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Post by Ieldra on Sept 30, 2018 11:34:52 GMT
I also don't agree that there can't be friendship in such cases, it's just dependent on not working against each others' goals. I find that entirely plausible. Your relationship might come to a tragic end depending on the non-personal choices you make, of course, and that, too, I find entirely plausible, and.... desirable. It's an interesting idea, but likely very hard to narrate in a plausible fashion. I'm just thinking that if I'm the protagonist, looking at someone like Anders or Calpernia (assuming that I know the basics), unless there are some impressively compelling arguments and circumstance in play, I will just react with "nope" and attempt to find other people to work with. Only if you're not already sympathetic to their goals, and if you're not envisioning your protagonist to be somewhat pragmatic either. Both of which were the case with my most favorite main character in DA2, and would likely be with a protagonist I'd make in another DA game. The story with Anders ended tragically, with him being killed by my main character in the end in spite of love existing between them, don't ask for the complexity of emotions that went into that, and resulted from that, but exactly for that reason I found that game most compelling, and this main character most memorable. In Calpernia's case I would expect things to go differently, since she has her story as a no-holds-barred extremist behind her and should not repeat it.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Sept 30, 2018 11:52:33 GMT
Dragon Age has companions whose recruitment is optional, often because your character doesn't trust them. eg Zevran who just tried to kill you and has murdered many others, Sten whose imprisoned for massacring a family, Iron Bull whose a spy for a foreign power
So being a companion who some will nope out of clearly isn't an obstacle.
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Post by Sifr on Oct 1, 2018 12:16:24 GMT
In fact, I have some acquired dislike for redemption stories due to overexposure and would find it far more interesting for a character like Calpernia NOT to pursue redemption, but comment on her own past with statements like "Yes, I made a mistake when working with Corypheus, and yes, it did cost many lives. Now can we put the past behind us and continue? The future is more important than the past." Have her recruitment go something like this perhaps?
Protagonist: You served Corypheus? Willingly?
Calpernia: I did... as did many others.
Protagonist: Even knowing he was a darkspawn! Why would any sane person that? Calpernia: Because we truly believed in his vision. Protagonist: To destroy the world? Calpernia: To restore the Imperium to greatness. Protagonist: And how did that work out for all of you?
Calpernia: *Glares*
Protagonist: You're one of the most wanted people in Thedas, why risk your life coming to me?
Calpernia: Because you have a chance to succeed where he failed. Protagonist: And... what? You wish to serve me now?
Calpernia: No, I will never serve anyone again... but I will work with you, provided our interests continue to align. Protagonist: And if they don't? Calpernia: It would be better for us both that they do.
I would imagine in this scenario that Calpernia might have already been helping us in some hidden capacity, as it would be the only reason for our protagonist to even consider trusting her and letting her join the party.
On an unrelated note... would Calpernia continue to use that name after Corypheus' death, particularly she was betrayed by him? I can't recall whether she gave herself that name or it was one that he bestowed on her?
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Post by gervaise21 on Oct 1, 2018 15:59:08 GMT
On an unrelated note... would Calpernia continue to use that name after Corypheus' death, particularly she was betrayed by him? I can't recall whether she gave herself that name or it was one that he bestowed on her?
According to WOT2, Calpernia was a name she took for herself after he freed her, presumably because she wanted to distance herself from her life as slave. Presumably she took this name because of her reverence for Darinius and he was raised by a priestess of Dumat called Calpurnia (note the different spelling). I kept spelling her name wrong until someone pointed this out to me, so maybe her use of an "e" instead of a "u" was meant to reflect her lack of formal education, so she had heard rather than read about Calpurnia. As she still wants to restore Tevinter to the sort of greatness it enjoyed under Darinius, there would seem no reason for her to abandon the name if that is the reason it had meaning for her.
EDIT: I've just checked her short story and it would seem she was using the name Calpernia before Corypheus freed her. So he definitely didn't give her the name but I really don't know what to make of that. Marius says "you use the name Calpernia" as though he was aware of the fact that she had a different name when she joined their household, so maybe it is something she adopted after she became a slave to Erasthenes and started to learn more about the history of Tevinter as this was something of a specialty of his, particularly the Old Gods. If that is the case and she learned about the name from teaching herself to read his books, it is odd she would get the spelling wrong, so may be she did it deliberately to both honour the past and make herself unique.
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Post by gangrelbeckett on Dec 10, 2018 22:18:45 GMT
Quote from SofaJockey: "For other characters, please go to (or start) threads for them." Well i would love to romance Calpernia in DA 4.
