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Post by fairdragon on May 17, 2022 9:06:13 GMT
My current guesses based on the concept art (particurly the stuff shared on twitter and with the short stories), and the short stories on the DA day website and in the book Tevinter Nights: 1. Antivan Crow:- Lucanis? Masked lady? The Wake art:
Masked Crow from BTS: Trailer The Next One art: Won't Know When art: 3. Venatori Hunter: - eg. like Viper and/or a Justicar (mages who take over investigating unlawful magic/mages from Tevinter Templars in special cases), or Neve Gallus the Laetan PI, or a siccari etc Edit: as in someone who hunts venatori, not a venatori who hunts >.<
Shadows of Minrathous short story art
4. Veilfire Archer: - unknown faction (gold armour, red caped. Bare feet = elves? Ancient elves? Upside down triangle w/ waves = Executors?)
Ruins of Reality short story art: BTS magic archer From the trailer 5. Mourn Watcher of the Mortalitasi, or a Greater Dead (a complex spirit in the corpse of a Nevarren), or both. (In the form of a Mourn Watcher w/ a Bonded Greater Dead as a "pet" mechanic, or as 2 companions) The Flame eternal short story art Disection from BTS 6. Lord of Fortune:- adventurers and treasure hunters from Tevinter Nights book Maybe lord of fortune from BTS 7. Dwarf:- A guess, we've never gone dwarfless, so if the Warden or LoF aren't a dwarf then I reckon we'll get one from somewhere else. If we're lucky they'll be from Kal Sharok. Bellara from BTS? Or Scout Harding instead? 8. Female Vashoth/qunari: - more speculative then the others since we haven't seen more of her since the bts trailer as opposed to the more recent concept art and short stories. I hope for Tal Vashoth BTS: 9. Wild Card: - If 5 isn’t two companions then.. Tevinter native? Seheren Fog Warrior? I think we will get 9 or more "companion". The Companion lineup are 8 and the one from Number 8 are 4, but they are conceptart and i think they show some double.
My guess: Teia, Harleyqun (female qunari), Greater Dead, Executors (different race would be cool), I think a spy from solas would be cool (we allways have someone betray us), dwarf, warden, tevinter person and ?. plus 1-4 helpers (O: Dog 2:siblings I: Advisor).
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 14:49:08 GMT
Sorry, but i don't see them take scout Harding in.
I do. Lace Harding is besides Varric (lets hope not) the easiest character to bring back from the of the Inquisition characters. Also don´t forget she quite popular in the fandom and within Bioware. So like Cassandra before it shouldn´t surprise
no one if she is one of DA 4 companions I am pretty sure that 9 companions for a big main game is enough. 3 for each classes. One of the more common critism of DAO and DA2 that you only have 2 mages. And if we have get an Addon then it will be 6 like Awakening and for a small standalone DLC just 3. I really don´t think that we will get 12 companions that´s too much and doesn´t work. You can see it in ME 2.
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Post by cailan33 on May 17, 2022 16:29:24 GMT
You misunderstood me with the Isabella romance thingy. I didn’t read this in this thread but somewhere in the forum that a guy “confirmed” that Isabella will be in the game and even - according to him and not my expectations - potentially romancable. Maybe I will find the statement the next couple days or some of you guys will find it.
About the companion number I also think 9 sounds very reasonable. And yes the low mage number in parties was a bit bothering but come on - Morrigan was easily worth as two ;-) I so hope for a similar character or a split of Morrigan between two new ones: one sexy and one a cynical cold “shell” with a warm and sensitive “inside” :-)
Lets say we have 9: 1 female Qunari (Rasaan?) 100% - rogue/warrior? 2 female Crow 75% - rogue 3 warden 50% - rogue? 4 mage (mortalitasi/necromancer?) 75% 5 executioner? 35% 6 dwarf (harding/sigrun/dagna etc) 75% rogue/warrior/“mage”? 7 mage (I personally assume female elf) battle mage/healer? 8 elf (Vaea?) 65% rogue? 9 ? warrior/mage?
