Shale is a downloadable character found in DA: Origins.

Sure, she does kind of drop you in it with the Qunari at the end of DA2, but you have to forgive someone who gets stuck into the fray like she does – she could totally be a member of the Rat Queens. She has adorable conversations with Merrill, the surprising blood mage, where they talk about very grown-up things. Plus she’s funny, dirty and a pirate ship captain. She is, to me, the Jessica Rabbit of the games world.

That’s enough to make anyone fall in love with him. Plus, bonus fact – he’s voiced by the same guy who plays Grunt in Mass Effect. We find out more about his family life, how he left old flame Felsi and his newborn baby behind for a life of being a Grey Warden, and only through your encounters with him can you persuade him that he should take a more active role in his child’s life. It’s only in Awakening where his character becomes fully-formed. You can almost buy his friendship by finding alcoholic beverages around the Ferelden countryside, and he’s a bit two-dimensional, but all the companions kind of are in Origins. Sure, they haven’t rewritten the script regarding Oghren – we’ve seen a lot of drunken, gruff dwarves in our time – but this guy I love. My list is bound to be controversial – there are several Marmite characters in the Dragon Age universe – so let us know your top five in the comments below. At present, my partner and I are playing our way through Dragon Age: Inquisition, so we have not yet unlocked all of the mysteries of Ferelden and Orlais, but nonetheless here are my favourite characters that I’ve run into so far

There are shocks aplenty, morally grey characters, decision-making that actually affects the world you’re playing in, and one scene I will not forget until I die (clue: Frankenstein’s monster). Though perhaps overshadowed by Skyrim and the Elder Scrolls series, Dragon Age is pretty enthralling in its own right.

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