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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 22, 2023 14:28:19 GMT
Viago and Teia! Interesting that the Venatori are planning some co-ordinated action against Antiva. Trying to annex it under cover of repelling the Qunari, perhaps? Having seen Bioware Babble's review on You Tube, he says nothing about the Venatori plotting against Antiva. However, he does show screenshots where everyone sees that the Venatori were planning a coup in Tevinter. Now that makes sense. So where did you get the bit about Antiva? Also, I've got to say, why are two high ranking Talons still running around in Tevinter when their nation is now under direct attack and they have a whole host of lesser operatives they can call on? In Tevinter Nights, they had returned to Antiva after the assault by the Antaam on Ventus and attended a gathering of the highest ranking Talons to plan their strategy in the face of the threat from the Qunari. They were also still there when news came of the apparent death of Lucanis but before the Antaam attacked the country. Even allowing that the First Talon wanted revenge for the death of her grandson, with four of the Talons having been killed in the events in Eight Little Talons, it seems inconceivable to me she would authorise both Teia and Viago leaving Antiva at such a dangerous time for the Crows, particularly as they seemed the only survivors she could rely on.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 22, 2023 14:35:35 GMT
-Is Teia rather buxom for an elf? I always thought female elves were kind of lithe. You could argue that most of the elves we have encountered have either been from the alienage, so likely half starved, or Dalish, who also have a hard life so unlikely to have much spare flesh. Teia is a high ranking Talon and used to the luxuries in life but also likely very fit, so a combination of honed muscle and a little surplus body fat on top. Or may be the elves from Antiva are just a different build.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 22, 2023 14:37:28 GMT
Hey, we've heard a lot about Artlathan Forest before, but I do believe next issue will be the first time we get to actually see it. Don't get your hopes up too much. How much of anywhere do you actually get to see in the comics?
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 22, 2023 14:39:53 GMT
That thing on the last page, could that be an upside down Eluvian? Upside down as in the Crossroads in Trespasser? If so, perhaps that is how Harding and Varric get to the forest. Otherwise, they have one hell of a trek through Antaam infested country.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on Feb 22, 2023 16:11:40 GMT
I think… Teia and Viago knew more than what they were letting on. We already know The Venatori and The Crows have history from Tevinter Nights, and if they were involved in Lucanis’ death, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more reason as to why they were hanging around the lady’s house after her death.
It was too happy - go - lucky for a surprise meeting with The Crows (that’s what it felt like, a meeting more than anything else.) I agree with Gervaise that it doesn’t make sense for them to care about The Imperium when Antiva is under attack by The Qunari. But maybe that will be explained.
Also looking at the cover for the third issue, it looks like Varric has a different hairstyle yet again, with his hair up in a bun. It also appears Harding isn’t wearing her cape while also rocking a full plain braid instead of the elaborate braid she’s been wearing. It’s hard to tell but that’s what it looks like to me at least, not sure if it even means anything.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 22, 2023 17:03:22 GMT
I agree with Gervaise that it doesn’t make sense for them to care about The Imperium when Antiva is under attack by The Qunari. But maybe that will be explained. I'd also question how they got there. Once the Antaam had secured Ventus (Qarinus) logically they would blockade the Ventosus Straits to prevent any ships coming in from that direction to aid Tevinter. This would be fairly easy to do since they hold much of eastern Seheron. They have taken the country eastwards from Ventus up to and including the edge of the Arlathan Forest and then on down the east side of the mountain range into northern Antiva, so difficult to travel in that direction. Unless there are passes through the mountains we don't know about, that would mean they would have to arrive through the Freemarches and across the Silent Plains. That would entail a considerable amount of time in itself. Then depending on when they reached Vyrantium, the countryside was crawling with Qunari. Varric and Harding apparently got in through the sewers, so I suppose the two Crows could have used the same passage, but would they really want to risk getting trapped in the city? They have to have had a really pressing reason to be there. It was too happy - go - lucky for a surprise meeting with The Crows (that’s what it felt like, a meeting more than anything else.) That is what makes the whole set up seem even more strange.
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Post by Iddy on Feb 22, 2023 17:45:32 GMT
On a side note, it occurs to me that the Inquisitor has been stuck on this chase after Solas for quite a few years now. So... what kind of life has s/he been leading, exactly?
