I am not sorry for this.
Dragon Age 2 isn't mine. I wish Carver was though.
The Carver Hawke Phenomenon
By symbiotic-solipsism
The Carver Hawke Phenomenon: A report prepared for Garrett Hawke
No one at the Gallows quite knew when it happened. Some claimed that it was when Carver was a recruit, others claimed it was because of the many townspeople that he aided during the fight for Kirkwall and his subsequent fast tracking from Templar recruit to Knighthood. It didn't matter, everyone in the Gallows wanted a piece of, or to be like Carver Hawke.
If one were to ask around the Gallows to explain the hype surrounding Carver Hawke, recruits would crowd around to tell you that Carver Hawke was flawless. A worker at the Blooming Rose will tell you that he has a Silverite sword with diamonds encrusted on the hilt. Knight-Captain Cullen will support the rumor that Carver won ten thousand gold in a violent game of Diamond Back. Giggling apprentice mages will gossip that Carver has dined with Queen Elissa Therin of Feraldan and she told him that he was handsome; and a fellow Knight will all but fall over the place to boast that Carver punched him in the face...and it was awesome.
Not only that, Kirkwall's Senior-Enchanters had noticed that the work tables in the library and the walls in the female lavatories had been vandalized by love-struck mages who had carved into the wood-work a variety of nuances regarding the young Templar such as: "Ella + Carver forever". As a result, many a mage was punished for their vandalism, but it didn't seem to deter their efforts to speak to the man when he was on duty in the Circle.
Carver's infamy didn't end at the Gallows. When he patrolled the streets of Hightown, people would flock to see him- for even to be able to touch one part of Ser Carver was an aspiration held by many. But many agreed that the red cheeks of the giggling Chantry Sisters as they hurriedly excused themselves when they were in Carver's presence was an amusing sight to behold. Their behavior didn't help quench the rumours that seeing Carver caused the Sisters to be struck with a sexual frustration so intense that they would become aroused and had to excuse themselves to tend to their traitorous bodies and beg for the Maker's forgiveness.
Overall, Carver Hawke seems to be oblivious to the attention that is being given to him. He becomes shy around the prosititutes who proposition him for the chance to 'play with his sword' or engage in 'some sword play with the fellows'. Carver Hawke seems content with his life in the Templar Order.
End Report.