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[ComedicSociopathy]

My biggest fear would be that they then have this new protagonist try and become and even bigger figure than the Herald of Andraste

 

Doubtful. I think Bioware is done with incredibly well-known messiahs destined to save the world. 

[whiteravenxi]

I've already said why it has to be the inquisitor. It absolutely has to be.

 

I don't frankly care what they decided some ten or so years ago, about characters only getting 1 game, and any loose ends after that game are **** out of luck. Who cares about emotional closure for these characters, who cares if they have dangling threads hanging over your heads, who cares about whatever sequel bait we give you using said character. Any and all loose ends we may or may not acknowledge about said characters are irrelevant because "Thedas is the character" (which does not really say anything, or even really justify's why characters only get 1 whole game). All the characters do is clean up the mess the last one left, and by the time there done, there is juuuuust enough time left for THEM to make their own mess so the NEXT guy has something to clean up for the next 2/3 of the next game. It is frankly a pointless pattern of repetition with the next convenient Baddy Of The Week to harasses you. Nothing really happens, there is no overarching plot, or threat, because everything HAS to be tied up in a cute little bow just enough so the world will limp on long enough for the next character to get their shot in the revolving door of relevance.

 

Solas is clearly someone that was planned from Day 1 of Dragon Age Origins. There is evidence everywhere to support that line of thought. This is the first time this setting has actually had a bad guy that can be more than just Baddy Of The Week. But by continuing this pattern of Revolving Door heroes, they remove all emotional investment the characters have regarding the figure in question. The new characters don't have the emotional baggage that will make fighting them so worthwhile to begin with. Sure the players have it to some degree, but not as much as they would be if the character remained the same until that particular bit of baggage is stored away. Shepard is the best example of this. Replace Solas with Saren/The Reapers. would you have really been all that invested if Shepard ACTUALLY died in ME2, and got replaced by either Miranda or Jacob? Then they die or get crippled or w/e and another guy took over in ME3 to finish the fight? I highly doubt you would have been. Particular antagonists are linked to particular protagonists, due to actions over the course of the story. Simply slotting another guy in to deal with him diminishes the experience in ways I cannot express. 

 

Solas is linked, irreparably to the Inquisitor due to their interactions. He played you, utterly and completely. You were a tool, not even a person to him. A bug who destroying is a mercy he wishes to grant you, because to him your life has no value or meaning. He tricked you into cleaning up the mess of his failed plan to destroy you and everyone you ever knew. You were nothing but a pawn on his chess board, all while possibly whispering sweet nothings into your ear and telling you how important you are to him. This is betrayal of the deepest levels. things that rock a person to their very core. Your character declared, in no uncertain terms, that they are coming for him, because of what he did. What he did not just to the world, or what he plans to do to it, but what he did to you. It is Revenge, it is Closure, it is Justice, it is Love, it is Rage. It is all of these things. The whole game was not about Corypheus, he was merely a side affect of the cause. The Inquisition was formed to close the Breach, to find and stop those responsible, and restore order to the chaos, with or without anyone's approval. That duty has not been fulfilled. The culprit is still out there, and has no plans to stop. This story is not over. The Warden's story IS over. Hawke's story IS over. THIS one though....is not over. It is in fact, just beginning. Because the gloves are off, no more masks, no more deceptions. Everyone knows who the players are now. Now....now the real battle begins. 

 

Wow! I didn't even see that post from TheRevanchist. Well done sir. I'm done. That said it better than I possibly could. I'll redirect any of my further points to this post. I'm out. Gonna go back to lurking and watching people desperately pining for a new protag to finish the Solas arc for reasons they don't even understand nor can they articulate beyond "I don't want to do the sameness same thinger again". We'll find out in a few years what they're planning. I hope to god they read Revanchist's post. The writing in Trespasser came off as deliberate for the first time in the series' history. I gotta hope they have plans for this new story thread beyond another hero being put through the super hero revolving door to deal with problems that aren't even their own.

 

Long live the Inquisitor vs Solas story thread line. May it explode and kick our emotions all over the floor when it finally resolves.

[BansheeOwnage]

I'm not saying that is either right or wrong, only that the tendency of some to apply logic that is skewed from their own preference for an ongoing lead hero [like Commander Shepard for instance] breaks with Biowares clearly stated and oft reiterated position that this franchise is not about a single character, but about Thedas; and they are only showing us chapters (for the most part).

