Cole

Cole appears to be a human male who lives in the White Spire, the Circle of Magi located in Val Royeaux, capital of Orlais. He is also a potential companion in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
== Background ==
== Involvement ==
=== Dragon Age: Asunder ===
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
==== Trespasser ====
== Quests ==
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== Approval ==
Cole approves of those who go out of their way to help the helpless or the hurt. He approves of killing or punishing those who hurt people. Allow him to help but do not condone his past of killing mages nor asserting to stop him if he kills innocents as that will net disapproval. Be wary of imprisoning people in your judgments as that also nets disapproval.
A few side quests in the Hinterlands and the Exalted Plains where you help people in dire circumstances gains him moderate approval whether he is in the party or not. However, there are several instances that will yield :
== Statistics ==
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== Quotes ==
=== Dragon Age: Asunder ===
* "Now I walk within the shadows. I can see the light, but it never finds me. I reach for it, but it slips through my fingers. In the shadows you are always alone, the world oblivious to your passing."
* "Look into my eyes…"
=== Dragon Age: Inquisition ===
* "The 'Inquisition' isn't real unless it has something real to make it. It's like a spirit."
* "It is dangerous when too many men in the same armor think they're right."
* "I want to help. I can be hard to see. I can kill things that would hurt people."
* [To a demon of Envy] "Dark and desperate, death to make yourself alive. I used to be like you. I'm not anymore. You shouldn't be either."
* "A broken body, bloody, banged on the stone cell, guts gripping in the dark dank, a captured apostate. They threw him into the dungeon in the Spire at Val Royeaux. They forgot about him. He starved to death. I came through to help… and I couldn't. So I became him."
* "This world taught me that changing means losing your friends. But now I know it doesn't have to be true. I have enough self to know what I felt was foolish. Isn't it wonderful?"
* "He thought if he didn't have magic… I'm what he wanted to be. Him, but normal. So no one would hurt him."
* "I don't steal the pain. The nightmare demon at Adamant did that, it made them less so it could grow. I help them heal."
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== Trivia ==
* While he was originally written by David Gaider in Dragon Age: Asunder, he is written by Patrick Weekes in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
* For Trick Weekes, Cole was the most difficult companion to write in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
* When Cole enters stealth, he will turn a translucent green with wispy curls inside, like a Wraith or a fade rift. This differs significantly from other rogue characters, who have a shimmering white outline while in stealth.
* When spoken to in Skyhold, Cole will often speak cryptic lines in greeting. Many of these lines reference events or plot elements from Inquisition, other Bioware games, or from popular culture.
* In promotional material for Dragon Age: Inquisition, he is described as "The Spirit."
* The real Cole was from Ferelden, so Cole speaks with a Ferelden accent.
* Cole is described as different and seeing everything differently, since he’s not like other people.
* Cole's greatest fear is despair.
* The incident when Cole threw some turnips into a fireplace in order to create a comforting, homely smell is referenced in the recipe for turnip and mutton pie in the official cookbook.Dragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas, p. 93
* According to Patrick Weekes, there is no "win" option in his quest, as either choice has positive and negative aspects. As a spirit, Cole is happier and more at peace, and yet losing parts of himself; if more human, he is less happy but far more relatable. This was done to demonstrate that there is no right or wrong decision.
* If Subjected to His Will was not completed prior to confronting Corypheus, Cole will not be available to join the party regardless of whether he is still in Skyhold.
* The Spirit of Command in Crestwood refers to Cole as "Compassion".
== Bugs ==
* Even in fully patched versions of the game, Cole's specialization may never unlock.
== Gallery ==
10639643_10152718224384367_4381050952380413121_n.jpg|Promotional CG
Cole Unkempt.png
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Cole Choice & Consequence.png|Cole in the "Choice & Consequence" trailer
Dragon age inquisition ganescom-2.jpg|Cole fighting undead with Blackwall and a female warrior Inquisitor
Cole.jpg|A close-up of Cole
Cole.PNG|Cole at the Herald's Rest tavern
== References ==
Category:Characters
Category:Dragon Age: Asunder characters
Category:Heroes of Dragon Age characters
Category:Dragon Age: Inquisition characters
Category:Trespasser characters
Category:Fereldans
Category:Spirits
Category:Demons
Category:Rogues
Category:Assassins
Category:Inquisition members
Category:Companions
Category:Dragon Age: Inquisition companions
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