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Post by House Targaryen on May 24, 2019 20:01:11 GMT
This place smells like wet dog. Exploring some more of the Storm Coast. Find the Warden stuff that Blackwall is looking for. Seal off the caves that the darkspawn are emerging from and collect all the shards from there.
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Post by vertigomez on May 24, 2019 23:01:36 GMT
y'all i am trying to make it through this warden amell playthrough but I MISS MY GIRLS Lol guys I finally found my screenshot folder so here are some oldies from my current playthrough. Gunna Aeducan in Orzammar before everything went to shit Feeling criminally underdressed Meeting her future wife Obviously enamored by the beautiful delusional murder nun "A little outside my purview, Wynne" This looks sanitary Alistair's naked because he didn't meet the strength requirements for any decent armor and I was salty and vengeful. Unsurprisingly he was too busy whining over his inevitable kingship to worry about being nekkid in front of the Arl. My precious children. I miss punching things and being gay.
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Post by Iddy on May 25, 2019 10:43:02 GMT
*Camera stops* "Yup, that's me. You might be wondering how did things turn out like this."
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Post by colfoley on May 25, 2019 19:48:27 GMT
So It is a good thing taking your birthday off and being able to play games all day and just chill, doubly so when you get a new set of the Sony Platinum headphones for said birthday so. TLDR: I finished Hakon and the base game last night by killing Corypheus. The longer version: So yeah...I killed Hakkon and Corypheus. That is one of the troubles about a long gameplay session you tend to forget everything you wanted to talk about in a place like this. I suppose the first thing worth mentioning is I crafted a new Maul for Bull. I got targets explode on kill for 75% weapon's damage which is kind of good for Bull...and for the chuckling shits and giggles of it I decided to add a fire rune to it. So its a flaming maul that he can swing around burning people that explodes if it gets too intense...should've called it Hades's hammer or something. Instead of taking Solas up the river like I usually did I went to go take Dorian instead since I already had the video about him complaining to be the Dread Wolf I kind of decided 'what's the point'. And I was curious to see if I got any additional reactions...I did not. It took me a while to get through the outer Temple and fight my way to Gurd. Though Thousand Cuts may be the second most OP ability in the entire game. Here I was and in the initial fight with Gurd some panic began setting in. After the fight I checked to see how many Health pots I had for Gurd and I was down to two of the suckers! So there was of course a supply crate on the floor so I wanted to get to it, but here came Gurd. So I summoned a fade rift and then thousand cuts. Fully expecting to use MOD to hopefully knock out some of his health and get to the crate. But my MOD was still recharging oh no! But when I looked back...his health had just melted. I never even had to get to the health pot he just died. I cackled madly and continued on. Always interesting getting to Solas's story about going to the hut in the Kokari wilds. Especially given the ending was he going there to try and kill her and take her power? Interesting food for thought. For some reason the last duel with Cory was really impressive this time, kind of epic. Usually its either frustrating or can't make it work right, but I did. The music was hitting the right notes so I do not think I had that much fun with that quest in a while. Which of course...damn did it out of order but still good point to end off on. The constant debate of exactly what the Inquisitor's status is in regards to Solas/the Well/ Mythal. The game is pretty...confusing...dialogue wise. First Flemeth seems to release Kara from the gaes...but then dialogue from both her and Flemeth indicate that the compulsion might still be there. "You are her servant now." Really puts the whole 'keep the Inquisition' question at the end of Tresspasser in a new light. I mean can Kara really trust to keep the Inquisition when she is suseptable to an outside influence like that? Especially when (even though she don't know it) that outside influence is Solas? I could just see the really heart wrenching moment if you have to fight the Inquisitor at the end of DA 4 if she drank from the well. Probably not to the death I hope BioWare ain't that cruel or maybe they can find ancient magic...but still. Also then of course Kieran and the Old God Baby Soul enters into the equation too...wouldn't be interesting if the more selfish decisions really back fire in DA 4? (even though Kara didn't do it for selfish reasons). Which of course brings me to..it just might be me watching Game of Thrones and its ending but it just seems to make Kara's position a lot more tenous. After all she spends most of the game tearing down ancient orders just to rebuild them and make them 'better' when she knows very well that they might not be better. She can be corrupted, any of her friends can be corrupted, and of course there is no gurantee that the next Inquisitor/ Divine will be as good of people as they are. And Solas is right, most large organizations do go through corruption. Also two notes about the epilogue: Last time got Cass having to put down a rebellion of somesort, this time she didn't. I wonder what the decision points are to cause that. Secondly, I think for the first time I got the Inquisition's armies under Cullen being the most notable thing about it. Usually I get the spies or dipplomats. While this is kind of distressing because Kara is all about those shadow wars (or should be) it does make sense because I think I used Cullen a lot this time. I came to respect his bluntness and his overall 'I don't care' attitude about much of this stuff.
