David Gaider's personal connection to Dorian's story makes it more authentic and impactful. After writing the confrontation scene between Dorian and his father, Gaider cried harder than he had ever cried in his life.

Dragon Age, much like Bioware's other famous franchise of the era, is a series with beloved characters for the player to connect with. Fenris is one such character, featured in Dragon Age 2. According to David Gaider,

David Gaider says that Fenris is unlikely to appear in future Dragon Age games because his custom character model would be too expensive to pull off.

The former lead writer for the Dragon Age series, David Gaider, has been giving fresh insight into a bunch of the RPG series' beloved characters, and has admitted that he "probably shouldn't have" written the one new follower he did for Dragon Age 2,