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So... Unless they make big creature connected to Hawkes, I think I have the most perfect team in HoDA. Bethany Hawke, Carver Hawke, Battlemaster Marian Hawke, Arcane Garrett Hawke + big creature Dragon Flemeth. Tell me it's not perfect Screw you Lyrium Fenris, you missed your chance.
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Post by bear43 on Dec 6, 2017 17:57:09 GMT
I have done a lot since I last posted... Went to Crestwood and started helping there. Once I captured Caer Bronach I went back to the Hinterlands to finish things out. Got all the rifts closed, camps set up, and most of the shards picked up. All that is left there is the dragon and Valammar. I then went to the Storm Coast and cleared some rifts and got a second camp set up. I also took down the murderous Blades of Hessarian leader and the rest of them are followign the Inquisition now. After wandering the area a bit more it was back to Crestwood. I got the dam opened up and stopped there for the moment. Once I get that one rift closed I will probably head somewhere else for a little while. Oh, almost forgot.... been flirting with Solas. I haven't done the romance with him before and even though I know what the outcome will be I wanted to give it a go.
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Iliana has cleared the Hinterlands of mages and templars, who think, that their fights are more important than other peoples lifes. And then she fought the rest at the crossroads and met with Mother Giselle there
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 18:23:25 GMT
Well, you guys called it.
My kiddo was immediately annoyed by Nate’s sureliness, and if I did not arrive in the nick of time to prevent another rogue purge, she would have went with the option of: “Hang him, he asked for it!” instead of Joining poor Howe Jr. That very same fate befell Jowan earlier in Redcliffe story. Basically, do not try to bluff with my kid and only ask her to kill ya if you are not prepared to die. She also plays in my headphones so she does priceless voiceover for my benefit imitating the VAs. Nate came off as really, really, really cranky.
She would not stop chatting with Oghren until all his options were exhausted, but ditched him for Justice when the time came. So, she definetly knows that S&H tank >>>> double 2H Warriors.
she is working her way through Black Marsh and seems to be really pleased with Justice on the team. The crew is: Justice, Nate and Anders. Hope nobody dies by the time I get home after work.
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Raven went to the Fallow Mire to rescue some Inquisition soldiers. Met a nice Avvar named Sky Watcher. Fought a few demons and closed some rifts. Went to the Avvar fortress and rescued the soldiers. In the end Sky Watcher joined the Inquisition.
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Post by melbella on Dec 6, 2017 20:31:51 GMT
Well, you guys called it. My kiddo was immediately annoyed by Nate’s sureliness, and if I did not arrive in the nick of time to prevent another rogue purge, she would have went with the option of: “Hang him, he asked for it!” instead of Joining poor Howe Jr. That very same fate befell Jowan earlier in Redcliffe story. Basically, do not try to bluff with my kid and only ask her to kill ya if you are not prepared to die. She also plays in my headphones so she does priceless voiceover for my benefit imitating the VAs. Nate came off as really, really, really cranky. She would not stop chatting with Oghren until all his options were exhausted, but ditched him for Justice when the time came. So, she definetly knows that S&H tank >>>> double 2H Warriors. she is working her way through Black Marsh and seems to be really pleased with Justice on the team. The crew is: Justice, Nate and Anders. Hope nobody dies by the time I get home after work. Do you have the Joining bug fix installed? If you leave either Sigrun or Velanna till the last recruit you aren't able to do the Joining with them without the fix.
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Well, you guys called it. My kiddo was immediately annoyed by Nate’s sureliness, and if I did not arrive in the nick of time to prevent another rogue purge, she would have went with the option of: “Hang him, he asked for it!” instead of Joining poor Howe Jr. That very same fate befell Jowan earlier in Redcliffe story. Basically, do not try to bluff with my kid and only ask her to kill ya if you are not prepared to die. She also plays in my headphones so she does priceless voiceover for my benefit imitating the VAs. Nate came off as really, really, really cranky. She would not stop chatting with Oghren until all his options were exhausted, but ditched him for Justice when the time came. So, she definetly knows that S&H tank >>>> double 2H Warriors. she is working her way through Black Marsh and seems to be really pleased with Justice on the team. The crew is: Justice, Nate and Anders. Hope nobody dies by the time I get home after work. Do you have the Joining bug fix installed? If you leave either Sigrun or Velanna till the last recruit you aren't able to do the Joining with them without the fix. Nope, I don't think so, but I played without it myself, and I don't think it is a big deal tbh.
