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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 1, 2019 6:06:48 GMT
Yeah, we do the comics, not the games. If I knew things about the game, I'd be unable to speak about it. But I don't know much, so it's not a big hardship having to keep secrets... Seeing as how you are ex ... X-Men ... people any news on Chris Claremont? I hear he wants to have another run at them.
Also, really happy to have you here. Always a good thing to have someone in the creative process involved. As for the DA comics, what cameos can we expect? Any other DA2 squad members? Or is that a surprise?
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).
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Oct 1, 2019 6:03:14 GMT
I'd love to write Merrill someday. She's another favorite for me. So you've played the games? Yes. Many times for each game - Christina and I play them together so our playthrough totals are for both of us. For DA:O, I started a Warden of all backgrounds, and finished up Mage, Dalish, City Elf, Human Noble, and Dwarven Noble. Just need to finish the Dwarven Commoner to complete the full set. Did all the DLC except Darkspawn Chronicles. Did Awakening with my Mage, my Dalish, my City Elf and my Human Noble. Between all the playthroughs, I romanced Leliana, Zevran, Morrigan, and Alistair. Played DA II a LOT of times, and covered all variations: male and female, all three classes. Romanced Anders, Merrill, Isabela, and Fenris. Lots of times with Fenris and Merrill. Played DAI a few times, have a couple of playthroughs still to finish. Finished as a Human female mage, a Human male warrior, and an elven rogue, and am currently working on a playthrough as a qunari mage. Of the three games, DAII is my favorite on a character level, DAI is my favorite on game mechanics level. I still love Origins, but it's harder to revisit due to the lack of voice acting for the Warden. So, the short version of my answer is... I love all things Dragon Age. When Christina and I got this job, it was real bucket list material for us. And getting to write Varric and Fenris has been amazing.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 30, 2019 2:56:24 GMT
That’s a tricky one... Vaea was fully part of the Inquisition by the end of Knight Errant, so it was easier to answer for her without spoiling. Francesca is figuring out who she is and where she fits, so I’d hate to answer just yet... Okay. I can wait until after the new comic is finished being released before asking stuff like that. Is there anything you’d like to talk about the character that doesn’t go into spoiler territory? Here are some random tidbits about Francesca... 1) When we gave design notes to Fernando for Deception, we told him that a model for Francesca would be Anna Camp from Pitch Perfect. The red hair and freckles came later, once he did a first pass at the designs, and we all thought red hair worked well. 2) We didn't write the first version of the miniseries breakdown with Francesca joining the group. She was supposed to arrive at the Qintara Estate and complicate the job. But when it came time for Issue 3, we realized the larger complication of the Qunari made her as much in danger as the team, and that them teaming up was much better storytelling. So we replotted the final issue, and had her escape the estate with the team. And that was when we knew we wanted her to travel with the group in the end. As a result, her being with the group was as much a surprise to us as it was to her, and we completely rebuilt our plans for Blue Wraith to make it center on her (as well as Fenris, who was always part of this). 3) Early plans for Blue Wraith had a lot more time between her and Calix than you'll see in the upcoming mini. As she grew, we realized we wanted her to play primarily off of Fenris, Vaea and Autumn, so we plotted around those four.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 30, 2019 1:34:26 GMT
nunziodefilippis I was wondering, since you did it with Vaea on her thread, how would Francesca get along with the members of the Inquisition from DAI now that she is a part of Vaea's group thus kind of working with them? (I'm sure this will lead to asking about a ton of other characters too, but let's start with sorta coworkers. ) That’s a tricky one... Vaea was fully part of the Inquisition by the end of Knight Errant, so it was easier to answer for her without spoiling. Francesca is figuring out who she is and where she fits, so I’d hate to answer just yet...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 29, 2019 19:57:04 GMT
Yeah, we do the comics, not the games. If I knew things about the game, I'd be unable to speak about it. But I don't know much, so it's not a big hardship having to keep secrets...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 28, 2019 23:34:37 GMT
Francesca is a naive, sheltered but neglected princess. Her father thinks nothing of her and ignores her power. Neither of these things make sense. Is "princess" just a figure of speech? There is no king in Tevinter, no royalty. Even if there was, she's not the Archon's daughter anyway. And a powerful mage from an altus family being ignored in a society where mage power is the stock in trade? Her father must be a complete idiot. On the first point, I didn’t capitalize the P in princess because it was not a literal title, but a figure of speech meant to suggest a level of wealth and power that has left her naive. On the second point, there is power we can see and power we miss. If/when you read the comic, you’ll see why her father didn’t notice how powerful she truly is. But without spoiling it... see gervaise21’s response.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 28, 2019 4:08:42 GMT
