Who is isabela dragon age ii

If brought along, Zevran , who met her in Antiva, introduces her as the "Queen of the Eastern Seas and the sharpest blade in Llomerryn. There are two options to convince Isabela to teach the Duelist specialization: beat her at Wicked Grace , a game of cards, or "get to know each other better" by following her to bed. To beat Isabela in the card game, the Warden will have to be dexterous enough to catch her cheating or subtle enough to cheat.

If Zevran or Leliana are in the party, they can also help the Warden win, but will only offer assistance if their approval is high enough. If the Warden is in a romance love with Morrigan , an unhardened Leliana or an unhardened Alistair , then the Warden's romance partner publicly disapproves if present and Isabela will not go to bed with the Warden.

However, if either Leliana or Alistair are not only in a love-relationship with the Warden but have also been "hardened" following their personal quests, then they actually join in the fun for a threesome or possibly a foursome and their approval increases. If Zevran is in the party, Isabela invites him as well regardless of his relationship status with the Warden. If the Warden accepts, Zevran's approval increases. However, Zevran declines the offer if Alistair is included.

The following combinations are thus possible:. Once the Duelist specialization has been learned from her, Isabela will have no further dialogue or interactions. Isabela is first encountered in a Lowtown tavern named the Hanged Man , brawling with Lucky and his cohorts. If Hawke talks to her after the fight, she asks them to back her up in a duel she's arranged with Hayder , a man she worked with in Antiva and enforcer of the crime lord Castillon , who's been looking for her all over the city.

If Hawke agrees, they accompany Isabela to Hightown at night, where they are ambushed by Hayder's men. They then track Hayder himself to the Chantry and kill him. Isabela reveals that she worked as a smuggler, transporting lyrium , jewels and criminals.

She fell out of favor with Castillon , an Antivan merchant with ties to the Felicisima Armada , after she freed the "cargo" of Blight refugees he'd hired her to transport.

It is never revealed where she was intended to deliver these slaves , only that Kirkwall was not her destination. Isabela is confident that getting the relic for Castillon will get him off her back. It's possible that Isabela will permanently leave the party at the end of the quest To Catch a Thief , during which she enlists Hawke's help in retrieving the Qunari relic called the Tome of Koslun from another thief called Wall-Eyed Sam.

During the quest, Isabela reveals that she stole the tome from the Orlesians , who were attempting to return it to the Qunari. While fleeing a pursuing Qunari dreadnought, both it and Isabela's ship were caught in a storm and shipwrecked, thus explaining the Qunari's and Isabela's current predicaments.

It says that she made off with the Tome of Koslun and is planning to leave Kirkwall. If romanced, or with a high enough friendship or rivalry, she will return at the end of the same act to deliver the relic to the Qunari, saying that Hawke's influence was what made her come back.

At this point, Hawke can deliver her to the Qunari for punishment, and to prevent further assault on the city, or choose to duel the Arishok for her life. Defeating the Arishok will cause Isabela to rejoin the party with the option to continue her romance.

If given to the Qunari, she will never return in-game, though Varric hints at the start of Act 3 that she may have eluded the Qunari and escaped. If Isabela returns in Act 3, her last companion quest No Rest for the Wicked involves her plot to lure Castillon into a trap to get him to stop hunting her and give her his ship. Hawke can allow Isabela to proceed with the deal or force her hand by attacking Castillon, thus killing the slaver.

If asked for her opinion of Anders ' actions in The Last Straw , Isabela states that she thinks it was a "bold plan". Isabela sides with Hawke regardless of whether they side with the templars or the mages but will sarcastically mock the righteousness of their actions if Hawke chooses to side with the templars. When the party members say their last words to Hawke before the final battle, Isabela reaffirms her loyalty to them.

Like most of Hawke 's companions, Isabela may either remain with Hawke for the whole game, or leave the party at an approval-related crisis point—though in Isabela's case, the question is not whether she will leave the party, as she always does, but rather whether she will return to it, and whether Hawke will take her back once she does. In order for her to return to the party at the climax of Act 2, she must have a Friendship or Rivalry score of fifty or greater, and her final Act 2 companion quest must be completed.

If romanced, she will return even if Questioning Beliefs was not completed. On this path, Isabela will either stay permanently at a successfully romanced Hawke's side, or disperse to an unknown fate after the epilogue like Hawke's other companions.

After meeting Prince Claudio Valisti , a former "business partner" of Isabela's late husband, Isabela warns Alistair to not trust a word Claudio says.