Always moving from hideout to hideout, participating in endless reunions? Or has s/he been living a mostly normal life, only occasionally called upon when there is a new lead?
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Post by necrowaif on Feb 22, 2023 18:36:32 GMT
Anyone take a gander at that mural on Page 8? Oh no, another high-ranking Venatori is dead. Good thing they apparently grow on trees, or else the death of ten thousand or so members might actually affect them.
Whatever else you think about Fernando's art, you cannot deny he draws dynamic action scenes. Bravo.
The whole thing about "we need to let the Crows know about the Venatori moving against Tevinter" seems a little weird to me. I mean, the Crows have got enough on their hands with the Qunari literally invading Antiva. Also, they're assassins, not a charitable organization.
I'm glad they didn't kill that white-haired mage. He didn't really do anything wrong except get mad over his wife's murder. Sure, he's trapped under a statue, but he's clearly a force mage - he'll be able to lift that up before the fire gets him.
I'm kind of getting the vibe that this comic is all about setting up potential companions, or at least extremely important NPCs, in the next Dreadwolf. Very random thoughts I had after reading this issue: -Is Teia rather buxom for an elf? I always thought female elves were kind of lithe. I might add that I actually forgot about her being an elf, but that's neither here nor there. She was kinda stacked in Dragon Age: Deception as well.
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Post by fistoffiori on Feb 22, 2023 19:32:49 GMT
Interesting that Varric... Looks so much older now somehow. Is he old for a Dwarf? Are we going to lose Varric in Dreadwolf? Oh noooo.
He does look cool AF with his hair down though, keep that look my man!
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Post by necrowaif on Feb 22, 2023 19:42:40 GMT
Interesting that Varric... Looks so much older now somehow. Is he old for a Dwarf? Are we going to lose Varric in Dreadwolf? Oh noooo.
He does look cool AF with his hair down though, keep that look my man! Varric was born in 9:1 Dragon. The previous comic, Dark Fortress, was set around 15 years after DAO, which would have set it around 9:45. It's a fair bet that this comic takes place after Dark Fortress, so that would put Varric in his mid to late forties.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 22, 2023 20:22:06 GMT
I'm glad they didn't kill that white-haired mage. He didn't really do anything wrong except get mad over his wife's murder. Sure, he's trapped under a statue, but he's clearly a force mage - he'll be able to lift that up before the fire gets him. It's definitely meant to suggest he's dead. Varric even delivers that cringey one liner about "Til death do you part" before leaving the man whose house they broke into to urn to death.
This comic managed to make me hate Varric even more. Harding too.
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Post by necrowaif on Feb 22, 2023 20:35:38 GMT
I'm glad they didn't kill that white-haired mage. He didn't really do anything wrong except get mad over his wife's murder. Sure, he's trapped under a statue, but he's clearly a force mage - he'll be able to lift that up before the fire gets him. It's definitely meant to suggest he's dead. Varric even delivers that cringey one liner about "Til death do you part" before leaving the man whose house they broke into to urn to death.
This comic managed to make me hate Varric even more. Harding too. No way, the statue landed on his midsection. Death by statue only occurs in one of three ways in fiction:
1) The victim’s head gets smashed in 2) They get impaled on the statue’s sword 3) The statue is so big the victim gets covered, though they may live long enough for their hand or paw to burst out from the rubble.
Also, that quip definitely could refer to the magister’s wife, who is now definitely dead after being broken into pieces.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 22, 2023 20:40:08 GMT
It's definitely meant to suggest he's dead. Varric even delivers that cringey one liner about "Til death do you part" before leaving the man whose house they broke into to urn to death.
This comic managed to make me hate Varric even more. Harding too. No way, the statue landed on his midsection. I’ve seen way too many fictional characters die via statues falling on them to think that was fatal. If his head isn’t crushed or his entire body isn’t buried in rubble, then he’s still alive.
Also, that quip definitely could refer to the magister’s wife, who is now definitely dead after being broken into pieces. They didn’t even have time to grab pieces of paper, so he definitely doesn’t have time to move out from under his wife. If the group thought he’d survive, they would kill him since he saw them which would cause problems. Plus the writers clearly see that as “ooh, evil magister gets what he deserves.” Countless stories have scenarios exactly like this and they all end with that person dying.
