I bought DAI about 6 weeks ago and I've not played anything else since.
Started my pro templar playthrough with circle mage Elise Trevelyan. She could be described as a devout fanatic determined to put things back the way they were but with more oversight.
She's completely entranced by Cullen. So this is turning out to be a Cullen the power behind the Inquisitor throne playthrough. He is also the choice for all the important missions at the war table.
Elise has all her crew together now. Cassandra is very impressed with her and looked like she was going to cry in the war room when Elise recited part of the chant.
Elise went to Val Royeaux and unsuccesfully entreated the templars to join the inquisition as Cullen had. Picked up Vivienne and Sera.
Cullen assures Elise that his actions in the chantry to quell the dissidents was necessary. (Some of Cullens solutions are proving to be a little entertaining) Cullen also seems to have started a fued with Elise's relatives.
Elise talked to Blackwall today. She thought he looked like a giant grizzly bear but chatted with him politely trying not to stare at the beard. When she commented that she liked all the attention from being the chosen of Andraste Blackwall smiled but looked like he suddenly wanted to be somewhere else.
Went and greeted Sera to make sure she was settling in. Sera seemed to get annoyed so she left her alone.
Spent some time with Vivienne, how refreshing to find a mage with similiar opinions to her own. The arguements with Solas over his wild ideas of the fade still rankled.
Elise suspects Blackwall and Sera are talking about her.
I am finding this playthrough to be very interesting. Elise is the sort of mage my canon character would cross the street to avoid.
Plus with the added difference of Cullen deciding a lot of things it is a case of waiting to see how it is going to turn out.
With Elise I'm not terribly concerned with companion approval either apart from Cullen and Vivienne, so she says what she thinks to them.