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Post by ladyiolanthe on Sept 8, 2017 3:21:02 GMT
I also wonder what can be done to keep characters written by Gaider true to form. Dorian, Morrigan and Alistair are a few that I know of . . . I don't know if they will feel ooc or not . . . Oh well, I will be very happy to play a new DA game, anyhow! Cole was originally David Gaider's from the novel, Asunder, but Patrick Weekes took charge of him in Dragon Age Inquisition. They are different mediums, of course, but I think Cole translated very well to being written by a new author. I don't think it's unlikely that others on the DA writing team could write someone else's character really well - it's a skill set that plenty of fanfic writers seem to develop easily. I've read some fanfics where the characters are written spot-on to what they were like in the show or game the fanfic pays homage to. If there are some small changes to their demeanor it wouldn't be out of character - Dorian has a lot of responsibility now that he is really a Magister in the Tevinter sense of the word, and is having to make decisions about how to fend off the new Qunari invasion. He's also trying to start a quiet revolution to end corruption among his fellow Tevinters. So he might be a little more serious and that would be in character for a person who is walking such a path, I think.
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Post by Walter Black on Sept 8, 2017 13:21:13 GMT
I wonder since they said they have two games worth of story plotted out, how many years are between DAI and the next game? If it's five or so, they will be hitting 9:50 real soon and that means we are near the half way point in the series, so 7 games total . . .? Hopefully the decade jump we had in DA2 is not repeated, they will run out of the 'Dragon Age' timeline. They could always have it where something happens where Thedas decides to drop the new age for each century thing thus it remains Dragon Age. That would be incredibly contrived and lore breaking, in my opinion. More likely, Thedas progresses while the franchise as whole is still named Dragon Age. I mean, how may actually still use warhammers in the 41st century ? That, and they could also make games that happen simultaneously on the timeline, but are located far enough apart so as to not interlap.
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Post by brandoftime on Sept 8, 2017 13:31:28 GMT
Or go to prequels. They have thousands of years of lore, Andraste, the First Blight and even mythical Arlathan to explore. But in terms of moving forward, I will be interested how far they go just to hit DA4. Anyone thinking say, 5 to 10 years? Trespasser alone took 2 off the calendar, making the first three games roughly 15 years, most of it lost on the time skips in DA2 (which imho hurt that story).
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Post by ladyiolanthe on Sept 8, 2017 13:49:28 GMT
That would be incredibly contrived and lore breaking, in my opinion. More likely, Thedas progresses while the franchise as whole is still named Dragon Age. I mean, how may actually still use warhammers in the 41st century ? That, and they could also make games that happen simultaneously on the timeline, but are located far enough apart so as to not interlap.
The current calendar system/way of naming ages is only 900 years old, in a world that has nearly 8000 years of recorded history. The World of Thedas Volume 1 even has a little table that compares years from the calendar systems used by different cultures in Thedas. Ergo, within the lore there have existed different ways of denoting time periods, so I'm not sure how it could be considered 'lore breaking' to change the current, and relatively recent, Chantry-devised way.
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Post by midnight tea on Sept 8, 2017 15:17:21 GMT
That would be incredibly contrived and lore breaking, in my opinion. More likely, Thedas progresses while the franchise as whole is still named Dragon Age. I mean, how may actually still use warhammers in the 41st century ? That, and they could also make games that happen simultaneously on the timeline, but are located far enough apart so as to not interlap.
The current calendar system/way of naming ages is only 900 years old, in a world that has nearly 8000 years of recorded history. The World of Thedas Volume 1 even has a little table that compares years from the calendar systems used by different cultures in Thedas. Ergo, within the lore there have existed different ways of denoting time periods, so I'm not sure how it could be considered 'lore breaking' to change the current, and relatively recent, Chantry-devised way. Yup, and "Dragon Age" doesn't really have to be anything specific - it literally means "age of dragons" and since dragons re-appeared on Thedas... well, it's an age of dragons. It doesn't have to be tied Chantry's calendar, especially considering that many things in BW stories have double (or more) meanings. The name bears significance also from lore perspective beyond the calendar. We have enough reasons to suspect that the return of dragons signifies something important for the world and we know that long ago there were mystical ages when 'dragons ruled the skies'. So basically, the world potentially sees the RETURN of that kind of Dragon Age.
