Siding With Templars

Preliminary information the wrath of heaven the threat remains champions of the just siding with templars in hushed whispers siding with mages in your heart shall burn from ashes here lies the abyss wicked eyes and wicked hearts what pride had wrought the final piece doom upon all the world.

Siding with templars.

Even and perhaps especially mage hawke given that it s clear that the normal rules about mages don t apply to people in power who go along with the traditional power structure see. Story wise if you side with the templars you lose fiona who is a character with a lot of history. Siding with the templars will allow to recruit cole first then recruit dorian at skyhold. Also the antagonist changes samson if you side with mages and calpernia if you side with the templars and of course the missions related to them are different level 2.

If you side with the mages you lose ser barris who is one of the best templars in dragon age. Siding with the templars is best for hawke. Siding with the mages may cause fenris or aveline to leave. If you choose to side with the mages then the templars will get turned in to red psychotic killers cause you weren t there to stop the demon from turning them in to killers.

Once you choose a side a fight ensues with either the mages or the templars that are present. And not just evil pointlessly cruel hawke. See companions behavior for details. Siding with mages will get you dorian first and cole later.