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Post by colfoley on Mar 1, 2023 11:16:07 GMT
And while the Crows may be a little surprising given that the idea of them basically being warrior monks may have come out of left field it certainly matches thematically with everything which has been at the heart of this narrative. I don't recall anywhere it saying that they were ever warrior monks. That suggests direct martial action whereas they were always a group that tried to deal with a problem by working in the shadows. Those original Chantry monks used poison to remove a tyrant, not swords. Thereafter the rulers knew to keep within the boundaries set by the Crows or they could expect the same. This applied inside and outside Antiva. As the rogue Talon points out in the story, originally this was done to protect the people of Antiva, particularly the ordinary people, from aggressors, but now they are just like any other mercenary group, willing to trade their skills to the highest bidder and more concerned about preserving the status quo and their position within it. In that respect, they are like the original Inquisition, which started as a group who protected ordinary people from threats, including corrupt rulers, but then became incorporated into the hierarchy and controlled by them. A similar thing happens to our own Inquisition; either we surrendered the power to the Divine (Chantry) or were forced to disband it altogether. I preferred the latter option so it didn't become the Templars Order 2.0. By contrast, the Crows started off within the Chantry fold but then divorced themselves from it and any moral obligations that might have been placed on them. They are not heroes in any shape or form as Lucanis acknowledges to his cousin. Currently, they only appear that way because they are in opposition to the Qun and the Venatori, but only in order to preserve their own position, because neither group has any use for them. The true history of organizations and people being brought to light with the chance to redeem them. Its been the basic theme in Inquisition and it is the basic theme in Dreadwolf. Do we though? We can save them from their own stupidity but is there any real acknowledgement of their true failings? I also feel that these groups represent different things. Mages are not all the same except in being born with the ability to do magic. If we are talking about the rebel mage group, does anyone acknowledge that their action in selling out Ferelden to a Tevinter Magister was wrong or that is precisely why people are so afraid of giving the mages autonomy? Does Fiona ever have to face judgement for her leadership in doing this? Dwarves are not all the same unless you are speaking of the group in Orzammar and whilst if you choose Bhelen he does try and open them up to the outside world and improve the prospects of the casteless, they don't do away with the caste system altogether. So far as the other groups are concerned, I was always well aware of their failings. Unlike Alistair, I picked up on the ruthless and non heroic aspects of the Grey Wardens the moment Duncan murdered Jordy. Getting recruits to take the Joining when it results in such wastage, even when not in the middle of a Blight, always seemed an absurd way of doing things. I always saw the Templars as a tool of the Chantry, controlled by their lyrium addiction, and a dumping ground for unwanted/unruly members of noble families or individuals who enjoy imposing their will on others. According to what we learn about the Seekers from Ameridan and Cassandra, it would seem they were corrupt almost from the outset of becoming part of the Chantry. I've already said how I disbanded my Inquisition rather than see history repeat itself. To my mind, the only constant is not redemption of these groups but Solas' assertion proving true, that any group, however noble their intentions at the outset, will eventually become corrupted by the desire for power and the individuals within the organisation being unwilling to relinquish it. This has already proven true of the Crows but the only way to redeem them would be to surrender their power and disband, which they are never going to do. I have no doubt we will discover that the Qun is a perversion of Koslun's original intent as well and the only way to realise his vision would be to start again, not attempt some sort of half-arsed reform of the current group. I also feel there are distinct similarities between the Crows and the Qun. Both recruit by either selecting as children or coercion, with fear of death/re-education as an alternative outcome. Both expect absolute loyalty to the group and obedience to superiors. They offer a comfortable lifestyle for those who conform but one from which you cannot be permitted to escape. They hunt down defectors and kill them. The only real different is the the Qun want to impose their philosophy on Thedas, whereas the Crows are happy to