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character info
GARRETT HAWKE
ā CHAMPION OF KIRKWALL ā
āThereās a recipe to a good hero, Hawke. Itās like alchemy. One part down-to-earth, one part selfless nobility, two parts crazy, and you season liberally with wild falsehoods.ā
Other Physical Traits.
Perpetually unruly hair. Beard makes him look a few years older than he is. Surprisingly boyish without it. Often paints a red streak of warpaint across his face. It looks suspiciously like blood.
Bio.
Fleabitten dog-lord refugee, irreverent apostate, reluctant do-gooder, Champion of Kirkwall. Garrett Hawke wears all of these faces, though none of them quite fit right. The Fifth Blight shattered his old life and left him stranded in Kirkwall, a foreign city that became something like home, where his attempts to do right by his family drew him into a chain of events that soon spiraled out of hisāor anyoneāsācontrol. Despite his best efforts, he couldnāt protect the ones he loved most or avert the war brewing on the horizon, proving, perhaps, that being a hero isnāt always enough.
Personality.
The first thing that most people notice about Hawke is that heās an irritating little shit. Heās obnoxious, sarcastic, and seemingly incapable of taking anything seriously. He thumbs his nose at authority, derails conversations with inane observations or terrible puns, and he cheats at cards. Badly.
His public persona is that of an affable, if somewhat callous, mercenary-turned-noble. He moves through the world with an easy smile and a smarmy remark on the tip of his tongue, feathers never ruffled by the violence and chaos surrounding him. This is what Varric might term āa bit of artistic licenseā and what might less charitably be called ācomplete bullshit.ā
Beneath the insouciant mask, Hawke is a man who cares more than he'd like to admit. Though he'll always deny any accusations of altruism, he's suspiciously eager to risk his own neck for others. A life spent looking over his shoulder as an apostate mage might have turned him cynical, but instead it drives him to empathize with others who have been cast aside and rejected by Thedosian society. Thereās nothing he despises more than cruelty, especially when itās directed towards those who canāt defend themselves.
Most of all, heās burdened by the weight of his failures. He couldnāt save his sister or his mother, couldnāt repair his relationship with his brother, couldnāt avert the war that tore his city apart. In the end, he was forced to flee Kirkwall as a fugitive. In his darkest moments, he suspects that his actions, well-intentioned though they were, served to worsen the conflict brewing in Kirkwall rather than assuage it. That possibility will haunt him for the rest of his days.
Decisions / World state.
Note that I am willing to alter anything that conflicts with canonmates' world states (e.g., nixing the Deep Roads choice for a warden Carver).
ā£Purple (verging towards blue) mage Hawke, no romance(s) pursued. Both DLC stories completed.
ā£Sided with the mages during the final confrontation. Fully cooperated with Anders' plans up until the Big Oopsie; spared his life afterwards. Generally aided mages whenever possible.
ā£Did not bring Carver on the Deep Roads expedition; Carver joined the templars.
ā£Fought the Arishok in single combat after refusing to hand Isabela over to the Qunari.
ā£Tried to resolve conflicts without bloodshed when possible, with a few exceptions for situations in which he felt that nonviolence would lead to a demonstrably worse outcome (e.g., allowing the serial killer from the quest Magistrateās Orders to go free).
ā£Generally hostile to blood mages and anyone trafficking with demons, though he harbored some sympathy for those who turned to blood magic out of desperation rather than a desire to prey on others. Accordingly, his feelings on Merrillās blood magic were somewhat conflicted.
ā£Tried to aid those he viewed as downtrodden and helpless whenever possible, though not always successfully.