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Post by colfoley on May 26, 2019 18:54:31 GMT
So now Kara's journey comes to an end...one more time.
I did something that I have never actually have done before. I actually bothered to go through (looking up where they were) all the clues for Solas being the Dread Wolf so I could surprise him....it literally changes one line so that was a bit dissapointing but still worth it. I mean Kara is naturally intellegent and curious so it always made sense that she could figure it out...I just always resented on how BioWare went about forcing you to learn *the truth* by exploring for clues. But this play through has always been about fixing my RP mistakes from the last PT...so why not fix that one too? Which now makes this PT *the most canon*.
Its always a bit bittersweet coming to the ending of a BioWare Playthrough....but especially one for DAI. I have commented a couple of times on how much this game means to me personally and it is amazing...even though it has gotten a little stale in places (I didn't even tear up during the Solas scene at all) it still is an amazing game and it always feels really good to play after all this time. But every playthrough could be the last one. Or the last one with Kara Trevelyan. I could just decide that this is it that I don't want to ruin the good feelings that I have after this playthrough. DA 4 could be announced to release this year...which means this would be the PT most likely that I would have to take into DA 4. But on the other hand it might not come out till the next year, or even 2021, which means I'll probably get one in for Kara leading into it. It might be an inferior product in which case I could hapilly play DA I year after year until DA 5 comes out or probably eternity in this case. Maybe I'll give Ben another go. Maybe I will finally play with the two 'American' voice actors.
Either way I really am looking forward to DA 4 and continuing this great story line, so hurry up and make it BioWare!
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Post by melbella on May 26, 2019 21:48:17 GMT
I actually bothered to go through (looking up where they were) all the clues for Solas being the Dread Wolf so I could surprise him....it literally changes one line so that was a bit dissapointing but still worth it. I mean Kara is naturally intellegent and curious so it always made sense that she could figure it out...I just always resented on how BioWare went about forcing you to learn *the truth* by exploring for clues. To my mind, the clues you have to find to get that line of dialogue don't even point to Solas being Fen'harel anyway so the whole thing seems dumb.
Also dumb: you have found all the clues by the time you meet Viddasala, yet are somehow surprised when she calls Solas "an agent" of Fen'harel? If Inqui has already figured out the truth, why would that revelation surprise them in the least? Inqui certainly shouldn't be denying there's any truth to it, no matter how much they might like/love Solas.
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Post by vonuber on May 27, 2019 23:26:57 GMT
Love the changes in expression here, from 'what the fuck' to 'Right then, let's do this'. Loved this character. I also like the little smile at the end. Making an entrance LIKE A BOSS. That's the Deep roads done, all in all quite fun. Time to deal with Corypheus pants.
