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[Dracon525]

Pretty much as the title says.

With Origins I generally gave my Warden 2 main personality focuses; were they aggresive? Good? Evil? Pro or Anti-magic? etc

With DA:2 I used the same ideas, with some changing/becoming more prominant, taking advantage of the dialogue wheel's emotional responses. (i.e: humourous, diplomatic etc)

However, with DA:I, i'm finding it a lil' hard to fit some ideas in. eg: One of my asects was "money", meaning they'd do things for extra pay, or enforce it from other people. From memory, however, there hasn't really been any options in Inquisition for "I'll do this is you pay me."

So, yeah, how do you guys handle your character's personality? I'm thinking maybe switching to just 1 major aspect each for Inquisition.

[raging_monkey]

each are their own personality

Desan amell: pro magic moderate and opptunistic lover with a sly wit that paired well with morrigan

Hawke: cocky, arrogant and a wiseass ecen for a mage that has a thing for elven girls like merril

Ho'kaset lavellen: aggressive, short tempered, proud of his magic and heritage to a fault that ironically does pretty well with josie

Wisk trevelyan: moderate promage that was polite, calm and helpful almost naive that fell maddly in love with cass a forbidden act for between mages and mundanes


All it takes is just writing stories and adapting them ingame aspects are a wide spectrum so i cant just use one

[Qun00]

For me it goes like this.

Beliefs regarding the own group, how harsh s/he is as Inquisitor, diplomatic/politics oriented or not, approachable or introvert and finally what s/he feels about the role of Herald.

[TEWR]

It's tough for me to say how much of my personality goes into each of my characters. I think the one constant though is Sad Clown tendencies. Sometimes though I discover things about myself because I subconsciously put certain aspects into a character.

[DarkAmaranth1966]

Each of Mine has a differnt personality as well.

 

Kayden Amell: Pro mage, bold, outspoken, won't take guff from anyone for any reason.

 

Shaylor Hawke: Could care less about magic one way or the other but, hates crazy so, sides with mages, then is madder than a hornet over Orsino's crazy and wants to lock up mages and templars both.

 

Adaar Adaar: Vashoth, soft spoken, gentle but, in battle he lets his vicious side show and delight in freezing, roasting and slicing enemies to bits. He knows mages need specialized education, he sure did. He doesn't think circles are the answer and has even less use for the Chantry than he dose circles. He thinks Templars are needed but, not as they are. Someone has to be ready and able to handle abomination. Hes gentle, practical and values freedom but, knows not everyone deserves or can handle freedom and, he knows society needs rules. He just doesn't want that to be the Chantry or the Qun, or Tevinter either. he has his own ideas of how things should be.

[Incantrix]

Kazmius...

*He tries to be a good guy but sometimes people force his hand

*He is highly manipulative however, thus enjoying shemlan politics

*He is cunning. He has a very tight grip on the inquisition and his quest for power.

*Maintains a good relationship with his companions

For the most part, he enjoys his time outside his clan. He's taken well with Vivienne and considers his quest for power, a virtue. More power = more good therefore he doesn't execute those who can provide him with something.

He intends to seize thedas himself. And he'll do it with charm and witt. They'll never figure that a "knife ear" has Thedas by the balls.

[LobselVith8]

So, yeah, how do you guys handle your character's personality? I'm thinking maybe switching to just 1 major aspect each for Inquisition.

 

Like raging, each protagonist has their own personality. My Surana Warden was pragmatic when it came to the darkspawn - willing to make the difficult choices of pushing Avernus to continue his research and spare the Anvil because he recognized the threat of the darkspawn, compassionate towards the downtrodden and the weak, had Libertarian views about the mages, and was an avowed atheist who didn't believe in the Maker or any higher power. My Dalish Inquisitor was focused on helping the Elvhen and putting an end to their plight, was willing to go against the Vir Atish'an to use his newfound power to save the people of Thedas, and firmly believed in the Creators.

[TheJediSaint]

Frightened and confused.

[Mims]

My Warden is an elven circle mage. Highly intellectual, very cold. He doesn't go out of his way to be evil, but he's no hero. These days he only cares about two things: his family, and his research into the darkspawn. 

