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Post by nunziodefilippis on Mar 3, 2021 17:54:41 GMT
As for the Hawke abandoning their friends and/or love topic, yeah I didn't like that either. Then again there's no part of DAI Hawke I did like, they were handled so poorly. I don't think Hawke was handled poorly at all. I think the game exposed what is a logical consequence of being involved with Hawke. When things get ugly, Hawke runs right to the center of it. That can't be easily for his/her friends, family, or love interest. I do think it shattered a lot of people's expectations of what would become of Hawke's romance, specifically. But it actually felt true to the character as it broke my heart.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Feb 25, 2021 21:55:48 GMT
Fenris... every day of the week, and twice on Sunday. I also thought Fenris might be one of the few people who could seriously endanger Solas (and would definitely want to) Still that phasing in and out of the Fade is something Solas can sort of do without the markings with Fade Step, so I suppose he would know how to counter Fenris' ability. It would be interesting to see them confront one another though. I seem to recall that was originally going to happen in your series but then the plot changed. Am I right? We were never going to have Solas featured heavily in our books. While he has a huge impact on the world, he was never meant to be an actual antagonist in these tales. The Venatori are the main enemy and the Qunari are a complicating enemy who have turned the nation our characters are traveling in upside down. So, yeah, it was never in the cards for any of our creations or characters in our care like Fenris to fight Solas in these stories.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Feb 24, 2021 18:39:22 GMT
DID SOMEONE SAY FENRIS IN DA4?! Can't decide if elated or scared something will happen to my first elf hubby, I'm already pretty convinced my second bald elf hubby is going to get his ass whopped. Pop quiz, hotshot: you can save Solas or Fenris. Which do you choose? Fenris... every day of the week, and twice on Sunday. Nothing against Solas, but only one of these two wants to destroy the world.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Feb 22, 2021 20:06:05 GMT
Hey all, Not gonna wade too much into the discussion of "sacrifice" in the solicit text or the fear of characters changing in a bad way. I will say that most of these characters were created by me and Christina (and two of the others were created by Greg Rucka, who's actually my best friend), so know that whatever we do with them is done with an eye to what's best for the character's story (which isn't always what's best for them as a person, I know). I hope that helps. Well, that makes me worry even more than I was before. That's a great gif. But just know that we wrote this towards conclusions that made sense for the characters. Things we've been setting up since Knight Errant will be paid off in this mini, and while we have every intention of writing more, we wrote this to be a conclusion we'd be happy with if this were our last miniseries. So the changes the characters will undergo will fit with what has come before. Again, for what that's worth. Remember that a romanced Fenris is left behind by Hawke because Fenris would have died to protect Hawke, and Hawke "didn't want to give him the choice." How would you feel if the love of your life, even knowing you're a former slave, decides to take away your choice? Actually the suggestion that Hawke gave Fenris no say in the matter, which I admit is how it sounded in DAI, is why I rather resented the way they dealt with that. In fact it was a rather lame excuse for Fenris not being with them. Of course Fenris would have died to protect my Hawke but the feeling was mutual and as expressed between them at the end of DA2 if they were going into danger they were going to do it together. I never really understood why they split up at the end of DA2 if they were just friends because what would be the point? Would Hawke be any safer without Fenris? The only thing I could think of was that his markings are rather distinctive so it might be rather difficult to go incognito with Fenris around. However, I thought that would be something that Fenris would decide for himself rather than Hawke insisting on it. Personally I would rather have my friend by my side so long as he wanted to be there. So if it makes you feel any better, it is not so much a criticism of you but the whole way the fate of Fenris was handled post DA2. I remember reaching the end of DA II and being sad they all went their separate ways. I wasn't angry, because it seemed like something that would or could happen. But I was sad because there's such a "found family" vibe for Hawke and his friends, and splitting up felt like such a sad outcome. And when romancing Fenris, to have the reveal in DA I that Hawke just left Fenris to give him no choice... however well intentioned that is, it's exactly the wrong way to handle it. Now, Hawke's not perfect, so again... wasn't angry. But I remember feeling that Fenris wouldn't forgive that easily. And Hawke volunteers to stay in the Fade, no matter