Dragon Age II/Characters/DLC Characters

This page is for listing the tropes related to post-release DLC characters who are found in Dragon Age II.

Corypheus
The Big Bad of the Legacy DLC; a mysterious Darkspawn sealed away many years ago by the Grey Wardens, and later had those seals reinforced by Malcolm Hawke. Corypheus now seeks the blood of Malcolm Hawke's children in order to escape.

Voiced by David Sterne.


 * The Archmage
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Big Bad: Of the Legacy DLC and, technically,
 * Body Horror
 * Chekhov's Gun: The trailer for the DLC implies that Corypheus is a Darkspawn, yet records you can find during gameplay show that people saw him as being as intelligent as a human being.
 * Elemental Powers: In between fighting him head on, he unleashes a slew of surprisingly powerful attacks.
 * Playing With Fire: Unleashes two or three advancing walls of flame.
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Conjures a maze of rock to box in the party.
 * Shock and Awe: Electrifies the rock maze to limit mobility even more.
 * An Ice Person: Drops massive icicles in gaps of the rock maze.
 * Eviler Counterpart Has many things in common with The Architect, but while the latter is morally grey, he does have good goals. Corypheus is not implied to have any sort of noble goal whatsoever.
 * Evil Sorcerer:
 * Humanoid Abomination
 * Large Ham
 * Mind Control:
 * Nightmare Face: The guy is pretty horrific to look at normally, to say the least. What with half his face stretched out and strange growths coming off it. It gets worse when he's pissed.
 * The Power of Blood:
 * Pride: Well, what do you expect from ?
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Mind Control:
 * Nightmare Face: The guy is pretty horrific to look at normally, to say the least. What with half his face stretched out and strange growths coming off it. It gets worse when he's pissed.
 * The Power of Blood:
 * Pride: Well, what do you expect from ?
 * Sealed Evil in A Can
 * Sealed Evil in A Can

Larius
The former Warden-Commander of the Vinmark Mountains, Larius left the Grey Warden order when the time for his Calling came, though he still hasn't died yet. He is found within Corypheus's prison, claiming that Corypheus must not be released into the world and begging for Hawke's help in killing him.

Voiced by Brian George.


 * Body Horror: This is what happens to Grey Wardens whose warranty has expired... Squick.
 * Good Is Not Nice: The sadistic choice he presented Malcolm demonstrates the lengths that the Wardens can and will go to for the greater good. Made worse that
 * No Holds Barred Beatdown: He delivers one to if Hawke
 * Sadistic Choice: To
 * Sanity Slippage

Janeka
A Grey Warden mage, Janeka is seen leading a group of Grey Wardens into the Vinmark Mountains to seek out a way to free Corypheus. She beleives that she can bind Corypheus to her will and use him to end future Blights once and for all. This has caused her to come to blows against Larius.


 * Oh Crap: Gets a major one
 * Smug Snake: Comes across as one if you oppose her; if you side with Larius in the beginning, Carver even mentions wanting to wipe her smug smile off her face.

Tallis
An elven thief who teams up with Hawke in Mark of the Assassin to steal a gem called the Heart of the Many from Duke Prosper. Voiced by and modeled after Felicia Day.

"Tallis:(when questioned about freedom) Is a sparrow buffetted by the wind free to choice where she flies?"
 * Action Girl
 * Anti Magic: Her Cloak ability gives her temporary resistance to magic. The rest of her personal skill tree works on anything, but is especially effective against mages. It becomes Fridge Brilliance once it's revealed.
 * Bi the Way
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Enemy Mine:
 * Flechette Storm: She can use her daggers for both melee and ranged attacks.
 * Girl of the Week: If the player does all the flirtation options, then Tallis becomes this to Hawke.
 * Guest Star Party Member: Only available for the Mark of the Assassin DLC.
 * Also a literal "Guest star", given who voiced/modeled her.
 * Hero of Another Story: She's the protagonist of Dragon Age Redemption.
 * Hitman With a Heart
 * Ink Suit Actress: She is modeled after Felicia Day. Of course, since Day also played her in the live action Dragon Age Redemption, it would be bizarre if this wasn't the case. Day also did the motion capture for Tallis.
 * Knife Nut: Leading to Varric nicknaming her "Shivs".
 * Koan: Does manage to give one of these.
 * Knife Nut: Leading to Varric nicknaming her "Shivs".
 * Koan: Does manage to give one of these.


 * The Knights Who Say Squee: Is implied to be the reason why she chose to seek out Hawke.
 * Professional Killer
 * The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction: Parodied. There's a Running Gag where she attempts this with multiple people in order to get a key, and keeps failing for various reasons. Though according to her, she's done this multiple times in the past, and Hawke just caught her on a bad day.
 * Selective Obliviousness:
 * Stealth Hi Bye: Very good at this.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you don't use the flirt options.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: Several lines of dialogue indicate that she develops this with Hawke, even if you don't use the flirt options.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: She strongly dislikes unnecessary killing and

Duke Prosper
An Orlesian noble who lives on an estate outside of Kirkwall. He owns the Heart of the Many, the gem that Tallis is after. Voiced by Philippe Smolikowski.

""You see that? ""
 * Affably Evil: Until Hawke and Tallis start to become more trouble than they're worth.
 * Aristocrats Are Evil
 * Automatic Crossbow: Prosper wields a pistol-like crossbow that fires explosive energy balls, as well as a green goo that's harmless by itself, but paints an "Attack Me!" sign for wyverns.
 * Beard of Evil
 * Big Bad: Of Mark of the Assassin
 * Cool Helmet


 * The Dragon: He has a Chasind bodyguard as well as his wyvern Leopold.
 * Evil Gloating: Varric chastises him for.
 * Fluffy Tamer: He calls his wyvern Leopold.
 * French Jerk: Well, Orlesian Jerk, but that's more or less the same thing.
 * Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Implied. He tells the party that they will make fine trophies on his wall.
 * Nice Job Fixing It Villain:
 * Smug Snake: He's smart enough to be successful at The Game and but he is still a complete Upperclass Twit who fails to realize that
 * Upperclass Twit
 * Wyvern Rider
 * Wyvern Rider

Baron Arlange
An Orlesian noble participating in Duke Prosper's hunt, Arlange shows up after Hawke becomes the first to kill a wyvern, claiming that he paid good money to be the winner of the competition. He then attempts to kill Hawke so that he can claim credit for first kill, which doesn't end well for him. Voiced by Nicholas Boulton.


 * French Jerk
 * Large Ham
 * Laughably Evil: He may be a prick, but his accent makes him incredibly fun to listen to; his constant temper tantrums only make him so much funnier.
 * Too Dumb to Live: If you spared him the first time he failed to kill you, he'll try again after Hawke and the others escape from Prosper's dungeons. It ends about as well as you think for him.
 * Ungrateful Bastard
 * Upperclass Twit