Yup, and it's my favorite part of the game. Watching the comedy antics of your
is PURE GOLD (I went with Leliana & Dog on my first playthrough);
Hey, I could only choose Wynne and Zevran! And ultimately skipped the whole thing, because I thought it's going to be a GOTO's ship-like grind.
Since darkspawn pressure on dwarves lowers to almost nothing during blights, not much.
The merchant who's quest you get in the Mage Circle seemed overpowered to me.
So I'm the wuss for not using nation conquering mages?
Don't remind me, ditched the useless shield of my paladin for a(nother) +8 longsword, and he became leagues more powerful even without two-weapon feats.
Nothing wrong with them, they just aren't unique enough (compared to fighter-mage talent trees) to warrant a separate class instead of merging them with fighters.