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Post by vertigomez on May 28, 2019 20:46:10 GMT
Taking a break from my main playthrough to mess around with my Templar-allying Trevelyan rogue. I don't actually plan on carrying this character through but it's fun to explore the different dialogue options, and MAN I forgot just how much Josie hates roughing it in Haven looool. Josephine: I should thank you for your patience with the simple quarters. The accommodations in Haven are surely rough for someone of your birth. Inquisitor: This can't be what you're accustomed to, Ambassador. Josephine: One adjusts. I stay busy. It helps take my mind from our surroundings. And the cold. And the wildlife. And the lack of civilization for miles around. Why anyone lived here before we found Andraste's ashes, I cannot imagine. Inquisitor: I can't wait until we find a better place to live than a bunch of hovels in the middle of an ice storm. Josephine: Oh, it's such a relief to hear someone else say that out loud! If it were up to me, the moment it was safe we would relocate to Val Royeaux. Our enemies know where we are. We might live somewhere more civilized when they come. IRL I love the shit out of Haven and the whole ~Fereldan aesthetic~ so, uh, can't say I relate to Josie or Inquisitor McSpoiledpants but this convo makes me wonder if she's the only one discomfited by the early Inquisition's surroundings. Dorian likes his creature comforts but has been trekking across the continent for a while now, Leliana appreciates fine things (especially fine shoes.....) but she roughed it through the Blight and lived in a convent Chantry before then so whoooo knooows. But most importantly she'd rather we relocate to VAL ROYEAUX. ON PURPOSE??
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Post by Sokemis on May 28, 2019 21:29:09 GMT
Well Duncan and his newest recruits finally reached Ostagar. They had slightly different approachs to meeting the King... I don't care the personality of my city elf Wardens, that's one of the lines in this game I will never not choose. The women split up to search for Alistair and the other recruits, as well as explore the camp a bit more. In general, Naliea isn't very impressed with those at Ostagar, or more exactly with the way they treat her. The only person in camp that Naliea actually looks foward to meeting is Loghain. She grew up with her mother's stories of fighting with Loghain's Night Elves during the rebellion, and as such he is one of the few humans she's come to respect. To work out her frustrations, she starts pickpocketing anyone that calls her "knife-ear" or other wise insults her. Duncan notices what she's doing, but as long as she's not getting caught and causing trouble let's her continue. He's actually amused at her behavior and impressed with her skill. Lora was a little more successful at making friends. First thing the next morning, Alistair and the four recruits set out into the Korcari Wilds to find the items needed to complete their tasks. After helping a scout whose patrol had been attacked, Ser Jory started to panic. Naliea didn't hesitate on calling him out as a coward for wanting to turn back, Lora tried to assure him that the dangers were all part of their test. Naliea found a flower that will hopefully save a sick Mabari back at camp. After being informed that their treaties were no longer in the chest, a Wild's apostate named Morrigan took the group to meet her mother and retrieve the treaties. Slightly crazy, but mostly harmless old lady. I'm sure we won't be see her again. After returning to camp with the vials of darkspawn blood, Duncan and the four recruits prepare for the Joining. When the ceremony has been completed, half of the recruits have officially become Wardens. Although he had obviously already started having his doubts, if you look closely as Daveth is dying, you can see the exact moment Jory decides for officially Nope! the hell out of there. I love the "what the fuck have I gotten myself into?" look on Naliea's face. Seriously though, when Duncan turns to the Warden with the cup after Daveth and Jory's deaths, all I can think of is the operator of a bungee jump simply turning and calling "next!" after watching someone's line break. At that point the Warden has to figure they're damned if they do, damned if they don't... Once they had recovered from the Joining, King Cailan asked Duncan to bring Lady Cousland along with him to the final war meeting. Naliea meanwhile went to check in on the sick Mabari and to give the flower she found to the kennel master. I think Duncan is starting to regret his choices that resulted in bringing these three together Not sure what the Wardens expected to find at the top of the tower.... but I doubt it was that. Lora dealt a fair amount of damage against the ogre, but was knocked out before being able to take it down. While her Mabari Moira stood guard over here, Alistair distracted the beast and lured it away. All this gave Naliea the opening she needed to end the ogre once and for all. After lighting the beacon, and subsequently watching Loghain abandon the King and the battle (so much for Naliea actually looking up to a human), the top level of the tower was quickly overrun by darkspawn. I was unsure one which one of the two wardens to give the official ogre kill to, and decided to see how their respective games played out. Lora was knocked out at the last possible second, with her Mabari getting the kill. Meanwhile Naliea held out just long enough to not only get the kill, but an "epic kill" at that. So canon for the two of them is that it played out as above. Randomness: some nice shots of Morrigan yes, because that's not ominous at all there Loghain every cut-scene shot with him seemed to have some over exaggerated expression. He reminded me of a background extra that was trying to be part of the main scene, lol
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 28, 2019 21:29:31 GMT
So after playing a lot of Mass Effect these past few weeks...I'm back to do some Dragon Age
as some of you might remember, the last time I posted in this thread I was contemplating the eye (and hair) color of my Warden Narah I've briefly tried out the golden version on the right, but I feel that green eyes will work better for her (I've yet to decide whether she'll wear any make-up) also decided to make her hair color dark brown to be more in line with Fergus' hair color (also in order to keep black hair an option for my Hawke)
at any rate, tomorrow I'll be starting Narah's playthrough
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Post by Iddy on May 28, 2019 23:52:58 GMT
I'm gonna side with the templars in my current mage pt in DAO. I want to play up her self-loathing.
