A Split Decision

A Split Decision is a Dragon Age 2 fanfic that diverges from the canon universe (the default one in Dragon Age: Inquisition) where a mage Hawke is killed by the ogre instead of Bethany, creating a world that lacks the champion of kirkwall and the discovery of red lyrium until 9:42 Dragon.

Differences with prime timeline
* 9:31: Hawke is killed by the ogre instead of Bethany. Despite this Carver, Bethany and Aveline are skilled enough to impress Flemeth and succeed to Kirkwall.

* 9:32: Varric, failing to be impressed by the Hawke twins, does not offer them a chance into the experdition into the deep roads, instead looking into shadier contacts in the hanged man. This lets him meet Isabela earlier and recruit her, but postponing the trip by two weeks. Meanwhile, the twins don't complete Flemeth's favour, thus fail to meet Merril.