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[Johnny20]

From an Origins codex entry:

No traveler to the Fade can fail to spot the Black City.
It is one of the few constants of that ever-changing place. No matter
where one might be, the city is visible. Always far off, for it seems
that the only rule of geography in the Fade is that all points are
equidistant from the Black City.

So, where was the Black City in Dragon Age 2? Ha, it's been bugging me since playing it.

Did Bioware intentionally retcon this bit of lore, or did they just merely forget? Any thoughts on this subject?

[David Gaider]

Johnny20 wrote...
So, where was the Black City in Dragon Age 2? Ha, it's been bugging me since playing it.

Had you walked outside and looked into the sky, you would have seen it. The Black City being visible from any point in the Fade does not mean it can also be seen through walls.

[David Gaider]

Satyricon331 wrote...
The Codex entry was by Enchanter Mirdromel, so apparently he's just not speaking carefully/literally.  Or perhaps he's never been in an inside area in the Fade.

I think you're trying to read something into it that isn't there.

If someone was writing about our world to someone who had never been there, could you not describe this amazing yellow orb in the sky? Visible and stationary no matter where you traveled? Yes, you could specify that if you were inside a building or if anything else blocked your view of the sky then that yellow orb would in fact not be visible... but just what kind of pedantic audience would you be writing for, exactly? If you could, in fact, see the Black City through walls and fog and even when you closed your eyes, that would probably be worthy of specific note... not the opposite.