 

Hawke was a noble girl. She saw her magic as a gift, and wanted to help others with it. Even though she was an apostate, she favored order rather than completely rejecting the templars. Unfortunately, the events in Kirkwall crushed just about all of her naive longings for peace and justice. She feels like bad luck follows her wherever she goes. 

 

Yara Lavellan is a vain, snarky woman. She's overconfident and a bit egocentric, but if you can direct her at the right enemies you are pretty much golden. Underneath all of her bluster she has a good heart, but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty when she has to. Fails utterly at diplomacy, to the point that she's probably shortened Josephine's lifespan by a year due to stress. 

[procutemeister]

This is an interesting topic! I like learning about other people's characters. 

 

To give personality to my characters I select their gender, race, and class, and come up with a few keywords that I can build their personalities off of. Like for my Lavellan, Elladan, she was a DW rogue, and I decided to make her pragmatic, cunning, confident, and generally unwilling to put up with useless ceremony. Halamshiral was pretty much hell for her, but she managed to manipulate the nobles to do what she wanted them to. When she's not doing Inquisition stuff she's a lot more personable and more outwardly emotional.

[o Ventus]

My canon Inquisitor is pretty much a Joss Whedon protagonist. He's a sarcastic d**k with a heart of gold who's as quick to stab you in the throat as he is to give you a motivational speech. He likes enjoying himself and the company of his friends and will fight to the death to defend them, but he also means business when he's actually out on business.

[Nimlowyn]

I usually start with an origin story that gives context for aspects of personality and worldview. For example, my Lavellan was an arrogant, overconfident teenager that resulted in her not taking her magic as seriously as she should. When her clan was waylaid by darkspawn in their aravels, she used her magic in their defense. When attempting to defend an overwhelmed hunter with an ice spell, she couldn't maintain her focus, it backfired and the sputtered out ice spell hit her in the face (that's where her scar comes from). The young hunter lost his arm but survived. Unfortunately, without an arm, he couldn't hunt anymore.

 

That experience changed her and is at the heart of her motivations. While she has playful moments, she is more serious, studious and humble than her former self. She views magic as a gift from the Creators, and that a balanced approach to its benefits and risks is the best way to honor it. She views her gift as a responsibility, and this view made her more committed to her people and her gods. It made her more committed to being elven. 

 

As a player, my views on magic most closely align with Cassandra's. That, however, is for human society. I have always felt that non-humans should be free to run their own societies as they saw fit, and, after completing the game once, I was interested in inhabiting a character from a Dalish point of view. It's been very rewarding, and I think I've found my canon Inquisitor. 

[Sifr]

It's tough for me to say how much of my personality goes into each of my characters. I think the one constant though is Sad Clown tendencies. Sometimes though I discover things about myself because I subconsciously put certain aspects into a character.

 

I'm going to mirror this answer, since I too often find that most of my characters end up representing an aspect of my personality, typically exaggerated in some way, but enough to allow me to better get into the head of that character?

 

Likewise, there's also probably a Sad Clown thread running through most of my PC's to an extent.

 

I think that's probably the reason why I enjoy a sarcastic Hawke's character so much and consider that personality the version of Hawke with the most depth. You really get a sense in DA2 that they're using humour as a defense mechanism to cope with all the chaos going on around them, as well as deal with the loss of most - if not all - of their entire family over the course of the story. Likewise, it shows in how tired and wornout they seem by Inquisition, having been torn away from their home once again.

[Obb42]

My Mahariel saw some nasty ****. Did some nasty ****. Became a bit of nasty ****. Had no problem with humans in general but didn't get on with Leliana for a long time. He wasn't a huge fan of the Chantry. Sense of humour like white wine. Murdered the werewolves. Made Loghain sleep with Morrigan. Allowed Avernus to continue.

 

Hawke was the ultimate sad clown. He romanced Anders, shanked him and sided with the Templars. Wanted to die by the time DAI rolled around. Got his wish.

 

Coraline Trevelyan is like a big ****** paladin with backstabby political tendencies. Vehemently pro-Templar. Abandoned Redcliffe to recruit them. Made Celene, Briala and Gaspard sit down and stop comparing willies, so to speak. Romanced Blackwall. Forgave Blackwall. Almost went a bit mad with power before the "Divine" brought that to a halt with her revelations.

