Replaying Dragon Age 2 · 11:35pm Jul 17th, 2018
I am so proud of his beard, really.
Working your way up from nothing.
And that really is the case, the game begins during the early part of the Blight of the first game, you're fleeing the darkspawn with your family, trying to find anywhere safe. After a brief tutorial battle the game reveals that this is the narrative as told by Varric.