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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 16, 2020 6:18:07 GMT
I like Francesca's magic. I want her staff. If she is a companion in the next game, I am stealing it. I plan on playing a dwarf. Still stealing it. I love the idea of a dwarf carrying a staff because it looks cool. It would confuse so many people if (s)he pulled it out in combat and then whacked people with it. the attention to detail is awesome, right down to names and lore-compliant breeds of horses Yeah, we're very into the lore and making sure what we write fits directly into it. We sent reference screen caps of the two breeds of horse to Fernando to make sure they looked right. north-west of Arlathan Forest... Shirallas... the elves who left the Inquisition and from across Thedas en-masse in that Trespasser epilogue slide where they're heading off into a forest... We picked that spot for a different reason. Nenealeus put an estate inside the forest, because (1) no one would bother him there and (2) he really doesn't care about elves or their history. its been a day now and I've become attached, I'm prepared to die for Shirallas Fenris thought highly of him, too...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 15, 2020 17:36:16 GMT
Fenris' former teammate is named Shirallas - that will be revealed in the next issue. Da'len is a Dalish All-Bred And Ser Aaron's horse, Cassé, is an Orlesian Courser You will get to hear the rest of that sentence from Ser Aaron somewhere down the line, I promise. Glad it seems to have gone over well so far. I promise, much more Fenris in Issues 2 & 3. Sorry, Hanako Ikezawa
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 11, 2020 7:28:45 GMT
We just need to convince TPTB to allow you guys to do more. These 3 issue minis are just... not enough. Well, they certainly don't fill out one of those library editions. Deception and Blue Wraith only have six issues between them. We'd need one more miniseries to make for a decent sized Library Edition Volume 3...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 9, 2020 16:41:36 GMT
I see the comics as an anthology series with some good material.
My question is "how much of the mini material will be included in the game main story arc ?". I can only see these as a side quest of some kind.
I can't speak to what's going to be in the game. I can tell you that if we write something that doesn't fit with what they're planning for the world (which I always take to mean what they're planning for the game), they'll suggest something different. And I can tell you that on a handful of occasions, they've specifically asked us to include something or mention something to set something up for them down the line. Sometimes what they need set up changes, and I take that to mean their game plans are changing accordingly. But we never think of it as setting something up so that it'll directly appear in the game. We think of it more like readying the world-state for what they need going forward. As to the anthology point, I'd say that the comics as viewed from a larger scale have a certain anthology feeling to them. But our miniseries are chained together for one bigger serialized tale. That tale, in our case, is focused on Vaea & Ser Aaron's mission, with each mini moving that mission forward and sometimes focusing the spotlight on others who might join them or give them assistance along the way.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 9, 2020 2:54:59 GMT
Do people really review, like professionally, single issues of comics? There is usually so little that happens in one issue, and they are so short, the review probably comes out longer than what they are reviewing! There are sites that do a lot of reviews of comics, and a fair number of those reviews are for single issues. With the decompression of storytelling in the last few decades, sometimes there isn't a ton of story in an individual issue, that much is true. But if we write them right (and sometimes we don't), there should be enough story in a single issue to entertain. And so that's probably enough to review.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 27, 2019 16:28:10 GMT
First time we’ve seen Vaea in combat this intense. Guess she no longer has her no killing rule. Well, being a pacifist doesn't mean you won't defend yourself when attacked. On a secondary note, those warts on the Qunari's shoulders have been bothering me since Deception. Vaea does not kill anyone in this scene. Marius, Tessa and Ser Aaron are doing all the killing. She merely deflects a blow and then flips her assailant. Obviously, she is fighting in a battle where others are doing plenty of killing, so it’s not like she doesn’t understand that people are killing each other. But her tactics remain non lethal (even if in support of her teammates taking lethal actions). It is a fine line she walks. In this mini, we’ll see her try to keep the killing to a minimum whenever possible. But on missions like this, there’s only so long she can go before she’ll have to make a choice.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 27, 2019 5:26:37 GMT