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Post by necrowaif on Feb 22, 2023 21:16:11 GMT
No way, the statue landed on his midsection. I’ve seen way too many fictional characters die via statues falling on them to think that was fatal. If his head isn’t crushed or his entire body isn’t buried in rubble, then he’s still alive.
Also, that quip definitely could refer to the magister’s wife, who is now definitely dead after being broken into pieces. They didn’t even have time to grab pieces of paper, so he definitely doesn’t have time to move out from under his wife. If the group thought he’d survive, they would kill him since he saw them which would cause problems. Plus the writers clearly see that as “ooh, evil magister gets what he deserves.” Countless stories have scenarios exactly like this and they all end with that person dying. Nay, the rapidly-spreading flames merely serve to expedite the party's hasty exit from the mansion. Had there been no fire, the Crows would have insisted on finishing the job by slitting the mage's throat.
He's low to the ground, which gives him some time before he dies from smoke inhalation. He'll be fine ... relatively speaking.
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Post by celestielf on Feb 23, 2023 0:12:49 GMT
On a side note, it occurs to me that the Inquisitor has been stuck on this chase after Solas for quite a few years now. So... what kind of life has s/he been leading, exactly? Always moving from hideout to hideout, participating in endless reunions? Or has s/he been living a mostly normal life, only occasionally called upon when there is a new lead? I kind of hope they will leave this up to headcanon somewhat. Like for example, someone who married Josephine or Cullen might have semi-retired while someone who romanced Solas, or nobody, or is just a workaholic might be more involved in operations and travel a lot.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 23, 2023 0:28:11 GMT
On a side note, it occurs to me that the Inquisitor has been stuck on this chase after Solas for quite a few years now. So... what kind of life has s/he been leading, exactly? Always moving from hideout to hideout, participating in endless reunions? Or has s/he been living a mostly normal life, only occasionally called upon when there is a new lead? I kind of hope they will leave this up to headcanon somewhat. Like for example, someone who married Josephine or Cullen might have semi-retired while someone who romanced Solas, or nobody, or is just a workaholic might be more involved in operations and travel a lot. We couldn’t marry Josephine. Aren’t even able to discuss it with her in Trespasser, one of the only LIs you can’t. 😭
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Post by colfoley on Feb 23, 2023 1:24:20 GMT
The thing is to the 'why bother' that if we look at everything they have done in terms of extended media as marketing for the game then everything they have done does make sense. TVN, Absolution, and now this seems to be offering a lot of teases and cliff hangers to gameplay elements, tone, and story beats. It is a bit of an odd way of going about it but the whole tease seems to me to be the entire point... It might also explain why, when they promised us more information in 2022, there seemed to be so little forthcoming from Bioware directly. Perhaps it was originally intended to release the comic series in late 2022 but they didn't want it to clash with Absolution and they didn't want to bring it out before Alpha had been confirmed. However, the three examples you give are not really part of the same process. TVN came out around the time they originally entered full production but, apart from the teaser in 2018, there had still not been any official confirmation the game was still going ahead, so TVN was a way of reassuring fans and keeping them interested. Then we had a whole plethora of information during the latter half of 2020, followed by the end of year teaser trailer, which presumably was designed to do the same. However, given the time lapse since then, if that was a marketing ploy, clearly something went wrong with the intended release window. As for Absolution, they have stated that it is a self-contained story, much as the other comic series were, so more a case of keeping fans happy and perhaps trying to attract some new ones to the setting. Only The Missing can really be seen as a marketing strategy, particularly given the nature of the plot and the studio saying it was designed to lead into the next game. However, the encouraging part in that is that I think they would hardly have released the comic series too far in advance of the game. So, I am hopeful that we will get the last issue of the comic series in April and then some sort of official announcement about the game shortly after that, with them still keeping to a release date at the end of 2023 rather than sliding into early 2024. With Masked Empire, which was also a story which directly tied into part of the plot in DAI, it was first published in April 2014, with the game coming out in November. Mind you, that had already been announced prior to the novel and we had been getting a lot of information on companions and other game aspects