I designed my Inquisitors based upon the stories I wished told. Because Cullen's romance is limited to female humans and elves, I made her human, having already played through as a female elf Inquisitor. I prefer playing as a rogue, but the story possibilities of a relationship between a Circle mage and tortured former Templar on the background of a mage-templar war were too intriguing to pass up. I made her a knight-enchanter so I could engage in hand-to-hand combat and because of the ties of their order to the Divine, which would make Cullen feel less uneasy around a mage. I made her a person of colour (she's half Rivaini) because Cullen is so fair and I'd like to think he'd find her looks exotic compared with the average Fereldan and Free Marcher. I personally think she's quite beautiful and, after all he's been through, I thought Cullen deserved to be with someone beautiful:
