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Post by Absafraginlootly on Jul 13, 2024 1:09:34 GMT
There could be a whole load of new possibilities. It is after all Dragon Age, not Blight Age. Perhaps the dragons will once again rule the skies. We were discussing on the Crazy Thread about an expedition into the Donnarks to establish new colonies. Alternatively, perhaps a sea voyage to discover new lands. Then there is always the politics in the established setting. Perhaps the dwarves will have a revival with the threat of the darkspawn out of the way. What will happen with Tevinter? Of course, a lot will depend on how they do resolve the Solas story, which they have promised to do this game. Yeah you are probably right its just kind of...one of the many mind boggling implications that could result from this game. Just no more Blight. Sure its not the Blight Age but the Blight has pretty much been the one sword of damocles/ ticking time bomb which was just hanging over this setting from the outset. So its just hard to imagine what Thedas would be like without the Blight. But then are right there might be a lot of different other conflicts to explore in other continents and areas. To be fair there's a lot of ground to cover between finding a way to cure the blight and actually applying that method at scale. How long does it take to go through every nook and cranny of the deeproads with the cure? Can you do it faster than the blight can spread? Despite having to fight your way through darkspawn? Would it even work on darkspawn since they're basically made with the blight rather than infected? Would they be immune or would it kill them? Can people/areas be reinfected? Would you have to track down and kill every single darkspawn to prevent that? Even if they get awakened/their minds freed? Even when it's not their fault? Does it work on plants, soil and Lyrium or only people/animals? What's the cure made of? Is it something you can mass produce or can you only make small batches due to limited resources? Speaking of limited, is it a spell that requires mages, a minority in Thedas? How difficult is the spell? Can any mage learn or or only the most powerful and skilled? Finding a cure could lead to nothing more than making the taint more manageable and the dwarfs reclaiming some of their thaigs. Rather then actually eliminating it from Thedas it could just be an ongoing, but no longer a world-ending, threat. |
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Post by colfoley on Jul 13, 2024 1:24:28 GMT
Yeah you are probably right its just kind of...one of the many mind boggling implications that could result from this game. Just no more Blight. Sure its not the Blight Age but the Blight has pretty much been the one sword of damocles/ ticking time bomb which was just hanging over this setting from the outset. So its just hard to imagine what Thedas would be like without the Blight. But then are right there might be a lot of different other conflicts to explore in other continents and areas. To be fair there's a lot of ground to cover between finding a way to cure the blight and actually applying that method at scale. How long does it take to go through every nook and cranny of the deeproads with the cure? Can you do it faster than the blight can spread? Despite having to fight your way through darkspawn? Would it even work on darkspawn since they're basically made with the blight rather than infected? Would they be immune or would it kill them? Can people/areas be reinfected? Would you have to track down and kill every single darkspawn to prevent that? Even if they get awakened/their minds freed? Even when it's not their fault? Does it work on plants, soil and Lyrium or only people/animals? What's the cure made of? Is it something you can mass produce or can you only make small batches due to limited resources? Speaking of limited, is it a spell that requires mages, a minority in Thedas? How difficult is the spell? Can any mage learn or or only the most powerful and skilled? Finding a cure could lead to nothing more than making the taint more manageable and the dwarfs reclaiming some of their thaigs. Rather then actually eliminating it from Thedas it could just be an ongoing, but no longer a world-ending, threat. this does put me in mind to of the Blight could adapt to said cure so maybe more like a vaccine then a full on cure. |
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 13, 2024 6:36:03 GMT
this does put me in mind to of the Blight could adapt to said cure so maybe more like a vaccine then a full on cure. Just to add further pessimism, what if the cure had unforeseen consequences, just like when Solas thought he would save the world from the Evanuris by trapping them behind the Veil. Also, in Last Flight: Isseya used blood magic mind control to persuade the first griffons to accept the Joining by telling them it was just a normal disease. However, it turned into an actual griffon plague as a result, infecting even those griffons that had been nowhere near the Blight or had any sort of taint corruption.
So, when it comes to a cure for the Blight, it would need to be done very carefully even if it didn't involve blood magic. Otherwise it could set up a whole new scenario our heroes have to deal with. |
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 13, 2024 6:39:46 GMT
I do think they may have been hinting at something, though, in the Descent with Renn's journal where he said he thought the way to end the Blight would be to find the original broodmother (probably a titan) and deal with that. Remember what looked like a giant beating heart in early work in progress shots for the game? That reminded be of a corrupt Wellspring. I think we may well end up going wherever that was and dealing with it.
Here lies the abyss, the well of all souls.
From these emerald waters doth life begin anew.
Come to me, child, and I shall embrace you.
In my arms lies Eternity.
We tend to think the emerald waters refers to the Fade but what if it refers to the interior of a titan? It was the source of life on Thedas, possibly humans as well as dwarves, but the spirits crossed over from the Fade and took on bodies of their own, thus resulting in the elves.
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Post by TheEmptyRoad on Jul 13, 2024 7:31:51 GMT
I think those triangle/arrowhead things on the table are a map.
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Post by helios969 on Jul 13, 2024 7:41:32 GMT
Would there be a Guinevere and an Arthur, Well since we lead the table wouldn't that make our PC Arthur? I'd probably make Emmerich Sir Gawain "The Green Knight" (or maybe Merlin...even though not a member of the RT). Taash as Sir Lancelot the "greatest" of Arthur's knights. Harding as Percival...most loyal of the knights. Beyond those I can't recall enough Arthurian legend to equate. Probably moot since the numbers don't line up anyways.
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 13, 2024 7:53:37 GMT
I think those triangle/arrowhead things on the table are a map. I agree but whose map and why is it made up of triangles? May be we relax by doing a giant jigsaw. 
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Post by gervaise21 on Jul 13, 2024 7:58:48 GMT
I'd probably make Emmerich Sir Gawain "The Green Knight" (or maybe Merlin...even though not a member of the RT). That's why I suggested Solas was Merlin. He does have an influence over Arthur (Rook) but then gets shut away in a cave. In the Arthurian legend he can no longer affect the world but let's stretch the analogy a bit there. After all, we don't know for certain that Merlin could no longer influence events, just that he was one step removed and couldn't do so directly. EDIT: I live in Wales in an area where the Arthurian legends probably originated and Merlin is said to have been born near where I live. Of course, he wasn't just connected with Arthur but other ancient legends as well that predate those associated with Arthur, including the story of the two dragons that explains our national flag.
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Post by helios969 on Jul 13, 2024 8:06:01 GMT
I'd probably make Emmerich Sir Gawain "The Green Knight" (or maybe Merlin...even though not a member of the RT). That's why I suggested Solas was Merlin. He does have an influence over Arthur (Rook) but then gets shut away in a cave. In the Arthurian legend he can no longer affect the world but let's stretch the analogy a bit there. After all, we don't know for certain that Merlin could no longer influence events, just that he was one step removed and couldn't do so directly. Oops, missed the Merlin part. That's really good, I like it. Still the numbers don't work since as I recall it was always at least twelve. Unless...there are important NPC's that could fill in the missing. That'd work. 
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