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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2017 17:55:06 GMT
It would be an interesting question to ask the writer what Cole exactly meant. They'll never tell us directly. Their entire purpose revolves around making us suffer. wth is Outlander? Never watched it and the way you present it doesn't sound appealing. p.s. Uh... I'm going to get my ass kicked again for derailing the topic.
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Post by Jacket on Oct 14, 2017 19:46:17 GMT
My character in Origins has finally learned how to fight like an arcane warrior. The quest is really long though.
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Post by Psychevore on Oct 14, 2017 20:14:00 GMT
Velriel has been busy slaying Dragons. 8 of the original 10 have fallen by now. Will craft Varric some new armor for extra stats and maybe give him a new rune and then take down the last 2.
but that will be done tomorrow, just like Jaws of Hakkon and the Deep Roads. Will save the dragon materials for after Jaws of Hakkon though. Have never played with Tier 4 gear before.
Those tier 4 armors, do they have leg and arm slots?
Also, I have come to terms with that I won't be finding out that Blackwall is actually Thom. My approval is too low, lol. Fair weathered friends is a plus to the game, in my opinion. Was far too easy to keep everybody happy before.
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Post by melbella on Oct 14, 2017 20:16:09 GMT
Those tier 4 armors, do they have leg and arm slots? I don't think any of the specialty armors have leg or arm slots.
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Post by melbella on Oct 14, 2017 20:25:28 GMT
Oh, yes, those do, but things like the Dragon Hunter gear from JoH or even the Legion of the Dead armor (which I think is T3) in vanilla game do not.
I actually prefer the look of the T3 versions of the "regular" armor more than the T4 ones so I usually don't use them.
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Was going to spend a bit of time with Imekari because I like his looks, but spotted a name below him that I didn't recognize. Lilissa. So loaded it up and was greeted with a familiar elfy elf face. Wanted to see her in brighter light, so accompanied her to Val Royeux and back to Haven. Even scribbled a background blurb for her, but got no sense of her personality so just made do with that for now. Also forgot how pretty the eyes are in the game. Almost got lost in Lucious eyes, but luckily made it out alive. Lilissa was a junior Halla keeper. A pretty young one, being tutored along with one other in the arts of Halla Keeping. The Keeper never planned to send her to the Conclave, but she decided to go when she met the First as they were making their way to the Conclave. Her reasoning were twofold. One, she just wanted the adventure, discovering old lore was all well and good, but she also wanted to see something new. Second was that while the First was clever in the ways of magic and stories, they were pretty shite in the social graces and sending them alone amongst templars was like tossing a toddler out to the wolves. Bloody and irresponsible. At least Lilissa had gone on trading trips into the human cities, so she could at least stop the most grievous mistakes the First would make. Another smaller reason was that she wanted her fellow student to get some alone time with the older Keeper. Not in any romantic fashion, but she felt like she was hogging their teachers time and now it was time for the other one to shine. Then loaded up Imekari, who was out and about picking flowers. Grabbed some easy power for him so he can get his butt to Val Royeux in a later session. Also jotted down some background notes for him. Too tired to make sense, so it stopped fairly quick. Imekari's parents never planned to name him that. They escaped the Qun when he was but a babe and raised him in a small village in the Free Marshes. Since he had no role, they simply referred to him as Imekari or child. The farmers mistook it for his name and it ended up sticking. Imekari liked his name, both in general and the meaning amused him. His parents dismay of it and the odd looks he got from people who knew the meaning were just cherries on top. He never planned to be a mercenary. When he was around thirteen the Iron Ass caught him trying to pickpocket some gold from his pockets. He gave Imekari a choice, servitude or his life. Imekari liked his life, so the choice was easy. Being a scrawny little kid, the next five-ish years his job was mostly to squeze into small nooks and holes and explore in places the others were too big to go. During those trips he often encountered traps and locks he had to learn to disarm and open. Eventually his biological body mass kicked in and he stopped being able to fit into those nooks. So he had to learn to defend himself. Since his muscles were biological and not learned, he opted to learn to wield smaller, lighter blades. Bows and arrows could sod right off.
