They had sworn to each other to make it through the battle at Adamant in one piece. She'd come back to him, and he'd fight to make sure he'd be there when she did. Then it all crashed down around them in a storm of lightning and stone. [Spoilers for Here Lies the Abyss]

The battle to severe the hold lyrium had upon him was hard enough as it was. He hadn't expected temptation to take her form.

Cullen had expected a nice afternoon bonding with his baby daughter. He hadn't expected he'd hear his daughter's first word, let alone be her first word.

Alis Trevelyan had been at the Conclave at the behest of her father. Instead of the quick trip she expected she's now thrown into something greater than herself. Finding her way as the Inquisitor as she seeks to bring down the Elder One and save all of Thedas is the easy part. Navigating the new feelings for a certain Commander Cullen, however, might be the death of her.

Cullen had endured much in his life. Waiting for the Inquisitor to return to him after going off to the final battle was possibly more than he could bear. Non-Specific Female Inquisitor

Dorian was an intelligent man, and he knew how things worked. It was foolish to think otherwise. Still, he wanted to be foolish. Even if it'd hurt. Non-specific Inquisitor