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Morrigan - Slytherin Ali- Hufflepuff Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw Fenris - Gryffindor Anders- Slytherin Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw Isabella- Gryffindor Cass- Gryffindor Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin Viv- Slytherin Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw Dorian- Ravenclaw Cole- Hufflepuff How would you all sort? The three strong representatives of Slytherin House for me are: Zevran, Josephine and Vivinenne. I think due to HP being a kid book, the Slytherin House gets miss-representation where it looks like 25% of the people at school are ze evilllzz, which isn't very realistic. When it comes to Zevran, I perceive his dominant house to be Slytherin, followed by Hufflepuff as secondary. SlytherPuff so to speak. Anyway, what I found out by socializing with the snakes in the community was that they are: ambitious charming adaptable proud pragmatic loyal to and protective of their kind/territory (try poking Malfoy family. Narcissa will chew out Voldemort's throat to protect her son) When it comes to the badgers, the representatives of Hufflepuff, tend to be greatly concerned with fairness - why it's not Zev's dominant house. Zevran as good as rejects this notion. His position is, life's not fair - get pragmatic and shift/manipulate the odds into your favour yourself. That's very much a Slytherin stance. Snakes possess a refined sense of ambition. They set the highest goals, yet do not overreach themselves. This is Josephine 100% Her plans for the Inquisition are grandiose, but she doesn't sit on her butt and daydream. She knows every rule in the book, every leeway, every hoop you need to jump through in order to obtain what you want. That's Sytherin at work. Set the highest goal and get real about doing it - pragmatism. Zevran too. In order to assassinate his targets and then to dance around the Crows, Zevran certainly tries every fair and unfair trick in the book - Slytherin adaptability at it's best. Because they always set such high goals due to ambition, Slytherins have to be extremely adaptable and flexible. If one way isn't working, change track and try another. Furthermore, to aid you, you must have a way to convince people to negotiate with you. You won't get anywhere without the charm. Zevran has that subtle way of getting you to admire people who do murder for living (having his assassination target sleep with him knowing he's out to get them) - if that's not charm at work persuading the listeners, I don't know what is. Since they do so much to accomplish their goals, snakes can be proud to a point of arrogance - having self-awareness of this arrogance too. Zevran openly claims that he's the best assassin out there and flaunts the notion on occasion provocatively - that has some Lucius Malfoy at the start of the books strutting about like he owns the place. I'm richer than you and I know it. That claim is backed up by facts, it's not empty even if it may rub some the wrong way, but it may also cause admiration. Zevran is highly loyal - this also could be a cross with his badger traits since no person is one house purely, it's just that some traits dominate over the others thus setting a house. I'm not taking loyalty away from Hufflepuff, but I find their loyalty channelled towards the greater or social good, whereas the snake representative tend to be very loyal too, but that loyalty is highly self-centered and selective. Snape is loyal to Dumbledore and Lily to his dying breath. Vivienne is extremely loyal to the Duke, enough to attempt to whisk him from the brink of death, but for very selfish reasons. Zevran is loyal to the Crows. I perceive this more as the snake type of loyalty because he only cares about accomplishing the goals of a single group and doesn't care in general if it's fair towards anyone else or not, but the badgers may lay claim to this trait too. Zev still has a lot more pointing that Slytherin is his dominant house. But, I got carried away. Quick overview. Morrigan - Slytherin -> most likely Alistair - Hufflepuff -> GryffinPuff - more Gryffindor, but both cases can be argued equally Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw -> Leli RavenPuff, not sure if Claw is dominant, very complex in general, traits from all four houses. Wynne - GryffinClaw Fenris - Gryffindor -> mmm SlytherDor Anders- Slytherin -> Gryffindor - Dumbledore type - will sacrifice you, me, himself for the Greater Good. The lions are concerned with justice and society (hurr the irony). Probably Hufflepuff in the Awakening - this is not FAIR vs Must obtain JUSTICE in DA2. Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw - agreed Isabella- Gryffindor - SlytherDor Cass- Gryffindor - yea. one of the clearest for me Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin - Gryffindor with a Hufflepuff side Viv- Slytherin - yea Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw - Ravenclaw (not seeing much snake. would need Trespasser to judge better) Dorian- Ravenclaw - true Cole- Hufflepuff - Ravenclaw Psychological profile for the Houses. Hey, there's trouble ahead! Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense!
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Morrigan - Slytherin Ali- Hufflepuff Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw Fenris - Gryffindor Anders- Slytherin Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw Isabella- Gryffindor Cass- Gryffindor Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin Viv- Slytherin Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw Dorian- Ravenclaw Cole- Hufflepuff
How would you all sort? The three strong representatives of Slytherin House for me are: Zevran, Josephine and Vivinenne.
I think due to HP being a kid book, the Slytherin House gets miss-representation where it looks like 25% of the people at school are ze evilllzz, which isn't very realistic.
When it comes to Zevran, I perceive his dominant house to be Slytherin, followed by Hufflepuff as secondary. SlytherPuff so to speak.
