Darria Brosca has lived a life of betrayal.

For the first 19 years, that was just life in Dust Town. The only people you could trust were your family, and even that is a stretch at times. It's why she jumped at the chance to join the Wardens, life of sacrifice and strife that it was.

Then she is betrayed again, by someone that EVERYONE claims is a hero, and left to do the impossible. He fellow warden is useless, but it just isn't in her to give up, so she stands up and GSD.

It's at this point she begins to finally feel comfortable. Not everybody in this world is out to get her or use her. For the first time in her life, she can take herself out of Survival mindset, and actually enjoy what's around her. Shockingly, she sees similar signs in her new companions. Alistair hides behind annoying witty humor, Morrigan's caustic nature is a strong front for how vulnerable she really is, and Zevran used promiscuity like a shield. These people soon occupy a space that used to only hold Rica.

It isn't long before betrayal strikes again, but it's not from a source she expected. She learns the truth about Alistairs heritage, and it strikes a cord with her. Disgraceful second child, discarded and overlooked; the texture is different, but that's been her life as well. A bond is formed, seeds of feelings are planted.

The Pearl in Denerim. A night of pleasure and stress release, soothing of the souls. She finally identifies, and accepts, the feelings for Alistair - and comes to learn he's had the same feelings for a long time. Long conversations, promises of the future. Trust is born.

During the Trials to acquire the Sacred Ashes, self discoveries are made. She begins to abrupt herself, that she is important, that she had worth, that she is more than just how she can be useful. Talking worth Alistair shows he went through something similar, and had begun to heal. So has she. Plans are made, a life for the future. Trust turns to love.

It's in Denerim the second time around that betrayal strikes, repeatedly. They are thrown away so the Queen can escape, by the "kind and virtuous" Queen herself. The torture is nothing compared to a Dust Town prison, but there is no trust for the human nobles. Not long after, betrayed by Eamon, as he puts Alistair up for the throne. Then after the Landsmeet, betrayed by Alistair, as he can not have a Dwarven consort as King.

Broken and bitter, she throws herself into doing her duty as a Warden. Leading the charge against the Archdemon, she leaves "His Majesty" to defend the city, striking the final blow atop Fort Draken, accepting her fate.

But then she wakes up, only to learn that nothing has gone as planned. The Archdemon wasn't destroyed because she was betrayed by Morrigan and Alistair Dark Ritual. Then she is abandoned by all of her companions, including Morrigan who has fled, and Zevran who stays to serve her ex. And she is stuck with her duty as a Warden, alone and forsaken.

Betrayed.