Alongside The Elder Scrolls and The Witcher, Dragon Age has become one of the most influential fantasy worlds in modern gaming. Created by Canadian developer BioWare, the series is set on the fictional continent Thedas, a land shaped by magic, religion, and political conflicts, where the player steps into the role of different characters at moments of crisis.
Dragon Age: Origins, the first game in the series, was released in 2009. It was the start of a multimedia franchise that now includes multiple role-playing games, novels, comics, animated films and series, short stories, and extensive in-game lore. Together, these stories explore and expand the history of Thedas, its characters, and mythologies.
Dragon Age’s first comic was also released in 2009, and it would not be the last. The franchise would really start to expand in this format in 2012, when Dark Horse Comics started publishing stories set in Thedas, beginning with the digital-only release of The Silent Grove. Since then, the publisher has released other comics that explore events between the games.
Follow this guide to discover all the Dragon Age comics available in omnibus, hardcover, and trade paperback formats, and see how they fit into the larger Dragon Age universe.
Dragon Age Comics Collection
Dragon Age, the Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics has released several comics set in the Dragon Age Universe. Most of them are available in different collections.
Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels
The easiest way to collect the Dark Horse Dragon Age comics is to buy the softcover collected edition containing the first five comics. Note that before this collection was published, Dark Horse released the Dragon Age Omnibus, which is also a softcover and brings together the first three comics that form a single storyline following Alistair, Varric and Isabela on a quest to discover the fate of Alistair’s missing father.
- Dragon Age: The First Five Graphic Novels (TP)
Collects Dragon Age: The Silent Grove #1-6, Dragon Age: Those Who Speak #1-3, Dragon Age: Until We Sleep #1-3, Dragon Age: Magekiller #1-5, and Dragon Age: Knight Errant #1-5.
For those who prefer hardbacks, the publisher has released these stories in two Library Edition volumes:
- Dragon Age Library Edition Vol. 1 (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: The Silent Grove #1-6, Dragon Age: Those Who Speak #1-3, Dragon Age: Until We Sleep #1-3. - Dragon Age Library Edition Vol. 2 (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: Magekiller #1-5, Dragon Age: Knight Errant #1-5 and features creator commentary and behind-the-scenes material.
These comics are also available separately:
- Dragon Age Vol. 1: Silent Grove (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: The Silent Grove #1-6 - Dragon Age Vol. 2: Those Who Speak (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: The Silent Grove #1-3 - Dragon Age Vol. 3: Until We Sleep (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: Until We Sleep #1-3 - Dragon Age: Magekiller (TP)
Collects Dragon Age: Magekiller #1-5 - Dragon Age: Knight Errant (TP)
Collects Dragon Age: Knight Errant #1-5
Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter Trilogy
Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter is a trilogy that pits Fenris and the Inquisition against the Venatori for the fate of Thedas that Dark Horse has reprinted in an oversized hardcover:
- Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter (HC)
Wraiths of Tevinter trilogy. Collects Dragon Age: Deception #1-3, Dragon Age: Blue Wraith #1-3, and Dragon Age: Dark Fortress #1-3.
Each story is also available individually.
- Dragon Age: Deception (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: Deception #1-3 - Dragon Age: Blue Wraith (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: Blue Wraith #1-3 - Dragon Age: Dark Fortress (HC)
Collects Dragon Age: Dark Fortress #1-3.
Dragon Age: The Missing
The most recent comics published by Dark Horse, The Missing is a prequel to Veilguard and follows Varric Tethras and Lace Harding on a mission to locate a former friend lost in the Deep Roads. This comic has only been reprinted in:
- Dragon Age: The Missing (TP)
Collects Dragon Age: The Missing #1-4.
Other Dragon Age Comics
Before Dark Horse Comics became the main publisher, several other comics were released in the Dragon Age Universe, mostly coming from Penny Arcade.
- Dragon Age Origins
An eight-page mini-comic set before Dragon Age: Origins starring Morrigan and Flemeth. Published by Penny Arcade for free online. - Dragon Age Origins Awakening
A six-page mini-comic set before Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening starring Nathaniel Howe. Published by Penny Arcade for free online. - Dragon Age: The Revelation
An eight-page mini-comic based on cut content for Dragon Age: Origins, featuring Alistair and Morrigan. First published on the official BioWare blog. - Dragon Age Vol. 1
Collects Dragon Age (2010) #1-6. A six-part mini-series side story set in the Dragon Age universe published by IDW. - Dragon Age 2
A three-page mini-comic by Penny Arcade featuring Hawke and Isabela. First published by BioWare on the official Dragon Age II website. - Hindsight
A motion comic by Penny Arcade about an in-game item named “Hindsight”. First published by BioWare on the official Dragon Age II website.
Dragon Age Novels
- Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne – written by David Gaider. A prequel story to Dragon Age: Origins.