what his/her romance status is... that was a moment where I realized that anyone romancing Hawke will face the same issue. Hawke's need to fix problems and get involved will always come before any relationship. I think that influenced how we wrote Fenris. He gave words to our sadness about all of it. Isabela pet the dog (while complaining about it). Sebastian bowed to him. Varric played cards. Merrill told him a story. Anders whined about preferring cats. Fenris told you that mabari originated in Tevinter, but didn’t really interact with the dog. Thus, his character developed into someone who would pet a big lovable dog. The way we saw it, Fenris' story reflected a sense of kindred spirits with the Mabari (he too was a tool of the Tevinter who found his own path), but he was too closed off to act on it. The Autumn scenes were definitely to show how much he'd grown, because now he can give that affection freely.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Feb 21, 2021 22:42:59 GMT
Hey all, Not gonna wade too much into the discussion of "sacrifice" in the solicit text or the fear of characters changing in a bad way. I will say that most of these characters were created by me and Christina (and two of the others were created by Greg Rucka, who's actually my best friend), so know that whatever we do with them is done with an eye to what's best for the character's story (which isn't always what's best for them as a person, I know). I hope that helps. But I do want to respond to this point: I would point out that the comic series has already ignored many of our world states in the attitude that Fenris expressed towards his former companions. He seemed very bitter and cynical which did not reflect his relationship with my Hawkes whether romanced or not. I simply want to say here, our story does not ignore any world state involving friendship and romance (the only world state we ignored is the one where he died). Assume Fenris makes friends, is less bitter, is more open hearted, and is possibly romanced. Even if all of that is true, the group splits up, and we have never been told how he felt about that. We certainly never were told the decision was unanimous. If the group decides it's for the best, what happens to a guy who maybe didn't want to split up, because he'd never had friends before? And if (jumping to romance) the thing that makes the split okay is that the great love of his life is by his side, how does he feel when that great love sneaks off and leaves him alone? Fenris is abandoned, and him having made friends or falling in love is not a protection from feeling angry about that - in fact, it's actually fuel for that anger. Remember that a romanced Fenris is left behind by Hawke because Fenris would have died to protect Hawke, and Hawke "didn't want to give him the choice." How would you feel if the love of your life, even knowing you're a former slave, decides to take away your choice? Now, people who wanted a happy ending for that romance have found what they can in the text to paint a happy ending onto Hawke's choices. But the game actually says very little about Fenris' attitude about these choices, except Varric saying he'd brood for a while and then go to join Hawke. But that is an assumption, and we are given no evidence that suggests this came to pass. (And it doesn't reflect a Hawke who is left in the fade) Christina and I replayed DA II and DAI before writing Fenris, and replayed with a Fenris romance, just so we'd know exactly what was said by and about Fenris, and so we could avoid contradicting anything in as many world-states as possible (and especially the Fenrismance ones, since that's one of our two most frequent romances in DA II). Anyway, I hope this doesn't come off as defensive, because I know that some people don't like the choices we made with Fenris, and that's absolutely fair. But I want to clarify that those choices don't contradict a Fenrismance world state or a Fenris friendship. Just a dead-Fenris worldstate. For what that's worth.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 5, 2021 21:25:40 GMT
Hey, that’s cheating! That’s from the game! Yeah, but on the other hand, if we'd chosen anything else, people would have said "what about 'I'm Not Calling You A Liar'?" So it was a damned if you do, damned if you don't kinda thing. Any good Varric song suggestions, though? The playlist can always grow.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 24, 2020 5:59:57 GMT
The comics were the only good thing left in Dragon Age for me, so this being potentially the last one is terrible news. To quote what I said on Twitter... We still have plans for Vaea and company. We can't promise that they'll come to pass, but we certainly will be pushing for that. This is the end of the arc. While it works as a goodbye to the characters, it definitely doesn't read like that, more of a promise for the future.I'll add to that here... I'm not ready to say goodbye to Thedas, or these characters. But my first job right now is to deliver a satisfying finish to the tale and leave them in a place that makes people happy they went along for the ride. If Christina and I do that, we'll be happy (while pushing to tell more stories).
