Also, the whole thing about how previous games have some impact to its sequel so playing in order lets you have a consistent experience.
But if you don’t have Dragon Keep, you can always edit the save files. That’s what I did with DA:I so that my Hawke is a sarcastic mage woman instead of the default noble warrior man and that Morrigan’s kid was made with Alistair for shipping reasons.
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