[Ryriena]

My Edna Amell was paramatic regards to all things, but is kind to the man she fell in love with Alastiar, so was in shock and taken a back when he dumped her after she had him be made a King. She hates him now, so she goes to the circle in Kirkwall to meet up with Cullen and they both realized they still had feelings for one another and right then started a relationship. She is my Lallven inqusitior world slate.

While my Aoura Hawke is a Mage she is simi paramatic but she falls in love with Anders and believes Elthina is a moron, and very pro Mage however she will never harm people with blood mage went full rivally with Merill while Edna Amell would be friendly with Merill and see her as an asset to the cause to defeat the darkspawn. She is great friends with Fenris, Isabella, Varric, and Aveline. She has somewhat a sibling to a romantic relationship with Carver but soon realizes she in love with Anders but still cares deeply for him and sends him of to the Wardens to keep him alive. I kind of gave her the role of Jammie Lancaster sisters role somewhat in this play through yeah I am weird like that

My elf is all but an goody two shoes Mage and a bit naive about things in the human world, she falls in love with the man that later breaks her heart Solas. She is proudly pro Mage and and very elfly according to Sera, although, she has no clue what that means.

[Laurelinde]

Long post warning!

 

Mine tend to be similar in the sense that I gravitate towards 'paragon' type characters who are do-gooders.  There is a level of self-insertion, I suppose (my canon playthroughs tend to look like very, very idealised versions of me).  However, most of the time my answer to crazy magical battles would probably be 'run away', which isn't generally an option.  

 

The one trait they pretty much all have in common is curiosity.  Following dialogue options and using persuade wherever possible can turn up useful and interesting information and sometimes settle disputes without bloodshed.  Also, I am a nosy beggar so I like to know stuff!

 

My Cousland was a born fighter, basically; relatively devout Andrastian, but not particularly interested or bothered with theological discussions.  She was a tomboy who dismissed most feminine trappings and put off talking about marriage with her mother.  (She had feelings for Ser Gilmore but as he was her best friend and her father's employee she never told anyone, and then he died.)  She wanted to be taken seriously as a warrior and grew up semi-idolising the Wardens, and she felt that being viewed as 'just a girl' would prevent her from the opportunities and respect she desired.  The reality of being a Warden was something of a shock to her, but she took it in stride.  After her family was killed she felt lost and numb, and then she met Alistair and everything changed.  I ended up not 'hardening' him partly just because of the way the dialogue choice was worded; it felt absurd for her to say 'everyone is out for themselves' when she had just spent the entire game being noble and selfless and heroic and almost impossibly good.  She deserved better than the choice she had to make at the end, which was heartbreaking no matter the outcome.

 

My Brosca was a survivor.  Generally good-hearted, but much more pragmatic and cynical; she would go somewhat out of her way to help people, but she never forgot to look after herself, too.  She'll do what it takes to end the Blight, but she'll do what it takes to save herself and her loved ones, too.  She was personally rather repulsed by Bhelen, but she put him on the throne for her sister's sake.  She wasn't above the odd thieving mission or assassinating someone who had it coming, either.  She and Shale and Sigrun got along marvellously.

 

My Hawke was somewhere in between Brosca and Cousland.  I played her as diplomatic most of the time (which I kind of regret; I really need to replay that game), but she was less completely selfless and forgiving than Cousland.  She was a non-believer and did not particularly trust or like the Chantry, although she also understood the dangers of magic.  Aveline was her best friend, and she got on well with Varric, Bethany and Isabela (at least, until she left), and friendmanced Fenris.  Anders she went from feeling somewhat close to, to 'oh god what now', and Merrill she found somewhat naive and irresponsible.  By the end of the game she was fed up with pretty much everyone in the hellmouth that was Kirkwall, and if it had been an option would have gladly agreed to go back to Ferelden with Alistair and Teagan.