On a side note, I lost my phone and... there goes all videos and pictures of my DA characters. I still can't believe it.
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Post by vertigomez on May 29, 2019 16:10:40 GMT
On a side note, I lost my phone and... there goes all videos and pictures of my DA characters. I still can't believe it. Aw shit, that sucks. Sorry to hear it. - I started a new DAO playthrough today. Rhiannon Tabris is a snarky dual-wielding thief who likes word play, robbing the rich, and really, really, really doesn't want to get married. She's going to be one of my more religious characters - always accepting prayers when they're offered, wringing her hands over whether or not she's doing what the Maker would have of her - but she's going to be at odds with Leliana for a bit, because this beautiful charming Orlesian with her beautiful charming accent and beautiful charming demeanor gets under her skin for reasons Rhiannon does not yet understand. (hint...... she gay) So far she's conned some drunk dudes out of their petty cash and stomped her feet about this whole marriage business, because honestly, she'd rather be doing anything else including killing darkspawn. I..... have a feeling I'm gonna kill Connor for the first time on this pt, because blood magic is Scary and the happiest ending feels like a copout. We shall see.
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Post by Iddy on May 29, 2019 17:16:21 GMT
Does the Rite of Annulment include the mage children?
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Post by vertigomez on May 29, 2019 17:20:52 GMT
Does the Rite of Annulment include the mage children? I would assume so. Children get possessed, too, and if someone's justification for annuling the Circle is that it's full of abominations and can't be saved.......
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 29, 2019 19:54:02 GMT
Today I've started with Narah's playthrough after making some last tweaks to her headmorph (I added in a hint of Morrigan and Anora's morph for some subtle variation)
So far I've established Narah as someone who's humble but who's also able to voice her own opinions and agenda whenever needed. I also had her voice her disinterest in Thomas Howe's advances, something Arl Howe didn't seem...happy about -something about her being too free minded - the reason for this is because I don't plan on giving Narah since I'm making her demisexual (I'd never heard of the term before, but after reading up on it a bit I thought it'd fit Narah) I don't think any of the in-game romances actually fit her, however in my head canon I have her eventually form a relationship with Nathaniel Howe, mending the rift between their families with time. (yes I'm still sour I couldn't actually romance him...so head canon land it is) also I don't think Narah would be the type of person to divulge her private life to strangers, which would make her sending the Hero of Ferelden letter during Inquisition fit her as well. To be honest, one of the reasons for Narah's creation is because out of all my Wardens, I didn't feel like they would be the one sending the above letter (I tended to head canon someone else wrote it)
At any rate...at present we've just arrived at Ostagar after surviving the massacre at Castle Cousland somehow the end scene of the origin always makes me tear up a bit
A few things I plan on doing in this playthrough - have various levels of approval among my companions instead of being a control freak who tries to please everyone (let there be conflict! (I'll likely still end up befriending my faves though ) - complete the Trial of Crows and Slim Couldry's crime wave (Dark Wolf ) - recruit Loghain and have him do the DR (I love Kieran to bits, and even though he's a bit weird when he has the OG soul...I can't have a worldstate without him) - kill Connor...seriously though, I've always saved the kid, but seeing him so miserable during Inquisition makes me think it's a mercy to kill him - keep the Anvil of the Void (and lie to Shale about it ) most of my other choices will likely be the same, but I really plan on making Narah my actual canon Warden
