"Many would say the same of my country but I know it can be better, it can be fixed," he says, lifting his eyes to Cullen's. "You see the same thing here don't you? It's a disaster and things like in ruin but ruin is a chance to rebuild, to be better, to redeem."

Dorian knows all too well how to rebuild a ruin. He had to do it with himself, multiple times, but he did it. He's a better man, he is. It just took time.

"They'll look to you, a Ferelden, before they ever look to a Vint, as their savior. It's a fact of life. Don't trouble yourself over it. It doesn't trouble me."