as well. I don't really agree. Granted you are right that a lot could have changed between then and now, plot points could've been shifted about, gameplay elements might've been redesigned, characters that were still there and set up might've been eliminated entirely. And I don't read the comics too much so am not fully qualified to judge them though some of them do seem more self contained then others... But that doesen't rule out what they were intended for and what they still might be. Or at least we have two basic options here given how many of these programs are going. Option A. still being used as 'soft core' marketing in a way. Their own thing maybe but still could be teasing an aspect of DA:D. Or B. since they have changed the focus with the game they are recycling elements that was supposed to be in the game and including this in the side stories, this seems particularly relevant when it comes to the 'Heists'. But with Tevinter Nights several of the stories ended on obvious 'cliff hangers'/ teases in regards to plot lines or characters. In particular any story involving Tevinter, the Crows, the Qunari or Solas/ the other Elven gods. Even the Neverra story with Sidony left off on a bit of a tease. On top of that you had the stories which could suggest gameplay or tone (horros, the streets of Minrathous, the Wigmaker job, etc.) Meanwhile Absolution, while it was a self contained story, still felt like an interesting introduction to the series for a non fan or even a non gamer. Yes, the lore bits might've been a tough climb for a newbie as I have mentioned repeatedly but much of the rest of the story and action scenes were a pretty good introduction of probably what we have gotten in previous DA games, and what is to come. Mooks, lietuenants, and bosses, the usage of magic and rogue abilities, and hopefully the weapon switching. On a side note, it occurs to me that the Inquisitor has been stuck on this chase after Solas for quite a few years now. So... what kind of life has s/he been leading, exactly? Always moving from hideout to hideout, participating in endless reunions? Or has s/he been living a mostly normal life, only occasionally called upon when there is a new lead? I kind of hope they will leave this up to headcanon somewhat. Like for example, someone who married Josephine or Cullen might have semi-retired while someone who romanced Solas, or nobody, or is just a workaholic might be more involved in operations and travel a lot. Kind of my hope as well and this is pretty much what mine is doing. Kara is living in semi retirement with Cullen in Kirkwall. She has, at least in the short term, abdicated the role of Inquisitor to Cullen, and other then that she is a bit of a public face making speeches and traveling to support Cassandra's efforts in the Chantry and help out the rest of the Inquisition. Yes, she is recieving updates on the Solas situation and is keeping an eye on things via her agents but she's already fought two would be gods she isn't especially eager to fight a third....or a fourth actually because I forgot about Hakkon. lol.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 8:02:42 GMT
I'm glad they didn't kill that white-haired mage. He didn't really do anything wrong except get mad over his wife's murder. Sure, he's trapped under a statue, but he's clearly a force mage - he'll be able to lift that up before the fire gets him. It's definitely meant to suggest he's dead. Varric even delivers that cringey one liner about "Til death do you part" before leaving the man whose house they broke into to urn to death. Now I'm only going by the review I've seen on You Tube but the image capture there not only showed him under the statue (how strong is Varric?) but also with a dagger through his left wrist with blood flowing from it. Likely a parting gift from the Crows. Anyway, even if the statue didn't kill him outright, I think the slit wrist did, so he didn't burn to death as he was already deceased. Hence Varric's tasteless quip. A side note here, how did the Crows get in? Varric and Harding came through the window but the Crows came in by the door, so entered somewhere else in the house. During this time nobody was aware of it until everyone reached the petrified lady's bedroom when first of all the guards come in with the servant and then the master of the house, a conveniently long enough period of time after the first group that they were able to interrogate the servant, study the secret room and discuss what it meant. The whole thing about "we need to let the Crows know about the Venatori moving against Tevinter" seems a little weird to me. I mean, the Crows have got enough on their hands with the Qunari literally invading Antiva. Also, they're assassins, not a charitable organization. I don't get the whole Crow presence in Vyrantium at all, especially not two Talons, when their country is under attack. Yes, House Delamorte originally had a contract on various Venatori and there does seem to be a nest of them in Vyrantium, but Lucanis had ostensibly completed that with the death of the Wigmaker and headed for home. Even if Venatori were responsible for his alleged death (I still don't believe that one), House Delamorte has other more