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[duckley]

I am curious to learn about how Cassandra and Varric landed up as Inquisitor companions. What happened after her interregation of him? Did a friendship get established? Did they go off together to search for Hawke (and if so, why) and accidentally got caught up in the veil rift?

What about Lelianna? I wonder about how she got connected to Cassandra and what her role with the Devine and the Chantry is. And how did Cullen become an advisor? Did he leave the order, or did Lelianna or Cassandra recruit him for some reason when they were in Kirkwall. Does Cullen have any special insight into the Red Templars?

And Morrigan? How did she get involved with Celene's court and perhaps more importantly... why?

I would be interested in hearing others predictions and speculations...

[Ria Kon]

I'm sure we'll get all the answers in the Inquisition. Backstories of companions was always quite a big part of BW games. Just have to wait next 5 months.

[SomberXIII]

MAJOR SPOILERS

 

In Leliana's Song, Leliana's life was significantly changed when Marjolaine betrayed her. When she was in prison, a revered mother came to redeem her because she knew the future of Leliana. She set her free. The revered mother is Dorothea who will become Justinia V. She trusts Leliana and Leliana became her left hand as Sister Nightingale alongside Cassandra who was already the right hand of The Divine. In Asunder, Leliana helped Wynne and mages because the Divine believes the templars had gone too far.

 

And about Cullen. In the ending of DAII, he soon realized how extreme the templars' methods were and intimidated Meredith. He also told Meredith about how Ser Thrask's method could work. He had seen too many bloodshed so he don't want to see more. The Mage-Templar war is brewing like there's nobody who could stop it. So, the Inquisition is the only way for him and he became an advisor of the inquisitor. Having him as an advisor is a great win for the Inquisition since most Templars are quite stupid and need to be re-educated.

 

Varric told that he would help Cassandra. Morrigan might be Eluvian-related.  I hope to see many surprises and "WOW!" moments.

[duckley]

I am curious about how Cassandra got connected to Leliana. I understand there was a movie about Cassandra and perhaps the connection is explained there? Are the Seekers all the "right hand" of the Devine and is Leliana a Seeker? Still a lot of connections potentially to be explained. That back story would be interesting to me along with why they are looking for Hawke and/or the warden.

 

And why is Varric interested in the helping Cassandra and Leliana with the Inquisition? Does it have something to do with Hawke or does Varric want material for his next novel LOL?

 

What happened to Cullen between the death of Merideth and the beginning of the Inquisition? The Kirkwall Circle was pretty much turfed - so where did he go? Was he thrown in prison for disobeying his commanding officer and rescued by Leliana for some reason  or was he promoted to Knight Commander and sent to Orlais?

 

And possibly the most interesting back story would be how and why Morrigan is involved...I am sure we will hear from Flemeth as well.

[Cathorae]

The gameplay trailer suggests, that we will meet Cassandra and Varric seperately. I might be wrong, though.

[thats1evildude]

Leliana, if romanced, mentions a meeting with the Grand Cleric in Awakening. She had met the current Divine in Leliana's Song, so she was likely recruited as her agent sometime in DAO.

Cassandra was always a Seeker, but she was promoted after saving the previous Divine from a conspiracy depicted in the movie.

[Han Shot First]

Leliana's connection to the Inquisition is probably through Cassandra, as they both appear to be Seekers and Cassandra is the first character to encounter to the Inquisitor after he or she 'returns' from the other side of a fade tear. The outfit Leliana is wearing in the trailer has a Seeker emblem on it:

 

[franciscoamell]

I believe Bioware said Leliana is not a seeker.

[Wolfen09]

The gameplay trailer suggests, that we will meet Cassandra and Varric seperately. I might be wrong, though.

 

They were traveling together after the events of da 2, i dont remember the source but it has been confirmed... and yes we may meet them at separate times...  start with cassandra and when it the two of you are cornered by demons, varric pops in kills them and does his raining demons line from the trailer with a smile and a ping on the teeth... maybe a thumbs up...

[duckley]

I'm sure we'll get all the answers in the Inquisition. Backstories of companions was always quite a big part of BW games. Just have to wait next 5 months.

I look forward to it. Will be very interesting. I am most curious about what happened to Cullen.

[AppealToReason]

I really am curious to see why Cullen is the speculated "military adviser". I didn't know being a Templar taught the dude how to run an army.

 

As for Cassandra, it seems she is all mad pissed at you and then you go "chill homegirl lets just rock'n'roll". Probably the first companion as she seems to be the first one you meet in the beginning of the game if I was educatedly guessing.

 

I think Varric is a "random" occurrence because in the trailer when he's getting quippy you see a dude getting up off the ground that is in the generic Inquisitor armor.

To get filled in on the time you'll probably have a chat tree where you go "So. sup dawg? how u been chillin'?"

[duckley]

I agree that although Cullen has some military type training/experience, is it enough to be a military advisor? I wonder if his potential value would be to advise about red templars?

I am also very curious about how he got to be an advisor period!

