Consequently, we’ve been conditioned to expect a different hero when a new game is released because that’s become the convention of the series. These unique characters have taken us down the twisted roads of Ferelden, and beyond. Since the birth of the Dragon Age series, we’ve been given three different heroes with each game. I’d be lying if I claimed that hearing this didn’t pique my curiosity, but it also caused alarm bells to sound as well.

It’s fair to say that our beginning will be more akin to how Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II start out: our hero will be plucked from their life and thrown in at the deep end.

We aren’t chosen by fate, we’re not magical, we’re just a nobody that happens to be in the right (or wrong) place at the right time. Yet when the teaser trailer for Dragon Age 4 dropped, our beloved Varric informed us that we’re going to be playing as someone different. When the BioWare’s Trespasser DLC ended, the Inquisitor was a hand down, forced to make the choice whether to follow Solas as a friend or as an enemy.

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