Breaking Canon

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Less Qunari. The same number as every game, but smaller.

Again, it sounds like your extreme hatred of the Chantry is warping your discussion. I'd be happy to have a discussion if you can set your really odd warped view of it aside. 

If by "qunari" we mean the horned race, then I expect more. Aside from the escalating war, Qunari slaves were considered in vogue within one of the comics. I believe there was also a mention of several Tal-Vashoth joining the wardens as of late as well. How much we'll see remains to be seen, but war cutscenes aside, I think odds are good we'll see more than usual.

But if by "Qunari" you mean followers of the Qun, then there is definitely going to be more. Converts are noted to be a constant problem in Tevinter--particularly among its elven slaves. The Qunari likely have a great deal of vidathari spies in operation at any given time.

Is red lyrium growing out of Fiona in the bad future a canon break? Shouldn't she be immune to all things blighted?



It's unprofessional. This isn't his personal pet project.

She had the Taint removed from her, so no she's no different than anyone else who isn't a Grey Warden. 

I think there is a difference between having the Blight and having a substance infected with the blight growing on you. Essentially the red lyrium is drawing substance from the organic being and growing through them. It is possible that in Fiona's case, and that of any mage used to "grow" the red lyrium, that the red lyrium is drawing on the magic/lyrium in the mage's blood. However, we know from the activities of Imshael in the Emprise du Leon that any organic being can be used in this way, as confirmed by an Inquisition researcher who says they found even the microbes in the soil had been affected.

 Now who's saying that exactly?

You wouldn't be saying that if it was politics you happened to agree with, you've made that incredibly obvious, and in any case Patrick doesn't get the last word on what does and does not go into the games, nor did David Gaider when he was the lead writer. There are people above him who make the final decisions on all content.

Furthermore, being the lead writer, while making him well placed to explain why certain decisions were made, does not mean that a trans character was Patrick's idea, or that he wrote them personally. In fact, if I recall correctly, Patrick was not the lead writer of Inquisition, because Gaider didn't leave the company until the narrative for the base game was finalised.

Krem is also not the first known trans character to exist in the world of Dragon Age. Maevaris, from the side comics, is, and those were authored by Gaider.

If anything, Patrick's politics are irrelevent. Trans people were and are going to be in the games anyway.