In the upcoming “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” players will meet some familiar characters. However, they will have to do without the protagonist from the second game.
Earlier this month, the developers at BioWare revealed some of the characters that players can meet as Rook in “Dragon Age: The Veilguard.” The fact that they are once again working with Solas from the 2014 predecessor “Dragon Age: Inquisition” was already known.
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However, the role-playing game, which will be released in autumn 2024, also features other familiar faces. However, the developers also stated that a certain character will not appear in the next part of the popular fantasy series: the protagonist from “Dragon Age 2”Hawke.
But the Inquisitor is there
In the upcoming “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” players will meet some characters that are already known from the previous parts of the series. In addition to Solas from “Dragon Age: Inquisition”, the popular dwarf Varric appear again in the new part. Varric was in both “Dragon Age 2” and “Dragon Age: Inquisition” part of the group.
As the developers announced via Discord, Hawke, one of Varric's best friends, will not be part of “Dragon Age: The Veilguard.” This should not come as too much of a surprise to fans of the series. Hawke also appeared in “Dragon Age: Inquisition” to assist the Inquisitor in his task. Depending on the decisions made in the game, Hawke's fate also changed. However, BioWare has not ruled out the possibility that Hawke and other characters will be mentioned in passing during the story.
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However, the person who will be taking part in the role-playing game is the Inquisitor from the third part of the fantasy series. Similar to Hawke in the last game, the Inquisitor, the protagonist from “Dragon Age: Inquisition”, will be part of the upcoming story.
Role play with many familiar faces
But also in the Party of the player character Rook There are some familiar characters in the next “Dragon Age” game. One prominent companion is Scout Lace Harding, who appeared in “Dragon Age: Inquisition” as well as in the freemium game “Heroes of Dragon Age” and the comics “Magekiller” and “The Missing”.
The mage Neve Gallus may be familiar to fans from the short story anthology “Tevinter Nights” and the comic “The Missing.” The villain Lucanis Dellamorte also appeared in “Tevinter Nights” and was mentioned in the short story “The Wake.” The next familiar is Professor Emmrich Volkarin, who also appeared in the short story anthology “Tevinter Nights” and played a role in the short story “The Flame Eternal.”
New additions to the world of “Dragon Age” are the elf Bellara Lutara and the elf Davrin. There is also the Qunari warrior Taash. “Dragon Age: The Veilguard” will be released in fall 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
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