Emmrich Volkarin - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

Just finished Down Among the Dead Man and obviously without knowing the context of who he was, I didn't know Emmrich was in it quite so much. But he does seem like a vaguely kind old gentleman with some flamboyance to him, kind of Wynn like but maybe a bit more bold with his humor. Also I can see what his VA meant about him being so kind and fasscinated by the dead.

Not really the intent but this does make me wonder what else I'll learn from Streets of Minrathous with Neve and Wigmaker Job with Lucanis. Have to also consider in hindsight its a little weird that those were the only three we got from TVN. Anyways next up, speaking of, no real relation to anything but Horrors of Hormok.

"The thing kept oscillating out of the water, undulating up more and more fused bones, nightmare fronds of something that was never alive. Water poured off a tangle of ribs that crested up before them like a cobra's hood, crowned by a misshapen thing vaguely resembling a skull. It split open sideways, its gullet spiked all the way down its neck-"

"What was that thing?"

"Uncataloged, Emmerich will be thrilled to hear if it."

-Conversation between Myrna and Audric, Down Among the Dead Men



Same creature? Thoughts?

The sort of things that "thrill" Emmrich have me worried. Between his fascination for unusual undead creatures and Bellara's excitement at discovering new magical artifacts, I can't possibly think what could go wrong. (sarcasm)

Daddy Bones is definitely a benign sort of Necromancer. He sounded a caring sort in his short story and apparently he hasn't changed with age.

A necromancer of Nevarra's Mourn Watch, this well-meaning scholar comes complete with a skeletal assistant, Manfred. Emmrich is as serious about his duty to protect innocents from the occult as he is about his studies and his interest in the mysteries of the fade.

I have to admit there has been something of a turn around since DA2. There necromancy was definitely associated with evil. Then we had Dorian specialising in it and now Emmrich, both apparently good guys. Perhaps Emmrich will be able to give us a bit more insight into why it is considered an acceptable form of magic, particularly the whole messing around with corpses bit rather than simply having a positive relationship with spirits and the Fade.

Cassandra also had a similar purple shade on her home outfit collar in DAI (no green thought), could be a Nevarran thing. Well, technically, Cassandra's outfit has two purple shades and they looks kinda fit on the DAVe inventory gradient. I just started a new DAI PT and that just jumped to my brain when talking to her in Haven.

Emmrich's outfit there thought, the shoulder and collar looks kinda like corals or some underwater plant to me. And the front of his jackets reminds me of the double button Victorian Royal Navy officiers jackets (but it's not that similar) with some jester inspiration. I kinda wish we had the dev notes on that design. 

But purple and green are complementary colors

Anyhoo, entirely aside from contemplatig Emmrich's color scheme - I don't remember whether they said we could recolor gear. Did they say anything about that?

I don't know it that was the intent behind it, but purple and green are colors I would associate with a decaying corpse, so that would be thematically fitting... 

Emmrich from the Art book!