Dragon Age - The Pros And Cons Of Making Cole More Human Or Spirit

gamerant.com:

Dragon Age: Inquisition's companions each have their own personal quest. Cole's is particularly interesting, as it involves Solas and Varric as well as the Inquisitor. It also involves making a choice that will affect Cole forever. Players get to choose whether he becomes more spirit or human, which determines his abilities and personality from there on out.

Like with all Dragon Age choices, there is no wrong answer to Cole's quest. Fans have had a pretty even split between those that make him more spirit and those that make him more human. There are a lot of pros and cons to either choice. It also makes fans wonder if it will have any effect on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Should Explore Solas' Past

Choosing to make Cole more human is what Varric wants. This option makes Cole more complex. He does not throw away negative feelings, but rather sits with them and accepts them. On the pros side, he is more capable of complex thinking. He finds he can heal pain in ways he never considered before now that he understands how complicated people can be. As a human, he is also able to remember the original Cole and all that he learns in life. The cons to this choice are that Cole loses a lot of his spirit abilities. He struggles in making people forget about him. He also keeps the trauma involved in being human, which is trauma that was not originally his as a spirit.

Cole being more human is a very Varric-centered choice. Varric's ideologies are very much about defying one's roots. Just because he is a dwarf does not mean he lives underground and feels connected to the Stone, and he thinks Cole can be the same way but in terms of his roots as a spirit. Varric sees the world much like a writer does, that people should