Every Main Character’s Age, Height, And Birthday

Dragon Age has always been a series of grand proportions with dozens of unique characters to fall in love with. Dragon Age: Inquisition, the most recent installment in the series, is the largest yet. There are more companions, advisors, allies, and a castle full of side characters to chat with.

The only downside of this wonderfully built world is that it can be hard to keep track of everyone. Every player has their favourites, but every character is someone’s favourite. By the end of the game, many of the companions have gone their separate ways, so it’s more important than ever to keep in touch. Here’s a brief reminder of their details and stories while the fans are waiting for Dragon Age: 4.

Updated January 6, 2025 by Tom Hopkins: Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now out, and many of the characters have made their returns for the fourth mainline game. If you’re returning to the previous game, you may want to see how the cast have changed over the years.

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The Inquisitor

The player character in Inquisition is a purposefully blank slate for the gamer to design as they choose. More character customization options appear than ever before with beards for female Dwarves, racially specific tattoos, and an entirely new playable race – the Qunari.

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Corypheus, The Elder One

Corypheus is the primary antagonist of Inquisition. Over the course of the game, fans discovered that he was part of an old chantry story explaining the creation of Darkspawn. The story goes that thousands of years ago, several of the most powerful Tevinter mages known as magisters entered the Fade and reached the seat of the Maker.

The chantry claims that attempting to find the Golden City was a sin of pride, which turned it into the Black City and sent the magisters back into the world as the mangled first Darkspawn. Corypheus, on the other hand, claims that, upon reaching the Golden City, the magisters found its throne empty. Until now, Corypheus had been trapped in a Grey Warden prison – but, newly freed, he’s looking to restore Tevinter to its former glory.

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Cullen Rutherford, The Former Templar

Cullen Rutherford is one of the few characters to appear in all three Dragon Age games. In Dragon Age: Origins, the Hero meets him in Ferelden’s Circle of Magi where he was serving as a templar. In DAII, Cullen has been promoted to Knight-Captain and transferred to Kirkwall. There, he ultimately helped take down Meredith who had gone mad with power.

In Inquisition, fans learned that Cassandra recruited Cullen into the Inquisition just following the Kirkwall Rebellion where he serves as the military leader of the organization and tactical advisor to the Inquisitor.

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Josephine Montilyet, The Diplomat

Josephine Montilyet is an Antivan noblewoman turned diplomat. Her charm, grace, and careful deal-making (learned from her teenage exploits as a Bard) earned Josephine an excellent reputation as the chief ambassador from Antiva to Orlais.

Thus, she is familiar with Orlesian politics and fully in love with its culture.

Her family was once a naval powerhouse in Antiva, but bad luck and Rivaini pirates ultimately forced them into exile and crippled their fortune. Now, Josephine serves as an ambassador and diplomatic advisor to the Inquisitor.

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Leliana, The Spymaster

Leliana was a fan favourite from Origins, and outrage over her minuscule role in DAII earned her a prominent place in Inquisition.

A former Bard turned Chantry sister who was promoted to Left Hand of the Divine, Leliana has a rich and complicated backstory that gives her improvisation skills and a long list of connections.

She is the perfect spymaster and advisor to the Inquisitor. Leliana is also one of the three women which the player can make the next Divine or head of the Chantry.

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Morrigan, The Apostate

Morrigan is one of the strongest mages in Dragon Age and definitely the coyest. As a young woman, she was plucked from her family by Flemeth, a Witch of the Wilds. Morrigan joined the Hero’s mission in Origins reluctantly after Flemeth raised her as a hedge mage with unique magical abilities and shapeshifting expertise.

Morrigan eventually left Flemeth for good and went on to join the royal court in Orlais as Empress Celene’s magical advisor. This is where she meets the Inquisitor for the first time and she joins them when they depart the Winter Palace having been assigned as the Inquisition’s liaison.

