I really missed these origin stories in Inquisition.

Funny story, I played this origin last, heard all about how Bhelen crossed the line by framing the player character for Trian's death and caused their exile. However after seeing Trian myself I can safely say Bhelen did Orzzamar a service.

That's the best looking created dwarf I've seen it's so hard trying to replicate it.

Huh, isn't that the Dwarven Commoner's sister? Interesting.

Huh. Ivo is apparently slightly more reluctant to throw you under the bus if you gave him the helmet. When I ran through the Dwarf Noble Origin, I kept the helmet, and Ivo was all "Oh, yeah, she killed Triam, no doubt about it." Weird that the Scout is willing to go "Dwarf Noble ordered us to attack," instead of "Dwarf Noble ran in and started butchering, before we could stop them." Bhelen's not on the throne yet, and Old King Aeducan and the Assembly, when faced with a regicide, are not going to look too kindly on someone who implies "..And we helped!"

This is my favourite Origin. Espcially if you side with Harrowmont at the end since then it's a brother fighting brother over Orzammar and both sides have their flaws and positives. Love me them shades of gray!

I never thought I'd enjoy playing a Dwarf before this game, but I adored my dwarven commoner girl.

Has it truly been 12 years since this came out? Wow.... How time disappears. Damn, the King really adored this son.

22:21 I like that old dwarf King's voice. I think its fitting to his character.

18:50 Gianna Parasini? Life must have been hard after leaving Noveria...

Bhelan plays the subservient brother perfectly until he strikes.

I love playing through the game or watching videos and recognizing voice actors in random roles. Like that's obviously Sten voicing the guard tasked with escorting the noble, and Loghain's voice actor playing the Ostagar Tranquil.

I always choose Bhelen, he has all caste are equal policy and open trade. Which is good.

Gah I wanna see what happens when you attack the scout for lying

11:04 I literally died in that part 😂😂😂😂😂

I don't understand why everyone doesn't refer to me as "Prince." I feel insulted. Trian and Bhelen are referred to as princes, and they're douchebags :D

To bad when we returned to Orzammar we didn’t run into Frandlin Ivo again. Would have loved to pay him back for betraying us.

And to think, it seems only like yesterday Bhelen was born, and Trian and the Warden were probably not excited... Why can't siblings get along?!

I love the Dwarf Noble Origin the same way I enjoyed the Dalish Elf Origin. Something about experiencing life as a prince underneath a mountain and living the life of luxury before it’s been all taken away.

9:34 Is that Ruck?

If anyone is undecided between harrowmont and bhelen then play this origin.

the only character that I sided with Harrowmont on

It's been interesting seeing comments about Bhelen vs Harrowmont, having newly discovered the game myself. This might be a mistaken impression, but so many players seem to make the choice based on the epilogue, rather than more on story reasons in the moment of decision. Bhelen's progressivism is self-serving, as is everything he does, but does that matter, if it's still progressive and helps the masses? He shows no mercy ever and changes nothing about the Orzammar political world where lies and corruption influence opinions and votes, and his response to any real or perceived threat is always violence and death, yet the game seems to favor rulers that are harsh and ruthless (Bhelen, Anora) over those who are merciful and more prone to compromise (Harrowmont, *spoiler*). They have the stronger epilogues, as it were. He ends the Assembly and becomes a "benevolent dictator," which I suppose people could argue for or against the practicality and benefits of such a ruler, but what happens after Bhelen? What is the long-term impact of ending democracy and establishing absolute power in a single figure, even if that original dictator (Bhelen) is given all the benefit of the doubt as the best possible ruler of his generation? The game (at least this one; haven't played the later ones yet) doesn't answer the "after the rule" ending for Bhelen, only for Harrowmont. Not that Orzammar or any fictional place can be perfectly compared to real life, but all fiction is inspired by the real world; in real life, ending democracy and establishing dictatorship in its place has never been good for the masses or for the general political health of the country in question. I dunno, I just find it interesting. I'm playing the Dwarf Noble origin for the first time now (roleplaying as someone who is too trusting and not well-suited for the complex political landscape of Orzammar), and it will be difficult to roleplay forgiveness for and support of Bhelen, especially given that his first quest asks you to directly take part in (and take any potential heat for) corruption in influencing votes--something that played a memorable part in my Warden's unjust exile earlier in the game. I'm trying to ignore what I already know (that Bhelen forces a fight if you crown Harromont, that he kills Harrowmont if he is crowned himself, the differences in the epilogues, etc.), but the game already gives you so much of a view of how corrupt and violent he is even without the origin story. His dude unapologetically kills a dwarf disagreeing with them right in front of the Warden when you walk into Orzammar for the main quest. Adding the origin stuff on top of that makes it hard to effectively backstab Harrowmont (and the father) during the whole Orzammar quest. And if that weren't enough, we have a certain living Paragon as an example of concentrated power corrupting leaders and their ostensibly noble goals and the masses being taken advantage of in the process, all while the leader claims that it's the only way forward for Orzammar to restore its glory. Not to mention what surely seems to the Warden at the time as an obsessive, political power-grab by Loghain who has killed/plotted to kill his perceived enemies. All this the Warden sees before making the crown decision between Harrowmont and Bhelen. Although I guess a guilty Dwarf Noble has a very different view of all this... lol

Gorim best bro!

Always felt raw I couldn't get vengeance on ivo

Always go for the threesomd

Nice looking Dwarf

Who are you, I'm fainting dude

Does your backstory change anything when you return to orzammar later on?

I read somewhere that you can encounter Trian alive in the Deep Roads but I don't know what to do, as I want that outcome

A Story of 2 competing Alpha Males who got outflanked by a Sigma male posing as a beta. As much as I hated Bhelen, he played his game flawlessly. A true sigma.

What mods were you using ?

Where is 2 part

The dwarf isn't really played that much, I wonder why 🤔🤔🤔🤔

Whaaat you can't flirt with Gorim as a man? It's fascinating how people treat you differently based on your gender