The Rivaini, though possessing a currency-based economy as other nations do, place no real value on the accumulation of individual wealth and instead promote the idea of community welfare. As such, communities work together to support each other, sending supplies to other communities when needed.
Because Dragon Age only barely lets you choose between one companion or another (aka if you choose a mage Hawke then Bethany dies / if you choose a rogue/warrior Hawke then Carver dies), Iโve thought about an instance where your choice will result in Marisolโs death.
This came up from stuff in Mass Effect and how when a character dies, they stay deadย (I love you, Leliana, but what the fuck). The best example I can imagine is Anders, but in Inquisition, his death isnโt really that significant (all that changes is some Hawke/Varric dialogue and a War Table mission if Sebastian was recruited in DA2). In Mass Effect, when someone you choose dies after a crucial story mission, they stay dead for the rest of the game โ and they stay dead throughout the next games, with your companions from the first game occasionally mentioning them.ย
Headcanon / exposition under the cut!
Enough rambling, about that, my whole exposition about this is Marisol has a chance of dying throughout Inquisition. If you flirt with her in Haven, you can initiate a faux romance before Skyhold. I call it a faux romance because from Marisolโs view, there are no strings attached to what theyโre doing. Over time, however, Marisol will start to catch some feelings and she will become very uncomfortable. This isnโt what she signed up for, and not only is she catching feelings, sheโs at risk of her status as a mage being revealed and if the Inquisitor sided with the templars, then that fear is doubled, maybe even tripled.ย
At one point, there will be a scene where Marisol will be scene trying to pack all of her things into a bag. Of course, the Inquisitor will find her doing this and question her, to which she says sheโs leaving. Her excuse?ย โYou canโt keep a siren out of the water forever.โ And essentially, the whole conversation boils down to a major choice: let Marisol leave, or persuade her to stay.
And if persuaded to stay, she does. The fallout of that? The faux romance continues, albeit she slowly grows more uncomfortable. And during In Your Heart Shall Burn, regardless if you have Marisol in the party or not, she will become a casualty. When the Inquisitor is isolated with Corypheus, her death will come from a wound she hadnโt taken notice of because of the adrenaline coursing through her system. If she isnโt part of the party, her death comes as a sacrificeโ giving up her life to help other people, which is a very un-Marisol thing to do. Guess you could say the Inquisitor was rubbing off on her.
If the Inquisitor lets her go, it hurts. On both ends. Sheโs on her way towards the closest coast: Jader. However, the farther away she gets, the more the pain increases. The pain of being away from someone she doesnโt want to admit she cares about. Itโs only when sheโs on a ship, sailing away from shore, that she makes a life-changing choice. Marisol takes the plunge, literally, and jumps overboard to swim back to the docks and go back to Haven. She marches back to the village, expecting to see everything the same as before, perhaps even better, considering the breach is gone!
However, when she returns, she finds Haven to be completely buried in snow via avalanche and she is heartbroken.ย
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