With a universe as vast and expansive as the Dragon Age series has to offer, it comes as no surprise that fans have found a few inconsistencies here and there. To the fanbase, some of these are well-known goofs that can be laughed at later on, while others are based on the outcomes from certain playthroughs and can cause frustration.
The characters, conflicts, and major plot points in Dragon Age can make the game a little nonsensical. The following memes show a small portion of the strangeness that’s a part of this series and why, sometimes, the game just doesn’t make any sense. And how those moments are what bring the fanbase together.
Update on September 5, 2021, by Sharnelle Earle: With one of the main executive producers of Dragon Age leaving Bioware officially, fans wondered if Dragon Age 4 would ever come. The game is still in the works today, with sneak peeks at cinematic trailers and behind-the-scenes discussions riddling the internet. If Dragon Age: Inquisition left any inconsistencies in the story, Dragon Age 4 will be the one to tie up those loose ends once and for all. We celebrate this good news with some more memes.
15 Solas Minds His Business
One of the most frustrating things about Dragon Age Inquisition is trying to get anything out of Solas. He was always the mysterious charming elf, but that charisma starts to fade the more you realize he’s hiding things and rather die than let you know even a portion of it. It’s part of the reason he breaks Laveallan’s heart and why a female elf Inquisitor can’t find love.
As the story progresses and through reading fan theories, it’s understood exactly why Solas dodges every question you throw at him throughout the entire game. As frustrating as it is, there is a method to Solas’ madness and we may get to see more of it in Dragon Age 4.
14 Dorian’s Morals
You can have a conversation with Dorian in Dragon Age Inquisition where you discuss morals and slavery. Dorian has had his fair share of troubles, especially with being gay, but being born wealthy and from Tevinter, slavery may have been more normal to him than we may like to admit.
Tevinter is famous for enslaving elves and being the only place where slavery still ensues in Thedas. Fenris from Dragon Age 2 was one of the many elves who fell victim to Tevinter’s rule. Being one of the major heartthrobs from Origins, fans can’t help but imagine what Fenris would have to say about Dorian and his ideologies.
13 Prepare For Trouble and Make It Double
Dragon Age Inquisition seems to not put too much emphasis on the relationship you can have with Solas. As a female elf, you’re able to romance Solas. This never ends well because he’s a mysterious man with a dark past and since he’s actually a part of the entire main story, you can’t get too close to him, even as his lover.
Towards the end of the game, all Solas romancers want to do is be with him. Even if that means destroying the world together. Of course, this option isn’t possible, no matter what you say to him or what your relationship with him is. The developers seemed to underestimate how far a Solas romancer would go to get a good make-out scene, let alone a happy ending.
12 Zevran’s Expertise
Zevran is a rogue class companion in Dragon Age Origins. Like with most games, rogues have the ability to be thieves, pick locks and sneak around undetected.
The inconsistency here is that Zevran can’t even pick locks. Not better than your average joe, anyway. It’s hilarious because he talks big and seems really capable, yet can’t even do a simple rogue task like opening a locked door. But that’s why fans love him.
11 Leliana’s Character Change
In the first installment of Dragon Age: Origins, Leliana is a sweet, soft Chantry sister. She steps into a bar brawl only to save the Warden’s life. She joined the Chantry to more or less hang up the hard and deadly life of an Orlesian bard.
Yet, when we meet her in Dragon Age: Inquisition, she’s not the dreamy-eyed girl who wants to follow her “visions” of the Maker. Instead, she’s a hardened spy and assassin, having returned to her life of intrigue when she joins the Seekers to save Thedas. Such a bold change in character will make an avid Dragon Age player do a double-take, but it’s a part of what makes Leliana so intriguing.
10 Grey Wardens & Politics
It’s perfectly understandable that an organization like the Grey Wardens, which exists for the singular purpose of eradicating darkspawn and ending blights, has nothing to do with politics. Yet in the entirety of Dragon Age: Origins, the Warden is repeatedly forced to make political decisions.
If saving Thedas means getting involved in politics, even if Duncan’s rolling in his grave, it seems like Grey Wardens have the right to do so. Not to mention, the Warden can technically rule as king or queen of the Fereldan throne, too.
9 Joining The Grey Wardens
No matter the players’ chosen origin story in Dragon Age: Origins, the outcome always points towards becoming a Grey Warden. All six origins are steeped in tragedy, although some beginnings do offer more agency, while others do not.
