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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 3, 2020 0:04:26 GMT
I think the plan was to be vague about it. Nowadays, who knows though? That was the plan, sure. Now though, it definitely feels like they're going to give an answer soon. I think Bioware will remain silent on whether The Maker exists, that being said it's quite interesting how other faiths are unravelling to be something they're not. And they should. Bioware created a sort of Morton's fork situation. If they outright confirm or the deny the existence of the Maker, either way they are going to piss of half of the fanbase. If they continue to unravel the other beliefs without giving out *something* about the Maker, we end up with the frankly disturbing "Andrastianism (i.e. inverted Christianity) is the only valid faith" message that DAI already cooks up in some situations. If they want to avoid that latter pitfall, they would need to make sure that "whatever it is" which Andraste and the Chantry call "Maker" is totally different from how it has been interpreted until now, even by the prophet herself. If one insists that a creater deity/god/whatever is just as much involved that its existence could be either proven via suspiciously benificial circumstances, but not seen more directly, just make things easy and ignore the concept completely. Save the headache and prevents "Works in mysterious ways" BS excuse for exploitive organisations.
Well, it seems we're getting more better quality art from the trailer "Dread Wolf" Ehh... that outfit doesn't look elfy enough to me. Just generic Voldemort robes. As a sign that Solas now... goes with time? Remembers me a bit of the male vampire armours in Skyrim/Dawnguard to be honest, just a little less goth.
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Post by Hrungr on Sept 3, 2020 0:49:01 GMT
I'll one up this and say what if 'the maker' ends up being a blighted titan or Evanuris? Or the Sun that gave birth to Elgar'nan and he buried in the earth, ie maybe stuck in a titan which for all we know might be the source of the blight. Talk of the Blight reminded me of a game called Rune, where the hero had to drink the blood of Loki to give him the power to match his enemy. This gave me a wild idea for a pie-in-the-sky endgame situation... Imagine Solas & Co. are just too powerful to stop, or the Evanuris show up (though I expect they'll be the antagonists for the next game), but you have to do something. So you and your companions find a way to breach the Black City with the Idol, go to the source of the Blight, then willingly turn yourselves into Uber-Darkspawn. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Not that I expect anything like that would happen, but it would be a twist.
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Post by Buckeldemon on Sept 3, 2020 0:53:53 GMT
So you and your companions find a way to breach the Black City with the Idol, go to the source of the Blight, and then willingly turn yourselves into Uber- Grey Warden. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Fixed that for the fans.
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Post by colfoley on Sept 3, 2020 1:02:12 GMT
I'll one up this and say what if 'the maker' ends up being a blighted titan or Evanuris? Or the Sun that gave birth to Elgar'nan and he buried in the earth, ie maybe stuck in a titan which for all we know might be the source of the blight. Talk of the Blight reminded me of a game called Rune, where the hero had to drink the blood of Loki to give him the power to match his enemy. This gave me a wild idea for a pie-in-the-sky endgame situation... Imagine Solas & Co. are just too powerful to stop, or the Evanuris show up (though I expect they'll be the antagonists for the next game), but you have to do something. So you and your companions find a way to breach the Black City with the Idol, go to the source of the Blight, then willingly turn yourselves into Uber-Darkspawn. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Not that I expect anything like that would happen, but it would be a twist. that's nuts Hrungr
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Post by midnight tea on Sept 3, 2020 2:09:43 GMT
I'll one up this and say what if 'the maker' ends up being a blighted titan or Evanuris? Or the Sun that gave birth to Elgar'nan and he buried in the earth, ie maybe stuck in a titan which for all we know might be the source of the blight. Talk of the Blight reminded me of a game called Rune, where the hero had to drink the blood of Loki to give him the power to match his enemy. This gave me a wild idea for a pie-in-the-sky endgame situation... Imagine Solas & Co. are just too powerful to stop, or the Evanuris show up (though I expect they'll be the antagonists for the next game), but you have to do something. So you and your companions find a way to breach the Black City with the Idol, go to the source of the Blight, then willingly turn yourselves into Uber-Darkspawn. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Not that I expect anything like that would happen, but it would be a twist. I've long maintained that we may see a 'deal with the devil' type of scenario in order to stop Solas, or perhaps be put in a 'damn if you do, damn if you don't' sort of situation that may reflect what he was put through in the past and what has effectively broken him in places...