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Post by Hrungr on Dec 10, 2018 22:26:31 GMT
On an unrelated note... would Calpernia continue to use that name after Corypheus' death, particularly she was betrayed by him? I can't recall whether she gave herself that name or it was one that he bestowed on her?
According to WOT2, Calpernia was a name she took for herself after he freed her, presumably because she wanted to distance herself from her life as slave. Presumably she took this name because of her reverence for Darinius and he was raised by a priestess of Dumat called Calpurnia (note the different spelling). I kept spelling her name wrong until someone pointed this out to me, so maybe her use of an "e" instead of a "u" was meant to reflect her lack of formal education, so she had heard rather than read about Calpurnia. As she still wants to restore Tevinter to the sort of greatness it enjoyed under Darinius, there would seem no reason for her to abandon the name if that is the reason it had meaning for her.
EDIT: I've just checked her short story and it would seem she was using the name Calpernia before Corypheus freed her. So he definitely didn't give her the name but I really don't know what to make of that. Marius says "you use the name Calpernia" as though he was aware of the fact that she had a different name when she joined their household, so maybe it is something she adopted after she became a slave to Erasthenes and started to learn more about the history of Tevinter as this was something of a specialty of his, particularly the Old Gods. If that is the case and she learned about the name from teaching herself to read his books, it is odd she would get the spelling wrong, so may be she did it deliberately to both honour the past and make herself unique. Name changes during development happen a lot, it was probably something that was just missed along the way.
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news of the hour: i still love her
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Post by Beerfish on Dec 11, 2018 17:51:25 GMT
I keep killing that hag calperina in dragon age mp about twice a day, she never stays dead!
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Post by gangrelbeckett on Jan 24, 2019 19:10:56 GMT
Normally i am not a big fan to break up couples but for the Calpernia romance her (former) lover Marius has to go. He doesn´t have to die for that but i don´t mind if Bioware kill him like Cassandras first love Regalyan D'Marcall. Marius isn´t that interesting in the comics.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 19:18:31 GMT
Normally i am not a big fan to break up couples but for the Calpernia romance her (former) lover Marius has to go. He doesn´t have to die for that but i don´t mind if Bioware kill him like Cassandras first love Regalyan D'Marcall. Marius isn´t that interesting in the comics. He’s more interesting than Calpernia. Were they lovers? I know they have feelings for each other but I thought it didn’t go beyond that. Also hated how they made Cassandra and Regalyan lovers.
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Post by gangrelbeckett on Jan 24, 2019 19:47:19 GMT
He’s more interesting than Calpernia. Let me correct that. He´s maybe more likeable than Calpernia. More interessing? I don´t think so. The only interessing part of Marius is his (former?) relationship with Calpernia.
Well how would you explain this?
Why? I don´t see the movie but whats so wrong that Regalyan was Cassandras first love?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 20:15:10 GMT
He’s more interesting than Calpernia. Let me correct that. He´s maybe more likeable than Calpernia. More interessing? I don´t think so. The only interessing part of Marius is his (former?) relationship with Calpernia.
Well how would you explain this?
Why? I don´t see the movie but whats so wrong that Regalyan was Cassandras first love?
He's more likable and more interesting. Funny, I'd say the only interesting part of Calpernia is her connection to Marius. I said they had feeling for each other. However there is a huge difference between kissing and being lovers. Again, if it's stated somewhere please share. There are several reasons I didn't like it, but I don't feel like discussing them here.
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Post by gangrelbeckett on Jan 24, 2019 20:44:23 GMT
He's more likable and more interesting. Funny, I'd say the only interesting part of Calpernia is her connection to Marius. Let me guess your reason for is that Marius works for Inquisition. A good guy if you will and Calpernia can´t be interessing because she is (or should i say was?) a villain. This scene looks like a passionate kiss between two lovers.
Also what do you expect from a comic series there the most sexual thing is a kiss or an after bed scene?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 24, 2019 21:09:50 GMT
He's more likable and more interesting. Funny, I'd say the only interesting part of Calpernia is her connection to Marius. Let me guess your reason for is that Marius works for Inquisition. A good guy if you will and Calpernia can´t be interessing because she is (or should i say was?) a villain. This scene looks like a passionate kiss between two lovers.
Also what do you expect from a comic series there the most sexual thing is a kiss or an after bed scene?
You guessed wrong. I find many villains fascinating. Calpernia just isn’t. So you have no evidence. Got it.
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Post by yogsothoth on Jan 25, 2019 0:11:57 GMT
Calpernia is a character I never understood people's fascination with. She seemed like a fairly bog-standard "ex-slave who wants to end slavery" character, and not a smart one at that either (teaming up with Corypheus, someone who wants to restore Tevinter to its glory days when slavery was even more prevelant).
