Hello! I'm kinda new here and I hope there isn't such topic yet.
So, my question is, do you have your favorite Heroes combo? I mean, ofc, Hero of Ferelden, Champion of Kirkwall and Herald of Andraste. Maybe you have plenty of them? How are they connected? How do you roleplay all of them? F.e. is Inquisitor only cleaning the mess after Hawke's rebellion and hating him deep inside?
I'll hold on for now. I've not finished Inquisition yet, but feel free to spoil anything, I guess.
My Hero Of Ferelden is a City Elf who began with a mistrustful view of humans. She wasn't particularly religious and mainly focused on her Grey Warden duties. She is a rogue and specialised as an assassin. She is still alive.
Hawke was a rogue as well and specialised as an assassin. He was religious (Andrastrian). He ended up siding with the Templars. He is currently missing/dead.
Inquisitor was an assassin rogue. He followed a religious Andrastrian path as well.
So the only common ground in my canon play-through is that all three were rogue assassins (Thedas will write volumes on how assassins always come to save the day 
) and the last two were religious.
Another direct connection between Hawke and the Inquisitor is...
So the odds are high for my next protagonist being an assassin as well 
I have many combinations of heroes for the three games, but all three of my favorites were human mages.
Lenira Amell was a former Circle mage who became jaded with the entire Circle system and by extension, the Chantry. She tries to keep her resentment in check because her lover, the King of Ferelden, is devout and her anger upsets him, but she still feels a lot of hostility about the Chantry. She professes to be an atheist.
Iain Hawke did not have a lifetime of oppression to overcome, so he remained a devout Andrastian, despite his belief that the Circle system is unnecessary. After all, he lived his entire life as an apostate and if he is accursed by the Maker, it's taking a while to kick in. He too is still alive. He's currently in Kirkwall, keeping Varric entertained and as far from his lover, Anders, As possible.
Grace Trevelyan grew up in the Ostwick Circle, but she was relatively content there. She's a devout Andrastian. Despite her faith, she holds no resentment toward the Champion of Kirkwall. Yes, Anders and Hawke did contribute to the start of the mage rebellion, but even in Ostwick's relatively placid Circle, she saw all of the reasons why the rebellion was necessary. She regrets the death of the Divine, but Divine Justinia was killed by an ancient darkspawn with delusions of grandeur, not by a disgruntled mage. Plus, her death opened the way for Divine Victoria, formerly Sister Leliana, who turned the Chantry into the bastion of light and hope it was always supposed to be. Besides, if it were not for Iain Hawke and Anders, her marriage to Commander Cullen, a former templar, and the life of freedom she enjoys would have been impossible.
I combine them as the same race/class/moral outlook. They make similar decisions.
My "canon" playthrough (which I save for last) is always personal-freedom and compassion-focused, and tends to be elven mages:
I have a Chantry Moralist playthrough (Templars right through three games, tradition over change), a Robin Hood (anti-authority and pro-freedom), and Monster (quick and evil selfish decisions), and an anti-human elf (which was hard to play as Hawke).
I assumed everyone set up their worlds thisway, with the same kind of decisions through the playthrough. I did not realize people played their Hawkes wildly different from their wardens until I asked around on this board.
I'm playing to repeat my older playthrough, but roleplay little different. Darker tones
1. Female mage, loving Circle, flirting Cullen 
, hating blood magic and apostates (Jowan and Morrigan especially), maybe romance with Alistair. I did it once and it was fun to stab Jowan and Morrigan Jowan for his actions, leading to my Mage leaving Circle tower as Grey Warden and Morrigan, cause she's everything my Mage hates. She's also very religious, Andraste and stuff. But now I want to be more cruel, maybe I'll sacrifice Circle, cause she hates demons too and is afraid that mages are lost.
2. Female mage, afraid of her powers, hating blood magic and demons. Religious. Same here, did it once. I sided with Meredith, because of all those crazy blood mages and because of Anders act (she hated him anyway). Romance with Fenris. It's little harder to roleplay, but still possible. Wish there was an option to join Circle at the end (and Meredith would still be mad and still kill you, even if you're willing to hand yourself to templars).
