Alistair

Alistair is a Grey Warden and a companion to the Warden. He is a romance option for a female Warden and also teaches the Templar specialization.
== Background ==
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age: The Calling ===
=== Dragon Age: Origins ===
==== Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening ====
==== The Darkspawn Chronicles ====
=== Dragon Age: Knight Errant ===
=== Dragon Age II ===
=== Dragon Age: The Silent Grove ===
=== Dragon Age: Those Who Speak ===
=== Dragon Age: Until We Sleep ===
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
== Quests ==
=== Dragon Age: Origins ===
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=== Dragon Age II ===
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=== Inquisition ===
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== Approval ==
The Warden can increase Alistair's approval rating through gifts (covered below), dialogue, and plot decisions. Alistair responds well when you ask him to speak about himself. Typically, Alistair will try to deflect your question with a joke, which you can move past either by joking (often leading to humorous conversation) or calling Alistair's bluff. Neither approach will affect his approval. Alistair is, in a sense, shy and speaks often of Duncan and the Grey Wardens. In many ways, Alistair views Duncan as a surrogate father. Always affirm his emotional responses, and his approval rating will increase.
When speaking of one's post-Joining experiences, Alistair approves of responses that reflect his own. Admit to nightmares, increased appetite, etc. to slightly bump his approval. When the hero speaks to Alistair about other personal things (such as sex), Alistair admires answers which suggest both strength and experience. Do not mock him for his own softness and relative inexperience, however, as these will negate any approval benefits the hero receives through insisting on his own prowess.
== Romance ==
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== Gifts ==
Despite being raised by the Chantry to be a templar, Alistair has a deep interest in the arcane and occult, as evidenced by his preference for gifts of statues and rune stones. His plot items, however, are his mother's (repaired) amulet, found on the desk of the Arl of Redcliffe in Castle Redcliffe and Duncan's Shield, found inside Market Warehouse, in Denerim Market District.
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Sometimes if you put Alistair into your party, he may respond as if he has just received a gift that has improved his approval to you by +1
== Statistics ==
=== Initial attributes ===
Relative attribute weightings on auto-level:
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Strength	Dexterity	Willpower	Magic	Cunning	Constitution
1.5 	0.8 	0.4 	0 	0 	0.9
=== Initial specialization ===
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=== Initial skills ===
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=== Initial talents ===
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Templar 	
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Weapon and Shield	     
=== Initial equipment ===
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=== Restricted gear ===
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== Quotes ==
=== Dragon Age: Origins ===
* "Nothing like a brush with death to make you... not like death much."
* (To Morrigan) "Yes, swooping is bad."
* "You know, one good thing about the Blight is how it brings people together."
* "Just so you know, if the king ever asks me to put on a dress and dance the Remigold, I'm drawing the line. Darkspawn or no."
* (After The Arl of Redcliffe) "Now that the warm and fuzzy part of the day is over we can get back to the ritual dismemberments. Oh wait, it's not Tuesday is it?"
* "Have you ever licked a lamp post in winter?"
* (While gossiping about the other companions) "What? Lead? Me? No, no, no. No leading. Bad things happen when I lead. We get lost, people die, and the next thing you know I'm stranded somewhere without any pants."
==== Romance dialogue ====
(Offering a rose to a female Warden)
* Alistair: "Here, look at this. Do you know what this is?"
* Warden: "Your new weapon of choice?"
* Alistair: "Yes, that's right. Watch as I thrash our enemies with the mighty power of floral arrangements! Feel my thorns, darkspawn! I will overpower you with my rosy scent!"
(When romance has progressed)
* Alistair: "You're the first woman I've ever spent the night with, and if I have my way you'll be the last."
(If the Warden is a dwarf)
* Warden: "My being a dwarf doesn't change anything?"
* Alistair: "Of course not. Don't be ridiculous. If anything, I was wondering if I was too tall."
=== Dragon Age II ===
* "I'm Alistair, uh... King of Ferelden. And this is Teagan, my uncle. Sort of."
* "I was hoping we could talk. Would've been better timing before being emasculated by Meredith, but I'm not picky."
=== Dragon Age: The Silent Grove ===
(Speaking of Flemeth)
* Alistair: "I met Flemeth in the Korcari Wilds, and she started me on the path to becoming king."
* Varric: "We met her once too—she played a friend of ours."