maintain the ruling class in their positions of superiority, provided they have the coin to employ them. Neither group is particularly appealing as an ally or one which I would want to preserve. Since this is still relevant to the current conversation in a way. I used the term in the sense of 'for lack of a better word'. Granted I didn't know about the whole Chantry angle, maybe something I missed in TVN, but then that just proves the general theory of where I am going. But it does seem to fit. At least the original intention of the Crows if they were allied with the Chantry. The big thrust of 'Eight Little Talons' within TVN was that the guy who was working with the Qunari was pissed for these very reasons, that the Crows had strayed from their true path and had been corrupted by their current standing and that their current standing was not what they were meant to be. Which suggests an opprotunity for some very interesting plot points... How do we know how they are going to acknowledge their true failings since we don't have the game in front of us? Unless you mean to suggest you have some insider knowledge? Indeed given that we already have Crow Leadership openly questioning their position within the current state of Thedas enough to where he wants to kill all of them and end the order. This smacks of something which I believe is pretty central to Dragon Age thematically. Yes, you are right and Solas has a point that organizations often do become corrupt and those organizations within Thedas are no exception to this general rule. However, for lack of a better way of looking at things, organizations only tend to become corrupt over time. Which also has proven true of a great many institutions within Thedas. As you point out the Inquisition's original purpose way back may have been at least somewhat benign, and indeed given Ameridan was in the leadership of the organization they and the Chantry even had a better view of the Elves. But then the Blight happened. Then the Neverran Accords happened. Then people began to become wary of the Elves. And thus organizations were corrupted. But exposing this truth, knocking away the crap and giving them a fresh start has been indicated within the series to be a solution. To give these organizations fresh starts with the truth well known so people can have a proper understanding of their failings and are, hopefully, able to make a better attempt at it. TAnd the Crows actually seem a perfect candidate to be the next organization within the list. Perhaps because of their simularities to the Qunari, so good point there. But they are an organization we know very little of in terms of lore or temperment. And what we do know, at least up till TVN was presnted by their enemies or people who hated them or they were random NPCs that we got to cut down. I dare say beyond a few bits of background lore we know more about the Qunari as a whole then the Crows...so in essence BioWare can do anything with them, even giving us the chance to make them better. And as far as taking children is concerned. Yes, valid point from modern day morality but most organizations within Thedas...a medecal society...do tend to take children either voluntarily or not.
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 1, 2023 11:26:54 GMT
But yeah in all seriousness she’d want nothing to do with them. Even in the War Table missions with them you could feel the dislike in having to use them in her options. It is possible that in her youth she might have had a rather romantic notion of them, just as she did the idea of being Bard, but then her experience with the latter would have opened her eyes to the true nature of the Crows as well. After all, when her ships were being attacked, as an Antivan national, why not call on the Crows to deal with the problem? I suppose it is possible they were too expensive but I'd like to think Josephine just couldn't stomach doing that. I doubt Zevran will be a companion since he is a quantum character. No, I wasn't suggesting Zevran himself, just that as that was an optional outcome for him, they might decide to resurrect the idea for a new Crow character. I have to admit, I do wonder how the Crows have retained their grip on power for so long. They did nothing to save either the ordinary citizens or the monarchy in the 4th Blight (okay so the mage with the Wardens was a Crow but that was the only one involved) and the country must have been pretty devastated by the end. Then less than 100 years later it was overrun by the Qun the first time. From what we have been told, the only thing able to stem the advance back then was Yavana and her dragons around Seleny and then latterly the Felicisima Armada on the ocean. Whilst I suppose you could argue the latter have links with the Crows, it strikes me that for most of the 100+ years the Qun were active on the mainland, Antiva was under occupation by them, so where were the Crows in all that time?
