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Post by theascendent on Jan 6, 2018 9:20:06 GMT
In terms of genitalia in mammals I believe that it's not proportional to the size of the creature. Look at whales and elephants for instance. They are huge animals, but when you compare the size of their penises to their overall mass they're rather on the small size. It might be the same for different humanoid races. Hard to really say.
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Post by Nightscrawl on Jan 6, 2018 9:45:17 GMT
This is starting to verge into Tali sweat territory. Okay, maybe not that bad as you aren't breaking down molecules with diagrams, but there is such a thing as getting carried away.
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Post by xerrai on Jan 6, 2018 23:30:01 GMT
"Elves don't work by genetics" (Patrick Weekes 2015) Assuming this is true and canon, then this has heavy implications on both their biology/physiology since, y'now...those things are supposed to be defined by genetics. link
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Post by House Targaryen on Jan 6, 2018 23:47:07 GMT
No half elves? Probably no other half races as well.
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Post by theascendent on Jan 6, 2018 23:53:53 GMT
Yeah I am not trying to contradict canon, I am just trying to get a better understanding of Elves. I know that half Elves don't exist.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 7, 2018 8:24:47 GMT
"Elves don't work by genetics" (Patrick Weekes 2015) Assuming this is true and canon, then this has heavy implications on both their biology/physiology since, y'now...those things are supposed to be defined by genetics. linkThis was an answer specifically given to explain why there are no half elves, which there should be if normal genetics were in play. However, it does impact in other ways as much or as little as the writers wish it to. Everything seems to point to elves being fundamentally different to other races. There is definitely something different about their blood. OGB Kieran could see it and it might also account for why elves are the preferred victims of Tevinter blood sacrifice. That was what Corypheus told his elven servant. Hopefully we aren't too far off being told exactly why they are different.
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Post by Sah291 on Jan 7, 2018 15:39:01 GMT
"Elves don't work by genetics" (Patrick Weekes 2015) Assuming this is true and canon, then this has heavy implications on both their biology/physiology since, y'now...those things are supposed to be defined by genetics. linkIt's a world where the fade exists. We know spirits from that realm can cross over either by possessing the living, or taking physical form like Cole did. So it makes sense if they are descended from spirits that their form was originally one more adapted to the fade. But the longer they are cut off from the fade, the more human like they will become. The interesting implications are what exactly would happen to humans if the Veil drops. Will it work in reverse? Maybe humans will die out over time, or become more elf like. Human and elven parents would start having elven children only. No half humans.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 7, 2018 18:58:30 GMT
So it makes sense if they are descended from spirits that their form was originally one more adapted to the fade. But the longer they are cut off from the fade, the more human like they will become. This is probably true but it does make me wonder how they reproduced before the Veil if they did at all. If everyone is immortal then there is only a finite number the world can support. The Dalish believe that the elders entered Uthenera to make way for younger ones but were they born or did the older elves simply encourage more spirits to cross into the material world when they wanted to boost their numbers, in which case the elders probably entered Uthenera in order to encourage the spirits to join them. Once the Veil went up and elves started to die of old age, they would have had no choice but to start reproducing in the conventional way and each generation would gradually become less and less spirit-like.
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Jan 7, 2018 19:14:45 GMT
"Elves don't work by genetics" (Patrick Weekes 2015) Assuming this is true and canon, then this has heavy implications on both their biology/physiology since, y'now...those things are supposed to be defined by genetics. linkThis was an answer specifically given to explain why there are no half elves, which there should be if normal genetics were in play. However, it does impact in other ways as much or as little as the writers wish it to. Everything seems to point to elves being fundamentally different to other races. There is definitely something different about their blood. OGB Kieran could see it and it might also account for why elves are the preferred victims of Tevinter blood sacrifice. That was what Corypheus told his elven servant. Hopefully we aren't too far off being told exactly why they are different. More on the blood thing, in addition to everything that's already been said... Cole's comments on an elf inky: "Pulled, blood that is not blood, a tiny trace of time. Lips struggling to shape language your parents lived." Hmmm.
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Post by theascendent on Jan 7, 2018 19:39:58 GMT
When did Cole say that?