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Post by Sharable Horizon on Sept 3, 2020 3:15:15 GMT
The ancient magister’s Sidereal heard whispers promising them power from beyond the fade. The old gods they thought.
What if our PC starts hearing whispers promising them power to stop Solas...
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Sept 3, 2020 4:24:03 GMT
So you and your companions find a way to breach the Black City with the Idol, go to the source of the Blight, and then willingly turn yourselves into Uber- Grey Warden. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Fixed that for the fans. Hmmmm the Grey wardens are created with a ritual using a portion of preserved arch demons blood and reavers gain power from drinking dragon blood. I wonder what would happen if we found Razikale or Lusacan and drank their blood.
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Post by telanadas on Sept 3, 2020 5:58:34 GMT
Talk of the Blight reminded me of a game called Rune, where the hero had to drink the blood of Loki to give him the power to match his enemy. This gave me a wild idea for a pie-in-the-sky endgame situation... This is what I have thought too. The only times red lyrium has been able to be nullified so far is if it is enchanted in some way eg. Sandal's rune, Dagna's rune to destroy Samson's armour, possibly even the rune used to secretly nullify the magic in Dumat's Folly in TN. I have been reading David Gaider's books recently and also realised red lyrium may have been in circulation earlier than I thought. In The Calling, Remille uses blight magic taught to him by the Architect. Ordinary magic couldn't stand up to him and the only reason he is defeated is because Duncan happened to steal his dagger that was able to cut through the shadows being cast by him.
The dagger is described as ebony black, carved from stone like glass with a dragon's head, with with red veins within that look like blood. VERY MUCH like the red lyrium idol. Furthermore when it touches Duncan's skin he describes it as 'where the smooth metal touched his skin he felt a tingle. Not unpleasant and almost warm. It made him like the weapon even more'.
I am convinced these artifacts are in fact dwarven-made because dwarves were able to shape stone to be as smooth as glass (read the Fall mosaic codex entry). The same "strange metal" the dagger and idol is made from can also be found as a staff in the primeaval thaig:
House Valdasine only left a staff of strange metal behind. It looked like lyrium and chilled one's heart like a remembered sorrow. The king sealed the staff inside the thaig, and no dwarf ever ventured there again.
What is interesting to me is that red lyrium is often described as angry and emitting heat, yet in the Calling cast blight magic is described several times as freezing cold. Cole says in Emprise du Lion that red lyrium is less angry when it's cold so maybe casting blight magic means the release of trapped spirit energy (noticeable shrieks emanate from the shadows when they are sliced).
Seeing as the red lyrium idol has been described as a blade, perhaps Solas intends on using it to literally hack his way into the Black City.
The caveat in using this magic is that the user may need a resistance to the taint after all or they will inadvertently become corrupted in the process. To properly navigate the darkness (and the void) I believe you have to be tainted. Once Bregan is fully ghoul-ified, he is able to see through the darkness like he has night vision mode, and make out the tonnes of darkspawn digging to find an archdemon. Yet when Duncan and co. enter the same spot they only see blackness and hear the sounds of digging (which sounds super creepy).
This may be why Solas has red eyes in that teaser mural, because corruption is part and parcel of entering the Black City. It could be that only a grey warden can go up against Solas at the end of it all because they effectively have a resistance to the taint. It would be delicious irony if that is the case because of Solas' disdain for the wardens.
