What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

Gave the Miners a raise. I especially liked the goofy foreshadowing. "What if the dragons comes back?" *hic* "Or worse! A bigger dragon!" Nah, you don't say, random NPC

I had planned on killing Idunna, but she immediately goes to begging for her life. This hawke wouldn't do that. Apparently it's only mage Hawke that can auto kill/stop her?

I have a Cullen Mod to give him long hair and a scruffy beard. At first I was like, oh no...but by the end, I liked it. Also, falling in love with him all over again. He gives all teh dastardly warnings, but then you argue with him and then he's like...hmmmm. You may have a point.

Then gave Wayword Son a shot, but messed up and brought Fenris along when I chose to let Feriel go to the Dalish. I also don't know if this Hawke is really pro torture with the Fenris fist grabs. So, I reloaded after a heap of Fenris Rivalry I can't afford when he's first to get smooched in Act 2. With Fenris being first, I can't be losing points, or all the sex scenes are going to be smashed together and I wanted to space them. And then make a sex em up collage. hehehe.

You really must tell us, what consequences not doing IB personal quest has in Trespasser. I always did it so far (and saved the CHargers, because they are the coolest )

You are correct!  Trifles Minutiae would be proud!  I found her under "additional voices."  Indira Varma - the voice of Viv - is also listed as doing the voices for:  "Moshae Sjefa / Sloane Kelly." 

1. Nothing wrong with having your PC re-examine his beliefs and preconceptions in response to things that happen to him in the game.  This episode in DA2 always leaves me confused however.  It's hard not to have sympathy for the Saarebas.  His chains and sewn lips makes the Chantry's treatment of mages seem much more humane by comparison.  If I had to conceptualize a happy ending for this episode, it would be sending him to live with a group of non-blood mage (or at least non-malevolent) apostates.  But he's a product of the Qunari system and seems content with suicide, which is what their system requires.  Not a malevolent character, but rather inscrutable.  (A slave content to be a slave?)  My Hawke's walk away scratching their heads...

2. Uh oh...you're thinking like a male gamer!  lol  You're showing signs of "the male gaze"!   

Also, what Revas perceived to be Vivienne's shrine to Celene:

It may have been there before they all went to Halamshiral, but Revas might be feeling a bit guilty now....

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Revas goes to Val Royeaux to investigate the disappearance of Blackwall.  She shows up at the gallows, where a man named Mornay is due to be executed for the massacre of a noble family years earlier.  The one clue Leliana was able to uncover indicated that Blackwall was interested in the case of Mornay.  As they are about to go through with the execution, Blackwall suddenly appears and shouts that Mornay was only following the orders of his captain, Thom Ranier.  "Blackwall" then confesses that he is Thom Ranier and that the real Blackwall is dead.  The authorities then take him into custody.

At Skyhold, Revas arranges to have Ranier brought to Skyhold for judgement by her.  She decides that once Corypheus is dealt with, Thom Ranier will be turned over to the Grey Wardens who will likely recruit him as the late Blackwall had intended.  She also decides to continue their relationship.  (Gamer Note:  I really hate Blackwall's new Tarot card!  Ugh!!)
As to Revas, during her time in the Exalted Plains, she clashed with the Freemen of the Dales and then went to the Emerald Graves to decisively defeat them in their stronghold.  There, she became aware that the Freemen were working with lyrium smugglers.  She brought the evidence she uncovered from the smugglers and brought it to Cullen who pieced it all together to uncover that the Red Templars under Samson had their major Red Lyrium operation in the Orlesian mining town of Sahrnia in the Emprise de Leon.  Revas then sets out for Emprise, setting up camp in the sad ruin that is Sahrnia and finds out from the mayor how the Red Templars took advantage of the Civil War to acquire the village quarry and how they've been gradually taking away villagers ever since.  She also finds out from a disgraced chevalier named Michel that the Sahrnia operation is supervised by a demon in Suledin Keep.  Revas and her team sweep through the quarry, killing all Red Templars in their path and freeing many of Sahrnia's unfortunate villagers.  They also find correspondence with Samson.  They then cut through Suledin Keep and finally come face to face with Imshael.  Revas resists his temptations and the battle is fierce as Imshael has the ability to take almost any demonic form.  Finally, though, the demon falls and the Inquisition takes Suledin Keep.

Gamer Notes:  It was interesting to hear the banter between Blackwall and the others over his past.  Solas is unforgiving; Cass ultimately warms up to him.  I later brought in Cole and he unintentionally tortures both Blackwall (Ranier) and Solas!  Cole says he knew Blackwall's secret all along; I wonder if he's fully aware of Solas' secrets?