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Post by OhDaniGirl on Jan 7, 2018 19:59:17 GMT
According to the wiki, it's a continuation of, "You're too bright. Like counting birds against the sun. The mark makes you more. But past it..." I've never heard it personally, so I can only assume it's accurate. dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Cole/Dialogue
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Post by Sah291 on Jan 7, 2018 21:04:35 GMT
So it makes sense if they are descended from spirits that their form was originally one more adapted to the fade. But the longer they are cut off from the fade, the more human like they will become. This is probably true but it does make me wonder how they reproduced before the Veil if they did at all. If everyone is immortal then there is only a finite number the world can support. The Dalish believe that the elders entered Uthenera to make way for younger ones but were they born or did the older elves simply encourage more spirits to cross into the material world when they wanted to boost their numbers, in which case the elders probably entered Uthenera in order to encourage the spirits to join them. Once the Veil went up and elves started to die of old age, they would have had no choice but to start reproducing in the conventional way and each generation would gradually become less and less spirit-like. Maybe their immortality wasn't literal. They could have reproduced the normal way, since they had physical form. But then it might have worked like reincarnation, with spirits choosing to be born, and then crossing back into the fade after physical death. This is consistent with what Solas says to human Cole, about his mortality being self imposed. But since ancient elves retained a connection to the fade pre Veil and saw themselves as spirits, then maybe they retained all their memories, and so considered themselves to be immortal. The most powerful elven mages and gods probably reproduced like Flemeth, but it's not clear whether all elves had that knowledge, and if so, they clearly forgot after the Veil went up.
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Post by ellehaym on Jan 7, 2018 23:17:55 GMT
I always got the impression that Elves entering Uthenera successfully was an accomplishment. A successful Unthenera means that the body remains while the Elve's mind/soul goes to the Fade to do whatever and will return to his/her body whenever they feel like it.
Given what we know of the ancient Elvhen, Uthenera was only for those in power, at least prior to Solas' rebelion.
I wonder if the 1st of Elvhen-kind were Spirit turned physical form and that it was a pioneering Evanuris that "invented" procreation between Elves (by observing animals?) rather than the more complicated -if not risky- way for Spirits to gain physical form.
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Post by theascendent on Jan 7, 2018 23:49:52 GMT
Discovering sex for the first time must've been awkward to say the least.
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Post by Giant Ambush Beetle on Jan 8, 2018 1:28:48 GMT
I know that half Elves don't exist. Icelanders would disagree with you, they even have to contact a spiritual advisor before they can build a house. You don't want to piss off the local elves with desecrating their holy places.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 8, 2018 8:49:21 GMT
Given what we know of the ancient Elvhen, Uthenera was only for those in power, at least prior to Solas' rebelion. Remember that Mihris also said: "From the Fade, the ancients could see our whole world. They could tell us where our enemies would be and in what number. Where the Veil was thin they could send spirits to do their biding and help us." Felassan followed up with: "They could kill their enemies as they slept." Then proceeded to pour scorn and ridicule on the idea, suggesting that actually Mihris was too close to the truth for his liking. Obviously there was no Veil, but everyone seemed to have forgotten that fact, but the rest of it sounds very plausible. We know that blood mages can allegedly seek out and kill their enemies in their sleep (probably with the assistance of demons in the Fade) and it has always been something credited to human Dreamers, so it seems that using Uthenera as a weapon of war, rather than a means of enlightenment for the benefit of all, was likely its purpose during the final years of the Elven Empire. The ancient dreamer may not have been able to see the whole world but very likely the area under their jurisdiction and contact their followers through the Fade. It is, after all, what Solas can do and why Felassan knew there was no hiding place for him when he entered the Fade. Naturally, therefore, Uthenera would be something permitted only to the ruling elite, may be only the "Chosen" of the gods in much the same way as "taking on the form of the Divine" was. I imagine that this may well have been policed by either Dirthamen or Falon'Din, or possibly both gods working in collaboration. The folklore has Falon'Din very closely associated with the Fade, leading the Dalish to believe he was a guide of the dead. More likely he ensured that no one used Uthenera who was not entitled to and the spirits of the dead were his servants who ensured this.
