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With Isabela, what you see is what you get. Dorian, like Isabela, is willing to play the fool, but he goes too far in the opposite direction - much of Dorian's foolishness is a mask designed to hide his inner turmoil. Morrigan, Fenris, and Zevran all keep their guard up too much to ever say something as ridiculous as threatening the darkspawn with a good spanking. Far too many of Dragon Age's cast, fantastic though they are, are keenly aware of their own charisma. A casual search for her best lines will return cringey exchanges like "Someone needs a good spanking!", "If we kill them, we get their stuff!", and of course, "I like big boats and I cannot lie." Isabela is not afraid to be silly. For Dragon Age Week, I want to focus on why Isabela Rivaini will always be my favourite.įor people who haven't played Dragon Age 2, Isabela can be a surprisingly hard sell. I can’t imagine there are too many Sebastian fans out there, and Blackwall is near the bottom of the pile because all of his interesting stuff comes after 30 hours of gruff muttering, but in general, each character is equally beloved. Because BioWare splits character writing up between the staff, each one gets a much higher level of attention paid to them it’s not one person writing eight different characters and naturally coming to favour one or two of them - each character is given the spotlight. What makes Dragon Age’s cast so special is that everyone has their favourite. Related: Interview: Allegra Clark On Going From Dragon Age Livejournaler To Dragon Age Star She combines the best tropes of the rest of the cast and adds a piratical flavour of her own into the stew.

She’s as charming as Varric, as dark as Morrigan, as funny as Sera, as brash as Iron Bull, and as sexually charged as Dorian after a month at sea with no privacy.

She’s a similar archetype to the lothario Zevran, whose voice actor promises us he'll play Dragon Age eventually having picked it up during a Steam sale a year ago. Many characters challenge Isabela for pole position, but she dispatches them all with (wicked) grace. Of all Dragon Age’s sprawling cast though, it’s Isabela Rivaini that shines brightest. The characters, and the stories they have to tell, can’t be held back by repeated dungeons.

That’s why Dragon Age 2, and the brilliantly flawed Kirkwall, still sparkles despite the rushed development and recycled assets. For all the fantastic world building, complex narratives, and engaging level design, it’s the characters that make the game.