Vaea does not kill anyone in that fight. Yay! I would understand if she had too, but I really liked how she has avoided killing people so far and hope it continues since it makes her unique. There may come a day where she will have to take a life, and certainly, she’s being put into situations that make that day more and more likely to come. But today is not that day.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 27, 2019 4:31:58 GMT
From the look of the combat scene, it seems Vaea no longer has her no killing rule. Vaea does not kill anyone in that fight.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 27, 2019 3:30:25 GMT
I have formed one. The device is what Denarius used to give Fenris his power and now his son wants to do the same to other fighters/elves but this time using red lyrium. Something along those lines anyway. That is an excellent theory. There are more pieces to the puzzle in the story, but everything in your guess is part of our story. I mean, we're so focused on stories of this small group of characters that it may be somewhat easy to overlook that - via these comic books - we're witnessing a super-important event from canon and lore perspective: which is Qunari getting serious about conquering Tevinter and actually... well, doing that. And quite swiftly and brutally it seems. Of course, this only confirms my suspicions that we'll probably spend most of our time as players holed up in Minrathous, which may stay either one of the few or the only un-conquered patch of Tevinter, once DA4 finally rolls up on stage. So... do go on Can't speak to DA4 and where it'll start, but Christina Weir (she started an account here, but I have such a big mouth she hasn't needed to reply to anything) and I have been very excited to be able to put as big a piece of lore as this invasion into our stories. Each time we write in a city falling, that is run past Bioware (as part of the entire scripts), so as the invasion spreads, we're putting it into canon, putting cities into the stories and having that get lore approval. OR the artifact may have been powered by lyrium, but someone got the idea that the more potent red lyrium can make it even more powerful. Or something very much like that... At least that means there's a chance for the Magekiller protagonists to shine more, even if only for brief moments. They always had potential in my eyes, and as long as they keep showing up, I'm happy. This mini focuses on other characters, but will touch base with the characters who are away from the spotlight. But one name in the preview pages should make it clear that somewhere down the line... Marius is going to have to stare down his past.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 26, 2019 4:58:45 GMT
Looks good but i have one big problem which i hope won´t be an issue for the whole series. Sorry but i don´t like the portrait of the Qunari. I really don´t want to see them only as the bad guys. So my hope for the future is that the comic party will interact with more friendly Qunari. Maybe Tallis? The Qunari are not the villains of this mini. But they are an obstacle, and a dangerous one. They're an invading force, taking over a mageocracy, when their feelings on magic are extreme enough as to put all mages in great peril. That invasion, like the battle in Kirkwall, means that the Qunari are mostly going to be perceived as dangerous, and in need of fighting, just to stay alive. Again, they're not the villains nor the main opposition. But we're writing a story about our characters clashing with Venatori in a Tevinter that is under siege. The Qunari's main purpose for us as writers is to have them mess with everyone's plans - hero and villain alike. so the Elgar'nan elf is gonna go against Fenris' trust and advice and betray him as an ally by going to Nenealeus to be trained as an elven perrepatae huh That certainly seems to be the case, doesn’t it…? there's that coffin-like artifact from the cover of number 2 Yep. And with a careful read of the preview pages, you may get a theory of what it is and does… Hey, Marius is back. The gang just grew in size. There's a real challenge in writing a group this big in a three issue mini. So we split the group up and kept most of the focus on one half of the cast. But we kept the others in the mini, both to keep that half of the story alive, and to advance those characters as best we could while focusing elsewhere. I also didn't fail to notice that panel where it said "The city now known as Ventus." Depending on how the name change is handled in the future, I can work with this. Of course, the real trick is... if the city has fallen to the Qunari, does it matter what it's called?
