User:The Millionth One/Characters of Dragon Age II

Dragon Age II is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, and is the second major installment in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise.

Concept and creation
Friendship/rivalry system. Bisexuality. Anything else.

Hawke

 * http://www.rpgamer.com/features/2015/ladies/page1.html

Aveline Vallen

 * http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/15/s-exe-dragon-age-2-long-road/
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IEG-D_R2E

Varric Tethras

 * http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/11/22/characters-we-want-at-our-thanksgiving-table.aspx?PageIndex=4
 * http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/08/15/the-best-bioware-characters.aspx

Anders

 * http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/08/da-awakenings-anders-to-be-a-party-member-in-dragon-age-ii/
 * http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/03/dragon-age-2s-gay-character-offends-just-about-everyone/
 * http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/03/24/bioware-lead-writer-defends-dragon-age-ii-romance-options.aspx
 * http://kotaku.com/5917549/how-dragon-age-ii-helped-one-young-gamer-come-to-terms-with-coming-out-of-the-closet
 * http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/columns/extra-punctuation/8768-Roleplaying-Homosexual-in-Dragon-Age-2

Isabela

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IEG-D_R2E
 * http://www.rpgamer.com/features/2013/pairings/hawkexisa.html

Tallis

 * http://greenroninstore.com/collections/dragon-age-rpg/products/dragon-age-faces-of-thedas-tallis-pdf (interview with Felicia Day; Varric has one also, interview with writer, but isn't free)

Reception
"straight male gamer", Anders hitting on you, general commentary. Norway bombings.