The Adventures of Arkady Hawke, two handed Warrior Reaver
Act of Mercy

I wasn't completely sure Arkady Hawke would send them back to the Circle. But his thoughts on the matter is that Mages deserve freedom on a case by case basis. If they are obviously dumb or trying to murder people, then he's got to step in and send them to the Templars. That is why Idunna is with the Templars now. But when Daecimus's lover assured him that she'd made no deals with demons, he figured. Eh. Maybe Decimus had really been the bad egg after all, and this chick and Alain were okay. So, when she asked for help, he said,

"Sure, Why not? Have plenty of enemies, let's add the Templars. Whatcha need me to do?" And I was like "Crap, I brought the wrong people for this."

But then she asked him to murder Ser Thrask, the very man who had sent Hawke in to save these mages. Arkady Hawke realized he'd made a misstep in judgement. This woman was obviously a bit more kill happy than he was willing to allow in an escaped Apostate. And therefore, he only felt some remorse and doubt about sending her and her other friend back to the Templars. Thrask's assurance that he would make sure they'd go back unharmed assuaged him somewhat.

Time for the Deep Roads, folks. It'll be the first time I get a Warden Bethany. ^^

Egads, Blighted Bethany looked ten times worse than blighted Carver did.

And then Anders was kicking DArkspawn butt and pulling a "favor" with Stroud to get Bethany a shot at becoming a Warden. So many feels about Bethany becoming a Grey Warden, way more than I remember feeling about her going off to the Circle.

What is this favor exchange anyway, I wonder? "We are even." Stroud said.

And there it is! Varric saying, "3 years later." At a stretch, we could say that he meant since the Qunari landed. And then in the conversation with the viscount, Hawke mentions years multiple times.  The save even says "Year 4"

You're right. The VA voiced a bitch. Sorry, but I really don't like Viv and hearing that sob MEA char just reminds me of sly Viv. The way the char was placed also reminds me of Aria but Aria is a power unto herself. She's hard, merciless but she doesn't impose ridiculous dues, doesn't exploit the blood out of people, doesn't throw them out to die when they couldn't give up any more of their blood. She owns Omega but she also knows Omega is nothing without the people in it. The MEA char doesn't hold a candle to Aria and isn't fit to crawl up to Aria's throne. I'm hoping to kill that char   a chance to kill "Viv".

I liked the elves of DA2. Well, the ones that were actually finished to be real characters, not the ones that look like they've been boiled in the pot too long half naked standing round the alienage. 

And that is a modded Merril, so perhaps not a true rep of the DA2 elves. 

Yes. I liked that beard and, after a visit to the Black Emporium for Act Two, it's the only beard I like at all.   Then I wanted to increase his head hair. Show that time had passed but also look "neater" for mumsy, now that we're living in Hightown. In the end, I didn't like most of the hair either. Nearly all the "neat" longer hair was used by a lot of Templars in the game, or more appropriate for a woman. There was one that actually gave Hawke an earring too, but then he would have been a Duncan clone. Weird to think of a mostly default Hawke as being a Duncan Clone.

I made an Inquisitor of what my Mahariel looked like in my head so I could use her as an RP picture for the RP group on here.

Ever since, it's got in my head what she would and wouldn't do as an Inquisitor. She'd romance Solas, for one. Big problem is that she's a Warden, in my head and in my RP. Not only is there no support for that idea, the conversation with Hawke's Contact would have to be completely ignored. Also, major liability if the Quiz is a GW, Cory would just take them over.

I like, that BW uses the same va in different games. they managed to get a really talented bunch of people together and they should stick with them as long as they are available (a bit like Joss Whedon, who has actors, he works with in many of his productions).

And I just love Indira Varma - did anyone has seen her as Kali in the episode 'Hammer of gods' from Supernatural? She was so gorgeaus, that I developed a serious girls crush on her
Maybe that is the reason, I love Viv so much

Dumb question; what's MAI?

fylimar   She's definitely a fine actress!  My Inquisitors who've freed the mages have enjoyed despising her!  Acting is a tough occupation; never mind fame, just being able to feed yourself is an accomplishment!  I'm glad BW appreciates her; I wonder how important her role is in Andromeda?

I think, we all here can rely to that


I'm playing my human mage Inara at the moment - while listening to one of my favorite bands, Faun (if someone is interested - I linked some youtube videos under the spoiler tag, it's a mixture of medieval and folk music and therefore very fitting for games like DA).
Inara just met Iron Bull and company on the Stormcoast and invoted them to join the inquisition. Now they are going to find some missing inquisition soldiers




I stumbled upon something directly DA related on youtube - I think some of you know, how much I hate Leliana 'elven' song in DAO - too overproduced and a voice that I don't find appealing at all (the latter is purely subjective of course) and now I stumbled upon this really beautiful version and thought, I share it with you: