Dragon Age - Interview #2 @ Greywardens

Greywardens.com has the second part of their David Gaider interview, discussing writing in general and some specific aspects of Awakening and his recent books.  A snip:

As with Origins, Awakening has laid the claim for dynamic and interesting party members. Anybody who has played Origins certainly knows just how human many of the companions can come across. Which of the new party members in Awakening did you write and who is your favorite (not necessarily out of those you wrote).

I wrote Justice, Nathaniel Howe, and Anders. I’d say of all of them Justice was my favorite. I always got the sense while writing him that he had a larger story arc to explore. He’s your classic Pinnochio-type character–through his exploration of humanity we get to say something about the human condition, and in the case of Justice we also get to explore the spirits of the Fade as things other than faceless or cartoonish concepts.