The percentages are just the probabilities to appear which might be just personal opinion. Which kind of lead to too many rogues. xD
I think it’s safe to assume that we will have a female Qunari in the party as well as at least one of not two Tevinter personalities. It’s also quite certain we will have a crow in our group cause of nevarra being close neighbour and cause it’s relative certain we will see Zevran again. Some speculate we will see Harding, some that the dwarf will be a “mage” like Dagna. (btw what about Dagna as a companion?) it’s also very certain we will have an elf or even two in our party (I personally assume two) - maybe an ancient elf as someone sad maybe from Arlathan? who knows and I assume one more “modern” elf like Sera or Vaea. A warden as a companion is not really certain but would be cool - especially one who is not a warrior and maybe also not a male would be refreshing to see.
About Harding - why not, even I personally would still love to see Sigrun again x)
I also REALLY like the ship idea as a “camp” for our companions - which also could open up the possibility of not only maybe seeing Isabella again (which only really had a big role in DA2 - I personally don’t count multiplayer at all and also not really the small cameo in DAO) but also the possibility to travel to Nevarra and maybe even Seheron for at least future DLCs. (which would be totally freaking awesome I think) and even it’s for the price to not travel to every corner of Tevinter and the other countries.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 17:11:09 GMT
Some speculate we will see Harding, some that the dwarf will be a “mage” like Dagna. (btw what about Dagna as a companion?) Dagna is no fighter and no mage. Also in love with Sera so again no. I think you mean more Valta for the dwarven mage. First i don´t think that DA 4 needs one but that doesn´t matter because of course we are getting one because of DAO. Besides his class the background is the most important thing about this guy or girl. We have Grey Warden recruits (Alistair, Nathaniel, Sigrun, Velanna and DAA Anders), Ex grey warden (Anders & Justice) an optional grey warden with little screentime (Bethany and Carver) and last but not least a fake one with deluded views (Blackwall)
Well its time for a grey warden in his / her prime and does everything to stop the blight. Maybe a more extreme version of Duncan? Who said companions should be likeable? She can be dead and i would argue that at time when DA 4 starts well she already is. Sorry.
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Post by cailan33 on May 17, 2022 18:20:10 GMT
Some speculate we will see Harding, some that the dwarf will be a “mage” like Dagna. (btw what about Dagna as a companion?) Dagna is no fighter and no mage. Also in love with Sera so again no. I think you mean more Valta for the dwarven mage. First i don´t think that DA 4 needs one but that doesn´t matter because of course we are getting one because of DAO. Besides his class the background is the most important thing about this guy or girl. We have Grey Warden recruits (Alistair, Nathaniel, Sigrun, Velanna and DAA Anders), Ex grey warden (Anders & Justice) an optional grey warden with little screentime (Bethany and Carver) and last but not least a fake one with deluded views (Blackwall)
Well its time for a grey warden in his / her prime and does everything to stop the blight. Maybe a more extreme version of Duncan? Who said companions should be likeable? She can be dead and i would argue that at time when DA 4 starts well she already is. Sorry.
Ah YES i meant Valta, I am sorry. Yeah it’s kinda certain we get a grey warden (a real one) not only cause DAO was awesome but also for the motivation, the identity of the game (I mean that’s how we got introduced to the franchise) and to make the appearance of scary dark spawn more reasonable - which we will definitely see when we explore more red lyrium which will have a big role in DA4 as I have read multiple times
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Post by smilesja on May 17, 2022 19:14:24 GMT
As long as Leggy is in the game, I will be happy.
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Post by gervaise21 on May 17, 2022 19:37:31 GMT
Yeah it’s kinda certain we get a grey warden (a real one) I think a Warden companion is fairly certain too. There are various reasons for this. Firstly, it definitely looks as though we are going to delving into the origins of the Blight; secondly, they promised we will be fighting darkspawn; thirdly, the end of short story Horror of Hormack suggested there are more strange pools out there and it was a Warden who discovered them, so likely this will be a plot thread with the Wardens as the link in. Lastly, there was that VA labelled Davrin yelling "For the Wardens". He may not be the companion but it definitely suggests strong Warden involvement. There has also been a fair bit of focus on Evka, so unless the last short story featuring her was actually meant to dissuade from the idea of her being a companion, since she is now romantically involved with her fellow Warden, Antoine, I think she is going to be involved in the story at some point. The drawback to Evka being our Grey Warden dwarf companion is that either it wouldn't be possible to romance her or she would have suffered heartbreak before meeting us and personally I would feel trying to start up a relationship in that case would be insensitive. Yet, I really feel it is time they did allow for a dwarf romance, whether that would be with someone we have already met, like Harding or Valta, or whether it will be someone, either male or female, that we have yet to encounter. I thought the VA Bellara could be a dwarf since who else would be talking of the "right kind of rumbles"? Still, there is no particular reason why we couldn't have two dwarven companions this time round. If one was originally from Orzammar and the other from Kal-Sharok, that would make for some interesting dialogue. Alternatively, having Valta as a mage companion would be intriguing.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 21:07:27 GMT
Alternatively, having Valta as a mage companion would be intriguing. Maybe but to be fair i am not a fan that dwarves also can be mages. They lost with this change a bit their uniqueness.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on May 17, 2022 21:57:36 GMT
As long as Leggy is in the game, I will be happy. Ngl I think that may have been a early concept of crow lady, who is most certainly Andarateia. She’s appeared in comics, novels, and short stories since Inquisitions release, so I’m certain she’ll be a companion.