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Post by Catilina on Oct 15, 2017 0:52:23 GMT
Ralph Hawke (Background) Legacy, Part II.As we moved on, we found dwarf corpses, we found journals( I., II., III.) with them. Legion of the Dead... Paragon Tethras Garen... Varric's family! That guy was innocent in the crime with which they accused him! And trapped in this cursed place, just as us... I performed the Legion's rite. Rest in peace, dude! Nearby we found the Altar of Dumat. An Old God, and the first Archdemon... Fenris and Anders warned me. But the Altar attracted me, I started the ritual. But one thing missed. I turned around and saw Anders's face. Stop! Once I turned on him, in the Fade, because tricking that fucking demon was so important. Will not happen anymore! No more flirt with demons! (Okay, I will help Merrill, if she needs, because I promised... but after, no more! At least if he's there... eh, never say never...!) So, I defiled the Altar, and relieved. Everyone relieved. We left the altar. We're close. Anders hears voices. Fenris mocks: "Abominations hear voices, what a surprise!" Fenris, stop that! According to Carver, he can hear Corypheus... great! What the fuck this shit!? Anders cant handle this alone! I suppose Justice felt his panic... Don't fight Anders! We'll help. Fenris, Carver! To the shades! I will save him! Oh, fuck, don't do it, Justice again...please! You're right, Love? Okay, time to kill that ... whatever shit! Go! Another seal. Crazy Wardens. They want my blood, what else. They will die, of course. Sooner or later, better, if sooner. But now, let's talk... Janeka, the Wardens' leader spoke about a talking darkspawn she wants to use. Total madness... Corypheus almost used Anders/Justice, and according to Larius Corypheus leads Janeka. Foolish woman! Anders told, that the Hero of Ferelden dealt with a similar thing, and he not sure about that was a good idea. Fenris agrees, and Carver too. And I insist to my blood. Janeka wasn't so happy... Bitch! Fled and blocked the way. I think I should have killed her right away. I never really liked to talk a lot. We started to look for another way, and we found crazy Carta Dwarves. Have not we killed all of them yet? It is time to make up for this omission! Oh! Janeka! And her demons... The way cleared, go to Corypheus! What a surprise, the Wardens waited us. Janeka told us an old story about my father, my mother, Larius and blackmail. Larius, you bastard! Could you have been able to kill my mother? Ah! You never had to do it. Of course, he has accepted your terms, for her, for us! This fucking world where a man, who just want to live, can be forced into such a situation! Eh, no matter for now, this bastard still right about Corypheus... so: get out of my way or die, Janeka, as I said: my blood is mine! Then here we are... and now, the last seal. The key's not enough. Needs my blood. The ancient Darkspawn woke up. And seemed confused... He recognized the dwarf architecture, but he believed that we are in Tevinter, and he's Magister, a priest of Dumat? The Chantry was right, the Blight caused by the ancient Magisters, and this is one of them? Anders doubted: he believed, that the legend of the Black City and the Blight only a Chantry propaganda. "There's no any magical bogeymen", he told... ...and we killed this "magical bogeyman". I searched the corpse and found an amulet. Anders recognized the motif, they used it before the first Blight. He was confused. The medal confirmed the Chantry's legends. Fenris seemed satisfied. I reassured Anders, whatever happened a thousand years ago, not justify the Chantry's practice today. When we went home, Larius behaved strangely... or rather he was too... normal. At home, I finally could talk with Carver. Perhaps, he will be less asshole. Mother told, we more alike than we ever thought.
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Post by Nimlowyn on Oct 15, 2017 5:36:31 GMT
So, uh....Teyrn Loghain permitted Tevinter slavers into the Denerim Alienage to capture and sell elves. That's gotta break, like, 700 laws, not to mention it is a complete and utter affront to the Maker. So me and my crew took care of that right quick. Some fop named Caladrius was their pompous ring-leader; he rejected my counter offer of "drop everything and leave with your hides" so we had to duke it out. A few shield bashes from Alistair, acid flasks from Zevran and Leliana and me keeping everyone healthy and alive (with some glyphs in for good measure) and the dude and his goons went down. Bastard though he was he surrendered, so I permitted him to flee with his life.