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 24, 2020 0:40:55 GMT
We're treating this like an ending because this one really does tie up a lot of what we've been doing since Knight Errant. We have no idea if there are more Dragon Age stories in our future, but we sure would like to help fill that gap until DA4.
We figure better to celebrate all the fun we had than worry about the future just yet. We're certainly going to push to do more - but if it does end up that this is the last miniseries, we'll be happy with what we did.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 22, 2020 22:12:34 GMT
I played Awakening and shipped Velanna and Sigrun. I got more of a vibe between Velanna and Nathaniel, so as you say, each to their own. Honestly, with his voice, I get a vibe with Nathaniel and everyone. But then again, I am also drawn to Grey DeLisle's voice too. So there's that.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 22, 2020 20:56:18 GMT
So to recap - the gang's off to Castellum Tenebris (the "Dark Fortress"), where they hope to recover (what I'm assuming is) Meredith's sword that the Marquette stole from Kirkwall, and get to Shirallas before he can get in the sarcophagus. Yep. That's where we pick it up.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 22, 2020 20:37:06 GMT
Hey to each their own. I played Awakening and shipped Velanna and Sigrun.
You clearly did not.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 22, 2020 19:56:56 GMT
Jeez, talk about a crack pairing. Velanna/Sigrun strikes me about as likely a couple as Shale/Mabari Hound. Yeah i know Sigrun and Velanna as lovers sounds like sorry bad fanfiction. Don´t get me wrong i don´t care if Sigrun and / or Velanna is gay but even in Awakening i didn´t the impression that they were friends.
Maybe Nunzio DeFilippis can explain this scrapped idea more.
Not much to explain. Velanna is pretty mean to most companions, and seems to actually care what Sigrun thinks. Their banter always made me wonder. I know Ohgren tries to flirt with Sigrun, but her responses tend to be aimed at chasing him off. And I know there's one exchange with Velanna and Nathaniel that's flirty. But still, when playing that game, the banter that led me to ship a pair of companions was always theirs. I mean, Velanna was worried Sigrun thought her ears were too big! Velanna doesn't care what anyone thinks of her. You didn't think that was noteworthy? That's pretty much it. I liked the vibe they had together. Way more sparks than Shale and the Mabari.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 1, 2020 18:53:07 GMT
Should be noted that when someone mentioned to hooded woman next to the female Qunari in the group shot might be Francesca, Nunzio said he doesn’t think so since he and Christina weren’t told Actually I was also recalling this quote from him on the Vaea thread in response to me questioning the timing of her appearance in Tevinter Nights: It is near Starkhaven but not in Starkhaven. And it is definitely before their trip to Tevinter. Once they go to Tevinter, they stay in Tevinter through Deception, Blue Wraith, and the potential next miniseries. And at the end of that miniseries (which would wrap up this storyline) they would be headed in a decidedly different direction for specific reasons I cannot divulge. It's not a plot hook so much as a "ride off into the sunset" but it pretty much precludes them going back that way. So that sounded to me that Vaea and Ser Aaron at least are going to continue to operate separate from the characters in DA4 and if he also made those comments about Francesca, who is someone who would have a vested interest to still be involved in Tevinter, it does seem unlikely we will see any of these three again. Of course Tessa and Marius weren't Nuncio's creations, so technically the writing team on the latest comics wouldn't have to be told if they were going to be involved in DA4, assuming of course they survive the comic series. Tessa of course does have a closer connection to the shadow Inquisition through Charter, so she could pop up as a contact along the way but I doubt if she would appear as a companion. Just to be perfectly clear - it would totally be within Bioware's rights (and would make me super excited) if they DID use Vaea, Ser Aaron or Francesca in the next game (as it would if they used Autumn or even Calix). I just don't have any information that makes me think they are doing that. I don't have any information that says they aren't either, honestly. As for my comment about Tevinter Nights, that was much more about the immediate short term of what happens after the next miniseries (if and when that miniseries comes out). How that story ends is already set, and it precludes, very specifically, Ser Aaron and Vaea going back towards Starkhaven for Vaea to have that conversation after these adventures. It does not, however, preclude the involvement of our characters in anything further down the line in time. It's hard to explain until you read the next miniseries. It's written, it's in the pipeline, it's just not officially set yet, and I couldn't discuss the ending even if it were. But it will make much more sense when you've read that, I promise. Everything we've written so far leads up to this next story, and so it all wraps up a bit too, and leaves things much clearer about what the future may or may not hold for our characters.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jul 4, 2020 19:26:30 GMT