Having the franchise be about Thedas is not mutually exclusive with having a returning protagonist. In my opinion, having a returning protagonist would actually help leave more room to focus on the world itself. People seem to be saying that being about Thedas means you must have a new protagonist each game... because Bioware said so? That's not a reason.

 

 

They can build a relationship between Solas and a new PC, just like they did with the Inquisitor did with Corypheus. The only reason people want the Inquisitor specifically is because Lavellan.

 

But not all of us played Lavellan.

Even if that were true, it would never be as satisfying as confronting them with the Inquisitor, now more than ever. But it's not true. Partly because Quizzy and Corypheus didn't really have any relationship, and because Solas was a companion who we talked to and fought with. Everything we did to help us helped him too. He played us all, and it's a gut-punch to the Inquisitor. That story needs to finish. I've never played Levellan. I absolutely need to confront Solas with my Trevelyan. Saying that personal story only exists with Levellan is just stupid and not true.

 

I'm really annoyed that people keep going on about this Solas business. Yes, the Inquisitor does have an important tie to Solas, and yes, I do want them to be there in the final confrontation with Solas, but DA4 isn't going to be solely about Solas. It's also going to be about Tevinter and the Qunari invasion, and I think it'd be a crime to have the Inquisitor return to deal with these plot elements, as their not very connected to them (except maybe the Qunari invasion and Hawke arguably has a stronger tie to it), instead of having a new protagonist who would most likely have a stronger tie with them deal with those elements.

I'm so glad you also have a time machine and can tell us how DA4's plot will play out.

 

I built my Warden up to stop the Blight. I built my Hawke up to do right by her family and attempt to maintain stability. I built my Inquisitor up to stop Corypheus. None of that was for nothing. I don't need them to be relevant beyond their own game, but not being the protagonist doesn't mean they can't be relevant.

No you didn't. You built up the Inquisitor to close the Breach, find those responsible and restore order. Guess what? Solas is responsible, and there will be a great deal more chaos caused by him shortly. Your job, by its own description, is not done.

 

 

I don't think they can finish the story they introduced with a new protagonist. What you're describing is pulling a one-armed Luke Skywalker out before Return of the Jedi and having some unknown pick up his light saber to fight Vader. That end scene now has zero meaning the other instalments worked so hard for. I get that you want to start fresh, but it's not worth sacrificing the emotional payoff for it.

That is a very fitting analogy, good job!

 

But the Inquisitor? The Inquisitor is always alive and always after Solas. Knowing whether they want him dead or alive (+Romance or not) tells them all they need to know when writing a decent interaction between them. That's why I think it could work.

I disagree; I don't think those are enough variables to allow them to make the Inquisitor react how we'd want. There are specific things that would make it more complicated, such as Levellan continuing to love him through DA4 or being heartbroken, or more general examples like things Solas does in DA4 that would change the Inquisitor's opinion of him, and possibly their mission statement. I don't think there is any way to have a satisfying confrontation with him unless we drive the Inquisitor.

 

 

I hope to god they read Revanchist's post. The writing in Trespasser came off as deliberate for the first time in the series' history. I gotta hope they have plans for this new story thread beyond another hero being put through the super hero revolving door.

I hope so too. I agree that Trespasser had a much different feel than anything previous. It was more deliberate, more focused. I think that was Weekes' influence, and that's a good sign. I hope he shakes up the current formula.

[Danny Boy 7]

Right but it wasn't done badly once. Hawke is just one example. The Allistair cameos are always just fan service and always reset us back to meeting him for the first time. We can never ask him more than surface questions. Morrigan appearing in Inquisition was clumsy; her reason for not being with my Warden even clumsier. She LOVED my Warden. You can hear it in her voice and yet she's not with him? 

 

Nor is my Warden involved with any of the Warden corruption at the heart of his order? Hawke decides to not help in the final fight with Cory even though it was her blood that freed him? 

These are continuity issues exacerbated by placing the story time lines too close together. If we jumped ahead a good Age in each game I'd have no problem.

 

I don't think they can finish the story they introduced with a new protagonist. What you're describing is pulling a one-armed Luke Skywalker out before Return of the Jedi and having some unknown pick up his light saber to fight Vader. That end scene now has zero meaning the other instalments worked so hard for. I get that you want to start fresh, but it's not worth sacrificing the emotional payoff for it.