"Lusacan, the Dragon of Night, calls to you. He lives where it is darkest and waits for the day he will rise. Drink of his blood and know the power in darkness: either fear the Night or wield it."
One of the biggest questions for me is who was impersonating Dumat. Flemeth knew a blight was coming and I have wondered if that was because she had knowledge of the Architect's plans somehow. Perhaps she was the one who orchestrated the uncovering of the red lyrium idol because it is one of the only things that can combat blight magic. It would be pretty epic to me if she has been playing a long game of chess with the other evanuris behind the scenes this entire time.
Becoming a darkspawn seems to have the effect of causing ghouls to lose track of time and memory so it's very possible the Architect and all other magisters are somehow being controlled by a higher being throughout history. Corypheus also had the ability to transfer himself to any blighted creature. I presume this trick was also able to be performed by the Architect as he had his hand cut off in the Calling yet in Awakening he has an intact hand.
Solas admits the grey wardens have only bought them time but I don't think this was intentional by the mastermind of the blight. I think the grey wardens are effectively pawns in the grand scheme of things, continuing their tradition under the guise of glory and sacrifice so that by the end of the game, the winner has an army of tainted minions they can control and body hop into at any time. Knowing that Falon'Din hungered for worshippers and it is insinuated he practiced blood magic, my hunch is that Falon'Din is the mastermind behind the blights.
Personally I think Andruil was just caught in the machinations and power plays of Ghilan'nain and I think Sera is an echo of the former god (yes I believe Sera is a wisp of Andruil). This could come into play later on because Andruil once had knowledge of the Void and I believe she was also once allies with Falon'Din. This could prove useful if she were able to restore her memories somehow by confronting her greatest fear - the nothing, or the void.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Sept 3, 2020 6:33:02 GMT
If they continue to unravel the other beliefs without giving out *something* about the Maker, we end up with the frankly disturbing "Andrastianism (i.e. inverted Christianity) is the only valid faith" message that DAI already cooks up in some situations. I don't think that's really a concern. If anything, far from "unravelling" the other faiths, the Elven mythos seems to have the closest resemblance to actual history so far. We've learned that the Elven gods genuinely exist (after a fashion), and that the 'Golden/Black City' seems to be their Arlathan, and not the seat of the human 'Maker'. If the Chantry is wrong about such basic facts as that, it follows that they are very likely also wrong about a lot of other things. But even if all the other faiths were openly disproven and Andrastianism was not, that doesn't mean that the logical conclusion is "Andrastianism is correct". There's still the possibility of no Maker at all, or any number of infinite possibilities that the cultures of Thedas simply didn't think of.
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Post by alanc9 on Sept 3, 2020 6:36:00 GMT
And they should. Bioware created a sort of Morton's fork situation. If they outright confirm or the deny the existence of the Maker, either way they are going to piss of half of the fanbase. If they continue to unravel the other beliefs without giving out *something* about the Maker, we end up with the frankly disturbing "Andrastianism (i.e. inverted Christianity) is the only valid faith" message that DAI already cooks up in some situations. If they want to avoid that latter pitfall, they would need to make sure that "whatever it is" which Andraste and the Chantry call "Maker" is totally different from how it has been interpreted until now, even by the prophet herself. If one insists that a creater deity/god/whatever is just as much involved that its existence could be either proven via suspiciously benificial circumstances, but not seen more directly, just make things easy and ignore the concept completely. Save the headache and prevents "Works in mysterious ways" BS excuse for exploitive organisations. I don't see how anyone can have a reasonable expectation that Andrastianism will have some sort of privileged position WRT its accuracy. Whatever the Black City turns out to be, it's got nothing to do with the Maker as the Chantry conceives him.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on Sept 3, 2020 7:43:24 GMT
"Lusacan, the Dragon of Night, calls to you. He lives where it is darkest and waits for the day he will rise. Drink of his blood and know the power in darkness: either fear the Night or wield it."*waggles eyebrows*
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Post by The Elder King on Sept 3, 2020 8:21:14 GMT
Well, it seems we're getting more better quality art from the trailer "Dread Wolf" Ehh... that outfit doesn't look elfy enough to me. Just generic Voldemort robes. I agree on the first part, but I don’t get how his outfit can remind you of Voldemort’s. The movies’ version of those are quite different from Solas’, and the same goes for the books’. I’d love for the PC in DA4 to wear this kind of outfit, though, with a cloak/robe and visible around/pants beneath it.