...though, I'm still not sure if I'm completely happy with how her face turned out, though I'm way to tired to try anything else (I might start from scratch tomorrow) the only part I like are her scars and her hairstyle with the earrings
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Post by Sokemis on May 30, 2019 1:44:22 GMT
Somehow Morrigan's mother saved our three Wardens, and Moria, from the tower before it was completely overrun. Lora had a nasty concussion and Naliea took a little longer to recover from her injuries. Alistair insists that this Arl Eamon will help them. Naliea is leery to trust and nobleman, but holds her tongue for now. Flemeth insists that Morrigan join the group on their quest. Alistair and Lora are hesitant to bring an apostate along, but Naliea doesn't have the same fears/prejudice against magic* and can see how handy it would be to have the mage along - given she is willing to join them of course. Looks like I forgot to change the mabari file... oops I just love the lightening in this cutscene and always seem to take a screenshot here (* Rivain holds a different view of magic/mages than the rest of Thedas, so I assume Naliea's views are somewhere between her Rivaini mother's open view of magic and her father's Chantry instilled views, leaning more towards her mother's. On the other hand, Alistair was an almost-Templar and Lora was raised with stricter Chantry influence.) Just after leaving the Wilds, the group is surprised to find a dog running towards them on the road. Naliea recognizes it as the Mabari she helped back in Ostagar. After helping them fight a group of darkspawn, he insisted on following Naliea, never straying far from her. Since she apparently has a new dog, Naliea figured she might as well give him a name. She decided to name him Cahir, after her old stuffed Mabari*. I have a feeling the two Mabari will be able to become friends before their mistresses will... Who's a good attack puppy (*There's a blurb in either the wiki or the toolset about Cyrion giving Tabris' stuffed Mabari to Shianni when she first comes to live with them. So now I have a headcanon of her parents first giving the toy to Naliea to help her with her nightmares after the first purge in the Alienage - the one where Soris's family was killed - I'm figuring her being around 4 at the time. When Shianni came to Denerim a few years later, Cyrion gave her the toy while she adjusted to the move. Through the years, I imagine the two cousins trading the toy back and forth, depending on who needed it more at the time. When Naliea left the alienage, she purposely left the little stuffed mabari on Shianni's pillow.)
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 30, 2019 20:47:44 GMT
So I decided to make a new headmorph for Narah (...sometimes I wish that characters with family members (like the Couslands) would change along with the player character so they don't look like some random stranger ) first version on the left and the current version on the right...the changes I made are quite subtle but...I dunno, I'm still not sure if I like her
I've tried in the past to make a character who looks like a mix between Bryce and Eleanor...but since I use Dragon Age redesigned they don't match up with the ones you find in the toolset...which makes it a lot harder
I'll try again tomorrow...I've got nothing if not time
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Post by vonuber on May 30, 2019 22:22:51 GMT
Apologies, these came out far bigger than I intended, so make sure wifi is on!
Yeah, well fuck you Flemeth, you useless Elven god. Snark. I liked how this turned out for Morrigan. And Corphypants is down. This final fight was actually insultingly easy. I took the most damage from just falling off the edge. Bit of an anticlimax, to be honest. I bloody love Sera. I think she's brilliant. Plus the looks they give each other here - just magic. BOW BEFORE ME FOR I AM YOUR GOD.