It's actually more like having Luke take up the role from Obi Wan, despite being Vader's son Obi Wan had more of a connection and history with Vader than Luke. Luke meets his father a total of three times I think whereas Obi Wan raised him and watched him fall to the Dark Side.

 

The story can build a relationship between Solas AND a new protagonist.

[Danny Boy 7]

 

 

Wow! I didn't even see that post from TheRevanchist. Well done sir. I'm done. That said it better than I possibly could. I'll redirect any of my further points to this post. I'm out. Gonna go back to lurking and watching people desperately pining for a new protag to finish the Solas arc for reasons they don't even understand nor can they articulate beyond "I don't want to do the sameness same thinger again". We'll find out in a few years what they're planning. I hope to god they read Revanchist's post. The writing in Trespasser came off as deliberate for the first time in the series' history. I gotta hope they have plans for this new story thread beyond another hero being put through the super hero revolving door to deal with problems that aren't even their own.

 

Long live the Inquisitor vs Solas story thread line. May it explode and kick our emotions all over the floor when it finally resolves.

 

This is a great post, but it doesn't answer the the REAL question. Why does the Inquisitor have to be there for everything else in the game? Why does he or she have to be involved in the actual physical search. We can have all of the closure as long as they're involved, but an actual presence in the leg work is not necessary because if you're an old player than as long as the Inquisitor has a role than we're fine. Would it be nice, sure, but nothing about the story requires Inky to be out there picking elfroot again. 

[Homeboundcrib]

I can bet Solas is not going to be saved at all.

You think someone who's lived over a 1000 years is suddenly going to change his mind because of one person? At best, you can try to convince him in DA4/5 and he'll just give the old "It's too late for me".

I don't think that is true, I think he can be saved and he wants you to prove him wrong and even hopes that because he says that. Anything to do with Solas must come down to the Inquisitior it simply cannot be a new hero to deal with him, especially if you romanced him. It would have no emotion no connection that it has with the Inquisitior.

[Heimdall]

Doubtful. I think Bioware is done with incredibly well-known messiahs destined to save the world.

I hope so!

That's the last thing I want from DA4

[leadintea]

I'm so glad you also have a time machine and can tell us how DA4's plot will play out.

 

And do you as well? Fact is that we're going to Tevinter - a nation people have been wanting to go to for ages because of the rich lore surrounding it and how different it is from the rest of Thedas. It's the birthplace of modern Thedosian civilization, it has mage rulers compared to the imprisoned mages in the south, it has a robust slave trade unlike the south, it's a bulwark that's keeping the Qunari out of the rest of Thedas, etc. They aren't going to gloss over all of those tantalizing, lore heavy plot points people have been waiting for just because of Solas. His story is just ONE of the many they are going to tell in Tevinter, and you can quote me on that come DA4.

 

Personally, I find people that are for the Inquisitor returning to be petty, selfish, and hypocritical. They want the Inquisitor back because they have a strong connection to Solas and don't want a new protagonist to take over, yet they're denying players a protagonist that would have a stronger involvement with everything else but Solas. The sad thing about all of this is that the majority of us for a new protagonist WANT the Inquisitor to come back and to deal with Solas. We just don't want them to also take away the strong connections we can form to every other plot point just because of Solas, yet the pro-Inquisitor lot are selfishly denying the rest of us a stronger storyline (sound familiar?) just for the sake of one character.

[Smudjygirl]

And do you as well? Fact is that we're going to Tevinter - a nation people have been wanting to go to for ages because of the rich lore surrounding it and how different it is from the rest of Thedas. It's the birthplace of modern Thedosian civilization, it has mage rulers compared to the imprisoned mages in the south, it has a robust slave trade unlike the south, it's a bulwark that's keeping the Qunari out of the rest of Thedas, etc. They aren't going to gloss over all of those tantalizing, lore heavy plot points people have been waiting for just because of Solas. His story is just ONE of the many they are going to tell in Tevinter, and you can quote me on that come DA4.

 

Personally, I find people that are for the Inquisitor returning to be petty, selfish, and hypocritical. They want the Inquisitor back because they have a strong connection to Solas and don't want a new protagonist to take over, yet they're denying players a protagonist that would have a stronger involvement with everything else but Solas. The sad thing about all of this is that the majority of us for a new protagonist WANT the Inquisitor to come back and to deal with Solas. We just don't want them to also take away the strong connections we can form to every other plot point just because of Solas, yet the pro-Inquisitor lot are selfishly denying the rest of us a stronger storyline (sound familiar?) just for the sake of one character.

