If the Dragon Age ends...

The possibilities of the Nug Age aside... I assume that either the series won't continue past the Dragon Age or, should that happen, it'll still be called Dragon Age.

I'd agree but... you just know some greedy fucker will "revive" the franchise again. I mean, we are getting Baldur's Gate 3

We've only seen three countries on the entire continent of Thedas, and in the case of the Free Marches, only one city within that country. There's plenty of space for concurrent storylines set in other parts of Thedas, and infinite space for stories set in the lands beyond, of which we know nothing.

That said, they've already set-up the pieces for a dramatic, permanent altering of the setting, and I would rather they follow through, rather than blue-ball me for years with a lot of fucking around. They need to stop filling the gaps, and finally tell the story they keep saying they've been waiting to tell.

And if this next insrallment ends once again with us preserving/restoring a terrible and, frankly, boring status quo, I will be extremely disappointed.

They could drop the Veil and Solas could just be wrong about the Thedas-wide destruction. Also the Divine calling it the Dragon Age could have been prophetic because the dragons have been gradually reviving and the time before the Veil was when "dragons ruled the skies". They are also the one creature that could probably withstand a fiery chaos. So drop the Veil and it truly becomes "The Dragon Age".

There have been a lot of clues that this is going to happen: Sandal, Flemeth and Kieran have said as much, so even if our next PC stops Solas, it could be too late and it still happens, or they could be convinced of the necessity and let it happen. Either way, the game ends with a new reality but is still the Dragon Age.

Not necessarily.

The main selling point for a lot of people is the world and the characters who populate it. The fatigue and need for an end seems poor when the potential for continuation and dynamic world changes seems high.

In some ways I kind of see everything dragon age stands for as being a long running campaign with linear continuity and parties. It's actually a technique I use for my own worlds; each time I GM a game in my custom setting the plot is new, but the backdrop has the same secrets, conflicts, and characters running around. I've had former PC characters come back as NPCs in the world, changes to factions based on player choice and that. That feeling is preserved and kind of brilliant because of player investment, a definitive end would eradicate that.


Even by another name. If we get the Elven Age or Demon Age or Griffon Age or whatever next. Time marches on and the series has a lot of narratives to tell.

You call it Beer Age!

Everyone gets drunk while playing blackjack.

What I seriously suspect the aim of the series is, is to conclude with such a drastic, fundamental change to the setting that the convention of naming 'ages', which originates with the Chantry, will become completely irrelevent.

The core conflict at the heart of the series, as is the case with most settings where "magic used to be everywhere, but now it is fading, or is it...?", seems to be the restoration of the original/natural state of Thedas, vs maintenance of the current status quo.

Assuming BioWare plans to ever conclude the series, I suspect it's either going to be a return of magic to the world, and everyone learns to peacefully cohabitate with dragons, spirits, etc, or magic finally withers/dies/departs, giving way to a new era of man/technology/science ala Lord of the Rings.

Mike Laidlaw @mike_Laidlaw
There is no planned ending for DA. There is an evolving plan that tends to look 2 games ahead or so.


- Anyway, they have plenty of time to figure out the next age, if they haven't already...

Wait a minute...it says taste is a stat....

Are we judging them on their decorating / personal style...


Or...

Eating them?   as in eating eachother...as in...cannibalism nuggibalism???

No planned ending? Oh, well in that case I look forward to Dragon Age X: Epic Veil.