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 1, 2023 12:02:14 GMT
Yes, valid point from modern day morality but most organizations within Thedas...a medecal society...do tend to take children either voluntarily or not. The only thing I would say is that we don't know enough of the various organisations to say whether this is a general rule or not. The Chantry seem to do this and of course the Circles certainly did, cutting them off from all contact with their relatives for the peasantry, whilst allowing it for the nobility. The Seekers also apparently normally recruit members as children, Cassandra and Lambert both being exceptions to this rule. However, both the Grey Wardens and the Ash Warriors were organisations of adult members. The former seemed to have an element of enforced conscription, since you certainly couldn't back out if you changed your mind, but membership of the Ash Warriors seemed to be voluntary and was seen as a path of redemption for those who regretted their former actions. The Tevinter Sicarri recruit from slave families, essentially keeping their relatives as hostages against their loyalty, so likely more young adults than children. The Fog Warriors are more of a mystery. Are they simply a culture within Seheron, with associated families who take no part in active fighting but are still part of the group, or are they a specific resistance group with only adult members? Our own Inquisition was entirely based on adult volunteers. Until we know more about the Lords of Fortune it is hard to say at what age you are allowed to join the guild. I suppose the thing I found particularly objectionable about the Crows was not that they recruit children but the amount of wastage involved. This is even greater than the Wardens and the Joining. Also the fact that Zevran only came into their clutches because his mother was forced into prostitution for a debt that wasn't even her own after the Crows killed her husband and then she died with the debt still not paid off. That was from the Crows own records so no bias there. The memory of his torture was from his sub-conscious and this seems reinforced by the memory of Lucanis and his grandmother's cruelty in his training, even if he does acknowledge it was likely done to ensure he survived. Then there is Viago's response to Teia when she objects that they there is an unwritten rule you don't kill the servants: " You don't kill the help" and then points out the others are unlikely to have such scruples. Illario's response when Lucanis shows mercy indicates that this is the exception rather than the rule and it is only his cousin's reputation that likely keeps him from disobeying. Whatever the Crows started out as, that was left behind long ago. They are an organisation of assassins and seem to operate pretty much like a Thedas version of the Mafia. So, do you think the Mafia are redeemable?
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Post by Iddy on Mar 1, 2023 12:09:56 GMT
Speaking of the Crows, I've been reading Tevinter Nights and I find it odd that Zevran's failure to kill the HoF was such a hard blow for house Arainai. I never imagined they had such success rates that failing once is too much.
Incidentally, I think I'm starting to piece together how is it possible that Teia, Bolivar and Zevran carry the name of prestigious Antivan families, despite being elves. When an orphan joins the Crows, they also join the family that purchased them or took them in.
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Post by eaglepursuit on Mar 1, 2023 13:52:20 GMT
I think the thing that sets the Crows apart from other groups where brutality are standard order is that the Crows do not have any ostensibly noble purpose. Templars ideally exist to police the most dangerous members of society. They suck at it and resort to vulgar violence at pretty much every turn, but the purpose is close to right. Despite that, the Templars are villainized. Rightly so.
The Crows serve no outward benefit to Antiva or Thedas. They are hired hitmen and women. Their violence is amoral and cruelty is directed towards the most helpless members of their society. And now they, particularly the high ranking members, are being treated with a degree of sympathy by the writers. I have no stomach for it. Not after how Zevran was treated.
If there comes a moment in DA:D where we are asked to ally with or spare the Crows organization, I will not.
