Originally Posted by ahania
There's also an issue with the game locking the player into an exclusive romance in act 2, giving a ton of highly romantic lines suggesting serious devotion from the love interest. In act 3, you randomly find out some brand new information under the worst of circumstances. See the opening of this entire thread. No amount of wood elf lore or devotes can help with this.
Exactly, nobody would have given a damn about Shadowheart if they knew from the beginning that this was what you can expect. Like I said before, if she were presented like Isabela from Dragon Age 2 pretty much everyone would know what's up.