 

And finally my Inquisitor, who is by far the softest and kindest of the lot.  She is a pretty devout Andrastian but definitely stops well short of calling herself the 'Herald of Andraste' (not least because 'Harold Trevelyan' is her father.)  She loves dancing and sweets and was something of an idle (if good-hearted) dilettante before the events of the game.  She feels woefully unqualified for the responsibilities she gets saddled with, but she is very much a 'people person' at heart and wants to do good and reform the big institutions of southern Thedas.  She is not 100% pro-mage but she feels that the Circles have had their day and a new solution needs to be found, and agrees with Cassandra and Leliana in terms of making the Chantry, the Seekers, etc. into organisations that help and welcome people instead of just policing or excluding them.  She is something of an open book as far as her feelings go, but is excellent at sneaking away when necessary, a skill honed by years of escaping from trips to the opera with her aunt.  Her best friend is Dorian and she is rather in awe of Cassandra.  She gets along well with pretty much all of the party, although she treads cautiously around Sera, she isn't super-close with Vivienne as they disagree about the solutions for mages (and she finds Viv's snarkiness a bit mean), and she never really warmed to Blackwall.  

 

So, yeah, I guess I develop a reasonable amount of personality into my PCs, if some more than others.  

[Reedirector]

I usually go over-ambitious and try to layer in as much depth as possible, but that soon collapses and I just go with a gut feeling of what the character would do.

 

First things first, I do the backstory. What has their life been like so far? Obviously, this shapes everything they are now.

 

Warden:

 

Had a sheltered life as second son of the Cousland family, always considered themselves to be inferior to Fergus but really they weren't. A talented combatant with sophisticated abilities, like reading and dancing. 

• Introspective, frequently blunt but with a soft heart.
• Had sophisticated ideas about Ferelden politics, believing equality between mages and templars outside of Chantry influence is the solution to the problem.
• Never lies.
• Believes that the Chantry should focus more on helping the poor and less on imposing religion on to people or manipulating politics. He thinks faith is a very personal thing and is sceptical of organised religion. He romanced the breeches off of Leliana 
• Tries to find diplomatic solutions to problems, but cannot abide dishonesty and intrigue.
• Does not care much about money or wealth
• Believes the strong should serve the weak
  • Got on very well with Wynne, Alistair and Leliana
  • Had a tremendous respect for Sten and Shale
  • Disagreed strongly with Morrigan but they do get on well
  • Tries to show Zevran and Oghren a better path

So Eddard Stark, basically. lol. Don't tell GRRM

 

Hawke:

 

A soldier, born and bred. Enlisted young to earn honest money for the family and to earn favour with nobility to keep eyes away from the apostate Hawke family. 

• Strongly patriotic, proud to serve King and Country, ashamed to abandon his home in its time of need. Believes in family. Quite close-minded.
• Pragmatic, trying to find reasonable solutions to problems, but with a tendency to use swear words frivolously. Loses temper easily.
• Quite extroverted but with a calm, thoughtful side.
• Loathes sneaky, slimy characters.
• Enjoys simple pleasures and has a healthy disdain for Nobility
• Believes people should stick up for themselves (but not commit atrocities.)
• Bewildered by the complexity of Mage-Templar politics. Has big trouble reading.
  • Had a beautiful friendship with Varric
  • Had the fling with Isabela and enjoyed it for what it was
  • Rivalmanced Merril, but genuinely loved her
  • Got along with everyone else pretty well. Disliked Carver, but if he dies, feels incredibly guilty.

 

Inspired by Richard Sharpe. Still bitter that Sean Bean didn't do the Voice Acting for every Bioware game. 

 

Inquisitor:

 

The only child of an Ashaad and one of the few Tamessarans to defect from Qunari territory, the Inquisitor was raised well with the few resources available. Is well-read and well-spoken, having been raised in Orlais for some time, and developed a calm, helpful personality with a gentle sense of humour as a necessity, to endure the hardships of their youth. Joined the Valo-kas mercenaries to travel the Free Marshes, provide protection from the Ben-Hassrath and learn about Thedas. Excellent at destroying bridges. 

 

• A deeply thoughtful, empathetic person who carries themselves with the swashbuckling confidence and charm of a mercenary.
• Rarely gets angry, but can become upset.
• Fascinated by all the different cultures of Thedas, and believes they all have something to contribute to society. Pragmatic, with a spiritual side. Believes that The Maker, The Elven Gods, The Stone, Lyrium and Asit tal-eb are all expressions of a cosmological force that manipulates the world. The same thing observed differently.
• Very open minded.
• Interested by intrigue, politics, history, sociology, but tries to act selflessly in all things. Has a very strong compassion for all people in general, but finds it difficult to form very strong personal emotional attachments (until he meets The Inner Circle)
• Enjoys the simple travellers life and the frivolous heights of nobility in equal measure. Feels at home in most places.
• Sense of Humour: Vast, flexible and resilient
• Slightly self-conscious about his horns and the cosmetic effect they have on his forehead. (I suck at character creation)

Basically Bertrand Russell in Qunari form lol. I'm not very creative so I get inspiration where I can find it.