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 1, 2023 17:20:55 GMT
The Crows serve no outward benefit to Antiva or Thedas. Well technically we have always been told they are the reason no one (other than the Qun) has invaded Antiva since their inception. It is fear of assassination that keeps the country safe and thus it doesn't need a standing army to protect it or any sort of training such as is provided by groups like the Chevaliers. However, the Crows quite clearly take contracts outside of Antiva, interfering in the politics of other countries based solely off the ability of individuals to pay them, which not only would antagonise the local nobility but also disrupt stable government. So, it may be more this is the reason no one invades Antiva, plus the states immediately adjoining them are too small to raise a sufficiently large force capable of doing so. The Freemarches after all is not one state but many competing city states with their own rivalries and threat to each other. It is, of course, possible that the reason no one bothers invading is they having nothing people particularly want, other than the wine. I am still curious as to why they are so active in Tevinter, though. House Delamorte was taking contracts on leading Venatori long before the threat from the Qun arose. Now the Archon hired outside operatives because the Venatori had too many powerful members in the Senate for him to attack them directly, which begs the question, if he didn't want to poke the wasps' nest for fear of reprisals, why would the Crows? Also, why would leading members continue to be active in Tevinter when their own country is under assault? You would think it would be more in their interests to leave the Venatori to slog it out with the Qun, so weakening the latter and likely drawing forces away from their own nation. So, I hope the writers have a good reason for this.
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Post by eaglepursuit on Mar 1, 2023 18:03:25 GMT
"No one attacks Antiva for fear of the Crows" sounds like myth and/or propaganda. And since so much lore in DA is told by unreliable narrators, I don't really believe it.
In the real world, assassination has caused many more wars than it has prevented. Even real life analogs of the Crows such as the Nizari Isma'ili or Shinobi were wiped out by the polities they resided within due simply to the threat they posed.
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Post by Iddy on Mar 1, 2023 18:55:31 GMT
So, what are your bets for companions potentially revealed in this comic?
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Post by eaglepursuit on Mar 1, 2023 19:26:31 GMT
So, what are your bets for companions potentially revealed in this comic? I don't really feel like either of the Crows we met would be a companion, nor the two folk helping our duo in the first volume. Perhaps we will meet someone in the forest in the third book who screams companion. I still think Harding is a shoo-in. I think Varric is more likely to be an NPC or advisor than companion this time around.
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Post by puddingtheruthless on Mar 1, 2023 19:56:08 GMT
So, what are your bets for companions potentially revealed in this comic? I second eaglepursuit in that I don't think we've seen any so far, but I disagree that Harding will be a companion. I've started to doubt it, and she is someone known to Solas - they'd have to come up with a pretty good cover story for why she's suddenly so far from Fereldan: Harding was recruited to the Inquisition from the Hinterlands so it's not like she was a mercenary or something beforehand. I do think the characters we've seen so far - the two Grey Wardens and the two Antivan Crows - will be making an appearance in the game as NPC of some minor or bigger role. It feels like Bioware has been using the comics (and show) to establish where everything and everyone is at now (ex. the state of Tevinter, its secret semi-civil war, and its current war with the qunari) as well as new settings (ex. the forest of Arlathan) and old factions (Grey Wardens & Antivan Crows) so I'm not sure if it's actually going to introduce any companions. It feels like a continuation of what they were doing with Tevinter Nights (although Tevinter Nights did feel like it was introducing at least one companion candidate, so who knows?)
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Post by Iddy on Mar 1, 2023 20:07:56 GMT
So, what are your bets for companions potentially revealed in this comic? I second eaglepursuit in that I don't think we've seen any so far, but I disagree that Harding will be a companion. I've started to doubt it, and she is someone known to Solas - they'd have to come up with a pretty good cover story for why she's suddenly so far from Fereldan: Harding was recruited to the Inquisition from the Hinterlands so it's not like she was a mercenary or something beforehand. I do think the characters we've seen so far - the two Grey Wardens and the two Antivan Crows - will be making an appearance in the game as NPC of some minor or bigger role. It feels like Bioware has been using the comics (and show) to establish where everything and everyone is at now (ex. the state of Tevinter, its secret semi-civil war, and its current war with the qunari) as well as new settings (ex. the forest of Arlathan) and old factions (Grey Wardens & Antivan Crows) so I'm not sure if it's actually going to introduce any companions. It feels like a continuation of what they were doing with Tevinter Nights (although Tevinter Nights did feel like it was introducing at least one companion candidate, so who knows?) Well... if that's the case, it would be the first time Bioware saves their introduction for the actual game. Both DA2 and DAI had companions we already knew from previous installments, books, etc.