Then was the Landsmeet. The Inquisitor Cauthrien made some really strong speech about how she was gonna end me but with one "Don't you see what Loghain has become?" I flipped her right quick and she kneeled at my feet like a supplicant and I was like, wow I'm sexier than I've ever been. So then we strolled on in the great hall and I further proved how sexy I am by regaling the meet with tales of Loghain's transgressions. The nobles were NOT impressed with the Alienage shenanigans so they sided with me easy (except that dork with the derpy face) and then Loghain was like LOL NOPE and called a duel and Alistair was my champion (me-ow). Alistair was victorious, Loghain was all like "You're like your dad that's so great fam" and then Alistair was like BYYYEEEEEE and skewered the traitor with a dramatic "This is for Duncan" (...and Cailain???) Anora was her usual stoic, professional af self but she had a moment of grief and I was like aw. Then there was the issue of succession and Eamon turned to me and said "Halp" so I chose Anora because she is indeed a capable administrator and the people love her. Also I don't want my boyfriend to ascend the throne because he doesn't want it and I want him. So everyone was happy (except for Eamon but he'll deal).
Then we went to Redcliffe to gather our armies and prepare for the darkspawn horde and Maker's balls darkspawn attack IN PROGRESS! Alistair, Leliana, Morrigan and I cut a path through to the castle, and we thought we'd finally felled them all when BOOM BOOM BOOM...up the steps of the castle came an ALPHA OGRE! And I must have insulted his mother or something because he was head-butting me into oblivion...then he grabbed me in his big ugly mitt and kept punching me in the face! I was just flailing in this thing's mitt getting pummeled, I had maybe 20 hit points left I was just thinking to myself "Andraste guide me, Maker take me to your side", and ALISTAIR strikes this bastard down, jumps on his chest as they both fly down the steps and heaves his sword straight through his monstrous sternum! Everything was in slow motion. It was SO EPIC my boyfriend saved my life, fam. Like out of the folktales and fairy stories I read in the tower when I wasn't reading world history, demonology or everything and anything to do with creation magic.
Then we go inside and Riordan says oopsie daisy the horde is on its way to Denerim after all! Maker's breath...
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Post by pensieve on Oct 15, 2017 9:01:30 GMT
I'm writing down Inquisitor Ghilio's story and I realized that all the heroes in my DA universe are male, gay and mages. I might have to get Leliana to look into that.
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Post by Psychevore on Oct 15, 2017 9:01:53 GMT
Yay. Time for Jaws of Hakkon. The Fractured, But Whole appeared in my library today, so I gotta hurry this game
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Post by Psychevore on Oct 15, 2017 10:02:42 GMT
Oh, yes, those do, but things like the Dragon Hunter gear from JoH or even the Legion of the Dead armor (which I think is T3) in vanilla game do not. I actually prefer the look of the T3 versions of the "regular" armor more than the T4 ones so I usually don't use them. You're right, but they don't just look better, their stats are also better than the superior T4 version. At least, the superior versions of the T3. That's a bummer
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Post by fylimar on Oct 15, 2017 11:58:26 GMT
It would be an interesting question to ask the writer what Cole exactly meant. They'll never tell us directly. Their entire purpose revolves around making us suffer. wth is Outlander? Never watched it and the way you present it doesn't sound appealing. p.s. Uh... I'm going to get my ass kicked again for derailing the topic. Outlander was originally a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon about a nurse from ... the 1940th, I think ..., who somehow travelled back in time to medieval Scotland (there was not even a blue police box involved...). And of course she fell in love with some scottish guy. They made a tv show out of it, which seems to be quite popular. I don't watch it, but some of the actors were at a fantasy convention, I attended last year, and most of them, I know from other scifi and fantasy shows and they are quite good in general. I can't say, if the story is any good, because I hate romance novels/movies/shows with passion and am not the right person to judge. I read halfway through the first novel and then lost interest. I don't know how realistic or well written the characters are from half a book, but judging from @dustyelf's comment, maybe not so well? And I don't think, discussing something DA related is derailing the topic: What did you today in the DA universe? Discussing Cullens trauma during the incident at the Ferelden circle and possible side effects nowadays - totally in-topic imo (and quite interesting. I never thought about it before, but I guess, Cullen never really dealt with what happened to him, did he? He just kept on working, which is probably generally not the baddest approach, but he never really dealt directly with it)
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Post by fylimar on Oct 15, 2017 12:08:01 GMT
I somehow managed, to send Anders away with Jyoti. They were good friends, diasgreeing only about Justice, but then the incident with Ella happened and Jyoti really was pissed and used a kind of 'told you so' answer. He didn't even get angry, he just asked, if he should leave and she said 'yes'. To be honest, she did confront Cullen and Elthina about the 'tranquil solution' and both answers weren't really satisfying and Cullens 'well, we thought, it could help the mages' left a WTF moment. Jyoti will not let that one slide, but she doesn't need a hothead with another hothead inside him to make things even more difficult. And she thought a timeout away from Kirkwall might help Anders, after finding the 'Enigma of Kirkwall' pieces. Boy, is she in for a surprise. The best thing is, I don't have to do that stupid act 3 quest from Anders and the bombing finally comes at a surprise.