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 3, 2020 9:31:16 GMT
This would not be a problem except according to the Chantry, when the Magisters broke into the Golden City they either corrupted it (which is odd seeing as surely the ultimate Creator should have be able to prevent this) or the Maker deliberately inflicted them with the blight as punishment and chucked them back to earth to infect the rest of his creation with it. Which is definitely more of a hands on approach. Then he decamped from his corrupted heaven and went someplace else. After the Blight nearly wiped out humanity but the Grey Wardens saved the day, the Maker decided to get involved again, because some nice barbarian lady sang him a pretty song. He said he would help her free her people but then failed to save her from death with the job half done and went back to sulk at humankind's failure to follow the script. Note please that her elven allies did try to do something about saving her but the Chantry conveniently ignore that point. The good news is that if everyone keeps singing that song loud enough, eventually he is going to take notice again. As Merrill says, its a decent enough story but it has a lot of holes. What I take from it is that it doesn't really matter if the Maker exists or not, we are on our own in dealing with any problems that arise. That's why we need heroes. Now Corypheus says that when they got to the City it was empty. There was no Maker, there were no Old Gods, there was Nothing but the Darkness and possibly a tangible empty throne. Strangely enough the Dalish call the place where the Blight originated the Place of Nothing. So if the Blight isn't caused by an actual being but is just something that occurred because someone (probably the Evanuris) went overboard on using their magic and corrupted something important in the depths of the earth, then presumably the way to end the Blight is to find that source and deal with it. From the numerous shots of blighted landscapes, underground caverns and that red lyrium, corrupted beating heart, I think we may be able to do this.
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 3, 2020 9:44:29 GMT
I was speaking more about DA4 and beyond. The Chantry (and followers) at large aren't even aware of we've uncovered so far. But I have a feeling we're going up-end the their apple cart in a big way down the line. Remember it isn't really going to matter how it impacts on the southern Chantry now in the short term because we are heading north to Tevinter and we don't really know what the Imperial Chantry believes, apart from Andraste was a mortal mage, or what they may know about the truth of certain matters. To be honest I think the Magisters apply the morality of the Maker in the Chant to their daily lives even less than the southern rulers do and use their religion in much the same way, to keep the masses in order. They still think they rule by Divine Right whether that deity is an Old God or the Maker and thus rebellion is heresy but since the Maker doesn't seem big on the whole smiting of those who displease him, we only have their word on that. Still they had to cope with the massive fall out in faith over the Old God Dumat turning on them (yet for some reason the memories of Corypheus' servant seem to suggest faith was waning before that) that I really think they would be able to weather the idea of the Maker not being responsible for the current reality better than the southern Chantry would. I think a lot of them are pretty much like Dorian in the extent of their faith. It's reassuring to think there might be some deity out there somewhere with their interests at heart but beyond that anything goes. They've had to manage without his aid for the last 900 years or so since they took up the faith, so what's new?