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Post by Black Magic Ritual on May 17, 2022 22:08:33 GMT
I'll be surprised to be honest if Andarateia is the Antivan crow. I mean from every concept art we've seen she looks human no? I know concept art isn't a finished project, but I definitely felt Vaea would be the elf girl shoehorn this time.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 22:13:14 GMT
As long as Leggy is in the game, I will be happy. Ngl I think that may have been a early concept of crow lady, who is most certainly Andarateia. She’s appeared in comics, novels, and short stories since Inquisitions release, so I’m certain she’ll be a companion. I am not so sure. A lot can change.
The DAI grey warden before Blackwall was a dwarf and therefore no Varric. And Vivienne was white.
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Post by colfoley on May 17, 2022 22:16:06 GMT
Ngl I think that may have been a early concept of crow lady, who is most certainly Andarateia. She’s appeared in comics, novels, and short stories since Inquisitions release, so I’m certain she’ll be a companion. I am not so sure. A lot can change.
The DAI grey warden before Blackwall was a dwarf and therefore no Varric. And Vivienne was white. this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Also bio rarely gives us companions from book characters* * Cole almost being the exception that proves the rule.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 22:29:28 GMT
this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Well Cassandra was back then really no surprise for everyone.
I know that´s pure speculation but i am pretty convinced that atleast female Qunari and Mortalitasi / Skull guy are in DA 4 because they looked too unique to cut or change. The others can all change. Even the crow lady. Edit: Or they cut them like Jowan or Ketojan before.
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Post by The Elder King on May 17, 2022 22:30:14 GMT
I am not so sure. A lot can change.
The DAI grey warden before Blackwall was a dwarf and therefore no Varric. And Vivienne was white. this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Also bio rarely gives us companions from book characters* * Cole almost being the exception that proves the rule. Expecially considering that the concept art we got so far are likely very early ones. Even the teaser itself will be around one year and half/two years long...when we'll get the next trailer, if it'll come out this year; at minimum, it'll be likely three years between that teaser trailer and the game's release. Regardless of what any of us think about the report on the shift towards SP, which in itself, if true, could've caused big chances in every area of the game, in that aumont of time a lot of things can change.
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Post by The Elder King on May 17, 2022 22:33:42 GMT
this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Well Cassandra was back then really no surprise for everyone.
I know that´s pure speculation but i am pretty convinced that atleast female Qunari and Mortalitasi / Skull guy are in DA 4 because they looked too unique to cut or change. The others can all change. Even the crow lady. Edit: Or they cut them like Jowan or Ketojan before.
That's assuming that those arts shown companions. Which, while likely, isn't necessarily certain. The devs themselves tried to mitigate speculations on those concept arts in regards of characters (I think Weekes was one of them). And I still have my own doubts about the kind of game that those concept arts might've shown. But that's because of my own fears at the time of the kind of game DA4 was turning out to be.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on May 17, 2022 22:41:50 GMT
That's assuming that those arts shown companions. Which, while likely, isn't necessarily certain. The devs themselves tried to mitigate speculations on those concept arts in regards of characters (I think Weekes was one of them). Everything is possible but if the concept art shows the character in action and therefore with weapons is more likely that those are companions. Remember the (fifth) concept art about the DAI companions?