I can just say that this story has to be set before their trip to Tevinter. My comments weren't a criticism of you and naturally it would make more sense for that timeline. It is just that the writer of the story in Tevinter Nights didn't seem to appreciate the logistics and decided to use your characters because he was aware they did end up in Tevinter, without taking into account whether it would fit properly with the story he was telling. After all I seem to recall you didn't even know they were using your characters before Tevinter Nights came out, so the responsibility was on him to make sure their presence in Hasmal was appropriate to the narrative in the comics. According to the narrative in Herold Had the Plan, the main character had already spent a considerable amount of time in Tevinter after the assault on the mainland by the Antaam, before coming south. I understood that Vaea and Ser Aaron first went north and arrived in Ventus just before the intial attack of the Antaam. So the timelines don't match. That is all. I definitely didn't take it as a criticism. I posted elsewhere that making sure all the pieces fit has been tricky at times, because Bioware's plans evolve while Christina and I write our comics. I responded because I needed people to understand that it would be very tricky, if not impossible, to assume that Vaea (and Ser Aaron) went to that meeting after their trip to Tevinter.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jul 4, 2020 10:30:58 GMT
I'm pretty sure the writers said that it happens after Knight Errant but before Deception, so when they are in Starkhaven before heading to Tevinter. It is near Starkhaven but not in Starkhaven. And it is definitely before their trip to Tevinter. Once they go to Tevinter, they stay in Tevinter through Deception, Blue Wraith, and the potential next miniseries. And at the end of that miniseries (which would wrap up this storyline) they would be headed in a decidedly different direction for specific reasons I cannot divulge. It's not a plot hook so much as a "ride off into the sunset" but it pretty much precludes them going back that way. Can't speak to the timing on the war, but in terms of route, there's any number of ways to justify their presence in that scene. And the amulet may have been delivered before Vaea first appears in Deception #2. I can just say that this story has to be set before their trip to Tevinter.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 27, 2020 6:43:31 GMT
I feel I should put that in the thread title since we don't have a catchphrase for her or anything. Hermione : "It's Vie-uh, not Vay-uh." Unless you think there is a phrase or something she said that sums her up perfectly. In which case I'd love to hear it. I've had a lot of fun with Vaea's dialogue as we've gone on. And she has a few quotes I look back on fondly and I might suggest as summing her up. But I'm reluctant to grow too enamored of my own writing, as it can get a little icky.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 27, 2020 5:56:44 GMT
So... it's pronounced Vay-a, right? It is pronounced "Vie (rhymes with tie) - uh" At least when we say it. When we talk with the Bioware team, they sometimes say "Vay (Rhymes with Way) - uh" I doubt she'll be in the game, but if she is, they'll have the last word. But for now, Vie-uh is my story and I'm sticking to it. As to her killing, I find it takes a lot more imagination to find solutions that don't involve killing. Not in life, though. Avoiding killing in life is pretty easy. But going on epic adventures, or fighting crime, or saving the world... sometimes it seems like killing is the easiest and fastest way. But I find the Superman and Batman rules (or at least their rules in most interpretations) are always intriguing. If you're good enough, can't you find another way? Vaea may find out that it's not that easy one day - after all, this is Thedas.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 27, 2020 1:00:04 GMT