Isabela assists in infiltrating Velabanchel , and, along with Varric, holds off the Antivan Crows while Alistair goes after his target. Isabela captains the ship she and her companions use to escape Velabanchel, later navigating through the Tellari swamps. She is the first to attempt to defend Alistair from an attack from Yavana 's high dragon. While leaving the swamps following their meeting with Yavana in the Silent Grove , Isabela is pierced by an arrow.

Claudio Valisti turns out to be the culprit, and kidnaps Alistair in exchange for Isabela and Varric's lives. Isabela swears to hunt Claudio down and kill him. She accompanies Alistair in his hunt for Aurelian Titus as a hired hand and a confidante. They travel to Qarinus and attend a ball, where she meets a person she appears to be familiar with, Lord Devon. Isabela seems to have a long-lasting hatred for him. Devon is surprised that she is still alive. In a conversation "eye-to-eye" he mentions that Isabela owes him and threatens to reveal to Alistair what happened on the Venefication Sea.

She intimidates him into silence by drawing her dagger. Finally, Aurelian Titus arrives. Alistair confronts him, but he flees, leaving his minions to fight for him. The last of them eventually wounds Devon. Isabela knocks Devon's assailant unconscious to the floor, but as he is muttering thanks she stabs him in the chest. She tells her companions that he was killed by Titus's man. Varric tricks the location of Aurelian's home on Seheron from a captured cultist, and Isabela orders her crew to sail to the island.

She keeps the crew terrified by telling them scary stories about horn-headed fanatics. As they approach Sehereon, they are attacked by two Qunari dreadnoughts. The trio are captured by the Qunari and are moved to a Qunari war camp, Akhaaz.

Isabela is kept in a cell separately from Varric and Alistair. She is interrogated by Rasaan , a tamassran who asks Isabela what the meaning of her name is. Isabela reveals that her first captain called her "little beauty" as his idea of a joke. Then Rasaan asks her what happened to him and Isabela answers that she killed him. She also admits that even if she made many mistakes in her life, she doesn't feel any guilt. When the tamassran asks more questions, Isabela has an outburst in anger, causing Rasaan to strike her and tell her that mistakes can be corrected before leaving the cell.

Rasaan eventually returns to Isabela's cell and repeatedly demands that she tell her her true name. She threatens Isabela with qamek , but Isabela still refuses to reveal anything. After Rasaan tries to gently persuade Isabela by saying she may know what happened to her mother, Isabela begins to open up about her past.

She reveals that her mother was a Qunari convert who sold Isabela to Luis because she refused to convert. Eventually, Isabela found herself deep in debt to the Felicisima Armada , and resorted to slave trafficking in order to pay off her debts. One day, the Orlesian navy cornered their ships in the Venefication Sea.

Lord Devon had packed the holds too tightly and Isabela failed to outmaneuver the Orlesians. Fearing capture, they threw the chained slaves overboard to drown. Isabela swore then that she would never traffic slaves again. Rasaan comforts Isabela, but when she still refuses to reveal her name, Rasaan strikes her again and attempts to force her face into the qamek. This would in effect make her viddath-bas rather than viddathari , as conversion to the Qun would be involuntary for Isabela.

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Isabela smiles and warmly embraces him, officially solidifying their relationship. During the Kirkwall Rebellion , Isabela sides with Hawke regardless whether siding with the templars or the mages and reaffirms her loyalty to Hawke. She assists in infiltrating Velabanchel , and — along with Varric — holds off the Antivan Crows while Alistair goes after his target. Isabela captains the ship she and her companions use to escape Velabanchel, later navigating through the Tellari swamps.

While leaving the swamps following their meeting with Yavana in the Silent Grove , Isabela is pierced by an arrow. She swears to hunt Claudio down and kill him. The witch replies that it is not her concern, but Varric bargains with her. Isabela engages Claudio in a duel.

Claudio insists that Isabela was not good enough for her late husband, Luis, and that she is trying to seduce Alistair to become Queen of Ferelden. He also says that she was dragged out of the gutter because of her marriage, and that Luis lavished her with wine and skills, and after bedding him and whispering kind words in his ear for many nights she had him assassinated.

Claudio defeats Isabela, and is about the deliver the killing blow when she cuts off his hand, slits his throat and stabs him through the heart. She accompanies Alistair in his pursuit for Tevinter magister Aurelian Titus as a hired hand and a confidante. They travel to Qarinus and attend a ball, where she meets a person she appears to be familiar with — Lord Devon.

