Dragon Age: Dark Fortress (Comic)

nunziodefilippis No need to apologize. It was interesting to read how you took from the games for how to write the comics, even if there are disagreements about how the games handled certain things.

In other news, we’re now less than four weeks from the first chapter of Dark Fortress! I’m excited/nervous.

I agree that it is interesting having your insights into how you see the characters even if that doesn't necessarily align with our own. Luckily most of the characters you are working with in the comics are entirely your own. I like them a lot.

Varric during the mage ending: "I don't know if this is the right thing, Hawke. Helping dangerous people running amok." The mages aren't running amok, Meredith does.

Also Varric, during the templar ending: "That's the right thing, Hawke. Defending our way of life and innocents." Yeah, Varric, by helping a dangerous person to run amok and killing (largely) innocent circle mages for a crime commited by an unaffilliated apostate. Also, Kirkwall's political conditions of Act3 (a.k.a. templar police state) aren't really that attractive for a mage Hawke/ a Hawke caring at least somewhat about a mage companion. So no points for that way of life either.

I've played both, but almost all of the times (like 11 of the 12 times I've played DA 2) I side with the Mages at the end, and for most, I'm with them all the way through (a couple of times I was pro-Templar early, but sided with the mages in the end).  And the only saves I import into Inquisition are the ones where Hawke sided with the mages.

It's very hard for me to side with the Templars, especially in Act 3.  I think it's because while there is abuse on both sides, the abuse on the Templars' side is officially sanctioned by Meredith, and the abuse on the Mage side often comes from apostates or as a response to Templar abuse.  Even the end choice - using the Rite on the Circle mages in response to an action by Anders, who is not in the Circle - demonstrates this.

Like I said, it's very hard for me to side with the Templars.  It's possible - because Orsino clearly knows about the experiments that kill Hawke's mother, and there are notes in that dungeon signed "O" that make it possible to see that coming.  But it's still a stretch for me to punish all the Circle mages for the actions of Orsino, even assuming that Hawke is able to know Orsino is somehow complicit (which is still a big assumption).

The other issue is that if you're a mage, siding with the Templars seems self-loathing.  And if you're not, your relationship with Bethany always seems to be strong, so siding with the Templars seems like you don't trust or respect her (or your father).

That's me, though.  Your mileage may vary.

Yeah, while some of the other parts of the conflict were handled pretty well, the final choice was really one-sided. As Sebastian said, why debate that when the person solely responsible for the atrocity was right in front of them. So the Mages in the Circle were innocent of that crime. Maybe if they were linked to it, like helping Anders with his plot or something could have made it more even.

is.. it bad that this whole conversation reminded me of this

Nunzio DeFilippis @ndefilippis
So um... I saw people posting videos from #DragonAge made by this app and I had to see if comic art would work. Sorry, #SerAaronHawthorne. You deserve better...



And then this would be #Vaea. Also probably should apologize to her. #DragonAge



Christina Weir Christina Weir
Whhhhyyyyyyy?

AH THESE FUCKING WOMBO AI VIDS ARE ALL OVER TWITTER I HATE THEM

With chapter 1 only three weeks away, I wonder when we’ll get a sneak peek like they usually do.

Friends, I bring u a gift

Preview available here: www.amazon.co.uk/Dragon-Age-Fortress-Nunzio-Defilippis/dp/1506708285

Spoiler warning obviously

That previews got me very excited. It's nice to see Loghain wasn't written to be a mustache twirling villain in that flashback, i'm glad to see the Aaron getting some focus. Marius looks like he might even do something this series. And it's very good to see the they haven't shied away from more Hawke references.

Looking forward to this wild ride.

Also as has been pointed out, this chapter states that Fenris murdered children. He says he eliminated Danarius’s bloodline, meaning he hunted down every child or grandchild he had no matter their age or how innocent they were.

I hate Fenris.