Actually, Riel seems right up my history nerd MC’s alley. I can imagine their friendship would be just like my irl friend and I’s, constantly swapping books and spending hours and hours theorizing and debating romance options in Dragon Age historical people and events and their motivations and causes, or our ongoing two-year long conversations/completely speculative theories, like how [spoilers for Dragon Age]the Black City is actually Arlathan gee, thanks Egg, Andraste was actually not just a mage, but a Corrupted mage in the same way the Grey Wardens were, because she was mostly infertile her entire life after a rare, almost fatal illness hit her as a child, and how she could hear the Maker’s voice but what if she was really just hearing the Calling you guyssssssss, and other, longer conversations that I can’t keep track of all of a sudden, and yeah, I’m just really excited for my MC and Riel to have a good friendship.
On the other hand, Ayla wants a family.
My MC doesn’t want to admit that she wants a family but she’s already scooped up Caine somehow.
It’s a platonic match made in Haven!
The spoiler part was Solas creating the Veil , everything else is speculation between my friend and I.
I completely misunderstood what you were asking, sorry!!! I thought I mentioned how everything in the spoiler tags were just theories and speculations on the part of my friend and I. I’m really sorry if I caused any confusion!
I kinda directed the question more towards the author, since she’s the only one who actually knows all the characters.
Anyway your friend seems pretty awesome, I wish I had a friend who can talk about things like that.
By the way I think the maker didn’t create the world but he’s just a spirit in the fade that was created due to the belief of people in him. Kinda like how demons are created by the emotions of people. The maker is probably really powerful at this point, but since the people believe he gave up on them and won’t interfere he’d just stay in the fade doing nothing.
@Frogs That’s a tough question! They’re all my babies, I can’t choose a favorite!
If you absolutely forced me to, I would say I’ve gone through different phases with each character where they took the spotlight for me. The ones that stand out are:
Blade because I like his side story best (a lot of the time) and he’s a fun (but complex, challenging) personality to write. He’s also the oldest of my characters besides the imagined MC so I’m most familiar with him.
Chase because of his fun, riotous, (completely off-the-walls) personality.
Trouble because he’s the easiest to write–he’s very straightforward with his intentions and mannerisms so there’s no need to layer or hint at anything, it’s all right there to see.
Lavinet because her character surprises me the most out of any of the characters. She just starts doing and saying stuff that I don’t expect, if that makes any sense… I’m not a crazy person, I promise
Riel because I really enjoy his interactions with other recruitable characters and making his personality mesh with the group’s.
But honestly, they’ve all been my favorite at some point or another while others took a backseat. They’re all in rotation! Even Croelle has been the black sheep favorite at some point. It just depends on what mood I’m in and who I happen to be writing about that day.
Those little blurbs only make it harder for me to choose who to romance first!
Buuuuuut at least it has solidifies my desire to become Best! Science! Buds!™ with Riel, lol.
And I am even more intrigued by Lavinet now. A noblewoman Norm who joins the Shepherds? Even in a ragtag group like the Shepherds, that’s unique as hell, so her story–in my eyes–has the biggest potential of being the most interesting of all the Shepherds. A real darkhorse, that one.
I thought I mentioned how everything in the spoiler tags were just theories and speculations on the part of my friend and I. I’m really sorry if I caused any confusion! 
It’s not Trouble, is it? 