For example, players may be exiled or sentenced to death, or already dying from the taint. These are some of the origin story options, but none offer much in the way of notbecoming a Grey Warden. It gets worse when players undergo the Joining and learn they might die from the ceremony or be killed for fleeing. Though being forced into the Grey Warden’s can be jarring, getting a peek into their world is quite interesting.
8 Sten’s Confusion About A Female Warden
When players choose a female of any race in Dragon Age: Origins, dialogue with Sten, a Qunari companion, reveals the restrictive roles of females in his culture. Female Qunari are not allowed to fight. Of course, players more or less rolled with Sten’s confusion, as the Qunari were a brand-new, unknown race.
Yet in Dragon Age 2 andDragon Age: Inquisition, Qunari women are vicious, fierce assassins and spies. They are rarer than their male counterparts, but this changes by the third game. This makes Sten’s initial reaction even funnier and more ridiculous. It questions if it was about his religion or due to his own personal beliefs about women.
7 Mabari At The Landsmeet
Mabari are important in Fereldan, so it makes absolutely no sense for the Warden’s war hound to be turned away when it comes to serving as Alistair’s champion against Loghain at the Landsmeet.
If the mabari had been allowed to represent Alistair, then the Grey Wardens would technically not have been politically involved in choosing the next ruler of Ferelden. It would be kind of hilarious if a Ferelden dog diddecide the fate of a country that loves dogs so much that they’re on tapestries in the royal palace.
6 Looting Chests
Unlocking chests is difficult and requires sacrificing the leveling-up of another skill. If players choose to spend their companions’ ability points on unlocking chests, they still have to remember to bring those companions along on quests.
There’s no predicting when and where valuables will be present in any locked chests, which means bringing a companion along just as a lockpick, even if you don’t like them or want them along.
5 Hawke’s Authority
Hawke’s role in Dragon Age 2 is coincidental. Players happen to be fleeing the same town that the Warden heads to after Ostagar situates them in an important role, which Flemeth mentions after saving Hawke’s family. This makes Hawke’s actions and commentary even funnier.
As Kirkwall heats up, Hawke meets important people and mediates mages and templars and the Qunari and Viscount conflicts. Players can choose purple Hawke, who seems to be the most flippant, meta version of the Champion and is the only version of Hawke who questions anyone’s trust in their abilities.
4 Morrigan’s Elven Expertise
In the third act of Dragon Age: Inquisition, players bring Solas along, knowing they’re about to enter the Temple of Mythal and want a know-it-all in elven lore and history. Between Solas and Morrigan’s commentary, players learn about the Well of Sorrows. This is helpful if players choose a nonhuman inquisitor.
Even if players choose the Dalish origin, they’re still ranted at by both Morrigan and Solas about things their Inquisitor already knows. It’s just ironic when a human witch explains elven culture and history to an incognito elven god and an elven inquisitor.
3 The Hero of Ferelden
When the characters and player meet in Dragon Age Inquisition, it’s strange that no one knows where the Hero is, even though they were crowned king or queen of Ferelden. Especially when Cullen, Morrigan, and Leliana all know the Hero personally and are present in all games in the series.
Players only know where the Hero is if they played Dragon Age Awakeningor remember to initiate the mission on the Inquisition map in-game. It makes no sense that such a major character just went missing, with no one knowing where to.
2 BRB, Harvesting Crops
One of the funnier parts of Dragon Age Inquisition that makes no sense is the supposed importance of closing the breach. No one can forget the Breach either, because it’s a giant hole in the sky, visible across all of Thedas.
What’s funny is how many side quests and how much resource gathering has to be done before the Inquisition even has enough power to trigger major quests and close the Breach. Players find themselves looting elfroot in the middle of a battle and the end of the world, just in case. Realistically you’d wonder who has the time to collect materials when the sky is broken, but nothing stops the Inquisitor from completing side quests.
1 Non-Human Inquisitors
Players have the option to play as all of the different races of Thedas in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Most humans believe in the deity Andraste, while the other races rarely do.
Your Inquisitor can choose to embrace or reject Andraste. If they do choose to reject the Maker, none of Thedas seems to care. This makes no sense for such an important character and shows that the humans of Thedas are headstrong in their beliefs regardless of what the Inquisitor has to say.