She really is my favorite - and that includes Luna from our manga AMAZING AGENT LUNA, who I also love like my child. And it includes all the X-Men we created, many of whom are still important to me.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 28, 2019 4:07:21 GMT
Looking forwards to the interactions between Fenris and Marius it's an interesting premise. also looking forwards to seeing what Fenris makes of Vaea. You'll get to see the latter a lot sooner than the former, because Vaea and Fenris (and Francesca) are at the heart of the story in Blue Wraith, and Marius will be in a different part of the story. That's so badass.. hope slavers quiver in fear ! it reminds me of Zuko's 'Blue Spirit' alterego in Avatar. Christina and I are always up for a good Avatar homage. Though it's mostly in the name here. Here's a question nunziodefilippis , was it always Fenris you guys envisaged for this role in this arc, or did you have several potential characters in mind? What drew you to/appeals about Fenris, and if there were multiple possibilities, what's the process for narrowing it down to one? Do Bioware give you several options to choose from or..? Thank you Our trajectory on Dragon Age stories has had a few twists and turns. We pitched Knight Errant as a standalone, and then wrote it with a hook for future stories. Once everyone was happy with how that came out, we pitched a series of miniseries to follow the story into Tevinter. We always knew this second one would feature Fenris. But the story itself evolved over time, especially once we decided Francesca was going to join the group and become a major character. When we pitch ideas, we will also pitch the possibility of using specific canon characters. So we pitched this idea as a Fenris idea, and they loved the notion of bringing him back. So as the story changed, the one constant we knew we'd keep in place was him. And in general, they don't give us characters to choose from. They let us pitch, and then decide about who we're asking for and what we want to do with them. So we asked specifically for Varric and Sebastian in KE, and asked for Dorian in Deception. And then we asked for Fenris here. On another note, now that one "extreme opinion" DA2 elf (who may die) gets more coverage, what about Merrill? Wanna see Merrill again. I'd love to write Merrill someday. She's another favorite for me. I'm hoping you will be vague regarding possible Hawke romance... Fenris is my Hawke's LI. Some of my headcanon is already screwed over with this, but not having it damaged too much would be nice. I'm certainly not suggesting that you're responsible for maintaining my headcanon, but it's easier when established characters aren't used in this way. We use the Bioware default canon, which means Fenris stayed with Hawke and company until the events at the end of DA2, and then everyone went their separate ways. We did not write this as if Fenris and Hawke were a couple, but we do not reference romance at all for him. Just the fact that he used to travel with that group and doesn't any longer. I feel like I'm the only person not excited by his inclusion. Sorry to hear that. I hope you check it out and I hope it wins you over.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 27, 2019 19:52:54 GMT
Christina and I wrote Fenris based off of our knowledge of the character via the games, and via discussions with the Bioware team about where he was now, what he was up to. We came up with a take on how the years have treated him, and ran it by the Bioware team, and they signed off. We did not contact David Gaider. Ah, I see. I wasn't implying you have to do that or anything. Just wondering how the passing of the torch works, so to speak. Thank you for the answer. If he were someone I had more contact with, we likely would have reached out. We have conversations about Greg Rucka regarding the use of Tessa and Marius, for example. But in this case, we went with the Bioware team's feedback. And not to worry, I didn't take it as assuming we needed to do it. I took it as you said, as a question about process.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 27, 2019 19:38:12 GMT
Always happy to answer what I can. How did you and Weir go about writing a character originally created by someone else? Did you contact David Gaider for more info on Fenris? Christina and I wrote Fenris based off of our knowledge of the character via the games, and via discussions with the Bioware team about where he was now, what he was up to. We came up with a take on how the years have treated him, and ran it by the Bioware team, and they signed off. We did not contact David Gaider.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 27, 2019 19:25:12 GMT
I wonder if mage hunter Fenris has ever crossed paths with magekiller Marius. He will. It's almost like he's evolved Pokemon style from Lyrium Ghost into Blue Wraith What a great way to phrase it. We picked the name to evoke the Lyrium Ghost powerset, but make it something the mages and slavers of Tevinter whisper in terror... Glad Nunzio and Weir are back as writers on the creative team of another comic, it was really cool last time when he/they came onto the forum and answered questions/clarified some things/even gave us some new or additional bits of information. maybe they will again this time 🙏 Always happy to answer what I can.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 27, 2019 19:01:10 GMT
