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kamikamiya answered your question “what’s the best romance for fem adaar?”

Sera! She has special dialogue for an Adaar Inquisitor

TRU 

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Japhra, 4, 5, and 8

Oh, this got really long, really fast. I hope you like dwarves. And romance. And dwarven romance!

4. What would their romance route look like? Would they be romanceable?

Darn right, Japhra is romanceable. All genders and races are fair game. Once Japhra has been recruited, she’ll return to Haven with the Inquisitor, and there the flirting can begin. In general, Japhra appreciates a sarcastic wit, but if the Inquisitor pays her sincere compliments or flattery, she’ll be somewhat flabbergasted. Eventually, she’ll return the favor and praise them in kind. The actual romancing starts after the Inquisitor and Hawke have returned from the Western Approach. Japhra’s first few scenes are mostly her being suddenly wary that the Inquisitor would look at them as a romantic partner, followed by a brief encounter in which Japhra reveals herself to be asexual.

The next cutscene shows Japhra and the Inquisitor talking about the possibility of a romantic relationship. The Inquisitor can either accept a relationship without sex, or Japhra will call off the relationship on her own, claiming they can just be friends in the meantime. If the Inquisitor does accept a relationship without sex, Japhra will be excited but slightly cautious. The final step of the relationship quest is a puzzle: the Inquisitor must find out how to say “I love you” in the dwarven language.

First, the Inquisitor approaches Varric, who admits that he knows little of the dwarven tongue, much less the words I love you. He advises them to go to the library. When they get to the library, they can’t find the right book, but speaking to people around the library will direct them to the archive beneath the castle. There, a book on the dwarven language can be accessed, inside which lies a puzzle. Solve the puzzle, and the phrase “I love you” will be unlocked.

Upon returning to Japhra, a final cutscene will play in Japhra’s quarters, where the Inquisitor can choose to tell Japhra their true feelings, and thus cement their relationship. 

5. If they romanced someone as Inquisitor, would they still fall for that someone as a companion? How would that play out? How would they react to that person being romanced by the “new” Inquisitor.

I’ve mentioned before that Japhra, as Inquisitor, romances Commander Cullen. If no one romances her as a companion, she eventually does befriend him, but it’s a much slower process, and any possibility of their relationship becoming romantic is left ambiguous. Here’s how it goes down:

During the evacuation from Haven, Japhra catches the first signs of Cullen’s withdrawal symptoms. Shaking hands, irritability, paranoia. She marks this as out of the ordinary, but they’re fleeing through the mountains from a Red Lyrium dragon and a walking, talking darkspawn magister while their leader has vanished under a mountain’s worth of ice and snow. Shaking hands, irritability, and paranoia are expected, under the circumstances. She puts the events out of her mind.

A few weeks later, though, at Skyhold, Japhra notices the same behavior. And again, some time after that. She’s well acquainted with what a Lyrium addiction looks like—her sister was a Lyrium addict, and dwarves are supposed to be resistant to the effects of the crystal. Quietly, and somewhat behind the scenes of the main campaign, Japhra confronts Cullen about his addiction, accurately marking it as a threat to the Inquisition. What she doesn’t expect is… well, Cullen. The man isn’t stupid. He’s taken precautions with Cassandra, and is (quite frankly) one stubborn son of a nug. Japhra realizes that if anyone can beat Lyrium, it’s Cullen. Thus, she decides to quietly support him. It’s one of the hardest things she’s ever done, as both a companion and as Inquisitor. What happened to her sister shaped so much of who Japhra is. Japhra is cautious to the point of coldness, and hates Lyrium, even normal, blue Lyrium, with a passion.

But I digress.

Long story short, Japhra does what she can for Cullen. She watches him, like Cassandra does, and checks on him regularly with special dwarven remedies that can lower the intensity of lyrium headaches. She’s got a good eye for when his symptoms are flaring up, and tries to make sure there’s always someone with him when he’s in danger of seriously hurting himself.

Now, here’s the interesting bit. How would she react to Cullen being romanced by another Inquisitor? For the most part, she grants Cullen his autonomy, and leaves them both alone to do their thing (I will never, ever, in any fic I ever write, ever, let Cullen live down the goofy, besotted smile and the line “… you said that” during the chess game. Ever). But depending on how high her approval is, a Cullen-romanced Inquisitor will have a change in dialogue options with her after the romance is sealed:

Japhra: Inquisitor.