(To Yavana) "You and Morrigan and Flemeth...all you do is manipulate and lie."
(Speaking of Yavana)
* Isabela: "What do you think? Has she been testing you, or just screwing with us?"
* Varric: "Or a little of both."
* Alistair: "That last one—I never pass tests."
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
* (In the Fade) "I've seen my father in the Fade. I saw a demon pretending to be my sister in the Fade. But I've never seen this."
* (After escaping the Fade) "Tell Morrigan...just tell her I stood there looking foolish."
== Codex entries ==
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== Notes ==
* In writing Alistair, David Gaider was inspired by Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly. Gaider also wanted Nathan Fillion, who played Mal, to be Alistair's voice actor but it was decided to choose a British actor instead. Alistair was originally supposed to be a "grizzled Grey Warden veteran". That didn't work well for a character that needed to join the player early, and he was rewritten.
* Alistair received his name due to David Gaider watching several TV shows with actor Alistair Appleton when writing him.
* Alistair is the only known templar who does not need to be actively taking lyrium in order to use their abilities.
** Dialogue in Dragon Age: Origins implies Alistair never took lyrium, as he denies being addicted to lyrium, citing how templars only begin taking it after taking their vows.
** David Gaider later stated in an interview that templars can use their abilities for a "long time" after stopping taking lyrium, citing Alistair as an example, which implied that Alistair had taken lyrium at some point prior to the events of Dragon Age: Origins.
** Gaider also cited this as partially due to requirements of gameplay, and acknowledged that it does not match fully with the story.
** Alistair still has use of his templar abilities during the events of Dragon Age: Those Who Speak, which takes place at least five years after he left the templar monastery.Alistair left the monastery in 9:29 Dragon; the comic takes place after Sten assumes the title of Arishok, which occurs after his predecessor's death in 9:34 Dragon. 
** There is never any in-universe mention of Alistair taking lyrium, or suffering from the effects of lyrium withdrawal. 
* In Dragon Age: Inquisition, if Alistair appears as a Grey Warden, during the quest Here Lies the Abyss he will mention seeing his father in the Fade. This canonizes the events of Dragon Age: Until We Sleep for all iterations of Alistair, whether King or not.
== Trivia ==
* Alistair's surname after becoming king is Theirin.As shown in the comic series, codex entries, and his letters in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
* Based on party banter between Wynne and Oghren, Alistair possesses a pike and often playfully swings it about, earning him the nickname "little pike-twirler" from Oghren. Alistair is never able to use a pike in combat. During his duel with the Arishok in Dragon Age: Those Who Speak, however, Alistair demonstrably knows how to fight using polearms.
* The royal armor Alistair is depicted wearing on the inside cover art of the collected hardcover edition of Dragon Age: The Silent Grove appears to be an altered version of Alistair's Splint Mail Armor from Dragon Age: Origins, based on the design of the breastplate, pauldrons, and gauntlets.
* Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas includes a recipe for "King Alistair's Lamb and Pea Stew", a hearty, humble stew comprised of lamb and peas.Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas, p. 67 This was based on a dialogue Alistair had with Leliana, where he jested that Fereldan cuisine involves throwing all the ingredients in a pot and cooking them for as long as possible, until everything looks grey, bland, and unappetizing.
== See also ==
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== Gallery ==
TSG inside cover.jpg|The inside cover of the collected Dragon Age: The Silent Grove hardcover depicting Isabela, Alistair and Varric Tethras.
Alistair - Silent Grove.png|Alistair in Dragon Age: The Silent Grove.
Dragon Age Those Who Speak.jpg|Alistair on the first issue's cover of Dragon Age: Those Who Speak.
Alistair with Maevaris DA TWS.jpg|Alistair with Maevaris Tilani in Dragon Age: Those Who Speak.
DAI+King+Alistair.png|King Alistair in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Alistair concept HoDA.jpg|Art for the Heroes of Dragon Age Wintersend promotion featuring King Alistair in royal armor.
Templar Recruit Alistair HODA.png|Tier progression of Templar recruit Alistair in Heroes of Dragon Age.
Alistair HoDA.jpg|Tier progression of Grey Warden Alistair in Heroes of Dragon Age.
King alistair HoDA.jpg|Tier progression of King Alistair in Heroes of Dragon Age
== References ==
== External links ==
* BioWare Wiki Alistair (archived)
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