Anyway, what I found out by socializing with the snakes in the community was that they are:
ambitious charming adaptable proud pragmatic loyal to and protective of their kind/territory (try poking Malfoy family. Narcissa will chew out Voldemort's throat to protect her son)
When it comes to the badgers, the representatives of Hufflepuff, tend to be greatly concerned with fairness - why it's not Zev's dominant house.
Zevran as good as rejects this notion. His position is, life's not fair - get pragmatic and shift/manipulate the odds into your favour yourself. That's very much a Slytherin stance.
Snakes possess a refined sense of ambition. They set the highest goals, yet do not overreach themselves. This is Josephine 100% Her plans for the Inquisition are grandiose, but she doesn't sit on her butt and daydream. She knows every rule in the book, every leeway, every hoop you need to jump through in order to obtain what you want. That's Sytherin at work. Set the highest goal and get real about doing it - pragmatism. Zevran too. In order to assassinate his targets and then to dance around the Crows, Zevran certainly tries every fair and unfair trick in the book - Slytherin adaptability at it's best.
Because they always set such high goals due to ambition, Slytherins have to be extremely adaptable and flexible. If one way isn't working, change track and try another. Furthermore, to aid you, you must have a way to convince people to negotiate with you. You won't get anywhere without the charm. Zevran has that subtle way of getting you to admire people who do murder for living (having his assassination target sleep with him knowing he's out to get them) - if that's not charm at work persuading the listeners, I don't know what is.
Since they do so much to accomplish their goals, snakes can be proud to a point of arrogance - having self-awareness of this arrogance too. Zevran openly claims that he's the best assassin out there and flaunts the notion on occasion provocatively - that has some Lucius Malfoy at the start of the books strutting about like he owns the place. I'm richer than you and I know it. That claim is backed up by facts, it's not empty even if it may rub some the wrong way, but it may also cause admiration.
Zevran is highly loyal - this also could be a cross with his badger traits since no person is one house purely, it's just that some traits dominate over the others thus setting a house.
I'm not taking loyalty away from Hufflepuff, but I find their loyalty channelled towards the greater or social good, whereas the snake representative tend to be very loyal too, but that loyalty is highly self-centered and selective. Snape is loyal to Dumbledore and Lily to his dying breath. Vivienne is extremely loyal to the Duke, enough to attempt to whisk him from the brink of death, but for very selfish reasons. Zevran is loyal to the Crows. I perceive this more as the snake type of loyalty because he only cares about accomplishing the goals of a single group and doesn't care in general if it's fair towards anyone else or not, but the badgers may lay claim to this trait too. Zev still has a lot more pointing that Slytherin is his dominant house.
But, I got carried away. Quick overview.
Morrigan - Slytherin -> most likely Alistair - Hufflepuff -> GryffinPuff - more Gryffindor, but both cases can be argued equally Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw -> Leli RavenPuff, not sure if Claw is dominant, very complex in general, traits from all four houses. Wynne - GryffinClaw Fenris - Gryffindor -> mmm SlytherDor Anders- Slytherin -> Gryffindor - Dumbledore type - will sacrifice you, me, himself for the Greater Good. The lions are concerned with justice and society (hurr the irony). Probably Hufflepuff in the Awakening - this is not FAIR vs Must obtain JUSTICE in DA2. Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw - agreed Isabella- Gryffindor - SlytherDor Cass- Gryffindor - yea. one of the clearest for me Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin - Gryffindor with a Hufflepuff side Viv- Slytherin - yea Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw - Ravenclaw (not seeing much snake. would need Trespasser to judge better) Dorian- Ravenclaw - true Cole- Hufflepuff - Ravenclaw
Psychological profile for the Houses.
Hey, there's trouble ahead!
Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense I agree with everything, except Awakening!Anders. He's not Hufflepuff, he's rather Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff: hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play.Ravenclaw: intelligence, knowledge, and wit.He's loyal, yes, to himself (and to Karl, as we learned later), but patient? Rather hotheaded. Dedicated? Probably, to the freedom (not for everyone yet). And he works hard? On the plan of the escapes. Fair play? Probably. He's rather intelligent, he has the knowledge , and witty.Perhaps(!) RavenPuff, HuffleClaw.. .
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Here is my take on houses of Dragon Age. I probably forget a bunch of characters, but well, I've tried:
Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! (I am a true believer in my cause!) Anders, Cassandra, Justice, Velanna, Sebastian, Dorian, Sera, Aveline, Cullen, Loghain
Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! (I am loyal to my friends) Leliana, Fenris, Varric, Sigrun, Oghren, Cole, Alistair, Sigrun, Nathaniel, Josephine
Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. (I am looking out for number one) Morrigan, Isabela, Zevran, Iron Bull, Shale, Blackwall, Merrill
Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense! (I value logic) Wynne, Solas, Vivienne, Sten
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Post by Rascoth on Dec 6, 2017 23:14:56 GMT
Do you have the Joining bug fix installed? If you leave either Sigrun or Velanna till the last recruit you aren't able to do the Joining with them without the fix. There's easy way to avoid this with Sigrun without mod, just return to Vigil's Keep right after getting her to the party, her joining happens even before you finish her quest
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 23:29:31 GMT
I agree with everything, except Awakening!Anders. He's not Hufflepuff, he's rather Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff: hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play.Ravenclaw: intelligence, knowledge, and wit.
He's loyal, yes, to himself (and to Karl, as we learned later), but patient? Rather hotheaded. Dedicated? Probably, to the freedom (not for everyone yet). And he works hard? On the plan of the escapes? Fair play? Probably. He's rather intelligent, he learns easily, has knowledge, and witty.
Perhaps(!) RavenPuff, Huffleclaw...Intelligence and knowledge are surface level qualities - based on these qualities you can sort every single mage into the Ravenclaw tower just because all mages must study magic. It's the reasons WHY someone studies and knows a lot that puts them into a house. Vivienne is highly knowledgeable and intelligent, but she's Slytherin. Hermione is one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable students, but she is not Ravenclaw. It's her reasons that guide her towards studying hard that make her Gryffindor. She studies not for curiosity sake or to explore things - she wants to prove herself because it's not just that due to her human heritage she got dubbed inferior by default. This is a lion showing their combative qualities by beating all those 'pure' wizard and witches who discriminate against her and thus restoring justice. Anders doesn't give a fig about doing things for curiosity sake - which is Ravenclaw's primary motivation. He rebels because the social treatment of mages is not fair. Anders: "There's nothing a mage can do to prove himself. Everyone needs to be protected from you. The end." This is the central point of his pain and his central argument. The mages are treated unfairly. This is the top most Hufflepuff motivation. The fact that he 100% refuses to step into the Templars' shoes and understand them reinforces my opinion that he's not Ravenclaw. The eagles tend to be multi-perspective people. They receive a problem and analyze it from every perspective possible. This doesn't mean they will agree with the Templars, but they will analyze the situation from the other side's point of view. They are also strongly guided by logic, not raw emotions. With Anders, it's black and white - no shades of grey. This is WRONG, no compromise. That's Gryffindor or Hufflepuff speaking. Ravenclaws and Slytherins are more flexible. Another Houses Profile since it's fun to make them. You encounter a locked door. Gryffindor - kick it open! Slytherin - pick the lock Ravenclaw - search for the key/solve a riddle Hufflepuff - knock
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Post by Catilina on Dec 6, 2017 23:36:10 GMT
Here is my take on houses of Dragon Age. I probably forget a bunch of characters, but well, I've tried: Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! (I am a true believer in my cause!)Anders, Cassandra, Justice, Velanna, Sebastian, Dorian, Sera, Aveline, Cullen, Loghain Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! (I am loyal to my friends)Leliana, Fenris, Varric, Sigrun, Oghren, Cole, Alistair, Sigrun, Nathaniel, Josephine Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. (I am looking out for number one)Morrigan, Isabela, Zevran, Iron Bull, Shale, Blackwall, Merrill Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense! (I value logic)
Wynne, Solas, Vivienne, Sten Vivienne? No, She's Slytherin clearly. Merrill's not. And I don't think, Sebastian's Gryffindor. Probably try to be. Rather he was "I help you, because you help me". Slytherin? I don't know. He wanted to be the ruler of Starkhaven, he was envy to his brothers. Fenris more practical, if Hawke told him at Orana, that a slave is useful, and he can decide he wants help or not, he curses, but says, "Keep your slave then, enjoy her"... It's disturbing and sad.
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Post by Catilina on Dec 6, 2017 23:51:33 GMT
I agree with everything, except Awakening!Anders. He's not Hufflepuff, he's rather Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff: hard work, dedication, patience, loyalty, and fair play.Ravenclaw: intelligence, knowledge, and wit.
He's loyal, yes, to himself (and to Karl, as we learned later), but patient? Rather hotheaded. Dedicated? Probably, to the freedom (not for everyone yet). And he works hard? On the plan of the escapes? Fair play? Probably. He's rather intelligent, he learns easily, has knowledge, and witty.
Perhaps(!) RavenPuff, Huffleclaw...Intelligence and knowledge are surface level qualities - based on these qualities you can sort every single mage into the Ravenclaw tower just because all mages must study magic. It's the reasons WHY someone studies and knows a lot that puts them into a house. Vivienne is highly knowledgeable and intelligent, but she's Slytherin.