Velanna - Francesca would find her abrasive and pushy, and she'd find Francesca flighty and vapid. Sigrun - I think she'd actually quite like Sigrun. No idea what they'd talk about. [As an FYI, we pitched a story where our current characters met those two, but I don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon] This would be fantastic. Any love for the Awakening cast is time well spent in Thedas. The story is defunct now, and was replaced by Blue Wraith's story and the story that will (hopefully, once the pandemic passes) follow it. So I suppose I can talk about it. We'd pitched an elf trying to replicate Fenris' origins, and in that story Fenris hadn't aged a day since getting his markings. Someone would be testing the magic on elves trying to get it right, ostensibly to catch the eye of a returned Elven God (the reader would know it was Fen'Harel, but we would not say his name) by restoring the immortality of the elves through this magic. And the group would be trying to get Fenris' help, and his price was their help in stopping this ritual from happening. The elf doing the ritual on other elves, trying to make them immortal again, was Velanna, who (with the assistance of Sigrun) was trying to figure out the ritual because the Calling had come and she didn't want to die. The elves, who Fenris thought were kidnapped, were actually volunteers, but they were still dying. In the end, Sigrun would realize Velanna (who in that story would have been her lover) was wrong, and helped the team oppose Velanna. Velanna would see the error of her ways, but go into the Deep Roads to die - the fact that they had just fought each other would have meant Sigrun would not join her. Sigrun would try to make up for what they did by joining the group until her Calling for the rest of our storylines. It didn't get very far, and a lot of the details were never pitched to Bioware. Instead, we came up with a different take on using Fenris' origins and tying it to Francesca's father. I'm still not sure I could have gone though with making Velanna the villain (if even a well intentioned one) so I'm glad it's defunct. If we try again with those characters, it'll likely be something entirely different.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 25, 2020 18:52:15 GMT
She would absolutely hate his actions. But before that, she'd be pushed away by him contantly lecturing her on an issue she agreed with him 100% about. Only when he took his final actions would she realize her agreement wasn't 100%
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 25, 2020 6:18:46 GMT
nunziodefilippis Since you answered about the DAO cast, when you have time can you and Christina finish off the roster and tell us how Francesca would feel about the DA2 cast please? Could I also request that you include Dragon Age Awakenings cast as well and differentiate between Anders and Justice as they appear there and Anders once he has merged with Justice. Okay, so here we go... Velanna - Francesca would find her abrasive and pushy, and she'd find Francesca flighty and vapid. Sigrun - I think she'd actually quite like Sigrun. No idea what they'd talk about. [As an FYI, we pitched a story where our current characters met those two, but I don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon] Justice - he'd give her a lot to think about, with regards to spirits. Anders - the Anders of Awakening would probably crack her up, and she'd adore Ser Pounce A Lot Nathaniel - is it wrong to say she'd totally swoon at his voice? Ohgren - already covered Aveline - Aveline's unflagging sense of duty and loyalty would appeal to her. Her harsh rebukes would make her run in social terror. So kinda like the big sister you love but don't like all that much. Bethany - I'd like to think they'd get along really well. Carver - She'd find him annoying and unsupportive of his family and generally an ass. Sebastian - another voice she'd swoon a bit for. She'd admire his religious devotion, but not share it, so they'd probably not have much to discuss. Anders (Vengeance) - If she knew him from Awakening, she'd be so startled by how angry he'd become. She'd agree with him, of course, but would know his anger was eating him up in unhealthy ways (she'd be unlikely to see exactly how unhealthy). If she met him in DA 2, she'd find him to be that overly political friend who is way too intense, way too angry, and 100% right. She'd avoid talking to him, because she'd hate to be lectured when she was actually on his side. Isabela - a bit too wild and carefree for her. I think she'd secretly want to learn something from her, but publicly stay out of her radius Merrill - I think she'd like Merrill and be supportive of her quest to restore the Eluvian. She's not a fan of blood magic, but views it as a dangerous choice, not some all-encompassing sin. Varric & Fenris - already covered
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 25, 2020 6:12:50 GMT
We've added a bunch of the songs from here to our playlist, and also came up with some Vaea songs. Vaea - thieving
Vaea joking in the face of danger
Figured since a couple of you were trying to help on that, I'd post what we came up with.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 8, 2020 23:24:46 GMT
We haven't mapped out the details of Francesca's upbringing, so I reserve the right to change this answer if ever we go into detail. But to my thinking, Francesca was sent off to a Circle once her father decided it was someone else's problem to get her to understand the true nature of magic. I suspect it was someplace like Carastes, a high end Circle. But perhaps he went with something a little lower profile, since he had a fair amount of shame about how she used her magic.