[Wolfen09]

the only reason i see cullen being an adviser, is because he was a knight captain in kirkwall... which means he had experience leading men, maybe not into major conflicts, but he was still seen as a leader...  his experience against the mages, templars, and red templars is what will push him into that role i believe...

[AppealToReason]

I agree that although Cullen has some military type training/experience, is it enough to be a military advisor? I wonder if his potential value would be to advise about red templars?

I am also very curious about how he got to be an advisor period!

 

For the Cullen fans who would've burned the tree in Edmonton to the ground if he was excluded because a dude who has had like 12 lines in 2 games with ichiban hair is super interesting to some people.

[Wolfen09]

dont let the mods hear you, ive been hating on him for quite a while and they've been deleting some posts... even the nice ones that dont involve me setting him on fire

[duckley]

the only reason i see cullen being an adviser, is because he was a knight captain in kirkwall... which means he had experience leading men, maybe not into major conflicts, but he was still seen as a leader...  his experience against the mages, templars, and red templars is what will push him into that role i believe...

Yup... I agree... but who knows what happened with him during the three years following the end od DA2...

[AppealToReason]

dont let the mods hear you, ive been hating on him for quite a while and they've been deleting some posts... even the nice ones that dont involve me setting him on fire

 

Yeah I already got a warning message a while ago for saying he sucks and that he's one of the companions/groupies/peeps I hope I could kill, like so many others have been saying about others like Leliana, and a mod got up in my business for it.

 

Oh well.

[KC_Prototype]

I guess they all have at least one thing in common, they all want to stop the chaos. Other than that, October 7th is the answer.

[Wolfen09]

wait its about stopping chaos?!  damn, i was all for causing it

[AppealToReason]

wait its about stopping chaos?!  damn, i was all for causing it

 

Inquisitor brand chaos is best brand chaos!

[themikefest]

It would seem like that Bioware always had plans for Leliana from the beginning. If I'm wrong, someone will correct me

 

Cullen. I'm a little surprised that he will be an advisor, especailly a military advisor(if that's what he'll be) I would also like to know his timeline. In fereldon he's just a regular templar and then when you next see him he's Knight-Captain in Kirkwall. Thats a heck of a promotion. So I guess with him in DAI he would provide the Templar side of what is going on .

 

Varric. I'm not a fan. I don't see where he fits at all. The only thing I can think of, he may know the whereabouts of Hawke and Cassandra has him help her locate Hawke. Of couse he might be there to tell a story.

[Panda]

I agree that although Cullen has some military type training/experience, is it enough to be a military advisor? I wonder if his potential value would be to advise about red templars?

I am also very curious about how he got to be an advisor period!

 

I think that templars are mentioned be army of Chantry in some point. I think it's Alistair who says that? Don't be fooled, they are an army or something similar. Cullen got some leadership experience in Kirkwall being second in command. However I'd see his skills and knowledge more beneficial as companion than "general" and it'd be nice to finally have templard on party.

[Knight of Dane]

People seem to have a lot of assumptions about Cullen. It's not like we actually know a whole lot about him to begin with.

 

We know he's young in DA:O, he survives a horrific event and grows a new determination from it (if a bit fanatic)

 

In DA2 Meredith recognized the drive that made her Commander in him and promotes him. During his time in Kirkwall Cullen is in almost direct charge of personel for seven years at least, that's some experience.

 

At the Dragon Age 2 climax Cullen realises that the templars are just as prone to corruption as the mages are and that there needs to be balance for those that do not wish to be involved. Remember, Cullen does not wish for people to die, he's mor emerciful than Meredith, if only just.

 

Afterwards he is the highest ranking Templar in Kirkwall, he's in direct charge at the very least until the divine sends word of a new commander and here he might have been working closely with Hawke as Viscount and/or Aveline as Guard captain.

 

He might not have a lot of tactical experience, but he knows what it means to serve and order a force.

 

And remember, the Inqusition are upstarts, I doubt we have great commanders lining up to join the ranks exactly.

 

Btw. Not a Cullen fan.

[duckley]

Well I am a Cullen fan, and see him as having more of a meaningful input as a companion then as an advisor, based on what little we know. But the backstory about what happened to him between the end of DA2 and the beginning of the Inquisition could explain why he became an advisor.

The same is true for Varric. What happened to him after the interregation and how did what happened to him, impact his decision to join the Inquisiton. I get the feelig his involvement is due to something very personal. It does make me wonder if someone close to him died in the tear... the speculation is interesting.

[azarhal]

In DA2 Meredith recognized the drive that made her Commander in him and promotes him. During his time in Kirkwall Cullen is in almost direct charge of personel for seven years at least, that's some experience.

 

That is exactly why I don't want him anywhere near my Inquisition. The guy let rapists and corrupted Templars run amok for 7 years, the guy think that beating up recruits is how you teach them to behave. It took Meredith going insane right in his face to realize that Templars could be corrupted.  He always came off as unfit for his job to me.