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[Anarya]

I really want to ask this but I don't think you'll be able to answer: I'm curious what Qunari culture looks like. As in architecture, art, clothing and decorative objects, things of that sort. Do you have a real-world culture that you are inspired by when imagining Par Vollen and its people? Is this even something the writers would handle or is that art department stuff? In Origins they just seemed to wear/use the same thing Fereldans did but I have a feeling that was due to convenience and not design.

alternately if you can't answer that: Why are there no cookies in Par Vollen? You'd think in all that conquering someone would have encountered a cookie and brought back its delicious secrets before Sten did.

Modifié par Anarya, 03 août 2010 - 03:45 .

[Kimarous]

David Gaider wrote...

Kimarous wrote...
The more and more I hear about the Qunari, the more and more they sound like they've mastered having a tribal
society on a national scale. Everyone working for the benefit of a whole, management not neccessarily being "rulership", a general absence of self-interested commerce...

Keep in mind that there's the ideal way of things working and then there's the actual way of things working. If all qunari felt exactly the same way you wouldn't have Tal'Vashoth or have a need for Ben-Hassrath. They are not machines.

True. Still, they do strike me as a rather... how to say... efficient culture.

[Anarya]

Oh and another one: Do Qunari have personal names and if so, why does Sten never tell you his despite feeling close enough to you to call you kadan?

[Kimarous]

The Qunari are not exactly the most tolerant towards mages, but what would happen if a person of magical talent willingly converted to the Qun? Would they still get the same treatment?

[Kileyan]

I like this thread. Before this, I consider the Qunari as an exotic culture, in my mind, maybe fuedal Japanese or something.



After this thread, they are a scary culture, still interesting, but certainly not a people I can ever see finding a middle ground and seeing Feraldan as anything other than needing conquered and "fixed".



IMHO

[Kimarous]

BTW, someone ought to upload the various facts from here onto Dragon Age Wiki.

[Vicious]

They were always meant to be bizarre. Just look at the Saw Swords.

[Foolsfolly]

I cannot stress how interesting this thread has been.



I can't wait to interact with more qunari in the next game.



How technologically advanced are the qunari? Are there some sort of magic/mechanical hybrid technology that they possess? The Dwarf at Vigil's Keep, for example, had lyrium bombs. It's a mix of chemistry and magic but it's simple and crude. The qunari seem to have a great love for efficiency which would suit engineering and science rather well.



And science built around magic would be cool.

[PandemicFear]

I don't know if this has been asked before, but what about the breeding of assimilated races? Is the concept the same as with the Qunari?

Modifié par PandemicFear, 03 août 2010 - 06:23 .

[Mary Kirby]

Anarya wrote...

Oh and another one: Do Qunari have personal names and if so, why does Sten never tell you his despite feeling close enough to you to call you kadan?

A qunari's personal name isn't what you think of as a name. It's more like a social security number. It's information that the Tamassrans use to keep track of breeding. It's not something they ever call one another. What a qunari thinks of as their name is their job title.

[joriandrake]

Mary Kirby wrote...

Anarya wrote...

Oh and another one: Do Qunari have personal names and if so, why does Sten never tell you his despite feeling close enough to you to call you kadan?

A qunari's personal name isn't what you think of as a name. It's more like a social security number. It's information that the Tamassrans use to keep track of breeding. It's not something they ever call one another. What a qunari thinks of as their name is their job title.

So you use "Names have power" in the qunari culture, as in the idea behind True Names

[Saraphial]

I am not sure if this question was already answered somewhere else( I don't think it was...) Do women qunari have horns as well, and do they also have a very tall, strong build?

[Fraq Hound]

Based on Stens conversations with the Warden in DAO I got the feeling that female Qunari don't ever really venture away from the Qunari homelands. I suppose it wouldn't be impossible to spot one in a place like Fereldan or Orlais but it would be a once in a lifetime sight to behold. Does this sound about right?



Do the females share the same characteristics as the males? Are the taller the your average human? Do they have horns also? Do they wear tribal paint? Etc.

[SDNcN]

Okay after going through this thread completely, just this once, I am willing to overlook the whole tolerance for other cultures thing. I mean Christ, someone send a boatload of poisoned cookies to Par Vollen asap.

[joriandrake]

I guess some are horny and some aren't

[DragonPrawn]

This is probably a dumb question but what dose Kadan mean?



Thank you to anyone who answers.

[SDNcN]

DragonPrawn wrote...

This is probably a dumb question but what dose Kadan mean?

Thank you to anyone who answers.

The wiki says this:

Kadan: Term for something one values highly. Or sometimes the center of the chest. (Literally, "where the heart lies.")

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Qunari

[Blumbum]

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Modifié par Blumbum, 05 août 2010 - 03:18 .

[Archontor]

The Woldan wrote...

* Can horned Qunari still use helmets?

well they could cut holes in their helmet but they'd probably have pretty thick skulls due to the horns any way

[Anacronian Stryx]

Kimarous wrote...

David Gaider wrote...

Kimarous wrote...
The more and more I hear about the Qunari, the more and more they sound like they've mastered having a tribal
society on a national scale. Everyone working for the benefit of a whole, management not neccessarily being "rulership", a general absence of self-interested commerce...

Keep in mind that there's the ideal way of things working and then there's the actual way of things working. If all qunari felt exactly the same way you wouldn't have Tal'Vashoth or have a need for Ben-Hassrath. They are not machines.

True. Still, they do strike me as a rather... how to say... efficient culture.

Remember they have No cookies - Any society who haven't invented cookies is fundamentally faulty.

[Archontor]

Kimarous wrote...

Mary Kirby wrote...

Herr Uhl wrote...

But if they continue to use you for breeding, do they go after your pedigree or your own talents? A 5:th generation soldier that turns out to become a baker, would he be used as breeding material for bakers or soldiers?

They'd probably breed him for both, and see if the baking trait passes on. Always a good idea to keep adding new blood if you want to keep a breed healthy.

What happens if someone shows aptitude for both? Say the next generation sticks with the soldier breeding but still has a passing interest in baking/cooking/whatever. Would these secondary interests be shoved aside for a complete primary focus or would he cultivate it as a secondary trait, perhaps serving as his unit's food provider?

would explain sten's love of cookies

[Aratham Darksight]

Risax wrote...

No wonder some Qunari become Tal'Vashot, on a diffrent note I think David Gaider said that Qunari that abandon the Qun remover their horns, why do they do that?

My guess would be that it's a symbolic gesture. Hornless qunari are thought to have been born for a special destiny. By removing your own, you're essentially saying "I make my own destiny".

[The Hardest Thing In The World]

Does the qunari like music? What kind of instruments do they have? Horns?

[Archontor]

are there anydwarves living with the qunari?