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^ Her expression there seems out of place to me. Why would anyone whose partner is going through that (the Anchor exploding with pain, etc) be having any sort of smile?

Trian was extremely arrogant, even to not seeing the threat Behlen posed. I don't think Trian was trying to kill the middle sibling as, in his arrogance, he likely didn't perceive him/her as a threat.

Yeah i replayed part of it last night
Gorims reaction to the shield-would like to know if it was a fake shield /junk like the scout said or that gorim really feels something

I have a feeling gorim was just a true believer and Bhelen grabbed some old shield

Hope gorim survived and is still alive after dai

There are so many memorable moments in this origin and good political theater- hats off the writer on this origin

In regards to the maul- Sata-kas iss in inquisition. Appears to be identical to Trian’s Maul. Is it Dwarven?

New topic- Dorian vs alexious views on tevinter. Alexious indicates that non tevinter citizens have no rights. Dorian on dwarves paints a different picture as though dwarves are more than carta/merchants. If the next game is in tevinter how different are dwarves than say their southern counterparts.

Posted this in the Dorian thread, figured it was relevant here too.


And while we're at it, some adorable Dagna x Sera and an awesome Brosca:

The last one...

Though I'm still sad about Gorim. Even after all those years...

I belieeeve they'd start a new House with their first name. "Aeducan" was Paragon Aeducan's first name, after all.

That said, I know when Warden Brosca is made Paragon their newfound House is actually warrior caste rather than noble; I wonder if Warden Aeducan's is the same? So noblewoman "Gunna Aeducan" founds warrior caste House Gunna?

Yeah, that is a weird thing. Paragons Branka and Caridin use their first names, but Paragons Aeducan (II) and Brosca don't? I suppose to make it simpler they could relegate such references to codex entries only.

That's a question, we're told that House Branka (Smith) absorbed House Kondrat (Warrior) into it when Branka became a Paragon, but aren't the Warrior caste normally above the Smith caste in rank?

Does that mean that Oghren was technically "demoted" to Smith caste when Branka absorbed his house?

Started a new playthrough of Origins with a female Aeducan, any suggestions for who I should romance? Should I go for max tragedy and romance Alistair, only to marry him off to Anora at the Landsmeet and recruit Loghain? I've not done the US ending before either, so should she be the one to take the plunge?

That is a very popular scenario for Lady Aeducans, it seems (with or without the US). I think it's a very interesting scenario, and I do think an Aeducan - depending on how you play them, of course - is one of the origins that's most likely to bow out of the DR and either do the US or feed Loghain/Alistair to the AD in their stead.

It's really up to how you RP your character. My most recent run as a female Aeducan, I played her as a lesbian who felt shackled by her status, but also held Orzammar in high esteem and felt it was her duty to drop 'em and rebuild the empire, as Sera so eloquently puts it. Being exiled and becoming a Grey Warden was as much a blessing as a curse, because she was now free to love anyone she chose, and her duty was, above all, to fight the darkspawn. She ended up romancing Leliana - being the bard's knight in shining armor, stoic and staid, a rock and an anchor. She appreciated Leliana's political savvy and grit, her warm heart, her soft words. Even if she was convinced she was cloud-addled when they first met, talking about visions from a Maker Lady Aeducan had little frame of reference for. She recruited Loghain and tried to marry Alistair to Anora (she was a practical and ruthless sort), but I think my game was bugged because even though I hardened him Alistair wasn't having that at all after I spared Loghain. So he stormed off to become a drunk.

I actually really enjoyed this character - far more than I thought I would - because when people put her in charge at Ostagar, or after Ostagar, she took that as a given. Of course she was in charge, and of course she bore the responsibility, because she was an Aeducan, a dwarf of Orzammar, and a Grey Warden. Her being the leader was as natural as breathing. It was very cool talking to Loghain and Cailan in Ostagar and to have them remark on your heritage - Loghain saying Duncan was smart to search for recruits in Orzammar because the dwarves have been fighting the darkspawn for years, Cailan saying he knows your father - and then Loghain's bitchfit at the Landsmeet mocking the supposed honor of the dwarves. Lady Aeducan dueled him herself and headbutted him right in the junk for that one.

I've also played a Lady Aeducan who romanced Gorim and never quite found it in her to fall for anyone else, as well as a Lord Aeducan who went for Zevran (I based him off Korbin the Legionnaire!).