50 Fun Facts About Dragon Age: Inquisition

Which She's All That actor voices the horned mercenary the Iron Bull in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Freddie Prinze Jr. was already a BioWare regular, having voiced Lieutenant James Vega in Mass Effect 3. The Iron Bull's mercenary band, the Chargers, doubles as his cover for spying.

Which early zone of Dragon Age: Inquisition did a Kotaku critic urge players to leave as soon as possible?

The Hinterlands holds so much optional filler that Kotaku's Patricia Hernandez told players to move on, complaining that the game had an overabundance of fluff.

From which country did Electronic Arts withhold Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014, citing local content laws?

India never got the game: EA pulled the launch there to avoid falling foul of local content laws, even as it went on sale across North America and Europe that November.

Which Dragon Age: Inquisition companion is unmasked after the credits as Fen'Harel, the elven Dread Wolf?

Solas spends the game posing as a wandering apostate, yet the orb that tore open the sky was his: he let the villain have it so that it could be unlocked for him.

What name does Varric Tethras give his beloved repeating crossbow in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Bianca is the one tale the talkative Varric refuses to tell. The crossbow shares its name with Bianca Davri, the old flame who turns up in person during Inquisition.

Which Star Trek: Voyager cast member voices Flemeth, the Witch of the Wilds, in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Kate Mulgrew, Voyager's Captain Janeway, has voiced Flemeth in every game she appears in, and called acting with no cameras, costumes or makeup a liberating experience.

What name is given to the demon-spewing tear in the sky in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

The Breach opens when an explosion destroys a peace conference between warring mages and Templars. The lone survivor walks out with a glowing mark that can seal the smaller rifts.

Which 2011 fantasy role-playing hit did BioWare study closely while planning Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Skyrim was on BioWare's mind after Dragon Age II was criticised for reusing environments, though Inquisition settled on several hub zones instead of one giant map.

Which race could players choose for their hero for the first time in the series in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Qunari joined humans, elves and dwarves as a playable race. Extra races were part of the bargain when BioWare asked its publisher to delay the game by a year.

Which moustachioed Dragon Age: Inquisition companion was BioWare's first fully gay male party member?

Dorian can only be romanced by a male Inquisitor, which is what his writer meant by fully gay: the Dragon Age series' earlier same-sex romances were open to heroes of either gender.

What title do the faithful give Dragon Age: Inquisition's hero once they start sealing rifts?

Herald of Andraste sticks because witnesses saw a woman usher the lone survivor out of the Fade and took her for the prophet herself. The title of Inquisitor only comes later.

Which village is Dragon Age: Inquisition's first base, until the hero buries it under an avalanche?

Haven is lost when the Inquisitor realigns a trebuchet to bury the village and the army attacking it, then escapes through a small cavern as the snow comes down.

What does Corypheus call the mark on the Inquisitor's hand, which he hopes to use to enter the Fade?

The Anchor came from Corypheus's own ritual: the hero stumbled into it and touched his orb. He wants the mark back so he can walk into the Fade and become a god.

Which substance turns the Templars who serve Corypheus to crystal in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Red lyrium makes a Templar far stronger than the ordinary kind does, at a terrible cost: the senior ranks deform, lose their minds and slowly turn to crystal.

Which empress is the target of an assassination plot at Dragon Age: Inquisition's Winter Palace ball?

Celene is marked for death by her own cousin, Grand Duchess Florianne, who organised the peace talks at the ball while secretly serving Corypheus.

In an elven temple in Dragon Age: Inquisition, the Inquisitor may drink from which store of ancient knowledge?

The Well of Sorrows holds the wisdom of generations of an elven goddess's servants, but whoever drinks is bound to her will, so the choice of drinker matters.

In Dragon Age: Inquisition, the witch Flemeth reveals that she carries the spirit of which elven goddess?

Mythal lives on inside Flemeth, who has apparently spent centuries working to win the goddess the justice she was denied.

