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[moxxdaminotaur]

 Is Shale a girl? 

hehe.. I'm curious because I thought he's male, but quite a few forum posters here refer to 'IT' as her or she.

[internaty inmortelaty]

you will learn if you take her to the anvil of the void

[moxxdaminotaur]

Thx. doing Anvil now...

[LdyShayna]

internaty inmortelaty wrote...

you will learn if you take her to the anvil of the void

Actually, you don't have to take Shale with you to the Anvil to learn.   Ididn't pick Shale up until late in the game, so actually had to backtrack to do Shale's personal quest.

[Olmerto]

People have been saying this, and I finally learned why when I did Shale's quest. Shale isn't a female; Shale was a female. As a golem, I believe Shale is genderless, but like all golems has a male pattern for voice and personality. I would still call Shale a "he", insofar as it's a default pronoun for all genderless golems.



But I haven't finished the game. Perhaps if Shale regains more prior memories, "he" begins to identify more with his former female life making the "she" pronoun more understandable. Don't know yet.

[natetk]

I guess that explains his feminisms. Like do these crystals make me look fat.

[reddragon567]

Shale acts really feminine though. Like wondering if the crystals are slimming or if you give her somthing she likes she goes "oohhh Sparkly!"

[Vjolar]

Shale: "Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?"

[internaty inmortelaty]

Vjolar wrote...

Shale: "Now, let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?"

for dwarven wemon yes

[SmokinEmber]

*** SPOILERS ***



If you complete the Orzammar quest chain, and choose to destroy the Anvil before you pick up Shale, can you still do his/her/it's quest?

[ItsTakenStopAsking]

Shale is most definitely female, in one of my playthroughs, her and Leliana would constantly talk about being sisters in spirit and getting Shale some nice shoes inbetween fights. Her vessel is genderless, that's about it.

[Mystranna Kelteel]

Female. Especially true after you do her personal quest and she regains her memories as a dwarf. I always thought the voice at least was male, but the more I hear it the more I see it as a more feminine voice.



The golem body is obviously genderless, but the soul and memories are that of a woman. Even Wynne refers to Shale as a she at a couple points after the fact.

[Taleroth]

like all golems has a male pattern for voice and personality

Shale's voice is definitely female. I knew it from the start she was a she from that alone. She also has stereotypical female vanity.

[Creomortis]

Always came across as a gay person to me, meh.

[Vjolar]

If you complete the Orzammar quest chain, and choose to destroy the Anvil before you pick up Shale, can you still do his/her/it's quest?

Yes, but wait until you come back with Shale before you trace the names, as she wants a copy.

[SmokinEmber]

Vjolar wrote...

If you complete the Orzammar quest chain, and choose to destroy the Anvil before you pick up Shale, can you still do his/her/it's quest?

Yes, but wait until you come back with Shale before you trace the names, as she wants a copy.

Oh no.. I already traced the names, but did not turn that quest in yet... I'm afraid of breaking it if I destroy the item. Hmm.. I guess I'll have to find out how it plays out...

[Slainangel52]

SmokinEmber wrote...

Vjolar wrote...

If you complete the Orzammar quest chain, and choose to destroy the Anvil before you pick up Shale, can you still do his/her/it's quest?

Yes, but wait until you come back with Shale before you trace the names, as she wants a copy.

Oh no.. I already traced the names, but did not turn that quest in yet... I'm afraid of breaking it if I destroy the item. Hmm.. I guess I'll have to find out how it plays out...

I did it fine destroying the anvil and tracing the names without shale being there. When I returned to camp she asked me what happened when I met Caradin and then requested that we go to the deep roads to see if she could remember something about her past there.

[SmokinEmber]

Slainangel52 wrote...

I did it fine destroying the anvil and tracing the names without shale being there. When I returned to camp she asked me what happened when I met Caradin and then requested that we go to the deep roads to see if she could remember something about her past there.

Oh, very cool... thank you.

[Rob Bartel]

For the record, we used a female voice actor for Shale and then pitch-shifted her already gravelly voice down to sound deeper and more masculine. We're very happy with how it turned out in the end and I think we successfully managed to capture the ambiguity we were going for.

[Maria Caliban]

Mystranna Kelteel wrote...

Female. Especially true after you do her personal quest and she regains her memories as a dwarf. I always thought the voice at least was male, but the more I hear it the more I see it as a more feminine voice.

Reminds me of my aunt Joan. 60+ and smokes like a chimney.

[Taleroth]

Maria Caliban wrote...

Mystranna Kelteel wrote...

Female. Especially true after you do her personal quest and she regains her memories as a dwarf. I always thought the voice at least was male, but the more I hear it the more I see it as a more feminine voice.

Reminds me of my aunt Joan. 60+ and smokes like a chimney.

I don't know about your Aunt Joan, but Shale always sounded like she could have been a member of the cast of Golden Girls from the second I heard her voice if you added a 6 pack a day habit.

[Heererik]

ItsTakenStopAsking wrote...

Shale is most definitely female, in one of my playthroughs, her and Leliana would constantly talk about being sisters in spirit and getting Shale some nice shoes inbetween fights. Her vessel is genderless, that's about it.

Really? she kept talking to Zevrin about not being able to have sex in the playthrough I did before this one xD

[tanker5503]

Slainangel52 wrote...

SmokinEmber wrote...

Vjolar wrote...

If you complete the Orzammar quest chain, and choose to destroy the Anvil before you pick up Shale, can you still do his/her/it's quest?

Yes, but wait until you come back with Shale before you trace the names, as she wants a copy.

Oh no.. I already traced the names, but did not turn that quest in yet... I'm afraid of breaking it if I destroy the item. Hmm.. I guess I'll have to find out how it plays out...

I did it fine destroying the anvil and tracing the names without shale being there. When I returned to camp she asked me what happened when I met Caradin and then requested that we go to the deep roads to see if she could remember something about her past there.

i finished that quest and returned with shale after handing in the copy of the wall already to the shaper a day ago and it wouldnt let me get another copy for shale just says to leave the wall alone? anything in specific im missing? Or i cant do it anymore the quest for shale says to help her find somthing in the deep's

[WildAce]

honestly at first i thought shale was gay. wating to know if the crystals make it look slimmer ect..



but then i finally made it threw orzammar and was like "ooohhhh that makes sense" i guess its hard to tell the gender of a boulder i thought she was a guy lol.

[Macroeconomics]

Shale is neither male nor female. Shale is the new version of the robot AK-47 from KotoR.