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Dragon Age: Adult Coloring Book - Dragon Age: Inquisition

Illustrations by Pablo Churin, Juan Frigeri, Gabriel Guzman, Fernando Melek, & Facundo Percio

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How would the companions and advisors react if Hawke had become the Inquisitor/Herald?

“Companions react to Hawke as Inquisitor/Herald of Andraste”

Ohhhhh. Oh nooooo. We’ve actually talked about this before as a passing conversation when we played, but it still hurts. Thank you for the ask, anon

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Cullen

-Somewhat weary of the Champion. They are a force to be reckoned with and chaos incarnate, yet they still have this almost normal sense to them. After what happened at Kirkwall, Cullen is a bit concerned on what will happen to their enemies, yet knows they might have a chance at winning.

Josephine

-Honestly excited to work with The Hawke. The stories that were told, the rumors that surrounded them. It’s between wanting to ask what was real and what was not or to try and keep up her professional air.

Leliana

-Also interested in working with Hawke, but for different reasons. Her past service in the Lothering Chantry had allowed her to meet Hawke's family, particularly getting to know the twins. It was only in Kirkwall did she come into contact with Hawke again, and even then it was interesting circumstances both with killing and party going. Leliana feels that, for once, this will bode well.

Vivienne

-A old and noble name from Kirkwall itself? Color her intrigued and impressed. Lady Vivienne has heard their story over and over again, so it would only make sense that she should offer her assistance to such a powerful ally.

Varric

-No. Not again. Hawke had already been through so much. Even with Varric trying to keep their location a secret, Hawke ended up at the wrong place at the wrong time. Why were they being forced to keep giving? No matter what, Varric stays by their side to help and keep their head afloat.

Cole

-Cole has heard the name, but why are people excited for them to be here? Everyone seems happy to have this hawk here even as the shadows follow them. They smile yet they carry such pain. Why was everyone happy for this person when they were tired and wishing for nothing more than to disappear.

Solas

-Rather curious about them, though also keeps his distance more than he would’ve with a normal Inquisitor. Hawke was a known name, whether good or bad, and had also been in dealings with Flemmeth. This was one he had to make sure to keep an eye on.

Cassandra

-Pleased to have Hawke on their side, but also trying to contain this hopeful feeling she has. With the Champion leading the Inquisition, the odds were in their favor. Plus, it also presented the chance to ask what was real and what was a lie that Varric spun.

The Iron Bull

-I mean, a job’s a job, right? Doesn’t matter who it is, as long as him and his boys get paid at the end of the day. Though, he is a bit curious to meet this champion. He’s heard many things about them from being in the Qun and as a spy in general. They must be tough or a mastermind…or stupid.

Dorian

-Oh, he had to meet the Champion. No, not because they were a hero or anything. He wants to fact check Varric. The dragon thing? Somewhat hard to believe. Running through Kirkwall in their underwear with several of their companions? From the other stories told, that just seems normal. Prepare for wine nights.

Sera

-Champion of Kirkballs. Did you think this was gonna go any other way? Sera doesn’t know nor care who the hell Hawke is, just that they’re the big name around Kirkwall and they’re gonna help close the ass crack in the sky. Hop to it, Hawke-a-loogie.

Blackwall

-Blackwall didn’t really know much about them, other than that they were a hero and traveled with a Grey Warden. He’s simply hoping that they won’t know anything about his name nor about his history.

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Dragon Age: Inquisition

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How do you think the Dragon Age Inquisition advisors and companions would react to Child Inquisitor being the child of the Champion of Kirkwall? Also could you make Fenris the child Inquisitor's father?

Cassandra: This is...problematic.

Varric had told her enough of the Champion's husband to know that Fenris will already be desperately hunting for his child, and the Champion...so much of their family is lost, it is unthinkable that Hawke will not be in the same state. Trying to convince them both that the inquisition has not kidnapped their offspring for political reasons will require all the tact she does not have.

And will rely on the very little goodwill she can wring from Varric, who she technically did kidnap for political reasons. She will need to keep Josephine close by at all times.

Solas: For so young a child, the dalen is already a political firestorm waiting to happen. The guilt he carries from having his magic stitched into their very flesh (and the pain this child is feeling from it) was already enough to convince him to stay, but being so close to the power center of both Inquisition and the Champion of Kirkwall is an unexpected boon. He will keep his finger on the pulse of all things anchor related, and keep himself close to the actions that are working to restore Thedas to order.

And by helping this child now, keep himself on the right side of a very angry elf who might be a problem before the Dread Wolf has his power returned.

Varric: Okay so, here’s the most important thing: he should have known.

Logically there is no way that Varric Tethras-Kirkwall’s author in residence and nominally a captive of the Right Hand of the Divine- could have known that the child of his best friend in the entire world had somehow snuck away from home AND traveled halfway across the blessed world AND infiltrated a highly secure theo-political conclave designed to reign in a burgeoning civil war to enact some sort of temporary peace. He has contacts and resources and keeps an ear to the ground, but that doesn’t mean the Merchant’s Guild can tell him everything the minute it happens.