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 3, 2020 9:58:01 GMT
Preordained fate requires some sort of "higher power". Which is why Leliana and Cassandra can attribute this in their own minds to the Maker, even though the idea goes entirely against what their Chantry teaches. Some people clearly spot the problem of heresy if you make Leliana Divine. I'd have been happier if she hadn't done a rebranding of the Chantry but had started her own independent Andrastrian religion or at least it was acknowledged that she was restoring what had once been but largely destroyed by Drakon and his purges, but you take what you can. It has no impact whatsoever on the Imperial Chantry, who have been doing their own thing since the Black Age. Also, people go around claiming the Maker didn't create the Veil because Solas did it. But others can counter with "the Maker created the Veil through Solas" just like the Inquisitor was exactly what they needed, right when they needed it. Oh absolutely. If the Inquisitor can be the Herald of Andraste, chosen to save the world by the Maker, even if they steadfastly deny it, then why shouldn't Solas have been the Hand of the Maker when he imprisoned the false gods? May be Solas didn't intend the additional impact on the presence of magic in the world but the Maker did. Once you accept the concept that the Maker doesn't act directly but through the agency of others, simply nudging them in the direction he wishes them to take, dropping the odd bit of inspiration or what they need to do into their minds, then it is perfectly possibly to reconcile his existence with history and the current state of the world.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Sept 3, 2020 10:02:39 GMT
I sincerely hope not everything boils down to "the elves did it" We all know that's EXACTLY what it will boils down to, right? Dragon Age's biggest accomplishment has been to make me both an elf and a mage hater, lol. The ancient elves were jerks. And even the modern Dalish are jerks. I love elves in fantasy games as tree hugging hippies and always play elves when I get the chance. But man, in Dragon Age they can all go the hell! Anyway, I don't have a problem with the elves bringing the blight into the world from the Void. That seems almost like a given judging by the bits of mythology we've been given. The interesting part will be finding out what exactly the Blight is, who the Forgotten Ones are and, especially, how to stop it. I like the theory a lot that you need to be corrupted to enter the city or maybe the Void and destroy it. The ultimate sacrifice. Become a monster to stop the endless creation of monsters. I can picture a very cool dramatic final climax of the series where a barely human/sane hero saves the world seconds before they turn into a darkspawn overlord of sorts. A journey of no return. A REAL suicide mission. The wardens are kind of the small version of this concept with a delayed sacrifice of their lives if they get "lucky". So I guess it could be a fitting full circle ending to have a warden save the world. I personally would rather see a very special kind of corruption required to do the trick. Maybe it requires some help by the evanuris or the titans...
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 3, 2020 10:27:42 GMT
I definitely feel that Lusacan is actually the Old God of Darkness, in other words the Blight. Darkness is clearly associated with the Blight and his followers believe that when he rises there will be an endless Night, in other words and endless Blight. I also think he is likely connected in some way with Falon'Din, either an avatar of him or possibly originally one of his priesthood. All the words connected with him make me think of the Blight: The People swore their lives to Falon'Din Who mastered the dark that lies. Whose shadows hunger Whose faithful sing Whose wings of death surround him Thick as night
Also: Falon’Din had no fear of the night and would walk where the People could not live. Substitute darkness for night and it is saying that Falon'Din has no fear of the Blight and could walk (in the Void) where Andruil was driven crazy. Flemeth says that Mythal's murder wasn't just a personal betrayal but "the world was betrayed". So I think she was trying to prevent the blight from being released on the world and her death allowed this. Originally Falon'Din planned for Andruil to be his pawn in releasing the blight on the world but Mythal prevented this and then bloodied Falon'Din in his own Temple. So he moved to plan B. Kill Mythal but managed to involve the other gods in his plot. then willingly turn yourselves into Uber-Darkspawn. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Could this be what Solas is planning to do? Hence saying he in walking on the path of death and would not have you see what he becomes?