Hermione is one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable students, but she is not Ravenclaw. It's her reasons that guide her towards studying hard that make her Gryffindor. She studies not for curiosity sake or to explore things - she wants to prove herself because it's not just that due to her human heritage she got dubbed inferior by default. This is a lion showing their combative qualities by beating all those 'pure' wizard and witches who discriminate against her and thus restoring justice.
Anders doesn't give a fig about doing things for curiosity sake - which is Ravenclaw's primary motivation. He rebels because the social treatment of mages is not fair.
Anders: "There's nothing a mage can do to prove himself. Everyone needs to be protected from you. The end."
This is the central point of his pain and his central argument. The mages are treated unfairly. This is the top most Hufflepuff motivation.
The fact that he 100% refuses to step into the Templars' shoes and understand them reinforces my opinion that he's not Ravenclaw. The eagles tend to be multi-perspective people. They receive a problem and analyze it from every perspective possible. This doesn't mean they will agree with the Templars, but they will analyze the situation from the other side's point of view. They are also strongly guided by logic, not raw emotions. With Anders, it's black and white - no shades of grey. This is WRONG, no compromise. That's Gryffindor or Hufflepuff speaking. Ravenclaws and Slytherins are more flexible. You're right. But he does not have patience very hot-headed and doesn't want to work hard. He doesn't want to fight for the freedom because it's difficult. Probably he's HuffleDor/Gryffinpuff. But not pure Hufflepuff.
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Intelligence and knowledge are surface level qualities - based on these qualities you can sort every single mage into the Ravenclaw tower just because all mages must study magic. It's the reasons WHY someone studies and knows a lot that puts them into a house. Vivienne is highly knowledgeable and intelligent, but she's Slytherin.
Hermione is one of the most intelligent and knowledgeable students, but she is not Ravenclaw. It's her reasons that guide her towards studying hard that make her Gryffindor. She studies not for curiosity sake or to explore things - she wants to prove herself because it's not just that due to her human heritage she got dubbed inferior by default. This is a lion showing their combative qualities by beating all those 'pure' wizard and witches who discriminate against her and thus restoring justice.
Anders doesn't give a fig about doing things for curiosity sake - which is Ravenclaw's primary motivation. He rebels because the social treatment of mages is not fair.
Anders: "There's nothing a mage can do to prove himself. Everyone needs to be protected from you. The end."
This is the central point of his pain and his central argument. The mages are treated unfairly. This is the top most Hufflepuff motivation.
The fact that he 100% refuses to step into the Templars' shoes and understand them reinforces my opinion that he's not Ravenclaw. The eagles tend to be multi-perspective people. They receive a problem and analyze it from every perspective possible. This doesn't mean they will agree with the Templars, but they will analyze the situation from the other side's point of view. They are also strongly guided by logic, not raw emotions. With Anders, it's black and white - no shades of grey. This is WRONG, no compromise. That's Gryffindor or Hufflepuff speaking. Ravenclaws and Slytherins are more flexible. You're right. But he does not have patience very hot-headed and doesn't want to work hard. He doesn't want to fight for the freedom because it's difficult. Probably he's HuffleDor/Gryffinpuff. But not pure Hufflepuff. That's true, not pure Hufflepuff. I think he's GryffinPuff in both cases, but to me in the Awakening his dominant house seems to be Hufflepuff - because his central motivation was based on fairness. In DA2 his dominant house is most certainly Gryffindor. Anders has a very high level of determination in making his attempts to get away from the mage tower. I don't think in the Awakening laziness is what's stopping him from taking this fight to a social level. It's the despair that nothing he will do can change a thing because the social structure isn't fair. Another trait which speaks for Gryffindor is the fact that Anders is an independent type of creature. When it comes to grouping the houses: Hufflepuffs and Slytherins tend to band together more. Slytherins network, like Slughorn or Josephine, because they understand they will get greater profit from communicating with the others and Puffs create a sense of belonging to a circle/community. Gryffindors and Ravenclaws tend to exist more in their own world and function independently. Anders certainly isn't a herd person.
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Post by Catilina on Dec 7, 2017 0:47:25 GMT
You're right. But he does not have patience very hot-headed and doesn't want to work hard. He doesn't want to fight for the freedom because it's difficult. Probably he's HuffleDor/Gryffinpuff. But not pure Hufflepuff. That's true, not pure Hufflepuff.
I think he's GryffinPuff in both cases, but to me in the Awakening his dominant house seems to be Hufflepuff - because his central motivation was based on fairness.
In DA2 his dominant house is most certainly Gryffindor.
Anders has a very high level of determination in making his attempts to get away from the mage tower. I don't think in the Awakening laziness is what's stopping him from taking this fight to a social level. It's the despair that nothing he will do can change a thing because the social structure isn't fair.
