Taash - Official Companion Thread

It seems unlikely since she would have had to have defected after leaving the island. Most of the Tal'Vashoth there tend to defect whilst still on the island and then head into the jungles of the interior. It would be hard for them to leave the island because they only way off would be by boat and that sort of access is controlled by the Qunari navy in the east and Tevinter in the west. If Taash was born Vashoth then she would more likely have joined up with the Fog Warriors and again leaving the island would be difficult.

I think she more likely does have her origins as a native of Rivain. That in itself could be interesting because the Qun never attempted to wipe out their culture as the Chantry did, so she may well have had access to Rivaini wise women and can tell us more about the people in the interior. The two human cultures I wanted to know more about were the Fog People of Seheron and the Seers of Rivain, so with any luck Taash will be able to give us an insight into the latter. If she is Tal'Vashoth then hopefully she might also know more about the Qunari origins as it is possible she was from the priesthood before she defected and clearly it is they who are likely to know this history not told to the ordinary rank and file that we have encountered up to now. According to David Gaider's comic series, once he became Arishok, Sten even learned secrets about the human king Calenhad (I'm assuming he did not know this when with us in the south as it was highly relevant to Ferelden). That story always struck me as odd because Calenhad became King nearly a century before the Qunari even arrived on Par Vollen, so how did they know about that? Yet it was an odd sort of story to have made up considering how little relevance it had to modern day politics other than the quest Alistair was currently engaged in looking for his father. Also, it seemed to confirmed by the fact that Maric did seem to have some sort of special blood because that is why the Tevinter mage wanted him and Yavana (and her dragon) seemed to recognise it as well in Alistair.