Hawke

Hawke is the player-controlled protagonist of Dragon Age II. Hawke is fully voiced, can be either male or female, and has a fully customizable appearance. Hawke can be a mage, warrior or rogue. The default given name for Hawke is Garrett for a male, and Marian for a female. This can be changed to whatever the player chooses. However, the surname is fixed.
== Background ==
Hawke was born around 9:06-9:07 DragonMalcolm and Leandra met in 9:05. Leandra was pregnant when they escaped several months later. Hawke was born a few months after they arrived in Ferelden. in a small village near Amaranthine. Hawke's father Malcolm was an apostate mage who died three years before the beginning of the game, while their mother Leandra Amell is a noble from Kirkwall. Hawke has two younger twin siblings—the mage Bethany and the warrior Carver—who are mutually exclusive potential companions.
The family was forced to move to Lothering when Bethany's magic manifested when she was nine. They'd been living in Lothering for ten years when the Fifth Blight started in Ferelden. If Hawke is a warrior or rogue, they enlisted into King Cailan's army and fought during the Battle of Ostagar. If Hawke is a mage, they stayed in Lothering to safeguard Leandra and Bethany.Codex entry: Hawke After the defeat at Ostagar, the family escaped the darkspawn attack by fleeing north to the Free Marches.
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age II ===
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
== Quests ==
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== Personality ==
Based on dialogue options the player chooses, Hawke can exhibit three distinct personalities. 
* Diplomatic/Helpful: light green/light blue highlight (olive branch/angel wings and halo)
* Humorous/Charming: purple highlight (comedy mask/diamond)
* Aggressive/Direct: red highlight (fist/hammer/twin swords)
The first dialogue choice the player chooses sets Hawke's personality. If the player frequently chooses dialogue from the same type, that attitude will "stack". If the player decides to change Hawke's personality, one of the other two attitudes must be selected more than twice as many times as the current one has. The idea behind this system is to ensure a consistency in Hawke's delivery throughout each Act (though past a certain point, Hawke's personality is effectively crystallized as there will not be enough dialogue remaining to 'overcome' the dominant attitude). The current personality can be confirmed by having a companion right-click Hawke (if they say something funny, for example, then the dominant personality type is "Humorous/Charming"). At the start of each Act, Hawke retains the established personality, but the "stack" of previous choices is reduced, making it easier to change Hawke's tone.
Hawke's personality from Dragon Age II carries over to Dragon Age: Inquisition. It can also be set in the Dragon Age Keep.
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== Quotes ==
=== Dragon Age II ===
* (To Carver during Family History) "I'm sure someone thought far too long about my name."
Diplomatic/helpful Hawke:
* (During Raiders on the Cliffs) "Evets Marauders, they're just men. Flesh and bone. Flesh can be torn. Bones can be broken. Alone, they will pick you off one by one. Together, we are unstoppable! On me!"
* "Let's make Kirkwall a better place for everyone."
* "When in doubt, run away, and let me handle it."
* "Something else I can help with?"
* "Onward! There's much to be done."
Humorous/charming Hawke:
* "Oooh, cloak and dagger phrases! How about... the queasy crow... flies at midnight?"
* (During On the Loose) "Someday, I'd like to go one week without meeting an insane mage. Just one week."
* (In Mark of the Assassin) "Next time, could we hunt something small and cuddly? Maybe vegetarian?"
* (In Legacy) "I'd like to know who this "Corypheus" is. With a name like that, he's bound to go "mwa-ha-ha" at some point. I just know it."
* "We do a lot of walking, don't we?"
* (In Mark of the Assassin) "I have an excellent sense of dramatic timing. And good hair."
Aggressive/direct Hawke:
* (During Finders Keepers) "They say your life flashes in front of your eyes before you die. Any helpful flashes yet?"
* (In Blackpowder Promise) "Seems to me, the last man standing gets final say on who is right or wrong."
* (In Raiders on the Cliffs) "Anyone who leaves, is a deserter. And we all know what happens to deserters..."
* "You better have a good reason for bothering me."
* "I don't like it when people interrupt my thoughts."
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
* "Everyone has a story they tell themselves to justify bad decisions... and it never matters. In the end, you are always alone with your actions."
* "Good luck with your Inquisition. Try not to start an Exalted March on anything." (if humorous Hawke)
* "If this is the afterlife, the Chantry owes me an apology. This looks nothing like the Maker's bosom." (if humorous Hawke)
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== Trivia ==
* Hawke is the second cousin to the Human Magi Warden through Leandra (see Amell family).
** Through player choice, it is possible for Hawke to be distantly related to Kieran as well, through their second cousin, the Warden.
* Those who purchased and played Dragon Age II and logged on prior to March 15, 2011 were eligible for the BioWare Signature Pack for Dragon Age Legends, which added Hawke as a companion; his war cry is "Thanks for buying Dragon Age 2!", however with the release of the single-player version of Dragon Age Legends, his war cry was changed to "A Champion always strikes twice!"
* An additional Act 1 plot for a mage Hawke was ultimately cut, since the story (which involved entering the Fade) was complicated and didn't work very well.
* Hawke's default history in Dragon Age Keep is a male mage who sided with the mages in Dragon Age II.
* The codex entry for the item Malcolm's Bequest states that Malcolm and Leandra ran off together during a masked ball in Kirkwall for the visiting Orlesian Empress. As Hawke was established to be born around 9:06-9:07 Dragon and Celene Valmont only became Empress in 9:20 Dragon, this would seem to be a contradiction. However, this could have been a reference to Emperor Florian's wife.
* Varric Tethras wrote a book about Hawke's rise as Champion, aptly called The Tale of the Champion.
* Like the Inquisitor, Hawke sees the Fearlings as spiders, suggesting that Hawke is afraid of spiders.
* Hawke is the second player character from a BioWare game to return as an NPC in a later game. The first was the player character from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, who appeared as an NPC in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
== See also ==
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== Gallery ==
Hawke fighting a dragon.jpg|Male Hawke fighting a high dragon
Hawke fighting darkspawn.jpg|Female Hawke fighting darkspawn
Hawke fighting Qunari.jpg|Female Hawke battles Qunari
Wallpaper_Dragon_Age_2_Hawke_and_Isabela.jpg|Male Hawke with Isabela
Hawkeconcept.jpg|Concept art for male Hawke
Hawke.jpg|Pre-rendered male Hawke from Destiny trailer
Hawke concept art.jpg|Concept art for male Hawke
dragon-age-2-hawke.jpg|Female Hawke and Bethany
DAII Hawke concept.jpg|Hawke concept art
Inquisition tale of the champion.png|The "Tale of the Champion" present in the Redcliffe Castle during the In Hushed Whispers
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