Can't wait.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on May 31, 2019 21:48:13 GMT
I've finally gotten Narah's look the way I wanted took some trial and error, but anyway this is her new and canon look At present I've completed Narah's origin story, gotten past Ostagar and currently I'm in Lothering having just recruited Leliana
she was quite civil to people around her, even Arl Howe (who without meta-gaming you don't know is a villain until a bit later in the Origin) however she was quite adamant about having to marry Thomas Howe with whom she felt not connection...plus what you learn of him later from Nathaniel, Thomas wasn't exactly..eh, the best of the three Howe siblings
anyway, we went around the castle, poking around in areas we probably shouldn't be and then ran into Ser Gilmore who told us our dog had gotten into the kitchen larder...again so we went of to fetch the dog, talking along the way about Duncan's interest in recruiting Ser Gilmore...as well as Duncan's interest in recruiting Narah (who wasn't very keen on the idea) turns our the dog -named Roach- wasn't raiding the larder, but was actually defending it from giant rats (Gilmore: giant rats? it's like the beginning of every bad adventure story my father used to tell)
then we went to talk with mommy Cousland, who was entertaining some guests...Narah was civil toward them, but also made it clear -especially to Dairren- that she wasn't interested (Narah: honestly people seem very eager to marry me off )
As night fell it became apparent why Howe's men had been delayed...the bastard was attacking the castle whilst the bulk of their army was marching south the battle itself soon became a massacre, Narah and her mother found the dead bodies of Oriana and Oren (Narah: ), and with only time to spare they made it through the castle toward her dying father. Duncan said he could get her and her mother out of the castle, but in return Narah would join the Wardens...Narah refused at first, until her father begged her to stay alive, she didn't join out of duty...but she would for her father and everyone else who'd died because of Howe's betrayal.
-- Ostagar was...interesting, lots of people to meet (Wynne, Loghain, Alistair)...people to argue with (Jory...he's such an arse sometimes) crazy old ladies to meet (Flemeth)...and blood to drink... ...wait what? *reads script* yep, says here clearly...drink darkspawn blood, and join the merry band of Grey Wardens...also you gain nightmares...yay 'course...Ostagar also turned out to be a massacre, courtesy of Loghain (Narah: *sighs* you'd think I'd seen enough massacres to last a lifetime, but no...of course not) Flemeth saved them and then send them on the way with her daughter Morrigan
and now we're in Lothering...Narah kindly 'persuaded' the resident bandits to clear out *cough* intimidated them *cough* Loghain had left around some soldier peeps to keep an eye out for Narah and Alistair...and a local Chantry sister decided to pitch in when said soldiers got violent (Narah: 'cause of course they didn't want to listen to reason) the Chantry sister introduced herself as Leliana, and offered to help them on their quest against the Blight...welp, why the hell not? Welcome aboard lady who insists the Maker send her to help...at least we have one sane person around, right Roach? (Roach: *happy bark!*)
-- Tomorrow I'll clear out the last of the quests in Lothering, as well as recruit Sten...and then I gotta decide where to head first
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Post by vertigomez on Jun 1, 2019 0:10:53 GMT
I had forgotten that City Elves get the Fang of Fen'Harel dagger late in their questline, after you free your people from Tevinter slavers. Ironic bit of sorta-kinda unintentional foreshadowing.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 1, 2019 20:22:00 GMT
well...damn.. So today I did something I've never done before...
After finishing up in Lothering, I had to decide where to head first...so I did what I always do, grab Shale's control rod and then head back into the camp. Had Alistair's initial talk about how Arl Eamon raised him, then headed off to Redcliffe.
Arriving at Redcliffe Alistair reveals his ancestry -you know the stuff-, and we head inside to help put a stop to strange attacks. gotta agree with Morrigan about the whole 'people picking the Blight as a good time to start killing one another' comment, racked up some disapproval with her during our stay in the village, but hey *shrug* it's Morrigan we're talking about, she hardly approves of any of my Wardens.
So we saved the village, and then we helped Bann Teagan get inside the castle...where we find Arl Eamon's son Connor possessed by a demon Narah had decided to let Jowan go, so we couldn't receive his help...and I had yet to go to the Circle...so couldn't get their help either. In the end with a heavy heart she decided to confront the demon directly...which meant killing Connor.
