My character, a female city-elf and member of the Grey Wardens (a warrior order), was in love with Alistair, her fellow Warden and, she later discovered, a royal bastard. At a Landsmeet to decide the rulership of the country, she supported Alistair for the throne and he became king. However, after the Landsmeet, Alistair ended their romantic relationship because 1) two Grey Wardens couldn't have children, and he'd need an heir, and 2) the nobles would never accept an elven queen. He was miserable having to say all that, but he felt it was his duty. My character was totally unprepared for it, and quite devastated, but she determined to keep doing her duty.
The night before the march to Denerim for the final battle, Alistair and my character learned that the Archdemon could only be killed by a Grey Warden, and that the price was the Warden's life. Then our resident morally-grey witch, Morrigan, took me aside, saying she could ensure the Archdemon was defeated without that sacrifice, if Alistair slept with Morrigan that night and made her pregnant. Morrigan knew Alistair loathed her and everything she represented, and asked my character to persuade him to do the deed. This was problematic, because 1) the ritual would save the Wardens by capturing the Archdemon's soul in the unborn child, and for all we knew that could lead to another Blight (the disaster we had been trying to solve all along), and 2) the idea of coercing a man into unwanted sex seemed unpleasantly close to rape - a thought even more difficult to contemplate if one loves the man in question. So my character refused, deciding that she would die when they faced the Archdemon. Morrigan cursed her and left the party for good.
At the final battle, my character, Alistair, and the rest of the group finally cornered the Archdemon and prepared to strike it down. I carefully ensured that my character was the one to knock off the Archdemon's last hitpoints. Then, however, a cutscene immediately begins where Alistair intervenes, saying he's going to inflict the final blow. My character protests, saying he has to live and rule the country. He disagrees, tells her how sorry he is for breaking her heart and that he was wrong to split up with her. My character refuses to accept what he's saying, and tries to stop him, but he charges the Archdemon - killing it.
He dies.
The country then goes on to be ruled by his rival. The games ends with a big celebration of the defeat of the Archdemon, in which my character was hailed as the most amazing hero ever, and Alistair's sacrifice was barely mentioned.
. That was actually quite satisfying since I hated the bastard all along ^_^
