Can you change character appearance Dragon Age 2?
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Yes, you can change your character’s appearance in Dragon Age 2 by visiting the Black Emporium, a unique marketplace where you can find a Mirror of Transformation that allows you to modify your character’s facial features, voice, hair/eyebrow style, and hair color. The Mirror of Transformation is located in the Black Emporium, which can be accessed after receiving an invitation to visit this marketplace, and it is found on the left after walking down a short corridor.
FAQs
General Information
- Can you change appearance in Dragon Age?: You can change all of the character’s facial features, voice, hair/eyebrow style, and hair color, but gender and race cannot be changed.
- How do you change your appearance in Dragon Age 2 console command?: To change your character appearance, type runscript appearance #; for example, to become a Qunari, type runscript appearance 12030, and to undo this, type runscript appearance -1.
- Can you customize Hawke in Dragon Age 2?: The presets can all be manipulated except for the default Hawke, and there is no way to make your character look like the default Hawke.
Character Creation and Customization
- Can you only be human in Dragon Age 2?: Yes, Hawke is a human, and you’re playing Hawke’s story.
- How to edit your appearance in Dragon Age Inquisition: Although the process is different from Dragon Age 2, you can still customize your character’s appearance in Dragon Age Inquisition.
- Is there no character customization in Dragon Age 2?: The first two presets don’t allow you to customize them, but the ones past those two give you customization options.
Romance and Relationships
- Can you sleep with everyone in Dragon Age 2?: It is possible to sleep with all romantic companions, except Sebastian, in a single game.
- Can you have multiple lovers in Dragon Age 2?: You can sleep with Fenris or Isabela and then actually romance someone else, but breaking up is possible after the sex.
- Can female Hawke romance Merrill?: A male or female Hawke can pursue a romance with Merrill, although some bugs might make completing the romance a bit finicky.
Hawke’s Background and Character
- Is Hawke canonically male or female?: There is no “canon” for Dragon Age, but Hawke is often considered a male mage in the default world state created by BioWare.
- What is Hawke’s canon gender Dragon Age 2?: Hawke’s default history in Dragon Age Keep is a male mage who sided with the mages in Dragon Age II.
- Is Hawke canonically a mage?: Yes, Hawke is pretty much a mage, and the Hawke in the opening cinematic is quite clearly a male mage.
Game Mechanics and Story
- Can you import your character from Dragon Age Origins to Dragon Age 2?: The game starts with a playable prologue, after which you enter character creation, where you can select Events of Dragon Age Origins and import your character.
- Where is the Black Emporium in Dragon Age 2?: The Black Emporium is a downloadable content (DLC) that is included in the Games on Demand edition, and it is located deep under Kirkwall.
- Can you save your sister in Dragon Age 2?: No, unfortunately, Hawke always loses one sibling at the beginning, either Bethany or Carver, depending on Hawke’s class.