his mask. (Yes, I know... Original. But bare with me) He hates conflict and would rather avoid it, deny it or ignore it and has a difficult time taking responsibility or being in charge in situations. He is a mage who fears practicing magic because of his child trauma but ironically is naturally gifted at it. He also has major guilt issues so killing is something that troubles him. The excuse of self-defense helps but when it comes to play judge, jury and executioner he rather just put the problem aside in a prison rather than make a definite decision. He's also terrible at long range planning so he will usually decide for what he feels is best at the moment making him somewhat impulsive. And of course, he'd rather be having fun doing one of his hobbies on his own than lead the inquisition. Not Inquisitor material at first. But with time and guidance his better traits do come to light. Especially when it comes to adhering to his own moral code and his rare optimism. He can be very caring to the people close to him although terrible at saying it with words, and once he is committed to something or someone he becomes much more active and dedicated.
What I like about the relationship between my Inquisitor and Cassandra is how different they are in the way that they show themselves to the world but how similar they are deep inside. On one hand you have Cassandra who shows herself as a strong warrior, direct intimidating and harsh. But as we later discover this is more of a front and deep inside she has a softer side. She is a person with her own high expectations on herself and therefore has some self-doubt. On the other hand my Inquisitor puts on the mask of a nonchalant careless and laid-back mage as a way to hide his guilt issues, his fear of disappointing others and just like Cassandra his self-doubt. Of course these two fronts are meant to clash with each other since they are opposites. Where Cassandra would rather take the problem by the horns damn the consequences, Trevelyan would prefer to push the problem away and deal with it when it's absolutely necessary. Cassandra is more of a serious person while my Inq is more lighthearted. But despite their difference they still have some common ground, much more than they think. For starters they are both Andrastians, Trevelyan might not trust the chantry as much as Cassandra but he believes in the Maker and Andraste. He agrees on Andraste's views about magic mainly because he has first hand experience on how dangerous magic is. Though he is disgusted by Tranquility and would never make a mage like this. (Again reference to his background.) They both have lost their older brother to magic, in different circumstances but still. They don't care much for their noble families although Trev has a better relationship with some uncles/aunts and cousins. They both have an inner strength that keep them going despite all the harsh things that life throws at them. They both are humble about their accomplishments and lack ambition in positions of power. And last but not least they will always try to do what feels right to them even if they disagree on what the right thing is. Sometimes they concur some other times he gets the "will discuss this... later" reprimand xDDD
For their interactions I mostly pick the friendly dialogues rather than the flirts since I was going for more of a friendship growing into love. Despite their disagreements they still manage to have mutual respect for each other and turn that respect into admiration once they started to get to know each other better. With time they become true partners united by complete trust which then transcended to love. Then for the Divine role He supported Cassandra as a leap of faith in her, he truly believes she is the best candidate and according to his moral code he most adhere to what he believes. His also a better Inq at this point. And I like to think that Casandra inspire him to be better by example, just as he encourages her to give herself a break, not worry to much and enjoy the moment 
Also, my Trev is a necromancer because as another point in his moral code he has a need to give meaning to death. It give him comfort after everything he has lost and once he spoke to the Necro trainer he was sold. This is where his quirky rare optimism kicks in, he can appreciate beauty in many things like in his fascination with Dragons (He detests killing them but even him can't resist to the loot XDDD) and see light in the darkest things... mainly in necromancy. Hmm... maybe he should've been born in Tevinter
To anyone who actually manage to read this whole post I am eternally grateful with you. Thanks for reading and I hope you found this at least a bit interesting 
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