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 24, 2019 20:23:00 GMT
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 24, 2019 20:20:49 GMT
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 24, 2019 20:20:10 GMT
Dragon Age: Blue Wraith #3 (of 3)Nunzio DeFilippis (W), Christina Weir (W), Fernando Heinz Furukawa (A), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Sachin Teng (Cover) On sale Mar 18 FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries Fenris, the legendary “Blue Wraith,” has joined a young mage and her companion, an agent of the Inquisition, in their quest to stop the reckless experiments of rogue Tevinter mages. In this bloody conclusion, they will have to overcome waves of Qunari and one of the most powerful mages in the land. That cover art is beautiful! Best one of all. 😍 All of Sachin Teng's covers are amazing. But I confess, this may be my favorite. I love the juxtaposition of the powerful magic against the freckles.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Dec 3, 2019 6:23:00 GMT
Mr. Nunzio, I noticed this old post in the Vaea thread and I couldn't help but wonder if the same applies to Francesca. Could you tell us if you have not been told what you can or can't do with her which would indicate that she is not likely to be a Companion? What I said about Vaea holds true for all of the other characters we created: Ser Aaron, Francesca, Autumn, Calix... That doesn't mean they can't or won't use them. But it doesn't lead me to believe that's happening at this time.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 20, 2019 21:30:33 GMT
Well, not in Deception, anyway... I'm looking forward to seeing her in action. If I'm allowed to ask, what kinds of spells does she tend to use? I know she could use a stasis spell since she offers to use it on Calix, but besides that I was curious what kind of mage she is. That spell is not part of her specialization, so to speak. You'll see on page 1 of the new mini exactly what type of magic she specializes in. It's not very typical in Tevinter. (Sorry to be cryptic, but I don't want to spoil everything)
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 20, 2019 18:02:18 GMT
Plus, it's worth pointing out how her brother made sure to mention that she is more powerful than the average mage but nothing really came of that in the comic itself.
Well, not in Deception, anyway...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 19, 2019 7:18:09 GMT
Interessing i assume the Comic also won´t make any reference to Fenris Sister Variana and her master Ahriman? Edit: And can Fenris after all these years finally read?
And do you guys have any future plans for Calpernia and Tallis by the way?
Variana is not mentioned in Blue Wraith, nor do we discuss whether or not Fenris can read. No plans for Calpernia or Tallis - I'd love to write either, so maybe one day?
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 16, 2019 0:13:56 GMT
We never reference what specifically happened in Kirkwall. But his interactions with mages are not characterized by wanting them all dead. This is a Fenris who hates the mageocracy and is wary of those who seek too much power via magic. And he loathes slavers and has been killing them.
So if your Fenris sided with mages, he will fit here. If your Fenris sided with Templars, he’ll still work - but his rage is focused on slavers to allow both versions to work.
We found that writing him as if he sided with the Templars would break anyone’s Fenris who didn’t, but writing him this way allowed both paths to work. At least, that was our plan - you’ll decide if we pulled it off to your satisfaction.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 15, 2019 16:31:06 GMT
That's great to hear. I was thinking more along the lines of him not being so thirsty for mage blood that a past relationship with a mage would seem plain impossible, but it's nice that they're leaving the purely romantic front ambiguous. If I recall, that front will be fine too. He’s hunting slavers, not mages. It’s just most slavers in Tevinters are mages. Considering Francesca is the main character in this story and she’s a mage, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see how he draws a distinction (he does even in DA2 after all). We wrote him without any reference to romance, but definitely as if he stood with Hawke and his friends against the Templars in defense of the mages. But we also wrote him as if the group split up after DA II, and he was feeling a little abandoned afterwards. So we wrote him as no longer anti-mage, but definitely reeling from being alone once again. One quick point, though. Even if he stood in defense of mages in Kirkwall, it doesn't mean he has any tolerance and especially not any love for the mageocracy in Tevinter.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Nov 13, 2019 7:30:05 GMT
I cannot speak to anything regarding Solas. I will simply say that Fenris is following the agenda that makes sense for Fenris. And when we meet him in this story, he is not very interested in anyone's agenda other than his own. Also I recognize the elf with Fenris. He was the one we saw like a year ago when I think some concept art of the next comic or something was teased. Good memory... though he's evolved, design-wise, since then.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 24, 2019 4:37:23 GMT
I very much feel like that for a great many characters, but I get the feeling, from Bioware's writing team at least, that after a 4 year development cycle, they are not too keen on writing the same characters for their next game. Which I totally understand. 4 years is a long time and you'd want to try something new, after that.