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Post by puddingtheruthless on Mar 1, 2023 20:57:09 GMT
Well... if that's the case, it would be the first time Bioware saves their introduction for the actual game. Both DA2 and DAI had companions we already knew from previous installments, books, etc. Oh no, I'm not saying we won't see them introduced until the game. I'm just saying I don't think we'll see them introduced in this comic.
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Post by necrowaif on Mar 1, 2023 21:07:36 GMT
Speaking of the Crows, I've been reading Tevinter Nights and I find it odd that Zevran's failure to kill the HoF was such a hard blow for house Arainai. I never imagined they had such success rates that failing once is too much. Well, the Crows do have a reputation for always getting the job done, so I imagine that failure brought down their rating on Yelp. "No one attacks Antiva for fear of the Crows" sounds like myth and/or propaganda. That claim is actually challenged in the Queen Asha of Antiva codex, where it's suggested that it is indeed propaganda by the Crows and that Antiva owes its continued independence to the myriad of alliances she formulated. The blood of Queen Asha runs in the veins of the Empress of Orlais, the Prince of Starkhaven, the King of Nevarra, and seven of the Dukes of the Anderfels; even some magisters of the Tevinter Imperium have ties to the Antivan royal family. Asha's web of blood ties forces most of the continent to remain at peace with Antiva, or risk terrible consequences at family dinners.—From In Pursuit of Knowledge: The Travels of a Chantry Scholar, by Brother GenitiviOf course, the Qunari don't give a shit about any of that, so of course they have no compunctions about invading Antiva.
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Post by puddingtheruthless on Mar 1, 2023 21:31:49 GMT
Speaking of the Crows, I've been reading Tevinter Nights and I find it odd that Zevran's failure to kill the HoF was such a hard blow for house Arainai. I never imagined they had such success rates that failing once is too much. Incidentally, I think I'm starting to piece together how is it possible that Teia, Bolivar and Zevran carry the name of prestigious Antivan families, despite being elves. When an orphan joins the Crows, they also join the family that purchased them or took them in. Although it makes more sense when the Arainai house canonically makes at least three failed attempts on your life: twice in Origin (Zevran and then Taliesen) and once in Awakening (twice if you do the conspiracy quest in a certain order, but I think you kill one noble twice so I think it's not suppose to happen in-universe) If you don't spare Zevran, it's only two. In my redo run, it was four failed attempts. At the end of Awakening, when I was reminded by the epilogue that the Crows steal the Vigilance sword, I was impressed that they still hadn't given up. Talk about optimism. (Also, if Zevran's alive, he basically starts killing Crows including some head honchos so I imagine House Arainai is blamed for that too) I thought it was a neat detail that the assassins are named after the house they are bought by. For the house, it's putting a name tag on their property while to the assassins, it's like something to show who they are to each other and out in town.
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Post by DragonEffect on Mar 1, 2023 23:41:14 GMT
So the Antaam laid siege on Vyrantium? Then in DA4, we'll find Tevinter already mid-war with the Qunari. The focus will shift from Southern Thedas to the Northern Kingdoms and Par Vollen. I wonder how the Inquisition will fit in that context, apart from their quest to find Solas. And how will their forces fare in foreign lands, since the Inquisition has extended influence in the South, but very little up North. Unless, of course, DA4 is set a couple of years after Trespasser and the Inquisitor expanded their reach further North, forging alliances (a few war table missions happen in Tevinter and involve kingdoms like Nevarra, so the Inquisition is not entirely restricted to the South). It would also be interesting to have scenes involving old characters such as Sten and Alistair, in case the Fereldan king had to help stop the Qunari invasion somehow. Would he and the new Arishok meet in battle? And what will Kieran's role be if he has the old god's soul? Will he try to foil Solas' plan? Plenty of possibilities here.
