Another thing to point out is the designs on his robes. They strike me more as dwarven style than anything else. And they are also mirrored in the stone scenery.
Now we have what I think is a bit of symbolism. The king bloke is dead, and his crown rolls to Hawke, just as Flemeth is talking about those who embrace destiny. Which leads to the possible inferrence; perhaps Hawke’s destiny is one far greater than being simply the champion of Kirkwall.
Now here’s a much better view of where the scene is talking place. It looks like some kind of fortress, atop a mountain, judging from other shots. And we also see the famous polearm, which Bioware have kept silent on whether or not we’ll have it as a weapon. But I’ll go into detail on the polearm later.
Now here’s a better shot of the fine qunari fellow. Obviously some kind of elite warrior, and if you’ll look closely, you can see the red body paint seen on the qunari from the original “The Qunari, Evolved” artwork. So we can infer that body paint is something warriors wear. Wow, there’s a shocker.
Now here’s something interesting, during the fight, Hawke appears to use his hand to burn his qunari foe. Seemingly, using only his hand. Perhaps it is one of the lower tier powers unlocked by the advancing Manliness Meter?
Now for more on the polearm.
It certainly does not appear to be a normal weapon. Look at the pommel stone here.
It appears to be some sort of magical vessel, something that lets Hawke do stuff like shoot flames and lightning from his polearm.
Maybe this is just a permanently enchanted weapon. But it seems to be very specific to Hawke. Or maybe it will be a day-one DLC item, who knows with Bioware when it comes to this stuff these days.
Moving on, the qunari lets loose what looks like a Mind Blast. Hawke’s reaction seems to support that it’s something like a Mind Blast power.
While he doesn’t stand around, it does seem to stun him a little, giving the qunari the opportunity to do a nasty bit of damage to Hawke.
Band Aid!
Now injured, Hawke… scratches himself? Masochist remarks aside, he appears to have something inside of him, as evidenced by the red glow where Hawke has --as I guess- broken the skin.
And I’ll get to the flashes a little later, now I’m focusing on the fight.
“Don’t make me angry, Beth. You would like me when I’m angry…”
Seriously, though. That’s not something I’d want to see my opponent doing. The qunari agrees.
Now here and here;
Hawke appears to summon what looks to be some kind of demonic power. It looks like he is able to create rips in the Veil at will, but that’s just my own speculation. The hands also remind me of the armor Hawke wears on his right arm. And also, it kinda reminds me of Bayonetta, a little bit.
So, anyway, he rips the poor qunari bloke in half, or at least disarms him. And leaves us with another shot of his glowing eyes and some more of that fire from earlier.
Coming away from this, it’s obvious that Hawke is no ordinary warrior. If I were to guess, I’d say that he is connected in some way to the Fade, and is able to channel some demonic powers from there. And if I didn’t know better, I’d predict that we’d have something like the scars from ME2 to tell us the alingment of our Hawke, but DA doesn’t do that stuff.
But perhaps the alignments will play out something like what Flemeth laid down, we have the option of resisting destiny, or embracing it. Or we will have the chance to go either Jedi or Sith with our new magical powers.
And if you were to take my word, I’d say that Hawke isn’t necessarily an arcane warrior. I’m predicting that magic or whatever Hawke possesses will be worked into all three classes.
(Thanks to Saibh for the photos. Bandwidth phail.)
Modifié par IndigoWolfe, 28 août 2010 - 04:59 .
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