Dragon Age Short Story 2022: As We Fly

Sure you can play a sarcastic character. You don't have auto dialogue speaking for you anymore without you choosing a dialogue option but the Inquisitor had plenty of sarcastic responses.

Jokes and sarcasm have always been part of Dragon Age, all the way back in DAO. Alistair had dopey humor as a coping mechanism, Morrigan used cruel jibes to mock because that's how she was raised, Oghren had gross humor because he was a drunk, Sten had deadpan and "fish out of water" humor etc.
I think it feels different now because DAO (and media in general at the time) had different personality types showing off different types of humor and it was used intelligently to service character moments and relationships or larger narratives, whereas now it's the same brand of rapid fire snark, all the time, without it really servicing characterization or situations, with no one really having a distinct voice from other characters.

But we can still look at it this way, given how many stories about the Crows we got until now (Tevinter Nights + the short stories on the site), we've had different portrayals of different types of personalities. These 2 characters were just the Whedon-esque types but we had more serious types previously, as well. I'm more skeptical of the Qunari, to be honest.

At least that is what the last round of short stories indicates.  THey might've decided to increase that out even more by the time we get to the actual game itself.  

This was my point, though. The Hawke/Warden choice may have been significant for the player personally but there were no world changing consequences as a result. Even the choice about the southern mages or the Divine isn't really as impactful as it first appears. If you read between the lines, the epilogue to Trespasser is pretty much reverting everything to normal, with the Chantry aligned Circle of Magi under Vivienne with the political upper hand and the College of Enchanters (if it even exists) just a small group on the periphery of society, tolerated but without much influence. Fast forward a few decades and the codices would just speak of a time of unrest during the first years of Divine Victoria's reign (applies to any of them), after which stability was restored. Individual rulers aren't as important as the countries that they govern, so Ferelden and Orlais are still independent nations with a degree of enmity for one another, no matter who we appointed to the leadership.

Our choices cannot have world changing consequences without consistency in them, so the end result is the same, even if the means of achieving it varies. Otherwise, you end up with a situation like the end of ME3, when those choices cannot be carried forward with any degree of continuity, so one of them has to be canon and the others disregarded or explained away in some fashion.

I hope they skip to a time when the qun war is over. And DAD beginns with the after war situation. I don't want this war in DAD. I have no interest in it.

Here's a thought. Maybe one of our tasks will be to assist the Ben'Hassrath agent or the Crow assassin (choose one) to take out the Butcher.

Why would a Ben'Hasrath need the help of a scrub player character to knock off the Butcher, though? The Ben'Hassrath that killed Bastaar didn't need anyone's help to do it and, supposedly, if there were other commanders like these two, there'd be Ben'Hassrath somewhere close by, watching, waiting to see if there's anything they can do to have them re-educated or if it would be better to kill them outright.
If the Butcher ends up being like Saarath from Trespasser, I can see why you'd need more people taking him down, I suppose, but Saarath wasn't created by the Antaam. Would the Antaam even have access to the Viddasalla's research?

If push came to shove probably would choose Ben’Hassrath though since having them on our side might be better in ending the war with as few casualties as possible. The Crows can just be hired later if needed.

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The Steel Age (6:00–6:99) is the sixth named Age in the history of Thedas.

Think it is more likely the war will be ongoing when the game starts.

Time for some live of death choice of which faction to side with.

Me too. Fuck the qun.

I have no idea what's happening in here, but I really love that smiley, so now it's a thing...

Okay...... Maybe I'll make an exception. 

Yes, I remembered afterwards that they were around during the 4th Blight and that was definitely before the Qun arrived the first time round. Having checked the timeline it seems the Crows failed to protect Antiva against the Qun twice, first in the Steel Age, when their excuse could have been the element of surprise by the adversary, and the second in the Storm Age when the Second Exalted March failed to prevent almost all of Antiva being conquered, so even with the assistance of the armies of the Divine, the Crows weren't able to stop them. I suppose it is possible to argue that it was a lack of co-operation between the various factions that was the problem (maybe no one put out a contract) but the fact remains that the Crows couldn't stop the Qun then, so no reason to think they would be any better now.

Back then, the only person who seemed capable of putting fear into the Qunari was Yavana and her dragons. A pity Alistair killed her if that is what it takes. However, that could be another plot thread. Maybe our hero will need to find a way of calling upon the dragons to aid Antiva. That would be cool. We know it is possible from DAI. You just need the requisite knowledge and strength of mind. (I'd say, just ask the Inquisitor but not everyone drank from the Well). Alternatively, what about that girl from Dawn of the Seeker? Someone said she was made tranquil but we know how to reverse that.