 

Was there really a need to get personal just because of a difference of opinion? It doesn't matter what any of us want or think, because Bioware will do what they want. Those of us saying we want the Inquisitor are also saying we want the specifically to deal with Solas, the rest can be done with a new character. So our opinion is actually similar.

[leadintea]

Was there really a need to get personal just because of a difference of opinion? It doesn't matter what any of us want or think, because Bioware will do what they want. Those of us saying we want the Inquisitor are also saying we want the specifically to deal with Solas, the rest can be done with a new character. So our opinion is actually similar.

 

I'm not seeing this at all. All I'm seeing is pro-Inquisitors saying that Bioware shouldn't follow their one character a game rule and just make the Inquisitor the protagonist of DA4.

[Heimdall]

No you didn't. You built up the Inquisitor to close the Breach, find those responsible and restore order. Guess what? Solas is responsible, and there will be a great deal more chaos caused by him shortly. Your job, by its own description, isn't done.

No, I built her up to stop Corypheus' plan. She achieved that. I did not build her up to hunt an ancient elven god she didn't know about until two years after the fact. That's a new goal. Read the point I was replying to. The point of my reply was saying that our characters aren't purposeless just because they aren't continued protagonists from game to game.

I disagree; I don't think those are enough variables to allow them to make the Inquisitor react how we'd want. There are specific things that would make it more complicated, such as Levellan continuing to love him through DA4 or being heartbroken, or more general examples like things Solas does in DA4 that would change the Inquisitor's opinion of him, and possibly their mission statement. I don't think there is any way to have a satisfying confrontation with him unless we drive the Inquisitor.

If Solas does anything drastic enough to change the Inquisitor's mind, you're right, that's an issue. But that's an IF, dependent on content we don't know about yet and hasn't been developed. However I'm sure the devs are just as aware of that issue. So Solas probably won't be annihilating any cities before the Inquisitor talks to him.

And you're right about one thing, the writing in Trespasser was very deliberate. They knew exactly what they were doing when they took the Inquisitor's mark along with their arm. They also knew what they were doing when the Inquisitor said "my own adventuring days are over" and "Then we'll find people he doesn't know." Bioware has no intention of returning to the Inquisitor as a protagonist. Now, could Bioware conceivably grant temporary control over the Inquisitor while speaking to Solas? I suppose. They've haven't done anything like that, so I doubt it, but they conceivably could. The Inquisitor will not be a main fixture of the game throughout though.

[Smudjygirl]

I'm not seeing this at all. All I'm seeing is pro-Inquisitors saying that Bioware shouldn't follow their one character a game rule and just make the Inquisitor the protagonist of DA4.

 

Nope. We're saying if it works better for the story to have the Inquisitor then we should. It it works better for the story to have a new character, we should.

 

And it's hardly a rule, if they need to go back on it they need to go back on it. They've had to change timelines and lore, they'll change that if they feel it would be better for the story. If it works, why shouldn't a character return? It could expand on the story that surrounds them

[whiteravenxi]

This is a great post, but it doesn't answer the the REAL question. Why does the Inquisitor have to be there for everything else in the game? Why does he or she have to be involved in the actual physical search. We can have all of the closure as long as they're involved, but an actual presence in the leg work is not necessary because if you're an old player than as long as the Inquisitor has a role than we're fine. Would it be nice, sure, but nothing about the story requires Inky to be out there picking elfroot again. 

 

It does though, I just think you missed it. Solas (antagonist) profoundly affected our Inquisitor (protagonist) from the very moment she got the mark. Solas was moving all the strings. Solas used us to take out Cory and put HIS plan back on track. Solas was our friend, or companion, or lover and he betrayed us, personally. To our faces. There is no one more affected by Solas's actions than the Inquisitor. My counter argument is why wouldn't the Inquisitor be involved in the physical search? Why wouldn't she, after saying in my game that SHE was going to save the world again, be the one to do the leg work?

 

Maybe not as ground zero as picking elf root but she has the biggest stake in this.

[leadintea]

Nope. We're saying if it works better for the story to have the Inquisitor then we should. It it works better for the story to have a new character, we should.