Not to be off-topic, but I have to agree that Marius also makes more sense as a Companion given his title of "Magekiller" and specialty of assassinating mages when the main antagonists are likely going to include Magisters and an Elven God-mage.
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Post by cankiie on Jan 25, 2019 7:23:14 GMT
Calpernia is a character I never understood people's fascination with. She seemed like a fairly bog-standard "ex-slave who wants to end slavery" character, and not a smart one at that either (teaming up with Corypheus, someone who wants to restore Tevinter to its glory days when slavery was even more prevelant). Not to be off-topic, but I have to agree that Marius also makes more sense as a Companion given his title of "Magekiller" and specialty of assassinating mages when the main antagonists are likely going to include Magisters and an Elven God-mage. The nickname 'Magekiller' also lends itself well to quest titles.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jan 25, 2019 18:54:55 GMT
not a smart one at that either (teaming up with Corypheus, someone who wants to restore Tevinter to its glory days when slavery was even more prevelant). Depends which glory days we are talking about. She seems to revere Darinius and it is not clear if during his time there was slavery. According to the histories the later expansion of Tevinter came about through the large slave workforce they acquired when they conquered the elves of Arlathan Forest. To be fair to Tevinter of that time they did not start out with the intention of aggression but on establishing there were strange humanoid creatures in the forest, they sent peace envoys to negotiate with them but their representatives were treated much the same as people in the south entering the Arbor Wilds. After several decades of their citizens being attacked whenever they went near the forest, they finally had enough and embarked on a campaign against them. This was over 300 years after Darinius and 700 from the time of Thalsian. After the conquest of the elves it was only some 500 years until the expedition to the Black City and we still don't know the real reason for this, having been given several different versions of why they went there. Now whilst initially this slave workforce enabled greater expansion, ultimately it would seem to have led to degeneration of the Imperium, possibly through their over reliance on blood magic rituals for power rather than natural talent. Also, something that was never expanded upon after our visit to the Fade, the memory of Corypheus' servant was that people were already turning away from worship of the Old Gods before the First Blight. So it is not clear what Calpernia thought Corypheus had promised he would do on his ascent to godhood but she certainly expected a better situation for slaves than they currently enjoyed. It is the fact that he was intending binding her in a ritual that would essentially make her a slave again that made her realise he had played her false and if he would misuse her then he would misuse everyone else.
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Post by theascendent on Jan 26, 2019 0:59:14 GMT
I would love to see more of Calpernia, her fate is rather ambiguous even if you fight her she isn't portrayed as dead in Keep. She wouldn't be the first former antagonist to join the protagonist. Yes she made her debut in Inquisition, but her position both as a former slave and a lieutenant of the previous big bad could offer us plenty of insights. Remember that Corypheus was following a path that Solas unintentionally left for him. His former apprentice might offer us more insights on the Dread Wolf's schemes. Not to mention that I always spared her being the Mage supporter that I am, and since we are going back to Tevinter it would be a shame not to use her.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Jan 26, 2019 1:08:09 GMT
I'm not opposed I guess, but I'd need to hear a damn good reason for why she thought working for Corypheus was a good idea.
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Post by lilyenachaos on Jan 26, 2019 1:40:38 GMT
I'd honestly hate for her to take up a companion slot.
Not a game breaker or anything if she does show up, of course. I just really do not care for her character.
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Post by Gwydden on Jan 26, 2019 2:18:20 GMT
I'd honestly hate for her to take up a companion slot. Not a game breaker or anything if she does show up, of course. I just really do not care for her character. I have no horse in this race, but if she does become a companion her character will probably change dramatically. That's what happens to most old characters elevated to companion status in Dragon Age: Merrill, Isabela, Cole. Only Cassandra has stayed more or less consistent so far.
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Post by yogsothoth on Jan 26, 2019 4:48:44 GMT
I'd honestly hate for her to take up a companion slot. Not a game breaker or anything if she does show up, of course. I just really do not care for her character. I have no horse in this race, but if she does become a companion her character will probably change dramatically. That's what happens to most old characters elevated to companion status in Dragon Age: Merrill, Isabela, Cole. Only Cassandra has stayed more or less consistent so far. What differences did Isabela and Cole have? As far as I remember, both were the same personality-wise. Only Merrill drastically changed without explanation. That also brings up the following question. If she's going to drastically change, then why bother bringing her back? Why not a new character that doesn't have 1) A previously defined characterization and 2) the baggage of having to explain why the lieutenant of the man previously responsible for almost destroying the world was hired by the group that stopped them before (presuming the Inquisition is involved with the goings on of whoever the DA4 protagonist is)?