pressing matters to deal with and we were told back in DAO that normally only one House gets involved in a contract and multiple Talons only work together in exceptional circumstances. The Antaam invading Antiva would be considered such a circumstance; the death of Lucanis would not. So, the only reason for both Teia and Viago to be in Vyrantium would be if the actions of the Venatori were directly threatening Antiva. Meanwhile, why would the Venatori be bothering themselves with Antiva when half their country has fallen to the Antaam and their own city is under attack? In both cases, if wanting to avenge themselves for mutual aggression in some way, why not assign underlings to carry out the action, so the leaders could concentrate on the more important issue at hand? I do wish the narrative wouldn't present various parties as such idiots.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 8:13:54 GMT
It's a fair bet that this comic takes place after Dark Fortress, so that would put Varric in his mid to late forties. I don't have a problem with Varric aging and it can happen fairly suddenly over a short period of years, such as the time between Trespasser/Knight Errant and the latest comic series (It did with me. For years I hardly seemed to age at all, so people were constantly fooled into thinking I was much younger than I was, and then the grey hairs started to appear, which spoiled the previous illusion). However, I do have a problem with Varric aging between issue one and issue two of the latest comic series, which is a time period of a few months at the most, plus the acquisition of the considerable facial scar on his right cheek. As the reviewer on You Tube said, given the amount of dangerous engagements he has been involved in from DA2 onwards, with nary a mark to show for it, a brief explanation of how he acquired his scar would have been appreciated.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 8:22:18 GMT
On a side note, it occurs to me that the Inquisitor has been stuck on this chase after Solas for quite a few years now. So... what kind of life has s/he been leading, exactly? My assumption is that they want us to believe they are in semi-retirement, probably based in one location, and focused on gathering intel about Solas, which they will then sift through for useful leads. So, more of a management role than being active in the field, at least until they have a definite location for him. It remains to be seen whether they will then get some sort of cameo role in the game. Obviously, people will have their own personal head canon for what their Inquisitor is doing and where they are located, largely dependent on how things resolved for them at the end of Trespasser, but in all cases they were given a title and presumably an estate in Kirkwall, so that may well be the default location for them.
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Post by colfoley on Feb 23, 2023 8:34:42 GMT
It's a fair bet that this comic takes place after Dark Fortress, so that would put Varric in his mid to late forties. I don't have a problem with Varric aging and it can happen fairly suddenly over a short period of years, such as the time between Trespasser/Knight Errant and the latest comic series (It did with me. For years I hardly seemed to age at all, so people were constantly fooled into thinking I was much younger than I was, and then the grey hairs started to appear, which spoiled the previous illusion). However, I do have a problem with Varric aging between issue one and issue two of the latest comic series, which is a time period of a few months at the most, plus the acquisition of the considerable facial scar on his right cheek. As the reviewer on You Tube said, given the amount of dangerous engagements he has been involved in from DA2 onwards, with nary a mark to show for it, a brief explanation of how he acquired his scar would have been appreciated. The issue does include a montage of them fighting and going through other areas to get to Vyrantium, presumably he got the scar there. Maybe even a justification for the sudden aging but that is a lot more of a stretch.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 8:36:58 GMT
We couldn’t marry Josephine. Aren’t even able to discuss it with her in Trespasser, one of the only LIs you can’t. 😭 Which was the most absurd way of completing her romance imaginable. At the very least we could have discussed how she didn't want to get married without seeing her parents first, or something similar. That would have then tied in with the epilogue that has us doing exactly that. However, they could equally have had her parents come to Halamshiral, them meet the Inquisitor and then a ceremony to follow. It did seem odd that Sera and Cullen could have a wedding and yet Josephine did not. It would also have meant that at least one of the male Inquisitors was able to have a marriage on screen. I can understand why this couldn't happen for Cassandra, Bull or Dorian but Josephine? Then I discovered that we would have got a marriage in the cancelled Exalted March DLC back in DA2. I am still waiting for one of my PCs to get an actual marriage on screen. I think the nearest so far has been Warden Cousland and Anora, where it at least happened off screen. However, my male and female PCs who romanced Alistair (not king), Morrigan, Leliana, Zevran, Fenris, Merrill, Solas, Cassandra, Dorian or Josephine are still waiting.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 8:45:31 GMT