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Post by Valkyrie on Sept 3, 2020 10:42:45 GMT
I definitely feel that Lusacan is actually the Old God of Darkness, in other words the Blight. Darkness is clearly associated with the Blight and his followers believe that when he rises there will be an endless Night, in other words and endless Blight. I also think he is likely connected in some way with Falon'Din, either an avatar of him or possibly originally one of his priesthood. All the words connected with him make me think of the Blight: The People swore their lives to Falon'Din Who mastered the dark that lies. Whose shadows hunger Whose faithful sing Whose wings of death surround him Thick as night
Also: Falon’Din had no fear of the night and would walk where the People could not live. Substitute darkness for night and it is saying that Falon'Din has no fear of the Blight and could walk (in the Void) where Andruil was driven crazy. Flemeth says that Mythal's murder wasn't just a personal betrayal but "the world was betrayed". So I think she was trying to prevent the blight from being released on the world and her death allowed this. Originally Falon'Din planned for Andruil to be his pawn in releasing the blight on the world but Mythal prevented this and then bloodied Falon'Din in his own Temple. So he moved to plan B. Kill Mythal but managed to involve the other gods in his plot. then willingly turn yourselves into Uber-Darkspawn. If nothing else, it would make for an... interesting final battle. Could this be what Solas is planning to do? Hence saying he in walking on the path of death and would not have you see what he becomes?This is exactly what came to my mind... Great, now I fear for his life even more.
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Post by gervaise21 on Sept 3, 2020 10:59:25 GMT
This is exactly what came to my mind... Great, now I fear for his life even more. Well expanding on Hrungr's idea, may be it will end up a choice of whether to let Solas make the sacrifice or the PC do it, with some other variation in outcome because of this but it will end the Blight once and for all, or stop Solas and not make the sacrifice yourself but the Blight consumes the world. "Will you stand against the Darkness, or lead this world to its bitter end?" "They call me the Dread Wolf, what will they call you?"
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Post by Gilli on Sept 3, 2020 11:22:01 GMT
The only thing I found weird, was when my dw Hawke used a bow, but maybe she learned archery when I wasn't looking I'm pretty sure that whilst you could focus on dual wielding skills you could still use a bow. I distinctly remember my shadow assassin rogue, equipping a bow to fight the big dragon in Act 3 because I thought it was suicidal to get in close. Then when the baby dragons attacked, I switched back to my knives. It wasn't as seem-less as DAO with the toggle between the two weapon sets and I had to pause, go to the inventory and physically swap them over, but it was possible to do it mid battle. It annoyed the hell out of me when I discovered they had removed that possibility in DAI and the mechanics of dual wielding had me constantly stabbing at thin air, so I changed to being an archer straight away and never looked back. So Hawke turning up with a bow using a bow wasn't a big surprise for me since I'd already done it in DA2. Oh I know that you could switch back and forth in DA2, I just never did. I like being in the midst of everything. Me too The only thing I found weird, was when my dw Hawke used a bow, but maybe she learned archery when I wasn't looking. She learned socially distanced combat. She never really knew what that is Then again her enemies always were only half there
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Sept 3, 2020 11:24:40 GMT
I sincerely hope not everything boils down to "the elves did it" We all know that's EXACTLY what it will boils down to, right? Dragon Age's biggest accomplishment has been to make me both an elf and a mage hater, lol. The ancient elves were jerks. And even the modern Dalish are jerks. I love elves in fantasy games as tree hugging hippies and always play elves when I get the chance. But man, in Dragon Age they can all go the hell! Anyway, I don't have a problem with the elves bringing the blight into the world from the Void. That seems almost like a given judging by the bits of mythology we've been given. The interesting part will be finding out what exactly the Blight is, who the Forgotten Ones are and, especially, how to stop it. I like the theory a lot that you need to be corrupted to enter the city or maybe the Void and destroy it. The ultimate sacrifice. Become a monster to stop the endless creation of monsters. I can picture a very cool dramatic final climax of the series where a barely human/sane hero saves the world seconds before they turn into a darkspawn overlord of sorts. A journey of no return. A REAL suicide mission. The wardens are kind of the small version of this concept with a delayed sacrifice of their lives if they get "lucky". So I guess it could be a fitting full circle ending to have a warden save the world. I personally would rather see a very special kind of corruption required to do the trick. Maybe it requires some help by the evanuris or the titans... yeah..sad but true
To be fair, ever since playing the City Elf origin, I've started to love the city elves more then I do the Dalish.