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Post by xerrai on Jan 10, 2018 3:48:23 GMT
So it makes sense if they are descended from spirits that their form was originally one more adapted to the fade. But the longer they are cut off from the fade, the more human like they will become. This is probably true but it does make me wonder how they reproduced before the Veil if they did at all. If everyone is immortal then there is only a finite number the world can support. The Dalish believe that the elders entered Uthenera to make way for younger ones but were they born or did the older elves simply encourage more spirits to cross into the material world when they wanted to boost their numbers, in which case the elders probably entered Uthenera in order to encourage the spirits to join them. Once the Veil went up and elves started to die of old age, they would have had no choice but to start reproducing in the conventional way and each generation would gradually become less and less spirit-like. Well to be honest, I just assumed Elvhenan had enough fatal violence to make up for what would otherwise be an obscene overpopulation problem. If Elvhenan took their politics even half as seriously as the Orlesians , then there is no doubt that political assassinations are relatively common in the upper ranks. And if their view on law and order is as draconian as ancient civilizations tend to be, then there is little doubt that executions, hangings and the like were not unheard of. Executions that could easily take on a more corruptive spin if they had the elven equivalent of the Anvil of the Void (blood magic anyone?). At least one codex (Raising the Sonallium) included the drawing of prismatic knife while at the same time being recorded as a "friendly debate". Which is to say nothing of the wars they presumably had.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 10, 2018 9:52:18 GMT
There did seem to a right of appeal though, rather like in Ancient Rome where you could appeal to the Emperor if you felt aggrieved by the decision at the local level. Mythal was the main adjudicator in such matters, although she could defer judgment to Elgar'nan:
"The sinner belongs to Dirthamen; he claims he took wings at the urging of Ghilan'nain, and begs protection from Mythal. She does not show him favor, and will let Elgar'nan judge him."
She was also an arbiter in disputes between the gods: "Mythal, in her wisdom, interceded in an argument between Elgar'nan and Falon'Din........Elgar'nan and Falon'Din agreed, and set their champions against each other rather than declare war among the gods."
So there did seem a hierarchy for dispensing justice in the empire with Mythal the ultimate authority, keeping control over both commoners and the gods. It was hardly surprising, therefore, that her death left a power vacuum and chaos ensued.
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Post by xerrai on Jan 10, 2018 20:57:24 GMT
There did seem to a right of appeal though, rather like in Ancient Rome where you could appeal to the Emperor if you felt aggrieved by the decision at the local level. Mythal was the main adjudicator in such matters, although she could defer judgment to Elgar'nan: " The sinner belongs to Dirthamen; he claims he took wings at the urging of Ghilan'nain, and begs protection from Mythal. She does not show him favor, and will let Elgar'nan judge him."She was also an arbiter in disputes between the gods: "Mythal, in her wisdom, interceded in an argument between Elgar'nan and Falon'Din........Elgar'nan and Falon'Din agreed, and set their champions against each other rather than declare war among the gods." So there did seem a hierarchy for dispensing justice in the empire with Mythal the ultimate authority, keeping control over both commoners and the gods. It was hardly surprising, therefore, that her death left a power vacuum and chaos ensued. Quite right. It is likely that Mythal was an exceptional power in making sure the gods didn't go to out of control. But I hardly doubt that Mythal could intervene in the majority of the crimes committed in the empire. Most likely, she only intervened in cases pertaining to elvhenan's upper class or cases that held implications for the empire. In order to really be effective, her followers/municipal system would have stellar in addressing (or trying to address) or enforcing her brand of justice, which I have a hard time believing even she could do. But this is all mostly null if the lower/slave class was excluded or vastly impeded from participating in this justice system. Solas makes a direct reference to there both being slaves and nobles in ancient Arlathan, and most slave-accept empires are specifically structured to impede, deny or diminish the rights of those slaves. Granted, Solas's version of "slaves" could easily refer to second class citizens or Elvhenan's lowest class, but virtually all empires rely on maintaining the status quo by making sure the lower classes is never on the same level playing field as the upper class. I can only assume that includes Mythal's justice. I'm not saying you're wrong or anything (on the contrary you are likely right). But I don't think Mythal was that effective in eradicating injustice in the empire--even in her hayday. She may temper it, she may lessen it, she may even get rid of the symptoms of it by dispensing justice on a guilty party. But unless she changed/controlled the Empire on a fundamental level then there was no way she could get to the root of the problem. And there was no way she could do that without impeding or otherwise negating the power of the other gods, who I don't see as quietly conceding their power.