- Dragon Age: The Calling – written by David Gaider. A story set between Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne and Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening.
- Dragon Age: Asunder – written by David Gaider. A story set between Dragon Age II and Dragon Age: Inquisition.
- Dragon Age: The Masked Empire – written by Patrick Weekes. A prequel story to Dragon Age: Inquisition.
- Dragon Age: Last Flight – written by Liane Merciel. A side story set in the Dragon Age universe.
- Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown – written by Mary Kirby as Varric Tethras. Spin-off side story from Dragon Age II.
- Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights – an anthology of short stories.
Dragon Age Chronological Order
Since 2009, the Dragon Age universe has grown to include stories told in comic books, novels and other media outside of the main games. The following is one possible chronological order for exploring the Dragon Age universe:
- Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne – Novel.
- Dragon Age: The Calling – Novel.
- Dragon Age: Journeys – 2-D flash game
- Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker – Animated movie featuring Cassandra Pentaghast, first introduced in Dragon Age 2.
- The Flame Eternal –Short story Dragon Age Day celebration 2021
- Leliana’s Song – Prequel DLC for Dragon Age: Origins that explores Leliana’s backstory.
- Dragon Age Origins – Penny Arcade Comic.
- Dragon Age: Origins – The Game that started it all!
- Dragon Age: Origins – Return to Ostagar (DLC)
- Dragon Age: Origins – The Stone Prisoner (DLC)
- Dragon Age: Origins – Warden’s Keep (DLC)
- Dragon Age: The Revelation – Penny Arcade Comic.
- Dragon Age: Warden’s Fall – Five-part mini webseries
- Dragon Age Origins Awakening – Penny Arcade Comic.
- Dragon Age: Awakening – Origins Expansion, taking place in the aftermath of the game.
- Golems of Amgarrak – DLC set after Awakening.
- Witch Hunt – DLC featuring Morrigan set after Origins.
- Dragon Age: Legends – A flash game later released as a single-player downloadable game.
- Dragon Age II: Short Stories – A compilation of the free Dragon Age 2 Short Stories serving as prequel to the game. (Varric, Fenris, Anders, Isabela, Merrill, Sebastian, Aveltrin)
- Dragon Age II – The second game and sequel to Dragon Age: Origins
- The Exiled Prince – DLC featuring Sebastian Vael.
- Mark of the Assassin – DLC featuring Tallis
- The Black Emporium – DLC
- Legacy – DLC that introduces Corypheus.
- Dragon Age: Redemption – Web series introducing Tallis, a Qunari elven assassin. Takes place at the same time as DA II.
- Dragon Age Vol. 1: Silent Grove – Dark Horse Comics
- Dragon Age Vol. 2: Those Who Speak – Dark Horse Comics
- Dragon Age Vol. 3: Until We Sleep – Dark Horse Comics
- Dragon Age: Hard in Hightown – Novel. Varric Tethras’ breakthrough work in the Dragon Age Universe, published during Dragon Age II.
- Dragon Age: Asunder – Novel
- Dragon Age: The Masked Empire – Novel
- Dragon Age II prologue and conclusion is set around here.
- Dragon Age: Last Flight – Novel
- Dragon Age: The Last Court – Text-Based Browser Game
- Dragon Age: Inquisition Prequel Short Stories
- Dragon Age: Inquisition – Third Game.
- Jaws of Hakkon (DLC)
- The Descent (DLC)
- Dragon Age: Magekiller – Dark Horse Comics. Set before and during the events of Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Trespasser – DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition, set a few years after the conclusion.
- Dragon Age: Knight Errant – Dark Horse Comics.
- Dragon Age: Absolution – a six-episode Netflix animated series.
- Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights – Collection of Short Stories (not in chronological order), mostly set post-Trespasser
- Dragon Age Day celebration Short Stories – related to the events of Tevinter Nights
- The Next One (Dragon Age Day celebration 2020)
- The Wake (Dragon Age Day celebration 2020)
- Minrathous Shadows (Dragon Age Day celebration 2020)
- Ruins of Reality (Dragon Age Day celebration 2020)
- Won’t Know When (Dragon Age Day celebration 2021)
- As We Fly (Dragon Age Day celebration 2022)
- Dragon Age: Wraiths of Tevinter – Dark Horse Trilogy Comics.
- Dragon Age: The Missing – Dark Horse Comics.
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard – Fourth Game.
Not on this list: The Darkspawn Chronicles, a DLC for Dragon Age: Origins and alternate history; Dragon Age Vol. 1, IDW series generally considered non-canon; Heroes of Dragon Age, a game that has been shut down; and The Final Conversation, a Dorian story from David Gaider
To continue exploring the Dragon Age universe, check out the Dragon Age Wiki, which has been a great resource in building this guide!