 

As most people have stated, I think role-playing works best when there is a little of you in there, so you have a more personal connection the world and characters. Just my thoughts, of course. 

[CuriousArtemis]

I realized early on that I could not go in-game with a pre-set personality in mind for my character. That was on me and not the game's fault. 

 

So what I do now, now that I'm familiar with how the game's set up, is decide which dialogue options I will choose in advance and let that shape my character's personality. I have three playthroughs going onright now:

 

Aliss Cadash: Chooses all aggressive dialogue options (bottom option) and chooses the fist or the stoic emotional dialogue response. She's a former Carta thug, a low-ranking mob boss who had maybe 10 or 12 guys under her (hurr hurr); she's approaching the inquisition with a very no-nonsense attitude. 

 

Kael Lavellan: Chooses all the snarky diagloue options (middle option -- though MANY are not snarky at all, sigh) and chooses the thinking head or question marks emotional dialogue response. He's a curious Dalish mage who's happy to leave his insular life behind and is eager to learn more about the world around him.

 

Alin Lavellan: Chooses all the diplomatic dialogue options (top option) and chooses the weeping eye or question marks emotional dialogue response. He's a Dalish hunter who's rather terrified of his new surroundings and situation but is determined to do his part and is gradually growing more confident about his role as inquisitor.

[Barry-Allen]

My initial playthrough I modelled my character after Oliver Queen and, for the most part, replicated that personality.
Sorry for.... short post...? Everyone else went pretty in-depth.

[Panda]

When I write about them I make them pretty fleshed out characters, but when I play couple is enough.

 

Mostly 1) what is their goal 2) what kind of personality they have

 

Skye: 1) Helping those in need, mage freedom. 2) Trusting, caring, optimistic and friendly.

Milica: 1) Ending mage-templar conflict and restoring Circles 2) Passionate, impulsive, snarky.

Brigitte: 1) Having fun and personal gain 2) Fun-loving, self-centered, quick with words.

[Heimdall]

I usually start with a few very vague notions and make the rest up as I go along.

If I'm meta-gaming, I select personality traits that justify the choices I intend to make.

[Emmy]

I'll go with my canon three:

 

Shianse Cousland- proud noblewoman. Youngest daughter, she was totally bewildered by the slaughter of her family and subsequent joining of the Grey Wardens. She hid behind a mask of polite formality and neutrality until Alistair, with his youthful exuberance broke through her facade. Together they were able to overcome their overwhelming sorrow and fall in love. She manipulated the Landsmeet to become Alistair's queen, something he's secretly proud of. 

 

Garrett Hawke in any form (mage, rogue or warrior) - head of the Hawke household, starts out as diplomatic in the prologue. By the time Act III starts, he's over any foolishness and is sarcastic, borderline aggressive. Usually romances Fenris. (cough, I won't tell you how many playthroughs I've actually done)

 

Jorge Trevelyan - Sassy rogue/archer. A perfect compliment to Dorian's wit. Together they explore the world, righting wrongs and cracking witty jokes about the whole affair.

[Emerald Rift]

I just tend to pick some keywords for each character I create because aside from DAO it's difficult to be quite precise on how you want your character to act.

 

For my Tabris it would be: Heroic, Hard-Headed and Tongue in Cheek (Are there griffons? )

For Hawke it was: Sarcastic, Flirty and Protector.

For Lavellan I went with: Diplomatic, Lore Addict and Blunt. 

[BraveVesperia]

I tend to start with one over-all characteristic, e.g sweet, cold, charming, snarky, stoic, rude.

 

Then I figure out how they feel about certain themes/groups - magic, politics/nobility, religion.

 

Then how they behave around different groups: their companions, allies, and enemies. Like the character with the 'sweet' trait could be lovely to friends and allies, and most people who are suffering... but they're a really devout Andrastian who's apathetic towards mages. Or they're kind/selfless to allies and the 'innocent', but merciless towards known enemies.

 

Lastly, their general morality, with the above characteristics factored in.