 

And it's hardly a rule, if they need to go back on it they need to go back on it. They've had to change timelines and lore, they'll change that if they feel it would be better for the story. If it works, why shouldn't a character return? It could expand on the story that surrounds them

 

I actually agree with the bolded (the one character a rule thing was something a pro-Inquisitor said), but since we're going to Tevinter, a place drastically different than southern Thedas, it'd work better if we got a character that was actually from there so we can see how things are through their eyes and relate to Tevinter better. The Inquisitor is an outsider, and one of some bearing, so we wouldn't get to see the utter disdain and bigotry towards a protagonist of a lesser stature, and we wouldn't be able to see life through the upper echelons of society if the protagonist was of a higher stature. Tevinter just offers so much roleplaying and emotional potential for a new protagonist that I can't see Bioware doing anything else. Yes, if a character works better for the story (like Hawke would've in DAI), bring them back, but otherwise I'm all for new characters, especially in cultures different from what we've experienced.

[Kimarous]

You realize that you just outlined the perfect start-as-level-one scenario, right?

 

How is "every class besides Mage is inviable" a "perfect start-as-level-one scenario"?

[atamajakki]

The HoF is dead, insane, or literally off the map. Hawke has a decent chance of either being dead or stranded in the Fade. The Inquisitor is crippled and was also disgustingly boring as a character.

There's no way we're not getting a new protagonist in DA4, and I'm thankful for it. In my wildest dreams, they're as dynamic as Hawke while still having the variety of the HoF.

[Smudjygirl]

I actually agree with the bolded (the one character a rule thing was something a pro-Inquisitor said), but since we're going to Tevinter, a place drastically different than southern Thedas, it'd work better if we got a character that was actually from there so we can see how things are through their eyes and relate to Tevinter better. The Inquisitor is an outsider, and one of some bearing, so we wouldn't get to see the utter disdain and bigotry towards a protagonist of a lesser stature, and we wouldn't be able to see life through the upper echelons of society if the protagonist was of a higher stature. Tevinter just offers so much roleplaying and emotional potential for a new protagonist that I can't see Bioware doing anything else. Yes, if a character works better for the story (like Hawke would've in DAI), bring them back, but otherwise I'm all for new characters, especially in cultures different from what we've experienced.

 

The true measure of intelligence is entertaining a thought without accepting it.

 

Everything you said, i agree with. I would love to see Tevinter as a slave or a magister, i've wanted to for ages (since i first played Origins, in fact). And that's all well and good. What i'm more irritated (i use the word, but it;s actually too strong) is the way they shift from one character to another. You said yourself Hawke would have suited Inquisition, but isn't that because of their connection to the events?

 

Would you prefer to see Solas' arc finished with the Inquisitor, who he loves, respects or hates, with someone who doesn't have that connection? Since Inquisition is over, i have little doubt we won't get to be in control of their response. That means they have yet again left a loose end that could very well (i won;t say will, because i don't know) end with poor story telling because it lacks the connection the player has already made through another character. It;s happened with pretty much every cameo in Inquisition, I think that is the fear, and why so many are coming across as "Inquisitor or bust", Not only do we already have a connection to Solas, his story is sure to be fascinating. I truly believe they CAN make a new protag work, but i feel that the connection between Solas and the player will be less than it could be. That being said, everything on this whole thread is a moot point, because we don't even know what will happen in DA4, all we know is we likely be in Tevinter. Solas may not show himself for years.

 

I know it probably sounds like i'm pro-inquisitor (which i kind of am, but that's because i love Inquisition) but it really is a matter of how the story will play out, and how we will all feel on the journey. If it works with what they have planned, i won't be angry because i wanted MY character and the story to be told MY way. I'll be happy that i was just as emotionally engaged as i was in the previous 3 games

[Homeboundcrib]

I'm happy with a new hero but the Inquisitior must deal with everything Solas it's the only thing makes sense seeing as it's personal for them. Especially if romanced.

[leadintea]

The true measure of intelligence is entertaining a thought without accepting it.

 

Everything you said, i agree with. I would love to see Tevinter as a slave or a magister, i've wanted to for ages (since i first played Origins, in fact). And that's all well and good. What i'm more irritated (i use the word, but it;s actually too strong) is the way they shift from one character to another. You said yourself Hawke would have suited Inquisition, but isn't that because of their connection to the events?

