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[Aniki_21]

I know Sten was black in the Sacred Ashes trailer but turned out to be some ambigous greyish person in the actual game.

[C9316]

Would Harren and other darker skined people count as black?

[SDNcN]

No, they should get slightly darker depending on how far north they come from.

[andar91]

Qunari are supposed to have golden skin, I believe. I doubt it, but it depends on the world. There is a lot of Thedas that has yet to be explored. As it stands, only RIvain has dark-skinned people (and they aren't quite black, just dark).

[Weiser_Cain]

No I don't think there will be. Which is another thing making it easy for me to write this game off.

Modifié par Weiser_Cain, 17 juillet 2010 - 11:56 .

[C9316]

Hmm now that you mention it I do remember someone saying that darker people lived mostly in the lands of the north like Rivain(hope I spelled it right) where the qun is the primary religion.

[Aniki_21]

SDNcN wrote...

No, they should get slightly darker depending on how far north they come from.

Well you know what i mean. I just mean black or Asian "looking".  I know "black" people or Asians exist in the Dragon Age universe.

[angj57]

Weiser_Cain wrote...

No I don't think there will be. Which is another thing making it easy for me to write this game off.

So... you are looking for superficial reasons to write off a game that we know next to nothing about?

[Ladybright]

Hope so. The Free Marches are in the mainland and thus better connected to different, more ethnically diverse countries like Rivain.

[SDNcN]

Weiser_Cain wrote...

No I don't think there will be. Which is another thing making it easy for me to write this game off.

Did you also expect there would be a lot of whites, latinos, and blacks in Jade Empire?

Aniki_21 wrote...

Well
you know what i mean. I just mean black or Asian "looking".  I know
"black" people or Asians exist in the Dragon Age universe.

Maybe, if they do exist then Thedas hasn't made contact with them yet. That would be a cool plotline for a game set in a country bordering the edges of the map though.

Modifié par SDNcN, 18 juillet 2010 - 12:03 .

[syllogi]

SDNcN wrote...

Weiser_Cain wrote...

No I don't think there will be. Which is another thing making it easy for me to write this game off.

Did you also expect there would be a lot of  Whites, Latinos, and Blacks in Jade Empire?

Aniki_21 wrote...

Well
you know what i mean. I just mean black or Asian "looking".  I know
"black" people or Asians exist in the Dragon Age universe.

Maybe, if they do exist then Thedas hasn't made contact with them yet. That would be a cool plotline for a game set in a country bordering the edges of the map though.

Wrong:  http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Rivain

It would be nice to get out of the pseudo Northern European rut most Tolkienesque western fantasy falls into.  Hopefully Kirkwall isn't just Ferelden with new textures.

[Ladybright]

I'm hoping Kirkwall will have more of a Greek/Roman flair. They were occupied by the Imperium for a while, after all. And Ancient Greece = warring city states. Eh? Eh?



Basically I'll be happy if we finally leave England

[Ischkwezrn]

yellow, brown or blue I just hope it will all make slight sense.. Depending the mode of transportation and wealth, you don't really have very contrasting populations except in places of commerce where all the folks meet.
In other and more isolated places all the different folks that could have got there would have interbred into some average for that area...

Modifié par Ischkwezrn, 18 juillet 2010 - 12:16 .

[Altima Darkspells]

Well, Kirkwall is apparently a center of trade, and the Free Marches are nestled snugly between Orlais, Tevinter, and, I think, Antiva.



Plus Kirkwall was originally a city of slaves and slavers.



So it may or may not be as diverse. Years of interbreeding may have uniformed their appearance somewhat.



Remember, the only people we've seen in screenshots are, presumably, from Ferelden. Or a dwarf.

[Rubbish Hero]

Black people didn't exist in medieval days. At least outside of Africa and all those places I think. And those places  probably didn't really look like a typical fantasy game. Outside of Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves Morgan Freeman is about the only black person in medieval setting I can think of. Makes sense not have black people as it's fantastical version of reality at that time, or something. Isn't Sten basically a native Indian? Or at least based on one? He looks like one and has the whole "my culture" thing going on. That sort of counts as black in a way. Also Elves treated badly, they basically based off black people when treated badly during days when people close minded and rights not fully established. Or did they did steal that Witcher? Who knows. Most fantasy games are basically based on England aren't they? Everyone sounds like they are from England. Probably why.

Modifié par Rubbish Hero, 18 juillet 2010 - 12:19 .

[SDNcN]

TeenZombie wrote...

Wrong:  http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Rivain

It would be nice to get out of the pseudo Northern European rut most Tolkienesque western fantasy falls into.  Hopefully Kirkwall isn't just Ferelden with new textures.

Darker-skinned, not black.  Europeans do have a number of different skin tones and Rivain is still apart of Thedas which is analogus to Europe.

[syllogi]

Rubbish Hero wrote...

Black people didn't exist in medieval days.

I'm just going to say, I know you explain in your post, but that first sentence...WOW.

[Sigma Tauri]

SDNcN wrote...

Darker-skinned, not black.  Europeans do have a number of different skin tones and Rivain is still apart of Thedas which is analogus to Europe.

Looking at the description of Rivain, it's not like dark skinned people in Europe.

They're not members of the Chantry and follow a syncretic religion.

Modifié par monkeycamoran, 18 juillet 2010 - 12:21 .

[nuclearpengu1nn]

Anyone ever seen half qunari/elf???

i have they have white qunari hair elven height and ears and is dark skin with red eyes that has a carribean accent

[angj57]

TeenZombie wrote...

Wrong:  http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Rivain

It would be nice to get out of the pseudo Northern European rut most Tolkienesque western fantasy falls into.  Hopefully Kirkwall isn't just Ferelden with new textures.

Personally, I appreciate the historical parallels between the Dragon Age universe and mideival Europe, which are much better done than most fantasy settings. If you pay attention, there are clear, interesting connections, like the Tevinter as the Byzantines, the Exalted Marches as Crusades, etc. I certainly wouldn't call the Dragon Age setting a rut and I certainly don't think it would be improved by simply changing the demographics to make it look like a modern society or by creating a setting that combines globalization, modern social interconnectivity, and cultural diffusion with swords, knights, and castles. Obviously I'm not against having a diverse cast, but I do expect there to be an explanation, i.e. we see different looking people if we go to a far away country/continent, or because they are travelers or traders from such a place.

To me, modern diversity depends on globilization which depends in turn on technology that connects far away places, like steamships or at least highly advanced sailing ships. That doesn't really fit with swords, shields, and heavy armor.

Modifié par angj57, 18 juillet 2010 - 12:24 .

[Weiser_Cain]

angj57 wrote...

Weiser_Cain wrote...

No I don't think there will be. Which is another thing making it easy for me to write this game off.

So... you are looking for superficial reasons to write off a game that we know next to nothing about?

I made a topic about why I was disapointed in DA2 that didn't mention race. It got killed because apparently there are a lot of topics on that.

SDNcN wrote...

Weiser_Cain wrote...

Did
you also expect there would be a lot of whites, latinos, and blacks in
Jade Empire?

Jade empire is based on Chinese mythology, Dragon age is just vanilla fantasy, and despite the annoying music has no cultural ties to anything.

[C9316]

Rubbish Hero wrote...

Black people didn't exist in medieval days.

[nuclearpengu1nn]

C9316 wrote...

Rubbish Hero wrote...

Black people didn't exist in medieval days.

lol:O

[Weiser_Cain]

Rubbish Hero wrote...

Black people didn't exist in medieval days.

Darkspawn don't exist in any time period, this is fantasy.