It's as the title says, I've decided to do my very last play through of Inquisition. It's been a fun year, and I've sunk probably several hundred hours into trying out each and every class and race combination (for at least 20 - 30 hours each anyway), but it's time to put this game away. Inquisition has eaten up far too much time as it is, and given how incredibly busy next year will be for me, I won't have much time for games. With all of that said, I finally got around to getting the last achievement from Trespasser, so I'm back at 100% trophy wise (stupid trial of the hermit, farming great bears is annoying..), and I can now just enjoy one final run without that hanging over my metaphorical head.
SO without further ado, I present to you good people my options for this final time. They are as follows:
(Also I've put pictures of them in the spoilers to make the post less gigantic.)
First up is Mara, a badass Qunari mage who cares for nothing but herself and her own power. Though she may grow to have a soft spot for a certain Antivan ambassador, we'll have to wait and see on that one.. 
She will certainly be seduced by the allure of necromancy though due to the power it offers, especially with all of the new upgrades from Trespasser and the ability to manually detonate masterwork bombs.
Second we have Hannah, a spunky, sarcastic little rogue who has a big heart, but who had to lock it away in order to survive life in the Carta. She has a talent for picking locks, and has always liked to tinker with anything mechanical that she can get her hands on, so naturally she'll be drawn towards the path of the Artificer when the times comes for her to choose her destiny, and role on the battlefield. As for romance, she likes to flirt a LOT, and it's gotten her in trouble from time to time, but she's never really met anybody who's peaked her interest enough that she cared to pursue it beyond that. But who knows, maybe somebody in the Inquisition will finally be spirited enough to catch her eye.. perhaps a certain elf girl. 
And last, but certainly not least, we have Artemis, an elven archer who could hit a bird in flight between the eyes at a hundred yards. She tries hard to stick to the old ways, and she loves both her clan and her culture dearly, but she has a burning fascination with metal and machines. She likes to tinker as much as Hannah does, which is why she too will undoubtedly fancy the skill set of an artificer. When it comes to love, she acts tough, but she's a sucker for romance and secretly yearns to be swept off her feet (her and Cassandra will get along swimmingly). So, naturally, it will be a charming ex-Templar who will make her dreams come true. (There's no maybes with this one, I'm already 20 hours into her play through and committed to a relationship with Cullen, soooo that's the route this one would take. lol)
Warning: The first spoiler tab only has one picture so people can see what she looks like without killing their phone, or computer if it's slow. The second one has quite a few though because I love my little red headed freckly elf so much already and I have a ton of screenshots, even after only 20 hours. I'm only uploading my favourites, and I haven't made it very far past entering Skyhold on this file yet so it's not too bad, but I still figured it was worth mentioning lest anyone accidentally blow up their internet. lol
ANYWAY, now that we've covered the personalities and looks of the characters I'm trying to choose from, let me explain a little bit about why I've narrowed down my choice for what is likely to be my "last" play through to these three options in particular.
1. Qunari-Necromancer: Out of all of my previous characters, necromancer was the class I enjoyed the actual play style of the most. I soloed my first nightmare run on it prior to Trespasser coming out and had a blast, so obviously with the new changes and options that were made available thanks to the last DLC (and the change to the WB masterwork), I would like to revisit the class one more time before I put the game away. As for why I want to play a Qunari necro in particular, I just like the experience of playing as a Qunari, and I've never actually done a full play through as a Qunari mage, so that would be a first too, and the increased power from the Vitaar would be a nice little bonus.
2. Dwarven-Artificer: I've never done a full artificer play through before. I've kept meaning to, and it looks super fun in the later game, especially now. As for why I'd like to play as a dwarven artificer.. come on man, this should be self explanatory. Dwarven smiths are renowned for their skill and finesse in the DA universe, so lore wise this makes the most sense to me by far. Other than that though, I honestly don't have much inclination to play a dwarf since I reeeeally dislike the height difference, a dislike which is only amplified by all of the issues that it causes for cut scenes etc in the game. The "twee" romance with Sera would be a nice bonus though, I have yet to see that during my time playing the game.
3. Elven-Artificer: I mean... I like playing as an elf, and I've wanted to make a red-headed elf with lots of freckles as my canon Quisi ever since the game came out. BUT after seeing Harding.. I just couldn't bring myself to do it for a long time. I wanted to be the only cute red head (with freckles) in the main cast darn it! BUT I finally said screw it and bit the bullet on that one, aaaaand as you can probably tell by the gazillion pictures I've already taken of her, I am absolutely in love with her. With all of that said.. the idea of an elven artificer/tinkerer just seems so.. gah, it's hard. I mean it would be one thing if she were a city elf, but a forest/dalish one? It's difficult to wrap my head around, at least for my canon play through. Then again.. CullenXLavellan romance. CullenXCuteRedHeadWithFrecklesLavellan romance.. I think that's self explanatory.
And no I am not remaking any of these characters to form new combinations. I've already done an elven necromancer. She romanced Solas. It was aggravating. >:l
Whew... thus concludes my wall of text. I've had all of these files sitting, waiting, and ready to go for months, and I just haven't had the time to get around to them. So as I said before, after realizing that I'd have even *less* time in the new year, I finally decided to commit to at least one of them before I put DA:I back on the shelf with my other adored games that I probably spent a bit too much time playing. Since each one has their pros and cons though, I figured I'd turn to the forums for help deciding. (Full disclosure, I'll probably decide to finish up with my latest Lavellan, but I'm still interested to hear what you guys think, especially if you've played either of the other two race/class combinations before and enjoyed them enough that you'd recommend them.)
Oh, and whichever one I do will be a solo run on nightmare with all trials enabled. (Except for while I'm trying to make Dorian and IB hook up.) Fun times. \o/
If you've made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you're considering replying, thanks even more!. And if anybody wants sliders for any of these characters just let me know, I'd be happy to share them. I'd especially be happy to share the ones for Mara, since she's scary and probably won't let me rest until *someone* makes her dream of being in charge of an army come true. That woman is just too much of a badass *not* to get her own full play through. ;-;
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It might not be as wild as some of the others, but it has its own tender charm, and I think that it would compliment Mara's generally cold and hard personality nicely. "She's tough as nails and meaner than sin if you get on her bad side, but she just can't keep her walls up around sweet, innocent little Josie." Eeee I love it. haha 
(Plus I can TOTALLY imagine Mara showing up and laying the smack down on any noble jerk who tried to take her away. ;P)
As for cutscenes, you do look more imposing, although it is hilarious in that respect - really command the room. Rare cases your head can be far up in camera angles but I was never really put off. 