 

Would you prefer to see Solas' arc finished with the Inquisitor, who he loves, respects or hates, with someone who doesn't have that connection? Since Inquisition is over, i have little doubt we won't get to be in control of their response. That means they have yet again left a loose end that could very well (i won;t say will, because i don't know) end with poor story telling because it lacks the connection the player has already made through another character. It;s happened with pretty much every cameo in Inquisition, I think that is the fear, and why so many are coming across as "Inquisitor or bust", Not only do we already have a connection to Solas, his story is sure to be fascinating. I truly believe they CAN make a new protag work, but i feel that the connection between Solas and the player will be less than it could be. That being said, everything on this whole thread is a moot point, because we don't even know what will happen in DA4, all we know is we likely be in Tevinter. Solas may not show himself for years.

 

I know it probably sounds like i'm pro-inquisitor (which i kind of am, but that's because i love Inquisition) but it really is a matter of how the story will play out, and how we will all feel on the journey. If it works with what they have planned, i won't be angry because i wanted MY character and the story to be told MY way. I'll be happy that i was just as emotionally engaged as i was in the previous 3 games

 

I've mentioned multiple times how I would like the Inquisitor to be the one to deal with Solas, but I just don't want them stealing the spotlight from stories that would work better with a new protagonist. Bioware can easily have the finale with Solas be dealt with by the Inquisitor or have all Solas sections covered by the Inquisitor (The Witcher 3 style with Ciri), while everything else is done by the new protagonist. I don't mind that and I would prefer things to be that way.

[Heimdall]

Actually, I have an idea. The more I think about its starting to grow on me. Somewhat Geralt-Ciri style but not quite. We play as the new PC 90% of the time. However at particular plot moments (All of which will be non-combat) we take control of the Inquisitor and make decisions that will affect the game world the new protagonist plays in, in keeping with the Chessmaster idea.

I think I could like that.

[Smudjygirl]

I've mentioned multiple times how I would like the Inquisitor to be the one to deal with Solas, but I just don't want them stealing the spotlight from stories that would work better with a new protagonist. Bioware can easily have the finale with Solas be dealt with by the Inquisitor or have all Solas sections covered by the Inquisitor (The Witcher 3 style with Ciri), while everything else is done by the new protagonist. I don't mind that and I would prefer things to be that way.

 

Sorry, i must've missed you saying that. It's taking me a while to read since i;ve lost my glasses. (I've never played Witcher, so i've no idea who Ciri is)

 

So it actually seems the more common opinion is Solas is the Inquisitor's problem. The Qunari has been Tevinter's problem for centuries, so that will fit there. I see your side clearer now, though, so thanks. I know it's not my business, but please try not to get personal over this. Really, it's a trivial matter, and it will be so much more fun if we can chat like we just did, seeing all sides. I bet the devs would be happier to come here and chat if people put their daggers down haha

[whiteravenxi]

Actually, I have an idea. The more I think about its starting to grow on me. Somewhat Geralt-Ciri style but not quite. We play as the Inquisitor 90% of the time. However at particular plot moments (All of which will be non-combat) we take control of the Inquisitor and make decisions that will affect the game world the new protagonist plays in, in keeping with the Chessmaster idea.

I think I could like that.

 

I would be totally fine with this. Or if the Inquisitor trained a successor and we took over as that successor after playing the Inquisitor training them. There are ways to do this that would be rad. We'll have to wait and see. 

[Iakus]

A new protagonist each game is not lame.

 

My Hero of Ferelden is retired to a villa on the Waking Sea.

My Hawke is back in Kirkwall helping Varrric run the city.

My Inquisitor is retired from adventuring, and is gathering new allies to carry on the fight.

 

I don't need a Retired Badass to show up to remind my new character he's playing in the Big Leagues now.  Their time is past.  Now they can enjoy the fruits of their labors.  Let someone else save the world.

 

Otherwise we risk watching our character get Sheparded.

[Heimdall]

I would be totally fine with this. Or if the Inquisitor trained a successor and we took over as that successor after playing the Inquisitor training them. There are ways to do this that would be rad. We'll have to wait and see.

I'd rather the new protagonist went in their own direction rather than the Inquisitor 2.0 direction.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

If we are going to Tevinter, there is a good chance we won't be from there. Bioware has done that so the protagonist has reasons for being a fish out of water thus asking and doing things people who have been there wouldn't ask or do. With Shepard, we were a human so the new kids on the block. With Hawke, we were a Ferelden who was now living in the Free Marches. With the Inquisitor, we were not part of Ferelden or Orlesian culture. So really the Inquisitor would fit the bill rather well. If we are a new protagonist, we will be a foreigner againor if we are a native we'll be in a position where we don't know much about our home.