YMMV / Asunder

• He's Just Hiding: Given that Lambert's fate is left unclear, some believe that he survived Cole's attempt on his life. Though this is Jossed by Inquisition, in which Cassandra notes that Lambert is dead and Cole readily admits to having killed him, although he does wonder later if killing him was the right thing to do. It's even a plot point that Lambert has a replacement that the Inquisition has to deal with.
• It Was His Sled: Cole's identity as a spirit who "became" a dead mage is something you learn about him very early on in Dragon Age: Inquisition as one of your companions. While the rest of this book's spoilers are hidden away in conversation branches and rare party banter, this particular one is pretty impossible for any Dragon Age fan to avoid.
• Jerkass Woobie: Cole, despite being a serial killer, still manages to be sympathetic because of just how utterly awful his life has been and how socially isolated it left him. There's also the fact that he's genuinely afraid he'll disappear if he doesn't commit his murders and doesn't commit them out of malice.
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • Lord Seeker Lambert crosses this when he completely disregards his orders to start the battle at the Spire.
  • Senior Enchanter Adrian ends up killing Pharamond and framing Rhys (her only friend and the man she claims to love) to spark another battle. Her only actual reason for this was to get Wynne onto the side of the Libertarians, disregarding how much physical and emotional pain it cost Rhys—though he goes along with what she wants in the end by voting for independence it's quite clear he justifiably hates her by the book's conclusion.
• The Scrappy: A good amount of fans wanna see Adrian dead as punishment for her crimes.
• Tear Jerker: Wynne's Heroic Sacrifice.
• The Woobie: Pharamond, an intelligent researcher who was made Tranquil for years and then possessed by a demon; the first thing he learns upon being cured of both is that his experiments accidentally ended in the horrific deaths of everyone who'd trusted and cared about him in Adamant, something which haunts him for the rest of the novel. Getting his emotions back after being Tranquil for so long also leads him to being unable to control them very well, meaning he spends a good chunk of his screentime being miserable or terrified out of his mind. To top it all off, he's sentenced to being made Tranquil again, the one thing he's most afraid of, and by the time Adrian kills him all he wants is to die.

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