Earlier this year, we ranked the party members from all the Dragon Age games, but kept our rankings for each game separate. For now, few members of the Veilguard rise to the upper echelons of these rankings, but maybe, if those newcomers get as much time to develop as the veterans have had, they will surpass them someday. Spoilers for all four games follow. Sten, the lone Qunari character in Dragon Age: Origins , has to carry the unfortunate burden of being a walking codex entry for people who are far away from everything going on.
One will die in the opening with almost no ceremony, The other will get sidelined around ten hours in. She gets dragged away by the Circle in one route, becomes a Grey Warden in another, or she dies.
Bethany, meanwhile, is pretty much dragged through the story, with BioWare separating or killing every member of a family in a game ostensibly about familial ties. Bethany is comparatively sweet and understanding whereas her brother is decidedly neither of those things, but BioWare gave her nothing to work with.
But beyond that, he mostly sways in the background of the main plot, being unwaveringly devout to the church and casting judgment upon others. Which like, good for standing on your principles, king. But I barely know you. Go away! Wynne is shown to be a compassionate, protective woman who cares about those around her. She scolds you for shirking your Wardenly duties to shack up with your love interest.
But as her story progresses, it becomes clear that her attempts to impart wisdom upon the younger generation come from her reckoning with her own mortality. Oghren is the type of character who could easily fall into being a comic relief party member. He starts out prickly but endears himself to the group almost immediately.