3. Female mage, loving Circle, hating blood magic and all that rebel ****. Very religious, she'll believe she was saved by Andraste. Support Vivienne for Divine, side with Templars (or Mages as prisoners...?) restor Circles (more freedom for mages, but still watched by templars).
They are generally good women, religious and very kind, they all are flirting with Cullen , but with hatred in their hearts. Fanatics, antagonising apostates and everything outside Chantry and Circle.
My Lydia Amell was a kind and lovely woman who tried to do the right thing and prevent unnecessary deaths unless given no other option. She is the cousin of my Caoimhe Hawke, who is also a Mage that was kind, but had a temper you did not want to mess with and was fiercely loyal to her friends. She saw how hopeless the Circle had become and sided with Meredith and the Templars to end the madness of the remaining Mages, most who were using blood magic.
My Cia Trevelyan who is a Rogue Archer Assassin (and romanced Cullen who talks of Lydia and his infatuation with her years ago as well as his regrets) is mostly annoyed at Anders and Fiona for the mess she spent years cleaning up thanks to them, and looked to Hawke for moral support, and wrote to the HOF so she could be alerted to Corypheus and the danger he posed. Amell replied telling her of her plan to end the Calling alongside her lover Zevran. Cia was a kind woman as the others, but had a very sarcastic sense of humor and loved to tease and flirt until she settled down with Cullen.
Cia respected Loghain just as Lydia did, who was a good friend who lent him the maps they used to siege Adamant, but felt that Hawke dying would only make things worse, and let the aging GW stay to attempt to right the last wrong he would ever have to face in his life. He was proud to take vengeance and died heroically. Hawke returned to Varric and Kirkwall years later with her beloved Fenris.
Some of this is RP based on feelings, but most of the stuff actually happened in the games. Amell is related to Hakwe if Hawke is a Mage, Cullen does talk of Amell and his feelings for her, and Loghain does mention the maps your Warden can gift him in DAO.
So, my question is, do you have your favorite Heroes combo?
I nicknamed my worldstate "The Good, the Snark and the Bully"
hero of ferelden is the real star of the franchise,he is same of the charle sheen in two half men,after have a replace the serie of tv is ruined.
here happen same they créate a star bad(mediocre actor)called hawke and after decide créate other copy clone of the warden but they fail.
hero of ferelden/warden orlesian need back.
I played Amell in Origins, but never really came up with any character for her other than "basically good". Found it hard to get into any character that would willingly fight for the Wardens (really hate them).
Hawke was played as a fundamentally broken women who covered it up with aggression/snark after getting her entire family murdered over the space of 10 years. Massively pro mage because of her sister. Hated Anders, but supported blowing up the Chantry, as she blamed them for her sisters death after she took Bethany to the deep roads with her to avoid the templars. Completely refuses to entertain the idea that maybe that was partly her own fault.
Lavellan is basically the nicest person in Thedas if you talk to her, but also massively racist towards humans (and also city elves). People don't really realise it, because she treats people as individuals first, but will take any steps she thinks will weaken human organisations as a whole. Would have agreed with Solas if his plan didn't involve destroying her people, but instead only involved destroying humans. Highly religious, or at least was until Trespasser. After Trespasser, she has reevaluated a lot of her views, and is trying to look down on humans/city elves less, as she views it as similar to what Solas is doing by judging modern elves as not real people. She's only partially succeeding.
My characters are sometimes terrible people... 
King Aedan Cousland made sure that no other claimants were alive to the throne, including Alistair. Retaining Leliana as his lover, he gradually worked to oust Anora from power as much as possible.
Viscount Hawke did his best to rule Kirkwall and drive out all signs of apostasy in favor of Chantry rule. He also worked to reform his lover, Merrill. After resigning, he helped the Inquisition and is now at the Grey Warden headquarters.
Inquisitor Adaar restored the Chantry to a conservative Divine Victoria (Vivienne), and made sure that the Inquisition took the place of the templars in rooting out all signs of apostate magic. Magic was to be subdued in favor of man, all in the service of man. He now leads the Inquisition against Solas with his lover Cassandra.
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Warden Commander Mahariel slew the archdemon and retired happily with Leliana in the estate which Anora left him. Warden Alistair orchestrated the Grey Warden rebellion.