Vaea is a major character in this miniseries. That is amazing to hear. I look forward to reading another adventure with her. With this confirmation, I was wondering if you could answer something: Is the young powerful female mage the summary talks about Francesca? I immediately thought of her when reading that. Yes. The whole group we've been building is in this story, but it focuses primarily on Francesca, Fenris, Vaea and Autumn.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Sept 27, 2019 18:25:39 GMT
Vaea is a major character in this miniseries.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jul 22, 2019 22:58:02 GMT
No idea if she'll be in the book, but Christina and I are not involved with the book, so if she is, we won't be the ones writing her. I suspect, however, she won't be in it, because Christina and I are keeping her pretty busy with things that have yet to be officially announced... ...interesting. (I'm assuming you are her writer?) Christina Weir and I wrote KNIGHT ERRANT and DECEPTION.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jul 22, 2019 22:53:11 GMT
Hopefully. I need more Vaea. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see her in the novel. No idea if she'll be in the book, but Christina and I are not involved with the book, so if she is, we won't be the ones writing her. I suspect, however, she won't be in it, because Christina and I are keeping her pretty busy with things that have yet to be officially announced...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 4, 2019 7:14:48 GMT
Not especially. She’s fairly agnostic, starting Knight Errant with no larger purpose or plan, and no real sense of faith in anything save her own choices and actions. She’s growing, however, and may give a longer look at the Chant and the Elven beliefs later in her life.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 3, 2019 7:28:19 GMT
isn´t it possible that Bioware still can use Vaea or other of your characters without your knowledge to integrate them in the next DA game or are they fair sports about that? In every dealing we've had with BioWare they have been excellent sports, and excellent collaborators as well. No complaints here. Christina and I would happily keep working with them for as long as they'll have us.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 3, 2019 2:42:16 GMT
Hey all,
Sorry to use words that spark such frenzied speculation.
All I mean by it is this:
Vaea was created for the comics. I have not been told who is a companion and who is not, but they do not tell us what we can or can’t do with Vaea the way they would if she were currently planned as a companion, so my assumption is no. But I honestly don’t know if they’ve figured out all companions, so don’t read anything more into my words than that.
Since I don’t know that, I will write her as a comic protagonist, not a game companion.
BioWare will do with her what they will. I can’t say what this is or isn’t. If I gave any impression either way, I apologize.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 2, 2019 20:00:22 GMT
nunziodefilippis Some elves have a certain nostalgia for Arlathan, while others don't really care. Does Vaea have any sort of interest in these legends? Vaea doesn't know enough about elven history, language or lore to feel a sense of loss. She mourns the opportunities and lives that her people could live today that they're denied, rather than any history they may have lost (which coincidentally would make her very immune to the appeal of Solas' plans - though her dislike of killing people would also make his plans very problematic). She's very much a "live in the now" person.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Apr 1, 2019 6:34:09 GMT
With Vaea, we feel like we're building her connection and ties instead of exploring/revealing old ones.
Her backstory is local to Edgehall, though the conditions there are emblematic of the lives of alienage elves. So it has relevance to any elf who grew up like that, but is specific to her and that town and her uncle's Dalish clan, and that's about as far as her reach goes for the first 14 years of her life.
With her connection to Ser Aaron comes a connection to the throne of Ferelden (King Alistair in the main canon). And their travels together have taken them to many different nations, and brought her in contact with people and organizations of huge importance. We can pull from that backstory to, say, forge a connection with the Empress of Orlais, if need be.
But these comics are where we're weaving her into the society. She works (on the downlow) for the Inquisition now, and counts the Viscount of Kirkwall among her friends. She has struck up an acquaintance with the King of Starkhaven, who may be a little smitten with her. She just left Ventus in the company of a mage whose family is plugged into the Venatori, and her group (though not her, per se) ran into and worked briefly with a pair of Antivan Crows.
In many ways, we wanted to avoid giving her too much of a connection to the factions of this world at the start, because we wanted her to find her way through the world and learn about it through these stories. So while her travels with Ser Aaron in backstory can provide connections and ties as needed, we're more likely to forge new ones for her in these comics than pull old ones from backstory. We'll do more of that (backstory ties) for Ser Aaron, because he's been so many places and seen and done so much.
