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Dragon Age II Characters: cast and story roles

Identify the principal Dragon Age II characters and their connections.

Edition covered

Original Dragon Age II campaign in Kirkwall, using original PC publisher imagery. Sebastian requires The Exiled Prince DLC; Legacy and Mark of the Assassin are separate adventures.

7 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Characters

Hawke in Dragon Age II
Player protagonist

Hawke

A refugee whose actions shape Kirkwall over several years.

Reference

Anders in Dragon Age II
Mage companion

Anders

A healer with a central connection to the mage conflict.

Reference

Fenris in Dragon Age II
Warrior companion

Fenris

An escaped slave whose experience shapes his views of magic.

Reference

Isabela in Dragon Age II
Rogue companion

Isabela

A pirate captain entangled in Kirkwall’s affairs.

Reference

Quick notes

  • Hawke’s circle has competing loyalties. Aveline’s duties, Isabela’s independence and the mages’ circumstances create different reactions to the same decision.
  • Varric frames the story. Varric’s account gives the campaign its narrative structure.
  • The mage conflict divides companions. Anders, Merrill and Fenris have sharply different relationships with magic and authority.
  • Family and DLC require context. Bethany and Carver depend on Hawke’s class and later choices.

Varric frames the story

Story relationships
ConnectionContextWhy it matters
Hawke and VarricCompanions and narrated subjectVarric provides the campaign frame
Aveline and Kirkwall’s guardsGuard duty and public orderHer personal quests reflect this role
Anders and FenrisContrasting experiences of magicDecisions can provoke very different reactions
Hawke and the surviving siblingFamily altered by class and choicesAvailability changes over the story
References
Guide references
ReferenceWebsite
Dragon Age II publisher listingstore.steampowered.com
Publisher game manualeaassets-a.akamaihd.net