Another trait which speaks for Gryffindor is the fact that Anders is an independent type of creature.
When it comes to grouping the houses:
Hufflepuffs and Slytherins tend to band together more. Slytherins network, like Slughorn or Josephine, because they understand they will get greater profit from communicating with the others and Puffs create a sense of belonging to a circle/community.
Gryffindors and Ravenclaws tend to exist more in their own world and function independently. Anders certainly isn't a herd person. Yes, indeed. You know the Hogwarts Houses much better than me. But it shows that his basic nature didn't change, Justice only added his own, that was similar but has a purpose. Anders only had ideas, but he didn't have the perseverance to live for his ideas. This is what Justice gave him: to live for a purpose.
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Here is my take on houses of Dragon Age. I probably forget a bunch of characters, but well, I've tried: Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! (I am a true believer in my cause!)Anders, Cassandra, Justice, Velanna, Sebastian, Dorian, Sera, Aveline, Cullen, Loghain Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! (I am loyal to my friends)Leliana, Fenris, Varric, Sigrun, Oghren, Cole, Alistair, Sigrun, Nathaniel, Josephine Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. (I am looking out for number one)Morrigan, Isabela, Zevran, Iron Bull, Shale, Blackwall, Merrill Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense! (I value logic)
Wynne, Solas, Vivienne, Sten That's an interesting way of classifying them. When it comes to grouping them: Slyther/Puff - pragmatism Claw/Gryff - imagination Slyth/Claw - shades of grey perception Puff/Gryff - black and white vision Slyth/Puff - value group Claw/Gryff - value independence Slyth/Claw - value logic Puff/Gryff - value emotion I think when it comes to their central traits: Ravenclaw is guided primarily by curiosity. Solas wandering around among the spirits and claiming they're fascinating reminds me hugely of Luna Lovegood and her pondering nargles and all those other magical creatures the others can't see. Why? Why? Why? Ravenclaw. Gryffindor by Bravery. haha Oghren. Now there is one gutsy guy with a ROARING like a lion personality. I pledge my hammer to darkspawn buttwhooping and adventure. Hufflepuff by Loyalty. Iron Bull - the world he occupies is a discriminating pain in the butt - yet he recruits and treats every person of the Chargers with the outpost fairness by skill and without a trace of discrimination regardless of who they were and where they come from. Everyone person in his group is loyal to him because he is loyal to them. If they're sent to death, he will die with them. Slytherin by Ambition. Josephine - she crafts such powerful alliances for the Inquisition that they grow stronger than the active Empires such as Ferelden. She's hugely ambitious even when the Inquisition is still stuck in Haven. Sorry, not sorry. I can't resist sorting this one. Cullen is a strongly defined GryffinPuff. While he has some fundamental lion traits such as bravery and belief in his cause, my intuition nudges him to be more of a Hufflepuff, but it's a close call. I think it's the fact that he tends to gravitate towards the collective rather than being independent. Seeking a group to be a part of is a Hufflepuff thing to do. Also, small things like him approaching Amell after the Harrowing to ask if she's ok. That's also a badger trait worrying about another being's welfare. Then him saying in Inquisition that he hardly ever socialised with anyone in Kirkwall because he wasn't a pleasant person. This struck me as Puff too the desire to protect the others from himself as it's not fair to subject them to him being troubled. Hard-working and unfair of toil, lol this trait can't be disputed as he has an over-abundance of it. When he finally stands up to Meredith, Cullen says, "when xx people began talking about you going nuts I defended you." This speaks of great loyalty to a point of blinding the individual. Then he's extremely loyal to the Inquisitor, not just the cause. Cullen isn't fair in promoting his cause, but just because you passionately believe something to be fair doesn't mean it truly is. For example, in the book The Goblet of Fire the students from Hufflepuff treat Harry horribly. The Goblet of Fire had selected Cedric as the Champion of Hogwarts. This is the person from Hufflepuff and they're extremely loyal to him, who had worked for years to establish himself as the best student to represent their school. In their eyes he deserved credit and recognition. Then, suddenly, the Goblet spits out a second name - Harry Potter - who isn't even of age - he's 14 (and the rule was must be at least 16 to participate). So, they see him casting his name into the Goblet by some cheating method (he didn't, but they don't know that). And suddenly because he's already famous, all the credit and attention goes to Harry Potter. To Hufflepuff this is extreme cheating and usurpation of glory and rightful recognition of a person they're very loyal to. That's unfair from their point of view. So, while their response was guided by a sense of fair play - they were asshats to Harry who was the victim in that situation and had done nothing to deserve the scorn, and they weren't fair at all.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 2:29:37 GMT
Well, that's how I see them
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 3:02:58 GMT