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 2, 2023 8:28:40 GMT
I thought it was a neat detail that the assassins are named after the house they are bought by. For the house, it's putting a name tag on their property while to the assassins, it's like something to show who they are to each other and out in town. Yes, I always saw it this way. Considering most of the children they co-opt are orphans, or as good as, it actually helps give them a sense of identity and belonging to a "family", whilst for the House it is clearly a case of "hands off, this is one of ours", both signifying ownership and a threat to potential attackers: "You mess with them, you mess with their whole family". Well, the Crows do have a reputation for always getting the job done, so I imagine that failure brought down their rating on Yelp. It would be regarded as reflecting badly on the Crows as a whole but would expose the individual House as having a weakness in its operation, thus making them vulnerable to ambitious houses below them in the ranking. Who do you want to trust with the job, House Arainai with its recent string of failures, or House .......? So actually very similar to a bad rating on Yelp.
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Post by gervaise21 on Mar 2, 2023 8:41:58 GMT
I don't really feel like either of the Crows we met would be a companion, nor the two folk helping our duo in the first volume. We may encounter them as NPCs, which is why they have featured in both comics and TN to give a sense of familiarity, but I doubt any will be actual companions. Both DA2 and DAI had companions we already knew from previous installments, books, etc. I know this has been used as an argument of a returning companion, as though DA2 and DAI set a sort of precedent with this, but given the amount of time that has passed since DAI, I don't feel this necessarily would be maintained even if it was a thing in the past. The declaration "we need people Solas doesn't know" also seemed to indicate an entirely new team the next game. That said, I am expecting to see Varric play a major role next game, as an advisor/quest setter if not an actual companion. The fact they saw fit to change his appearance, even to the extent of telling the artist on issue 2 how he should look, seems a fairly big pointer that we are going to see him, plus the continual use of him in voice overs. If there is going to be a companion introduced in the series, I think it is likely to either be in issue 3 with one of the Veil Jumpers, or issue 4 with the mysterious contact they have in Minrathous. Of course, the other possibility might be the person shadowing them, which they have assumed is a Venatori but may be either an ex-Venatori or someone else entirely.
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Post by dadithinkimgay on Mar 2, 2023 17:06:10 GMT
Did anyone else find it strange that Viago and Teia had a contract where, if under certain circumstances, they wouldn’t kill Lady C? I’m under the impression that if you contract an assassin to kill someone, they are killed and the assassin doesn’t ask any questions.
That again makes me wonder if this was something personal to The Talons and not an actual contracted job.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on Mar 2, 2023 19:46:32 GMT
but I disagree that Harding will be a companion. I've started to doubt it, and she is someone known to Solas Solas knows her so what? Over the years people made this argument but they left out the full quote of the Inquisitor.
"Then we find people he doesn´t know."
So why can´t Harding not be a recruiter for those new people?
And seen the last scene of DAI for some time again well if Harding is really that unimportant why is she in the last scene? Also why haven´t Bioware allowed the Absolution writer to kill Harding in the Netflix show? Because she is still important. And not for DA 5.
Last but not least i would argue that the idea in romancing her is not that unpopular. She is a bit like the new DA 2 Cullen. So yeah Harding is in Dreadwolf without any doubt. The big question in what role? Also with Varric returning there doesn´t seem much room for her as Major NPC. Therefore i still think and hope that she is companion. If not her who else? Who isn´t a romance, is ruler of something or quantum character?
I can´t see that the Dreadwolf party is full of Nobobies. So the party needs someone who is quite recognizable. And promoting secondary who are optional (Calperina) or pretty minor (Maevaris) could been seen as new characters for many people. So who else than Harding? And this comic series she travels along with Harding to Tevinter so this isn´t an argument any longer.
Speaking of a crow companion: I think we get one but no it´s not a known one. Like Darvin a complete character. Also i believe that the majority is also new. It could similiar to DAI.
