Davrin - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

That is true but if it was the case then I think it must have been after he left the clan looking for adventure. The description definitely seems to suggest that he chose the life of a monster hunter over that of his role in the clan. If he had simply been infected on a hunting trip for the Dalish then it wasn't his choice to leave them and become a Warden and he didn't do it because life wasn't exciting enough in the clan.

It is possible they wanted to explore the motivations of an individual for joining the Wardens when there wasn't an imminent Blight and they weren't forced by circumstances, either to avoid death from infection by the blight or falling foul of the law. Rainier joined originally because he was on the run and Blackwall conscripted him but had yet to put him through the Joining (then Blackwall was killed so he assumed his identity). Evka joined out of gratitude for the Warden who saved her life, Antoine joined because he became infected in order to save his life. We have yet to encounter a Warden whose story we know in detail, who joined simply because they wanted to. (The nearest I suppose would be Alistair but his circumstances were complicated by his royal connection). After all, in DAA the only one who really volunteered to join was Mahairi and she didn't survive the Joining. (Oghran's motives for joining up were hardly honourable as he was basically trying to escape his marriage).

So, I am intrigued to discover exactly what motivated him to choose the Wardens as opposed to any other faction he could have joined. Incidentally, I assume he was too young to sign on with the Inquisition when that was operational or may be we will discover that he did.

Do you suppose these are the Hossberg Wetlands?

Unless you think we are looking at multiple mirages that seems like water with those turtle creatures. To my mind wetlands basically means anything with a lot of water. It could be salt flats and thus the area is so saline nothing else grows and, if they are still in the game, these turtle creatures possibly live off perhaps lichens or something else that can survive there  (I mean how do nugs survive in the Deep Roads?). People questioned at the time if it was in the Anderfels because the legs seemed to belong to a Grey Warden. Then it was revealed recently there was a location by the name of Hossberg wetlands and I immediately thought of this picture. There is a big expanse of water in the Anderfels near Hossburg which could be a very shallow inner sea or large lake, so perhaps this is it.   If it is a large enough area perhaps not all looks as barren as this.    To give an example in the real world, here are the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia in the rainy season:

If it is an old inland sea surrounded by a largely arid landscape, it could look like that around the edge. The expanse of water in the Anderfels could date back to a time before it was blighted and the area even originally got its name at that time. However, take a look at another scene from the Aral Sea which used to be much bigger but use of the water for human projects resulted in this. Still, we obviously see things differently and it might turn out the area of the Hossberg wetlands is more like salt marsh or swampy (re-purposing resources from the Fallow Mire) and not a lifeless wasteland at all like the rest of the Anderfels.

The demo has introduced us to Davrin's voice and it is wonderful to hear.

I already knew I'd love Assan. But his lopsided ears are the cutest thing I've seen today.

If anything happens to him, Bioware...

He so much takes after his dad, who also had crooked ears and a brindled colour. Crookytail is reborn! I can see why Garahel picked him out and bonded with him. He makes me smile every time I see him.

Yes, I'm hoping he and Davrin don't have such a tragic end as the heroes of the 4th Blight.

He looks so good! Definitely looking forward to making him my party's resident tank.

Here a new pic. Haven't read Davrin's lines, I want to discover him in the game.

Latest episode of Vows and Vengence really piqued my interest. Kind of surprising the twist they are going for with him here and he might just work out right now. So in my potential 'A' team roster/ companions my first Rook is going to use I think he is sitting pretty solidly in fourth right now.

It is the fact that he does refer to him in that way that has me thinking there may be more to Davrin than initially appears (see my comments on the Podcast thread). That doesn't mean he isn't trustworthy, just that his background may be something more than he initially reveals. Perhaps his clan wasn't actually Dalish and he left them because they were isolationist rather than wanting to interact with the world.

I'm sure they said there was some friction between him and Bellara at some point. This could be because she doesn't approve of him leaving his clan, or his attitude towards Solas or she thinks his claims to be Dalish are suspect. It will be interesting to discover which is the case.

I was re-watching the panel with some of the companions from earlier and was reminded of the fact that Zach Mendez, the VA for Lucanis, also did some Mocap work for Assan. They even showed the footage of him crouching as the griffon as he interacts with Davrin and Rook. So, when people say how adorable Assan is that is partly down to Zach. If you don't want to hug his dark, mysterious assassin, you can always opt for the lop eared griffon instead.