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Post by Catilina on Oct 15, 2017 12:26:03 GMT
I somehow managed, to send Anders away with Jyoti. They were good friends, diasgreeing only about Justice, but then the incident with Ella happened and Jyoti really was pissed and used a kind of 'told you so' answer. He didn't even get angry, he just asked, if he should leave and she said 'yes'. To be honest, she did confront Cullen and Elthina about the 'tranquil solution' and both answers weren't really satisfying and Cullens 'well, we thought, it could help the mages' left a WTF moment. Jyoti will not let that one slide, but she doesn't need a hothead with another hothead inside him to make things even more difficult. And she thought a timeout away from Kirkwall might help Anders, after finding the 'Enigma of Kirkwall' pieces. Boy, is she in for a surprise. The best thing is, I don't have to do that stupid act 3 quest from Anders and the bombing finally comes at a surprise. Yes. The problem is, that while true, that Meredith and Elthina, and the Divine as well refused the "Tranquil Solution", but: neither Meredith nor Elthina and the Divine herself, not sent Alric away, when after this "suggestion" was clear, that he's not suitable to his duty: to protect people (including the Mages). The man, who suggests such a thing, can't be intact. If we accept, that in Kirkwall everyone's mad (Meredith, Elthina), because of the circumstances, the Divine was far to Kirkwall... So: what Anders found, was not only a harmless rejected request. NOBODY of the responsible people found that request weird, and Otto Alric madman. They rejected, and thought, that the problem solved. No investigation or just a little suspicion... a madman seems welcomed among the Templars. Anders' fears and suspicions are justified by the reaction of Meredith, Elthina, and the Divine. Sebastian: So your "Tranquil Solution" was hardly the holocaust you imagined. Anders: You've been seeking revenge for the death of one family for as long as I've known you. Are you honestly judging me for trying to save the lives of every mage in Thedas? Sebastian: But they were never threatened. It was a single man's lunacy. The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing.Anders: Yet. Again: "The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing." But this Chantry didn't consider the man who contrived this request, and thought seriously, that this has sense, as a dangerous madman, and kept in responsible position still.
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The rest of my journey, and after the archdemon, have to report in weisshaupt fortress to the First Warden, but all will be more dark, after this lost... but have to prepare for the battles to come in the future somehow... Helping Redcliffe and Arl Eamon. Discovering a disturbed secret in the deep roads.Paying respects to a king.Look, you all know this guy.Last moment and farewell, He didn't left me do it...
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Post by fylimar on Oct 15, 2017 13:20:05 GMT
I somehow managed, to send Anders away with Jyoti. They were good friends, diasgreeing only about Justice, but then the incident with Ella happened and Jyoti really was pissed and used a kind of 'told you so' answer. He didn't even get angry, he just asked, if he should leave and she said 'yes'. To be honest, she did confront Cullen and Elthina about the 'tranquil solution' and both answers weren't really satisfying and Cullens 'well, we thought, it could help the mages' left a WTF moment. Jyoti will not let that one slide, but she doesn't need a hothead with another hothead inside him to make things even more difficult. And she thought a timeout away from Kirkwall might help Anders, after finding the 'Enigma of Kirkwall' pieces. Boy, is she in for a surprise. The best thing is, I don't have to do that stupid act 3 quest from Anders and the bombing finally comes at a surprise. Yes. The problem is, that while true, that Meredith and Elthina, and the Divine as well refused the "Tranquil Solution", but: neither Meredith nor Elthina and the Divine herself, not sent Alric away, when after this "suggestion" was clear, that he's not suitable to his duty: to protect people (including the Mages). The man, who suggests such a thing, can't be intact. If we accept, that in Kirkwall everyone's mad (Meredith, Elthina), because of the circumstances, the Divine was far to Kirkwall... So: what Anders found, was not only a harmless rejected request. NOBODY of the responsible people found that request weird, and Otto Alric madman. They rejected, and thought, that the problem solved. No investigation or just a little suspicion... a madman seems welcomed among the Templars. Anders' fears and suspicions are justified by the reaction of Meredith, Elthina, and the Divine. Sebastian: So your "Tranquil Solution" was hardly the holocaust you imagined. Anders: You've been seeking revenge for the death of one family for as long as I've known you. Are you honestly judging me for trying to save the lives of every mage in Thedas? Sebastian: But they were never threatened. It was