Quote Originally Posted by Anonymouswizard View Post
It's also quite hard to make Varric a rival, he likes a lot of things you'll be doing.
Yeah. In my last playthrough, I decided to actually try and max him out as a rival for what I think was the first time, as kind of a self-imposed challenge.

Similarly, while I often have Fenris in the party, I'm not sure I've ever had him as a friend rather than a rival, since my characters are usually pretty pro-mage (or at least not anti-mage enough for Fenris' liking).