#and Dorian is a character with whom that style worked splendidly

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I can't WAIT to rub this under the noses of all who insist that Dorian is a "problematic" character, because at the beginning of Inquisition, he had a serious, but intentionally written character flaw informed by the culture he grew up in and the background he came from, which was also meant to highlight the majority opinion of those who share his general social group.

I just know there will be at least one person who calls this retconning, forgetting how

following that comment you're clearly supposed to get in the early game, he proceeds to approve of mostly instances in which someone's autonomy and freedom is respected or someone is granted mercy, and speaks openly against the control of the Qun,

is easily one of the kindest and most conventionally good-aligned characters in the game, being among the very few who bother to ask about the Inquisitor's wellbeing at any point, and

it was stated, I believe years ago now, that upon returning to the North he freed all the slaves he personally could (those in service of the Pavus estate), and then continued to work for the next ten years in the Magisterium to root out corruption within the Imperium, strongly implying that that "corruption" includes the institution of slavery.

Baby, that's not retconning, that's just a character arc, and a deeply unsubtle one at that.