Isabela seems to have a long-lasting hatred for him. Devon in turn is surprised that she is still alive. In a conversation "eye-to-eye" he mentions that Isabela owes him and threatens to reveal to Alistair what happened at the Venefication Sea. She intimidates him into silence by drawing her dagger.

Finally, Aurelian Titus arrives. Alistair confronts him, but he flees, leaving his minions to fight for him. The last of them occasionally wounds Devon. She keeps the crew terrified by telling them scary stories about horn-headed fanatics. As they approach Seheron, however, they are attacked by two Qunari dreadnoughts. The trio is captured by the Qunari and moved to a Qunari war camp, Akhaaz. Isabela is kept in a cell separately from Varric and Alistair.

She is interrogated by Rasaan , a tamassran who asks Isabela what is the meaning of her name. Isabela reveals that her first captain called her "little beauty" as his idea of a joke. Then Rasaan asks her what happened to him and Isabela answers that she killed him. When the tamassran asks more questions, Isabela explodes in anger, causing Rasaan to strike her and tell her that mistakes can be corrected before leaving the cell. She threatens Isabela with the qamek , but Isabela refuses still to reveal anything.

After Rasaan tries to gently persuade Isabela that she may know what happened to her mother, Isabela begins to open up about her past. She reveals that her mother was a Qunari convert who sold Isabela to Luis because she refused to convert.

Eventually one day Isabela was deep in debt to the Felicisima Armada, so she was forced to enter the slave trafficking business in order to pay off her debts. When the Orlesian navy one day cornered their ships in the Venefication Sea, Lord Devon had packed the holds tightly and Isabela failed to outmaneuver the Orlesians which forced them to throw the chained slaves to the ocean in order to escape. Rasaan comforts Isabela though when she still refuses to reveal her name, Rasaan strikes her again and attempts to force her face into the qamek.

This would in effect make her viddath-bas rather than viddathari, as conversion to the Qun would be involuntary for Isabela.

However, Isabela manages to overpower Rasaan and escapes her cell. She eventually locates the cell where Alistair and Varric are held. She releases them, telling them to escape, while she went to rescue her crew.

In the end Isabela finds her crew and told them about the dangers of trying to escape and asks them to choose whether they want to stay or come with her. Her crew decided to come with her. In the fierce battle that ensued, Rasaan was eventually defeated. Alistair at the same time was also dueling Sten whom he managed to defeat. Alistair refuses to kill him and instead offering him to work together against Titus, which Sten accepts this time.

Isabela is found trapped in a nightmare created by Magister Aurelian Titus in the Fade, where she is a Qunari and no longer remembers her true past. Eventually Titus finds them and summons demons to kill them all. The trio all escapes and once safe, Varric tries to remind her of who she really is and that this Qunari facade not who she wants to be. The trio then head off in search of Alistair.

Isabela rejoins Alistair and Varric to attack Titus and distract him long enough to allow Maevaris and Maric to kill him. After escaping the Fade she is present when Alistair shatters the Magrallen, killing Maric.

Isabela later reaches an agreement with the Inquisition serving as one of their field agents on a number of raids across Ferelden and Orlais. He states that she went back to the Raiders of the Waking Sea and is calling herself an admiral. Later upon asking Hawke why he is alone, he states that Isabela and him never really believed in being tied down and so when he had to go into hiding she understood.

Hawke however plans to reunite with her someday. After Hawke survives his encounter with the Nightmare demon, Varric comments that Isabela will follow him to Weisshaupt whether Hawke likes it or not. Isabela is a woman of pleasures — her own — and her life revolves around obtaining those pleasures. She values fun, freedom and getting ahead; she responds well to sarcasm. Jokes, flirting and solving problems in particularly clever and devious ways delights her.

Isabela is cheeky with a cutting wit and sharp tongue, being blunt and sarcastic, preferring to be direct about what she means rather than dance around a topic.

Isabela a very selfish person, generally putting herself first, though these are certain instances that demand a level of virtuousness. She is shown to be a hedonist, both cunning and deceptive, and is capable of almost cheating anyone out of their last coin.

Only her closest friends had any hope of meeting the "real" Isabela hiding beneath the surface. While she enjoys her freedom and is hesitant at pursuing a serious romance, the indelible charm and true care of Garrett Hawke eventually turns Isabela into a loving and caring woman. Another trait is her promiscuity and adoration of taverns.

Wicked Grace and Diamond Back are her favorite card games, and she is adept at turning the tide in her favor. She commands respect with her seemingly infinite knowledge of the ocean and the ship, leading her crew through tough situations with unflinching courage and determination.