So yeah i know the pre DAI times there some folks (me included) hoped that Cullen was a companion. In my opinion he should have been instead of Blackwall but whatever.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on May 17, 2022 22:46:03 GMT
I'll be surprised to be honest if Andarateia is the Antivan crow. I mean from every concept art we've seen she looks human no? I know concept art isn't a finished project, but I definitely felt Vaea would be the elf girl shoehorn this time. There are three characters in the concept art posted with The Wake's short story. One male is carrying another male on his back, while a female crow leads. That follows what's happening in the short. That would make the male characters Viago and Illario, while the female character is Teia. The female character is dressed exactly like the crow lady. So Teia = crow lady. I also thought crow lady was a human, but you can see elven ears behind her hair in the concept art of The Crows fighting the Venatori on the roof. I am not so sure. A lot can change.
The DAI grey warden before Blackwall was a dwarf and therefore no Varric. And Vivienne was white. I mean, of course things can change? I just think there's good reason for her to be a companion. Also those concepts you posted were created before those characters were established, so I'm not sure what that has to do with Teia, who is already an established character in the DA universe. this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Also bio rarely gives us companions from book characters* * Cole almost being the exception that proves the rule. Teia is not just a book character, as I said.
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Post by The Elder King on May 17, 2022 22:48:31 GMT
That's assuming that those arts shown companions. Which, while likely, isn't necessarily certain. The devs themselves tried to mitigate speculations on those concept arts in regards of characters (I think Weekes was one of them). Everything is possible but if the concept art shows the character in action and therefore with weapons is more likely that those are companions. Remember this:
So yeah i know the pre DAI times there some folks (me included) hoped that Cullen was a companion. In my opinion he should have been instead of Blackwall but whatever. It’s indeed quite likely that they were showing companions. My reasoning for those not showing companions is due to the fact that both the concept arts and the teaser trailer gave me an impression of an Anthem-like game, in the sense that the party would be/could be composed by PCs, with the various concept arts showing different archetypes. If you’d consider the report on the shift of DA4 towards a fully/focused SP experience to be true, then what I said above could’ve been possible. Again, it’s just my opinion, based on my own sensations and fears from back then. I could be very well be wrong. We might know this, regardless, whenever they’ll show companions, or even new concept arts.
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Post by colfoley on May 17, 2022 23:41:59 GMT
I'll be surprised to be honest if Andarateia is the Antivan crow. I mean from every concept art we've seen she looks human no? I know concept art isn't a finished project, but I definitely felt Vaea would be the elf girl shoehorn this time. There are three characters in the concept art posted with The Wake's short story. One male is carrying another male on his back, while a female crow leads. That follows what's happening in the short. That would make the male characters Viago and Illario, while the female character is Teia. The female character is dressed exactly like the crow lady. So Teia = crow lady. I also thought crow lady was a human, but you can see elven ears behind her hair in the concept art of The Crows fighting the Venatori on the roof. I am not so sure. A lot can change.
The DAI grey warden before Blackwall was a dwarf and therefore no Varric. And Vivienne was white. I mean, of course things can change? I just think there's good reason for her to be a companion. Also those concepts you posted were created before those characters were established, so I'm not sure what that has to do with Teia, who is already an established character in the DA universe. this is why I hesitate to speculate on this. Also bio rarely gives us companions from book characters* * Cole almost being the exception that proves the rule. Teia is not just a book character, as I said. If anything I think that decreases the odds of her being one then increases the odds of her being one. Though speaking of 'crow lady' I do think she will be one just that she won't be Teia. She has shown up in an awful lot of concept art for the game over the years and including in the one that has much more 'companion energy' for me with the Warden, Mage, and Rogue fighting hoards of darkspawn. Which it does seem to be the one thing in companions we may get. Inquisition was kind of ragging on Thedas institutions a bit...I think the trend lines with 4 could be more of a brighter side to them. So yeah, Lady Crow and one Warde does seem pretty obvious at this venture. My hope is we get a female 'Qunari and female Dwarf though.