Inquisitor: Japhra. Good to see you.

Japhra: Do you have a moment?

Inquisitor: [Pick one response]

- For you? Of course.- Sure, but make it quick.- Actually, there’s something I’d like to talk about instead. (This option reverts the dialogue back to her usual dialogue tree, and the special dialogue involving Cullen is lost.)

Japhra: You and Cullen. You’re… together now, right? Romantically?

Inquisitor: We are, yes.

Japhra: You know he’s addicted to lyrium. This won’t be easy on either of you.

Inquisitor: [Pick one response]

- I’m aware of the challenges, but I think we can do this.- What do you mean?- How we handle our affairs is none of your business.

Japhra: [High Approval/Neutral Approval] I like Cullen a lot. He’s a good man, and you’re a good [man/woman]. I don’t want to see either of you get hurt any more than you already have been. I just… wanted you to know. Either of you can come to me. For anything. I know how difficult it can be, to love somebody who… well. That’s all.

Inquisitor: Thank you, Japhra. Your support means a lot to the both of us.

Japhra: Yeah? Good. I’m glad. Was there something else you wanted to talk about?

Japhra: [Low Approval, or option 3 chosen]: Look. I like Cullen a lot. He’s a good man, and I don’t want to see him get hurt. Life’s thrown plenty of nug shit at him, and not all of it’s his own making. You’re in this for the long haul. You can’t just back out if it gets too hard.

Inquisitor: I have no intention of “backing out”. I love Cullen.

Japhra: You… do, don’t you? All right, I’ll leave it alone. Was there something else you wanted to talk about?

(Returns to usual dialogue tree)

8. What kind of Inquisitor would drive them to leave the Inquisition/confront them about their actions (what gets their approval low? what does that scene look like)?

Japhra’s approval drops if the Inquisitor is too trusting, specifically if she allies with the mages instead of conscripting them, or if she allows Morrigan to drink from the Well of Sorrows. She believes in second chances, but with appropriate supervision, and her approval increases if you recruit people from the criminal underworld. This being said, she will prefer harsher punishment for more dangerous foes, and for people who betray their own she usually favors death or exile. This includes people like Duchess Florianne and Livius Erimond. Japhra also votes exile to the Wardens for Blackwall, and approves if you choose the “Good Riddance” dialogue option, though she takes back the sentiment in later party banter with Blackwall.

If Japhra’s approval drops too much, it will be reflected in her greetings to the Inquisitor. She won’t become outright hostile, but her greetings will become more formal and terse the lower her approval gets. Eventually, a cutscene will trigger where she is in the process of leaving Skyhold, all packed up and literally halfway through the portcullis. The Inquisitor can either persuade her to stay, or have her leave the Inquisition for good. Depending on the outcome of Japhra’s personal quest, if it was completed, she will give the Inquisitor a hint of where she plans on going: back to the Carta, to fight Corypheus’ influence in the criminal underworld, or to vanish in Jader, the last place she heard from her cousin Lantos. She will only go Jader if the Inquisitor encouraged her to leave the Carta. Her default is to return to the Carta, though she will fight against Corypheus’ influence regardless.

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Japhra, 7,8, and 20

Japhra Cadash is my child. My brave dwarven Inquisitor. I would sings songs about her. I would wear her face on t-shirts. I love her… I love her so much.

*sniffles*

7. Who is your character’s best friend?

If you were to ask Japhra before the explosion of the Divine Conclave, she would have said without hesitation that her best friend was her cousin, Lantos Cadash. They grew up together and trained side-by-side, he a warrior and she a dual-wielding rogue. But when things went wrong at the Conclave, and Japhra emerged with green crystals that looked horrifyingly like lyrium growing out of her palm… distance grew between them, and not just the literal distance as she traveled around Ferelden and Orlais. Sometimes, when big, crazy things happen to you, you change as a person. That’s what happened to Japhra, and that’s what will take Lantos a while to come to terms with. Until he does, their relationship is going to be under some of strain. Eventually, Lantos will decide that enough is enough, and he gets his cute dwarven butt to Skyhold. Once Japhra introduces him to the gorgeous and deadly Scout Lace Harding… yeah, he decides that the Inquisition isn’t totally awful so bad.