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Post by ellehaym on Jan 10, 2018 22:05:13 GMT
I wonder if Fen'harel only became anti-slavery shortly before or after Mythal's murder? While he was younger, he may have been closer to how Dorian was in that he didn't believe slavery was "that bad" and it took ___ to make him realize it was wrong, much like how he eventually started seeing how modern Thedosian are "people"
I think that things were brewing that the Evanuris eventually got tired of Mythal's meddling in everything and killed her
There was already strife between the People, so Mythal took upon herself to dole out Elvhen Justice since she knows Elgar'nan will destroy everything. When she showed hesitation and deferred judgment to Elgar'nan, I'd imagine that caused a chain reaction.
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Post by theascendent on Jan 11, 2018 9:24:47 GMT
Interesting how we've moved on to examining the nuances of Elven culture and how the empire worked. Could we call it an empire? An oligarchy or theocracy would perhaps be more accurate. We know that the Evanuris ruled and they probably had a handful of favourites that made up the upper classes, not to mention each temple had a cadre of Sentinels/Slaves/Priests dedicated to defending their respective temple. The power of the Evanuris would be sufficient to keep the rest of the population in line, at least until the rebellion and subsequent civil war.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 11, 2018 9:58:56 GMT
Most likely, she only intervened in cases pertaining to elvhenan's upper class or cases that held implications for the empire. This is likely true in that in Ancient Rome you had to be a Citizen to have right of appeal to the Emperor. So as you point out, the lower ranks of society, with no particular power in their own right, would probably not qualify. We know there was a distinction drawn between the "Chosen" of the gods and other members of society, the Chosen probably being the higher ranks of their priesthood. Still it is possible that the followers of Mythal were the dispensers of justice at a lower level on her behalf. Then there were the nobles. Even Dalish lore states that Arlathan was "a place of knowledge and debate, where the best of the ancient elves would go to trade knowledge, greet old friends, and settle disputes that had gone on for millennia." This would seem to hint that perhaps only the upper classes were even permitted to go there. Since the Dalish claim to be descended from nobility that would account for why their memories of the setup were positive. Their ancestors benefited from the system and maintained it. What I would still like to know is what happened to all the other elves when the empire collapsed. Why have we never heard of any other enclaves of elves, particularly in the deep south away from activities of the early Neromenian human tribes? Or if there were, as the ruins in the Brecilian Forest and Sundermount suggest (in fact all over the south), why did they totally die out to leave just the community in Arlathan Forest and the remnant in the Arbor Wilds?
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Post by theascendent on Jan 11, 2018 12:03:43 GMT
In regards to Sundermount, there was a climatic battle that shattered the Veil so we can assume that the Elves living there were either killed or enslaved. As for those in the Brecillian forest, the ruin might indicate that they started living with humans and as they started mating with them, all the unions resulting in human children we can deduce that they couldn't sustain a viable population and only left elfblooded children. Perhaps this was the fate of the remaining Elves, aside from those secluded in the Temples or the ones Tevinters found in Arlathan.
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Post by ladyiolanthe on Jan 11, 2018 15:53:32 GMT
With regards to whether the ancient elves had hair or not... One of Solas' murals shows two Elvhen with hair: Then there is the Weekes tweet about Solas maybe preventing hair growth with magic. The Sentinels all appear to be bald, but that might be because of their priestly status, rather like Buddhist monks. I'm not convinced that the mosaics of the Evanuris show them all as bald. There are patterns in the tesserae that suggest hair on most of them.
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Post by ladyiolanthe on Jan 11, 2018 15:57:43 GMT
Sometimes I have wondered if a pre-requisite to be able to do magic at all is to have some elf blood. Wouldn't that be irksome for the Magisters who treat elves like crap but owe their abilities to having an elven ancestor sometime in the distant past?
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