They tried to make their own culture by mixing things from the past and future, keep to their own and fight back if need be. Besides...Tabris is badass...and has some interesting dialogues to boot ( Cailan: how's the alienage? Tabris: I killed an arl's son for raping my cousin... Cailan: I...what? )
I still don't hate the mages though, but I am getting a bit tired by the whole "the elves/mages did it"...have someone else f*ck up for a change in fact, I sincerely hope the "betraying" party member in the next game is not a mage...I mean, just for variance
I do like your concept though...it would seem quite interesting
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Post by Rascoth on Sept 3, 2020 11:28:24 GMT
She learned socially distanced combat. She never really knew what that is Seems like they were practicing Sera and Bull's combat strategy even before they came up with it
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Post by telanadas on Sept 3, 2020 11:32:22 GMT
This is exactly what came to my mind... Great, now I fear for his life even more. Well expanding on Hrungr's idea, may be it will end up a choice of whether to let Solas make the sacrifice or the PC do it, with some other variation in outcome because of this but it will end the Blight once and for all, or stop Solas and not make the sacrifice yourself but the Blight consumes the world. "Will you stand against the Darkness, or lead this world to its bitter end?" "They call me the Dread Wolf, what will they call you?" I love this idea and could see it happening. What a decision to make if it came down to it.... As much as I think Falon'Din is the mastermind behind it all, there is also Dirthamen who may be the wild card in all of this. I do think he's a part of Falon'Din but in what capacity now is hard to say. Also, if the blight were to potentially be ended or halted in the next game, what future does that hold for the series? Would it spell the end of the dragon age altogether or maybe it could just focus on the political/racial issues in the next games? Something I have also been wondering for a while too is the role Elgar'nan has potentially been playing. From the lore it seems to me like he's just been sidelined ...but as Mythal's 'husband' surely he has a bigger role to play, especially when he is made out to be vengeful and seemingly reigned in terror. Based on the murals I could see him being represented as the chantry symbol in the Black City since he is supposedly the god of vengeance and the sun. If Mythal is vengeful Elgar'nan sounds like he would be 10000x more so especially if he still lives and has been trapped by Solas for millenia. The image of the imprisoned sun on Crestwood's mayor's house is also very interesting because it's weeping black lines, which could allude to him being tainted as well (right now I'm expecting all of the evanuris to be tainted in some shape or form).
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Sept 3, 2020 11:44:54 GMT
She never really knew what that is That image looks like a cheerleader tower that has gone horribly wrong!
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Post by wright1978 on Sept 3, 2020 11:45:07 GMT
I sincerely hope not everything boils down to "the elves did it" We all know that's EXACTLY what it will boils down to, right? Dragon Age's biggest accomplishment has been to make me both an elf and a mage hater, lol. The ancient elves were jerks. And even the modern Dalish are jerks. I love elves in fantasy games as tree hugging hippies and always play elves when I get the chance. But man, in Dragon Age they can all go the hell! Anyway, I don't have a problem with the elves bringing the blight into the world from the Void. That seems almost like a given judging by the bits of mythology we've been given. The interesting part will be finding out what exactly the Blight is, who the Forgotten Ones are and, especially, how to stop it. I like the theory a lot that you need to be corrupted to enter the city or maybe the Void and destroy it. The ultimate sacrifice. Become a monster to stop the endless creation of monsters. I can picture a very cool dramatic final climax of the series where a barely human/sane hero saves the world seconds before they turn into a darkspawn overlord of sorts. A journey of no return. A REAL suicide mission. The wardens are kind of the small version of this concept with a delayed sacrifice of their lives if they get "lucky". So I guess it could be a fitting full circle ending to have a warden save the world. I personally would rather see a very special kind of corruption required to do the trick. Maybe it requires some help by the evanuris or the titans... My MC is so going to back out of the room and let someone else do that.
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