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Post by Absafraginlootly on May 18, 2022 2:47:55 GMT
Venatori Hunter - this shouldn't be a class and i personally would like to know first more about this character but in general why not a guy who hunts mages sounds interesting could give great bannters. To be clear i did not mean this as a class or a title, but as a description of what they do. We've seen a bunch of people hunting the venatori cult, even after Corypheus' defeat. In Tevinter nights the Laetan Mage Private investigator/detective Neve Gallus uncovers and foils a venatori plot. In a different short story Lucsnis the antivan assassin is hired by a mysterious unknown benefactor to kill dangerous venatori mages whom are experimenting with red lyrium. In the comics Marius the Magekiller (specially trained warriors) is sent to stop venatori by the black divine (before eventually joining the inquisition.) And in the da day short stories the mysterious Viper (mage?) and the Templar Tarquin confront a mage who has been trading with the venatori on the black market, her magic disabled so subtly that she doesn't realise it until its to late. Additionally a mage faction called the Justicars was introduced in Tevinter nights. Mages who police other mages, who take over investigations from Templars in special cases. Presumably because Tevinter Templars are just warriors who use enchanted weapons, with none of the special abilities of Southern Templars (Or the control, they're more like cops). We know that there are anti mage spells because we can learn some in DAO, an entire group of mages who specialise taking down and investigating unlawful magic/mages sounds cool to me. They seem like the kind of people Tevinter would send after the illegal venatori cult. With the venatori obviously still active and working secretly in Tevinter I think we're going to be going after them. And i think the chance of getting a companion who has already been hunting them is good. So the venatori Hunter could be of any class, and any faction that has a reason to stop venatori (or on their own personal mission). Any of the people above or someone new/different.
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Post by gervaise21 on May 18, 2022 8:18:49 GMT
My reasoning for those not showing companions is due to the fact that both the concept arts and the teaser trailer gave me an impression of an Anthem-like game, in the sense that the party would be/could be composed by PCs, with the various concept arts showing different archetypes. If you’d consider the report on the shift of DA4 towards a fully/focused SP experience to be true, then what I said above could’ve been possible. Again, it’s just my opinion, based on my own sensations and fears from back then. I could be very well be wrong. We might know this, regardless, whenever they’ll show companions, or even new concept arts. I've posted the same idea as this on the Schmooples Thread. Much of the concept art that was released, particularly after the teaser trailer, could well have been showcasing multi-player settings and characters in order to get us invested in them before breaking the news about them not being part of the single player element. With the focus now being entirely on the single player game, some may be brought back into this as sub-plots which may even be connected to certain characters as companions but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them quietly disappear altogether. DAI multi-player featured 12 characters that were only found there (or made a cameo visual appearance in Skyhold) but were described in WoT2 as part of the Inquisition, plus a few guest appearances from people like Isabella and Skywatcher that we had already encountered in the single player game DA2/DAI respectively and also the curious character of Zither, who pops up in Trespasser attempting to romance Maryden but was ignored in any of the associated literature. Still, that is a considerable number of people from the game world that are not important to the main plot of DAI and do not feature as either companions or advisers, although mentioned occasionally as part of War Table missions. So, to me, it is easy to see how the same could apply to many of the characters we have seen in the concept art for DA4 or have featured in Tevinter Nights or the other short stories. I'm hoping this is not the case, as I particularly like the idea of the Arcane Archer, but am trying to curb my enthusiasm for previous reveals because of this possibility.
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Post by gervaise21 on May 18, 2022 8:22:33 GMT
Everything is possible but if the concept art shows the character in action and therefore with weapons is more likely that those are companions. Not necessarily. They could have been characters/companions from multi-player. Please see my post above. There are three characters in the concept art posted with The Wake's short story. One male is carrying another male on his back, while a female crow leads. That follows what's happening in the short. That would make the male characters Viago and Illario, while the female character is Teia. The female character is dressed exactly like the crow lady. So Teia = crow lady. I also thought crow lady was a human, but you can see elven ears behind her hair in the concept art of The Crows fighting the Venatori on the roof. One of the problems I have always had with the Crow lady showcased in the concept art is her headwear/mask. That seems very specific to her, actually somewhat impractical for actual fighting but the sort of outfit that might be given to a multi-player character. Think of Zither, the rock star mage, and his singular brand of instrumental magic. So I do wonder if the Crows were going to be involved as part of a multi-player module, with the lady (quite possibly Teia) being the one who joined us as a companion for it. Likewise, the Arcane Archer featured in the trailer and concept art. They can give them this unique piece of kit, like Zither, because they are never going to change it and it is solely found in multi-player.