a single man's lunacy. The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing.Anders: Yet. Again: "The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing." But this Chantry didn't consider the man who contrived this request, and thought seriously, that this has sense, as a dangerous madman, and kept in responsible position still. Yes, it was very shocking, how Cullen and Elthina reacted - a la 'no big deal'. At the very least, someone, who propose such a thing should be relieved from duty. He should also get his head examined, but sadly, psychotherapy isn't a thing in Thedas, I would know a lot of worthy patients. The fact, that the very first thing they asked, how I got the 'tranquil solution' proposal from a recently 'murdered' templar and after that, no remorse or anything from either Cullen or Elthina was sad. If they had asked my Hawke, how she aquired it, she would have told them, that she had tried to keep Ser Alrik from making an innocent girl tranquil - in an abandoned tunnel under the city, without his superiors knowing. And that he attacked first, which he did. And Anders was not wrong in pointing out to Sebastian (which I didn't recruit this playthrough) his double standards. Sebastian raised hell for the revenge of one family and denies Anders the right to do something similar. From what I get, Sebastians search for mercenaries is not really sanctioned by the law - church or city. And Anders did mostly saving mages, writing his pamphlets and getting informations about the Circle and ways in and out before the incident with Ella and the bombing. By that time, Sebastians hands were a lot bloodier. It's not, that I can't understand Sebastians need for closure - he just lost his whole family and was angry and sad, but he takes the right for operating outside the law and chantry rules for himself and denies it to everyone else imo.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 13:26:42 GMT
fylimar Cullen never really dealt with what happened to him, did he? He just kept on working, which is probably generally not the baddest approach, but he never really dealt directly with it) After he breaks down from lyrium and tells Inq everything, in the following scene he says, "I've never told anyone." He hadn't told his sister that he moved to Kirkwall after the Circle. He says she found him two years letter and sent a Howler about bad manners. I think it would have been better for his mental health had he quit after Uldred and joined his siblings in some quiet village. I'm sure his sister would have pried it out of him and supported him. His family bond is strong. Cullen cherishes it even if he doesn't want to burden anyone and hides all his problems. They would have helped him heal. However, I don't believe Cullen was acting in an escapist way. In fact, he did the opposite, trying to confront what terrified him because he had the option to retire right after the Circle, but he tells Inq, "I wanted to serve." Cullen insisted on staying with the Templars. He was also willing to fight the Blight at Denerim. It was Gregor who ordered him to stay at the tower. In any case, not the best plan to fix himself even if it worked out in the long run. I find it fascinating how both traumatic events functioned as two lightening bolts that cancelled each other out. At the moment in Kirkwall when everyone else was losing their mind, he got his back. ___ Thankies! Gocha. I feel like this 'girl from modern world falls back in time' is more applicable to fanfiction scenario, but it's rather popular and also has a way in professional publishing too.
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Bastard though he was he surrendered, so I permitted him to flee with his life. You are too kind. I always roast that dustard over a slow fire.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 13:59:26 GMT
I'm writing down Inquisitor Ghilio's story and I realized that all the heroes in my DA universe are male, gay and mages. I might have to get Leliana to look into that. Really? It's like Lord of the Rings - aka a bunch of hot guys gathered in one spot. :amirite: adonniel approves
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 14:03:40 GMT
Day 45: Noob Inquisitor Log
- You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a dragon these days. Nope. Not travelling in the direction where I saw that scaly thing flying overhead. - Then again there are desert occupying scientists who radically disagree with that statement and daydream of obtaining lots of ugleh monster guts to lure the furnace breath, you incinerating, winged monsters towards them. Told him to get a better life insurance. - Slapped the bitch out of a guy who thinks he's awesome just because Grand Ghoul gave him a red glowing hand for Christmas. He duped some of the stupid elite guys into thinking that an abomination is way better to have in your ranks than a Gray Warden warrior for fighting darkspawn. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, of course, unless they suck like this guy with a red hand. He holed up in some keep nursing a black eye. Definitely needs more bitch slapped out of him.