The issue does include a montage of them fighting and going through other areas to get to Vyrantium, presumably he got the scar there. Maybe even a justification for the sudden aging but that is a lot more of a stretch. All it would have taken was a single panel showing Harding tending his face and perhaps saying that without magical healing it is going to leave a scar. Boom. Mind you, as the reviewer pointed out, with a different artist on each issue, we shouldn't be surprised if his appearance changes yet again for issue 3. The important point though was that the artist for issue 2 was given specific instructions by Bioware as to how he should look. So, we can expect to see him again in game and may be that is where he will explain his appearance for those who haven't read the comics, because without one people are going to ask wtf happened to Varric?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Feb 23, 2023 8:54:03 GMT
We couldn’t marry Josephine. Aren’t even able to discuss it with her in Trespasser, one of the only LIs you can’t. 😭 Which was the most absurd way of completing her romance imaginable. At the very least we could have discussed how she didn't want to get married without seeing her parents first, or something similar. That would have then tied in with the epilogue that has us doing exactly that. However, they could equally have had her parents come to Halamshiral, them meet the Inquisitor and then a ceremony to follow. It did seem odd that Sera and Cullen could have a wedding and yet Josephine did not. It would also have meant that at least one of the male Inquisitors was able to have a marriage on screen. I can understand why this couldn't happen for Cassandra, Bull or Dorian but Josephine? Then I discovered that we would have got a marriage in the cancelled Exalted March DLC back in DA2. I am still waiting for one of my PCs to get an actual marriage on screen. I think the nearest so far has been Warden Cousland and Anora, where it at least happened off screen. However, my male and female PCs who romanced Alistair (not king), Morrigan, Leliana, Zevran, Fenris, Merrill, Solas, Cassandra, Dorian or Josephine are still waiting. Exactly! I mean I absolutely understand and agree with not having an actual wedding with Josephine like you do with Cullen and Sera since Josie wouldn’t want to elope like that. She’d want everything to be perfect and have the fairytale wedding. But they could have done the fairytale proposal scene in some romantic spot instead. But like I said, we don’t even get an option to talk to her about it. The only time it comes up at all is the conversation with Cassandra where she is led astray by Varric. Even The Iron Bull you got to talk about getting married with, but not the Disney princess of Dragon Age? And yeah, would love if male protagonists can actually get married like female ones can. In DA like you said the only option is Anora who isn’t even a LI, meanwhile female protagonists have Alistair, Sebastian, Cullen, and Sera. Back to the topic this spring from, the epilogue with Josephine we do get does have me wondering how they are going to handle that with the Antaam having invaded Antiva. I fear that they’re going to go an uniform “the Inquisitor is traveling around” background for the years between DAI and DAD, so do they just only show up to Josephine when they’re in the area which could be years at a time? Hopefully they’ll just have the Antaam not be at that part of Antiva yet (though that’s doubtful they wouldn’t go after Antiva City) both so Inkys who romanced her could be there consistently with their family and that Josie and her family are safe.
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Post by gervaise21 on Feb 23, 2023 9:50:02 GMT
Hopefully they’ll just have the Antaam not be at that part of Antiva yet (though that’s doubtful they wouldn’t go after Antiva City) both so Inkys who romanced her could be there consistently with their family and that Josie and her family are safe. A lot could depend on where we are sent in Antiva but I imagine they could handle it in one of two ways. Either, they will have a codex saying that the Inquisitor arranged for Josie and her family to be evacuated to a place of safety, which would be relevant even without the romance considering how important she had been in the Inquisition and she is a friend of Leliana, who would definitely want to ensure her safety. Or, rescuing Josie and her family will be an actual quest we are asked to perform. In this scenario, perhaps, the Antaam advanced quicker than was anticipated and this is why the Inquisitor was unable to do this for themselves, having been called away elsewhere (romanced) or simply located elsewhere (everyone else). I would certainly hope that the fate of Josephine and her family would be addressed in the narrative if the Antaam hasn't been repelled by the time the game starts (which seems unlikely).
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