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Post by Solas on Sept 8, 2017 16:13:57 GMT
I love Fenris but I think my wish list says "no", "just let him live peacefully with Hawke" :')
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 16:19:03 GMT
I really would like to limit the number of returning former LI's b/c well, I want new characters that can potentially be romanced by Unconfirmed Hero.
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Post by phoray on Sept 8, 2017 18:15:15 GMT
I really would like to limit the number of returning former LI's b/c well, I want new characters that can potentially be romanced by Unconfirmed Hero. I wasn't implying he'd be a companion. More like a side quest cameo similar to Zevran in DA2.
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Post by IllustriousT on Sept 8, 2017 18:34:04 GMT
I love Fenris but I think my wish list says "no", "just let him live peacefully with Hawke" :') It doesn't need to be long term. Only a cameo during a slave rescue mission or something, a temp party member for one quest - just to meet up and see what he has become. Besides, maybe he doesn't want to be with Hawke - if they were never in a relationship, but he survived. ...or as some have advocated, simply he could be dead. Either way, a cameo works - its him if he survived in your world state - or its...whoever.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 18:59:47 GMT
I really would like to limit the number of returning former LI's b/c well, I want new characters that can potentially be romanced by Unconfirmed Hero. I wasn't implying he'd be a companion. More like a side quest cameo similar to Zevran in DA2. ah, okay. But I doubt he'd return to Tevinter.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 8, 2017 19:14:29 GMT
I wasn't implying he'd be a companion. More like a side quest cameo similar to Zevran in DA2. ah, okay. But I doubt he'd return to Tevinter. If there is a slave revolt or something, I can see Fenris returning to Tevinter to help with that easily.
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Post by Solas on Sept 8, 2017 19:35:09 GMT
I love Fenris but I think my wish list says "no", "just let him live peacefully with Hawke" :') It doesn't need to be long term. Only a cameo during a slave rescue mission or something, a temp party member for one quest - just to meet up and see what he has become. Besides, maybe he doesn't want to be with Hawke - if they were never in a relationship, but he survived. ...or as some have advocated, simply he could be dead. Either way, a cameo works - its him if he survived in your world state - or its...whoever. Fenris is always in a relationship with Hawke, there is no other canon sorry I don't make the rules nah but I don't care overmuch for returning char cameos, less is more for me generally speaking, and focus-wise less old, more new. Thedas feels like such a small place for such a big place sometimes. you also run the risk of "Fenris was in it, where was Anders/Isabela/Merrill?" people still complain (I mean, understandably so) about the Zevran thing years later.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 8, 2017 19:56:38 GMT
It doesn't need to be long term. Only a cameo during a slave rescue mission or something, a temp party member for one quest - just to meet up and see what he has become. Besides, maybe he doesn't want to be with Hawke - if they were never in a relationship, but he survived. ...or as some have advocated, simply he could be dead. Either way, a cameo works - its him if he survived in your world state - or its...whoever. Fenris is always in a relationship with Hawke, there is no other canon sorry I don't make the rules nah but I don't care overmuch for returning char cameos, less is more for me generally speaking, and focus-wise less old, more new. Thedas feels like such a small place for such a big place sometimes. you also run the risk of "Fenris was in it, where was Anders/Isabela/Merrill?" people still complain (I mean, understandably so) about the Zevran thing years later. Well, to be fair all four of those characters if alve could help out in a minor way. Isabela as an admiral of pirates could help with something like maybe getting us across the sea to Seheron. Merrill can help against Solas somehow with her knowledge of the elves. And Anders can help by sitting in the corner not touching anything.