And I have to say...this part was heart wrenching, I'm not a big fan of Isolde, but her VA did an amazing job with portraying her distress, horror and sorrow about the predicament of her son. A predicament she was partially responsible for. I felt myself choke as I clicked the options to have Isolde be the one to give Connor mercy...all I could pick where the 'I'm so sorry' options...I felt so horrible
Then afterwards of course Alistair decided to jump down Narah's throat for her decision...she kept her cool thank the Maker, but something tells me she won't be patient with him forever. (In my head canon Narah is older then Alistair by 6/7 years, Narah being 24/25 (Alistair is about 18/19 during Origins)
At any rate, I might head toward the Circle in a bit, and start the actual mage quest tomorrow...
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Post by Sokemis on Jun 2, 2019 1:44:17 GMT
After dealing with Lothering's "toll-collectors", our three Wardens try to figure out what to do next. Not wanting to admit that she can't read maps*, and can barely read the treaties, Naliea lets the other two mostly deal with it. Both Lora and Alistair believe that Arl Eamon is their best bet, so Redcliffe it is after getting some must needed supplies and rest in Lothering. Naliea would have let the bandits run off, but Lora insisted on taking them to the authorities - which led to them finishing the fight (*I imagine that map reading and navigating through the countryside aren't exactly skills that Naliea ever needed before, having never left Denerim. However, drop her in the middle of any city and she can find her way anywhere, whereas the others would get lost in the twists and back alleys. ) First stop is the tavern, where they are hoping to get a room for at least a few days while they finish healing from their wounds sustained at Ostagar. No such luck of course, and to make things even worse, they run into some of Loghain's men claiming the Wardens are the ones that killed the King. Fight ensues, Chantry sister of all things butts into the brawl, Wardens win (or course). Naliea is ready to kill the men for trying to kill them, but Lora wants them to take a message to Loghain: "The Gray Wardens know what really happened, and we'll see to it that everyone else does as well". Naliea of course had to taunt them that Loghain will have to try harder next time. Naliea: We are not recruiting the crazy Chantry lady! Found a giant Qunari in a cage. Apparently he's not very popular around town... Lora: We are not recruiting the murderous giant! Second day in town, they were ambushed by Leliana, still trying to get them to let her join them. Lora: I recruited the crazy Chantry lady Meanwhile, somewhere in Denerim: Naliea did say to tell Loghain he'll have to try harder next time. Back in Lothering, our unlikely quintet spent a couple days running around Lothering, earning some much needed coin. Naliea wasn't quite sure to do with the little boy telling her she was nice. While she was trying to figure out how to respond in her surprise, Lora told him he should go to the Chantry. Then there was this stupid photobombing lady. Had to retake a few screenshots because she kept getting in the way On their last day in Lothering, Lora, Alistair, and Leliana went to see if there were any last minute Chantry board jobs. While waiting, Naliea and Morrigan visited the Qunari again. After talking it over, they decided to free him, and Naliea picked the lock on his cage. The others were less than thrilled, but Naliea assured them that he helped them take out a pack of rabid wolves and a few bears - and never once tried to attack the two women or Cahir. Naliea: I recruited the murderous giant Well, when you put it that way Naliea took Sten with her to retrieve his stuff from the Chantry mother Oh how I've missed you Sten Met a new friend on the road from Lothering to Redcliffe We all agree this is a trap right? Okay good, just making sure. It started with the "smolder" quote, and just cascaded out of control from there Approval rating (post-Lothering, pre-Zevran) Adding for my own reference, curious to see how the Warden's relationships with their companions develop. I'm trying to do these playthroughs true to character, and not playing nice simply to raise approval...