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Post by The Elder King on May 18, 2022 8:41:47 GMT
My reasoning for those not showing companions is due to the fact that both the concept arts and the teaser trailer gave me an impression of an Anthem-like game, in the sense that the party would be/could be composed by PCs, with the various concept arts showing different archetypes. If you’d consider the report on the shift of DA4 towards a fully/focused SP experience to be true, then what I said above could’ve been possible. Again, it’s just my opinion, based on my own sensations and fears from back then. I could be very well be wrong. We might know this, regardless, whenever they’ll show companions, or even new concept arts. I've posted the same idea as this on the Schmooples Thread. Much of the concept art that was released, particularly after the teaser trailer, could well have been showcasing multi-player settings and characters in order to get us invested in them before breaking the news about them not being part of the single player element. With the focus now being entirely on the single player game, some may be brought back into this as sub-plots which may even be connected to certain characters as companions but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them quietly disappear altogether. DAI multi-player featured 12 characters that were only found there (or made a cameo visual appearance in Skyhold) but were described in WoT2 as part of the Inquisition, plus a few guest appearances from people like Isabella and Skywatcher that we had already encountered in the single player game DA2/DAI respectively and also the curious character of Zither, who pops up in Trespasser attempting to romance Maryden but was ignored in any of the associated literature. Still, that is a considerable number of people from the game world that are not important to the main plot of DAI and do not feature as either companions or advisers, although mentioned occasionally as part of War Table missions. So, to me, it is easy to see how the same could apply to many of the characters we have seen in the concept art for DA4 or have featured in Tevinter Nights or the other short stories. I'm hoping this is not the case, as I particularly like the idea of the Arcane Archer, but am trying to curb my enthusiasm for previous reveals because of this possibility. Yep, I think this is possible. If the game was truly focused on a multiplayer experience, those concept could very well fit with several different archetypes the player could’ve picked. It also fit on how hints about gameplay here referenced to possibly expanding the importance and depth of specializations. Your idea of some of those archetypes being re-purposed for npcs/ companions is also quite possible. In the end, it’s unlikely that we’ll ever find out the truth, at least not anytime soon.
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Post by gervaise21 on May 18, 2022 8:57:45 GMT
With the venatori obviously still active and working secretly in Tevinter I think we're going to be going after them. And i think the chance of getting a companion who has already been hunting them is good. So the venatori Hunter could be of any class, and any faction that has a reason to stop venatori (or on their own personal mission). Any of the people above or someone new/different. I think you are right about this. I was actually rather disappointed that the Venatori are still a major faction in Tevinter politics, although if they had arisen before Corypheus had appeared on the scene and just joined up with him because his aims were similar to their own, then that would explain why the death of their Elder One didn't curb their enthusiasm for the cause. So, since the Venatori are still a problem in Tevinter, that would suggest that we are going to have a plot involving them and that one of a companions is going to have a particular interest in eradicating them. If Dorian is in a romance with Iron Bull, the epilogue slide to Trespasser mentions how Dorian was attacked by Venatori, from which Bull saved him. So I'm thinking that may be the companion could be a Lucerni introduced to us by Dorian/Maevaris. Since the Lucerni comprise junior Magisters that could link into the idea of them being a Justicar, having joined that faction because they are trying to fight corruption in the Magisterium. That wouldn't necessarily make them an Altus, though. There are Laetans in the Magisterium and I would actually see them as being more likely to be a Lucerni. I think the Justicars sound interesting too, although as high ranking state police that would seem to make them rather too powerful at the outset for our team. Mind you, the BTS video did talk of us taking action where the leadership are ignoring the threat. So it is possible that a Justicar has been frustrated by the lack of action against certain high ranking figures and has gone rogue so to speak. Thus, they have all the special attributes of a Justicar but without the power of official sanction behind them. The Tevinter Sicarri also have mages among their number and whilst we are told they are normally from slave families, that wouldn't preclude a mage. Also, presumably those in charge are not necessarily going to be from slave backgrounds. So could a Justicar also be part of the Sicarri? It does seem as though Justicar are dealing with internal threats to the Imperium from their own citizens, whilst Sicarri deal with external ones from other nations and their agents but that doesn't mean there couldn't be a bit of a crossover between the two.
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Post by colfoley on May 18, 2022 10:38:51 GMT
While I am surprised to see the Venatori kicking around it is till a welcome one. Different factions imply conflicts we will have to navigate around and play off one or another. One extreme versus another, and the normal Tevinter citizens caught in the middle.
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