What did you do today in DA? [Spoilers]

I killed Lady Isolde for the first time to do the blood ritual to save Conner for my castless dwarf. He did it because, considering what demon!Conner is capable of, his ambitions, and that he was getting bored, it would be best to do something now. (Besides he hadn't even been to the Tower of Magi yet) Alistair just blew up at me, a moment ago and my boy told him at then end of it to quit his whining. Lost 34 approval points. Not going be friends I suspect. Not that it matters since he's probably going to turn Loghain into a Grey Warden, since he's a bit pragmatic. He's not a jerkass, but he will dish it back at you if you pick a fight with him or get on his nerves.

I just realized that you guys write stories on here. So I think I'll give one a shot.

Killian riding a High Dragon

Two random thoughts.

Isn't the Inquisitor being amage a huge liability?

And also. Legacy in Act 2 means your sibling can see Leandra one last time

@jdbuzz

Thanks for reminding me that I had this in my imgur album:



Note: Like with JoH, I'm going to avoid major spoilers unless they are marked.  I do not want to ruin the surprise twists.

I knocked out Descent earlier. I know that I could have brought Varric, but I didn't have the heart. He hates the wilderness, hates the traditional Orzamaar dwarfs and hates the Deep Roads even more. My character felt that Varric (and Hawke) had had enough of the Deep Roads to last several lifetimes.

--I forgot how hard darkspawn could be. Especially those damn Genlock Alphas. I tasted the floor more in this DLC than I had the entire game. For the record, it tastes salty. With a touch of rancid milk.

--Found 7/8 of the gates. I know I still have two expedition missions to go do. That'll probably be the last things I need to do. Truthfully, I think I'm done in there for this session.



--Happy dwarf dance! The Legion of the Dead, the Deep Roads, the lore behind the Stone. When DA:I first came out, this was exactly one of the DLCs I wanted to play. Since I know that there are devs that lurk here, thank you so much.

--Then there was the final boss fight. That son of the bitch was the hardest fight I've had in this game yet without increasing difficulty or putting trails on. Even after I had increased everyone's melee, spirit and magic defense, I was getting my ass kicked. I gave up rezzing Bull early on in the fight. Dorian stayed alive longer and didn't get one shotted as soon as he stood up.

By the time the bastard died, I had no healing potions, 2/6 rejuvenating potions (I get an extra slot as a Tempest) and one Jar of Bees. Everyone else was dead (Blackwall was the last to drop and he'd rezzed me three times) and I had two bars of life left. I defeated that monster and thought "I am an elven god! No wait, I left him at home this time."

--Hit the level cap of 27. I have max experience, so I know that's that. It's an interesting cut-off number. This isn't a "soft" cap, meaning that you theoretically level up with exp coming in fractions. This is a permanent thing. <shrug> Now I know. I'm maxxed as a Tempest Archer, with a few points in stealth, and the Aegis of the Rift/Mark of the Rift maxxed too.

--Edit:  The two bows paid off.  I used the high crit bow with the cleansing rune for the first half of Descent.  It was awesome against Darkspawn.  For the second half with the living mobs, I switched to my anti-living bow.  Made things much easier, although I doubt there was any rune that could have helped with the final boss.

Next Time!

--Shiny elven puzzles
--Morrigan finally being bitchy
--"Who's Mythal?" No, I'm not picking that question
--Rowan is about do Morrigan the biggest favor of her life
--And Solas is going to be sad about it

@jdbuzz

I think it's the latter.  Think about the quest to release Flemeth in DA2:

<paraphrasing> "All I needed was a tiny piece."

I think she put some of her own essence into the mirror for someone to find. She likely had Morrigan in mind. Flemeth acted like she knew that Fen'Harel was about to show up. She also acted like she knew what Solas was about to do. So I think she left a tiny piece of herself behind, caught in the magic of the eluvian.  I think that's the case since it can happen regardless of the world state.   I don't think the end of DA:I is going to be the last we hear from Flemeth.

I think Solas consumed the rest. The Old God soul (if applicable) and Mythal's.  The swirling eyes when he takes Mythal's essence reminded me a lot of Anders/Justice (Vengeance.)

@jdbuzz

Sorry for all the tagging, but the quote system is screwing up on my Kindle.

I think it's funny that Morrigan-haters can basically lock her into her worst nightmare. It puts the "Slap Morrigan" mod from DA:O to shame. For those that don't know, one of the most popular mods for Origins allowed you to slap Morrigan any time you initiated a conversation with her at camp.  Complete with a loss of affection so you could get her to hate your Warden very quick.

My Wardens mostly found Morrigan closer to a sister.  I like the character and I don't think I could do that to her.  I admit to some selfish glee when my characters drink the well.  Morrigan looks like she's a little girl that just got told that no, she can't have that puppy.   Only to find out that she almost got Cujo.

Of course, I thought it was funny when Garnet Cadash, rogue and dwarf extraordinaire, drank the Well. That was my first character, and much more of an agnostic than Rowan is. This time, it makes sense to drink the magic water. My elf has the branches of Mythal on her face. It's invisible with her skin tone, but it's there.

I'll probably be able to get that done before tomorrow night. I have to get some sleep early tomorrow so I can go see the in-laws for Thanksgiving (Thursday.) I'm excited about seeing my oldest nephews. They're cool kids.

So, there I was trying to learn the 3D rendering program and getting pretty irritated (I guess I was expecting the sort of User Interface DAI has except for a whole body) when I realized that all this mouse work was irritating my carpal tunnel. So, I printed off a rough comic book page.

And below the spoiler is my two page storyboard of a scene I've had in my head for over a week. Don't expect lovely drawing.



Definitely because my drawing skills suck, I will tell you what's happening. It's set just before the Harrowing of the Warden Surana.



I also had a 5 hour drive listening to GMVs of Dragon Age with a lot of diaglogue from Fenris/Hawke and Solas/Lavellan so got to hear them talking a lot, and pretty much day dreamed/wrote my fan comic book/graphic novel in my head.

Katriel and her companions finished operations in the Emerald Graves. Much of their effort was spent closing the numerous rifts that threatened those living in the region.



With the Emerald Graves cleared of enemies, Katriel and her companions prepare to return to Emprise de Leon. The bridge at Judicael's crossing has been repaired. Across the bridge are believed to be dragons and Red Templars.

From the Diary of Kara Trevelyan.


So yeah, finished IYHSB. It was exciting as ever. But some of the aftermath wasn't. Lol. I am trying to find fade touched materials, now that I can craft masterworks, so figure might as well use them. Except I had terrible luck finding anything that fits with Kara's style...or any fade touched materials to begin with. So ended up crafting a bow and a set of armor for Kara, named the Crimson Dragon for the bow and the Inquisitor's coat for the coat. Then new armor for Cassandra and bow upgrades for Varric. So yeah off to meet Hawke then Crestwood.

I see it as looking too much into it,Flemeth never said to have left anything for Morrigan,she only gave to her something in the Altar of Mythal if the Inquisitor used the well of sorrow,in any other scenario she give nothing to Morrigan.