One returning character Varric (now Harding), one secondary character who had been promoted = Cassandra (Calpernia) and one character from other media = Cole (Maevaris also because of the importance of having the first transgender companion a Bioware game) and the other 6 (Edit: Or 5-7) are new. Maybe maybe we get another media character this time.
Perhaps they use one from comics (Maevaris) and also one from the novels. Like Cole before i would argue that the most interessing character would be Audric Felhausen. So in short: Lace Harding, Calpernia, Maevaris Tilani and maybe Audric Felhausen.
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Post by colfoley on Mar 2, 2023 20:13:39 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Like obvious supposition here but I'd almost bet money and bio would be hard pressed to give us two female Dwarves in the party. Just as likely that Harding is gonna be a sacrificial lamb to help set up Solas's threat/ head space.
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Post by cuthbertbeckett on Mar 2, 2023 20:30:56 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Most likely why? Because she along with Davrin along with their voice actors appear in 2020 trailer? Davrin is by the way also not confirmed. Yes i would be shocked if he isn´t but there is still a chance for this. Bellara could be anything. A companion, major NPC or some minor dwarf. Edit: Or even a cut character. Who knows?
The DA fandom had tendency to overhype some characters in past. Remember Michel de Chevin the possible romance and companion? Or Rosselin? dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Rosselin He was just a pretty minor character at then end. But because of the german Voice-Over contest some people have believe that has to be important. I agree there won´t be two female dwarves. We only get one. Also only one dwarven rogue. So Varric is out. But there is a small chance for dwarven warrior.
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Post by colfoley on Mar 2, 2023 20:50:16 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Most likely why? Because she along with Davrin along with their voice actors appear in 2020 trailer? Davrin isn´t by the way also not confirmed. I would be shocked if he isn´t but there is still a chance for this. Bellara could be anything. A companion, major NPC or some minor dwarf. Edit: Or even a cut character. Who knows?
The DA fandom had tendency to overhype some characters in past. Remember Michel de Chevin the possible romance and companion? Or Rosselin? dragonage.fandom.com/wiki/Rosselin He was just a pretty minor character at then end. But because of the german Voice-Over contest some people have believe that has to be important. I agree there won´t be two female dwarves. We only get one. Also only one dwarven rogue. So Varric is out. But there is a small chance for dwarven warrior
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Post by Solas on Mar 2, 2023 23:43:22 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Like obvious supposition here but I'd almost bet money and bio would be hard pressed to give us two female Dwarves in the party. Just as likely that Harding is gonna be a sacrificial lamb to help set up Solas's threat/ head space. new comic spoilerz I sus the comics are setting up varric to be the sacrificial lamb (maybe for a death in dad) and harding to sort of carry the metaphorical varric's dead at solas' hands torch Q_Q
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Post by eaglepursuit on Mar 3, 2023 0:00:28 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Like obvious supposition here but I'd almost bet money and bio would be hard pressed to give us two female Dwarves in the party. Just as likely that Harding is gonna be a sacrificial lamb to help set up Solas's threat/ head space. new comic spoilerz I sus the comics are setting up varric to be the sacrificial lamb (maybe for a death in dad) and harding to sort of carry the metaphorical varric's dead at solas' hands torch Q_Q I have that feeling too. He's got that "retiring in one week" sense of doom.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 3, 2023 1:58:34 GMT
Only issue I have with Harding being a companion is Bellara is most likely a companion and most likely a Dwarf. Like obvious supposition here but I'd almost bet money and bio would be hard pressed to give us two female Dwarves in the party. Just as likely that Harding is gonna be a sacrificial lamb to help set up Solas's threat/ head space. new comic spoilerz I sus the comics are setting up varric to be the sacrificial lamb (maybe for a death in dad) and harding to sort of carry the metaphorical varric's dead at solas' hands torch Q_Q Yep. I’m guessing he is going to be like Duncan: Recruits PC Gets PC caught up to speed Dies
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