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Blackwall, The Grey Warden

Blackwall began life as Thom Rainier, a man from the Free Marches. He was a skilled warrior at a young age, winning the Grand Tourney in his youth with the help of an Orlesian Chevalier. The Chevalier offered to mentor Thom after he’d won, but Thom refused. He squandered his winnings and was forced to take up mercenary work and then join the Orlesian Imperial Army.

Thom and his squadron of men got caught up in Court politics and ended up killing innocent civilians. For this, Thom would have been executed – if not for the Grey Warden Blackwall who recruited Thom into the order. But when Blackwall died and Thom had no proof that he’d been recruited, he feared the Grey Wardens would assume he’d murdered Blackwall. So, he took Blackwall’s identity and began wandering the country – trying to honour his memory – when he is met by the Inquisition’s party.

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Cassandra Pentaghast, The Seeker

Cassandra Pentaghast doesn’t look or act like it, but she’s got royal blood. The Pentaghast family is part of the Nevarran royal lineage. When her parents were executed for taking the wrong side of an attempt to overthrow the Nevarran king, Cassandra and her brother were left in the care of an uncle.

To cope, the siblings took up swordplay and dreams of dragon-fighting. After her brother’s death, her uncle sent Cassandra away to become a Seeker. It was there that her reputation led her to become the Right Hand of the Divine, and found the Inquisition with Leliana.

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Vivienne, The Court Mage

Vivienne was never one to play by the rules. Shown to be an extraordinary mage and witty player of the Game from a young age, she thrived in the Orlesian court. Despite a scandal or two, Empress Celene chose Vivienne as the “court enchanter” when she took the throne.

The role, up until that time, was essentially a court jester, but Vivienne turned it into an advisory position to the Empress despite the fact that mages are not supposed to hold political power. Her long experience at court also made her a fashion icon and hostess of wonderful parties. When the Inquisition rises to power, she reaches out to them herself.

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Cole, The Compassion Spirit

The original Cole was a human apostate mage that befriended a spirit of compassion when he was around 12 years old. Unfortunately, Cole’s father learned of his magical abilities and attempted to kill the child, but Cole killed him first. He was arrested by templars and tossed into a dungeon to be sadly and utterly forgotten. Young Cole ultimately starved to death.

The spirit of compassion, unable to help him, instead became Cole. This is the entity that the player meets in Inquisition – one with the memories and personality of the original Cole, but the soul of a Fade creature. Neither human nor spirit.

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Iron Bull, The Qunari Spy

As the first Qunari companion since Sten (who was written before the race was properly fleshed out), Iron Bull’s character fills in a lot of gaps about Qunari that the fans have had since Dragon Age II. He was born into the Qun where children are taken away from their family, raised communally, and assigned an appropriate job when they reach adulthood.

Though Bull was strong, he was assessed to be too disobedient to be a good soldier. Thus, he was inducted as a Ben-Hassrath – a branch of the Qunari priesthood dedicated to protecting the faith. He worked as a spy, smuggler, and in other jobs until he was reassigned to go undercover in Orlais. This is where he founded his own mercenary company: The Bull’s Chargers. When the Inquisition rises to power, The Iron Bull is ordered to reach out and offer his help in exchange for information.

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Dorian Pavus, The Tevinter Mage

Dorian is a Tevinter mage with buckets of wit, charm, and magical aptitude. However, he brought disgrace to his family by openly denouncing Tevinter’s slavery, magical hierarchy, and other perceived flaws. As a young man, Dorian’s father tried to “correct” Dorian’s homosexuality by using blood magic in the name of perpetuating the magical bloodline of House Pavus.

Dorian earned love from many fans as a representation of LGBTQ+ family struggles, conversion therapy, and dealing with trauma through humour. With this in mind, and since Dragon Age: 4 will be set in Tevinter, fans hope that Dorian returns and that his friend and fellow LGBTQ+ community member Maevaris Tilani also makes an appearance.

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Sera, The Red Jenny

Sera is a young Elven woman who detests most other Elves. Denouncing them as too “Elfy,” she hates talking about a shared Elven experience, Elven history, or the disadvantages that Elves face in modern Thedas. As an orphaned child, she was adopted by a human woman in Ferelden who psychologically abused her.

