This is the giant poke doll your mom buys you in Pokemon Gold and Silver

I was going to say if you picked a female elf, so you could end up with Solas, but then I saw the link to your article saying you hate him.
Funny thing is I remember a friend playing through this whole quest next door, I believe they did the same choices you did in this article.

I didn’t play DA:I as the play style wasn’t my thing and I didn’t have the time to play an adventure game of this scale. My ex played the heck out of the game and loved telling me lore and character story lines. Sadly she passed away and I feel if it will force me to play the next game, even though it wont be with her…