As I see it, there had to be teachers who saw the value in what she did and she likely did very well at the Circle - that's how rumors of her power spread enough that both Fenris and Marius had heard of her, and why Florian referred to her as extremely powerful. But even the endorsement of that Circle wasn't enough for her Dad, because she continued to put too much emphasis on beauty and too little on power.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 4, 2020 3:04:57 GMT
Finally had a little time to go through these, thanks for posting them! It's interesting to see where your takes on certain characters were not what I expected. Vaea for example. Here you are posting Fragile from Sting (which is a great one), but here I am looking for something upbeat & uptempo! I just couldn't find the right song. "The Impossible Dream" for Ser Aaron was a cool choice, my brain would never have reached there. Yeah, Vaea's thieving songs or sass-talking songs have eluded us for now. We're working on it. But her code against killing sticks out, and Fragile was a good song for that. If you come up with anything for her more playful side, we'd love to hear it. And The Impossible Dream has been our go-to Ser Aaron song from the very beginning, as he's been a Don Quixote type figure since we started Knight Errant.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on May 4, 2020 3:00:47 GMT
I really like this tidbit about her interactions with the companions from Inquisition, especially Blackwall. For the daughter of a Magister to defer to a non-mage wandering Knight/Grey Warden from the South is really something. Even Dorian and Vivienne had a tendency to look down on him. You can see it in how she interacts (to the limited extent to which she does so) with Ser Aaron - she responds well to people who put the well being of others ahead of their own. Plus, she needs a stable father figure in her life, and her heroic ideal for a father lines up with knightly vitrues that Ser Aaron and Blackwall embody. Is there any chance we could see her opinion about companions from DAO, please? Sure... Leliana was mentioned. Sten would get a similar reaction to Iron Bull, probably a worse one as he is way colder in his interactions. She'd love the Mabari (is that dog officially called Barkspawn these days?). She's discovered a real weakness for dogs. Shale would be fascinating to her. I think Shale would be annoyed by her earnestness, but Francesca would be fascinated. Zevran would amuse her, and she might find him too attractive to heed the warning signs he'd set off. But he's much older these days, and the age difference might keep her from acting on any attraction (not that it would stop him!) Ohgren would annoy her. There's only so many burps a Magister's daughter can tolerate, you know? Wynne would be an instant mentor to her. I think they'd get along exceptionally well, despite very different backgrounds. Morrigan would find her relentlessly annoying, and that'd pretty much be that, I think. Alistair would be the ideal man for her, so she'd treat him partway between a big brother and a crush. Her reaction to the HOF would vary wildly depending on player choices, so I can't really speak to that.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 27, 2020 1:10:40 GMT
These are great! A couple we already had (Bonnie Tyler and Fleetwood Mac)... A couple that seem perfect and we can't believe we didn't think of (Great Pretender, Uprising, Stayin’ Alive and a few more)... and a couple of songs we didn't know at all which seem like good fits (really love that Shinedown song) Here are a couple of songs we had kicking around our heads... YOUNG VAEA "One Jump Ahead" from Aladdin
OLIVIA "Razzle Dazzle" from Chicago
FRANCESCA (and her Dad, even though the song references a mother) "Nothing" by Kristen Hall - for Francesca
SER AARON "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha
VAEA "Fragile" by Sting
FENRIS "Mercy on the Boy" by Icehouse
MARIUS "Code of Silence" by Billy Joel (w/Cyndi Lauper)
CALIX "I'm The Man" by Joe Jackson
AUTUMN "Follow You Down" by the Rembrandts
SER AARON & VAEA "Home" by Phillip Phillips
We have a bunch more, but these were the ones jumping out at us.
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