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[Precursor Meta]

I was iffy about it at first but then I embraced it.

[Mihura]

I did it in two of my three playthroughs. One was a dalish elf doing it for the laughs and pissing off the humans. The other was a human noble, that at one point really believed she was the chosen one. 

[Lee T]

i've decided ly Dwarf believe in the stone. This andraste nonsense makes no sense to him and I chose every time I can the optino to oreject the concept diplomatically as I can't blame those poor surfacers for their fantasies.

[Orian Tabris]

I haven't yet, but when I do, it'll be my on fourth game.

[FeliciaM]

My Dalish mage was skeptical, but had a good heart and understood the need for it. So she publicly 'accepted' it to keep morale up, and was like... 'these people are nuts.' on the inside.

 

My circle mage, even though she believed in the Maker, was all 'I don't know' about it. But took consolation in the fact that the Maker could work in different ways when she found out the truth. Magic is magic.

 

My human noble rogue... he's all about the Chantry and the Maker. And accepts his title with fervor! He and Cassandra get on absolutely wonderfully. Was extremely disappointed to learn the truth, but rebounded all right with Mother Giselle and Josephine telling him that maybe the Maker works in different ways.

 

Gonna play a dwarf rogue next... I'll figure it out then

[Meer]

My Helene Trevelyan (who also took the Templar specialization) wholeheartedly accepted the title from the first. She was devout and enthusiastic, but never exactly argued the point with others; it was something she just knew. If asked if she believed, heck yes she's the Herald. Yet during the destruction at Haven, this faith was shaken. Helene entered a period of doubt and questioning that lasted until seeing Justinia in the fade. She was nearly ready to cast off her faith. But the idea that Solas puts forth, that even if it is just a spirit taking on the will of the Divine so closely that it believes it is her...what is the difference? That resonated in her, and so instead Helene chose to believe it was The Maker's will, even if Andraste wasn't directly involved with the whole affair. It comforted her and others, like Cassandra...and really, that was enough.

My Lavellan though. No. way. 

[LobselVith8]

I think 90 percent is a bit of a stretch. I think many don't like it simply because they are projecting their real world views on the game.

I don't think that's a fair assessment when, over the years, many people have explained their disagreement or their dislike for the Chantry of Andraste, ranging from the Andrastian view on "heathens" to their moral opposition the Chantry controlled Circles.

[Deebo305]

Played the "i do not know" card all the way through, didn't mind at all that others thought I was the Herald or were overly religious. People are people, even Varric is not convinced that you are just you when you tell him that.

^This

I just can't go full chantry, some of those lines literally make me cringe.

[Merlik]

It has to be ordained in some way. All that happened to the Inquisitor could not be by chance, just like Varric kept saying. 

 

Maybe a few events could have been luck, but all the things that happened throughout the game ... no.

[Nashina]

I tried to, with a few of my characters, but i always internally cringed, i do not know why, I always just felt so stupid saying it. So in my play throughs I have avoided saying i believe in this or that. 

[BioWareM0d13]

My canon Inquisitor was a human noble, so I decided to roll with the backstory of the Trevelyans having close ties to the Chantry and the Templars. I played him as a devout Andrastian who believed he was the Herald of Andraste. I liked how it turned out as well. The pious speech when recruiting the Templars is epic.

[AlexiaRevan]

while not religious in real life , I did want to play as one just for fun . 

 

But I had a suspicion that wasnt Andraste lol So the best I could do with a Human Noble Mage...was be religious but when Asked play the 'I dont know' card . worked well.....in the end . 

[Fireheart]

My elf mage didn't want to be Inquisitor, didn't want to have to be away from her clan. Just plainly wanted no part in the Inquisition or with the Chantry or blah blah. She just wanted Corypheus gone because he was a threat and it was apparent that she was the only one who could get it done, so she did her part. Now I headcanon her Dalish clan came to the party at Skyhold at the end of the game and she went back with them and lived happily ever after... At least until Bioware comes out with a DLC to contradict that.

[Raiil]

My main is a dalish mage, and she's finding that she's slowly being converted to Andrastiasm. I play her as being kind of awkward, and not close with her clan. She's the sort of person who needed a purpose in life, and finally has one.


That being said, she's still leery of the Chantry. One of the reasons she fell for Cullen is because they both have a certain irritable annoyance towards political matters, and it shows.