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Post by arvaarad on Jan 26, 2019 5:12:31 GMT
I have no horse in this race, but if she does become a companion her character will probably change dramatically. That's what happens to most old characters elevated to companion status in Dragon Age: Merrill, Isabela, Cole. Only Cassandra has stayed more or less consistent so far. What differences did Isabela and Cole have? As far as I remember, both were the same personality-wise. Only Merrill drastically changed without explanation. That also brings up the following question. If she's going to drastically change, then why bother bringing her back? Why not a new character that doesn't have 1) A previously defined characterization and 2) the baggage of having to explain why the lieutenant of the man previously responsible for almost destroying the world was hired by the group that stopped them before (presuming the Inquisition is involved with the goings on of whoever the DA4 protagonist is)? She’s a really good foil for the Lucerni, IMO. The Lucerni are reformers, but seem to so far be focused on the things that affect Tevinter’s outward reputation and people of their social status. They weren’t just against the Venatori because of the end of the world stuff, they were against them because of the embarrassment factor. While they were busy wringing their hands about respectability, Calpernia was using her newfound resources to actually free slaves. Now, granted, some of those resources ultimately came from the slave trade. She had no training or practice in leading an army, so of course the Venatori got up to shady shit under her nose (and never mind the fact that she worked for a fellow notorious for sacrificing slaves to Dumat). Hopefully she’s learned and grown since then. And from a purely mercenary perspective, she also has a substantial spy network in Tevinter, which the Stealth!Inquisition probably needs.
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Post by yogsothoth on Jan 26, 2019 6:43:27 GMT
What differences did Isabela and Cole have? As far as I remember, both were the same personality-wise. Only Merrill drastically changed without explanation. That also brings up the following question. If she's going to drastically change, then why bother bringing her back? Why not a new character that doesn't have 1) A previously defined characterization and 2) the baggage of having to explain why the lieutenant of the man previously responsible for almost destroying the world was hired by the group that stopped them before (presuming the Inquisition is involved with the goings on of whoever the DA4 protagonist is)? She’s a really good foil for the Lucerni, IMO. The Lucerni are reformers, but seem to so far be focused on the things that affect Tevinter’s outward reputation and people of their social status. They weren’t just against the Venatori because of the end of the world stuff, they were against them because of the embarrassment factor. While they were busy wringing their hands about respectability, Calpernia was using her newfound resources to actually free slaves. Now, granted, some of those resources ultimately came from the slave trade. She had no training or practice in leading an army, so of course the Venatori got up to shady shit under her nose (and never mind the fact that she worked for a fellow notorious for sacrificing slaves to Dumat). Hopefully she’s learned and grown since then. And from a purely mercenary perspective, she also has a substantial spy network in Tevinter, which the Stealth!Inquisition probably needs. That doesn't change the fact that she was working for someone who was very clear that he intended to enslave the entire world when he ascended to godhood. He even enslaves the Grey Warden Mages, and either the Circle Mages or Templars, and the mages fall under her purview. It's very odd that she is apparently oblivious to this. One can argue Erimond is in charge of the Grey Warden Mages and might be obfuscating what he's doing with them, but it's ridiculous that she doesn't see Circle Mages are enslaved when she's using them to attack Haven. It's not a good look for her to not understand that Corypheus's goal is the exact opposite of what she wants, to the point that she either has to be stupid or a hypocrite if she can't see that. I also can't imagine that the Lucerni or Inquisition would be okay with allowing her to be anywhere near either them or the protagonist. She was directly and knowingly involved in efforts to kill the Inquisitor, Dorian, and whatever other agents are involved in the next game. There's not even the Loghain excuse of the Grey Wardens being desperate for anyone to join them. I would imagine her network is in tatters after Corypheus is gone. I'm also very tired of everyone and their mother in Thedas apparently having their own spy network. Off the top of my head, in Inquisition's main cast, Varric, Leliana, Sera, Iron Bull, and Solas all have their own networks. Might as well start a club for spymasters. That being said, Calpernia is just one of many characters that I don't want to see as a companion. Alas, fanservice will probably win in the end.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Jan 26, 2019 6:55:59 GMT
This conversation is why I think a character like Francesca from the comics would be a better choice than Calpernia. Francesca's family were part of the Venatori, and while she herself wasn't a member she had sympathies towards the group. The events of the comics lead her to having to join a group that works for the secret Inquisition that we see in the final scene of Trespasser and the recent comics. So someone like her has the pros that a character like that would have like a connection to a former antagonist while not having the cons like actually being involved in the actions of said former antagonist.
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