Naliea Tabris Alistair: -10 Morrigan: +5 Leliana: 0 Sten: +18
Lora Cousland Alistair: +17 Morrigan: -1 Leliana: +2 Sten: 0
Naliea & Lora ≈ -12
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Post by House Targaryen on Jun 2, 2019 17:26:55 GMT
Went to the grand masquerade at the Winter Palace to save Celene. Court intrigue, playing the game, Mel felt right at home. In the end, Mel let the assassination take place since Celene was weak, and put a strong man like Gaspard on the throne. Briala after failing to play the game was promptly executed. After leaving the pomp and splendor of Val Royeaux, the party went to the Deep Roads to see what this crises was about. Mel enjoyed bringing the Light of Flame to the cursed darkspawn. After burning the vermin out, now we're about to venture even deeper down below. Hmmm, quite. I'm so not impressed. I do love a man with great power. You are the prince that was chosen. Dwarven ruins, such beauty.
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Post by LadyofNemesis on Jun 2, 2019 20:11:30 GMT
Today Narah helped out the Circle, because of course they too decided to make some ruckus whilst there's a Blight raging
Narah and her companions arrived at the docks and talked to the ferryman there, finding out the Templars had shut down any passage across the lake after talking Narah turned her attention to the templar in charge of the boat, a bloke called Carroll who didn't seem all there anymore she carefully persuaded him after which he ferried them across. Arriving there Narah talked to Knight-Commander Greagoir and found out the tower was overrun by abominations (Narah: well...sh*t), she promised him to clear out the tower and find the First Enchanter. A bit further inside the tower Narah came across Wynne, who was protecting several young children from demons. Wynne offered to help them with clearing out the tower. 'Course clearing out the tower wasn't easy, they came across demons, abominations and crazed mages who'd turned to blood magic as their only option Aaaand, of course we ended up in the Fade...'cause no adventure in Thedas is complete with at least one journey inside the realm of craziness and dreams. Narah got separated from her companions, and a demon tried to trick her in the guise of Duncan that the Wardens were no longer needed. Whilst this would be a nice thing to hear for her, Narah got the impression something was wrong and easily got around the tricks of the demon. Both Leliana and Wynne were easy to convince something wasn't right, Alistair on the other hand decided that hanging out with a demon posing as his 'sister' was more important then helping Narah get out (Narah: *sighs*) At any rate, Narah was able to get everyone safely out of the Fade, after which they ran into a lone templar named Cullen who'd been tortured by blood mages to break his mind. Though he made a convincing argument, Narah decided against destroying every mage in the Circle and instead focused her efforts on Uldred and saved the remaining mages, among who First Enchanter Irving.
With the Mages now in their pocket Narah made her way to Denerim to speak with Brother Genitivi...'course nothing is as easy as it seems Genitivi's 'assistant' send them on a goose chase, getting them ambushed not once but twice on their way to Lake Callenhad (one time was courtesy of Zevran, who joined the team as well) Narah also made contact with Slim Couldry, helping him take care of some uhm...business she did have to point out she was a noble as well, and though Couldry was suprised he still offered his services. Couldry: we're fighting against Loghain and Howe...what do you say? Narah: I say where do I sign up? Afterwards we also made contact with the Antivan Crows, and Narah decided to do some things for them as well (Wynne wasn't happy about that)
Aside from all this we also took care of some side quests, and also solved Leliana and Alistair's companion quests Leliana killed Marjolaine (I tend to let her go, but felt that Narah would be the type to kill Marjolaine to protect her friend) Alistair met his 'sister' ...she was...not a very nice person, we left before the shrew could get any coin
I've also been able to trigger Morrigan's side mission, and have started up Sten's side quest as well (just need to head back to Redcliffe for the sword) Oh and I've also cleared out Soldier's Peak...killing Sophia and allowing Avernus ethical research
At present I've just arrived in Orzammar, I plan on doing that mission chain in the coming days, then head over to the Urn of Sacred Ashes and back to Redcliffe that way After delivering the Ashes I plan to take a detour to Honnleath to grab Shale, and lastly head to the Brecilian Forest before heading back to Redcliffe once again by that time I hope to have covered several side missions by traveling back and forth between several locations to which I'll probably only need to resolve some last few in Denerim
With a bit of luck I might be able to finish up Origins by the end of this week
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