Hawke, who helps the Inquisitor investigate the Grey Wardens, was Dragon Age II's Champion of which city?

Kirkwall was the one city-state where almost all of Dragon Age II took place. In Inquisition, players can rebuild their own Hawke in the character creator.

Siding with the rebel mages in Dragon Age: Inquisition leads to which town, held by a time-bending magister?

Redcliffe and its castle have fallen to Magister Alexius, whose amulet opens a rift that throws the Inquisitor a full year into the future.

Which cult of Tevinter supremacists serves Corypheus, calling him the Elder One, in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

The Venatori organise around helping their master attain divinity. They are his one human faction with no innate supernatural abilities, leaning on spellcasters and blood magic instead.

Which Dragon Age: Inquisition companion poses as a Grey Warden but is really ex-captain Thom Rainier?

Blackwall was a real Warden who died after recruiting Rainier. The captain took his name to do good in his memory, until a public confession at the gallows ended the act.

Which former Templar, first seen as a minor character in Dragon Age: Origins, commands the Inquisition's army?

Cullen was promoted from bit part to military commander largely because fans had taken to him. He is also a romance option for a female human or elven Inquisitor.

Which member of the Inquisition is known at the Orlesian court as Madame de Fer, the Lady of Iron?

Vivienne earned the nickname through her reputation as a fearsome and uncompromising woman. She joins the Inquisition while serving as official enchanter to the imperial court.

Cole, first seen in the novel Dragon Age: Asunder, is revealed in Inquisition to be a spirit of which virtue?

Compassion was drawn to the real Cole, a young apostate left to starve in a templar dungeon. Unable to save him, the spirit took on his shape instead of possessing anyone.

Sera, an elven thief in Dragon Age: Inquisition, belongs to which secret society that undermines the nobility?

Friends of Red Jenny are subversive vigilantes who use espionage and social banditry against abusive nobles. If Sera stays in the party, she offers the Inquisitor membership in Trespasser.

Cassandra Pentaghast, Varric's interrogator in Dragon Age II, belongs to which order that oversees the Templars?

Seekers of Truth are responsible for leading and supervising the Templar Order. Cassandra's early years in the order were told in the anime film Dawn of the Seeker.

Josephine Montilyet, ambassador in Dragon Age: Inquisition, is heir to a noble family from which nation?

Antiva once posted Josephine to the Orlesian court as its official diplomat, before her old friend Leliana recruited her. She is seldom seen without her ornate ledger and quill.

Which romance serial by Varric Tethras is Cassandra Pentaghast revealed to adore in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Swords & Shields sells so badly, by Varric's own account, that its latest issue barely covered the cost of publishing. Cassandra's quest has the Inquisitor fetch her the next one.

In Dragon Age: Inquisition, a human Inquisitor belongs to which noble family from Ostwick in the Free Marches?

Trevelyan is the human hero's surname, as Lavellan, Cadash and Adaar are for elves, dwarves and the horned race. The family has close ties to the Templar Order.

Which witch from Dragon Age: Origins returns in Inquisition as arcane advisor to the Orlesian empress?

Morrigan joins the Inquisition as an imperial liaison after the Winter Palace ball and guides it to an ancient elven temple. She also narrates the game's epilogue.

Skyhold, the Inquisition's fortress headquarters in Dragon Age: Inquisition, stands in which mountain range?

The Frostback Mountains mark the border between Ferelden and Orlais. Early Fereldans levelled a peak the ancient elves had long visited to lay the foundations of the fortress.

At which Skyhold feature in Dragon Age: Inquisition does the Inquisitor send agents on timed operations?

The war table lets each of the three advisors offer a different way to handle an operation, changing its reward and how long it takes. It is also where new regions are unlocked.

Which Chantry cleric starts the hymn The Dawn Will Come after the Inquisition loses its first base?

Mother Giselle sings it to comfort the Inquisitor after the retreat, and the rest of the Inquisition joins in. Syfy's Lisa Granshaw called the scene one of the series' more unforgettable moments.