Garrett Hawke left with Isabella after helping the mages and volunteered to fight the hunger demon in the fade as the Inquisitor escaped.
Inquisitor Trevelyan married Josephine, uniting 2 wealthy noble houses. He sought to reform the Chantry and crowned Cassandra as Divine Victoria. Afterwards he disbanded the Inquisition to fight Solas off the radar.
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Queen Cousland married King Alistair and ruled happily ever after.
Marian Hawke supported Anders all the way through and made sure the mages were free. She is now at the Grey Warden headquarters preparing a fight.
Inquisitor Lavellan loved Solas all the way. So much so that she was willing to submit the Inquisition under Divine Victoria (who was Leliana and super liberal to mages already), in order to avoid confrontation with the rest of Southern Thedas and focus all the resources of the Inquisition to find her one true love and redeem him.
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Paragon Aeducan is the heir to the throne of King Harrowmont and had to this day remained loyal to his lover Morrigan. He is currently in the deep roads trying to find a cure for the taint and eagerly waiting for the day he can meet Kieran and Morrigan, his family.
Arian Hawke is a mage who has found a kindred spirit in Merrill. Both are blood mages and apostates and both have helped the mage cause against the Chantry. However, Hawke voluntereered to stay in the fade so that Warden Loghain and Inquisitor Cadash could continue the fight to save the world.
Inquisitor Cadash was a former Carta rogue who fell in love with the Tal-Vashoth Iron Bull. Afterwards she disbanded the Inquisition as a practical measure to fight against Solas.
My favourite combo is Cousland warrior and rogue Hawke. Cousland is your typical knight in shining armor. Defender of the weak, hero of the people, pretty much the kind of person most people would find too good to be true. While Hawke is more of an everyman. Never takes anything seriously, deflect serious situations with bad jokes and is an all around magnificent bastard.
Wereas for the Inquisitor, I can't decide between mage Trevelyan or mage Lavellan. While with Trevelyan, I like the background of a noble kid that fell in disgrace when found out to be a mage, and how all these heroes are humans of different origins, changing the world in both big and small ways. But on the other hand, a Lavellan that romances Solas has such perfect character arc, one of the dalish, the most unlikely to become Inquisitor, finding out the truth of her people in her journeys, and getting involved with the dread wolf himself. It makes all of it feel as if.... it was meant to be. And have I said I'm a sucker for story heavy romances?
Hero of Ferelden: Female City Elf rogue who mostly wanted to help elves and used her status as a Grey Warden and later Hero of Ferelden to do it. Felt the best way to help elves was to set a good example for humans, and improve human/elf relations since she felt the Dalish restoring the past and getting a new homeland wouldn't work in the long run if humans just tore it down again. Made many "good" decisions (sided with mages, sided with Bhelen to help the casteless, ended the werewolf curse peacefully, saved Redcliffe and spared mother and child), and cut Loghain down for enslaving her people. Also romanced Alistair and kept him with the Wardens.
Hawke: I don't even care. "Default" female warrior Hawke who mostly stayed in Kirkwall and sided with the mages to protect her mage sister Bethany, and romanced Fenris. (Didn't play DA2, and don't have much interest in it beyond that.)
Herald of Andraste: Female Mage Lavellan who mostly wants to help mages and elves, and feels that cooperating with humans is the best way to do it. After all, humans worshiping an elven mage as the Herald of Andraste and moving elves and mages into authoritative positions in Thedas (siding with Fiona and the mages to seal the Breach, giving Briala the strings to the throne, supporting the very progressive Leliana as Divine) works a lot better than antagonizing them. Still strongly believes in the elven people, cultures, and traditions; believes in recovering and learning from the past instead of forgetting or hiding it; and still loves and considers herself part of the Dalish. Romanced Solas, and still loves him and hopes to redeem him even though she knows she has to stop him.
Either way for me, it's rogues all the way down. My favored combo is my Assassin archer Trevelyan and Duelist/Assassin dual-wield Hawke. Hawke is more of the lighthearted scoundrel that doesn't really care to take much seriously, while the Inquisitor is the educated type, preferring to study history, as well as magic despite having no magical talent. Both find common ground in the belief that the Qunari are f***ing nuts.
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