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[XX-Pyro]

I didn't realize only people of noble houses had last names in Thedas.

[DrowNoble]

They gave him a surname to better use the voice over system. Instead of the hero being silent and referred to generically like in DAO, they are doing what they did in Mass Effect when everyone would call him Shephard.

[Mustang678]

It's true

[Leharic]

So people have something to call you. Same thing with Shepard.

[XX-Pyro]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

Well, it is a "mediavel age" RPG, right?

It's a fantasy RPG. There is a big difference, to me at least.

[Mikazukinoyaiba2]

Capt. Obvious wrote...
But it doesn't seem to make sense in the setting, especiallya mediavel setting.

Thedas isn't Earth, who is to say what doesn't fit in the setting. During the mediavel age they didn't have magic either. 

[Loc'n'lol]

The templars have an army of landless, low-born "knights" fully supplied in enchanted plate armor, swords, and spoon-fed a very expensive drug. Econmically it doesn't make sense in a medieval world.
Unless we're talking late middle ages where professional common soldiers could be about as well equipped as knights. Then common men having last names isn't too far a stretch either.

Modifié par _Loc_N_lol_, 19 mars 2011 - 01:02 .

[lx_theo]

The Warden has a lost name. Hello, I'm ____ Cousland, or ______ Amell.

If mages get last names, they just cut the part about restrictions top last names part out of their medieval styled world.

[Volourn]

"Well, it is a "mediavel age" RPG, right?"

It's not Europe. It's not mediavel Europe either. It's Thedas. It has its own customs. It's NOt the real world. Get over it.

[Raygereio]

Capt. Obvious wrote...
But it doesn't seem to make sense in the setting, especiallya mediavel setting.

Why wouldn't it make sense in DA'verse exactly?
And besides; while DA isn't a medieval setting - it's high fantasy one (the orc-equivalents running around and mages on every streetcorner should have clued you in on that one); it's not like people in the middle ages didn't have last names. While family names were only officially adopted by most nations from the 17th century and upward, most people did have something resembling a last name which indicated famliy, clan, orign, occupation, etc. People however just didn't atribute a similar value to them as we do today and thus they are rarely recorded in history.

Edit: Well, I'm late to the party. When I opened this thread and clicked on reply there was only the OP's post.

Modifié par Raygereio, 19 mars 2011 - 01:11 .

[CRISIS1717]

Why do you think people in medieval times didn't have surnames? I think we have enough smiths to prove some of them caught on. =P

[Nokternul]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

 If he's not apart of any noble house or something?

Varric has a last name. Aveline has a last name.

In any case, it's more efficient to call the main character by their last name for the purposes of a game that is entirely voiced.

[AlexXIV]

Who says that not everyone has a last name in the Dragon Age? You may just not happen to know them.

[Gabey5]

its better than "hey you"

[The Spirit of Dance]

if the city elf gets a last name why shouldn't Hawke have a last name.

[stephen1493]

I figured it was only loosly based on the middle ages...

[Jayce]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

DrowNoble wrote...

They gave him a surname to better use the voice over system. Instead of the hero being silent and referred to generically like in DAO, they are doing what they did in Mass Effect when everyone would call him Shephard.

But it doesn't seem to make sense in the setting, especially mediavel setting.

ALL surnames derive from a person's profession, parentage or a chief characteristic or nickname. It doesn't matter wether they're the poorest villein with a nothing but a jute loincloth to their name or the emperor of half the know world.

[SamIsFull]

Both the Couslands, Vallens and the Amells are of noble houses, so the very point you just tried to make... yeah...

The Dwarves obviously possess last names for everyone, considering that the DC Warden was Brosca. Your argument might make sense except for the fact that the City Elves, lowest of the low, have last names as well.

[AlexXIV]

stephen1493 wrote...

I figured it was only loosly based on the middle ages...

No, it's historical correct.

[lx_theo]

AlexXIV wrote...

stephen1493 wrote...

I figured it was only loosly based on the middle ages...

No, it's historical correct.

Going to dig up my Warden's skeleton now. Thanks you.

[TexasToast712]

Capt. Obvious wrote...

Well, it is a "mediavel age" RPG, right?

What? People had last names in medieval times no matter what their status.