Dragon Age News Thread

Before I start - yes, I know I'm probably reading too much into it, and that it's likely that these images may be nothing more than basic style references for DA4 that have nothing to do with anything specific that may show up in the future game. But hey, what the hell - they've thrown us a bone, so let's have some fun!

I've cut and enhanced those images for convenience's sake, and grouped them based on style similarity.



I'm quite convinced these two are Nevarran. Not only the 2nd character looks suspiciously like Cassandra and has a traditional Nevarran rat-tail braid, the helmet (especially from 1st design) looks very much like it's based on headgear of these statues:


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... are those Grey Wardens??? The knight wears a winged helmet that looks identical to Grey Warden helmet from DAI.



Yet the armors look different from blue-silver and striped armors we see them wear in last 3 titles.... Are those Anderfel Wardens? Considering that Riordan was wary of Wardens from Weisshaupt, and DAi suggests mysterious, if not sinister, stuff happening in Grey Warden main stronghold it'd make sense if they've made Wardens of Anderfels distinct, if not a bit menacing.

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I think most people that look at those think the same things - these look like Crows! The 2nd design even has a beak and cape that looks very much like an armor Matt Rhodes has once drawn Zevran in.


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I bet 20 bucks that these are Fog Warriors. Holy cow, how many factions could we potentially see in DA4 and how many places are we potentially going to visit??? Also, is it just me, or wouldn't it be interesting if one of PCs background was actually a Fog Warrior?

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Vints, obviously. We even saw the last design in DAI. I myself would love to see those designs as armor for rogue PC. These look very cool.

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I get 'Renaissance Venice' vibe from these for some reason. I kinda wonder whether it's a design for random NPC from some place, or is this lady someone specific? The staff suggests it's a mage.

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Again - wondering whether it's just a random NPC armor or is this some sort of specific character. All I can tell is that this girl's an elf that wears Tevinter-style clothing and rogue-like armor.... although I have to laugh from the fact that the 1st image reminds me of Rei from Star Wars

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I'm intrigued by this one. She wields a staff, so she's likely a mage - but the clothing is not really Qunari style, nor she's a Sareebas, so she can't really be with the Qunari, right? She's likely a Tal-Vashoth, though I question how many Tal-Vashoth we're going to see roaming Tevinter.

... Maybe it's actually Adaar? I know, two hands and all, but hey - both hands are actually gloved.

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We know those - these are Dalish and we saw them in DAI already. Question is why we see those in book for DA4, when there are likely not that many Dalish tribes in Tevinter. But hey, the likability that we'd be traveling outside of Tevinter is relatively high, so maybe we meet them somewhere when we hop through eluvians or something. Or they're just there because Inky is Dalish. Just a thought.

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We know those for sure and we know that these are for ancient elves. Kinda wonder if it means that all ancient elves will be wearing that and if so - will their main strategy for fighting big numbers will just be blinding enemies with sheen reflected from their thighs?

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We know most of these from Trespasser. The exception is 2nd design from the left - kinda wonder who's that supposed to be. Does't look like Sareebas, even if design looks a bit... mage'ish. Maybe it was initial armor design for Viddasala or something?

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Just a dwarf... I can't pin the style of armor though. Is this a Kal-Sharok dwarf? Or just your regular Tevinter dwarf, but do those regularly wear masks?
Doesn't look like any dwarf we know, like Harding or Valta.

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Welp, that's what I can guess about those so far. I have to wonder if those are indeed just DAI designs that were appropriated for DA4 or not - although that doesn't rule out the possibility of drawing those during DAI development cycle, but with DA4 in mind. Because from the looks of it, they've reached quite far ahead in terms of preparation for future games.