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Post by Rascoth on Oct 15, 2017 15:04:07 GMT
I'm writing down Inquisitor Ghilio's story and I realized that all the heroes in my DA universe are male, gay and mages. I might have to get Leliana to look into that. Really? It's like Lord of the Rings - aka a bunch of hot guys gathered in one spot. adonniel approves Thanks for good laugh
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Post by phoray on Oct 15, 2017 15:13:07 GMT
Anders' fears and suspicions are justified by the reaction of Meredith, Elthina, and the Divine. Sebastian: So your "Tranquil Solution" was hardly the holocaust you imagined. Anders: You've been seeking revenge for the death of one family for as long as I've known you. Are you honestly judging me for trying to save the lives of every mage in Thedas? Sebastian: But they were never threatened. It was a single man's lunacy. The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing.Anders: Yet. Again: "The Chantry would never follow through with such a thing." But this Chantry didn't consider the man who contrived this request, and thought seriously, that this has sense, as a dangerous madman, and kept in responsible position still. Yes, it was very shocking, how Cullen and Elthina reacted - a la 'no big deal'. At the very least, someone, who propose such a thing should be relieved from duty. He should also get his head examined, but sadly, psychotherapy isn't a thing in Thedas, I would know a lot of worthy patients. The fact, that the very first thing they asked, how I got the 'tranquil solution' proposal from a recently 'murdered' templar and after that, no remorse or anything from either Cullen or Elthina was sad. If they had asked my Hawke, how she aquired it, she would have told them, that she had tried to keep Ser Alrik from making an innocent girl tranquil - in an abandoned tunnel under the city, without his superiors knowing. And that he attacked first, which he did. And Anders was not wrong in pointing out to Sebastian (which I didn't recruit this playthrough) his double standards. Sebastian raised hell for the revenge of one family and denies Anders the right to do something similar. From what I get, Sebastians search for mercenaries is not really sanctioned by the law - church or city. And Anders did mostly saving mages, writing his pamphlets and getting informations about the Circle and ways in and out before the incident with Ella and the bombing. By that time, Sebastians hands were a lot bloodier. It's not, that I can't understand Sebastians need for closure - he just lost his whole family and was angry and sad, but he takes the right for operating outside the law and chantry rules for himself and denies it to everyone else imo. Because he's a Prince.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 15, 2017 16:22:22 GMT
They'll never tell us directly. Their entire purpose revolves around making us suffer. wth is Outlander? Never watched it and the way you present it doesn't sound appealing. p.s. Uh... I'm going to get my ass kicked again for derailing the topic. Outlander was originally a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon about a nurse from ... the 1940th, I think ..., who somehow travelled back in time to medieval Scotland (there was not even a blue police box involved...). And of course she fell in love with some scottish guy. They made a tv show out of it, which seems to be quite popular. I don't watch it, but some of the actors were at a fantasy convention, I attended last year, and most of them, I know from other scifi and fantasy shows and they are quite good in general. I can't say, if the story is any good, because I hate romance novels/movies/shows with passion and am not the right person to judge. I read halfway through the first novel and then lost interest. I don't know how realistic or well written the characters are from half a book, but judging from @dustyelf 's comment, maybe not so well? And I don't think, discussing something DA related is derailing the topic: What did you today in the DA universe? Discussing Cullens trauma during the incident at the Ferelden circle and possible side effects nowadays - totally in-topic imo (and quite interesting. I never thought about it before, but I guess, Cullen never really dealt with what happened to him, did he? He just kept on working, which is probably generally not the baddest approach, but he never really dealt directly with it) I read the book. Nope, no blue police box was involved. The author was using the mystique of the standing stones a la Stonehenge to throw people back and forth. It makes things rather messy, imo. I was more interested in the Scottish historical bits though I'm not totally sure how much Scottish folk lore was thrown in there. I found it interesting and finished the book.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2017 16:28:39 GMT
Really? It's like Lord of the Rings - aka a bunch of hot guys gathered in one spot. adonniel approves Thanks for good laugh Any time, mellon nin.
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