[LostInReverie19]

Well, on my current playthrough I am RPing my devout, female Trevelyan mage as truly believing she was sent by Andraste, because she is very religious and believes it was Andraste who saved her. When she sees the spirit / Divine Justinia in the Fade, she believes that it is really Andraste. She also believes that mages should be allowed to join the Chantry and become Divine. I'm aiming for Vivienne to become Divine on this playthrough. Also, my quizzy is intrigued by the Tevinter belief that Andraste was a mage. 

[q5tyhj]

Considering how 90% of the fanbase seems to hate it with a passion, I'm curious to hear from those who've played a character that accepted the title.

Just tell me the reasons, how you RP'd it as the story progressed, etc.

I did a 2h warrior play-through where I decided at the beginning he was very pious, sort of believed what everyone was saying about the Herald, and then had his belief pretty badly shaken when he found out the details about how he got his powers- only to eventually come to terms with it again by rationalizing to himself that everything that happened was "the will of Andraste" or whatever. Pretty satisfying roleplay experience, IMO, and I like the roleplaying options this game gives you- on the other hand, I equally enjoyed playing a skeptical/irreligious Dalish mage who regarded all the Herald stuff as superstitious mumbo-jumbo pretty much from the outset.

[Red Panda]

Why I choose the role of the Maker's champion, yes.

 

 

Messiah Complex Satisfied.

[BraveVesperia]

Neither of my Dalish like the title. One is a strong believer in her own people's gods, and the other just isn't interested in any gods.

 

My Cadash was a devout Andrastian and thoroughly embraced the idea (got some new dialogue options as a result too). It definitely gave the playthrough a different feel from the Lavellans.

 

My Adaar is agnostic and has no idea what she believes about the whole thing. It could all be chance and coincidence, but she has been extraordinarily lucky so far.

[Captmorgan72]

I hated it extremely on all my characters, as none of them approved of blindly following me because of me being a Jesus figure.

You mean a "Joan of Arc" figure. 

[Chari]

My main Adaar did

[Kroepoek]

Denied it at every turn and spat on the Chantry when the oppertunity was there.

[Vehementius]

My rogue male Trevelyan is a non-believer until the events of Inquisition, something his family disapproves of greatly, then after surviving a blast that kills everyone in the vicinity he sort of believes but not really. There might be someone out there, he thinks, but they sure do like making other people do all the work, so he's just going to do what he's always done-- kick ass. So yes and no, he doesn't cringe anymore when people call him the Herald, but he thinks it's annoying/funny in a sense and always denies it or says he doesn't know. He lets people tell whatever tall tales they want though.

My Adaar mage doesn't think about it too hard. He's still wondering wtf happened/is happening and always denies it. He's just trying to fix the world and make it a better place, the gentle giant. 

I'm playing a warrior female Trevelyan who's totally devout though, let's see how that goes. I think she'll embrace the role.

[Ieldra]

 I think 90 percent is a bit of a stretch. I think many don't like it simply because they are projecting their real world views on the game.

The reasons why you like or dislike something in a story can never be separarated from who you are in RL. If a fictional religion has attributes shared by a real-world religion, and you dislike the real-world one because it has those attributes, of course you won't like the fictional one either, and the stronger that dislike, the harder it is to roleplay a character who embraces it nonetheless. If I dislike collectivism in RL, why would I suddenly be indifferent to the Qun?

 

The story at the core of Andrastianism, the Tale of the Golden City, and its message is why I detest Andrastianism. It comes as close to telling me "everything you believe in is evil" as ever a fictional religion did. Of course I dislike it. There are real-world religions who have a very similar message, and I detest them for the same reason. Could I play a devout Andrastian? Maybe. I started one in DAO, only his faith didn't survive the story. However, why the heck would I want to, if I have such a strong aversion to the faith? I can vary my characters in many other ways without a need to embrace ideologies I detest.

[Aren]

I Had Accepted completely my role as the Herald of Andraste, because you know when you repeat a lie again and again it becomes   truth .

It's much more fun to consider yourself as an emissary of the Maker by following the influence of The Zealots.

[Poledo]

Human Male Rogue, embraced it all the way. I RP'd it as being kinda shady at first and just going along with it because of the potential benefits but then really buying into himself at the end. It was fun. The best was being able to forgive Ser Ruth's sins in the name of Andraste! I love the extra options it offered.