Well, that's how I see them How do you see yourself? ___ I'm also most amused how quickly people grow to appreciate Nath's set of skills after being tempted to chop his head off. As well as the appreciation for the best tank.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 3:24:11 GMT
Day 91: Noob Inquisitor Log
- Bossy Woman says everyone can't wait for me to challenge Cory to a single hand combat. Wait a minute.... where did that idea come from?! I thought since we've been building that big Inquisition army with pointy swords, we could sort of gang bang the Grand Ghoul. - The Sneaky Witch Occultist says if we stab Cory's pet dragon, he'll lose the ability to cheat. Horny Helmet says he's right behind me, but hadn't offered any clever insights on how to approach that dragon without being burned to crisp. - Went to pray to Andraste to deliver me from people with crazy ideas and found hawt blond praying. Now there is a single sane person who doesn't want to toss me over to the insane God-contending creature. Can I just hide in Cullen hug forever? - *sigh* I don't suppose I can. Well, Cory, you're gonna get it for every household along with the stoves and cookies on those stoves you have burned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2017 4:02:39 GMT
Yep, you are. In terms of a greeting it's kinda lame since your Warden kneels anyway in front of Alistair. But, then he gives her a rather passionate greeting. I don't think that's your kiddos thing though. Then again maybe it is as he's being sweet. I rather liked it since it's my cannon world template. Oh, cool! I will let her know - though if that makes her replay the DA:O I might have to run Hawke myself after I finish Brotherhood, I am starting to miss the DA2. I think she is okay with kissing more or less. What's not her thing was that people were not paying obeisance enough to her character in the beginning of the Awakening. So, kneeling might make her grouchy. I think she'd be rather disappointed in the lack of difference and deference, considering the script was mostly designed for an Orlesian Warden with a few patches. It's especially annoying when Ser Rhys decides to kill the Queen of Ferelden to get to Anders. Though, my primary reason for always killing her would be the fact that Alistair doesn't need a snake crawling around him who would subvert his orders behind his back (well that and I perceive Anders as innocent in the Awakening and don't want to hand him over).
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Post by correctamundo on Dec 7, 2017 6:16:53 GMT
The empress of Orlais is having a ball at the winter palace in Halamshiral, while I secure orlesian lands from an army of dead in the exalted plains. Oh, well. What's a royal ball? After all, I suppose it would be frightfully dull, and-and-and boring, and-and completely... Completely wonderful. And as if by magic Josie secured an invitation for lady Inquisitor Viktoria Trevelyan The invitation came from grand duke Gaspard du Chalons. The would be usurper. You should ask yourself one question my good man. Do I feel lucky? Well do you - punk? We came to save the empress, but really what's most important is to stop chaos. Who knows Gaspard, who knows. I know who's the belle of the ball though and who will win this game now that the pieces are set.
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Post by fylimar on Dec 7, 2017 6:50:25 GMT
Morrigan - Slytherin Ali- Hufflepuff Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw Fenris - Gryffindor Anders- Slytherin Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw Isabella- Gryffindor Cass- Gryffindor Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin Viv- Slytherin Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw Dorian- Ravenclaw Cole- Hufflepuff How would you all sort? The three strong representatives of Slytherin House for me are: Zevran, Josephine and Vivinenne. I think due to HP being a kid book, the Slytherin House gets miss-representation where it looks like 25% of the people at school are ze evilllzz, which isn't very realistic. When it comes to Zevran, I perceive his dominant house to be Slytherin, followed by Hufflepuff as secondary. SlytherPuff so to speak. Anyway, what I found out by socializing with the snakes in the community was that they are: ambitious charming adaptable proud pragmatic loyal to and protective of their kind/territory (try poking Malfoy family. Narcissa will chew out Voldemort's throat to protect her son) When it comes to the badgers, the representatives of Hufflepuff, tend to be greatly concerned with fairness - why it's not Zev's dominant house. Zevran as good as rejects this notion. His position is, life's not fair - get pragmatic and shift/manipulate the odds into your favour yourself. That's very much a Slytherin stance. Snakes possess a refined sense of ambition. They set the highest goals, yet do not overreach themselves. This is Josephine 100% Her plans for the Inquisition are grandiose, but she doesn't sit on her butt and daydream. She knows every rule in the book, every leeway, every hoop you need to jump through in order to obtain what you want. That's Sytherin at work. Set the highest goal and get real about doing it - pragmatism. Zevran too. In order to assassinate his targets and then to dance around the Crows, Zevran certainly tries every fair and unfair trick in the book - Slytherin adaptability at it's best. Because they always set such high goals due to ambition, Slytherins have to be extremely