8. Who is your character’s worst enemy?

Japhra’s worst enemy is not, as one might have expected, Corypheus. The person she hates, the person she wants dead by her own hands more than anyone else, is the Dasher. And if that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because it’s the name of the dwarf who put a hit out on her during her early days at Haven. The Dasher was a cruel and petty man who only obtained his position in the Carta through intimidation and luck. He kept Japhra, and by extension, Lantos, under his thumb for years. He used them as his own personal assassins and thugs whenever he could. Japhra has done a lot of things she isn’t proud of, and most of them happened while she was trapped working for the Dasher. Had another, more-powerful member of the Carta taken Japhra to spy for them at the Divine Conclave—an opportunity Japhra had barely dared to dream about—she would have ended up in Valammar with the rest of the Dasher’s crew, and would have been killed accordingly when the Inquisitor showed up there some months later.

20. Is your character currently in love? Is there anyone in love with your character?

Japhra is currently trying very hard to not fall in love with a certain blonde-haired, honey-eyed, scarred-lipped ex-templar whose name is not Cullen Stanton Rutherford. Japhra knows unfortunately intimately what a lyrium addiction can do to a person. She’s utterly terrified to commit herself to someone addicted to lyrium, who could very well die whether he chooses to stop taking the crystal or not. However, we can all agree that Cullen is a very unique sort of stubborn…

… and if a certain, Chantry-fed, Ferelden-born Commander is wondering why he wants to wrap a proud ex-Carta spy in the warmest blanket he has and then maybe wrap himself around her to keep her from her nightmares, nevermind his own, well. That’s hardly anyone’s business, isn’t it?

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4, 17, and 21 for the ask meme

4.What season reflects their personality best?Hmmm that’s hard, I’d have to pick Spring though! Bright and cheery (also flowers galore) but also prone to long weeks of just rain shower....seems pretty accurate for Alela.17.Who do you think they’ll get along with best among their companions, if any?Other than Blackwall lmao, Dorian is her closest friend but so are Vivienne and Solas!! She gets along well with everyone to be honest... She loves all her companions like family!!21.What’s your Inquisitor’s opinion on each of the various races, if any?On Elves: Elves are good people, her people, and even those who were not raised with the elvhen pantheon (city elves/etc) are good people. She is very religious and used to shove dalish religion on other elves a lot... (sera disliked her in the beginning lmao) but eventually stopped after seeing it from another point of view. She views them favorably and has a heavy bias.On Dwarves: She respects them for their crafting skills and feels safer when they are around than if she was around a group of humans. Finds their stature to be very cute. (She wont say this out loud in fear of insulting them though.)On Humans: General dislike, and mistrust towards them because of bad prior experiences. Especially human men. (Yet who did she fall in love with....) Very wary of them, and feels uncomfortable around most of them.On Qunari: Their height and size amaze her because she can’t understand how people can be so huge, she’s very curious about them. Their horns remind her of Halla, and other woodland beasts so she likes their appearance and wants to touch them. (She wont....but shes thought about asking Bull before) Some of them make her feel uneasy after Trespasser.

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Shiro Lavellan, C,F, and O

I AM SO LATE ON THIS BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT MY BOY

Co-Habitate :: Do they live with anyone? What’s “need to know” before moving in?

Shiro needs his personal space and privacy so anyone who lived with him would have to understand that. He hates being touched and keeps his home ridiculously cold. There is also Rinaka, his long haired cat that is hideous and spoiled rotten. He loves her to death and anyone who she doesn’t like/doesn’t like her probably isn’t going to last long. 

Fluff :: What hits their soft spot? Does anything them into emotional goo?

GOD. HE LOVES DANCING. He’s super graceful and incredibly good at it, but not the human dances that are stiff and contained and just a series of steps, no he likes the dalish dances. Spinning wildly around the camp fire, and laughing and drunk on summer wine. He hardly ever let’s himself be free like that anymore. 

Offspring :: What kind of parent would they be? Would they prefer one, or multiple?

He is awful with children, he always snaps at them and makes them cry. He has too little patience, so i doubt he would have a child anyways. He does have an apprentice, Dinlaselan (Din for short) an ex-slave from Tevinter specifically Seheron, who he ended up more or less adopting when she killed her owner. He’s kindof overbearing and controlling with her (think Tenzin and Korra from the Legend of Korra) but he’s kindof like that with everyone he cares about. 

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