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Post by Solas on Sept 8, 2017 19:58:41 GMT
they absolutely could. but they should all stay in the kitchen where they belong
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 20:03:56 GMT
I love Fenris but I think my wish list says "no", "just let him live peacefully with Hawke" :') Aww, but he's so bored now that Hawke's dead. I kind of want to see him come back but as a guerrilla fighter in Seheron, working with the Fog Warriors to make Seheron independent of both Tevinter and the Qun.
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Post by Solas on Sept 8, 2017 20:07:20 GMT
I'm interested by Seheron and the Fog Warriors! Let's have a fog warrior companion
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Post by midnight tea on Sept 8, 2017 20:44:22 GMT
I'm interested by Seheron and the Fog Warriors! Let's have a fog warrior companion What if we'd play as fog warrior? My assumption is that whoever will be PC, they'd likely be from outside of Tevinter or isolated from Tevinter proper - it'd make sense as audience proxy. It's the reason why Inquisitor was from Free marches while DAO PC's lived in their own little bubbles; that way they avoided making them look like idiots (most of the time...) when everybody explained to them things they probably should have known.
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Post by Solas on Sept 8, 2017 20:46:42 GMT
I'm interested by Seheron and the Fog Warriors! Let's have a fog warrior companion What if we'd play as fog warrior? My assumption is that whoever will be PC, they'd likely be from outside of Tevinter or isolated from Tevinter proper - it'd make sense as audience proxy. It's the reason why Inquisitor was from Free marches while DAO PC's lived in their own little bubbles; that way they avoided making them look like idiots (most of the time...) when everybody explained to them things they probably should have known. this would be badass I am on board.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 20:55:53 GMT
Playing a for warrior or having a significant subplot there, with or without Fenris would be cool.
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Post by themikefest on Sept 8, 2017 21:03:49 GMT
If Fenris and the others have a cameo, then I want Gamlen to have a cameo as well.
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Post by phoray on Sept 8, 2017 22:28:37 GMT
So, I've seen PC as being a Slave turned Rebel/Ex Slave for the protaganist mentioned a lot.
As someone who adores the City Elf Origin with all it's built in darkness, classism, and racism, I would be pretty psyched to be a slave that rebels and leads other slaves to freedom.
I think the Fog Warrior should be a companion or recurring strong NPC. There is a lot of culture to inform us about, and without ORigins which have been all but confirmed as never to exist again.... WE can't tell ourselves about that culture.
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Post by Hrungr on Sept 9, 2017 3:55:42 GMT
I'm interested by Seheron and the Fog Warriors! Let's have a fog warrior companion Well, we've seen concept art for Fog Warriors (from the Red Book), so I'm hoping we'll at least get to know more about them... orig10.deviantart.net/a59f/f/2017/026/2/5/5_by_midnighttea7-dawtjqt.jpgMyself, I'm hoping we'll see an Avvar (esp. a spirit mage) as a companion. Especially given their perspective on magic, sure to ruffle a few feathers among the Tevinter establishment.
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Post by tacsear on Sept 9, 2017 19:07:12 GMT
I don't think we will be fighting for freedom for the slaves. We will probably fight against Qunari and in the aftermath we will be left with a choice to election a new Archon for Tevinter. My money is on Dorian, Maevaris and Calphernia which will represent different policies.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Sept 9, 2017 19:11:44 GMT
I don't think we will be fighting for freedom for the slaves. We will probably fight against Qunari and in the aftermath we will be left with a choice to election a new Archon for Tevinter. My money is on Dorian, Maevaris and Calphernia which will represent different policies. So a lose-lose-lose option.
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Post by tacsear on Sept 9, 2017 19:15:52 GMT
I don't think we will be fighting for freedom for the slaves. We will probably fight against Qunari and in the aftermath we will be left with a choice to election a new Archon for Tevinter. My money is on Dorian, Maevaris and Calphernia which will represent different policies. So a lose-lose-lose option. For you maybe. They're well loved characters
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