Hawke (Dragon Age)

Hawke is the protagonist of the second game. Male Hawke was voiced by Nicholas Boulton. Female Hawke was voiced by , who voiced Theresa in , as well as Chandra Sekhar in .
==Overview==
Hawke is the eldest child of the renegade Ferelden mage, Malcolm Hawke, and the Free Marcher noblewoman, Leandra Amell. During character creation, the player decides Hawke's gender, character class, and forename. If played as a warrior or rogue, Hawke was part of the Ferelden army at Ostagar, alongside his/her brother, Carver.
If played as a mage, Hawke is an apostate mage who, like his/her sister Bethany, managed to evade the Chantry religious institution and its Templars while growing up in the Ferelden village of Lothering. Hawke's class whether Bethany (for warrior/rogue Hawke) or Carver (for mage Hawke) will survive the journey from Ferelden to Kirkwall, their mother's hometown.
Hawke's physical appearance is fully customizable, which also influences the facial structure, skin tone, and hair for Hawke's family members except for Charade Amell, the daughter of Hawke's uncle Gamlen Amell who is said to resemble her mother. Later in the game, the player's choices also determine Hawke's overall personality, combat specialization, and political affiliation.
The player is given paraphrased dialogue options of fully-voiced dialogue via a radial command menu (called the dialogue wheel), which will be expanded on when clicked. Throughout Dragon Age II, Hawke can exhibit one of three personality types, which is achieved through cumulative dialogue choices favored by the player.
The tone of Hawke's voice will be decided by their personality type whenever the character is not directly controlled by the player, which will happen during cutscenes, and conversations between the player's dialogue choices. Each of the three established personality types unlocks additional dialogue options for the player when dealing with NPCs.
For example, a Hawke player character with a sarcastic personality has access to a big range of humorous dialogue options. Players of Dragon Age: Inquisition have the option to customize their version of Hawke, either through Dragon Age Keep or the in-game character creation menu.
==Gallery==
DragonAgeHawkeMale.png|Male Hawke in Dragon Age II.
DragonAgeHawkeFemale.png|Female Hawke in Dragon Age II.
InquisitionHawkeMale.png|Male Hawke in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
InquisitionHawkeFemale.png|Female Hawke in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
==Trivia==
*Hawke's default history in Dragon Age Keep is a male mage who sided with the mages.
*Varric Tethras wrote a book about Hawke's rise as Champion, called The Tale of the Champion.
*Like the Inquisitor, Hawke sees the Fearlings as spiders, suggesting that Hawke has .
*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 is the second protagonist to return as an NPC in a later game. The first was Revan from , who returned in .
*Hawke is the Human Magi Warden's second cousin through Leandra. 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 15-3-2011 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 , his war cry was changed to "A Champion always strikes twice!"
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Hawke" article on the Dragon Age Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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