Of course, I do have to commend the enthusiasm you put in making these mini-series, but I am sure a few here would love an ongoing series, even more. And so would you, I'm guessing. I can't hope to get you to share with us something pertaining to that big picture? I'm sure we'll find more in Blue Wraith, either way. Anything that you would like to spoil us? Like, does all this build up mean we can expect a big showing for Dread Wolf, for example?
Don't know the specifics of working on a game for 4 years, so I can't say I wouldn't feel that way. I just know from writing comics and manga, it'd be hard to imagine me feeling that way after 4 years with characters. If we'd been on X-Men longer, maybe we'd have been tired of writing the same characters. But 4 years? I'd definitely have kept going. And on Luna, we wrote those characters for 10 years, and would have been happy to continue. As for the Big Picture... I can't even promise a miniseries after Blue Wraith, so I don't want to spoil what we might hypothetically write. Just know that the Dread Wolf is part of our thinking when we plan these things. Can't promise anything more than that.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 22, 2019 18:02:15 GMT
The wait and delays between minis is what I am referring to. I do understand the problem it would pose to write the same character over and over again, though, as a dedicated on going series with a dedicated protagonist. That must get a little bit drab, after a while. I do wonder, though, what the "big picture" for these characters eventually is. Now you've teased me and I like where my mind wanders. Many thanks, yet again for taking the time to answer my questions. Honestly, if you love the characters you're writing and the story world you're writing for, an ongoing is exciting. Amazing Agent Luna, the X-Men... we never felt like we were with them too long, and probably could have kept going in both worlds for a very long time. The same holds true here - we love Thedas, and there is so much more to explore. And the characters we're building and creating still have a lot more to do and say, so we could write them for a very long time. With these minis, there is a specific big picture that extends past Blue Wraith but has a definite conclusion we're moving towards. But then, beyond the conclusion of that larger story arc, there is a lot more we'd love to do or say with this group of characters we've assembled.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 22, 2019 5:24:38 GMT
though we’d need another mini to fill that out Interesting. Interesting. Hmmm. So we might be getting more than Blue Wraith alone, then. Interesting. Thanks nunziodefilippis . I'm guessing at least part of that will do with Blue Wraith's success. Any chance for an ongoing Dragon Age series of comics? Something that you've ever talked about with Bioware/Dark Horse? As you can see here, the wait between games can be a bit brutal, sometimes We've never discussed an ongoing series. We've worked in miniseries, but also with an eye on the big picture for these characters. So we plot far ahead of the current mini, and then adjust as we move forward. For example, we had a story planned for Blue Wraith before we wrote Deception. We adjusted our plans after writing Deception (most particularly because of Francesca), and again when it came time to write this, once we went into the details and got notes from Bioware. So we are, in some ways, working on a series of miniseries length stories. The only real differences are the delays between minis, and the fact that we can't promise a next mini until everything is confirmed.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 19, 2019 21:37:35 GMT
I think it’s likely, as they’ve done it for previous minis. I’m also very hopeful about a library edition with Deception and Blue Wraith, though we’d need another mini to fill that out (another thing we’re very hopeful about).
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 1, 2019 15:29:33 GMT
We don't keep up with the X-Men all that closely these days. We met Claremont back when we were on the books - we had a signing with him at SDCC. Very nice to us. As for cameos, we don't have a ton in this mini, because Fenris is getting the full co-lead treatment. He's not a cameo - the miniseries is about Francesca and Fenris, mostly, with a big role for Vaea (and a lot of panel time and cool character choices for Autumn). Aaand looking forward to this even more, now. lol Just a fair warning - it starts from her perspective, so it takes a while to encounter him. Once he shows up, he's just as important as she is.
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