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Thank you for the recommendations! You've mentioned a few I hadn't heard of yet. 

And I agree that it's unlikely that the Inquisitor returns as playable. It just seems strange that the Inquisitor won't be the one to deal with Solas, considering their unique relationship. But at least if Inky doesn't return I can roll another dwarf while playing my elf worldstate... Playing a Tevinter dwarf would be really interesting. 

(I know I'm a bit late but...)

It really depends of the setting and its lore. For example, I'm torn between playing Dunmers or Redguards in The Elder Scrolls because they're the most interesting races IMO (I like Imperials too, but not as much), and I've only played a Human in GW2 because my character was a descendant of my GW1 character (who was also Human - since there was just a single playable race back then). So I don't necessarily go for the "dwarfiest" race, just for the one I find the most ionteresting to play.

Hello, dwarf fans! I have a question, a very important question, perhaps a singularly most important question, or perhaps not... Why doesn't Varric have his own thread! He has a ship thread with Cassandra, but not his own space for the admiring and discussing of his chest hair character? I'm throwing this question at this thread, because Varric is dwarf and our only dwarf party member. Is this a bias against his undwarf-iness?

Now I'm a Varric fan, but not a Varric FAN!!!! So under usual circumstances I wouldn't consider making a character thread for him myself, but these aren't usual circumstances! Poor Varric is the only companion, including advisors, without his own thread! xD I will create a Varric thread later tonight when I have the opportunity to get on a computer OR a Varric FAN!!!! Can come to their character's aid, create a thread, and I'll add my support to it later ^-^ (I favor this option!)

Greetings dwarf friends. I'm not sure if I raised the following issue back on the old boards but feel it is worth debating again.

What do you think was the real reason that Endrin Stonehammer moved the dwarven capital from Kal-Sharok to Orzammar? The history in World of Thedas claims that it was moved because of the Imperium weakening with the spread of humanity. This makes no sense at all. Darinius forged the alliance with the dwarven king in Kal-Sharok in -1200 and then 5 years later united the kingdoms of Tevinter, Qarinus and Neromenian into the Tevinter Imperium. So at this point the Imperium was rising in power and continued to do so until well after the conquest of the elves of Arlathan Forest over one hundred years later. Yet only 25 years after the creation of the Imperium, the dwarven king moved his capital to Orzammar. At this point the Imperium hadn't even reached southern Thedas (it only crossed the Waking Sea after the conquest of the elves), much less conquered it, so Orzammar would be some distance from its main customer. Admittedly the Deep Roads were open then and used for trade but it would still take just as long to travel underground as it was to cross the surface.

Theory one is that the lyrium veins around Kal-Sharok were nearly worked out and new discoveries near Orzammar made the king think it expedient to move himself there.

Theory two is that the Imperium had indicated they were planning on extending their empire into southern Thedas and the dwarves realised it would be easier to supply the armies of the Imperium from a base closer to the action.

Neither of these really works for me because Orzammar was still the wrong side of the Waking Sea and at that time there were numerous other thaigs that could have been chosen as an alternative to Kal-Sharok. So why Orzammar and why then? Any ideas?

This was my thought, as well. They rely heavily on Tevinter, they know they rely heavily on Tevinter, but they don't actually want to admit it. If they move of their own accord, there's a little bit of, "See how much we don't need you!!1 Hahah a ha aa..."

Could be totally wrong on that point, but that was my initial thought. Pride. A very transparent show of "strength."

Or maybe something happened in Kal-Sharok that made them want to GTFO of dodge. Maybe the dwarves of Kal-Sharok didn't change because they were separated for so long... maybe those changes started beforehand, and frightened the powers that be enough to separate?

Artificer.

It's a blast. Artificer and Archer just makes it even better. That combo is one of my favorites and I always get a lot of fun playing it.

Thanks for the tip! Artificer it is. Is it pretty fun with DW, too? 'Cause I plan on taking Sera everywhere with me and I'd rather not have two archers.

She looks amazing. I take it you used a mod for her hair. How could Varric resist her?

I finally found the courage to redo my 2H Warrior Thogrim on PC. Yeah me!

Random thought of the day... how do you think Dwarves regard the Moons of Thedas?

Has any Surfacer ever argued (probably in a tavern) that they've not abandoned the Stone going to the Surface, because depending on what time of day or night you look, there's still a honking massive one hanging in the sky above them?!

Well, where do you think every dwarf who gets sucked into the sky eventually ends up?

YES! (see my profile pic)

DA4--so long as we can play dwarves--and not stinky humans like DA2--the entire reason that game sucked IMO--lady beards MUST be an option!


Also, my bearded lady dwarf is romancing Blackwall, an epic battle of the beards romance! Reaching top tier ridiculousness, she is a 2-handed, proper, hammer master Templar!