That's our thinking with her, anyway. She's not a game companion at this time, and we have no idea if she ever will be. She's the central character of these comics, though - the one pulling the various miniseries together. Her journeys are just getting started. so we're building her story instead of revealing it. If that makes sense.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Mar 28, 2019 6:09:53 GMT
Her uncle had the goat eyes too. It’s obvious what happened: many decades or perhaps centuries ago, one of Vaea’s ancestors trapped a demon in a goat and it cursed their children to have goat eyes. And that’s how we got Lord Woolsey. One day I hope to write an entire Lord Woolsey meets Autumn the Mabari miniseries. I think you may have given me a big piece of the plot!
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Mar 9, 2019 8:05:12 GMT
Vaea isn’t a pacifist. She can and will take viiolent action. It’s not her preferred tactic, but she’ll do it. What she’s opposed to is killing.
She is training with Ser Aaron and working with the Inquisition, so she’s learning how to fight and may end up having to killl soon enough...
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 31, 2019 0:05:10 GMT
I happen to notice that Vaea, an elf in a world where being an elf has definitely mattered, is only helping other elves with her robin hooding. and I see HER as specifically more racially motivated to help the poor elves as compared to Sera's sort-of robin hooding. I also see her hurting the very people who gave her "honest work" because they were more well off than her. I see her as possibly hurting Ser Aaron and by association, Fereldan, as she gleefully robs High Nobles like Empress Celene. And I find that selfish, regardless of her race. Because she could start a war or an upset that could lead to many people being injured and killed if she had been caught. But "the prize" the burning desire of hers to "win" against those with more (who are everyone, not just nobles, because she robbed a fruit stand merchant too) to make "them" pay-- because her alienage was cleansed with swords and fire... And all of the "them"s we see are human... leads me to my conclusion about her character. But I think her relationship with Ser Aaron, her growth, has maybe lead to her letting go some of that "them" hatred. And her skills are being focused on better tasks through manipulations of the inquisition and Ser Aaron's belief in her that she can be a bigger better person. I think I missed some of this way back when it was posted because it got rerouted into a discussion of the rules of the forum. But I do want to speak to it now, if that isn't too much of reviving a dead thread. Vaea absolutely began her "heroics" helping only elves. It's a response to her backstory. But the Inquisition doesn't focus on one race over another, and working to help them is building off what she was already developing by traveling with Ser Aaron, which is broadening her sense of heroism. Her arc is not complete yet, but that's her trajectory. We never thought of her as "selfish" per se. But it was a shortcoming on her part. In Knight Errant, my one regret about our writing is that we didn't do enough to set up why she says "after this job we go our separate ways." That was a response to seeing how her thefts had caused problems for Ser Aaron. Even if she thought him an arrogant drunk, deep down she knew he was a good man. And once it became clear that he knew, it meant she'd be asking him to compromise his morality or even lie (or assault people like Granger) to cover for her. And she realized that she wasn't comfortable with that. Then when he was willing to take the punishment for her crimes, it all fell into place for her in terms of how inadvertently selfish her actions had been. So what you were picking up on was designed as a flaw in the character that she grows out of. Not sure we anticipated it being seen as making her unlikeable, per se. Just in need of growth, if that distinction makes sense.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 5, 2019 2:24:27 GMT
Incidentally, may I ask if Florian and Francesca’s father is alive? Your comments suggest so, but it occurs to me that maybe he died in the invasion. Francesca's father's fate will be explored if and when we get a chance to write her again. He was away from the city during the events of Deception. So, he likely was not there when the Qunari invaded.
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Post by nunziodefilippis on Jan 4, 2019 20:44:16 GMT
One of the things I found odd about the continued importance of the Venatori as bad guys after DAI was that I thought their whole reason for existing was Corypheus, the Elder One. They were his organisation and he was their leader. They were essentially supporting a living god who would restore Tevinter to supremacy. So when that god is proven both fallible and killable, it does rather destroy your reason for existing. Now I can see surviving members of the organisation reforming under a different name, still having the goal of restoring Tevinter to glory, but to my mind the name Venatori is now associated with failure and why would anyone want to buy into that? As I said, I'm not sure what Bioware's plans are for the Venatori. But Christina and I write them as if they're semi-defunct. They know each other and are avoiding persecution. That's why Florian is frustrated with Francesca - she was trying to find allies, when he and their father are trying to lie low.
Various families within the Venatori may still have plans, and they may use the old network to make things happen. But we're not writing them as if they are still active players as an organization. More like they were conspirators in a conspiracy that failed and they still look out for one another, but they're not really trying to get the old band back together.
Again, that's our take, and we write it so it can work either way in case Bioware has other plans. They sign off on everything we write, so thus far it's worked.
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