In the Fade in Dragon Age: Inquisition, a spirit guide takes the likeness of which dead head of the Chantry?

Divine Justinia V died at the Conclave, and the figure wearing her face helps the Inquisitor recover stolen memories of that day. Whether it is truly her or a spirit is left unclear.

The siege of which Grey Warden fortress leaves Dragon Age: Inquisition's hero physically trapped in the Fade?

Adamant was built on the edge of the Abyssal Rift, where Wardens beat back darkspawn during the Second Blight and once housed more than a thousand men and griffons.

In Dragon Age lore, which place is the one constant feature of the Fade, always visible on the horizon?

The Black City was originally the Golden City, seat of the Maker, according to the Chant of Light, which promises it will be restored once the Chant has spread to every corner of the world.

Which Dragon Age: Inquisition resource, earned by sealing rifts and claiming camps, unlocks new areas?

Power is what moves the story forward and opens new regions, while its twin, Influence, buys permanent perks for the Inquisition.

Dragon Age: Inquisition's menus portray each companion on which kind of card, redrawn as the story unfolds?

Tarot cards stand in for portraits throughout the menus, and each one changes with how the player deals with that character, a touch Eurogamer's reviewer singled out for praise.

In which part of Skyhold do players craft and modify weapons and armour in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

The Undercroft doubles as Skyhold's design studio: it is also where the Inquisitor swaps the fortress's banners, drapes, windows and thrones.

Which game engine, built by DICE for its Battlefield shooters, was used to make Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Frostbite was designed for first-person shooters and lacked systems for stats, saved games, conversations and cutscenes, so BioWare had to rework the engine extensively.

Which composer of the TV series The Tudors and Vikings scored Dragon Age: Inquisition, replacing Inon Zur?

Trevor Morris was a deliberate change of voice: the game's audio directors wanted a new emotional flavour for the series after two games scored by Zur.

Which ceremony, first held in Las Vegas in December 2014, crowned Dragon Age: Inquisition its overall winner?

The Game Awards replaced the Spike Video Game Awards, discontinued after 2013, and Inquisition took Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's very first ceremony.

Which 2024 sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition was originally announced under the title Dreadwolf?

The Veilguard got its final name in June 2024, months before release. BioWare said the Dread Wolf was still part of the game but the new title better reflected its focus.

The Descent, a DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition, sends the Inquisitor underground to which region shaken by earthquakes?

The Deep Roads were built by the dwarven civilisations of old. In The Descent, made by BioWare's Austin studio, a dwarven scholar blames the quakes on mythical beings called Titans.

What does the Inquisitor lose at the end of Trespasser, a story DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition?

An arm is the price of survival: two years on, the magic that once sealed rifts is killing its bearer, so the limb that carries it has to be cut away.

Jaws of Hakkon, the first story DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition, is set among which barbarian tribes?

The Avvar of Stone-Bear Hold befriend the Inquisition, while a hostile faction lends the DLC its name. The trail leads to the last Inquisitor, who vanished about 800 years earlier.

Before making Dragon Age: Inquisition, BioWare weighed a new series or reviving which older game?

Jade Empire lost out because the team felt Dragon Age had more pull with players, while a brand-new property looked too large an undertaking.

Which online Dragon Age tool lets players set the outcomes of earlier games and import them into Inquisition?

The Keep is a cloud-based story creator: players lay out the major plots of the first two games and carry that world state into Inquisition without replaying them.

Which surface dwarf is the Inquisition's lead scout, with the rank of lieutenant, in Dragon Age: Inquisition?

Harding was named Lace by a mother hoping for a pretty, delicate daughter, and proved a strong, active child instead. She first joined the Inquisition as a volunteer guide.

Which lead writer of Dragon Age: Inquisition created the series' setting and left BioWare in 2016 after 17 years?

David Gaider had been lead writer since Dragon Age: Origins. After leaving he joined another Edmonton studio, Beamdog, as its creative director.