Dragon Age creator David Gaider has discussed taking on the writing of fan-favourite recurring character Cassandra in Dragon Age Inquisition, following the departure of a BioWare colleague.
In Gaider’s latest and seemingly last social media thread discussing the series’ characters he worked on, the former franchise boss said that Cassandra’s romance had been difficult to pin down.
Cassandra was originally being written in Inquisition by Jennifer Hepler, a veteran of the series who previously worked on Origins, Awakening and Dragon Age 2. But Hepler left BioWare during Inquisition’s development “around the time a bunch of GamerGate dudes decided Jennifer was somehow responsible for ALL of BioWare’s faults,” Gaider wrote. “The result was a LOT of ugly harassment.”
“Is this why she left? You’d have to ask her, but it undoubtedly didn’t help,” he continued. “The important thing is, she left – and there was nobody as senior nor as superhumanly fast as her to take over any unfinished work.”