And yet the fact that a child exists in the world who is half Fenris (impulsive and quick to defend what is his) Hawke (and carries the legacy of that family) really does mean that there wasn’t anywhere else they’d end up. It’s not a comfort to Varric when the Seeker and his best friend’s kid crest the hill toward them, but it certainly changes his standing with the Inquisition. So long as the kid is there Varric’s not leaving-- he owes Hawke at least that much and more. One way or another things are going to have to be put to rights.

Blackwall: Once, as another man in another life, his actions had led to the death of four children. Even then, in the height of his arrogance and conceit, Thom Rainier had stood over those small shrouded forms and would have given his own life a hundred times over to spare them. Nothing could have brought them back, of course, and no matter how many times he had knelt before Andraste's statues and begged for Her forgiveness it was not a burden he could lay down himself.

This child, Andraste's herald or not, is not a replacement for Collier's children. Defending their life will not wipe out the debt he owes to that slaughtered family. But as he shoulders his shield and sword in their defense, it just might be a start to that forgiveness.

That will be enough.

Vivienne: Children are not in a Circle mage's destiny, no matter how high her star may climb. The dreams of children with her perfect bone structure and Bastien's eyes will forever be only that. Madame de Fer has come to accept this, has spent her entire life accepting this. If she is softer with the new apprentices newly torn from their families, more patient with the young mages still struggling with a life behind walls, that is no one business but her own.

The Herald of Andraste is a child. No matter their illustrious parentage or the fame carried by those parents, they are too young to be bandied about as some sort of divine tool to rescue the world. The Game has no minimum age, of course, and Vivienne is not naive enough to think that Hawke's offspring will not have to play it in time, but she will be taking special care to to keep both eyes on the child to whom they will ask so much of.

And a sharper eye on those who would use them. Fenris is not the only one who can glow, when needed.

Sera: Little people need looking out for, and not much littler than a sprog. From the first jump their tiny Herald has an ever devoted guardian, one who ensures there is as much fun as serious herald business, and cookies for all.

When the parents do eventually arrive, her general distrust of all things magic and ardent desire to preserve their childhood will endear her to Fenris like none other in the Inquisition. Someone must look out for the little people, and while their methods are not the same each can respect the other.

Dorian: Vishente Kaffas, this is a child. In the light of that discovery a great many of his opinions on Alexius's plans (mostly on how his mentor is simply desperate to save Felix and not thinking clearly) and brutally altered. This man who wants to murder someone hardly old enough to see over the table is not the man he once knew, and there are no excuses he can make that will make it less barbaric.

By the time they are escaped from that terrible Not-Future Dorian has formed a trauma bond with this young person as profound as any he has known, and their safety is now absolutely his priority. Despite his disinclination for their creation Dorian is not opposed to children, and along with others is very content to take over their education in all things both mundane and magical.

Fenris's arrival is still loud and bright and involves quite a few angry comments between former slave and not yet magister, but in the end Dorian's unshirking resolve toward the young Herald will carry the day. When Fenris eventually finds out that his child is set to inherit Dorian's seat in the Magisterium as the heir to the current Pavus heir, that argument will be even louder.

Iron Bull: The Qun is very clear on the care and feeding of children in their charge, and it has never been in his destiny to be a Tamassran. Nor is the Iron Bull ignorant of the identity of the Inquisitors parents. But seeing how small the Herald is, something deep and protective in the mercenary captain surprises even himself.

(His Tama is both surprised and not to get a letter from her former charge, and if her memories of the little boy hold true he will read her meaning in the otherwise clinical advise on the care and keeping of young children.)

Watching the Chargers adopt the little Herald as one of their own has another lasting effect. There is no decision on the Storm Coast, not with this true understanding o family, and in truth Bull was lost to the Qun long before Gatt came south with an unbeatable test.

Cole: "So young, so bright, wanted to come south to find Uncle Varric, never meant to hurt anyone. You just wanted to help, to heal the hurt and make it whole. I want that too!"

The innocent and ardent desire of children to do good, and the boundless compassion that comes with youth, makes the Herald and Cole perfect companions. This friendship is strained by the arrival of Fenris's Anders driven loathing of abominations, but a more patient Hawke might ease the way there.

Josephine: She has younger siblings, and is currently responsible for the fate of House Montiliyet. The care and feeding of one small child is...well, child's play. If only Cassandra would not keep pulling her aside like some talisman against the Champion of Kirkwall.

If it were less entertaining, their ambassador might have informed the Seeker that her letters to Aveline Vallen have already abated much suspicion...

Leliana: There are one or two amongst her agents who have some experience with children, and she assigns them watch over their Herald. Beyond that, the spymaster keeps a distance. A child need not know all the brutal things done to keep the world turning. That is sacrifice enough.

If, every once in a while, the young herald is soothed after a nightmare with Ferelden lullabyes in an Orlesian accent, few are brave enough to share it.

Cullen: Maker's breathe, he'd thought he left Kirkwall behind him. Like Leliana he assigns soldiers who either are parents or who are good with children to keep a weather eye on the child, and adopts Cassandra's strategy of using Josephine as a shield against Champion and/or Lyrium Ghost rage.

Once was enough.

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