Until a patch is released, I figured out a work around. I lost several hours of progression on my character, but I fixed the game. I went back to an old save. It is important to choose a save before you started ticking trials boxes in options. When you tick any of the trials it bugs out the game and creates the persistent mark of the inquisitor whether that character has done the Trespasser DLC yet or not. Loading a save prior to ticking the trials boxes removed the bug/glitch entirely. Until there is a patch to fix the bugs in the new trials part of the game, this is what we can do. Avoid the Trials entirely. Do not even touch them with a ten-foot pole.
Unfortunately that fix does not apply to me as I had never touched the trials to begin with. They have always been off and this issue still occurs after unlocking the 2nd and 3rd tiers for focus. As far as I am concerned this is game breaking. I haven't even finished the story yet as I have been doing the majority of the side quests. It persists through all dialogue and makes it difficult to hear. This had better be fixed in the next patch. Until then I will not be touching this game.