adaptable and flexible. If one way isn't working, change track and try another. Furthermore, to aid you, you must have a way to convince people to negotiate with you. You won't get anywhere without the charm. Zevran has that subtle way of getting you to admire people who do murder for living (having his assassination target sleep with him knowing he's out to get them) - if that's not charm at work persuading the listeners, I don't know what is. Since they do so much to accomplish their goals, snakes can be proud to a point of arrogance - having self-awareness of this arrogance too. Zevran openly claims that he's the best assassin out there and flaunts the notion on occasion provocatively - that has some Lucius Malfoy at the start of the books strutting about like he owns the place. I'm richer than you and I know it. That claim is backed up by facts, it's not empty even if it may rub some the wrong way, but it may also cause admiration. Zevran is highly loyal - this also could be a cross with his badger traits since no person is one house purely, it's just that some traits dominate over the others thus setting a house. I'm not taking loyalty away from Hufflepuff, but I find their loyalty channelled towards the greater or social good, whereas the snake representative tend to be very loyal too, but that loyalty is highly self-centered and selective. Snape is loyal to Dumbledore and Lily to his dying breath. Vivienne is extremely loyal to the Duke, enough to attempt to whisk him from the brink of death, but for very selfish reasons. Zevran is loyal to the Crows. I perceive this more as the snake type of loyalty because he only cares about accomplishing the goals of a single group and doesn't care in general if it's fair towards anyone else or not, but the badgers may lay claim to this trait too. Zev still has a lot more pointing that Slytherin is his dominant house. But, I got carried away. Quick overview. Morrigan - Slytherin -> most likely Alistair - Hufflepuff -> GryffinPuff - more Gryffindor, but both cases can be argued equally Leliana and Wynne Ravenclaw -> Leli RavenPuff, not sure if Claw is dominant, very complex in general, traits from all four houses. Wynne - GryffinClaw Fenris - Gryffindor -> mmm SlytherDor Anders- Slytherin -> Gryffindor - Dumbledore type - will sacrifice you, me, himself for the Greater Good. The lions are concerned with justice and society (hurr the irony). Probably Hufflepuff in the Awakening - this is not FAIR vs Must obtain JUSTICE in DA2. Merrill - hard one, probably Ravenclaw - agreed Isabella- Gryffindor - SlytherDor Cass- Gryffindor - yea. one of the clearest for me Sera- don't know, but I tend to Slytherin - Gryffindor with a Hufflepuff side Viv- Slytherin - yea Solas- Slytherin/Ravenclaw - Ravenclaw (not seeing much snake. would need Trespasser to judge better) Dorian- Ravenclaw - true Cole- Hufflepuff - Ravenclaw Psychological profile for the Houses. Hey, there's trouble ahead! Gryffindor: I'll help you deliver justice to villains! Hufflepuff: I'll help you to make the odds fair! Slytherin: I'll help you because it will benefit me. Ravenclaw: I'll help you because x, y, z however if you look at it from another perspective... anyway it simply makes sense! You are right, Slytherin is not evil. Just look at the two most prominent Slytherins apart from Voldi (who was evil, but that has not necessarily something to do with Slytherin. If he never had visited Hogwarts and stayed in the Muggle world, he would probably had become a serial killer) Draco and Snape. Draco really came around after he saw, what the death eaters were doing first hand and Snape, while not a nice guy or knight in shining armor, is loyal to Dumbledore and Hogwarts, steady in his love for Lily and not afraid to take a blow for the cause. I just thought, that the Slytherin part in Zevran was more trained on him by the Crows, while he himself is more a Gryffinpuff, if one let's him. I did forget Josie and I agree, that she is probably Slytherin with a bit if Ravenclaw. Cullen us a straight Gryffindor imo. It's fun sorting the companions into houses
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Went to the Frostback Basin to get the Aegis of the Rift ability. Returned to Skyhold and decided to judge Mistress Poulin for her crimes against humanity. Lucky for her she's a devote believer of the Maker and Mel decided to let the people she wrong be the judge. After she help rebuild the town, pay restitution to the townsfolk and pay a hefty donation to the Lord of Light's coffers. Even though its been a while since I did Wicked Hearts, finally got around to speak with Morrigan. After speaking with her and meeting her strange son, we headed off to the Follow Mire. Fun to be had there. Evil cold spell... can't-move. After you rebuild the town and pay the townsfolk off, be sure to give the remaining fortune you have to the Lord of Light's coffers. He will know if you short change Him and He will let me know if you do so. You really don't want that to happen. I love my Andrastian throne room. Wish my clan was here to see it. Well, aren't you an odd lad. This place smells like ass. I do enjoy bringing the Maker's light to the heathen savages. Bend a knee and everything will be good.
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Post by Rascoth on Dec 7, 2017 9:51:00 GMT
It's especially annoying when Ser Rhys decides to kill the Queen of Ferelden to get to Anders. And here I thought it was normal in Thedas
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