After her adopted mother died, Sera rejected any inheritance and instead joined the “Friends of Red Jenny”, a web of interconnected lower class people who assassinate, steal from, and generally pester their wealthy abusers — often giving profits back to the poor. This web of friends makes Sera a valuable addition to the Inquisitor’s party.

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Solas, The Dread Wolf

Solas is an Elven apostate mage who claims to have spent his life travelling Thedas and making friends with spirits of the Fade. Unlike Sera, he is unabashedly Elven, but he shares Sera’s disdain for modern Elves as he considers them to be blindly worshipping what scraps of their culture they have left.

Though he claims to have joined the Inquisition after witnessing the creation of the Breach, players discover by the end of the game that he is actually an Elven historical figure known as Fen’harel, the trickster God or “Dread Wolf.” Players expect to chase him down and pull more answers about his plans from him in Dragon Age: 4… if they can forgive his hat from the Winter Palace.

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Varic Tethras, The Bard/Merchant

Varric Tethras was a companion of Hawke’s in Dragon Age 2 who appears in Inquisition because Cassandra, who is looking for a candidate to be Inquisitor, has been questioning him about Hawke’s location. He remains to join the fight upon seeing the destruction at the Temple of Sacred Ashes.

Prior to and during DAII, Varric is a writer of popular serial novels and acts as a spymaster, maintaining a network of contacts and trading with the Dwarven Merchants Guild.

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Lace Harding, The Lead Scout

Lace Harding is a Lieutenant and the Inquisition’s Lead Scout. Each time that you enter a new region, you’re briefed on what’s going on nearby by Harding. She grew up as a rambunctious and active child, despite her mother’s hopes for her.

Joining the Inquisition happened by chance. She offered to help with herding a neighbour’s sheep, which allowed her to explore the Hinterlands. When the Inquisition arrived, then, she offered to guide their forces through the area. Officer Charter saw her potential and recruited her! Once a member of the Inquisition, Harding rose through the ranks quickly.

Interestingly, Harding plays an even more significant role in The Veilguard.

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Dagna, The Arcanist And Artificer

Dagna first appears in a small side-quest in Origins. The Dwarven race has been exposed to raw lyrium for so long that all Dwarves – Dagna included – can’t perform magic or even dream. She begged the Hero to help her reach the Circle of Magi so she could study and learn about what she couldn’t do. She reappears in Inquisition as a full-fledged Arcanist.

The Dragon Age series has been more and more invested in the nuanced politics of a world full of magic which is increasingly questioned for its discrimination against Elves and mages. But this all leaves very little room to tell fans what they don’t already know about the Dwarves. Dagna’s research helps elaborate a little on these details in Inquisition.

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Flemeth, Actually Mythal

Flemeth is thought during Origins to be a simple Witch of the Wilds, if also being one who has been prolonged her life by taking over the bodies of her daughters. Though the player can choose to kill Flemeth in Origins, DAII reveals that she managed to escape and alludes to something the player can’t understand going on behind the scenes.

In Inquisition, fans learned that Flemeth is actually a woman possessed by the spirit of Mythal, an ancient Elven goddess. Before the player can process this information, Flemeth is seemingly killed off by Fen’harel.

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Mother Giselle, The Chantry Sister

Mother Giselle is a Revered Mother of the Chantry who was close with Divine Justinia V. She was the head of her Chantry during the fifth blight and earned renown for her work with the Fereldan refugees. Giselle opened the food stores to the community in the belief that their faith would sustain them, but this displeased the Chantry heads in Val Royeaux. When they sent Giselle food, she was told to distribute it first to the clerics then to Orlesian peasants then to the Fereldan refugees and, lastly, to the Elves in the alienage. Giselle famously refused these instructions.

In Inquisition, Mother Giselle helps Cassandra, Leliana, and the Inquisitor by rallying clerics for the cause, treating refugees in Haven, and otherwise acting in her religious duties based out of Skyhold.